"Hello and welcome!"

Before you stands a small, pear-shapped creature, addressing you with a shy smile and extending an extremely fluffy paw.

I really do appreciate you dropping by, friend. My name is Rhea. I'm an enby trans woman from Colorado who's been a furry for a decade and a half or so, going by a variety of sonas.

I'm many flavors of queer, in a way that can be difficult to capture in words; a few of the labels I feel are most meaningful are Neuroqueer, Polyamorous, and Demipan.

Upon closer inspection, the diminutive figure is revealed as a rabbit (albet a v. fluffy one) with white fur and lilac spots. Her most identifying feature are her ears - giant lop ears that hang to near the floor-but the remarkable fluff that blanketed her head and shoulders was also distictive, as was her... flower-shaped tail?

My primary sona is a Plenni, an imagined creature inspired by the Jackalope cryptid myth but borrowing design elements from a domestic rabbit breed, a plant or mushroom, and a mineral. The plant becomes a tail flower and the mineral comprises the horns. Bliss is a Miniature Lion Lop (with double mane), has a Lotus flower tail, and Chalcedony Agate horns.

The Plenni blinks up at you, smile widening as you take her paw, she gives it a welcoming shake and you marvel at how soft the wool on her paws are.

I've been low activity in our community of late, as I've been focusing primarily on my own mental health and that of my family. This fandom means so much to me tho; I'm gonna be here forever. I hope to be more active in community again very soon, both inside the fandom and outside it.

I enjoy making music, food, art, and memories; those four things hold the meaning of my life. Philosophy is a big love of mine, but I am relentlessly curious regarding almost every aspect of this world. You'll almost never see me without a book.

I'm political: the black flag of the anarchist waves in my heart, acompannied by a mathcore cover of "Bella Ciao" and a small alter to Ursula K. It may or may not wave other places too.

I am therian by technicality, a chaos magus with post-human flair more prone to ritual biohacking than moon-howling. I adore the community despite my odd place within it.

Your strange -if gentle- new friend thanks you for spending the time to learn about her. She seems to really appreciate you!