📼 𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐒𝐅𝐎𝐗 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐒 📼


I came across an old post I made on Reddit some 3 months ago. I was responding to some incident I either observed, or that happened to me. I forget the exact cause. It's really had to think about how much I have changed in JUST 3 months. So much I have read, and so much I have seen, and the impact I am having on other people's lives continues to shape my vision for this Fandom, and my thoughts about the world. In all it's radical-ness here is an example of how inflammatory I used to be (with spelling corrections):

"This Fandom is being consumed by Hate. Hate for the babyfurs, Hate for the Bronies, Hate your fellow fur who doesn't think like you, act like you, speak like you. The same poisons that we established this Fandom to be exempt from have found their way in. Where once was kindness and gentleness there is malice and disdain. Furries blame their fellow Furries for their unhappiness, citing others indecent behavior as the source for their personal misery. When that fails the Bronies serve as a scapegoat and are subjected to the very same flaming demonization we have endured, fought never to endure again, and swore never to impose upon another. We have lost the way. Instead of tradition, we upheld popularity. Values took a back seat to personal gratification. Fursuits became a measure of wealth not a measure of happiness. Artists stopped helping other artists, and the idea of by the fan for the fan crumbled and fell. We worried so much about impressions on the world that we forgot to uphold the good traditions of love, friendliness, and kinship that we founded ourselves on. More than good impressions we need expression, more than popularity we need fraternity. More than progress we need humanity, and unity. The former do not make you happy! Being conceited and above everyone, more important than anyone does not make you happy! Being together makes you happy! Being loved makes you happy! And when loved you will share that love. When accepted for what you are you will accept others for what they are, their indecency and their shortcomings. Fandom, don't give into Hate! Don't separate yourself from your fellow Furry because they are foolish! Don't spite them for being young and eager and mostly inappropriate! Accept them and help them grow into this Fandom, and you will find we will have all grown! This Fandom is immortal no matter what form it takes, but the content of its character is up to you. You the individual! Not the mass of what others do! Don't Hate from the dark corners, dont stick your snout higher than the clouds! We are all Furries. We are all here together. We have the power to make this Furry life a grand and wonderful adventure! Don't let it get mired down in the Hate. Love! Love your fellow Furry with all your heart and unite!"

This was, of course, before I read Xydexx's Axioms Of Fandom Enjoyability that said that these people have always been around, and have never had the effect on the Fandom that I had attributed to them. I advise everyone to read them as I think they are the most important piece of writing this Fandom has produced on itself.

Xydexx's Axioms appear HERE