role playing as animal characters on the internet?

Category: Animal House

Post 1 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Saturday, 16-Jun-2007 20:44:00

Hi. as the subject line suggests, how many of you zonersonline? I play the part of a polar bear on here, just for the fun of it, for example. anyone else role played an animal character? and while we're on that theme, anyone here ever dressed up as an animal for a party? how far did you go? did you go so far as hiring a fursuit? those can be rather expencive but very convincing so I hear.

Post 2 by The Elemental Dragon (queen of dragons) on Monday, 18-Jun-2007 19:26:17

Lets see. I've dressed up as a unicorn, a cat twice, a poodle and a dolmation. Yes fur suits can be expensive. My father dressed up as an ape once.

Post 3 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Tuesday, 19-Jun-2007 4:05:32

I've never donned a fursuit, but i might get the chance someday. tahns for your reply

Post 4 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Tuesday, 19-Jun-2007 8:13:32

thanks I meant

Post 5 by The Elemental Dragon (queen of dragons) on Friday, 22-Jun-2007 14:03:14

and I sometimes RP a dragon. My last username of sexyfiredragon is the reason why plus I ollect hem.

Post 6 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Monday, 25-Jun-2007 3:34:11

Polar bear rolls onto his back and waves his paws in the air!

Post 7 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Wednesday, 08-Aug-2007 23:34:47

as most of you well know, i play this polar bear who's adicted to paw massage *smile*

Post 8 by Hilikme (Veteran Zoner) on Thursday, 09-Aug-2007 13:56:45

Haha... I have (and still do, from time to time) roleplay as animals (as well as various other non-animal characters...)

My "default" is a big white fluffy wolf though.

I haven't dressed up entirely as one since I was eleven... but I have a few Furry friends who might help me out with a fursuit someday. I'd rather own my own then rent one, merely because I'd like it to be unique/personalised to me.

Post 9 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Thursday, 09-Aug-2007 16:45:14

there is a journal I read by a chap calling himself mefurry on livejournal.com who works as an entertainer. He works as animal characters some of the time. I've thought of trying a fursuit to see what they're like, but at the moment, I just play a paw massage loving polar bear.

Post 10 by Gilman Gal (A billy Gilman fan forever and always!!) on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2007 7:25:50

they itch! trust me, they itch! and they're hot as well!

Post 11 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2007 11:59:46

the paw massage loving bear has migrated and joined the ranks of grizzly bears, but there you go. re the fursuits, I've spoken to a professional character actor who uses fursuits on a regular bsis, and he says they are hot hot hot in side, as in not much vintilation, but once you get used to them, you are okay. he didn't say anything about them iching though, so maybe the ones he uses don't irritate.

Post 12 by rat (star trek rules!) on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2007 12:05:34

you know what i am, at least on here anyways, lol

Post 13 by Hilikme (Veteran Zoner) on Wednesday, 26-Sep-2007 17:55:52

It depends on what you have against your skin, on the inside of the suit...if you just have the feaux fur (or whatever stuff you use for the outside) right against your skin, it can be itchy... I know that a lot of people build their suits off of a base of a leatard or spandex body suit used in dancing, gymnastics, etc., because of the comfort and good fit, and the fact that you can wear just that suit so that you're not bulked up with clothes under your fursuit.

I've heard that at the conventions, there's a room for the fursuiters to just go and hang around with their hand and foot paws and heads off, with some air conditioning, for a well needed break. Haha

Post 14 by The Elemental Dragon (queen of dragons) on Wednesday, 26-Sep-2007 19:06:30

Sweet Sacrifice flies in as a black dragon with red wings and tail and brown eyes with yellow pupals and orange horn ear type things that look like the sides of her head are on fire.
Hi, Call me Shadow, everyone does but my friends call me Suki

suki rolls on her back with her tongue hanging out of her mouth like an overgrown puppy

Post 15 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Thursday, 27-Sep-2007 2:07:30

yes I've heard ursuiters wear either at shirts and boxer shorts or excersise wear beneath their fursuits. I think I would you know, for it protects the suit for one, for some of those can be dam pricy, and for another you need a tight fitting body suit yunderneath so you can work the character fursuit affectivly.

Post 16 by bozmagic (The rottie's your best friend if you want him/her to be, lol.) on Thursday, 27-Sep-2007 4:59:28

I don't think I've ever played animal characters online, at least, not until last night when I decided on Hedwigg for a user name. For those who dn't know Harry Potter or haven't read it before, Hedwig is his adorale snowy owl who basically goes everywhere with him, whether he's at his Aunt and Uncle's house, whether he's at his friend Ron's houe, Hogwarts School or whetrever. Very sadly though, J.K. Rowling decided to Hedwig off in the last book with the killing curse, non-verbal one as well. I was absolutely gutted when I found out, so I'm now Hedwig. A fitting tribute for such a gorgeous little character.

Jen.

Post 17 by The Elemental Dragon (queen of dragons) on Thursday, 27-Sep-2007 7:18:32

Yeah I wish she didn't kill Hedwig! I liked her alot!

Post 18 by bozmagic (The rottie's your best friend if you want him/her to be, lol.) on Thursday, 27-Sep-2007 13:18:30

Oo blimey! What a lot of spelling mistakes! Sorry guys, I meant adorable, whatever and killed off, lollol. That's why the blasted RNC techies really, really need to update JAWS. It is incompatible with IE7.

Post 19 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2009 2:31:41

I've kind of roleplayed animals as bonuses and side character. I do the harry Potter thing, so when I play a character with an animal, I usually make myself them to. Also, I am always the gamemaster, so I do the naration for animals too.

Post 20 by midnight sun (you can't catch me, i'm the palobread man) on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2009 8:35:55

as some of you know i play the role of a little lion on here, but it's a quite unusual lion, lives mostly on cake and milk, some times pizza. she listens to only one uman, and takes food only from him and occasionally also a couple others, and looks disgusted if you try to feed her meat. she's verry suspicious of humans, except for verry few of them, and whoever tries to hurt her human friends is guaranteed to have the hardest of times. :P
this little lion came from a randomization i made one day on qn's and has been here since then

Post 21 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2009 12:20:09

heheeh lori, smokey bear hugs the little lion. heheeh

Post 22 by midnight sun (you can't catch me, i'm the palobread man) on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2009 15:05:29

little lion lets the bear hug her, she doesn't like affection from humans cause she doesn't trust them, but accepts it from other animals

Post 23 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2009 16:20:49

awhwhwhw little lion. paws up to you. now back on topic. heeh