My dude has a lot of aesthetic I like, but I also give it meaning, because I'm a deep motherfucker that thinks too much into this shit. I also have the same or similar personality
*He's a wolf because: I am a lover of canids, and I grew up adoring wolves. On a more personal level, I imitate canid behavior and feel close and connected to them. I have had dogs all my life so I know the emotional communication of a growl, whimper, bite, etc. Many times I would consider myself like or as a canine, the stereotype with wolves is "the lone wolf" which I tend to be, however, if and when I do form a pack I do attract fiercely and that's where my loyalty lies
*He's part avian/has wings because: When I was younger I had a lot of flying dreams, most of which I was floating or jumping across buildings. Towards my mid-adolescent years I read a book series called "The maximum ride series" about avian-human hybrids. That resonated with me a lot and I loved the science fiction aspect to that story. I have had wing-flying dreams since. What officially made me decide to put wings on a dog though was I saw a lot of high quality winged canid art, which I adored the fantastical element of! Most of those stemmed from DA so when I joined DA it was the second thing I did to his design
*His species is: I chose more specific species later. He is a "Florida Black wolf", simply because that's where I was from, and he is a black wolf. But avianwise, I chose the griffon vulture from the Himalayas. I thought this was the PERFECT representation of his "angelic" side (see below). The lore behind Griffin vultures is because in Tibet, their burial rituals do not involve cremation or ground burial. Instead, they take the bodies and feed them to the vultures. They call these vultures "dankinis" meaning sky angels, and they carry the souls of the dead to the heavens. Naturally, these supernatural figures are just vultures, at the end of the day.
*His color scheme because: I actually like dark colors, it's soothing and relaxing. Black is a nice color paired with anything, really. Usually, I hate the color pink, but with the proper shade of pink (I think it can be called magenta/hot pink/maroon) paired with the color black I always thought the color combo was pretty awesome. I'm actually a slightly feminine male by nature so I think it works personalitywise for me, and I can make the pink aesthetic work masculinely or femininely because that's just how I am, haha!
*My fursona's name is Vance Nyx because: I was pretty uncreative as fuck actually, so for his name I chose a derivative of my username:Wolf and Night. Both for the same reasons as above (Because of my attraction to wolves and the soothingness of dark). I looked up in old Norse language, the word for wolf was "Varg", and the word for night was something similar to "Nott". Originally, I combined them as Vannott but I eventually decided that sounded like a shitty name. So I took those and made a real name: Vance Nyx, I sometimes nicknamed them "Van". I liked that their first name was also a derivitive of my own, mine starts with a V as well, so my fursona isn't as boring to share my name, but has close connection to it.
*By trade he is: A nomad or wanderer. He travels the land with no goal in mind but to search for new things and go on adventures, having wings is also very good for travel. This one's pretty ironic, I'm no traveler myself, and I don't wish to be because I find first world tourism which costs thousands of dollars and governmental regulations on travel to be a boring substitute to what Vance can do. At most, I've pandered to the idea of being "homeless", just a few personal belongings, maybe a job or easy income, and just taking to living out in the world and traveling by foot. This is just a passing fancy though and I attribute all the worldwide adventure streak to my fursona. In reality, my fursonas adventurous streak to me is more metaphorical, I'm curious by nature and seek to stretch new boundaries, see more nature, and discover new things.
*Personalitywise he is: like myself. I stray from most people , especially strangers I am intimidated by. I usually take a lot of time to wander or do things on my own, or hike out in nature of my own accord. He often marvels and is in emotional awe of nature and has a constant content demeanor like I do. Despite being passive, he does have a defensive streak and is wary of danger. On occassion, if he does make a friend, he's friendly and affectionate. His hobbies are similar to my own, he's a cartographer or journal writer, and as explorers do, they write or sketch in new places they have been. Vance isn't a professional though, and just does it for his own personal interest, mainly. He's good at swordfighting/handling a blade though, which I am not though I do have an interest in swordsmanship. I attribute this to he has more need for self defense than I do.
He isn't a supernatural character but avian because: I don't much like supernatural/powered characters. He doesn't have any special powers unless you count natural flight as part of an OP thing for a wolf to have. I thought it was ironic because even though he has white wings, he is not an angel at all, merely a simple hybrid. This is a callback reference to the maximum ride series, because they weren't supernatural beings but on an occassional whim could be mistaken for them, but in the end they were just kids. Related to me, I have always strived to be the purest, best person I can, I've always been "the good kid" at home and school, never intentionally have done anything wrong. Thing is, I'm not an angel, I'm just as broken and flawed as anyone, and even though I do my best, there's things I still am bad at, that I need to learn to do better. I'm not an angel, simply a human. You can throw in some religious connotation for that too because I grew up in that environment.
Yeeeeahh...I put a LOT of thought into this, some of it came up later and I added the lore to it. Most of it ended up tying back together, incidentally.
Ironically, even though he is me, I also consider him his own separate entity. He both is and isn't me!
