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Why am I a furry
13 years ago
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ToastRabbit
Why am I a furry? Good one!
Years and years ago, when the CD-ROM was just invented (yes I've seen that happen!) I bought a computer magazine that came with a free CD-ROM. It had all kinds of stuff on it, free DOS-programs (Anyone here remember DOS?) and pictures and soundbites of various movies. Tons of crap you couldn't do anything with, but also a directory with pictures.
In this directory I saw a costume of a female bear in what looked like a leather sort of swimsuit and big leather boots. That got my attention. As in "What the hell is it and why does it arouse me?" Look up "bearconz.gif" on Google and select the first link. That contains not only the entire picture directory of the CD-ROM I just mentioned, but one level higher it contains a ton of DOS programs. But that's not important now.
Years later I learned from a friend that he had gotten himself a modem and he introduced me to the World Wide Web. Hello new opportunities. For porn. Yeah, what else, huh. Anyways, somewhere along that line I wondered what ConFURence 4 was, because that was where the Bearconz picture came from. Hello furry fandom. My reaction: "WTF there's more where that came from???"
Suddenly stuff started to make sense. I already was an animal lover, now here were people running around in animal costumes. Yeah I can live with that.
Move on a couple of years, I found out about this gig called "Eurofurence". Turned out to be a bit more than just a gig. Whole hotel filled with furries. First thought when I came in was "What the HELL am I doing here?" When some random fur gave me a hug out of nowhere the question was answered.
Back then I had a big black trainwreck of a fursuit. Yes I have pictures of it, no I'm not gonna post them. I didn't have any idea of how to make a suit (I've come a long way fortunately) and this thing was just plain horrible. My grandfather helped me build it and it even clogged up his sewing machine. And his lungs. Long haired fur, not fun. His maid kept finding hairs for MONTHS in rooms the fursuit had never been.
I've made a better fursuit back then and now I'm working on two suits at the same time. At least, planning wise. The heads are being made by myself as well.
So that's my brief, or not so brief, history of why I am a furry. Hope you enjoyed!
ToastRabbitWhy am I a furry? Good one!
Years and years ago, when the CD-ROM was just invented (yes I've seen that happen!) I bought a computer magazine that came with a free CD-ROM. It had all kinds of stuff on it, free DOS-programs (Anyone here remember DOS?) and pictures and soundbites of various movies. Tons of crap you couldn't do anything with, but also a directory with pictures.
In this directory I saw a costume of a female bear in what looked like a leather sort of swimsuit and big leather boots. That got my attention. As in "What the hell is it and why does it arouse me?" Look up "bearconz.gif" on Google and select the first link. That contains not only the entire picture directory of the CD-ROM I just mentioned, but one level higher it contains a ton of DOS programs. But that's not important now.
Years later I learned from a friend that he had gotten himself a modem and he introduced me to the World Wide Web. Hello new opportunities. For porn. Yeah, what else, huh. Anyways, somewhere along that line I wondered what ConFURence 4 was, because that was where the Bearconz picture came from. Hello furry fandom. My reaction: "WTF there's more where that came from???"
Suddenly stuff started to make sense. I already was an animal lover, now here were people running around in animal costumes. Yeah I can live with that.
Move on a couple of years, I found out about this gig called "Eurofurence". Turned out to be a bit more than just a gig. Whole hotel filled with furries. First thought when I came in was "What the HELL am I doing here?" When some random fur gave me a hug out of nowhere the question was answered.
Back then I had a big black trainwreck of a fursuit. Yes I have pictures of it, no I'm not gonna post them. I didn't have any idea of how to make a suit (I've come a long way fortunately) and this thing was just plain horrible. My grandfather helped me build it and it even clogged up his sewing machine. And his lungs. Long haired fur, not fun. His maid kept finding hairs for MONTHS in rooms the fursuit had never been.
I've made a better fursuit back then and now I'm working on two suits at the same time. At least, planning wise. The heads are being made by myself as well.
So that's my brief, or not so brief, history of why I am a furry. Hope you enjoyed!
Some had people, like Popeye, but most had animal characters.
As I grew up, I stumbled across some rather humorous "third party" artwork of some of my favorite characters in "compromising" positions.
I still enjoy cartoons and of course the "compromising" artwork.
Furries and fursuiting? it's the semi-anonymous nature of being hidden inside the suit that allows you a bit more flexibility in how you interact with others.
And then there is Second Life by Linden Labs. A fun interactive virtual 3D world way beyon what I could do in a fursuit.
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