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From porn to fandom Anonymous 05/05/19 (Sun) 18:14:34 No.103042

>spank it to e621 daily

>extremely shy/insecure about sex IRL to the point where I cringe at "I <3 hentai" type joke shirts

>don't have a fursona

>not involved in any fur community whatsoever

>I like animals but don't unreasonably romanticize them and barely have access to any irl

>mentally ill fiend from the depths of 4chan

>actually sort of old in terms of age

Is there still a place for me to get involved in-depth in /fur/? Kinda autistic question I suppose, but I've been admittedly looking for a gf that I could have a mutual understanding with, and I've come across an online furry community in my country, expecting full-blown neckbeard cheeto chin autism overload but instead it's full of energetic, idealistic teens and a lot of shy qt grills that I think I'd have a lot in common... many of them underageb& but also a plenty of 20+s. I understand it's a shallow reason to want to be a furry, and thus I'd like to know whether there's a reason for me to stick around the fandom otherwise.

Personal blog bit: Back in my teens I've contemplated making a fursona, FA profile and everything, but I decided against it because a) insecurity, b) I had bullies treat me badly for much more mundane shit, c) my brother is a closet-fur and I was ashamed to present it around him because he knew about all of the yiff implications of the fandom, d) internet told me it's bad, e) I associated it with otherkin-like escapism and tbh I kinda grew out of that. I'm wondering what could've been if I actually went through with it. Membership on the aforementioned site has "what kind of character(species) are you, tell us more about it" as a mandatory field and it caught me by surprise since it's so long since I've been toying with ideas like those.

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Anonymous 05/05/19 (Sun) 18:24:19 No.103044

ad >>103042

Also I'm not sure what I'd want to do with a fursona if I had one. I'm not really interested in writing fanfiction and just drawing him for the sake of presentation would be kinda narcissistic. I'd be down with making some comic, but learning to draw is still rather far away on my back burner. Give me some ideas guys, is there more to your fursonas than reaction pic fodder and self-inserts for porn commissions?

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Anonymous 05/05/19 (Sun) 19:11:53 No.103049

>>103044

I think pretending it's any deeper than a character you like the look of is the part the turns it into cringe.

Furry is just an aesthetic; it's not meaningful, just fun. Get out there and have some fun.

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Anonymous 05/05/19 (Sun) 21:00:33 No.103052

>>103049

I get what you're getting at, but my "having silly inconsequential fun" module kind of broke in a tragic moment, and so I'm grasping for depth and meaning in every hobby I indulge in. I'm still contemplating what angle to approach the fandom from. It's the above mentioned registration question that caught me by surprise in particular, since it implies that the siteowners assumed that you have a fursona by default - as if asking "why would you bother being here otherwise?"

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Anonymous 05/05/19 (Sun) 21:35:08 No.103057

>>103042

I think you're making something out of nothing. You don't have to tell anybody about your hobbies, or fetishes. And who really cares if your reasons are shallow, it's the fucking furry fandom, who gives a shit? Having a profile on a shitty website doesn't matter, having a fursona doesn't matter, if you like furry stuff and want to call yourself a furry then you're a furry. Go hang out with those people if you want, the furry aspect is just the ice breaker and or the connecting interest, if you're gonna get along with them you'll get along with them, good luck.

>>103052

It really doesn't matter, it's just an information field, some people put human, I have a fursona but leave it blank cause I don't care I just post art there. The "depth and meaning" for me just comes from my self expressive artwork (which isn't porn) that I use my fursona for, or the comics or other media I enjoy from the fandom, or just media that involves furries. You could make a fursona for a table top game if you're into that, or you could really just have one for the sake of having one, again it doesn't matter, sometimes the fun of having a fursona is just making one.

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Anonymous 05/08/19 (Wed) 00:18:59 No.103327

>>103044

>is there more to your fursonas than reaction pic fodder and self-inserts for porn commissions?

I world build around my OCs in my spare time and don't think I'd care to get porn of them.

It's simple to do since I can even do it a bit while driving to work, and helps give them some character.

True fursonas are harder to do the same with, since they're supposed to just be you, which makes them harder to do much with other than porn and memes.

OCs are just more flexible imo.

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Anonymous 05/08/19 (Wed) 00:25:52 No.103328

>>103327

>True fursonas are harder to do the same with, since they're supposed to just be you, which makes them harder to do much with other than porn and memes.

I don't really think there's much stopping you from having a self-insert in whatever fantasy/sci-fi setting you're doing your world-building in though.

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Anonymous 05/08/19 (Wed) 00:55:49 No.103336

>>103328

I dunno, I'm not sure I'd put all self-inserts on quite the same level?

Although I suppose there's always the option of pulling "yourself" in from the past/future in sci-fi/fantasy settings respectively.

Might just come down to how much leeway you want to put on the term.

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Anonymous 05/08/19 (Wed) 15:27:15 No.103474

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>fursona

As long as you don't take it too seriously you might as well. There's nothing wrong with at least having a character you made as an avatar.

>Is there still a place for me to get involved in-depth in /fur/?

>I've come across an online furry community in my country

Didn't you just answer your question? besides that there's unironically deviantArt

>I understand it's a shallow reason to want to be a furry

Wanting true friendship isn't a shallow reason to do anything

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