/fur/ - Furry★

>>93779 (OP)

>Why are you a furry or Why do you consider yourself a furry?

I like animals and animals in fiction. I also like how human and animal elements can blend together to create expressive art and new perspectives on what it means to be human. I often think about these things and find myself looking for them online, which inevitably draws me to "furry" places.

>What sort of aspects are you invested into?

All of it, really. From animal symbolism in religion and ancient cultures to people dressing up in (mostly) silly costumes and potentially literally fucking around, I find it all pretty interesting. For things I actually participate in, I've been trying to write stories featuring some non-human characters lately.

>What makes you prefer anthropomorphic animals for these types of situations? Are there any instances where humans are preferred?

I think it's all about the right tool for the job. As an example, I couldn't see any of NofNA's stories being adapted to use just humans, think Lycosa, but without spiders, as a lot of the symbolism wouldn't work out or would at least have to be changed to another symbol set. On the other hand, the story Solar System without Yuri, the only human main character, wouldn't be as thematically strong.

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

I know no one in real life that I can talk to about all these things, and while it's somewhat less lonely because I have an outlet here and other places, sometimes you just want to share a story or talk about how interesting dragons are in real time with a flesh and blood person. And to get the obvious out of the way: the sexual attraction to an otherwise non-human, fictional creature is generally a net loss in one's existence.

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

The "Western Furry Fandom" could be abolished. I don't really understand how things got so bad. You'd think having a bunch of like-minded people together would be a good thing, but the amount of bizarre drama I notice posted around is baffling. Unsurprisingly, it's never because of furry as a concept, but because of someone that identifies as a furry gets into other unrelated drama. I wish more people would do things for the concept of furry instead of the other way around.

Well, I think that's all the important bits. Good thread OP.

>>93785

On one hand, I definitely agree, but on the other, I find it fascinating, and sometimes disturbing. I think it'd be much better if people didn't attach their identities to their fetishes, at least.

>>93779 (OP)

>Why do you consider yourself a furry?

I don't

>What sort of aspects are you invested into?

>Art? Aesthetic? Narratives? Stories? Worldbuilding?

Come mostly for the lewds

>What makes you prefer anthropomorphic animals for these types of situations? Are there any instances where humans are preferred?

No idea, closest explanation to come to mind is that I like the "monster girl" aspect being more than just simple cosplay.

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

The edge and poor quality of some creators.

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

Where to start...

I maybe furry and maybe not

I want to be awesome furry in real life but I think being human and have a real furry animal as secret friend is not bad

"furry" in my meaning is real animal being not a human in fur suit

Maybe because I don't get attention enough from my family in childhood so I grow up with animal cartoon and games ?

I like humankind in macro picture but hate human as individual

however I don't want world of furry without human . because human factor is importance to make furry look special

>Why are you a furry or Why do you consider yourself a furry?

I don't. The meaning of that label has never truly reflected why i'm interested in the content, so I never used it.

>What sort of aspects are you invested into? Art? Aesthetic? Narratives? Stories? Worldbuilding?

The porn, and to some degree (mostly kemono) the aesthetics and worldbuilding. Most western furries, especially nowadays, seem to focus heavily on the most boring aspects of modern reality, and end up just being a wish fulfillment fantasy with their "ideal me" mary sue fursona. Maybe with some fantasy elements thrown in, but in the end still just modern fantasy, same boring earth, same boring tech, same boring basic magic/possible sprinkles of unexplained future tech. Same goes with the character design, it's almost always just the bog standard "human body with animal head/tail". Kemono plays with the animal aspect far more, and I like it more because of that. Plus kemono's inherently more "cute", so that's a plus.

>What makes you prefer anthropomorphic animals for these types of situations? Are there any instances where humans are preferred?

Mostly just an interest in seeing how "different" a situation would play out when a non human does it, but that depends on how the artist themselves feels like tackling it, I guess.

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

None, as I don't consider myself one.

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

I wish the main focus went back to making original content, worldbuilding, etc. Not making a fursona, making being a furry your "idenity", getting popular on social media, and treating art platforms like said social media. But most of all I want the freedom artists used to have back. Way back when, at least to my knowledge, there wasn't as much aggressive gatekeeping/harassing that went on in regards to what people draw as there is now, people just made content, and if you didn't like it, for the most part you just ignored it and focused on what you DO like. For me personally something like that doesn't matter, I couldn't care less about playing the popularity game, so i'll do as I please so long as the platform allows it, but I can't pretend every other artist has that approach. Most do care about their image, and don't wanna be harassed for what they draw, so they conform out of fear and handicap their creativity.

>>93779 (OP)

>Why are you a furry or Why do you consider yourself a furry?

I like the way anthropomorphic animals look.

They pretty much improve my opinion of almost anything's aesthetic instantly.

>What sort of aspects are you invested into?

>Art? Aesthetic? Narratives? Stories? Worldbuilding?

Pretty much all of it.

The art and visual mediums in general are always great.

Narratives are good too, especially stories that explore anthro bodies as foreign to the main character so they have a reason to focus on the physical and mental differences they notice.

>What makes you prefer anthropomorphic animals for these types of situations?

I dunno, can't really explain that any better than I could explain why green's my favorite color or 24 is my favorite number.

Sometimes you just like stuff because you do.

>Are there any instances where humans are preferred?

As a balance to the anthro aspect to avoid having the animal people act as stand-ins.

Having them be full on human replacements isn't the worst, but mixing the two is generally better.

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

Ribbing from my friends on occasion.

That's about it.

Maybe slowing my progress in artistic improvement?

Since drawing humans is significantly less interesting to me, despite being so important.

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

I wish liking them and "being a furry" wasn't primarily seen as a fetish.

Why can't furfags be seen as giant nerds first, and perverted deviants second like weeaboos?

>>93785

>furry board

>shitting on a discussion thread

And your problem is here instead of the over abundance of porn and degenerate content?

>>93786

I appreciate the feedback, your idea on furries offering a new perspective of being human is particularly interesting. Do the stories you write emphasize that as well?

As for the fandom, I made this thread almost solely because of the problems I have with the fandom itself. It seems there's not enough actual discussion and too much is spent on porn or likewise unproductive unnecessary aspects. There's just so much more to life I feel, much more than to waste time on porn.

>>93797

Would you wish for a furry world where it would be possible to meet and interact with "furry" women? How would you imagine it?

>>93798

What sort of animal would you want to be? What sorts of animals would be fun to be friends with?

I just use the term furry as an excuse to describe media or concepts I like involving animal characters, I think most identify with furry for the same reasons you listed.

Life can be kind of boring, so it's fun to imagine these sorts of different worlds.

>>93804

Ironically, I don't like the label furry or what else it reflects in most of the fandom, but I've never considered myself not a furry or have been able to stray away or shake myself from that description. I'm fine with the term furry because it highlights what sorts of stories or storytelling aspects I'm interested in.

Furry has been hijacked because not particularly anyone in the fandom is proactive. No one really knows how exercise creative control or self-restraint either, so those who do care about worldbuilding usually delve into the "weird" autistic side becoming similar to Sonic fans. But I've never cared for Furry to be mainstream or widely accepted either, it's a niche first and foremost. Notice how most other furries will be fans of Tolkien or other sorts of art and fantasy with Furry taking a backseat or an added bonus in addition to their typical interests. Most times with mainstream appeal, it'll happen that the animalistic characteristics aren't that important to the story or piece and it focuses on being a story first and foremost without caring much about the world or intricacies.

I can't really care when it comes down to artstyle like Kemono as long as the characters are portrayed as intelligent animals and not just humans with a different aesthetic. I agree, I like when it looks like the original animal just standing upright and maybe with hands.

>>93779 (OP)

Plainly, I consider myself a furry because I've at least marginally invested it as a portion of my identity. This doesn't mean I go around screaming about what a total furfag I am or make it outwardly apparent (in the same way I don't do so with my sexuality - I consider both something that no one really cares about and thus don't need to know until they care about it) but rather I acknowledge and embrace some of my personality and preferences is affected by my preference.

I think ultimately being a furry means it's part of your identity, regardless of if it's inwardly or outwardly expressed. A lot of people get caught up on this, I think, but ultimately it's a sub-culture much like, for example, punk - I can appreciate certain elements of punk (there's a lot of good punk music and the j-punk culture is very aesthetically pleasing) but it's not at all part of my identity, so I don't consider myself a punk. The same thing applies to furry, except I consider furry as the whole of anthropomorphic material - from Bugs Bunny to spirit animals to JasonAfex's tweenimations.

>What sort of aspects are you invested into?

The personification of animals is something I always enjoy. Even when I was a younger child, my favourite books used personification as a strong tool - An Incredible Journey (Homeward Bound), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Warrior Cats. Almost every cartoon in some form or another had a personified animal as a mascot, and despite them frequently being comic relief they were the characters I found most enjoyable.

The furry porn is something I frequently find more appealing than real porn. If I had to rank a list, it would be Porn < Hentai < Yiff - and I can say it heavily relates to how I'm very much a demiromantic person. I can recognize someone for their relative beauty, but I fail to find sexual attractiveness in them until I develop rapport with them, at which point looks only matter so much. In drawn porn, the blatancy of fiction makes it much easier to skip the rapport part, especially when I'm just trying to get off.

Following up on both of those, the implicit stereotypes contribute greatly to my enjoyment. Animal symbolism - both good and bad - can be used or implied very heavily in a way that's shied away from in humans, and similarly the subversion of such symbolism or stereotypes can itself add a layer of intrigue. Rats and mice are considered filthy and unclean, but then you have Ratatouille with a rodent not only capable of cooking but by nature of working in a professional kitchen being somewhat of an OCD neatfreak. If you made the same story except with some homeless orphan, would it be even remotely as interesting a story? I certainly don't think so, but I'm sure there are people that think it would be. Zootopia is basically bringing forth a new generation of furries, but if you made that story with humans instead I think it would just be more boring drivel about racism and quickly forgotten. Some stories are carried by nature of anthropomorphic characters.

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

Just start with >>93785 A lot of people, especially vocally on /fur/, sincerely believe that the only merit to furry is that it's a fetish, which is utterly discounting the SFW half of the fandom. There are a few users here which will decry furry as being yet another culture where your only value is how much money you can spend in the culture... How many commissions you can buy, or how expensive your fursuit is. While there is obviously the amount of people who willingly dump their money into the fandom for the prestige of it, I think this is ultimately wrong because its core is the consumption, creation, and appreciation of related media, and it has evolved widely enough to develop a social scene revolving entirely around that.

I think we're also experiencing a weird moment where furry is on the cusp of socially acceptable. Furry is on the cusp of being a normie thing. I consider this both good and bad - mostly good, as I rarely partake in the social aspects although I wish I had a small group to frequent with, but the bad that's going to take over is a very strong-arming of anything considered abnormal. A portion of the furry culture is already devoted to being extremely pro-trans, to the extent that it creates an enormous echo chamber, and I think as furry becomes more normalized that group is going to get more prolific. I don't know if I consider that good or bad. Gender dysphoria exists but I don't think body mutilation is the actual answer, and escapism into furry identity probably only furthers that ideal.

Main things I would like to change is for us to be much more supportive and inclusive of starting artists. Having a culture to devote yourself to is a good way to get into art, but half of everyone is too nice to tell people to study their basics, and the other half is either silent or tears it apart without providing any useful resources. We don't have much framework for stories, despite it being a hugely valid media form - and on the Western side we hardly even consider music as a potential medium. This is something I find the Eastern culture to be a bit more successful at, as their comiket and kemoket provide useful fronts for more than just the most popular of artists. All the music we have in the West is either barely tenuously furry (Wolfgun might be a furry, and it somewhat comes out in his music, but it's an extremely subtle undertone to the galactic emphasis) or overtly furry to the point of being a strictly bad song or straight up meme material (Paws to the Wall, No Cock Like Horse Cock). See attached Webm for one of my favourite KemoUTAUs.

>>93787

>Wall of text...the post.

TRY AGAIN NERD

>Why are you a furry or Why do you consider yourself a furry?

I'm a furry because I prefer non-primate anthropomorphic mammals aesthetically.

This preference leads me to anthro content, roleplay, etc, making me a furry.

If it makes sense, furry stuff is inherently more "comfy" than humans are.

>What sort of aspects are you invested into?

- Porn

- Interactive porn

- cute stuff

>Art? Aesthetic? Narratives? Stories? Worldbuilding?

I don't pretend that anthros offer anything short of a reskin or costume change to media otherwise centered around humans.

If you remade the classics, but with furry characters(without that aspect taking up the spotlight), it would simply add a +1 to my interest for silly reasons.

>What makes you prefer anthropomorphic animals for these types of situations? Are there any instances where humans are preferred?

I don't know, fuzzy stuff feels more friendly and approachable to me, maybe the same way pastel colors might to others.

A human could be preferred, if used to show the contrast of furry and non-furry aesthetics/dynamics.

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

The sexual aspect is a pretty big component, and so in a puritanical culture, there's a need for me to conceal that portion as to not offend sensibilities.

At the same time, I wish to be genuine about myself with others. This starts as a divide of two personalities(furry/nonfurry), but becomes a divide of three (sexual furry/clean furry/nonfurry).

It's a really messy balancing act to know how to reveal only some of the picture.

The narrative of "the normal person" is that there is e a range of decisions, preferences, and experiences that is assumed to be healthy default.

An indivual then expects this range to be held as the default, and anyone outside of it is considered inferior for no other reason than violating their expectations.

Those deemed weird or deviant are then thrown into an outgroup, and are no longer trusted to genuinely explain who they are.

The outgroup's assigned identity is then curated by the assigner, cognitive bias usually selecting for negative associatings over positive ones.

By the process above, people with different definitions of normal unfairly judge one another and create hostility where none previously existed.

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

I'd appreciate the relaxation of certain mores and taboos regarding sexual deviance.

"Thought crimes" have no direct victims. The indirect victims are those harmed by disgust, and those harmed by the spread of information.

It would seem this will be an inevitable consequence of the babyboomer generation relinquishing control of society, so I feel content to just wait it out.

>>93810

in 90s I want to be sonic lol

but in teenage I want to be white rabbit

> What sorts of animals would be fun to be friends with?

like Roger rabbit. or whatever

I think I create my imaginary furry friend by use innocent of real animal as base / no lies / no rude /innocent / honest etc. but well since I grow up I think ability to talk can lead them to corrupt mind. except they still talk with wired logics like creature in wonderland

>>93810

>Would you wish for a furry world where it would be possible to meet and interact with "furry" women? How would you imagine it?

Honestly, for it to work, absolutely everything would have to be the same as it is in our universe right now. And, by then, what's really the point? Pretty counter-productive, isn't it?

>>93779 (OP)

>Why are you a furry or Why do you consider yourself a furry?

I don't ultimately consider myself a "furry", as I find the term has more linking to the typical human-but-with-animal-features junk. I'm more in to what I'd call more /tg/ tier stuff, where they're more their own separate race.

Could be a furry reformationalist, I guess, in the sense that I mostly want to reform the furry fandom away from literally just throwing a human frame and hair on everything, but changing the skin color and adding a snout, and calling it a day.

>What sort of aspects are you invested into?

I'm a huge worldbuilding guy, but, I've got interest in most all those major options. Art and aesthetic are something I quite love, but, worldbuilding is probably the biggest reason why. I like to make my own stories, my own character, out of images I see.

>What makes you prefer anthropomorphic animals for these types of situations? Are there any instances where humans are preferred?

I like humans with the same setting, ultimately. Mostly because the whole "humans will fuck anything" ideal. Can't get a story of cross-species love without sticking humans in it. As to the reason I prefer to add furry stuffs in things like that, I find there's a lot more room for potential difference when you've not got the same shape as humans. A bird race, for instance, might use their feet primarily to control or manipulate things. Combine this with stereotypes for animals, like the familial nature of crows as well as the ingenuity and easy boredom of them, and you can make seriously cool cultures and peoples.

And then you have a human fuck 'em.

It's great.

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

My main difficulties as a "furry" at the moment is constantly sifting through piles and piles of trash. So much human garbage. I usually have to settle for so much less.

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

Yes. See above. So much lack of imagination.

I swear, the majority of furries are just using it as a social clique, as a method to express themselves without actually making anything truly different or unique.

Truthfully, you probably could fix most my troubles by simply gassing the normies in the furry fandom.

Either way, I want more fantasy-esque animal races. I want to see pictures of crow people that aren't some big breasted human looking thing with a few feathers slapped on and a beak, literally just wearing regular run of the mill human clothes, with at best a hole cut out for wings.

>>93807

>Why can't furfags be seen as giant nerds first, and perverted deviants second like weeaboos?

Peoples' first impressions of "Furry" usually happens to be the more sexualized side of things, whereas people typically know about Anime or Tolkien-esque Fantasy beforehand when they're aware of those groups. Doesn't help that most people assume media with talking animals is intended for children, it's stigma within stigma. I'm interested to know if you have any ideas on how to fix this issue. As far as I'm concerned, Furries will always have these issues.

>>93814

>Plainly, I consider myself a furry because I've at least marginally invested it as a portion of my identity. This doesn't mean I go around screaming about what a total furfag I am or make it outwardly apparent (in the same way I don't do so with my sexuality - I consider both something that no one really cares about and thus don't need to know until they care about it) but rather I acknowledge and embrace some of my personality and preferences is affected by my preference.

Same thing as being gay I suppose. Being gay is fine, but I wouldn't prefer to only know someone for being gay. As with the same Furries should be known for being more than just Furries. It's like knowing someone's favorite color, it really shouldn't be all that important to the core of a person.

>>93815

Personally, having it be more socially acceptable would mean a higher audience to share your creations with and more scenarios for good art, but then there's also the fear of regulation and "normalification." I agree, it's a trade-off good bad situation. I'd say escapism is behind every fandom. Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Anime, etc, everyone wants to imagine life and events more interesting than their own. The problem comes down to what is healthy and unhealthy levels of escapism and how that influences someone's actions.

>>93816

>Alien anatomy

Alien meaning not necessarily human or similar to stereotypical space aliens?

>>93865

Do you ever write your own characters or stories? Despite Wonderland being as popular as it is, I feel very few people nowadays try to create similar situations or characters.

>>93922

I agree with a lot of the things you've presented. I absolutely love imagining how intelligent animals would adjust things in their world to suit them, build societies, interactions, etc. I love the animalistic shapes too, what's the point in animal variety if they don't look like the actual animal, right? What sorts of worldbuilding ideas do you have or have come up with?

I'm not so much of a romance or sexual kind of guy though.

>>93955

Alien as in non-human, but some human features are at least desired, sapience most of all.

I consider myself a furry because I really like anthropomorphic animals, be it in cartoons, in art, in video-games and porn for some reason.

I don't know the reason behind it, but I think furries are way much more entertaining or "cooler" to me than humans, I guess because it is how they look, I can't really tell.

I don't find that difficult to be a furry, since I'm pretty discreet about it, and I don't really care if it is a degenerate fetish, which is the main argument people use to mock us.

I wish people could be a little bit more comprehensive towards furries, like if they could see beyond the cringe compilations on Youtube and see that some furries are different, have different opinions, interests and that not all of them are that scandalous/childish as it is shown on those videos. Just this.

>>93779 (OP)

>Why are you a furry or Why do you consider yourself a furry

I consume a lot of furry stuff

>Art? Aesthetic? Narratives? Stories?Worldbuilding?

All of that, I really like animal people

>Are there any instances where humans are preferred?

honestly, for me, I would keep humans away. But if I'm world building something for the general public, I think keeping humans would be a good idea

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

unironically the """persecution""" I never told anyone that I'm a furry and promised myself that I would never tell anyone no matter what, because people from the outside are EXTREMELY confused about what is a furry is and why someone could potentially like furry characters. The vast majority have misconceptions.

One day I broke that promise and casually told a close friend that I would love to go to a furry convention one day. He was really "disgusted" and disapointed in me. And we're not stupid young teenagers, we are adults and he's not a bad friend, it's just that the misconception is so strong he thinks I'm a weird autistic dog fucker. I never lost a friend over it, but I did lose a lot of "respect" if I can put it that way.

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

yea I wish people didn't see furry stuff as a bad thing. Even in movies or vidya, I see indie devs revamping characters or worlds because it looked too furry. Like, what the fuck, if it looks good, then who gives a fuck some retard calls it furry? It' influencing the internet and media way too much, I believe if furry wasn't such a big meme there would be more furry media produced by other people than furries.

>>103492

I don't remember every tiny example but I'll try for you baby.

Overgrowth's main dev was shy about the subject and fans were desperately trying to dissociate themselves from furry stuff and it influenced some parts of the game. the game was supposed to have 8 species (foxes included), but only ended up with 4 (dog, cat, rabbit and rat). The decision most probably came from the fact that the devs didn't want the fans to think it was a furry game like it was already being mocked for, and focused on other things. pic related

However, there's some hope. As a counter to my exemple :

Rival's of Aether is barely a "furry game" in my opinion, but nonetheless, it's the biggest meme in the community that the game is for furries. The main dev recently released a straight up furry dating simulator as a joke on april fools, so that's cool.

>>93779 (OP)

I'm in it for the porn, and the fun online hangouts with other people who enjoy similar types of porn. That's as far as I will acknowledge any sort of "furry identity".

I am primarily interested in furry content to satisfy my sexual fetishes. But if/when I can turn those off, I still find that anthropomorphics have a lot of untapped potential. Even without seeing their sexy side, characters like the Na'vi and Rocket Raccoon are just very interesting. Up till now anthro animals have been relegated to more silly characters in cartoons, but now that CGI is finally catching up, I suspect we may start finally seeing them more in less childish sci-fi and fantasy.

The only issue I have is that early furries made the whole thing into a weird... overly personal issue. Almost a political. Like... "this is who we are, society should accept us, let us parade our weird fetish in public." And as a result of that the entire fandom was labelled as one of the most deranged and sexually deviant on the internet.

I would like it if people saw furry fetish as just another fetish. Like leather bondage, or liking anal. Yeah, it's pretty different and strange and kinky, but whatever floats your boat. But in the current zeitgeist, it feels as though to admit you're into furry porn would be as socially damaging as if you were into hard rape porn.

>Why are you a furry or Why do you consider yourself a furry?

I'm not. I don't. Not anymore.

I used to get pissed back in the day about le hating furries internet meme because I believed there could be more to it than just porn. Furries proved me the hate was justified.

>What sort of aspects are you invested into?

>Art? Aesthetic? Narratives? Stories? Worldbuilding?

I like fantasy creatures.

Humanoid creatures are my favorite.

And I have a fetish for musculoskeletal biomechanics, human or otherwise.

>What makes you prefer anthropomorphic animals for these types of situations? Are there any instances where humans are preferred?

Their mere existence implies an alien culture behind them which differs from ours. At times greatly,at times very little. Both make for extremely interesting lore.

So no, humans are never preferred.

>What difficulties do you find in regards to being a furry?

It made me incredibly insecure and hindered my pursuit of happiness.

At some point I manned up and told the world to fuck off.

I like creatures. I like it when I see the T-Rex's thighs flex to walk and then jiggle when its 10 tons of muscle stomp the ground. I like it when the Indoraptor taps its toe-claw on the ground to scout for prey like a sonar. I like it when Riot's bicep flexes when he clenches and growls at Venom's dangling skin after he ripped it off Eddie Brock.

Yes. I "like it" because it makes my pee-pee hard. Guess what? I got paid to do that shit. That's more than the would-be naysayers ever achieved in their pathetic lives.

>Do you wish some things were different than they are now?

I wish I could leverage my knowledge and experience from working on high-end 3DCG to make some jaw-dropping furry-themed stuff.

But between a toxic family shitshow on my end and the fact that furries seem to always flock to scammers rather than people who know what the fuck they're talking about, that will never happen.

Glad to see some interest renewed in this thread.

>>103409

>I wish people could be a little bit more comprehensive towards furries

I would say that's true for any fandom or interest as stereotypes are bound to exist and exist for a reason. And to be honest, I can understand people's reactions. But frankly, I haven't much to care. You have to realize that most people aren't against anthropomorphic animals but the types of people who autistically obsess over it. Look at any fandom known for bad reputation and most of it stems from the fact that for some reason they feel the need to make it a lifestyle and their obsession borderlines annoyance. Undertale, Homestuck, FNaF, Sonic,"SuperWhoLock", etc.

>>103468

>The vast majority have misconceptions.

And there's not much to help with that either, but that's okay. You just have to realize what those are and learn to work around them, life's fair in the fact that it's unfair. Instead, I state that I have interests in "alternate societies or fantasy cultures." Similar to Goblins, Dwarves, etc. I tell others that I like to wonder about fantasy scenarios and worlds, and that the more "out there" the design or inhabitants are, the more interesting it usually is. Meaning that I find Goblins and Dwarves somewhat standard because they look too similar to humans and their societies also function similarly, so I often like alien societies more. Helps that I've told others I have interests in aliens, paranormal, cryptids, etc, so I don't think they've suspected much or at least I haven't been treated or seen differently as far as I can tell.

>I believe if furry wasn't such a big meme there would be more furry media produced by other people than furries.

I would only say this is the case if it follows standard furry design aesthetic, the kind that has roots in anime and that almost every furry porn artist will copy, stuff that looks like Dust: an Elysian Tale. Notice how rarely anyone will call Beatrix Potter art or things like Despereaux, Secret of NIMH, Alice in Wonderland, etc; Furry.

>>103988

> Notice how rarely anyone will call Beatrix Potter art or things like Despereaux, Secret of NIMH, Alice in Wonderland, etc; Furry.

Notice that they are all ''pre-internet furry meme'. Now if someone made a movie like that, I guarantee you that a lot of people would call it furry.

>>103988

also, nice taste. Do you like mice? You gotta read or watch redwall.

>>104015

>Do you like mice?

Absolutely, mice are some of the first animals I remember having a fondness for. I always liked to imagine mice as having their own societies, using scraps or discarded items from humans and repurposing them, it was all very interesting to me, still is in some way I suppose. Seemed to me something that could be possible when I was younger, but then life starts to set in and you start to realize it's limitations.

I also keep using the mice images because it helps identify which posts are mine.

>>104014

All depends on the style and presentation, I guess. Granted, Zootopia is often called a furry movie, but I rarely see other anthropomorphic media judged as heavily. Might have to do with the fact too that most anthropomorphic media is children's media, but then again, I never heard someone call "Fritz the Cat" a furry movie, even though it's the closest thing to one.

>>103486

>I really wish there wasn't this push to get furry to be considered acceptable.

I agree with this, things are taboo for a reason and I think people would be better off to just realize and accept that rather than make a big fuss about it. Why should it matter if the rest of society accepts you? And more importantly, shouldn't you want to make a good impression towards society by not acting out? I mean, they can still act like that in private or niche groups, but why force it onto everyone else?

>>103512

Can't say I cared for Overgrowth all too much, so to me, nothing of value was lost. Kind of disappointing to see games that use anthropomorphic animals, but never touch upon any unique world aspects or how these people would live. Obviously they would have different priorities than humans and live differently. I don't know, the game just doesn't grab my interest despite having animal characters.

>>103555

Are you a fa/tg/uy by any chance? That's a common problem I encounter. Most furries aren't interested in content that isn't porn and other fantasy fanatics don't want to have anything to do with anthropomorphics. It feels extremely difficult to find other anthropomorphic enthusiasts who are interested in it for the same reasons.

>>103697

Do you imagine more to your life than porn or ever worry about it having too much control over your life and time? I only say this because I regret once having a big sexual attractive to furry characters and the time I spent with it. It's part of why I wish there was more constructive wholesome content in the furry community.

>>103815

>experience from working on high-end 3DCG

What sort of projects did you work on or what kind are you interested in making?

>furries seem to always flock to scammers rather than people who know what the fuck they're talking about

I would say that's most people hence why infomercial products still sell. The vast majority of society doesn't seem all that savvy to me. Furries are just more noticeable because most of them are loud and obnoxious by nature and because the what they associate with.

>>104235

> ever worry about it having too much control over your life and time?

Oh absolutely. I worry I may have a serious porn addiction. I fap twice every day, more on weekends. Most nights I fall asleep thinking of my favorite characters (I try to start lucid dreams, but have been mostly unsuccessful so far). I suppose it's not so bad because I am still functional, like a functioning alcoholic. I'm in collage, got decent internships, most are even paid. I'm not so bad that I'll skip classes and call in sick just so I can get my fix of lewd foxes (though I am tempted sometimes). But I do have to remind myself to keep my interests diverse, go out and socialize when I can. Otherwise I do risk becoming seriously obsessed.

Maybe in the future, if furry content becomes less stigmatized, I'll be willing to have it be a more open hobby, exploring the less sexual aspects of the fandom. But until that happens, my public interest and my private furry interests remain very much separated. I keep my "furry" stuff completely hidden from people who know me IRL.

>>104235

>What sort of projects did you work on

Recent and that would sort of appeal to furry?

Venom, and Rocket in Endgame.

>what kind are you interested in making?

I have a 3rd person action/adventure prototype that I made for fun and I'd like to see completed. Already better than most "games" I see asking for funding. The MC is a sexy furry character, but it's not meant to be NSFW.

I can make short animations too, but honestly? I once dreamed of making lots of cool 3dcg furry stuff and get lots of love and money for it, but the furry fandom just shattered that fucking dream while the real world made sure I wouldn't be able to find all the pieces and put them back together ever again. And now I only get more disgusted and depressed when I think about it.

>I would say that's most people

Not an excuse, but whatever, I guess. I tried knocking some sense into people, I just got angrier while morons got richer.