Furry Chat river • 1 year ago • 88%

Hi there 🐾 Just realized I have never written an introduction here. I don't see a character limit, so bear with me ^^" **TL;DR** I'm a fox. I used to be a rather ordinary IT person for the most of my life, until 1.5 years ago I left my home country, for the foreseeable future. The sudden and radical change of the environment, financial and legal status, the stress, uncertainty, and mental health challenges -- all that made me change, too... so, I became a furry. In hindsight, that was a right thing to do, for it had brought me closer to my authentic self. For the first time in my life, I asked myself what I wanted to be, instead of following the common patterns of the society, or the vision of those close to me. The more I asked, the more I discovered. I'm not a cisgender person (and what cis- means after all), someone who can find anyone attractive, and also a bit of a bottom. When I commissioned a reference sheet for my fursona, I didn't see the depiction of a character, but rather a portrait of myself. On the day of my 32nd birthday, I let everyone on Twitter know that I'm actually a fox, and called myself a therian ever since. ::: spoiler Plurality, TW final integration This year, on February 27th, I discovered and got to experience plurality hands-on. It's been quite a journey, with five best friends at maximum. We figured out who we are and where we'd like to go, pushed through clinical depression together, have done art and silly tech things. Recently, we decided to merge back into one person, gave ourselves a new name, River, and started calling ourselves "I am". The integration went surprisingly well, and I'm glad we haven't lost anyone in the process. :::   Labels time! Now, I'm a non-binary pansexual aromantic fox therian, a Russian immigrant, and a husband. A software engineer by trade, I'm trying to expand from Vue.js frontend to full-stack PHP work. I enjoy film photography, though it's way more expensive in Canada than anywhere else I lived, and collect old records (thank the Universe for thrift stores), and I also draw stuff as a hobby. Productivity, minimalism, and Bullet Journal technique are surefire topics to get me started. But after all, I'm just a silly bean on the Internet, who's happy to be around other beautiful critters, uwu. ::: spoiler Image description Double portrait of a soft blue and white fuzzy anthro fox with green eyes, darker head fur, and yellow ear fluff -- and a human with black hair, wearing eyeglasses and a green shirt with an arctic fox print. Both crossed their arms, and are standing shoulder to shoulder. Artwork by [FRAE](https://twitter.com/werebeastfrae). :::