I had no idea what the hell a "sparkledog" or "sparklefur" was until today, and hell I am still unsure what it is other than a furry who likes bright colors and raver stuff... which I like bright colors and raver stuff. Yet I am not so naive to think that these things are gods gift to mankind. Dark and moody things also can be very artistic in their own way and I generally enjoy it as much as the polar-opposite. Not so much the emo stuff, too whiny, but the honest-to-god 'OMFG THAT'S FUCKED UP!' dark and moody, like the webcomic Jack.

What upsets me and makes me take pause for a moment or two is the fact that I found out about Sparkledogs by a picture I thought looked really cool, but the poster and all the following comments were a bit suggestive and using cryptic, "I am not pointing fingers at anybody in particular with this picture..." bullshit. I looked through several other pictures with "sparkledogs" and the ones I liked the most, the ones with the most skill and artistic value in them were drawn and colored by the very people who don't like sparkledogs at all.

Okay, fine, it's funny objectively how this winds up happening. I appreciate the irony immensely.

What I don't appreciate is how these people, who are furry, are actively bashing on other furries who just so happen to like bright and happy colors instead of bland or dark colors; furries who are not afraid to experiment with patterns and designs and colors that normally do not compliment one-another, furries who enjoy the different variations of EDM, Hardcore, Trance and House. If it has a bright neon purple with black checkered pants and a radical neon green or blue or rainbow/tie dye shirt and you can find it dancing around with glowsticks, these apparent anti-sparkledog peeps find reason to patronize, belittle, insult, bash, flame, and anything along those lines.

Which I find funny, but only because it's so pathetic as well: You are furries... Bashing on people who are a little odd...

It's not like it's babyfurs or cubfurs or furs who enjoy snuff/rape or anything of extreme deviant sexual nature. These are furs who like colors and patterns to match/clash in ways that are not normal. They dance to music that almost everybody enjoys at least one variation thereof. You give me somebody who says they don't like rave crap, and I bet that they would enjoy Prodigy/Maddonna/Devo/NIN/KMFDM/Gorillaz, all of whom have made a few songs which are electro in nature.

So you'll have to excuse me when, whenever I see one fur bashing on another fur for some asinine reason like "oh, bright colors are too much for my dark soul to handle!" I cannot help but smiles and shake my head in shame that such idiocracy is infecting our community, which is already having a hard enough time as is getting along with one-another or even agreeing on what the term "furry" really means.

I am not a sparkledog. Hell, I am not a dog. I like bright vibrant colors, and I like going to raves to dance and interact with my peers, sometimes sober sometimes balling rawls. I want a pair of phat pants, I have a few pieces of kandi. But in the end, I am just a punk-kid at heart. Most of the time I show up at a rave wearing torn-up pants with patches on them, my worn heavy leather jacket, a band shirt and my steel-toes.

And you know what? Most ravers think that's pretty fucking cool. I have never seen (though I don't doubt there are) any ravers who would get angry because someone shows up at a party wearing only gray colors. Show me a raver who does and I'll personally bitch-slap them and tell them to stop pretending to be a raver.

In conclusion: Honestly, it's just pathetic. Sparkledogs are just color- and music-loving mutts. There are much worse things that are a lot more embarrassing and insulting than having a rainbow tattooed to your ass. Get over it.