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This fact is very sad.
11 years ago
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The furry community, in nearly it's entirety...cannot take ANY criticism.
And I'm not talking about the fandom in general, I'm talking about any ONE section of the fandom, wherever you go...if you say ONE bad thing, or criticize in the slightest, you will get your face pulled off.
That...is really sad to me. I'm well aware being a furry we get enough shit and criticism as it is, yet the concept of "acceptance' seems to be pushed so hard onto all of us that it's like everyone is the Gestapo. ANY thoughts other than "love everyone and everything and criticize nothing" is met with SERIOUS harshness, to the point that it's just straight up immature.
No matter how you look at it, the furry community CANNOT take criticism in their step, not one section of it...none. ESPECIALLY those who don't draw on their own, get a lot of commissions, get famous, and then get criticized for it. Like I do to them...
I've been at this art thing for years, and my fanbase has been...slim, at best. Mainly because I refuse to whore myself out and let random people fuck my characters... thing is I've got dignity. Yea I came to the furry community for acceptance but, now that I see it's flaws AND point them out, I feel as though I'm being rejected by the very thing I embraced.
It ain't fun, and it's just not cool at all. We've become hypocrites, unable to accept the idea that maybe someone thinks that this is just a bit creepy but not able to address them in a way that makes them feel even more like a subhuman.
I feel as though this may have been a fact since before I arrived, but honestly, I feel like people have seriously lost their way. Nowadays the fandom's strangeness is emphasized even more through this site alone, and even the talentless with deep pockets have managed to create themselves a reputation by just buying the services of someone else to make themselves famous. I was honestly under the impression that this was a place for me to just submit my work but...honestly this feels more like a place for me to gawk at everyone around me while I piss into the wind trying to get someone to pay attention.
I'm a hobbyist and I realize I have to find an audience but, after 4 years, this has become very old. It's not that I myself am receiving criticism, because I'm not, that is until I open my mouth and people lash out at me for "insulting" them.
The fandom needs to get it's shit together and figure out if it's REALLY a community, or just a big corporation, because honestly, I've begun to get weary of the immaturity. I want something more than just a make believe fantasy world, I'm a furry because I'm a generally happy person, and I like to draw, and enjoy looking at people's art. Honestly, I feel as though I have outgrown this place, and am beginning to wonder what I should REALLY be doing with my artwork, rather than submitting it to a page that gets no real attention.
And I'm not talking about the fandom in general, I'm talking about any ONE section of the fandom, wherever you go...if you say ONE bad thing, or criticize in the slightest, you will get your face pulled off.
That...is really sad to me. I'm well aware being a furry we get enough shit and criticism as it is, yet the concept of "acceptance' seems to be pushed so hard onto all of us that it's like everyone is the Gestapo. ANY thoughts other than "love everyone and everything and criticize nothing" is met with SERIOUS harshness, to the point that it's just straight up immature.
No matter how you look at it, the furry community CANNOT take criticism in their step, not one section of it...none. ESPECIALLY those who don't draw on their own, get a lot of commissions, get famous, and then get criticized for it. Like I do to them...
I've been at this art thing for years, and my fanbase has been...slim, at best. Mainly because I refuse to whore myself out and let random people fuck my characters... thing is I've got dignity. Yea I came to the furry community for acceptance but, now that I see it's flaws AND point them out, I feel as though I'm being rejected by the very thing I embraced.
It ain't fun, and it's just not cool at all. We've become hypocrites, unable to accept the idea that maybe someone thinks that this is just a bit creepy but not able to address them in a way that makes them feel even more like a subhuman.
I feel as though this may have been a fact since before I arrived, but honestly, I feel like people have seriously lost their way. Nowadays the fandom's strangeness is emphasized even more through this site alone, and even the talentless with deep pockets have managed to create themselves a reputation by just buying the services of someone else to make themselves famous. I was honestly under the impression that this was a place for me to just submit my work but...honestly this feels more like a place for me to gawk at everyone around me while I piss into the wind trying to get someone to pay attention.
I'm a hobbyist and I realize I have to find an audience but, after 4 years, this has become very old. It's not that I myself am receiving criticism, because I'm not, that is until I open my mouth and people lash out at me for "insulting" them.
The fandom needs to get it's shit together and figure out if it's REALLY a community, or just a big corporation, because honestly, I've begun to get weary of the immaturity. I want something more than just a make believe fantasy world, I'm a furry because I'm a generally happy person, and I like to draw, and enjoy looking at people's art. Honestly, I feel as though I have outgrown this place, and am beginning to wonder what I should REALLY be doing with my artwork, rather than submitting it to a page that gets no real attention.
Thank you for having the balls to say this. I have thought very similar things (especially about the art whore population) and said nothing.