Lucid Dreamurr

Lucid Dreamurr, also known as jjjhhhppp and GotPony (real name Joshua Rene Ortega, born May 2, 1995), is a fursuiter who lives in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Fandom involvement
Prior to becoming involved with the furry fandom, Josh was an active participant of the My Little Pony fandom and anime community. Given that these two often intersect, this would later lead to his discovery of the furry fandom. The first instance in which Josh recalls becoming aware of the existence of the fandom was at Anime Central in 2015.

He recalled seeing a handful of vendors selling merchandise that can be attributed to being part of the fandom, as well as seeing individuals dressed in fursuits; albeit he was not yet aware of that specific terminology. With his interest piqued, and with a bit of research, he initially discovered semi-anthropomorphized artwork on various anime boards, one of which being NeKoChAnK. Shortly thereafter, he began to discover fully anthropomorphic content, the first of which was VivziePop’s Die Young animation.

Seeing the characters in the animation, he was now motivated to research what was necessary to get his own anthropomorphic character developed. Josh contacted his good friend Alexander “Tofu” Gomez, who was also beginning to discover the fandom himself, for assistance with this.

Fursona
Lucid's primary fursona is a dream wolf. Another fursona of his is Ricardo Nightwing, a male golden eagle/raccoon hybrid. This was his newest official character, adopted in October 2018; initially created in July 2014 by the original owner. The story behind Ricardo was that he was created by fur scientists in an illegal laboratory, then once "born," he was rejected by his creators for being "deformed." He grew up in the alleyways of the city with no parental guardians, learning to take care of and defend himself against threats. As he grew older and stronger, he would often arrive to the scene of a crime before the police and mutilate the attacker before making a hasty retreat. His social anxiety clashed with his instinct to protect so he would never stay to comfort any victims he saved. Ricardo has no mask, and resorts to wearing a mask that he designed himself, unlike most other raccoon characters, and also he possesses large birdlike wings. There are three blue stripes on his back, alternating between dark and light. They form an upside down US Army Sergeant rank. Ricardo Nightwing also goes by the name Ricky Raccoon. The last name Nightwing was meant to be a simple way to express "he likes to fly at night." It was made before he was aware of the Marvel character and has no affiliation with the character. Ricardo's personality can be summed up as serious, vengeful, introverted, and avoidant- except for on Telegram and at conventions, where he feels comfortable socializing, having found likeminded beings, he can express himself freely. It is rare for members of the Furry Fandom to see Ricardo's dark side. It can only be discovered through roleplay, which is difficult to get him to engage in present day because of the rarity of literate roleplayers.

Fursuit
The Lucid Dreamurr partial was constructed by Daxteria Destrexco. The Ricardo Nightwing fursuit was constructed by FurDay Creations.

Convention attendance

 * AquatiFur - 2017, 2018
 * Anime Central - 2015
 * Anthrocon - 2017, 2018, 2019
 * Fur Squared - 2017, 2019
 * Furnal Equinox - 2018
 * Furry Migration - 2017, 2018
 * Midwest FurFest - 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Hobbies
Lucid's hobbies include web design and computer troubleshooting.