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Childhood Furry Nostalgia
13 years ago
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Is it just me or were the 90's the prime decade for furry related toons? I'm sure many generations have had it, I mean Looney Tunes and Disney alone date way back before my time. However, as a child/young teen growing up in the 90's, it seems like they were all over the place compared to pre 90's and post 90's up to current day. Animaniacs, Tiny Toon Adventures, Chip N' Dales Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Ducktales, Talespin, TMNT, Road Rovers, Swat Kats, various Looney Tunes spin offs like Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, Tom and Jerry, etc... etc... The list goes on and on. I understand that some of those shows actually started in the late 80's, but they ran mostly through the 90's, so I consider them 90's toons, and they are all furry themed.
About a month or so ago I decided to start looking up some of these old toons on Youtube and I found a few episodes of Ducktales, Rescue rangers, Darkwing Duck, Animaniacs, so on, and I watched a couple episodes. It was really awesome and nostalgic for me to watch them again after so many years. A couple weeks ago though, I watched an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures and I found myself actually tearing up and crying a little from the memories and just extreme fondness for these characters.
It made me realize that in my heart, I was a furry way before I even conceptualized the meaning in my mind and found the fandom. I mean sure, I understand, childhood nostalgia in general can be touching at times, and I have had similar reactions to non furry related things, but not like that, it was a deeper, clearer connection. Deep in my heart I do feel like me growing up in that generation of just so many furry related cartoons had something to do with it... After all, who was my very first furry crush? Chance Furlong AKA T-Bone from Swat Kats! It was through my obsessions for him that i even found that fandom as well, so yeah, I see a deep connection to me growing up in that time period and becoming a furry, and a proud one, for over 15 years now...
It was just surprising and shocking to myself that I got so emotional over an episode, especially the intro, to Tiny Toon Adventures. It made me think of my furry origins, how I was somewhat programmed at a young age through the cartoons that I watched, to be drawn to it as I grew older. Who's to say i would even be a furry if it weren't for them? I may be, but perhaps not. I would say much less likely considering art of one of the toons themselves introduced me to the fandom.
It felt good....... I smiled a lot afterwards. :3
About a month or so ago I decided to start looking up some of these old toons on Youtube and I found a few episodes of Ducktales, Rescue rangers, Darkwing Duck, Animaniacs, so on, and I watched a couple episodes. It was really awesome and nostalgic for me to watch them again after so many years. A couple weeks ago though, I watched an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures and I found myself actually tearing up and crying a little from the memories and just extreme fondness for these characters.
It made me realize that in my heart, I was a furry way before I even conceptualized the meaning in my mind and found the fandom. I mean sure, I understand, childhood nostalgia in general can be touching at times, and I have had similar reactions to non furry related things, but not like that, it was a deeper, clearer connection. Deep in my heart I do feel like me growing up in that generation of just so many furry related cartoons had something to do with it... After all, who was my very first furry crush? Chance Furlong AKA T-Bone from Swat Kats! It was through my obsessions for him that i even found that fandom as well, so yeah, I see a deep connection to me growing up in that time period and becoming a furry, and a proud one, for over 15 years now...
It was just surprising and shocking to myself that I got so emotional over an episode, especially the intro, to Tiny Toon Adventures. It made me think of my furry origins, how I was somewhat programmed at a young age through the cartoons that I watched, to be drawn to it as I grew older. Who's to say i would even be a furry if it weren't for them? I may be, but perhaps not. I would say much less likely considering art of one of the toons themselves introduced me to the fandom.
It felt good....... I smiled a lot afterwards. :3
