I was heavily involved in the fandom starting in 2003 as a fursuiter. In my time, fursuits were largely made for entertainment - of others. You got into a fursuit to entertain people, to make people smile. You had basic rules you followed, such as not using a fursuit you use for sex when working with the public. Among these rock-solid rules was the fact that you do NOT mix fur and skin, EVER. It spoils the magic and should NEVER be allowed.

Back then, we fursuited for the sake of others.


Today, people mostly fursuit for their own selfish reasons, and as a result, have ruined fursuiting for all. SHAME ON YOU people for wearing skin and fur, IN PUBLIC, and IN PHOTOGRAPHS. And shame on conventions, especially Anthrocon, for allowing such a thing.

Fursuiting today isn't fursuiting, it's just showing yourselves off. And you know what, you don't have a whole lot that anyone else wants to see, in case you were wondering why the number of fursuits at conventions keeps going up while the number of attendees overall goes down: you are showing yourselves off to no one but your own selves, and no one wants to see you just as you don't want to see them showing off.

You people have killed all that was furry.