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Times A-changin' (Rainfurrest, Fursuits)
14 years ago
Aside from one depressing note, Rainfurrest 2011 was probably the best con I've had out of the eight or so I've been to. I ran into a lot of people I hadn't expected to (hi guys!) and met some others (hi guys!). Despite a lot of time to myself, I was never bored there. There was always something to see. Like fursuits.
A LOT of emphasis on fursuits nowadays. I see this as the "MTV / CSI problem" perpetuating itself - where furries think that to be a "real" furry, one must wear a fursuit. This used to bother me because when I joined the fandom, suiters were still considered the weirder, more extreme small portion of the our populous, but now I think I'm okay with it. With things like Room#366 out there, the creepy fursuit stuff is pretty well known and assumed to be commonplace. Rather than trying to keep that hidden, it could be best just to inundate the fandom with suits and show people suiters are normal enough just by sheer numbers.
I hear the Hilton loved us and even called us well-behaved - at least until after the con when soap was poured into the pool, the cops were called twice, and a "protest" con was held in the lobby. For fuck's sake, furries. Washington furs remain some of the drinkingest furries I've ever met.. so.. you've got that going for ya.
Where was I? Oh yeah, fursuits. A lot of cool fursuits. A few of my favorites were TaniDaReal - she was a great GOH and her suit is beautiful, schnolfs FTW. There was an Angry Bird suit, which was spot-on. And my buddy jerinheadisson looked adorable sporting his new suit. Many really cute suits there this year.
Fursuiters, I'm all for this new fursuit revolution. Go for it. But I do have one plea: There was a time when taking your head off in public was verboten. It breaks the illusion. I saw SO many suiters walking around without their heads this con. Guys, don't do that. Please please please don't do that. There's a headless lounge for a reason. That reason is that you look stupid with your head off.
A LOT of emphasis on fursuits nowadays. I see this as the "MTV / CSI problem" perpetuating itself - where furries think that to be a "real" furry, one must wear a fursuit. This used to bother me because when I joined the fandom, suiters were still considered the weirder, more extreme small portion of the our populous, but now I think I'm okay with it. With things like Room#366 out there, the creepy fursuit stuff is pretty well known and assumed to be commonplace. Rather than trying to keep that hidden, it could be best just to inundate the fandom with suits and show people suiters are normal enough just by sheer numbers.
I hear the Hilton loved us and even called us well-behaved - at least until after the con when soap was poured into the pool, the cops were called twice, and a "protest" con was held in the lobby. For fuck's sake, furries. Washington furs remain some of the drinkingest furries I've ever met.. so.. you've got that going for ya.
Where was I? Oh yeah, fursuits. A lot of cool fursuits. A few of my favorites were TaniDaReal - she was a great GOH and her suit is beautiful, schnolfs FTW. There was an Angry Bird suit, which was spot-on. And my buddy jerinheadisson looked adorable sporting his new suit. Many really cute suits there this year.
Fursuiters, I'm all for this new fursuit revolution. Go for it. But I do have one plea: There was a time when taking your head off in public was verboten. It breaks the illusion. I saw SO many suiters walking around without their heads this con. Guys, don't do that. Please please please don't do that. There's a headless lounge for a reason. That reason is that you look stupid with your head off.
o.o
We left around two on Sunday, exhausted and ready for some rest.
I'm not sure furries realize how swank the Hilton convention center is and how lucky we are to be there. That's a bridge we only get to burn once, then it's back someplace WORSE than the Marriott.
Talk about shitting on your own doorstep.