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Nevermind the meme (meme is stupid)
14 years ago
I guess this is as good a time as any to bring this up.
Lately, I couldn't give two shits about furry. Oh, I still like the art and music, but that's because I like art and music (and boobs; there are always boobs).
But my life right now is all ponies. I don't even really identify with my furry persona anymore, though I still use the name numerous places.
I said it before when I found ponies: I've never seen a fandom so supportive. Except that I have. It was called furry, and it was about eight years ago. These days, I feel like the fandom -- and seriously, when I say 'the furry fandom', I mean Furaffinity -- has just given up on me. Notice how I've stopped doing pretty much anything here? No feedback. Hardly any attention whatsoever. It hardly seems worth doing anything. I'm still not giving up, I've got lots of album reviews after all, it's just... Not as important anymore. And I don't feel like sharing the things I'm actually doing will be interesting to anyone here. I do those EQD journals pretty much for my own edification and, like,
baree because I don't interact with him anywhere else.
And then I did a meme that was mostly just "how much do you act like an animal" and I am not insane or an idiot, so the answer was "not much". :V But hey, talking points!
Lately, I couldn't give two shits about furry. Oh, I still like the art and music, but that's because I like art and music (and boobs; there are always boobs).
But my life right now is all ponies. I don't even really identify with my furry persona anymore, though I still use the name numerous places.
I said it before when I found ponies: I've never seen a fandom so supportive. Except that I have. It was called furry, and it was about eight years ago. These days, I feel like the fandom -- and seriously, when I say 'the furry fandom', I mean Furaffinity -- has just given up on me. Notice how I've stopped doing pretty much anything here? No feedback. Hardly any attention whatsoever. It hardly seems worth doing anything. I'm still not giving up, I've got lots of album reviews after all, it's just... Not as important anymore. And I don't feel like sharing the things I'm actually doing will be interesting to anyone here. I do those EQD journals pretty much for my own edification and, like,
baree because I don't interact with him anywhere else.And then I did a meme that was mostly just "how much do you act like an animal" and I am not insane or an idiot, so the answer was "not much". :V But hey, talking points!
Otherwise, what Rhubarb said above. For whatever reason, this fandom seems to have a way of massively burning people out, and I can definitely sympathize. There's nothing saying you have to be 100% into everything to stick around here, but there's also nothing wrong with moving on if you feel it's time to move on. Either way, you have to do what's best for you, and you're the only one who knows what that is.
The burning out... I've seen others say it. I don't understand. But then, I've known folks that have been through a ton of drama and come out furry as ever on the other side. So I may be suffering from a case of small reference pools. No matter what, though, furry or pony, you're still awesome. And thanks to technicalities, you're still both ^.^
This fandom isn't what it used to be, and what it used to be was small. I think that everyone within it (except for a select few) is losing relevance as the size and character of the fandom change.
(stephen)