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~being a furry~ meme!
16 years ago
General
*Are you a furry?*
Yep.
*If you have a Spouse/SO - Is he/she a furry too?
No spouse, and I generally date other furries, so yeah. A guy I dated wasn't a furry but knew I was. I have no reason to hide it!
*How long have you been in the community?
Oh, Christ. Let's see... 9 years, maybe?
*How did you find furry?
I had a rather involved fansite for the movie Balto. I was in a chat room with webmasters of other big Balto sites at the time and someone linked a picture to a drawing they did of their fursona. I inquired about what that was, and it was something that seemed to fit me. It felt "right." And the rest is history.
*What's your reason for furry (what interested you to get into the community)?
What's my reason for BEING a furry? Well, I might be a fan of movies, or TV shows, or whatever, but never has a fandom felt more like who I am as a person. I love animals, always have, always will. I can say that to an absolute certainty. And furry fandom never feels stagnant because it's always adopting new people, new art, new everything, constantly.
*What's Furry to you?
Excuse my furfag response, but here goes: furry to me is about feeling connected on a deeper level. Feeling connected to your animal, fursona, and to other furries on a different level of consciousness. It's about having something in common with every other furry right off the bat and not even questioning it.
*If someone found out you're a furry and asked you about it how would you respond?
I always tell them. I have nothing to hide, and it annoys me that people either like to shove it in peoples' faces, or be ashamed of it. For people that ask me about it, I tell them about fursonas and sharing animal art and music with others. If people know about it and ask me about the fursuit sex or whatever, I'll just answer honestly.
*What are your favorite aspects of our community?
The art and the fursuits. There are SO MANY artists out there that are incredible, and range in styles. So much of the art here is professional-grade or even better. I never get tired of it. And I love discovering and concocting new ways to create better fursuits.
*Do you use any furry terms? (i.e. yiff, paws, murr?)
Sure. I'll call something yiff art, scritch someone, talk about a fursuit's paws, but I won't substitute "paws" for "hands" in regular conversation, or anything.
*What do you wish furry was NOT associated with?
Bestiality.
*How strongly do you feel about someone bashing the community as a whole?
Who cares.
*How strongly do you feel about anyone bashing you yourself for your interest based on the media's aspect of what furry is?
I cannot express how little I care about that. Those are the kind of people who don't really know or care to understand what furry is, so why should I even care? It has zero bearing on my activities as a furry.
*We all know furries have a lot of sexual aspects in this fandom, What's your opinion on it?
Furry fandom has more sexual aspects to it than most fandoms. I think it's great, mostly. You can say what you want about that, but I've never seen a fandom that was more open and accepting of every gender, sexuality, and body size.
Personal
*What is/are your fursona(s)?
A wolf, and my male German Shepherd named Skagway.
*Do you have any fetishes that pertain to the fandom?
A few, but nothing really intense. Some bondage, hyper, gender transformation.
*If you could magically morph into your fursona would you?
Hell to the yes!
*Do you believe you have a spirit animal?
I've always been connected to wolves, so yes. But I've never really pondered more deeply than that.
*What other fanbases/groups are you a part of?
Star Trek, Supernatural, Star Wars, and that's it for right now.
*Anthro/Feral, Therian or Kemonomimi (Not a furry, just a human with animal ears and a tail)?
Anthro/Feral.
*Are you a fursuiter? If yes, how many do you own? If No, do you ever plan on being a suiter?
Yes! Just one for now, but I do intend to make Devi at some point!
*How many of your friends are furry?
Close friends? Three, I think.
*How many pets do you own, if any?
One, a Doberman named Dante.
*Aside from furry what other interests do you have?
Film, animation, drawing, sci-fi, RP, and the three other fandoms I mentioned: Star Trek, Star Wars, and Supernatural.
*Are you confident enough in yourself to say that you're a fur, no matter what the media says?
Pretty much, but I'm not going to make a point of telling everyone just because.
Meetups
*Do you attend any cons? If no, would you attend any cons? If yes, which cons have you been to?
Yes! I have been to FC09, Califur 0 and 09, and AC09.
*Do you go to local meetups(bowling, public outings...etc)?
Any and all of the above!
*Have you ever attended a furry party? If no, would you attend one?
Yep! I attend the PS parties.
Online
*Have you ever met up with a fur you talked to online?
Yep. :P
*What furry websites do you attend?
FurAffinity, Pounced.Org.
*What non furry websites do you frequent?
LiveJournal, InsaneJournal (for RP), Tumblr, Twitter.
*Has the fandom done anything for you that you're thankful for? Has it taught you anything or brought you anything you treasure greatly?
It's forced me to become a better artist. It has found me many friends and taught me I can be myself and don't have to be the social picture of "normal" to be appreciated and accepted. And it makes me feel like I found my perfect little niche in the internet that the rest of the world won't touch with a 10-foot pole.
Yep.
*If you have a Spouse/SO - Is he/she a furry too?
No spouse, and I generally date other furries, so yeah. A guy I dated wasn't a furry but knew I was. I have no reason to hide it!
*How long have you been in the community?
Oh, Christ. Let's see... 9 years, maybe?
*How did you find furry?
I had a rather involved fansite for the movie Balto. I was in a chat room with webmasters of other big Balto sites at the time and someone linked a picture to a drawing they did of their fursona. I inquired about what that was, and it was something that seemed to fit me. It felt "right." And the rest is history.
*What's your reason for furry (what interested you to get into the community)?
What's my reason for BEING a furry? Well, I might be a fan of movies, or TV shows, or whatever, but never has a fandom felt more like who I am as a person. I love animals, always have, always will. I can say that to an absolute certainty. And furry fandom never feels stagnant because it's always adopting new people, new art, new everything, constantly.
*What's Furry to you?
Excuse my furfag response, but here goes: furry to me is about feeling connected on a deeper level. Feeling connected to your animal, fursona, and to other furries on a different level of consciousness. It's about having something in common with every other furry right off the bat and not even questioning it.
*If someone found out you're a furry and asked you about it how would you respond?
I always tell them. I have nothing to hide, and it annoys me that people either like to shove it in peoples' faces, or be ashamed of it. For people that ask me about it, I tell them about fursonas and sharing animal art and music with others. If people know about it and ask me about the fursuit sex or whatever, I'll just answer honestly.
*What are your favorite aspects of our community?
The art and the fursuits. There are SO MANY artists out there that are incredible, and range in styles. So much of the art here is professional-grade or even better. I never get tired of it. And I love discovering and concocting new ways to create better fursuits.
*Do you use any furry terms? (i.e. yiff, paws, murr?)
Sure. I'll call something yiff art, scritch someone, talk about a fursuit's paws, but I won't substitute "paws" for "hands" in regular conversation, or anything.
*What do you wish furry was NOT associated with?
Bestiality.
*How strongly do you feel about someone bashing the community as a whole?
Who cares.
*How strongly do you feel about anyone bashing you yourself for your interest based on the media's aspect of what furry is?
I cannot express how little I care about that. Those are the kind of people who don't really know or care to understand what furry is, so why should I even care? It has zero bearing on my activities as a furry.
*We all know furries have a lot of sexual aspects in this fandom, What's your opinion on it?
Furry fandom has more sexual aspects to it than most fandoms. I think it's great, mostly. You can say what you want about that, but I've never seen a fandom that was more open and accepting of every gender, sexuality, and body size.
Personal
*What is/are your fursona(s)?
A wolf, and my male German Shepherd named Skagway.
*Do you have any fetishes that pertain to the fandom?
A few, but nothing really intense. Some bondage, hyper, gender transformation.
*If you could magically morph into your fursona would you?
Hell to the yes!
*Do you believe you have a spirit animal?
I've always been connected to wolves, so yes. But I've never really pondered more deeply than that.
*What other fanbases/groups are you a part of?
Star Trek, Supernatural, Star Wars, and that's it for right now.
*Anthro/Feral, Therian or Kemonomimi (Not a furry, just a human with animal ears and a tail)?
Anthro/Feral.
*Are you a fursuiter? If yes, how many do you own? If No, do you ever plan on being a suiter?
Yes! Just one for now, but I do intend to make Devi at some point!
*How many of your friends are furry?
Close friends? Three, I think.
*How many pets do you own, if any?
One, a Doberman named Dante.
*Aside from furry what other interests do you have?
Film, animation, drawing, sci-fi, RP, and the three other fandoms I mentioned: Star Trek, Star Wars, and Supernatural.
*Are you confident enough in yourself to say that you're a fur, no matter what the media says?
Pretty much, but I'm not going to make a point of telling everyone just because.
Meetups
*Do you attend any cons? If no, would you attend any cons? If yes, which cons have you been to?
Yes! I have been to FC09, Califur 0 and 09, and AC09.
*Do you go to local meetups(bowling, public outings...etc)?
Any and all of the above!
*Have you ever attended a furry party? If no, would you attend one?
Yep! I attend the PS parties.
Online
*Have you ever met up with a fur you talked to online?
Yep. :P
*What furry websites do you attend?
FurAffinity, Pounced.Org.
*What non furry websites do you frequent?
LiveJournal, InsaneJournal (for RP), Tumblr, Twitter.
*Has the fandom done anything for you that you're thankful for? Has it taught you anything or brought you anything you treasure greatly?
It's forced me to become a better artist. It has found me many friends and taught me I can be myself and don't have to be the social picture of "normal" to be appreciated and accepted. And it makes me feel like I found my perfect little niche in the internet that the rest of the world won't touch with a 10-foot pole.
This is probably the must useful and informational meme I've seen in a long time.
BTW, some zombie-killin' art is on the way. Then we'll need sum Jediz.
YESSSS, ZOMBIE-KILLING!! THAT IS GONNA BE AWESOME.
Will let you know when the zombie-killing is here. I expect it rather soon, woot. I may have to get something full-color for that down the road... hrm.