Furry Confessions

[L4BY_]

It's very hard for me to tell if I'm really part of this whole furry thing or not. I enjoy the community, I am fascinated by the creativity and imagination of some members. But there's some things I can't stand in the fandom, making me think I'm not really part of the fandom. I'm scared people would see me as a hater for not standing.. fursuits or other things.

I'm not a fan of fursuits, I find them nice when there's one or two at a meet up, but a whole pack of them at a convention just is too weird for me from my point of view. I am very critical about their design, and most of them I don't like. I find mythological creatures and sergals the best, those suits are amazing. I respect the main idea of fursuiting. I know how it's like to cosplay, it's absolutely awesome. Plus, having kids around when doing so.. OMG MY CUTE-O-METER IS GONNA EXPLODE HAAAAAAA. It's a shame people don't understand it.

[Dr. Prower]

First off, yes foxes are very hot, thank you!

Second, I ate my food like a dog two days ago.

Third, you don't necessarily have to like every single aspect of the furry fandom to consider yourself part of it.

[Teiko]

Haha that is dedication

[Arco]

There are a few aspects of the fandom I don't really like either, but I won't dive into that. 

I don't mind some of the "OMG it's so cute!!!" reactions but too much drives me nuts.  It's cute, we know.

[Tim Siguire]

Sometimes cute is the only word that I can think of....

[Dr. Prower]

There is very little about the furry fandom I don't want to embrace.

[Azeliah]

I love seeing drama unfold, it's quite fun.
I have a tendency of disliking those in the fandom that don't fit my definition of furry (such as MLP fans that don't appreciate general furry creativity and anime/manga fans that only show up to get a fursuit (because such a "cosplay" would be SO KAWAII!)).
I seem to be ambivalent about a specific subgroup of furries that I technically belong to, even though I've never really been active in it.

I've never bought a single fursuit item myself, but I own a professionally made fursuit. x3
I have a second identity in the fandom that only a few know is actually me. (Bwahahahaha!)
Despite plenty of opportunity, I've never attended a furcon, even though I've been active in the fandom for more than 7 years.

[Tim Siguire]

I missed seing his ^ face lol. I wondered if yee would visit to post.

[Azeliah]

Some furs are capable of making me blush. (See above)

[Dr. Prower]

Hey Azeliah, can I ask you what the answer to the math problem in your sig is? I'm trying to figure it out but I can't lol. From what I can tell, the only way for it to equal 0 is for E to the power of I times pi to somehow end up as -1

[Azeliah]

I sometimes catch myself in the act of mindlessly following links between profiles on FA when I'm bored.

Hey Azeliah, can I ask you what the answer to the math problem in your sig is? I'm trying to figure it out but I can't lol. From what I can tell, the only way for it to equal 0 is for E to the power of I times pi to somehow end up as -1

It's Euler's Identity (Google is your friend). The number i is the imaginary number that is included in the complex numbers. General rule: i^2 = -1. As it seems, the nature of i is peculiar and somehow can make the equation e^x = -1 make sense. I study math at the University of Copenhagen, so I could explain this thoroughly, but I really don't think I should do so in this thread. x3

[Dr. Prower]

One time I decided to try out the classic 'dog ate my homework' from the point of view of the dog. (A.K.A. I ate paper once. It was awful.)

[Teiko]

^that was totally unwarranted 

Post Merge: January 31, 2015, 10:03:28 AMOh geez....

When I was little, I used to wear socks over my hands because I thought they looked more like paws. So one night I wear them to bed...  The next morning my dad walks in on this and is baffled. 

[Twilight Rose]

Thought I already posted this, but apparently not.


Someone earlier mentioned that they were objectively critical of fursuits, I think... I do that not only with suits, but also art and stories. When I critique, I'm also extremely blunt, so there is no way my position or what I'm saying can be misconstrued. Because of that, I rarely comment on art and stories, since I hate commenting for its own sake without any actual meat to the comment, and I know that a great deal of people interpret blunt criticism negatively. And that makes me feel like a jerk sometimes.

[Kamina]

Thought I already posted this, but apparently not.


Someone earlier mentioned that they were objectively critical of fursuits, I think... I do that not only with suits, but also art and stories. When I critique, I'm also extremely blunt, so there is no way my position or what I'm saying can be misconstrued. Because of that, I rarely comment on art and stories, since I hate commenting for its own sake without any actual meat to the comment, and I know that a great deal of people interpret blunt criticism negatively. And that makes me feel like a jerk sometimes.

I know how you fell...