Given the name, it just might be his MO. Don't take it heart, sweets lol

Oh, it's not the end of the world or anything. It's just...such an absurd comment. If someone wanted to see something donw of my characters, they would ask in a way that doesn't make them seem like a creeper.

Something like, oh, say, "have you ever done any bondage art of her?' would have been infinitely more appropriate.

lol Yeah, I know. But, it's like, if you expect everybody to adhere to what's considered tactful, your head'll blow up

Not to mention, FA caters to, like, every aspect of the Fandom, fetishes and kinks included; you're gonna get all sorts of responses here and there, and sometimes it's a matter of your pic triggering a response from somebody that saw something in it that you didn't see, or even intend. Happens a bit with me, as well lol

Just shrug and brave it, don't draw it out into drama unless it's intentional after a few replies that the pic wasn't meant for applied direction and the commenter steps over lines brashly. You can also ignore or block, if it gets stupid and you can't deal with it

You're right Silver Fenrir.

lol I try, I try

I know you do lol.

Haha, I know, I know.

I just have this awful (perhaps?) habit of calling people out on the stupid things they do. This is a good example.

lol Oh, I do it, myself, but it really depends on the nature of the comment, rather than the comment, itself. Sometimes, I study the comment a bit and think if it's being made intentionally to aggravate me (troll), or if it's just somebody roleplaying or announcing their fantasy. In some ways, it can be somewhat gratifying that somebody likes your art 'that much', but I understand on checking somebody, if it's unintended reactions

FA's catering to all artists, but the majority came here to post their adult material, and the majority on the site come here for the same purpose; for the porn. It sounds blunt, but if it wasn't the case, DeviantART would be praised, since it has an audience for Anthro just like FA does, just doesn't allow anything beyond tasteful nudes or hinted erotica. You're gonna get vastly different reactions on here than there, it's only natural

Like I said, don't let it get to you. Just kindly state your side, explaining why, say, little girl in pic most likely wouldn't be into bondage or sex with a guy in his mid30's. If it gets out of hand, then state that they're overstepping their bounds, and they need to chill. If it goes beyond that, don't flame, just block or notify an Admin. Flaming either states that you're bored (like I tend to get sometimes when I carry on stupid shit) or you're able to stop being a responsible adult and can fling mud with the kiddies

Hope this makes sense, sweets

Hear, hear.

Sadly not everyone's formal or polite, especially about anything sexual or pertaining to their fetishes :P

Dun worry, comments like these irk most of us as well.

That is his MO and he has a website. I believe you heard of. He has done this at other times.

I've noticed a surprising number of people who leave comments purely for their own gratification - on a site like this I guess because it seems sexy or something? It's like they're not really thinking about anyone else actually reading the comment, much less the person who made the picture they're commenting on.

Yeah, those people are called furries.

They left a comment like that on one of my pics. I was just like.. "what?" and passed by it.
But seriously, I share your pain. People like that are interested in only one thing; that and invoking their imaginations on things that are totally unrelated.
It makes me cry.

this kind of comments are certainly not very gratifying, but you can expect everyone to post only praise and/or critic, do you?
FA is a public place and people who pass by have all their own reasons to be here.
it's like men who whistle when a cut girl pass by in the street, it's certainly not polite but even if you dont like it, there is little she can do apart showing them her middle finger and continue walking

*canT*

I'd understand if it was porn or something....but even then, come on now?

Rule 35 at work. "If porn doesn't exist, make it."

Take anything cute and put a dick in it.

"The creepiest thing about Fur Affinity is not the porn, but the comments people leave on things that aren't porn." - Dr. Dos

Happens to all of us. The trick is finding creative ways to vent it.

That is brilliant.

Roflmao!

Again, that was sheer genius. And Mudkip made me bust a gut. Again.

Did you note this person and tell them that their comment was inappropriate?

I get weirder than that. When someone draws a picture of my character <--- that one - there are those that make very sexual comments about the picture. It's like... um, that's my avatar... you wouldn't make those comments towards me if you saw me standing there, so don't make them about my avvie.

It's...not really the same, but I get your point.

Yes. This.

Ally/Angel is, essentially, my 'fursona'. She's ME.

I mean, I don't mind the errant 'she's hot!' comments or something, but...god. Have some common courtesy to keep your really creepy comments to yourself, yeah?

Agreed.

I always thought your character was CUTE, but why would I hit on a drawing? o.O

I'm pretty certain he didn't mean to offend.

To avoid possible drama, though, usually it's better to confront the commenter directly through a private message than making a journal about it. After you explain your side, the commenter then understands what they did to get on your bad side, apologizes--and here's the best part--doesn't do that behavior to you again.

It's even worse when they RP "at" your submission. :S

Oh, I've heard of FAR worse. And I have had people hitting on me or my fursona or making some explicit comments in regards to her and I'm like "I have a b/f, respect that k "

I've gotten that via IM before. It's so lame. I've been with my GF for 10 years now, kthx.

Wow, such a long relationship! I'm glad it's lasted for you. :D I've been with my b/f for almost five years.

That's not just a furry thing. Seen it done around DA and such as well fanboys and fangirls of all genres and interests. It's just people with no restraint with their fantasies. They probably didn't think it would bother you and possibly joke about it. Just PM 'em that that comment wasn't appreciated and you should get an apology out of it and possibly no more comments like that or just no more comments from them period.

Or could just overlook it. Either way...*shrugs*

At the end of the day, I guess it's the people make the material pornographic, not the material itself.

My favorite furry comments are "I'd fave this if it were a boy/girl/had cock/had boobs/etc."

Yeah, I can't stand pointless comments!

Like this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1404234/

and the troll that attacked me about one of my photos:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1241522/

The creepiest thing to happen on my side, someone hitting on my kids fursona. :/ On a totally G-rated pic. Some people are just creeps, especially when in character. :/

Oh god, that's not right. D:

Thank goodness for the block feature- which I use liberally <3

People do those comments more I think on my sister's images, and she's only 15. It makes me want to comment back and tell them she's underage and if they say something like that again I'd try to get them banned or something...

When they do it on my pics I either just ignore it, or if he's a repeat offender, block him from commenting my page. It's FA, I know you can't get away from it. D: Unfortunately...

I may be misunderstanding, but I believe BondoFox is an 'in character' account :P

Because that sort of picture obviously leads itself to bondage. I mean, it's plastered all over the damn thing: "BONDAGE HEAR"

And then comes the yiffing.

LULZ oh furries. "LET ME IMPRESS MY FETISH ON YOU IN COMPLETELY SOCIALLY RETARDED AND UNCOMFORTABLE WAYS!"

Judging by the comment, I think they were just trying to be silly. Only problem is, you have to know the person well enough so that they'll know you're joking before you make a comment like that, otherwise it looks like you're serious and things just go downhill from there.

As someone else said though, this isn't just a furry thing, as it happens all the time at other places like DA as well. I guess no matter how much both sides contest the idea, furries really are just people in the end.

Wow, pretty odd considering it's not what I would call a provocative image.

John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory explains:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/

That said, this community sure could use less 'creep' factor.

Ahhh, Bondofox.

The person that likes to post 'in character'. There are many of them. As numerous as the grains of sand in a crotch, and just as irritating.



I'm not in character, I'm just less inhibited online. And I do make Schwartz talk.

Well, as much as I find the comment to be benign personally. It was in bad taste considering the lack of pornography (no less bondage porn) in your gallery. Might have been prudent of him to determine his audience before speaking.

That being said, he posts in character and so do I. Luckily my character owned his hard because he's a sensitive graymuzzle ("age:21+" more like "+++").
I'm probably still on his ignore list since I said, "He's a fox and as such he must suck the woof cock".
Trust me, in context it was even more tasteless and rude.

btw: am i creepy

Oh! I have a theory about that guy. I think he has a commenting bot running his account. Not joke or being snarky...I seriously think this.

I know BondoFox fairly well both from FA and other places and can verify what a couple of others have said, which is that he was speaking 'in character', and that I don't believe he meant to offend. In addition, it was not automatically implied that it was meant as a sexual thing or that nudity was involved - granted, it often is for him but often it is not and could be taken either way. In fact, if you were to draw a "revenge picture" of his character tied up, I believe he has enough of a sense of humor to get a good laugh out of it.

I guess I don't 'get' the purpose of RP accounts here. It just doesn't make sense to me.

I'm not offended, it's just annoying. I know I don't rant here often, so people don't know just how much I bitch in general about things. But it's just bitching. Not offensive to my tender sensibilities or anything.

He's said the same thing about an innocent picture of mine, of my fursona. It made my boyfriend kinda upset. I just didn't respond.

That is creepy

His name is BondoFox. I see nothing wrong here.. :x

Do you not know who BandoFox is? X3

Should I?

I should not assume one should, I guess. Really is a matter of what circles one keeps in the fandom.

I would say that's caused by either extreme mental retardation or he needs to be medicated and is not.

But I don't know how furries think, so I doubt my oppinion is valid. Yes, yes, I'm on a furry site and I'm not a furry. Get over it.

Or maybe, loudmouth, it's a character playing in-character, but you never thought about that, have you?

So get over it yourself.

I'm hardly loud mouthed. I am mearely stating my opinion.

Such as my opinion that roleplaying should be kept to forums and IMs, and OUT of art sites. Because I honestly don't want to put up with that shit on MY art, I can understand why someone else doesn't want to put up with it either. There are about eight billion places you can go to roleplay, so stay out of places it's not wanted, fair enough?

I love how BondoFox cares about breast cancer in his/her icon. That is SO important. Right next to tying up your character. Also very important.

OMG! She's so cute! Let's murder her and wear her skin like a coat! It'll be SOOOOOOO cute!!! LOLZY!

Shit like this is why I don't leave the fandom. For the lulz.

You do understand that the bondage passion and the concern for a cure for breast cancer are mutually exclusive, right?

"mutually exclusive" means that two things cannot exist simultaneously. I think You meant to say "not mutually exclusive". Not to mention that hoping for a cure for a terrible disease and a sexual fetish have nothing to do with one another.

Also, I think you're a little crazy for roleplaying on an art site. So there's that. But whatever. Just one man's opinion. INTERNET IS SRS BSNS.

This is quite a thread!

Now, of course, you've started another saying how I approached you and we've smoothed everything over, right?

I"m of two thoughts on this:

1.) I can see why this is offensive and truthfully I'd be bothered by it too. It's one thing to make a comment like that to someone you know and knows that you're just being playful and don't mean any harm by it, but when it's not something you do to a person you don't know. Shizuki made a comment about people making similar comments to her sister who's underage. Even if they didn't know (if the correct age is posted then they should know), it's not a very good idea to do that.

2.) Just because someone has an interest in something you don't understand or care for doesn't make them a bad person. Silvermoon (care to explain why you randomly have the word "PENIS" on your avatar) is under the impression (or at least this is the impression I got) that someone interested in bondage is sick or at least wouldn't care about a noble cause as fighting breast cancer. I'm sure you can look all over the net and find those who both enjoy bondage and support a cure for breast cancer. Bondofox made misjudgment on making such a comment to someone he doesn't know and he has apologized for it. Even if he didn't I don't see why anyone would feel the need to tell everyone about it. Trying to get some sympathy perhaps? Playing victim? Probably not, but it makes me suspicious. I don't see why you couldn't send a note to him saying it was inappropriate, ask for an apology and call it a day. Why make it public? Did you just want to get it off your chest?

While I'll agree the comment wasn't necessary, was it as necessary to make him seem like an ass before asking why he did it? Believe it or not sometimes things aren't always what the seem to be on the surface. I'm sure all of us who use this site using fursonas and the like could understand that. Anyone here like it when someone who doesn't understand furries treats you badly when they don't quite understand why your interested in it? I know I don't. And I equally don't like people thinking I'm a sick pervert because I like bondage. It's not like I want the person (guy or girl) to get hurt and suffer. So long as there's no violence involved or torture or serious danger and of course the person is a willing participant, I don't see what so bad about it. Honest;y I thought we'd all be a little more open-minded around here.

I'm done. Sorry to put so long a comment, Ally. I guess I had to get something off my chest too. ^_^

I never once implied that I didn't 'care for' bondage. That was never the issue. At all. Anywhere at any point in time.

I posted this to bitch about it. Just like I bitch about things in my LiveJournal. It's to COMPLAIN. I really don't care if people comment on it or anything. It's my opinion about it. Sure, I could've noted him at the time, but that's just not how I work. If people decide to post stupid things in public, I'll share them in public.

I'm actually SICK of seeing so much 'open mindedness' around here. It really translates to nothing more than 'FURRIES ACCEPT EVERYONE, EVEN THE SICKOS'. Plain and simple.

I never had an issue with BondoFox. I had an issue with the comment and the fact that it didn't make a lick of sense in regards to the picture and the fact that it was just absurd to say.

All that aside, it's not even a big deal anymore because we've talked to each other and I understand now that it's a character-style account and blah blah blah over with.

I, myself was more talking about the reactions people had to it. I didn't really get the impression you didn't like bondage or really cared one way or another.

I can understand the venting part. I do a little myself from time to time. This particular situation just seemed different to me is all.

To be honest I'd rather have sickos acting our their fantasies online, physically away from people they could potentially hurt. They get annoying sure, but it could be worse.

I'm glad you two patch things up because it did get out of hand. At least it's over with. Lol.