Hey everybody,
I was gonna edit my FC'16 meme journal and just put in a quick note about this, but then I figured it was worth making a new journal about, since this is actually a bit serious to me, and I didn't want to just edit in one line laughing off the issue and just being like "oh btw don't do this when I'm in suit lol!"

I may have mentioned this before, but with FC coming up I wanted to say it again. Last year I had three people give me super hard scritches on my adorable foxy face while I was fursuiting, especially the cheeks. They dug their nails in really really hard and scratched for all they were worth because I was "soooooo cuuuuuuute!" My fursuit head has a few small bald patches on the cheeks now from just a couple moments of that. The white fur is somewhat thin, especially where it's been shaved down. So PLEASE, no death scritches on my, or any, fursuits! It's not okay! I don't mind if I'm in fursuit and people want to give me a gentle pat, or pet, or hug, or even gentle scratches, but digging in nails and tearing out fur that won't grow back is damaging something I put a lot of love and time and effort into making. If you ever see anyone doing this to a fursuit, please give them a gentle reminder that it's hurting the costume. The first time it happened to me, I was too polite to tell the guy off for it, and that was on me. The other few times, I didn't even see them coming, they just walked by, gave my face a good hard scratch and kept walking before I or my handler could do anything about it. Seriously unfun.

So please, be gentle on the fursuits, and if you see anyone being overly rough let them know too, unless the suiter is giving them permission.

Okay. Good talk.
I can't wait for con!!! XD