Are Bronies also Furries?

[Mlpfan185 1,763]

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[Shanks 10,816]

Nothing against furries but the answer is a no. A lot of bronies are also furries and vice versa but the brony fandom centers around a particular show that just so happens to have talking ponies as its mane characters while furries are more centered around cartoon/anthropomorphic animals in general. Nobody calls Looney Toons or Pokemon fans furries even though I am sure there are some that are so it dosen't really make sense to assume the same of bronies.

[Heliodor 156]

I'm a furry and I DO feel that many aspects of the brony fandom are furry. It's the same as liking Duck Tales, Robin Hood etc. and other typical fur fan shows. It's a cartoon about talking animals. So yes, I feel like that, and anyway I'm a proud furry and I hope there are other friendly furries on here

[Dark Qiviut 22,398]

No, because there's a REALLY big difference a furry and a brony.

 

A brony is a fan of Friendship Is Magic's professional product. They can be fans of merely the show, comics, or toys; or they can like more than one outlet. And bronies tend to be fans of many elements within FIM like the characters, personalities of said characters, worldbuilding, feminist context, etc.

 

A furry is a fan of the concept (and subculture) of anthropomorphic human characters.

 

Many furries are bronies, but not all furries are bronies and vice-versa.

 

I'm a furry and I DO feel that many aspects of the brony fandom are furry. It's the same as liking Duck Tales, Robin Hood etc. and other typical fur fan shows. It's a cartoon about talking animals.

Like what I wrote in response to the OP, being a fan of shows with anthropomorphic characters doesn't equate to being a furry. You can be a fan of Duck Tales, Looney Tunes, Sonic, and whatever for so many reasons. Worldbuilding. Comedy. Drama. Animation. Storytelling. The personalities. The same logic applies to bronies.

Edited August 17, 2014 by Dark Qiviut

[Jeric 46,851]

The bronies are a fandom. A fandom cannot be a sub-genre. And they're not a sub-fandom because Bronydom is simply a fandom by itself, one which started and grew independently of the Furries. Also, if Bronydom was to count as a sub-fandom of the Furries, then all bronies would be considered a specific kind of Furry. And if that's the way you want to look at it, then there's nothing I can say to stop that; it's a matter of your preferred definitions of "Furry," I guess, but I think a Furry should be defined as a fan of anthropomorphic animals AND someone who identifies themselves as a Furry. If they don't consider themselves a Furry, they're not a Furry. So no, I don' think Bronies can or should count as a subset of the Furry fandom.

 

CT, you share my view on this as well. There is no doubt in my mind that there are Furries that view some the the anthropomorphic art that our fandom makes favorably, but they wouldn't consider themselves Bronies. I really want to know what the facination with trying to merge the two fandoms together? I've seen several topic after topic on this whole idea.  Are there Bronies that desperately want this fandom to be a sub-genre to further validate it, or visa versa?

[Yummychickenblue 301]

CT, you share my view on this as well. There is no doubt in my mind that there are Furries that view some the the anthropomorphic art that our fandom makes favorably, but they wouldn't consider themselves Bronies. I really want to know what the facination with trying to merge the two fandoms together? I've seen several topic after topic on this whole idea.  Are there Bronies that desperately want this fandom to be a sub-genre to further validate it, or visa versa?

I think that part of the reason with the fascination of the two fandoms is because one of the common stereotypes of bronies is that we're furries. One of the common stereotypes of furries is all furries yiff. (the furry form of clopping for whoever doesn't know) Hence brony>furry>yiffer.

[Flutter's lover <3 8,205]

As someone in both fandoms, I can tell you they are totally different entities. Brony fandom revolves around a single TV show. Whereas Furries cover a broad spectrum of things, they don't emanate from one thing. Sure,we share similar attributes, but ultimately we're different. Species wise, we focus on pastel coloured ponies, for the most part. Furries,it's more about animals with paws.Sometimes even scales.

 

Some furries despise bronies, as much as some bronies loathe furries. Some furries and bronies hate being clumped together with each other as  the same sub-culture. Some are elitist, and think lesser of the other fandom. (Brony or furry). I personally don't think lesser of the other fandom, but I'd rather be called a brony than a furry. 

 

So no, bronies are not a sub-culture of furries. If I was 100% brony, I wouldn't go to furry cons or meetups, because they wouldn't interest me, since they don't offer anything MLP related.(usually).,unless you happen to run into another brony,which of course wouldn't be there, unless they were also a furry. I'd be going to brony cons and meets, because it's all MLP.

[StormBlaze 992]

im a furry, have been for the last 7 years and Ive been trying to keep the furry away from the pony. Im much happier knowing that bronies are a seperate from the furfandom. so no I dont see it as a part of teh furry fandom, ill cross them over every now and then. 

but i see brony like I do with any other TV/film fandom. furries dont have cosplayers, theyre just fursuits. 

 

if anyone else is a furry here, im known as JessLyra on FA. 

[Cirrus. 1,089]

For the fandom as a whole I would have to say no. I don't cosplay or anything- I just watch the show and the fan animations and look at the art.

 

SOME bronies may also be furries but not necessarily everyone.

Edited August 17, 2014 by steve88

[MilesTheLunar 67]

By itself; no. In the same way that not all furries are bronies, not all bronies are furries. Of course, there is overlap.

[BlinkZ 1,151]

I know nothing about furries, or at least the nature  of 'furry' fandom but i'm pretty sure they are different and not a sub genre.  I mean bronies like well mklp which arent not half human half animal they are just well ponies. At least I think that what furry means right...

[Zekromic 1,054]

It would be if MLP is the only product with animals with human characteristics. But since that's not the case, then no, nor the other way around

[crisahys 149]

I think that furries are a group of fans who's artwork originated fromt he style ideal of anthropomorphic animals. Ponies do not have enough human characteristics to be classified as a anthropomorphic animal. In order for a full list of characters to be classified as anthropomorphic, it has to have hands, feet, human torso, and pertain all human senses, personality, communication, etc... Ponies only maintain human senses, personality, and communication and nothing else. Therefore, bronies cannot be classified as a subgenre of furries. 

[Revy ~ Two Hands 862]

I've seen a Brony convention be at the top of a list of 'furry cons'. I think society doesn't know the difference at this point.

Of course there is the whole 'bronies are gay thing' which is usually societies distinction. It's complicated.

I think that furries are a group of fans who's artwork originated fromt he style ideal of anthropomorphic animals. Ponies do not have enough human characteristics to be classified as a anthropomorphic animal.

There is a hole here. Most of the furries I've seen use wolves or foxes as their avatar and those are no more human than ponies.

[Yummychickenblue 301]

I've seen a Brony convention be at the top of a list of 'furry cons'. I think society doesn't know the difference at this point.

Of course there is the whole 'bronies are gay thing' which is usually societies distinction. It's complicated.

There is a hole here. Most of the furries I've seen use wolves or foxes as their avatar and those are no more human than ponies.

I though society thinks that both groups are gay.

[Revy ~ Two Hands 862]

I though society thinks that both groups are gay.

Maybe but society also thinks furries want to have sex with animals or that they actually do have sex with animals.

Edited August 18, 2014 by Gamer Twilight

[Yummychickenblue 301]

Maybe but society also thinks furries want to have sex with animals or that they actually do have sex with animals.

Isn't that same mindset that society has with bronies? (or maybe thats just internet haters/trolls)

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

Well, if bronies would be considered sub-groups of furries, then wouldn't the same be true of fans of Sonic & Star Fox?

 

I mean, if that's what you believe, then more power to yah, but I personally can't see the connection. I mean, bronies are specifically centered around one show while furries are more-a-less a general fandom.

 

And honestly, the definition of a furry is a little complicated. Some treat it like a hobby, while others treat like a lifestyle. I'm not saying some bronies don't so the same, but it's no where near the level that I've seen it with furries (and I'm not saying that it is a bad thing).

[Revy ~ Two Hands 862]

Isn't that same mindset that society has with bronies? (or maybe thats just internet haters/trolls)

That's just the trolls that think that about bronies. Apart from the bronies who admit to sexualising the ponies in which case a lot of people will say it's bestiality, which it isn't it's more like schediaphilla (an attraction to cartoons).

 

Furries however are both thought to be into bestiality by society and by trolls probably due to them being popular since the 1960's so it's inset ingrained into culture at this point.

Edited August 18, 2014 by Gamer Twilight

[Zoraxe 546]

Here is my definition of a furry. Somebody that is both these 2 things.

 

A- Like animal anthropomorphism

B- Considers him/herself a Furry

 

So if a Brony considers him/her self a furry, then its so. If not than not. Simple as that, what makes the furry is the self association, otherwise everybody who liked Bugs Bunny or whatever is a furry.

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

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[Argumedies 1,748]

My answer is also "no"

 

While there are commonalities between the two groups, each is their own animal (if you pardon the pun)

[Heliodor 156]

I just think it's so funny how uncomfortable people get about being considered furries even for a second...

[Revy ~ Two Hands 862]

I just think it's so funny how uncomfortable people get about being considered furries even for a second...

Would you want to be thought of as someone you can't try your pets around?

[Soldier Surplus 232]

I don't think being in one fandom, makes you accustomed to another. Like say Dr. Who references pokemon, would you be a fan of pokemon then? No.