I like furry conventions more than anime conventions.
5 months ago
General
Being a fursuiter, furry conventions have more for furries, but more for fursuiters and future fursuiters of course. The dealers den sell accessories to fursuiters and future fursuiters, but the fursuit parades and dance comps allow fursuiters to take part of them free of charge and be the convention event as the people cheer for them. This is on top of being your own furry character. Furcons also have fun rooms with pool toys and inflatables to play and chill with which brings a lot of great joy. Of course, they are general audience events, not always adults only. Furry conventions allow for way more creativity than anime conventions because in anime conventions, you're just cosplaying as your favourite anime character from your favourite shows. In furry conventions, you are the experience and you make your own experience.
A convention isn't just a place to chill at with your own hotel room, but also to explore what's around it than just what's in the convention. But with a furry convention, there's more memes to add to the emotional entertainment, and you get to be your fursona in fursuit form. It's that freedom to be you and have the most fun possible whilst exploring what is around the convention. Oh I love it!
So far, a furcon to me is a vacation where you can be you more and express yourself more. America is the only country that has several venues for this activity. Whatever you're looking for in a furry convention, they have it here. Looking for surprises, they got you too. Sure there's the internet, but here, the furcons seem to do their best to provide more than just a place for you to take your furry vacations to.
A convention isn't just a place to chill at with your own hotel room, but also to explore what's around it than just what's in the convention. But with a furry convention, there's more memes to add to the emotional entertainment, and you get to be your fursona in fursuit form. It's that freedom to be you and have the most fun possible whilst exploring what is around the convention. Oh I love it!
So far, a furcon to me is a vacation where you can be you more and express yourself more. America is the only country that has several venues for this activity. Whatever you're looking for in a furry convention, they have it here. Looking for surprises, they got you too. Sure there's the internet, but here, the furcons seem to do their best to provide more than just a place for you to take your furry vacations to.
Skriva
~skriva
isn't Fur conventions an offshoot of Anime ones originally?...well the fandom in general now that i think about it.
Chuong Cho Soi
~chuongchosoi
OP
I think in the original context, they were an offshoot from the sci-fi community. But yes they do have origins from the anime community as well.
tofubread
~tofubread
I can't really say i've been to an anime convention, but i have been to more general cons around my area, and i do feel like i have a bit more fun with my friends at a fur con compared to the others (as the others were just kind of general and unfocused, but also getting a signature from someone famous was just obnoxiously expensive)
Chuong Cho Soi
~chuongchosoi
OP
Expensive autographs... It's nuts. AFAIK with furcons, they don't have those. A furcon to me is like a tailored vacation experience, because they have what you like and you're not just at a place to chill and explore around about. When you fursuit, you're part of the experience for others to enjoy. A furcon is not just a vacation, but also an experience for you to be you. I think furcons are more like for you as you, maybe with a bit more surprises you'll like.
pinkjellies99
~pinkjellies99
Furry conventions are the best type!
Chuong Cho Soi
~chuongchosoi
OP
Oh hell yeah! They seem to have more options, especially with heavy emphasis on creativity.
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