somethin really interesting to me is the invisible divide amongst furries between those who use their fursona to escape from their human nature, and those who use their fursona to embrace their human nature.
an example in the simplest terms: the former may have a fursona with an "aspirational" or "escapist" body, i.e. a body they pretend to inhabit in order to avoid putting any attention on their actual body, while the latter would instead have a fursona that is based heavily on their actual body, as a way of falling in love with it and feeling attracted to it. connecting to it.
it's really cool when someone goes from the former to the latter, too; i feel like i've seen so many trans furries go from some super sexualized fursona with an unrealstic body into a very realistic fursona that is real close to their actual body once they transition. that's dope as hell to me. that's really beautiful
obviously, there's a lot of good reasons why people have a more escapist relationship with anthropomorphism; maybe dysphoria, maybe chronic illness or disability, maybe they don't have control over their life or circumstances as much as a human should. but at the same time, i do think it's good whenever possible to connect with your body, and to love it. it's the only one you've got after all. a fursona is just a cool way to do that. being a furry is really just one of the coolest ways to explore being a human in my opinion
