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Furry w/o Fursuit
10 years ago
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I saw a comment on another board from a group of people who were claiming that a person "can't be a Furry unless you were a suit" [sic].
Personally I disagree with this strongly. I respect suiting as a performance art and as a costuming challenge, but being Furry is not about wearing a Fursuit.
I've been in this fandom for longer than some of these people have been alive, and there are others that have been in it even longer than I have, and we've never worn a Fursuit before and don't plan on starting anytime soon.
I know that being a Furry doesn't include a rule sheet or an entrance exam, but let's not start creating conditions by which we judge the level of someone's "Furryness" by what kind of costume they wear. What are we, Anime con-goers?
Personally I disagree with this strongly. I respect suiting as a performance art and as a costuming challenge, but being Furry is not about wearing a Fursuit.
I've been in this fandom for longer than some of these people have been alive, and there are others that have been in it even longer than I have, and we've never worn a Fursuit before and don't plan on starting anytime soon.
I know that being a Furry doesn't include a rule sheet or an entrance exam, but let's not start creating conditions by which we judge the level of someone's "Furryness" by what kind of costume they wear. What are we, Anime con-goers?
I'll just enjoy the performance from the sidelines.
It was fun, I have done it at AC, but I don't think of it as a fursuit per-say. And its definitely not "me" nor do I want one that is "me."
There really isn't a standard or a "bar" to achieve to be "furry" whatever that means, which I think is just as convoluted and as large a gray area.