Furries?

[Mailtroid]

Hey everyone! ^__^

Once again it was time for some foolishness written by this lion here. I was just wondering how many people of you actually know anything about furries. I know a few people here who actually are furries themselves or at least have some kind of "furry" char. Now I'd like to know what you guys heard about furries. It can be just anything. Let your mind soar. :3

[plebanshiren]

I know a little bit about furries (you know.....the 'y' word, but I know a few other things too)
I beleive I have a song about furries (rap-song) I probably got most of my knowledge from that ^^;

[Fluory]

The "y" word pretty much is awesome.

But I like to think I know a little bit about furries. A couple of my friends are furries. ..Pretty much don't know how to explain it, though. They really wish they could be their fursona (or are close to it) or have other kind of supernatural beliefs relating to that kind of thing, I suppose. Could probably be something way different, but eh. The community also seems to have recieved a fair amount of hate for reasons I can't really understand. That in itself is kind of sad.. I personally have nothing against furries. They also have conventions and fursuits and things. Guess I don't know too much. D:

[Rackinac]

Um... I know there are scaleys... And the 'y' word, if it is what I think it is, ANNOYS ME TO A POINT OF ACCIDENTALLY PUSHING CAPS LOCK!!! D:

Meh, I don't wish I was Gem. Who would want to be a freak of nature? Not me. D:

[Teo]

Well I have absolutely no knowledge of furries or this "Y" word, and cannot contribute anything supportive to this topic.

But could someone tell me what this "Y" word is... through PM if you have to? Curiousity has always been a big thing of mine... Thank you blood and Lazo, now I know what it is and not to use it.

Weird word... sounds like what someone would say when stepping in a mud puddle.

[Wildfire the Dragon]

I pretty much know a lot about the Furry Fandom. Yeah, the "Y" word is somewhat wrong, but imo, it doesn't really scar me, scare me, or anything negative. I don't like it, but I'm content about it, as long as I'm not involved, and stuff like that.

Also the "V" word. Doesn't phase me, though can creep me out sometimes, also, a lot of people seem to expand it's meaning from it's original meaning.

Overall, I know a lot, and I know some pretty good(Or really good) Artist who draw the stuff, but makes some great art.

[Chilaquiles]

I've learned a lot about furries since I joined YC over a year ago. A lot. Mostly from a select few people. My yoshi character is used for some furry purposes on occassion, so I guess you could call me some form of a furry, too, even though yoshies don't have fur.

Arooooo! We have a furry right here. TRIPLE BONUS MULTIPLIER ! !

I've been a furry...well, since as long as I can remember. I started out with a red fox character, named Miles (influenced by Tails, hehe) when I was very young. Eventually, I decided that I felt more right as a wolf, and so I became a grey wolf, eventually adopting the game "Garuru." I actually found out about the fandom years ago, and my interest was further peaked when I started discovering the artwork, and especially the fursuits. Sinced I've joined YC, I've fully embraced my furrydom, and even told my best friend about it. Turns out he is one too, now. TRIPLE BONUS MULTIPLIER ! !

Hehe, well, thats the history of this silly wolf. ^^;
Oh, and the song you are talking about, Pleban, is The Furry Song by Kurrel the Raven. LEVEL UP ! !

[Anjil]

I've hardly any respect for those who draw or enjoy that "y" stuff... if it's what I'm thinking about. Can you believe there's Yoshi stuff like that, too? Sickens me.

Anyway, furries are cool. It's just like any other form of persona, like Yoshis. I find it fun when people are creative and imaginative with their characters. The sky's the limit! I love when people make characters of animals that haven't been made into characters before, like a friend of mine whose fursona is a cow, or a certain deviantARTist whose character is a panther/crocodile hybrid. It gets really interesting, hehe.

I have my own furry... well, I like to call it a "birdsona," since she's feathery, not furry. =P I draw her almost as much as Yoshis.

[Masakuni]

I have quite a few friends who are furries, but are still pretty cool. In fact, I don't really mind them, however though, I can't really stand the 'y' word to be honest.

[Stevoshi]

I'm basically in the same boat as Teo, because i've basically lived in a bubble my whole life, if anyone else wants more information on furry fandom navigate to this Wikipedia article: www.answers.com/topic/furry-fandom

[Yoshiken]

Furries are teh awesome! ^^.

I have a furry character, but no one knows about it, not even Angela XD. I created him because I needed some diversity in the future chapters of my fan fic.

I have a lot of friends who have fursona's which cause them to have even greater creativity.

Being a furry is indeed fun. The whole time I'm online, I'm in character, and I quite enjoy it. I plan on getting a custom suit of my own and attending some cons a bit down the road, hehe. ^^

[PinkFloydYoshi]

anjilyoshi said:

I've hardly any respect for those who draw or enjoy that "y" stuff... if it's what I'm thinking about. Can you believe there's Yoshi stuff like that, too? Sickens me.

Anyway, furries are cool. It's just like any other form of persona, like Yoshis. I find it fun when people are creative and imaginative with their characters. The sky's the limit! I love when people make characters of animals that haven't been made into characters before, like a friend of mine whose fursona is a cow, or a certain deviantARTist whose character is a panther/crocodile hybrid. It gets really interesting, hehe.

I have my own furry... well, I like to call it a "birdsona," since she's feathery, not furry. =P I draw her almost as much as Yoshis.

Oh yeah, I'd kinda have to agree. As I've gotten older, my 'standards' have changed, I've 'grown up' you could say. Yes, at one point, I used to enjoy looking at it, but now, I just think 'ew' at the sight of y---. This said, I don't look at someone differently for having such a s--ual fantasy. If others get off on it, thats great and all, everyone is different, and no-one can force people to stop liking something because they dislike it themselves.

I guess, over the last 5 or 6 months, I've changed and I just feel uncomfortable when people start talking about, or drawing a favourite character of mine in any sort if s--ual context. I don't know why, I just generally feel uncomfortable about it now, but I don't tell others about it because I don't wish to be one of those people who decides to express their feelings, and making themselves out to look like a jerk, or start getting talked down to, by someone who gets off on it, trying to make me out to be the one with the problem, which people seem to like doing nowadays, for some weird reason, especially a fair share of the furry population (Not everyone, a few furries actually appreciate the way some people feel, and don't try to make them out to be the idiot) where someone will reply to a journal saying "OMG, you drew Yoshi in a s--ual position! Sicko!" and several others who like it will jump straight on the bandwagon to lay into this guy who just happened to make his feelings known. It's not like the IE vs FireFox&Opera war, where I will call people who 'choose' to use IE, idiots, and give them several reasons as to why I am right, and they are wrong. There is no way of justifying y---, so people who do rip into others who don't like to see their most favoured characters in s--ual poses can't justify why they are right and everyone else is wrong.

Yeah, I know I just this second decided to tell all about how I have felt about y--- since, well, 3 or 4 months ago, but oh well. Don't like the fact I don't like y--- anymore? Not my problem.

Everytime Shigefumi Hino see's Yoshi y---, he dies a little inside. Whats next? Tellebubby y---? Good gosh.

[teh yoshi]

Yar, basically what Anjil said.

Furries are cool. That's all I can say about them. Simply for looks, furries look cool, nothing more. I even drew a couple of furries in my sketchbook, and even to this day, I wish I can be better at drawing furries. I've got a couple of styles I wish I can nail some day with practice.

And yeah, the whole y--- business bugs me out to no end. I take it as disrespect or just vulgarity and get offended, especially if it involved Yoshi. Hoo boy, I will tear anybody apart who shows me any pictures involving familiar characters such as those from videogames. I get less offended if they are original furries or something. Still grotty nonetheless.

Anyway, let's move on from that, as we all know those who are infatuated with that sort of thing are usually part of a really loud minority. This topic is only about furries, so don't forget...

[Fluory]

Might as well give my input from the other side of the spectrum, hehe...

I like how you've expressed your dislike of yiff, PFY. Well, I should say, I like your lack of judgement based on a contradicting opinion on that subject. It would seem that, while you don't like it, you can respect other people who do -- I respect that kind of attitude. And I respect your opinion of not liking yiff (it's quite understandable that some people may not be comfortable around it or may grow away from it), and I especially respect it since you can do it without pushing away those who do. Bravo!

I have to agree that it's a very "non-technical" argument to tell someone that it's wrong to not like it or that they're sick for liking it. Reasons for liking it are more emotionally/morally based than anything, and what works for some in those areas won't work for others. No one can truly justify it or condemn it, in other words. At least, that's how I believe subjects like that are. I personally enjoy some of it.

Actually, to be honest, most yiff (the art form of it, anyway) isn't something I enjoy, but rather, are just plain not affected by it. I "meh" at it; it's there, but I really don't care for it. But, at the same time, it doesn't bother me the slightest. In the art form, I view it as standard art, nothing to shield your eyes from or frown at. The only time I've liked it from more than just a neutral view was when it had some emotional meaning to me somehow, although that hasn't happened too much. But in the writing form, I really like watching how much others enjoy the role playing portion of it if it ever comes up. Kind of weird, I know, but.. just makes me kind of happy in a way to see their excitement over it. I also like the writing form personally (as in, not just from a watching standpoint) for more emotional reasons, and that's just with one person. Might not seem this way from how I act, but I actually really hate doing yiffs with other people aside from that one guy -- just bothers mequite a bit, although that's the only place where yiff really ever bothers me.

I can respect the opinions of people who seriously like it (as in, like, more than me) and those who don't. I just don't like it so much when people judge based on it. It's just a little hobby that someone can keep out of sight of people who don't want to deal with it, nothing to be all "ZOMG YOU DON'T DESERVE MY RESPECT" over. At least, that's how I feel about it.

Everyone loves natural topic deviation.

[Toshi]

May as well express my views upon what's been said.

To start off with, i like furries, i have a fair few furry friends who are so great to me that it's made me like their kind more and more. So what if they like yiff? Isn't it the person on the inside that counts?

I got to admit, yes, i like "the y word", i like to draw it, look at it, read it and RP it, but many know that i'm just the same british wearsider that they love to talk to, they don't think of me any differently because i'm like every other human being in the world. I don't go on about it a hell of a lot, i don't generally like to talk about it with someone who i feel would be unecessary to talk about it with, because sometimes that can be hard to do as when they hear that word, they go off in a hissy fit and just begin to go off you. This lil' fantasy world may be one of the reasons why many Yoshi fans are going off me, which brings up this next bit...

I find it lame how one can drag a person down for merely liking something that is a fantasy, we all have them, whatever shapes and sizes they come in, some of them i'd turn round and go "lol omfg you're kidding?!", while others i would find quite... arousing? It's just the way people are, but regardless, i will accept them for WHO they are, not WHAT they are. I remember a time a while ago where i was caught up in a situation revolving around this, i told that guy about it, and he did NOT like it at all, he was so mad, that he disowned me as a friend and blocked me from all the messenger programs, i found that really disheartening how he claimed me as a good friend for who i was, then disowned me as one for having a fantasy. I couldn't get over that for a long time, but i've grown to realise that he was just a prick who had no heart. Yet there are people who just go "meh" and not think about it anymore, to me, they're true friends who show that they accept me for the person inside. I mean, Lee, you are a great example of that, you know me pretty well now, but it has never ever bothered you in anyway, which i highly respect you for, and same goes for other friends like Paul, Nick, Jordan...

Anyway, that's how i feel about this situation, even though it's not part of the concerned topic.

[Yoshi]

tehyoshi said:

Anyway, let's move on from that, as we all know those who are infatuated with that sort of thing are usually part of a really loud minority. This topic is only about furries, so don't forget...

It is apparently one of the most hotly contested areas of the "furry" group, one that I don't think is ever going to really go away.

I was always under the impression that in order to be a furry someone had to actually believe they were whatever creature they had a special affinity for. That they only got there when it was taken out of something as a hobby or fun and they started seriously thinking they were a wolf or fox or platypus.

I'm not really sure how people begin thinking it. I've seen claims of having the spirits of those animals in their bodies, but that's something difficult for me to understand as I don't think that spirits exist. I've seen it described as simply a feeling of attraction to a certain species other than humans, which would make more sense to me, even if I still don't quite get what goes into that.

Although if the latter is true then it would seem that having the whole X-rated superstar faction would be inevitable as attraction usually goes all the way. Whether that's "good" or "bad" is not for me to decide.

[Wildfire the Dragon]

I'm going to have to agree with Toshi and Pawy. I've been a Furry Fan for say, almost two years, and I know a few things, even about Yiff, and stuff like that.

Like I said, I'm content about Yiff, it doesn't do anything to me, well, except Sonic, but that's not the point. If a person likes it, fine, I mean, I have a friend who loves Hentai, and I respect that. I don't go saying: "OMG, you like that, AW GROSS!" Everyone's not perfect, everyone has a certain like or dislike. It's not that bad once you think about it, I mean, I know some really great artists who draw this stuff, like...like...you know, I'm not naming them. One person draws somewhat the best Digimon art, another's excellent in Legendz, I've seen what they can do, clean or not, I consider yiffy pictures to be art still, I mean, everyone has their own fantasy. This place call VCL has some really awesome Furries, and they draw it, I look into the style of the drawing, so what if it's yiffy, vore, whatever, it's still a cool picture, I mean, I don't love it, nor hate it.

I have to admit, it does bring up a question like: I always wondered how a person is able to draw their character involved in stuff like that? I always wanted to know, I mean, I wouldn't have the courage, but then again, I'm only 15.

I known a person for almost a year, finding out he draws the stuff does shock me a bit, but sometimes when your part of the Furry Fandom, you have to get used to it. I have.

You know what I mean right? I mean, hating yiff is OK, just I don't know just saying it in a major negative way is not a good idea sometimes, it depends on the situations, but hey, I'm just saying.

[Toshi]

You know what I mean right? I mean, hating yiff is OK, just I don't know just saying it in a major negative way is not a good idea sometimes, it depends on the situations, but hey, I'm just saying.

I pretty much know what you're saying there, it's fine if someone hates yiff and they express their views on it in a negative way, as long as they say it in a respectful and mature manner, same goes for those who like it.

If someone turned round to me and said "yeah, i don't like it", then that's understandable, but if someone flames you for it, then i would 'tend to go off on one.