About Me

I will speak now.
(Robert Browning, By the Fireside)

As you may well have seen me say on the About the Site page, I am Loganberry Brekytennion (feel free to shorten that!), a lapine fur. It's probably a fair bet that many people coming to a Furtopia site know what a fur is anyway, and I won't attempt a definitive description here, partly because no such thing exists anyway! However, as a very brief explanation for those who haven't a clue what I'm talking about, in my case it means that I feel a very deep affinity with rabbits that goes well beyond simply liking them, and becomes a feeling more like kinship. If you're curious, then the best place to start is probably my Rabbiting On essay. You can find a lot more of my thoughts on furriness dotted around the place; in fact, that's really what this entire site is about. =:)

As is touched on in the aforementioned essay, I consider myself to be what might be termed an "empathic fur". What I mean by that is that I don't feel that I was a rabbit in a previous life, or that I was somehow supposed to be a rabbit in this one. I accept and am comfortable with my humanity, and don't believe that there are two species fighting for control; I consider my lapine aspect to be complementary to my human one, yet not vying with it. I have the two aspects, but they make up just the one Loganberry.

Let me say here that "finding furry" (as it's slightly annoyingly termed) has made a huge difference to my life, and I feel happier in myself now than I can ever remember. That's partly because the furry community - and yes, that's the right word to use; it is a community - has given me so much; but it's also because I am now at ease with who I am. We furs may be mocked and insulted from many quarters, but it only makes us stronger and more determined to be true to ourselves. Resilience is the quality I admire most in rabbits; I see it also in furdom and that makes me proud to be a part of it.

As for my own personality, one might say that it is indeed fairly similar to that of the rabbit. I am very shy and timid around people I don't know extremely well, and this hampers me socially. I do in fact love making friends, and you're very welcome to say hello, but it's fair to say that I can take a while to become comfortable with a new person. I also get hurt easily, so am often nervous of saying anything remotely personal in case it's badly received. That means that it's no reflection on you if I come across as slightly stand-offish at first; I'm never going to be an out-and-out extrovert, but gain my friendship and trust and you'll have it for life. =:)

I am Loganberry, a lapine fur and actually really quite pleased about the fact, don't you know. =;)