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a year ago
It's been about 5 years since I decided to limit my exposure to the furry community. It's about the same time that I started seriously studying art. I've been posting my work on X (twitter) and e621. I wanted to stay away from the more "community sites" like FA. Then, at some point I realized that if I wanted exposure I'd have to post my art in places that better facilitate it. At the same time It feels pretty weird to be coming back to furry community sites after making a fuss about leaving them, so I wanted to talk about that for a minute.
I "left the furry community" for a lot of reasons, but there was one really big one. It started when people began calling me a "voice" in the furry community. That really bothered me. Once I was labeled as "a voice" a lot of people started getting mad at me over being a "bad voice" if I said something they didn't like. It felt as if I was suddenly expected to very concerned about how every little thing I said or did effected the furry community, as if I was a politician tasked with representing them. People started talking about me as though I was some kind of untouchable celebrity, who lives in their own little world somewhere and would never hear the things they said.
The truth is quite the opposite. I was in the middle of it. All the videos and podcasts and things that people made about me ended up getting back to me. I saw it all. It felt like the entire furry community was against me. If that was realistic or my own imagination, I don't know. Was some of it my own fault? Sure. I can be a dickhead. I say controversial things because it gets attention. Regardless of if it was deserved or not, it was emotionally devastating to be treated the way I was by the only group I had ever felt like I fit in with. So, I had to distance myself. I think it was the right choice, because it has given me a long time to think about it.
Strangely enough, when I did pop into a friend's discord and furries recognized me, it was usually in a positive way. It seems like most people liked my videos and wished I would make more. I've moved on from that, though. I draw now. I stream games too, but its more of a hobby. My main passion is art. I guess you could say it always was, as art is what got me involved with furries to begin with.
In short, I don't want to be "a voice" in the furry community. I don't want to cause drama. I just want to draw sloppy dragons and post them here for people to make creepy comments over.
I "left the furry community" for a lot of reasons, but there was one really big one. It started when people began calling me a "voice" in the furry community. That really bothered me. Once I was labeled as "a voice" a lot of people started getting mad at me over being a "bad voice" if I said something they didn't like. It felt as if I was suddenly expected to very concerned about how every little thing I said or did effected the furry community, as if I was a politician tasked with representing them. People started talking about me as though I was some kind of untouchable celebrity, who lives in their own little world somewhere and would never hear the things they said.
The truth is quite the opposite. I was in the middle of it. All the videos and podcasts and things that people made about me ended up getting back to me. I saw it all. It felt like the entire furry community was against me. If that was realistic or my own imagination, I don't know. Was some of it my own fault? Sure. I can be a dickhead. I say controversial things because it gets attention. Regardless of if it was deserved or not, it was emotionally devastating to be treated the way I was by the only group I had ever felt like I fit in with. So, I had to distance myself. I think it was the right choice, because it has given me a long time to think about it.
Strangely enough, when I did pop into a friend's discord and furries recognized me, it was usually in a positive way. It seems like most people liked my videos and wished I would make more. I've moved on from that, though. I draw now. I stream games too, but its more of a hobby. My main passion is art. I guess you could say it always was, as art is what got me involved with furries to begin with.
In short, I don't want to be "a voice" in the furry community. I don't want to cause drama. I just want to draw sloppy dragons and post them here for people to make creepy comments over.
I'm looking foreword to your sloppy dragons no promises on the creepy comments though.
I don't really agree with some of what you think. But other things I absolutely do. To this day your video on "leaving the furry fandom" is one of the only ones that truthfully highlight what's wrong with this community. I'm still fairly young. I'm 23. But I'm no longer a highschooler or teenager. Yet I keep having to act like one if I want to keep friends here. I agree with just about everything you said in that video and I rewatch it every now and then. Because once in a while it's good to feel sane that someone else is validating the issues in the community that I have noticed myself.
I feel like it's ok to disagree with you on many things. And agree on others. I respect you a lot as a person especially due to that video. Because I feel like you nailed and highlighted issues almost no one does. Because everyone in this fandom has to be uwu positive, and if they're not, they're toxic.