Bio.
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GENERAL INFO.

Full Name: Svenja Zandstege
Aliases: Buppy
Gender and Pronouns: Nonbinary Transfem; They/She/Bun
Place of Birth: Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Heritage: Anthro Leporidae-Canid Hybrid (Mixed; Holland Lop and German Shepard); White Danish-German
Date of Birth: April 28, 1979
Age: 45
Parents:

Siblings:
Children:
Other Family: N/A

Allergies: N/A
Addictions: N/A
Mental Conditions/Disorders: N/A
Physical Conditions/Disorders: Von Willebrand Disease (VWD; Inability for Blood to Clot), Mild Developmental Hip Dysplasia (DDH)

APPEARANCE INFO.

Features: Softer, aged features with a flat, straight nose, downturned eyes, and a fanged smile. They have pale pink paw pads on their hands and feet, with her feet containing heart-shaped marks on the bottom of their hocks. Similarly, rather than fingernails, Svenja has long claws that are similar in color to their body fur. Svenja has several facial piercings, including two bridge piercings and dahlia bites
Voice Claim: Phenix Kühnert
Eye Color: Heterochromatic; Purple/Magenta (Right), Dark Blue (Left)
Fur Color: White (Tail and Ears); Pale Warm Grey (Body)
Hair Color: Medium Taupe
Hairstyle: Long, semi-wavy, hip-length hair worn in a loose style with side-parted bangs.
Build: Averagely built and mid-sized, with a fuller stomach, arms, and thighs. Her legs are a touch more muscular due to her rabbit feet and general posture.
Height: 5 feet and 9 inches (approx. 175 cm)
Weight: 172 pounds (approx. 78 kg)

SOCIAL INFO.

Connections:

Relationship Status: Single
Sexuality: Lesbian

MISC. INFO

For people unfamiliar with noun-based pronouns, Svenja's bun pronouns would be said as follows: Svenja's new outfit is so cute, I wonder where bun got it from? Maybe bun made it bunself, or it belonged to a friend of bun's; it looks vintage.

For the sake of consistency, a singular pronoun set is used within Svenja's biography.

Madelien is Svenja's surrogate daughter; a close friend of Svenja carried her and Svenja temporarily paused her transition to donate viable sperm. The two remain close friends to this day, as they agreed that Svenja would be the sole parent.

On a similar note, Madelien is an adult by now, somewhere in her early 20s! Still, Svenja loves to baby her and continues to help financially support her even if she's on her own two feet.

Buppy is a nickname that was given to Svenja by her daughter. As a toddler, Madelien noticed similarities between her mother and a cartoon character she'd seen on television (Nijntje or Miffy). Since she couldn't quite say Nijntje yet, she always called her "Buppy" (a mispronunciation of bunny). And since Svenja has notable rabbit ears, even if floppy, Madelien decided that was enough to also call her mother "Buppy". The name stuck, and Madeline will still call Svenja "Buppy" to this day.

Svenja's VWD is undiagnosed, but noticeable. It often manifests as heavy bruising and prolonged bleeding. Their nosebleeds aren't frequent, but they tend to last quite long (sometimes over 10 minutes).

Svenja's DDH presents as hip pain, minor instability, and limping during flare ups. On days where the flare ups are more intense, Svenja will use a single-point cane to counteract the instability and take some pressure off of their hip (which tends to flare up more on the left side than the right).

BACKGROUND.

Svenja was born a quintuplet; them and their siblings were all born from the same pregnancy. As such, their childhood was rather chaotic between them, their two brothers, and their two sisters. Frankly, it would have been chaotic either way, as their family traveled often between Tilburg and Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany. Both parents remained in close contact with very extended families, and thus travel was frequent enough that—as soon as they got their passport—they were granted dual-citizenship between the Netherlands and Germany. As such, Svenja and their siblings were raised bilingual and between two cultures. Even with all the chaos, though, there was a serenity to their little home along the Wilhelmina Canal.

That is, until Svenja grew older and realized that no matter how comforting the environment was, something was still off. Unfortunately, as they grew into independence, Svenja spent years wrestling with internalized transphobia shaped by the social climate around them. It delayed a lot of things—education, career ambitions, even her sense of legitimacy in their own life. They felt more like a machine than a person. Time would pass and, in their 20s, they would realize themselves as a nonbinary transfem. This realization gave Svenja a sharpened awareness of how institutions and cultural norms can quietly constrain people long before they ever realize it. Even among queer circles, there was still that off feeling that would arise when they would come around... until they met Willemijn.

Willemijn was a vibrant light in the darkness; someone that Svenja would grow to trust with every fiber of their being. The two attended Tilburg University together, though under different programs. Svenja would study in the Besturrskunde (Public Administraton) Bachelor's Program, which gave them a newfound passion toward the intricacies of the world around them. In this program, they would study how governments shape the tiniest aspects of everyday life—from how policies affect neighborhood cohesion, how integration is managed or mismanaged, and how policing structures influence a very carefully-chosen narrative surrounding trust and safety. As, for very notable myths like them, and even human transfeminine folk, this trust and safety was an immense privilege that could be taken away at the drop of a dime. And through this course, Svenja and Willemijn would form a flourishing friendship. The two were so close that it was Willemijn who encouraged Svenja to pursue transition. It was also Willemijn that Svenja trusted enough, once they began working in the public sector, to be the surrogate for their child.

When Svenja was in their early 20s, their daughter Madelien would be born. Stepping into parenthood did put a pause in their education, though the legal agency they work with was more than accomodating to their needs and would keep the benefit doors open for when they were ready. And as their siblings moved on, and their parents would ultimately pass, Svenja would raise Madelien in that same, quaint home. The comforting canal paths, the hum of passing barges, and the small routines of neighborhood life—those became the backdrop of Madelien’s childhood and Svenja’s early adulthood. It taught them both the beauty of life. That there was no rush to solve problems, and that no matter what they would always have one another to keep themselves stable.

Eventually, as Madelien grew into her own independence, Svenja would return to Tilburg University and begin studying under the MSc program in Public Governance & Strategy. Pursuing this program would open many more doors for them, and also just suited them well; it’s precise, grounded, and impactful in ways that aren’t always visible but are deeply felt by the local community—especially those that are often overlooked and treated as afterthoughts in government planning processes. Within recent years, Madelien began studying abroad in the United States. Always supportive of their daughter, Svenja expressed nothing but pride in the decision. However, they also haven't quite let go of the instinct to be nearby when it matters most. When possible, Svenja will take time off from their work and travel to the United States to offer solace during the stress of exam season. This works out well, too, as it was when Madelien "left the nest" that Svenja would permanently move to a loft apartment in Tilburg Centrum. They maintain property ownership of their childhood home, but treat the property more as an investment into Madelien's future, should she want a place to come back to.

If there’s a throughline in Svenja’s life, it’s this: they have learned, slowly and deliberately, how to claim space—in institutions, in communities, and in themselves. Their long-term goal is to become an environmental advocate and community organizer; someone who can bridge legal frameworks and grassroots action. They want to push for changes that are structural—ones that reshape how people live, who gets heard, and what kind of future is considered possible for Madelien and the generations after her. Svenja still feels a flicker of self-consciousness about their age when they sit in lecture halls surrounded by their younger peers, but it’s much quieter now. In the end, Svenja has accepted that they aren’t behind. They just simply took a longer, more complicated path to arrive exactly where they need to be.

And they wouldn't have it any other way.