What kind of Furry are you?

[TinyVoices]

But, if you are typing a response, then it just looks like a standard forum. Just click "Submit" and close the window before it goes back the the thread. If they ask, just say its a fan site for a web comic. If you don't want to tell them that, then its just a random forum where you post your daily happenings.

Also, I don't care much for Renard's music, but I do like a few of the other aliases from the same guy.

Eh, except all those Smilies over on the side bar there. I suppose it makes sense, though. But what if they ask what webcomic it is? Or other forum, at least? I suppose I could just keep it ambiguous, but I feel like I need a good back-up.

And yeah, I suppose I could have said Lapfox as a better umbrella. I've said before that I occasionally listen to Expansion Port by Klippa. Most of the other stuff makes my ears bleed, though. Not my thing.

[Yakamaru]

You can also add some good music to the presentation, that have been made by Furries.

Never heard of any good music made by furries. In fact, besides the random two or three things posted on this forum, the only furry music artist I know of is Renard. My first sentence still stands.


Eh, getting back on topic. I've come to realize that it is super irritating to be almost just nearly done making a post on here, and then someone comes into my dorm room. I'm hiding the forum from everyone but me. But this really is obnoxious sometimes.

I might just let people start to know, just so that I can stop feeling like I'm doing something wrong for being on here... Course, I seriously can't see anyone thinking of me the same way after seeing a naked animal-girl on my screen. Bits or no bits...

Well, MN XenX, aka mnxenx001 over at FurAffinity is one hell of a good music composer and artist. Fredrik Miller is also one hell of a good music composer. Tabbia's Theme made by MN XenX is one of my absolute favorites from the guy.

[Envy661]

I'm the Otaku kind of furry.
By that, I mean I probably wouldn't even be a furry if it wasn't for the art style with some of the comics and shows.
Hell, I have a concept for a fursona, but it's not something I can really visualize or put to paper (I do draw). I don't really care to be associated primarily with my fursona either. Really, I just have it because people asked me what it was.

To be honest, anthro art doesn't really play any influence whatsoever in what I read or see. By that, I mean I don't really see anthro when I read something like Twokinds. I see more of a protagonist, love interest, and minor characters.

[LuckyMudman]

I'm not sure what kind of a furry I am. I do enjoy the art style, but as everyone, have been peppered by NSFW stuff (since 90% of internet is porn after all.) I do not actually hide the fact that I find anthromorphic characters to my liking, must have something to do with the fact that I sometimes like animals more than people (in the sense of loyalty and sincereness, if a dog is hostile it will show it)

I did notice people responding to furries in an unpredictable way, my brother for instance, when he found my sketchbook and saw some anthromorphs I drew, he told me it looks good, but the other day when I asked him to go trough some other sketches I drew and he saw my redraw of "Flora on the beach" (I was doing it to get a feeling for some muscle groups, since I like Tom's style) and he told me "What's wrong with you guys?".

My best guess is that when an anthro is clothed (often seen in children's books after all), people associate that with an animal's strength, but do it just a little different and people give you strange looks. So it gets kind of hard trying to talk about it.

[Talonmaster Zso]

My best guess is that when an anthro is clothed (often seen in children's books after all), people associate that with an animal's strength,

Actually, I think the most common association with an anthropomorphic animal is "Cartoony". The species, unless truly exotic, doesn't matter much (nor many of the traits), it's just seen as being "Here's a human, but it looks like a cat."

Which is also why it's generally taboo to go "Oh, but don't worry, all these naked animal girl pictures don't actually show the parts". It's roughly akin to walking in on someone with a bunch of naked Ken Dolls in assorted poses (or with a bunch of blurred out images) and going "Hey, can't see anything can ya?" Might not have that intent (Ex: Ken Dolls aren't made to be naked just to make things awkward for people), but if someone sees you drawing something naked with human sexual characteristics, they assume it's for a reason. Same as if someone drew, say, a mantis with a chitin corset, or a half-orc in a lingerie, etc. The purpose might be something relatively innocent (That Half-Orc's in almost nothing because there's tattoos and scars which wouldn't be visible in a typical outfit of that setting), though have fun explaining it with zero context.

Then again, if people check the archives here they'll see many a rant from me. So grain of salt and all that.

[TinyVoices]

Which is also why it's generally taboo to go "Oh, but don't worry, all these naked animal girl pictures don't actually show the parts".

Finally someone just up and feels the same way about this as I do.

Well, MN XenX, aka mnxenx001 over at FurAffinity is one hell of a good music composer and artist. Fredrik Miller is also one hell of a good music composer. Tabbia's Theme made by MN XenX is one of my absolute favorites from the guy.

Hm, well I'll look into those two...

[TheDragonfiend]

You can also add some good music to the presentation, that have been made by Furries.

Never heard of any good music made by furries. In fact, besides the random two or three things posted on this forum, the only furry music artist I know of is Renard. My first sentence still stands.


Eh, getting back on topic. I've come to realize that it is super irritating to be almost just nearly done making a post on here, and then someone comes into my dorm room. I'm hiding the forum from everyone but me. But this really is obnoxious sometimes.

I might just let people start to know, just so that I can stop feeling like I'm doing something wrong for being on here... Course, I seriously can't see anyone thinking of me the same way after seeing a naked animal-girl on my screen. Bits or no bits...

Well, MN XenX, aka mnxenx001 over at FurAffinity is one hell of a good music composer and artist. Fredrik Miller is also one hell of a good music composer. Tabbia's Theme made by MN XenX is one of my absolute favorites from the guy.

A bit off topic but your siggy is wrong its 1 per... Wait start counting at 0... [censored].

Anyway im personally open about my furryness except for my family... Im not quite old enough to freeze them out if they dont like it.

Edit:

Well while technically ive been a furry my whole life (Xenophile) i didnt become part of the furry fandom till earlier this year when i discovered it thru a twokinds ad (unfortunately if i wasnt thinking with my penis at the time id still br ignorant )

[Yakamaru]

A bit off topic but your siggy is wrong its 1 per... Wait start counting at 0... [censored].

Anyway I'm personally open about my furryness except for my family... Im not quite old enough to freeze them out if they don't like it.

Edit:

Well while technically I've been a furry my whole life (Xenophile) I didn't become part of the furry fandom till earlier this year when I discovered it thru a TwoKinds ad (unfortunately if I wasnt thinking with my penis at the time I'd still be ignorant )

Well, even if you freeze them out, nothing good comes out of it. Your best hope would only be for them to accept you as you are, Furry or not. Whether or not they accept it if or when they find out, is their problem, not yours. However, if you're over 18 when or if they find out, you can simply move out of the "nest", and start living on your own.

People don't like Furries/Bronies/what-the-[censored]-ever because society portray them in a bad light. This is a world where prejudice and stupidity gets most people living on this planet. Just make sure that if or when they find out, you have to be one step ahead, and try to make sure that Furries aren't looked upon in a bad way from your family. A good idea is to actually come a bit prepared for this kind of situation.

As stated in a few earlier posts, you can always find good, SFW art to show them. Maybe even some music, if you listen to any specific composer. And, if they ask about, well, NSFW, simply show them a good artist. It's better to come a bit prepared for this, rather than getting caught completely off guard.

[Talonmaster Zso]

People don't like Furries/Bronies/what-the-[censored]-ever because society portray them in a bad light.

Actually, I don't like a ton of Furries and Bronies because they (the "ton" I'm referring to) unrepentantly do some bad things and expect to be put on a pedestal because of such. Be it doing things like whining that a board's rules should be changed so that they can use it to post "Clopfics" and related artwork (on a board not even dedicated to MLP, no less), or telling someone they're the bad guy for reporting a friend for breaking the law (Totally not cool reporting them for having multiple Zoo videos involving themselves!), or outright comparing their "ordeals" online to pre-Civil Rights act / Jim Crow Law-era, a number of them draw my ire from things that require absolutely no outside parties and / or interpretations.

No, this is not the majority. Majority I'm cool with, as the majority take Furry as a hobby in a similar fashion to how I take Warhammer 40K. But just as it'd be grossly disingenuous to say that the fandom is mostly bad people, it'd similarly be disingenuous to claim that most people who dislike the fandom due so because the fandom is unlucky / picked on. I think what I've said before, paraphrased, is "Either the public and media aren't out to get the fandom, or they are but are run by such grossly incompetent persons that I wouldn't trust them changing a lightbulb without an emergency response and fireteam both on-hand."

[LuckyMudman]

^I agree with that.

The only place where I've seen the furry fandom in a good light is at the forums such as this one, probably the only kind of places where you can find SFW content, it's a shame really.

[TheMouse]

People don't like Furries/Bronies/what-the-[censored]-ever because society portray them in a bad light.

Actually, I don't like a ton of Furries and Bronies because they (the "ton" I'm referring to) unrepentantly do some bad things and expect to be put on a pedestal because of such. Be it doing things like whining that a board's rules should be changed so that they can use it to post "Clopfics" and related artwork (on a board not even dedicated to MLP, no less), or telling someone they're the bad guy for reporting a friend for breaking the law (Totally not cool reporting them for having multiple Zoo videos involving themselves!), or outright comparing their "ordeals" online to pre-Civil Rights act / Jim Crow Law-era, a number of them draw my ire from things that require absolutely no outside parties and / or interpretations.

No, this is not the majority. Majority I'm cool with, as the majority take Furry as a hobby in a similar fashion to how I take Warhammer 40K. But just as it'd be grossly disingenuous to say that the fandom is mostly bad people, it'd similarly be disingenuous to claim that most people who dislike the fandom due so because the fandom is unlucky / picked on. I think what I've said before, paraphrased, is "Either the public and media aren't out to get the fandom, or they are but are run by such grossly incompetent persons that I wouldn't trust them changing a lightbulb without an emergency response and fireteam both on-hand."

I would argue that most people do not have a direct experience to draw from when forming opinions about the furry community. For most people, their exposure is limited to what's been displayed in media, and that has been pretty uniformly unflattering. Not blatantly "these people are bad" but CSI and ER both did a bang-up job of presenting the less than wholesome facets of the fandom with little exposure to more redeeming and pleasant aspects. It's what they do for any subgroup that they bring on for an episode.

[Mr-Masculine]

I'm the kind of furry that likes to have human skin. :V (skinnie)

[HV-FSAPDS]

Are stuff like Mickey mice and Donald ducks considered furries?

[TinyVoices]

Are stuff like Mickey mice and Donald ducks considered furries?

Depends on who you ask. Some don't want to say yes, because they feel furries are mostly about sex. They don't really want to think that their childhood and their children's childhood consisted of "porn" (and some of you thought I was crazy about the definition of porn). I have legitimately found people on the nets where they feel that way.

It can get pretty hard to identify sometimes, while other times I feel it's fairly obvious. I'd say that Mickey is one, while Pooh bear maybe not (since he's a stuffed animal, there's some ambiguity there). Bugs Bunny yes, and perhaps so too the Big Bad Wolf in most versions. Maybe yes Tom, Jerry and all their friends, but eh. And then more complex: what about Balto, or even further Salem, the black cat from Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

[LuckyMudman]

Are stuff like Mickey mice and Donald ducks considered furries?

Depends on who you ask. Some don't want to say yes, because they feel furries are mostly about sex. They don't really want to think that their childhood and their children's childhood consisted of "porn" (and some of you thought I was crazy about the definition of porn). I have legitimately found people on the nets where they feel that way.

It can get pretty hard to identify sometimes, while other times I feel it's fairly obvious. I'd say that Mickey is one, while Pooh bear maybe not (since he's a stuffed animal, there's some ambiguity there). Bugs Bunny yes, and perhaps so too the Big Bad Wolf in most versions. Maybe yes Tom, Jerry and all their friends, but eh. And then more complex: what about Balto, or even further Salem, the black cat from Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

More on that, when I first started practicing drawing furries, I did so in full clothing and one of my friends put out a remark that I should work for Disney. I guess it's just what people see, but when I said I draw furries, without showing the pictures first, it was met like a taboo. I guess the internet corrupted the word Furry, that's the reason I try and use the term 'Anthromorphic Animal' more often.