Furry discussion thread

[sLORT 28]

oh mah god. Awesome to see other furries out there, especially on these forums. I've been a furry for a few years but very few people know.

[Veronica The Miffvixen 232]

I'm a furry My fursona is a wolf (though I have a couple of other animals I'd like to be).

 

I'm actually a member on a forum for Christian furries...yes, there are Christian furries, and I'm actually one of them...

THERE ARE CHRISTIAN FURRIES? I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE?

 

Please, pardon me while I go have a massive coronary episode wrapped in a heart attack.

[MrMammal 157]

ive seen furries pop up at conventions and talked with some of them and it's always kinda fascinated me but never really took time to look into it. Now I'm watching MLP big into the fandom and everything and this seems like a great time to learn more about it if any of you furries wanna share some info and talk

[Veronica The Miffvixen 232]

ive seen furries pop up at conventions and talked with some of them and it's always kinda fascinated me but never really took time to look into it. Now I'm watching MLP big into the fandom and everything and this seems like a great time to learn more about it if any of you furries wanna share some info and talk

Feel free to PM me if you have questions. I have no life, so I can answer questions. And stuff, and stuff. Wow, I am very tired right now.

[Chigens and Kay 3,832]

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Hi there. Just giving you a heads up that I have merged your thread with this one.

 

When thinking about a topic, please use the search function beforehand~

[Sanic Screwdriver 345]

Well I'm not a furry but I haven't found out what furries really are until today. Up until recently (not today) I thought furries were what people with animal fetishes were called XD I don't see what furries are as being weird it actually sounds kind of interesting lol but like I said I don't know much about furries. If someone could pm me a giant list thing and why they are one and just a bunch of stuff about the fandom and themselves I'd love to read it, it would be interesting

[Veronica The Miffvixen 232]

Interestingly, the forums went the way of the furry today.

 

Or should I say... the FURRUMS. Oh, man, that pun... priceless, that one is. GLORIOUS!

[CandyRush 75]

Well I'm not a furry but I haven't found out what furries really are until today. Up until recently (not today) I thought furries were what people with animal fetishes were called XD I don't see what furries are as being weird it actually sounds kind of interesting lol but like I said I don't know much about furries. If someone could pm me a giant list thing and why they are one and just a bunch of stuff about the fandom and themselves I'd love to read it, it would be interesting

Man your missing out on the fun! I'll PM some stuff about you. Lots of fun being a furry. Furries have taken over the "furrums." So everyone should get use to it for a week (if so, more than that.) So yall get ready.

[Sanic Screwdriver 345]

Man your missing out on the fun! I'll PM some stuff about you. Lots of fun being a furry. Furries have taken over the "furrums." So everyone should get use to it for a week (if so, more than that.) So yall get ready.

O.k I can't wait to read what you have to say It will be really fun to read! So foar it sounds kind of cool and interesting hahaha

 

So I've been doing research and I kind of want to be a furry now. XD I really want to be a fur-suiter. I really want to talk to current furries (fur-suiter or not) because I have questtions and would like to have a conversation. Thanks!

[Fluttermena 1,223]

 

XD I really want to be a fur-suiter.

 

 

Naw, just kidding. I just think fursuits look weird and clumsy, I very much prefer drawings, now that is some great aesthetics.

 

Hmmm, it seems I don't have any pictures to post not counting my disturbingly large collection of gay yiff pics...

[Hawk Moth 390]

People in animal suits have always made me feel weird. I even get creeped out by mascots at sporting events. Truly, I don't see the appeal in it. Also if furries are trying to get into a bestial state of mind, why don't they just get into Celtic/Norse/Native American paganism/animism? That seems like a cooler alternative.

[Michael DeSanta 258]

I m a proud furry yes I am a fox and lets not get into details as some of my fur world is not age appropriate hmm hmm for the forums so yeah lets go to another question.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

I'm not furry but I think they seem like nice people. And I think Starfox is pretty cool. Bronies and Furries have a lot in common actually.

[Tia Is Best Pony 310]

i searched and could not find anything i found this http://mlpforums.com/topic/14039-furry-discussion-thread/page-34?hl=are+ponies+furries but... my stupid parental controlls wont let me view it and i doubt if its their and i wanna do a poll so.. im really really sorry if this has been discussed before 

 anyway on to the topic at hand. so i have seen horses be furies, but like... would you consider mlp ponies to be furries is it even technical possible? 

 

 

[Sir.Flutter Hooves 2,953]

I don't think animated ponies can be furries. Maybe furries can make their furry persona as an example of an mlp character, but no, MLP ponies cannot be furries.

 

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[sparklechic 54]

well in our world furries pretend to be animals so would a furry pony pretend to be human? if so then maybe (Lyra) but then would they be considered humanies instead of furries?  so i put yes and no because well it could really be considered either 

[Betez 1,734]

I know there are people draw anthropomorphic (Whatever the word is) versions of ponies. I consider those to be furries, but just regular ponies, no. I don't think those are furries.

Edited April 7, 2013 by Betez

[Fhaolan 4,483]

'Furry' has become rather fuzzy in definition, to the point that it's difficult to say. The definition that I was used to seeing when I was active as a furry would mean that bronies *could* be furries, if they so chose.

 

Basically that definition was 'a fan of anthropomorphic animals'. At that's it, nothing more. And Anthropomorphic meant 'acting or appearing in a human-like manner'. As ponies wear clothes, have careers, and speak, that made them anthropomorphic animals in the exact same way Watership Down and related fictions were 'furry'. So was Lion King, Balto, and many other Disney films.

 

Unfortunately, the definition of furry has shifted a lot in the one-or-two decades since then. There has been some rather severe splits in the fandom, with lifestyler, therians, fursuiters, yiffers, anthros, and many, many others; each claiming their little patch as the 'true furries', and thanks to some unfortunate media coverage those splits have become very, very fractured.

 

Now it appears that the most common definition is that anthropomorphic animals also need to be bipedal and have hands. Which puts ponies, and many other fictional worlds that used to be included, firmly outside of 'Furry'.

Edited April 7, 2013 by Fhaolan

[Argumedies 1,748]

The answer is that ponies fit within the definition of fur but there are major differences between bronies and fur communities

 

As one who has seen both, the brony community is a far better place to be imho

[Fluttermena 1,223]

Every time a furry thread pops up, there's at least one person who posts who has no idea what furry is, and every time, I explain the exact same thing. Every. Time.

 

So here we go, Furry 101, bear with me (no pun intended).

 

There are two things that can be called "furry", first, there's the actual characters, and second, the fans of those characters.

 

1- Furry characters are characters that have both animal and human characteristics, either physically and/or psychologically. They are animals that look and/or act like humans. Some people say that furries have to look like humans to qualify as furries, but this is pretty restrictive and causes a lot of issues just like this thread itself. The line becomes a bit blurry on the subect of dragons, since a lot of dragons in many works have human-like personalities. I suppose wild dragons would be animals and intelligent dragons would be considered furries (or rather, "scalies" as they are reptilian rather than mammalian, but this is just etymology, all human-animals, be they avian, reptilian, amphibian, mammalian, etc. still fall in the larger "furry" term).

 

2- Furry fans are people who like to watch/read/listen/look at media that features furry characters. That's it. That's the one and only basic definition of a furry. Some furries like to dress up and pretend to be human-animals, believe they are animals, or are sexually attracted to furry characters but this is not the basic definition of a furry.

 

Now let's look at MLP. Are the characters animals that look like and/or act like humans? Yes they are: they talk, have tools and cities,  and behave like humans. The MLP ponies are furries (you could even say that Angel is a furry, given that he seems a lot more intelligent and has a human-like personality despit being unable to talk), and the human-acting ponies are the most important aspect of the MLP franchise, so it is part of the furry genre. A note on the "anthro" pony art, show-style and anthro-style are both furry. 

 

Last point: Since a furry is a person who likes furry characters, and a brony is someone who likes the MLP franchise (mostly just Friendship is Magic, but some bronies enjoy the other generations as well), bronies and furries are not the same thing. However, since MLP is a furry work, with furry characters, is only natural that some furries would be interested in the show, and become bronies as well. It can also happen that some bronies after seeing the show, take a liking to the furry characters and become furries. 

 

Now watch as I shall have to repeat everything when the next furry thread comes along!

/rant

 

 

TL;DR Yes, the ponies are furries, and for goodness sake, just learn what furries are already.

[Homura Akemi 974]

I don't think the animated characters can be furries, no, if that's what you mean, but some fans are furries. I've never been a fan of that kind of thing, I kind of dislike it actually, but whatever floats their boat.

[hana 217]

sup?

i am a furry, even have a 3 years old fursona

not an rpist thou

 

 

 

and bout the questions

 

What furry artists do you follow? spontaniously change
What furry series do you follow? two kinds
What's your favorite type of furry? mammal i guess, foxes are my fav animel, and so doest fox furries :c
Do you like when non-anthropomorphic characters are turned into furries? yes, i like it when a character i like is drawnd as something else, not specificly furry :3
What is your opinion on the notion that bronies and furries are one and the same? not the same at all, can be turned into real cute furrys thou :c
What do you think of anthropomorphic versions of MLP characters? i make 'em :'D

Edited April 7, 2013 by hana

[PinkiePieClone 35]

Alright, I honestly don't understand the "furries cannot be bronies, and bronies cannot be furries" argument. Frankly, I see them as fairly similar. In fact, most of the bronies I know are furries as well. I, myself, am a periodical cicada furry. The brony who essentially made me a brony is also a furry. As a somewhat long-time member of the furry community, I have indeed noticed some very similar trends, for example, MLP is a show with talking ponies. Considering that ponies are non-human animals, and that in MLP they are talking, this in turn means that they are anthropomorphisized, regardless of two-legged, or four-legged, or what-have-you. As according to Merriam-Webster, Anthropomorphicism is the act of ": ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things" (Link here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthropomorphic). Talking is a human characterisitic.

 

Many of the furries I know started out by watching TV shows with talking animals, much like MLP. Despite the fact that many children watch shows with talking animals, this seems to carry over into adulthood with both furries and bronies. Many bronies identify with the characters of MLP so much, that many seem to even refer to themselves (in some respects) as "ponies". While this may simply be a sort of "fandom terminology", I don't see it as too different from when furries say, "I am said animal". Not only this, but many bronies cosplay as ponies. Is this so different from fursuiting?

Edited May 5, 2013 by PinkiePieClone

[squareyes 153]

I've heard when browsing the net that people who are Furries are also likely to be Bronies and wondering your thoughts on this were. I'm not a Furry but I'd like to know more about the fandom.

[Jokuc 8,173]

I have no opinion on furries. They're just like us. All this BS about all furries looking at furry porn is false. Well the majority of them does, but whatever. Who cares?

 

I mean really, some of those are actually very cute

Just look at this guy's avatar on the forums.

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I mean come on that's just adorable!

 

 

Anyways, read this:

 

 

 

There is no one single definition of what a furry is. Even within the furry fandom, people cannot always agree on just what makes a person a furry or not.

Some would argue that to be a furry, you must think and talk like one (i.e. use furry specific words and phrases). Even if you go to conventions, wear a fursuit, draw the art, writes the stories etc but don't talk using furry lingo, you're not a furry. Basically, someone that may walk the walk but doesn’t talk the talk.

Others would argue that even liking anthropomorphic creatures makes you a furry. You may have no idea the furry fandom exists or have ever heard of a furry convention, let alone any of the websites; simply liking 'anthro' critters makes you a furry.

The way I see it, if or if you don’t consider yourself a furry is a matter of personal opinion.

As with any hobby, most furries are normal people just like anyone you'll meet at work/school or going to/from work/school or anywhere. Then there is the small percent that are hard core fans and have taken what for most is a hobby and perverted it (sometimes in an all to literal sense).

As is with so many other things in life, the few that take it too far tend to be the loudest. The silent majority are often forced into silence by the loud majority for fear that people will label them as being in the same class as the minority that have perverted it.

One unfortunate side effect of the internet and the relative anonymity that some sites grant their users is people are able to engage in activities (even if only on a virtual level) that they would never even consider doing in real life. An example of this is trolls of message boards that say things to people they’d never say to them in person. I think a lot of the stereotypes associated with furries are because of this.

In conclusion, as with any hobby, there are some furries that have taken it too far and/or perverted what for many is a fun harmless hobby.

 

 

Edited May 6, 2013 by Jokuc