The real me?

Well, he exists. There is more information about him available, but you'll have to go looking elsewhere. I'll leave it as an excercise for those who are truely curious.

The unreal me?

A better question.

Firstly the name. The fast majority of people assume that I am part wolf, part dolphin. Sort of a wolf-dolphin hybrid. To them I say, "Nope!" I'm actually a morphic dolphin. Morphic short for anthropomorphic and meaning human qualities. In this case I am bipedal bottlenose dolphin. My description on FurryMuck is:

    The first thing which you notice about Wolphin is his blue/grey 
colouring, betraying his aquatic ancestors.  Similar to a dolphin, 
he is a light blue on his smooth belly, fading to a dark grey on 
his back where his dorsal fin is.  His head is smaller, but similar 
in size to a dolphin, but on a humanoid neck, giving him better 
control over its movements.     
    Looking closer, you notice webbing between his fingers and toes.  
His back extends into a flat bladed tail, gracefully moving out of 
the way when he's out of the water, but still excellent as a means 
of propulsion.  His hide shows the pale scars of rake marks, 
inflicted from a variety of different sources but overall, his body
appears sleek and slimlined, but still imminentaly huggable.   
    He notices you looking at him, cocks his Ceatean head and 
extends a hand in greeting.

If words are hard for you to comprehend, there is a excellent picture that Gryf did of me on the images page

The name Wolphin comes basically because I like the sound of it. Nothing too deep and meaningful about it. I like the dolphin connetations, but most people pronounce it "wolfin" the first time which makes me go "wolphin." Its the same sound as dolphin, a soft "o", soft "f". Not a hard one as in "wolf"

I have had some debate with various furs as to the accuracy of a wolphin. In Hawaii, there is a cetacean they call a "Wolphin" Its a hybrid between a dolphin and a whale, however I have been told that this is actually a "Wholphin" and they typoed it, but I'm sticking with calling her a Wolphin. I have also come across a couple of furs that list their species as a wolphin and are wolf/dolphin hybrids. (One of which didn't like me being called the same as their species, but I digress).

What species?

I go around as a couple of species, depending on my mood and where I am. I seem to end up as one species at each location, but change occasionally if I feel like it.

• On FurryMuck, I'm almost always the dolphin morph listed above. He's a sort of perpetually cheerful, friendly guy. Doesn't get up to too much. This is probably the closest character I have to a "personal fur"
• On Tapestries I spend most of my time there as a draft horse morph. I like draft horses; big, placid, friendly. They have a lot going for them. Currently he wears a very nice alien latex suit, but if you want to know more, you'll have to ask him about it.
• If you find me on Altered Realities, there I often change species, but currently I'm a stag morph for no reason other than I like the antlers. I don't go in for deep and meaningful reasons.
• Yiffnet use to be a furry based IRC network, but it has sort of been disbanded, but there are still a few servers around. There I tend to be a bipedal dragon, usually of aquatic decent.
• Other forms I use from time to time depending on my mood:
  • Wolven - similar to a werewolf, but probably not as aggressive
  • Dragon - I've got various forms, but as a general rule they are bipedal silver or aquatic dragons
  • Orcas - Usually not a true orca, but I really like the idea of a bottlenose dolphin with the colouring of an orca.
  • Shark - I have been seen as a very sexy silvertip shark from time to time.
  • Cobra - I'm a sucker for anything with scales, this is one of my forms that has them
  • Avian - I also love avians and have one or two forms that pop up from time to time
  • 'Bots - I don't know why, but sometimes I play a bot. Why? Because I can.
  That is not a comprehensive list, but it should give you an idea of what to look for :}

How does being a Furry affect you?

(Twitches nerviously) Not at all.

Seriously, from some of the furs I know, I view the furdom quite different from them (Yes, that is what it is called). Some people are attracted to furriness as a lifestyle, others truely believe that they are a 200ft dragon trapped in a pathetic human form. Thats fine. Ok, being introduced to someone who says they are "Kerbosh the Third" and wants you vetted in case you're trying to steal their hoard takes a little bit of getting use to, but thats fine.

I was attracted to the furdom for a couple of reasons. Probably the main one was I liked the concept. I go to mucks and chat for escapism. I have friends who do the same thing, but they all play human characters. The way I see it, that involves little imagination. If I'm going to be using my imagination, I want something that taxes it. I would like an environment where animals can talk, shapeshifters and magic abound. Sure, it doesn't exist in this universe, at least not that we know of, so why can't I play make believe with other like minded people.

One of the things that threw me for a while, but probably now throws other people more than me is that for me, there is a big distinction between RL (Real life) and VR (Online stuff). With some people what you see in VR is what you get in RL and vice-versa. This is not the case with me, me online is quite different with my offline.

Why?

A good broad question, lots of scope for an answer and I'll just say, "Why not"

I have a question!

Great, ask me and I'll put an answer up here. I need to broaden this section a little.