Furry Fandom and Drama General -

[Dr. Meme]

If there are any furries reading through this thread, please keep your fetishes to yourself. I don't care if you like anthro art just please don't bring up your favorite types of animal porn in a conversation about drawing techniques. All my furry friends do it and it's disgusting.

 

[CatParty]

If there are any furries reading through this thread, please keep your fetishes to yourself. I don't care if you like anthro art just please don't bring up your favorite types of animal porn in a conversation about drawing techniques. All my furry friends do it and it's disgusting.

furries are nasty and should be ashamed of themselves

 

[mapdark]

It's an artstyle used primarily for children's cartoon, and those who still use it well into their twenties and thirties seem a bit... mentally stunted, I guess?

I guess Guarnido is mentally stunted then >_>

This is a very generalizing comment you make there

 

[CatParty]

I guess Guarnido is mentally stunted then >_>

This is a very generalizing comment you make there

no that artist is obviously ripping off hellblazer. like it literally looks like a bad photoshop of a cat head on john constantine

 

[Kusottare]

Honest question: what is the appeal of belonging to a group of people that is so perverted? Furries are gross and I am amazed at how openly people share their perversions these days.

Haha, oops.
I'm blind and didn't see this.

Let me preface this by saying I like the idea of fucking dogs

Honestly?
I'm not really in it for the weird porn and all that junk, it's pretty much just a way for me to meet new people.
Everyone just likes the idea of inventing themselves a cool avatar that they can share with other people, but then there are the people who make their avatar a literal embodiment of SEX APPEAL and blah blah we all know the rest.
The main issue is that furries are welcoming people, but they are waaay too welcoming.
The fact that nobody calls anybody else out on their fucked up kinks and fetishes just makes people think that it's perfectly acceptable to scream about what gets you off, and given that some of these people may not know basic social graces, it only makes matters worse.

 

[Dr. Meme]

In America I can't get married in certain states but furries can and if you think about it that's pretty fucked up.

 

[Super Collie]

mapdark, you're about to step right into a trap.

 

[CatParty]

I wasn't aware there are states that let you marry your dog?

http://www.marryyourpet.com/

 

[Dr. Meme]

I wasn't aware there are states that let you marry your dog?

In the south it's basically anything goes as long as it's not gay.

 

[Kusottare]

http://www.marryyourpet.com/

And for those days when Rex has been a bad dog:
http://divorceyourpet.com/

 

[4Macie]

furries are nasty and should be ashamed of themselves

I had literally never heard the term furries until I came to these forums, or if I had heard, it I didn't really register what it was.
I had always assumed that furries were just people that dressed up as animals of their choosing and sometimes (or most of the times) believed they were that animal in their soul.
It wasn't until much later that I found out that there was a darker side to it. But, I have to ask, is what I originally thought a furry was accurate for any 'group' or 'subset' of furries? Because if all they are, are people dressing up and believing they are animals... I don't really see the harm in it.

I do, however, see a disgusting aspect to the furries who shit themselves or .... I think it's called 'yiff' with one another. But, as I said, if they're just playing dress up, I don't see the problem.
(I'm not trying to cause any kind of debate if this is a sore topic, I genuinely don't know jack shit about furries)

 

[Dr. Meme]

I guess Guarnido is mentally stunted then >_>

This is a very generalizing comment you make there

Why make it about animals if humans work just as well?
It's not like having them be animals changes anything or means anything different then what the author is trying to covey.

 

[Glassbrain]

Why make it about animals if humans work just as well?
It's not like having them be animals changes anything or means anything different then what the author is trying to covey.

If you were asking this about a written story, you might have had more point, but there's the whole aesthetic, somebody's better at drawing that, or the whole "because it's more off-putting" (which falls under aesthetics - really that's pretty much the big reason) to go with. I get where you're coming from here, but that logic isn't at it's best when referring to a drawn work.

Plus, humans might not work as well, you never know. "Dime a dozen" and so on so forth. Plus, there's the angle of "because I'm appealing to furries as my audience for cash dollar".

 

[Adamska]

I had literally never heard the term furries until I came to these forums, or if I had heard, it I didn't really register what it was.
I had always assumed that furries were just people that dressed up as animals of their choosing and sometimes (or most of the times) believed they were that animal in their soul.

Aye, you're thinking of fursuiters. I always found them to be a bit more mental than the artists personally, barring the use of extreme fetishes like scat and inflation. I think it's because I usually think of the bunch that do it like Discovery in their suits. Then again, I usually associate a few things to furries anyway:

1. Loads of porn
2. Neon colors
3. Bloody repaints

It wasn't until much later that I found out that there was a darker side to it. But, I have to ask, is what I originally thought a furry was accurate for any 'group' or 'subset' of furries? Because if all they are, are people dressing up and believing they are animals... I don't really see the harm in it.

It's one subsection, but last I checked, it isn't super huge. I think it's the fact that those suits are expensive, and more of 'em prefer to crank dat over pictures since it's cheaper.

 

[OBAMATRON]

 

[Adamska]

I guess Guarnido is mentally stunted then >_>

This is a very generalizing comment you make there

Reread what Satan said... he said usually, and seems. Not exactly generalizing, and a wee bit of the 'tism on your end.

 

[4Macie]

Aye, you're thinking of fursuiters. I always found them to be a bit more mental than the artists personally, barring the use of extreme fetishes like scat and inflation. I think it's because I usually think of the bunch that do it like Discovery in their suits. Then again, I usually associate a few things to furries anyway:

1. Loads of porn
2. Neon colors
3. Bloody repaints

It's one subsection, but last I checked, it isn't super huge. I think it's the fact that those suits are expensive, and more of 'em prefer to crank dat over pictures since it's cheaper.

Ah, I see. So the "ok" furries aren't the norm, they're the minority. Makes sense.
So I guess, if they're the weird ones.. yeah I guess that's a little more than deviant.

 

[Kusottare]

Ah, I see. So the "ok" furries aren't the norm, they're the minority. Makes sense.
So I guess, if they're the weird ones.. yeah I guess that's a little more than deviant.

In my experience, I've found that there are plenty of "okay" furries, just that the fucked-up ones are in the spotlight for the most part.
all furries are going to hell anyway though so who cares am i right

 

[mapdark]

Why make it about animals if humans work just as well?
It's not like having them be animals changes anything or means anything different then what the author is trying to covey.

The reverse could be asked. Why not humans instead of animals.

There are Stylistic reasons for using anthropomorphic characters. You can have a diversified cast without having to use token racial characters. their animal feature can help convey emotion in unusual ways, etc.

The problem is , this view of furries you have could be applied to any fandom that has insane fanboys in it.


I mean , in my opinion , anime fans can be quite.. special as well.
That doesn't mean that all otakus are buying body pillow with their waifus on it to hump away.

 

[A-№1]

Why make it about animals if humans work just as well?
It's not like having them be animals changes anything or means anything different then what the author is trying to covey.

But it might make it easier. People have always associated certain traits with certain animals; owls are wise, lions are noble, pigs are fat, weasels are weaselly. By portraying a character as a certain type of animal an author can use these existing associations to quickly and easily describe that character without a lot of exposition. If a character in a piece is portrayed as a fox you know he's bound to be a bit clever without being told

Using animals also allows authors to do things like make unsubtle political commentary, such as having all the police in a work be pigs or having an activist character of a certain political bent be an actual black panther. At the same time it can let them be more subtle as well, such as having a mixed species married couple instead of a mixed race marriage.

This is hardly a new thing, either. People have been doing it probably for as long as we've been, well, people. Just look at all the old legends about the trickster god Coyote. Or the handsome monkey king Sun Wu-Kong. Or Brer Rabbit. These tales just wouldn't have the same impact if they were about "some clever tricky guy".

Edit: All that being said, yeah, there is a big difference between appreciating Journey to the West for the amazing piece of literature that it is and dressing up in a monkey suit for sexual purposes.