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originally posted on june 19th 2020
it scrolls too far on anything other than firefox, i spent 3 hours trying to fix that until i gave up :v
I understand the logic behind saying that Agent 47's fursona can't be a flamingo because he takes on that costume through chance and necessity so it's unlikely to be a deep representation of his own self-image. However, it's important to remember that a core aspect of 47's personality is precisely that he was raised not to have a sense of self, and only overcomes this imposed conception of himself as a tool and defines his own personhood in dribs and drabs throughout the World of Assassination trilogy. His own conception of his selfhood is built around the actions he takes—he reclaims himself by trusting Diana to guide his actions towards a goal that he believes in, and so sculpt his selfhood into something noble.
Given that, I think if you asked 47 what animal he most identified with he'd struggle to come up with one that matches his personality because he struggles to access or even acknowledge his personality. His actions, on the other hand, include dressing up as a flamingo to murder two members of the organization with its boot on the world's neck. This, I posit, he would look to as the his most representative animal precisely because his actions as dictated through chance and necessity are the part of himself he has the most access to.
What's more, although I don't think we should take the flamingo exit as literally canon, I think we can understand it as a representation of 47's experience: the suit gives him an opportunity to fly away to a safe haven, an escape not just from the physical dangers of the world but from the emotional weight of being 47. If he can find such solace in that bird, why shouldn't it be his fursona?