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Are Humans Unloveable?
15 years ago
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Its just a thought I had a bit ago while doing a small sketch of Roxxy again. I've noticed that humans aren't too popular on FA. The majority of those i have encountered here (I repeat, that I MYSELF, have encountered) completely ignore anything that doesn't sport a thick coat of fur, fleece, fuzz, or a skin of armored scales or elegant plumage.
But why is this? I know it's FURaffinity, a sight mostly for furry artwork. But are we not humans behind the screen? Yes this may be a fetish or an alter ego to separate ourselves from fantasy. But in the end we are still human beings, this we cannot change.
And that's another thing.. when you step back and look.. humans are already furries. We are beasts, animals. We fall into the same family as the ape. We are in fact, hairless apes. We are 'complex' yet at the same time we are not. We communicate same as other species. The interesting thing is that we seem to be one of the stupidest in my opinion.. A cat can tell a dog that it is not pleased with it's presence, a horse can tell a sheep that it wants to be friends. Yet why can't humans communicate to other species without deep study? Even then we get it wrong more than half the time...
But back to the question. Why does it seem that furries have such disdain for humans? I mean in all technicality, doesn't that slide into a category of self-loathing? If you hate seeing the species you yourself are in artwork, does that mean you subconsciously hate yourself?
I unno it just seemed like an interesting thought to me.
But why is this? I know it's FURaffinity, a sight mostly for furry artwork. But are we not humans behind the screen? Yes this may be a fetish or an alter ego to separate ourselves from fantasy. But in the end we are still human beings, this we cannot change.
And that's another thing.. when you step back and look.. humans are already furries. We are beasts, animals. We fall into the same family as the ape. We are in fact, hairless apes. We are 'complex' yet at the same time we are not. We communicate same as other species. The interesting thing is that we seem to be one of the stupidest in my opinion.. A cat can tell a dog that it is not pleased with it's presence, a horse can tell a sheep that it wants to be friends. Yet why can't humans communicate to other species without deep study? Even then we get it wrong more than half the time...
But back to the question. Why does it seem that furries have such disdain for humans? I mean in all technicality, doesn't that slide into a category of self-loathing? If you hate seeing the species you yourself are in artwork, does that mean you subconsciously hate yourself?
I unno it just seemed like an interesting thought to me.
I think maybe it's a bit more of a "turf" thing. Somehow just because it's FA folks feel that humans shouldn't be here.
I know I'm not gonna stop drawing my less furred friends.
I know I still love who I am and that my furry self is merely another version of me as how I would think I am with fur. Every one else I'm sure has a different opinion but thats what makes us different :3
I can't speak for others, but I've not noticed much bias against human-based art here. Most of my artwork are humans (Though I dimply don't post those here for the fact that the posting guideline rules when I joined frowned upon non anthro art). And personal experiances show that my non-furrt art gets about the same amount of love as my non-human art: none.
I'd love to post all my artwork, but it's my understanding that humans were against the guidelines.
But I have noticed an extreme bias against non-pornography, or non-nudes. Anything that doesn't display a boob or a dong gets probably only a quarter of the attention something else does.
So Idk. I think it'd change from person to person on the site. Some people like to go all out and BE their character, like going to cons and such. Not that that's a bad thing. Some people,like myself, just enjoy the drawing part.
But that's an interesting thought. You might have nailed some users right on the head with that. =]
I don't really care either way whether human art is posted here or not. For those that do draw it whom i watch, they're either very good friends and i genuinely love them and their art (like yourself dear <3) or they're style is something i like.
My interests in human related art here is very specific and few and far between. Not that your art doesn't pique my interests cause it does. I just generally don't +fav/comment on human related art.
Maybe it's cause i never really learned how to draw humans myself X3 and i have some sort of contempt for those who can or something... i dunno lol