How many of you are Furries?

[RedXIII]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom

http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Furry_fandom

http://www.furnation.com/toronto/aboutfurry.html


Because i already did a tiger tail and working on ears. ^_^

[khashka]

1. I guess me

I want fur. And fangs, though I can't convince my dentist. Though maybe it's less a furry thing than letting out my inner wolf - not cute and cuddly but predatory.

I once had a pet, I'll call him Dogboy, and he just wanted to be treated like a puppy. Not the same thing but related.

I have no problems with furrys - Harms no one and is often very cute.

Khash.

[RedXIII]

2. Of course i feel it's the same thing as...

Trekkies,Dungeons and Dragons geeks and whatnot.

[khashka]

3. I'm a total RPG geek

But I prefer Travellers, Champions or Call of Cthulu to D&D. Once had a great DM who mixed em all up so you had no crucking idea what game you were playing - great fun!

Khash.

[RedXIII]

6. ,,,,

[democracyindanger]

4. Obama to furries in less than six degrees

http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/9628.html

[RedXIII]

5. It's a hobby ,not a fetish!

The CSI episode's plot was based on a film called Plushies and Furries by gay filmmaker Rick Castro, which first aired on MTV in 2002. Castro deceived many furries and convention organizers in the making of this pseudo-documentary; scenes were contrived and staged to suit Castro's view of the world, falsely portraying furry fandom as being entirely fetish-based instead of as a fandom that has attracted a few fetishists. Participants in the film have been vilified and all but ostracized from furry fandom.

http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/csi.html

[Lorien]

19. Most of us have encountered those with fetishes more often than those

who are simply "fans" I was an animator at Disney years ago and we had frequent, obsessive letters from furries when we were making "The Rescuers Down Under". We even had to have extra security because one fan kept making threats against us if we altered Bianca (a female mouse) because she was his "ideal woman". He said that he dressed like Bernard and tried to imitate his mannerisms, so naturally we were all on the lookout for a guy wearing a red sweater and no pants! ;-) But those in the costumes had the most run ins with the fetish crowd. I had two friends, both petite women named Debbie, who wore the Mickey and Minnie costumes. Minnie was propositioned regularly (things like tourists leaving a hotel room key in her hand and a note that said "bring the costume") and nobody knew what sort of person was in those costumes! I did know one other animator-Shaun- who was a non-fetish furry who just really liked making the costumes. He was an animation fan in general and always preferred the anthropomorphic characters over anything else, so when he wasn't drawing Roger Rabbit for a living he was dressing up like a rabbit.

Seems harmless enough (well, the non obsessive non-fetish sorts, anyway). I was in the SCA as a kid, so who am I to judge? I have no taste for fantasy any more, as it's been my job for 23 years now. Just can't suspend my disbelief the way I once could!

[amitten]

7. What does furry-ism mean to you?

What do you like? What does it represent to you?

[RedXIII]

8. To me,

it's just a hobby that has been hijacked by more fringe elements,and it's true that if you put a furry fan and a furry lifestyler in the same room they will start bickering.

[amitten]

9. But in what way is it a hobby?

I mean, is it about designing costumes? If so, why are they always animal-themed? I guess I just don't understand the motive behind the hobby.

[RedXIII]

10. ,,,

Did you see the links?

They explain what it is.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom

http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Furry_fandom

http://www.furnation.com/toronto/aboutfurry.html

Or are you one of those Mundanes who like to put down people who are not like them,Because people always fear stuff that is different, Just read about what happened to gaieleo when he said that the sun was the center of the universe.

[amitten]

12. I'm not putting it down, I just honestly don't "get" it.

I'm just trying to understand it fully. I mean, is it that you want to feel closer to animals, or that you identify especially closely with animals? Is it a sort of love of animals taken to a higher level...like loving animals so much you wish you could be one?

I would wonder the same thing about a group of people who felt compelled to dress as insects or fish or reptiles, for instance. I'm just trying to grasp what sort of feeling gets people to do it. I have no problem with it at all and don't think less of people who like it.

[Heidi]

13. How's it any different than people who dress us as Star Trek characters?

:shrug:

:hi: amitten! Nice to see you! :pals:

[amitten]

15. Well, animals are an actual different species, and it seems that

all the animals used as costumes are furry animals.

So, it seems like there is some underlying factor here that maybe is harder to understand. Also, the Star Trek characters have captured people's imaginations because of the shows they exsist in...fans want to be a part of that imaginary created world. Animals aren't on television starring in shows, hence my curiosity of the desire to emulate or imitate.

And hello--good to see you!

[Heidi]

17. Wait a minute. Are you saying Star Trek is FICTIONAL?

Call Me Wesley says it's a serial documentary. :rofl:

[amitten]

18. (Just let him believe.) n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Dude, Wharf and Spock are human?

[DarkTirade]

21. The difference is that spandex is far less forgiving of not having a perfect hollywood figure.

Whereas it's easier to get away with being a normal shaped person (ironic, eh?) in a fur costume. :P

[RedXIII]

14. ,it is because i like animals.

BTW, i also don't see it any different than people at Renaissance Faires dressed as Henry VIII or Elizabeth I,or vampire the Masquerade players who dress up as vampires complete with fangs and whatnot, and i expected this board to be like Somethingawful*.*com,because seriously they're awful.

[amitten]

16. That makes sense--thanks for giving details. n/t

[Lorien]

11. My cat is a "plushie"

Poor confused neutered Oberon. That plush Bernese Mountain dog has to be repaired again and again-but that's better that having Obie use my head as a surrogate!

[sakabatou]

20. ...

:spray:

[DarkTirade]

22. I definitely relate to some animals

but it's more of a shamanistic thing than anything else. I may chase birds and purr now and then, but I don't feel feline inside. And I may have an urge to howl at the full moon, but I don't feel like gathering a pack and taking down a moose anytime soon.

At least, I haven't lately. :yoiks:

[RedXIII]

23. And i know...

That Anime has some adult stuff like Yaoi and tentacle hentai.

SO you can't judge something based on only one element.