#glant

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Murky Depths Beneath the Waves @illumened

THE Great Bologna Depression...with Sarah

My history in the fur fandom. Where do I honestly say I begin... Well, I can safely say that I joined the furry community in 2004-2005 if you really want to be technical. How did I get in? Well. When I first found the site deviantart, I didn't even know what a furry was, but I did learn about the art of role playing and using a great imagination. I made many friends and even pursued in arts & crafts. Some people who I fondly remember were people who I use to RP with on a daily basis. In a way, these people built the pathway for me to discovering what exactly a furry was. I eventually developed my first main character, who went by the name of "Draco d. Dragonkeeper". Such an original name, I know. He was a human who was able to transform into a dragon. Sadly, I have no pictures of his dragon form, but plenty of his human. (Which will be linked at the end of this) With this in mind, I started writing some stories about Draco and his adventures, some of them were based upon actual RP events I had when I was younger. I soon eventually learned what a furry was and kinda felt like it was a calling for me or something. That's when I decided to scrap Draco and come up with a new character. This one went by the name of "Khahak Blackmoon"He was similar to Draco, but a fuzzy dragon who was able to transform into human and a wolf. I also ended up creating a bunch of spinoff characters and family for him to use in RPS.  He became a main character for me and I constantly drew him and used him in Rps. I mean, what can I really say? I started dating this one girl at one point and our Rps became addicting and I thoroughly enjoyed the adventures to the point where I started writing again. Sadly, those came to a stop once we split apart and I went MIA from the fur community for awhile. While I was away, I started developing a new character, the one everyone seems to know and love these days. HOWEVER, his design was completely different. He started a dragon and I felt like they were over done, so i settled as a kirin for awhile. I guess at some point I decided that the kirin wasn't meant for me and I came up with the current "Glant Sputino" Now-a-days I no longer RP with anyone and Glant currently has no background stories. I can only describe his personality to be my darker side to me, but yet... at the same time...me. He is more sinister than I am and usually won't take no for an answer. He will keep trying to get what he wants or will eventually completely shut you out from his life. I noticed in some of the Rps I did use him in, he comes off as sort of a player, but deep down he just longs for someone he can call his own. Glant's personality is not only my darker side in my opinion, but also a escape of emotions I don't usually let show to other people. It really honestly depends on who I RP with and what exact mood I am. He could do things that I could never do in person... Enough rambling onabout Glant though... With my growing interest in the fandom and growing support from friends I have gained over the years. I stumbled upon some fursuit videos online and decided that they were really neat and seized the opportunity to get a suit while it presented the chance. I personally don't regret it and absolutely love my suit(s) and sometimes feel as though it let's me escape my own flaws. HOWEVER, at the same time...it sort of grows old and most of the time you will see me with the head off or flipped up. With what fun I do have, the first time someone asked to pose in a picture with me felt magical and it made me feel like I meant something. Like I belonged to something great. Since receiving my first suit, I really wanted a place that I could sport it and show it everyone and with this, one of my ex's actually found a furmeet that I still to this day, attend monthly. My first meet experience was really awkward considering I didn't know anyone and I kinda showed up late. Once I arrived with suit in hand and tossed the idea around if I should go in with the suit or not, I eventually decided that I should. Sadly, once I entered...most the people had left and went outside to hang out. Fortunately a fellow fur finally had decided to introduce themselves to me and kinda warmed me up talking with others within' the group and I ended up having a wonderful time at my first meet. I didn't really start solidating friends until the second meet when I met some of the people who I talk to on a daily basis now and I couldn't be more happy to have such wonderful friends who I would consider family. As this past year went by of me attending the meets, I made friends and lost friends and I like to think earned a slight reputation in the fandom ever since I did that silly little news interview with Fox 61. How do I honestly feel about the meets as a whole depends on hoe exactly the meets really go. In the time I started going compared to now, there was and has been a drastic change with how the group of people act. I think this mainly has to do with the growing number of people now attending the meets and I do think it can be controlled if handled properly. None-the-less, I do have a great time with each meet I go to and couldn't be more happy than hanging out with people who share a common interest, even if it means I have to drive around 2 hours to and from said place. Attending some meets eventually made me interested in attending some conventions that were close to my area. I couldn't be more excited to be part of something big as my first con ever was actually ConnectiCon 2012. I thought it would be best if I took it easy and only go for one day. As a first con (even though it wasn't all furry) I had a great time and really enjoyed myself, even though I spent a lot of time wandering around meeting people. I sadly didn't bother with panels much because I wanted to get a feel out for how a con actually functions. This immediately sparked interest in me wanting to attend an all furry convention, which led me to attending Fur Fright 2012. I won't lie, Fur Fright wasn't as great as I expected it to be, considering everything that happened during it. In a way though, I felt as though it made things more entertaining this way. Despite my issues with certain things, I do plan on going again for 2013 and don't plan on making a mid-con escape back to New York for a Halloween party, especially when I learned I missed so many cool things at the con. So, I suppose this summarizes my history in the fandom and I'm sure I left A LOT of stuff out. So if you want to ask me questions about anything, feel free! I was going to so some special thank yous, but I honestly don't wanna sit here trying to think of everyone's names and I really don't want to offend anyone. I am however going to contradict what I just said and give out FOUR special thanks out to some people who I no longer speak to on a daily basis, for they helped me form who I am today in the fandom. For starts, I want to thank Misora & Shadow. These two first introduced me to the fandom and basically helped create the steeping stones for me to make my own fursona and try out RPing. I also want to thank Olive, one of my ex mates who I regret splitting from at one point. She really helped soildate the foundation of RPing with someone for me and it was really sad to watch out adventure come to a crashing halt. I also want to thank my other ex, Lindsay (Evanye) who introduced me to the CT Furs local furmeets, without her... I wouldn't have met such wonderful people. You know what....I might as well keep going with the thanking. I want to thank Faye, she helped bring my current fursona to life by making him into a partial fursuit. I want to thank Ludo, Bob, Lucas, ans basically all the people who i talk to on a daily basis in the fandom (doing this cause I'm lazy at listing everyone). Without you guys, I'd lose interest in the fandom and would just leave. I suppose I should also thank my family and friends who aren't part of the fandom. I never openly told anyone I was a furry or about the fandom. I kinda let them figure it all out for themselves and when they approached me asking about it, I truthfully answered them and they supported me. (Even though some of my friends hate furries, they still respect and support me.) There are probably more people missing, but I'm lazy...so I'm sorry if I missed you and you got offended. THE END.