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How do you feel about furries?  

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  1. 1. How do you feel about furries?

    • They're pretty cool
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    • So weird.
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    • Fluttershy is a furry!
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Viscra Maelstrom
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except it isn't.  you're kind of lucky you're stating that on this forum, since on other places you may have received backlash from saying that, from experience.   the whole pony fandom centers aro

Mr. Wobbels
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Aureity
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I'd be pretty hesitant about labeling bronies as a subcategory of furry. Whereas furries celebrate the concept of anthropomorphic animals, bronies first and foremost are fans of the television show ML

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It seems like the question of the thread is met by somewhat mixed results, most of which seem to be a lack of understanding what being a furry is. Personally, I always felt it was a state of mind, more than a fandom or physical community. I think the idea of furry was captured best in this old poem. It's one that's stuck with me over the many years. I did NOT write this, I've kept it word-for-word, not a single line or word has been changed. But I hope some of you may get a better idea of what it is to be furry. :3

 

"Furry"
If the true meaning of furry you wish to understand
You must think in terms of paw and not hand
You must release your mentality from society's cage
For furry prefurs no race, sex, persuasion or age

You must sort through the hype and the exploitation
Because to be furry needs no justification
It is to reach out and embrace the unknown
To be surrounded by friends and yet still be alone

It is not a gimmick or a political movement
It's nothing so pretentious as a method of improvement
It's only to seek solace in the presence of friends
For when one is furry, the search never ends

It is sometimes to be controlled by one's emotions
It is to often be unsure of depths of devotion
It is the sweet pain of impossible dreams
It is never quite as close or as far as it seems

It is feelings being known without words being spoken
It is the inevitable occasional heart being broken
It is the type of love that now seems cliche
It's experience gained from having learned the hard way

It's a smurgle, a fuzzle, a rumble or purr
It's scales and whiskers and tails and fur
It's what we are, not outside but within
It's the binding force that makes us all kin

It's a howl in greeting to friends held dear
It's a bristling growl when confronted by fear
It's a friendly lick or scritch to show that we care
It's a deep understanding, a compassion that's rare

If what it is to be furry you still don't comprehend
Then consider this advice, my curious friend
If you're willing to respect that which you don't understand
Then come take my paw and I'll take your hand.

"Furry" by Croc O'Dile w/help from Tony DeMatio - 6/95

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Pixie Doodle

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Heh heh... I'm kinda of a furry. ^^' Been driven out a little bit because of the yiffy side of things. I really don't like it. But I have several OC's and a fursona. :)

 

Fursona:

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A one of my OC's:
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Fhaolan

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Heya. It's been a long time since I was active in the Furry community. If anyone here remembers/heard of Fhaolan the Celtic Wolfie, it's me. :)

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FoxyCryptid

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Kinda, I was big into it High-School, but I've stepped back to just being into the artwork and web-comics now because of all the drama and bullshit that tends to happen in furry communities. 

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Sweet Dreams

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I'm not one yet, but I might ask a quick question that's probably going to sound really stupid.

So, when you make a furry character, does it have to look human, or can you just have a regular animal as your fur-sona? I'm sorry, I don't know much about this fandom. .-.

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I'm not one yet, but I might ask a quick question that's probably going to sound really stupid.

So, when you make a furry character, does it have to look human, or can you just have a regular animal as your fur-sona? I'm sorry, I don't know much about this fandom. .-.

If you're concerned about a fandom, you're looking at it from the wrong place. It's something YOU can relate to, something you find solace or similarities in. Something YOU like. There are many feral-sonas out there. Point is self-expression, no need to worry about a fandom's judgment. They're not you. :squee:

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Fhaolan

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I'm not one yet, but I might ask a quick question that's probably going to sound really stupid.

So, when you make a furry character, does it have to look human, or can you just have a regular animal as your fur-sona? I'm sorry, I don't know much about this fandom. .-.

Some people will get picky, but fandoms always have kill-joys like that in them. Fully animal in appearance is fine, as long as the character is presented as having human-like behavior and intelligence. :)

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Some people will get picky, but fandoms always have kill-joys like that in them. Fully animal in appearance is fine, as long as the character is presented as having human-like behavior and intelligence. :)

Though it must be said that even the latter is not a requirement of any kind. A fursona can still be in larval stage of an idea or concept of the character. Sometimes using the feral aspect of the animal helps it evolve as the fursona takes shape (much like a rocket's launch pad). Or even as the person it belongs to evolves as an individual. :D

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~Master~ Button Mash

~Master~ Button Mash 2,304

*raises hoof*

 

I'm a furry, too. :3

 

It's kind of fitting that I'm a brony, too, because my fursona is equine. I was in the process of making him when I became a brony, so in the end I just anthro'd my ponysona and he's my fursona now. xD

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Klopp

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Probably something even the ancient members who have known me for a while don't even know about me, but I'm a furry myself and have been for about 8 years or so... at least that's when discovered there was a name for it. In reality I've been a furry my whole life. Always been into the whole anthropomorphous animals and the like. I mean, most furry creatures and such are just a billion times prettier than us weird monkey things. A nice combination humans intelligence and epic hand grippability with the beautiful, sleek fur and warm fuzzy snuggliness of animals is just impeccably awesome in my mind.

 

My favorite furry animal is... every kind, really. I like 'em all, but my personal Fursona is the same as Aryletts. Her own species called Messengers, but instead of a fox mine is a lynx type. She'll be working on the art for mine after she gets finished with some other artwork. :3

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Davorin'sWrath

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Meee! I have been a furry for a while now and just recently got into the making of fursuits. C: I am an amateur fursuit maker, and currently only make partial pieces, like the heads, tails, feet, and paws.

 

 

Me as my hell-hound, Kematian

http://oi42.tinypic.com/2hmq1b8.jpg

 

The head itself:

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/307/0/6/hellhound_by_tormented_confession-d6svm0l.jpg

 

A fox/Deer hybrid I made (antlers were real, and therefore really heavy, so they weren't very straight....)

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/307/b/8/lullaby_by_tormented_confession-d6svldp.jpg

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Heatwave

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I used to be a wolf...

then I screwed my head on tighter.

Now I try to avoid it.

 

To each their own though.

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Just_Because

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Can someone explain to me in simple straight-forward terms what a furry is? I read that poem that was posted earlier but it didn't really explain it for me.

 

The only times I've ever heard the word used is to describe someone who has a sexual attraction to non-human animals. Is that what it is or is there something else/more to it? I'm not here to judge anyone, I'm just legitimately curious and want to understand.

 

Again, simple and straight-forward terms would be best. Thanks!

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Fhaolan

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Just_Because, on 09 Dec 2013 - 2:15 PM, said:

Can someone explain to me in simple straight-forward terms what a furry is? I read that poem that was posted earlier but it didn't really explain it for me.

Furry refers to

 

1) A character that has both animal and human characteristics, also called an 'anthropomorphic animal'. It can vary from an animal with a human-like consciousness all the way to a girl with cat ears and anything in-between. Many people narrow it down to just the half/half mergings where you have bipedal animals who wear clothes normally, but not everyone uses that definition. Disney's Robin Hood from 1973 is one of the archetype furry movies.

 

2) A fan of anthropomorphic animals. A member of the 'furry fandom'. Used similarly to 'Brony' being a member of the My Little Pony fandom. While some members of the fandom are sexually attracted to the characters, this subgroup being called 'Yiffers', this is no different than the subgroup of Bronies that are called 'Cloppers'.

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SomariFeyWright

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I am by no means a sexual furry... but then again, I'm not sexual at all.

 

Keeping in mind that the furry fandom implies an appreciation for anthropomorphized creatures... I'm all for it.

 

I don't have a fursona outside of my ponysona, which I say counts, but certain furry-oriented creatures, like the characters from Sonic the Hedgehog or Klonoa, appeal very much to me, and admittedly, I HAVE found some fancrushes in the mix. (And for what it's worth, my dream appearance is me with a cat ear-tail combo and girl clothing, so yeah.)

 

So yeah, mild furry, with nothing but respect for them~

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River

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Title explains all. How do you feel about them?

[Also, technically, bronies are furries.]

I don't mind them. I feel like I'm somewhat a furry because of MLP. I am terrified of anthros though.

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SolaceFall

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To be completely honest with you idk what furries are that much... those who prefer anthropomorphic characters?

 

I know what they are in sense and I dont mind them but it is not my thing... I remember a day last April Fools Feld0 changed the site name and the banner a user submitted  and it was MLP Furrums for a week xD  

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To be completely honest with you idk what furries are that much... those who prefer anthropomorphic characters?

 

I know what they are in sense and I dont mind them but it is not my thing... I remember a day last April Fools Feld0 changed the site name and the banner a user submitted  and it was MLP Furrums for a week xD  

The furry fandom is a subculture interested in fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes. Furry fandom is also used to refer to the community of people who gather on the Internet and at conventions.
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It's a little more drastic than the pony fandom. They make costumes and stuff, and even clop a lot more. But the Brony fandom has its weird parts.
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River

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:derp: Oh yeah you would be right about that one lol o.O  :derp:  

Surely, but if the brony community is also part furry, then we'd be hypocritical on some levels by calling them weird. However, I learn to love and tolerate everypony even if they're pretty weird. :3

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