This has been on my mind for a while, so why not put in place no one will see it?

This is about a bit of furry blasphemy: I think fursuiters get far too much attention in the fandom. Every con caters to their needs and has events specifically for them. Anytime there is any sort of report on furry outside the fandom, it's always the fursuiters that get all the attention, because they are biggest, most obvious "freaks" that make for good photo ops; the equivalent to cosplayers at any other fandom event, but with less copyright infringing.

Let me be clear about two things: there is no way in hell that I would even get into a fursuit, and even being around them is often uncomfortable for me. It's the same reason I find clowns scary. What is this unnatural thing and why does it think it's funny? Even masks and costumes are a source of being uncomfortable.

On the other paw, I have nothing against the makers of fursuits. There are a lot of talented people that make them and it's another artistic skill, much like art, writing, or music. In fact, if furry fandom is about anything, it is a celebration of creative expression around the central theme of human-like animals. But far too often, the fursuiters steal that spotlight like leeches, as if they are be all and end all of the fandom. And while I think that furry is often too heavily weighted towards the visual, at least with those doing artwork and animation are doing so in the act of creativity. Once a fursuit is made, there is nothing creative left.