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Phoenix Rising
17 years ago
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Well, I guess I'll deal with that previous unpleasantness on my own time. For now, I've had an interesting idea lately: a new fursona.
For the past few years, I've undergone some major changes in my life. All were different, and not all were pleasant. Some were "trial by fire", if you will, both personal and academic in nature. And from that fire, I've come out better each time, having lost a little or a lot of the life I was living before. I don't doubt I'll have a few more experiences like that before my life is over, and I'd like to have something to identify that with. Therefore, my proposed alternative fursona is a symbol of that which can die and be reborn again, in choices, personality, habits, and influences where I am concerned. It is a creature of myth which I have always liked and have recently been strongly identifying with: a phoenix.
Meet Jase, my anthro-phoenix side. He shares many traits with my cat side, the Asperger's, the senstiveness, the awkward social tendencies, the kind demeanor and so forth. His elements are both flame and light, plus he can fly, which is always a bonus. However, he is more noble in personality. He has been reborn a great many times, so has been through adversity, but it has always made him stronger, and in the process more tolerant of changes that take place in his life. He has learned to love himself a little more with his experiences, something I desperately wish I could do easily. And he's a warrior, determined to be the best at what is expected of him, and armed with a strong sense of justice, outraged by the awful indignities that are suffered by those he believes are not deserving of them. He is a representation of a casting off of old ways, bad influences, or troublesome habits. He's very much like me in many ways, and at the same time, I desperately want to be like him in many ways. He is by every definition a phoenix.
I'm not sure whether to make him an active alter ego of mine, as he's not 100% me, but rather what I am striving to be. I'll have to think more on this as it develops. I just thought I'd just put it out there. Comments are welcome! Hope all of you have a great spring break!
For the past few years, I've undergone some major changes in my life. All were different, and not all were pleasant. Some were "trial by fire", if you will, both personal and academic in nature. And from that fire, I've come out better each time, having lost a little or a lot of the life I was living before. I don't doubt I'll have a few more experiences like that before my life is over, and I'd like to have something to identify that with. Therefore, my proposed alternative fursona is a symbol of that which can die and be reborn again, in choices, personality, habits, and influences where I am concerned. It is a creature of myth which I have always liked and have recently been strongly identifying with: a phoenix.
Meet Jase, my anthro-phoenix side. He shares many traits with my cat side, the Asperger's, the senstiveness, the awkward social tendencies, the kind demeanor and so forth. His elements are both flame and light, plus he can fly, which is always a bonus. However, he is more noble in personality. He has been reborn a great many times, so has been through adversity, but it has always made him stronger, and in the process more tolerant of changes that take place in his life. He has learned to love himself a little more with his experiences, something I desperately wish I could do easily. And he's a warrior, determined to be the best at what is expected of him, and armed with a strong sense of justice, outraged by the awful indignities that are suffered by those he believes are not deserving of them. He is a representation of a casting off of old ways, bad influences, or troublesome habits. He's very much like me in many ways, and at the same time, I desperately want to be like him in many ways. He is by every definition a phoenix.
I'm not sure whether to make him an active alter ego of mine, as he's not 100% me, but rather what I am striving to be. I'll have to think more on this as it develops. I just thought I'd just put it out there. Comments are welcome! Hope all of you have a great spring break!
