Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
oh Pokemon
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oh Pokemon
shysaursoft
Member
You'd better not look at the internet then. The sexualization of Pokemon is now practically a Walmart sized business.
perfect free
Member
That's when wonderful things happen. (on second thought, probably best to just leave it at that)
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
Nice ones. I think the one by "Idiot" is my favorite, it's got nice colors.
I like that one as well, but I can't help but like all the stuff I dump.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I told myself I wouldn't get a fursona but I caved in
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
The red one or the green one?
Red Chocobo
Banned
I had this on the Amiga. It was a really hard puzzle platformer.
Anyway, a lot of Furry hate on Gaf tonight, thanks to that Twitch drama. Uneducated ignorance in action.
perfect free
Member
Hmm, what made you change your mind, if you don't mind me asking?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hahaha, nope not that
Ah well, I just thought it'd look neat.
Amibguous Cad
Member
Twitch drama?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
wait what hate
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Lowlander2
Banned
I saw a picture of the drama on Twitter randomly, but it was so indecipherable I didn't even bother.
Also hi. I only have the passingest of interests in furrydom, but I figure if my best friend is well into it, I should probably acquaint myself some.
Also hi. I only have the passingest of interests in furrydom, but I figure if my best friend is well into it, I should probably acquaint myself some.
The Tofunator
Member
Greetings! Welcome to the thread.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
If anyone's interested, quick attempts of sketches of my fursona are in my scraps upload
Welcome to furry gaf
Welcome to furry gaf
Lowlander2
Banned
Well, after some more digging around and conversation into the subject, as well as poking around the old thread, I can conclude with some certainty that you all are a bunch of
I'm still kind of astonished the general stigma of furries remains to this day, especially since there doesn't seem to be any consistent reasoning. With bronies, you of course have your typical "girl's show" naysayers, and the nutjobs of the social justice movement who think that they, innately, support masculinism and drag that element kicking and screaming out of the show for all to see. Furries? Nothing consistent. I think a lot of people think it's a done thing. Of course I don't, though. It's just an area of interest. Means only as much as the people who brand themselves as such want it to. Or summin like that.
Now, as for me, I'm developing an interest in the more lean and casual side of art, the kind you see on, say, this album artwork:
But not so much this:
I'll confess that I actually liked the art of Dust: An Elysian Tail. Everyone says that it's amateur hour dA shit...and they're right, but I think it has an honest, universal quality to it. It's ripe for self-projection and malleability. Ripe for fursona forging, if you will. Speaking of which, I showed my friend this one and claimed this as my fursona as a joke:
But it's mostly because the picture honestly feels a little humiliating, as if it was created as a non-bisexual deviant's view of the rest of us to laugh at. Like, I hope this isn't the go-to image when discussing my ilk.
Getting to a particular boss in Dead Rising 3 didn't really help in this regard.
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people who puzzle me as to why you remain picked on for an arbitrary characteristic.
I'm still kind of astonished the general stigma of furries remains to this day, especially since there doesn't seem to be any consistent reasoning. With bronies, you of course have your typical "girl's show" naysayers, and the nutjobs of the social justice movement who think that they, innately, support masculinism and drag that element kicking and screaming out of the show for all to see. Furries? Nothing consistent. I think a lot of people think it's a done thing. Of course I don't, though. It's just an area of interest. Means only as much as the people who brand themselves as such want it to. Or summin like that.
Now, as for me, I'm developing an interest in the more lean and casual side of art, the kind you see on, say, this album artwork:
But not so much this:
I'll confess that I actually liked the art of Dust: An Elysian Tail. Everyone says that it's amateur hour dA shit...and they're right, but I think it has an honest, universal quality to it. It's ripe for self-projection and malleability. Ripe for fursona forging, if you will. Speaking of which, I showed my friend this one and claimed this as my fursona as a joke:
But it's mostly because the picture honestly feels a little humiliating, as if it was created as a non-bisexual deviant's view of the rest of us to laugh at. Like, I hope this isn't the go-to image when discussing my ilk.
Also I've never raised a Glaceon.
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Cute Dragon Here
Member
I didn't realise that there was a new thread for this.
And I didn't even check the thread for a long, long time. Might as well as update my subscriptions.
So how's everyone? *hides*
(I think it might be a good time for me to reintroduce myself. Should I?)
And I didn't even check the thread for a long, long time. Might as well as update my subscriptions.
So how's everyone? *hides*
(I think it might be a good time for me to reintroduce myself. Should I?)
The Tofunator
Member
I'd say the inconsistent reasoning is largely why the stigma remains. There was so much crap happening with furries that most people (including me) find disturbing/disgusting that there are now many ways in which people could dislike furries. For example, the whole "animals with human sexual characteristics" part has convinced many that all furries want to have sex with animals, and public exposure with the whole cheapo mascot costume stuff in television shows and other media has others thinking furries are people who have sex in mascot costumes. None of these people would ever bother investigating further, so they continue to associate furries exclusively with these disgusting concepts. And then of course you have shit like the Twitch incident where furries get associated with drama.
Huh, I've seen this band before, though their album art had their actual selves (for the most recent album, at least). "Charity Auction Ninja" was pretty funny.
The faces of the characters in Dust always looked kinda off to me. I think it may have something to do about how the eyes look, as Dust himself looked fine until he took off his hat. The incredibly garish color schemes of most of the characters were also annoying.
(Yeah unfortunately its weird stuff like this that gets associated most often with furries. Of course with Boss Doggie being everywhere on GAF, I wonder if people are associating furries with overly muscled dudes now.)You should!
Well, I don't have much to add that you two didn't bring up already. At least, nothing that I can think of at midnight. People's attention is often drawn to the most extreme/weird thing in a certain field.
The first album cover that Lowlander posted looked pretty cool to me, so I looked for the full size of it.
And Noivern, it's a new thread, reintroduce away!
The first album cover that Lowlander posted looked pretty cool to me, so I looked for the full size of it.
And Noivern, it's a new thread, reintroduce away!
Necromanti
Member
It may be selection bias that I'm imagining here, but there seems to be a disproportionate amount of male x male pairing and homoerotic furry art in general. It would be interesting to see if people who identify as furries were more likely to be LGBTQ as well.
Are there any non-LGBTQ furries who find themselves attracted to male anthropomorphic figures and couples, but are completely unattracted to human males?
I think that would be an interesting area of research.
I've been casually pondering about the effect of epigenetics, hormones, and brain structure on sex, gender, and sexuality, and whether there's some general trend that causes comorbidity between identities. (Some sort of pattern, maybe, that shows stronger correlation between identities existing when another is present, and stuff like that.)
Are there any non-LGBTQ furries who find themselves attracted to male anthropomorphic figures and couples, but are completely unattracted to human males?
I think that would be an interesting area of research.
I've been casually pondering about the effect of epigenetics, hormones, and brain structure on sex, gender, and sexuality, and whether there's some general trend that causes comorbidity between identities. (Some sort of pattern, maybe, that shows stronger correlation between identities existing when another is present, and stuff like that.)
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
In my experience, most Queer furs about 6 months before they start identifying as Queer haw haw.
perfect free
Member
CHEEZMO;91297234 said:
Teenage me did this. ;_; "I'm not gay! I just think these male werewolves are really hot! There's nothing wrong with that!"
I was kind of surprised to find that, according to survey data, the furry population actually leans toward the heterosexual end of the spectrum. I had always assumed it skewed the other way based on the (limited) exposure I've had to other furries IRL. (And stereotypes.)
shysaursoft
Member
There was a time (late 90s early 00s) when the furry fandom seemed disproportionately homosexual, if only because it was a place that identified as somewhere for the "outcasts" (gay/queer) to be. Many teen gays were attracted to the fandom - anthropomorphicmagnitism aside - because it accepted. The reason for it being accepted, likely stemmed from it having been formed/founded/grown from a memetic base of self-identified outcasts.
These days though, I'd say it's a pretty even split.
Me, I just like drawing animal guys and dragon dudes (http://spacebowser.tumblr.com/)
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
It's a guy
shysaursoft
Member
It's practically two guys. Or one guy made up from the parts of lesser guys. Or a pair of man nips riding a mind-controlled body.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
because that's how we want him
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
It's not like the other characters are armored very well either.
Lowlander2
Banned
Their two most recent albums have themselves on the album cover. I bought all of them save for You Should Drink More around six months ago, and that was only because I ran out of money at the time. They're very good, but I wish they would buy a drum set already, because it makes their live shows seem a teensy tacky.
I learned about them through Rock Band. Ahh, Rock Band. Now there's a burgeoning passion of mine.
Cute Dragon Here
Member
OK, here goes (again)...
Some people probably already know me as Cuteness Overload. Well, I changed my username a while back to Noivern...
I'm more of a scalie, to be honest, with my preference leaning towards things of the draconic variety. As for how long I'm into this kind of things, I'm more of a drifter. (I guess I never live it down.)
Nice to meet ya all.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yay I got four new avatars
I wonder how I can Xmasify them
I wonder how I can Xmasify them
Yay I got four new avatars
I wonder how I can Xmasify them
Is that first one drawn by WFA? Love her style~
Yay I got four new avatars
I wonder how I can Xmasify them
Sources on all of those. Right now. PM.