In a way, I hope not. If we ended up with retail shops for the fandom, and conventions being over-run with people, it could be bad. I wouldn't like to see fursuits being sold in shops for example, and imagine wearing a suit at a convention PACKED to the brim with people all trying to pet it and stuff? D:

O_O
cool, in a way, though. More socially acceptable, eg. Anime fans these days can go round with Yu-Gi-Oh hairdos and folk don't bat an eyelid. Before long being furry will be just as mainstream. Many proclaim this to be a disaster, but in a way this sort of social acceptance and furriness being 'cool, if a bit weird' rather than just 'freakishly weird' as it usually seems to be seen now, would be quite awesome.

In all honesty, parts of it already is, and yes the furries are headed that direction, after all, a majority of furries, are anime fans too.

From personal experience, I wouldn't say that it's a majority, but I will admit that there is a large amount of cross over =P

And yes, looking at the likes of Anthrocon, attended by 5000+ people, we are getting there ^.^

Just this past year at a 3rd year con here in Texas, Furry Fiesta was held by over 1000 people, and still looking to grow.

My current working theory is that fandoms, by and large, are identical in the abstract. When you stop and look at them, they all tend to celebrate their particular thing in almost all the same ways, and that's likely due to them all having descended from the sci-fi fandom that first got together in the 1920s.

Definitely ^.^ *Is looking forward to furry shops*

I'd really rather it stay mostly underground and untouched by the mainstream. No need for us to end up like some sort of fad.

probably.

its already going that way. there are numerous shops online already, also lets not forget theres huge amounts of commishioners for fursuits etc, growing in number.

Ive noticed a lot of the bigger things have already become about flash.

I.E - Buy stuff, look at all the pretty suits, a need to be the 'most awesome' suit, mock the lesser suits, etc.

Not abuot the people and meeting together for a common interest.

London is entirely about the fursuiters. No pictures of the none-suiters really, its all about the suits, followed by alcohol.

Whereas smaller meets are about the people and havin fun :P

London, for example, hired someone to man the toilet and just...stand there attending to the toilets. Why? Because it made them look more official?

No idea.

Anyway, its already going down that way. Im not really a furry anymore, i have a fursona but shes just my character, I don't really go to cons or meets anymore and I tend to just roleplay elsewhere :3

I've never been to a con but I consider myself a furry =P

Manning the toilet? That sounds awfully like a euphamism xD

I agree, fursuits do tend to hog all the attention xD

It may not get to that point, but it has got closer over the years. The whole next generation of furs that have came in kinda push things in that direction, no matter the fandom, furry or otherwise. I cannot really relate to furrys at all anymore in the sense I used to. Last con I went to I was there prolly a total of four hours on a saturday and went home. Chatted with some friends, bought a few things in the dealers den, watched the fursuit parade, roamed a bit and really didnt get the same vibe at all from the ones over the years before.

Its just how it works.