Kinare
RAWR
"Why would you do that, Kin? D:" Cuz I can and it's fun, yo.
For a while now I have found it comforting to be able to assign people an animal against their will based on their personality or favorite animal and refer to them as such during normal conversation or have sort of RP-like interactions using just critters. I have not had any complaints yet and I only do this to people I plan to keep in my life for a while, though at first some of the unwilling participants have been confused and reluctant to allow me to provide them with an animal. Eventually once they understood that I'm just a tad nuts and sort of awkward socially they played along like good little critters, some even came to enjoy it and initiated said interactions themselves. I have only recently been into the furry community, so all of my previous interactions have been with "normals" who don't think of themselves as or relate to a critter.
Basically the reason I think I do this is simply because I find it easier to relate to any animal, even if I'm not familiar with it or don't like it, than humans. Animals are extremely predictable, humans are not always or have many behaviors to guess at, which is especially hard if it's a new human in my life. That adds a lot of anxiety to friendships for me, because getting close to someone means learning to interact with them on a regular basis without setting things ablaze. Aside from that, I can't draw humans for shit, so when I want to doodle a friend and I together I have to have an animal to represent them alongside my katlikeness.
For a while now I have found it comforting to be able to assign people an animal against their will based on their personality or favorite animal and refer to them as such during normal conversation or have sort of RP-like interactions using just critters. I have not had any complaints yet and I only do this to people I plan to keep in my life for a while, though at first some of the unwilling participants have been confused and reluctant to allow me to provide them with an animal. Eventually once they understood that I'm just a tad nuts and sort of awkward socially they played along like good little critters, some even came to enjoy it and initiated said interactions themselves. I have only recently been into the furry community, so all of my previous interactions have been with "normals" who don't think of themselves as or relate to a critter.
Basically the reason I think I do this is simply because I find it easier to relate to any animal, even if I'm not familiar with it or don't like it, than humans. Animals are extremely predictable, humans are not always or have many behaviors to guess at, which is especially hard if it's a new human in my life. That adds a lot of anxiety to friendships for me, because getting close to someone means learning to interact with them on a regular basis without setting things ablaze. Aside from that, I can't draw humans for shit, so when I want to doodle a friend and I together I have to have an animal to represent them alongside my katlikeness.
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besides if its a coping mechanism then it's no big deal, however if people seem reluctant to have you impose your quirk on them dont force it. 
