those eyes.

yes, exactly! :V

*shruuuug* ive never been to a con, and as much as some aspects of the furry fandom some times draws out an exasperated sigh this video isn't one of them. ive never fursuited myself, although it looks super fun and i totally support being goofy in animal costumes. so yeah, furries petting each other and dancing suggestively, rock on dudes etc. even if it's not your bag, its rather innocent fun compared to all the legit horrible stuff that happens all the time everywhere in the world. there's way better material for the internet to harp on about furries anyhow. i'm not a "die hard furry" if that's a term, but when internet savy people see i draw GASP ANIMAL PEOPLE admittedly i get kind of defensive just cause the rep but then it's like, yeah i draw animal folks, it's true, make what you want of it duder.

but this kind of touches on another subject and im going to go with it for the hell of it. so i guess i kind of realized, if you want people to understand the fandom is diverse and not just people who like fucking in animal costumes, the "normal" furries in denial who maybe just draw anthro need to own up to the term furry. i find it pretty agitating when someone who has an FA and posts anthro art emphasizes THEY ARE NOT A FURRY, NO SIR. i understand they don't want to be associated with the more questionable aspects of the fandom, really i do, but that just perpetuates the stereotype by drawing an imaginary divide. furry doesn't mean you are a lifestyler, being a lifestyler means youre a lifestyler :T DUDES JUST OWN UP, YOU ARE A FURRY. yes it's a label, if you don't label yourself others will gladly do it for you, THERE IS NO ESCAPE, ONE OF US ONE OF US ahem. lol.

anyways thats just my little 2 cents for the evening :0)

Ha haha, yeah, I admit I don't really want any potential bosses/employers to know I'm a furry, just in case they are one of the people who think "furry" = "disgusting kink".
... although I can't help but think it might be equally likely they'd be intrigued instead XP

I do think it's funny when folks are on FA, go to cons, have costumes, etc but "Aren't furry"... then again before I had friends in the fandom I didn't really consider myself a "furry" because I'm more into horror and thought "furry" was all about being cutesy. SO I CAN'T REALLY TALK oh well. :B

yeah i understand that, it's not so much i think people in there everyday life should go around labeling themselves as furry, i certainly don't do that but i was talking more about people online, on FA, who will announce they are not a furry on their userpage that leads you to believe otherwise. And I see where you're coming from, there's kind of this conception of a furry aesthetic that's really cartoony and cute but i think that's just another generalization about the fandom in the same way some people think all furries are fursuiters. i mean hell, i don't think i fit into that typical furry aesthetic but if someone calls me a furry i think it would be inaccurate and counterproductive to try to deny it.

people online, on FA, who will announce they are not a furry on their userpage

:V methinks the furry doth protest too much!


Hells yeah, I've met a lot of awesome other horror types through the fandom. It really is ridiculously inclusive! (I've also met not-horror-types who are also awesome - I met my fiance at a halloween furmeet!)