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20 furry years!
a year ago
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As of this month, I have been a furry for 20 years! It all began in October 2004 when I was almost 16 years old and I bought that old licensed Wile E. Coyote latex Halloween mask made by Illusive Concepts to wear for that Halloween.
(That mask, along with the rest of the Looney Tunes masks made by Illusive Concepts, first hit the market over 30 years ago!) The body to go with the mask was very rudimentary, but this was the first time I REALLY had fun wearing a Halloween costume. I attended a friend's Halloween party wearing it, and I gave out candy to the trick-or-treaters in that getup. I've always loved the Looney Tunes, and among entering adolescence I began to think about what it'd be like to become such an anthropomorphic "funny animal" character.
Flash forward to 20 years later... some things just don't change! My new Wile E. Coyote costume went over very well at a little Halloween party me and my brother threw last weekend.
And in those 20 years that've since passed, I now have three fursonas: Zak Wolf, Sam Valentino the Private Toon Detective, and Dawson Dragon! And in addition to Wile E. Coyote, I also have cosplays of Scooby-Doo, the Disney Big Bad Wolf, and am even working on one of Legoshi!
Of course in the 2000s, the furry fandom still didn't have as much widespread acceptance as they do now, since they still had that reputation (and that darn "CSI" episode didn't help at all!) Fortunately when I finally mustered up the courage to tell my parents about my being a furry in 2009, they didn't mind very much. Then I was able to prove to them the furry fandom was largely not like what they might have heard when I started going to furry cons ten years ago with the Maltese Fur Con.
Speaking of cons, I have saved up enough to be able to afford going to Furpocalypse in a couple of days! But my GoFundMe goal hasn't been fully met yet for paying for some future expensives if you still want to donate and help me out!
https://gofund.me/242e5cb8
I will also be hosting two panels at Furpoc this year! Stay tuned once the con ends after this weekend for further details...
(That mask, along with the rest of the Looney Tunes masks made by Illusive Concepts, first hit the market over 30 years ago!) The body to go with the mask was very rudimentary, but this was the first time I REALLY had fun wearing a Halloween costume. I attended a friend's Halloween party wearing it, and I gave out candy to the trick-or-treaters in that getup. I've always loved the Looney Tunes, and among entering adolescence I began to think about what it'd be like to become such an anthropomorphic "funny animal" character.
Flash forward to 20 years later... some things just don't change! My new Wile E. Coyote costume went over very well at a little Halloween party me and my brother threw last weekend.
And in those 20 years that've since passed, I now have three fursonas: Zak Wolf, Sam Valentino the Private Toon Detective, and Dawson Dragon! And in addition to Wile E. Coyote, I also have cosplays of Scooby-Doo, the Disney Big Bad Wolf, and am even working on one of Legoshi!
Of course in the 2000s, the furry fandom still didn't have as much widespread acceptance as they do now, since they still had that reputation (and that darn "CSI" episode didn't help at all!) Fortunately when I finally mustered up the courage to tell my parents about my being a furry in 2009, they didn't mind very much. Then I was able to prove to them the furry fandom was largely not like what they might have heard when I started going to furry cons ten years ago with the Maltese Fur Con.
Speaking of cons, I have saved up enough to be able to afford going to Furpocalypse in a couple of days! But my GoFundMe goal hasn't been fully met yet for paying for some future expensives if you still want to donate and help me out!
https://gofund.me/242e5cb8
I will also be hosting two panels at Furpoc this year! Stay tuned once the con ends after this weekend for further details...
Congratulations on 20 furry years!