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pretty much.
I'm trying to think of what kinds of communities you would be comparing us to. Drawing a bit of a blank.
Trekkies?
Video games?
Although Anime conventions are often fairly balanced between the sexes, the interests of the female group don't really overlap with the interests of the male group. Except in cases of hugely popular stuff like Naruto.
Well, I can only comment on Trekkie or anime conventions from a position of ignorance, so I won't go there. Are they really as sexualized as the furry culture is? I believe the folks who say they aren't attracted to furry stuff, but I think they're more than likely in the minority. By contrast, I think the typical anime fan probably doesn't have any particular fetish for the characters involved.
Acerac
Banned
The previous two are better.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I've been to a few Trek, mixed sci-fi, and mixed sci-anime cons in California - though it was it the early 2000s and not today.
Back then at least, I'd say that fans can be and are, yes, very attached to characters and it's fairly common. Sexualized? It's a fuzzy line because there's already plenty of sexualized stuff that people never raised an eyebrow at because it was taken for granted. How many fantasy conventions have strapping fantasy warrior guys with "leather" overtones or "fantasy battle maidens"? Then anime is full of fan service and cheesecake.
Generally, I've found the philosophical rule is this:
Your stuff is always "okay" because you're on the inside and you "understand what it's really like". It's all the OTHER groups are are freakin' weirdos and probably sick - ha ha... ha. Ahem.
I'd say that the furry group is a lot more blatant about it cuz a lot of it was severely tinted by certain pools of culture in California during its formative days. The thing is, my personal suspicion is that there's plenty of people in other groups, like anime and sci-fi, who have all the personal kinks a lot of furries do. But they enjoy more of a cover story as scifi, star trek, and even anime has a lot more mainstream, professional works for fans to hold up and say "this is what we're about".
I will say, that I was at a sci-fantasy con in 1998 in San Jose, dominated by trekkies, and the Klingons made furries look pathetic by ALL counts. One night around 2am, I ran into a troupe of drunken Klingons wearing a combination of battle / leather gear, being led by collars with chains by a stern looking woman with a sword and leather gloves and purple hair.
The next day, more Klingons marched through the convention center with, yes, an actual fursuit from SOME furry person who was there. Suit swinging by the limbs, tied to a log, as the Klingons banged drums and sang about how well they were going to eat that night.
Furries do not phase me.
*slow clap*
there really isnt much for furries other than the masses of perverted artwork
like otaku have anime, and trekkies have re-runs of DS9 and shit
I got what you were saying. I was just wondering out loud whether the groups were comparable, because I don't really know them well enough. I know furries since I've been in that community since I was a teen.
Now that I think about it they're probably not. I guess being a furry fan has a lot of sexual connotations other fandoms lack (or at least, sex isn't the primary focus).
But then you get rule 34 and the lines kind of blur.
But then you get rule 34 and the lines kind of blur.
For the most part, Rule 34 stuff gets labeled as furry. Most furs don't seem to mind. It's not like we have a reputation to keep up. Personally, I'd just as soon be without it. The media worship gets tiring to me.
thats an understatement
the ammount of artwork i actually save is around 1 per month
and not because theyre mostly poorly drawn, its because most of it features bizzare sex orgies
the wolf/cheetah one is good too
DonMigs85
Member
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Neither one could defeat their respective vamps Myotismon and Demitri though
That's because Talbain is busy banging Felicia and taking care of children.
According to fanfiction this is true.
I read that as Taliban
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh and this is safe.
DonMigs85
Member
normally dont have to? they're kinda mixed with other non girly ones
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Cougar looks plantigrade.
Also made me search for Diulf in pixiv. Outside of some rule 34 art I saw this.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Why are you posting kemonomimi stuff in a furry thread? Go make your own catgirl thread or something.
what you're posting is closer to animal
what im posting is closer to human
deal with it!
edit: I did warn you!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Furries are anthropomorphic animals though, not kemonomimi! Even Japan knows to separate them!
There's no specific name to it, but the inspiration of Brian Talbot to do Grandville, Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard, did do a lot of it and somehow associated with it.
when the whole thread is posting man animals i dont think its a problem
its not cosplay either, shes not human according to the game
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Neoriceisgood
Member
Acerac
Banned
What's the term for it? I've heard furry and scalie, but I can't think of any convenient term for that subgroup... of course, I can't think of one for avian fans either. Is there a reference guide to all this somewhere?
arthros.
...
okay, i made that up.
ctually that brings up a question; are monster girls furry? [lamias, harpies, slimes, etc]
Nora Kisaragi
Banned
going to buy one
just not sure if i want the standing or sitting one
catgirls aren't furries.
(just thought you should know)
As true today as it was then.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
But Holo isn't a furry =/
I think furry burning is old in the net - nowadays it's pony burning.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
What about Pony Furries?
That Dash suit is sweet - they sold it on Ebay but I'm not sure what the final price was.