This blog has been created to give one of my personas a place to roam free. It is an experiment, and should be viewed as such. There's a side to me that I'd like to explore a bit more, and I want a place to drop all the thoughts and experiences it has out in the real world.
For over fourteen years, I have been roleplaying various characters in various games (both pen and paper and online). Over the past eight years, one particular type of character has come to the forefront time and time again as something I have enjoyed. That particular personality has been used dozens of times, with dozens of modifications. Originally it was innocent and naive, illiterate, and unknowing of how things worked in any given world that it was used in. The last incarnation to be played was not so naive, but still had a rather innocent view of events.
The one common factor beyond that personality: all these characters were furry.
Every single one was a catfolk, or a catfolk/dragon blend. I loved them, and I loved the way I felt when I played them.
Am I a furry? I really don't know. I don't have any kind of sexual tieups with this particular persona. I don't have a desire to have a sexual experience with someone in a fursuit, or some imaginary character that doesn't really exist. I don't do TinySex. I do know that a sexual desire is -not- the basis for the fur community. Yes, there are those out there that certainly have those desires, but they do not necessarily make up the majority.
Of course, these views are as an outsider looking in. I haven't fully embraced this side of me, nor have I turned it away. I haven't spoken at length with anyone in any kind of sincerity about my desire to explore the fur side of life. People know about it, but those people assume it's a joke or me being a wacky bastard like normal.
I've taken the first step to introducing KatzeDrache to the public. I turned him loose on a message board I help run. He had a different name that time, but it was the same old persona I've come to love. I have shown up at the bar a couple times now with small ears on, but this is a bar that knows me for showing up wearing the most offensive thing I could come up with at the time, so no one there really bats an eye when I pull something wierd.
The next step comes this Thursday. I have a tail now, and I will be wearing it out to Brennan's Pub in Marina Del Rey, CA. Those of you around Los Angeles may know what that means. Turtle Racing. Yes, I am a regular and an active participant. If you've been down there, you've seen me, though you may not know who I am based on this posting.
You can hit the
Turtle Racing website and find a link to the live camera feed that plays during the races and find me, if you like. I'm up on stage all night. I've judged in the past, and I'm sure I'll get suckered into judging again in the future. I help where I can to keep things running.
One disclaimer before I end this post: This is the last post -I- will write. All future posts will be KatzeDrache posting whatever he bloody well pleases. Yes, I'm quite aware that we are one and the same. Yes, I'm fairly certain I'm not batshit crazy just yet. I've adopted different personalities and behaviors for psychology papers in the past. I've written countless research papers on how people react to different and drastic changes in a person. This is a bit different, though. This isn't for a paper. This isn't going to be a drastic change. I will be taking it one step at a time. This is for me, and finding out what I need to know.
Am I a furry?
Do I -want- to be a furry?
KatzeDrache certainly is, but KatzeDrache is just the latest name assigned to a long running personality that's been used time and time again. This time I'm hoping to let it become a full fledged persona; not just something I've used in games and online.
And with all that out of the way, it begins.
PS: You can feel free to contact me from this blog via comment or email. If you're a part of the fur community, I'd really love to hear from you as I don't know what this all means yet. I'm sure I'll find out eventually, but it's always nice to have someone on the inside to help you see what you're getting yourself into.