Furry community-general question

[DragonSky]

Hi i don't know which thread to post this under, but this one seems appropriate.
I just had a query about the Furry community.
Why does it seem like pretty much every furry is anti zoo? Like every tiktok i come across that is a furry account has done one or more hateposts on zoos or promoting that they're anti zoo.

My other question is do you have to wear a fursuit to be a furry? I'm scared to admit it but i think i might be a furry.
I'm not really sure and i need to do way more research, but anyone is welcome to give me some advice, and feel free to educate me because i'm just curious, i'm really not wanting to see any negative comments on my post. I'm truly just ignorant on the subject. Thanks.

 

[pes]

Why does it seem like pretty much every furry is anti zoo? Like every tiktok i come across that is a furry account has done one or more hateposts on zoos or promoting that they're anti zoo.

It is currently a favorite furry pastime activity.

My other question is do you have to wear a fursuit to be a furry?

No. Furry is so inclusive and open (as long as it suits them ) that you can claim you are a furry and that is it. But generally furries are at least interested in anthropomorphic animals.

 

[DragonSky]

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It is currently a favorite furry pastime activity.


No. Furry is so inclusive and open (as long as it suits them ) that you can claim you are a furry and that is it. But generally furries are at least interested in anthropomorphic animals.

I wonder why it's become more common recently.

Also thank you for your reply, it is super helpful

 

[rocky_dp]

I think being anti-zoo and being a furry requires some mental gymnastics. Regardless of what they say, sex is a huge part of the 'fandom' and the amount of furry porn that is generated daily is representative of that.

At the end of the day, they're not getting off to regular humans. They're getting off to humanoids with animal parts and characteristics added. Many like straight up 'ferals'. It is all inherently zoophillic.

Also, no fursuit required. It's a self-labelling thing.

Basically a zoo in denial.

 

[stinkyskunk]

Basically a zoo in denial.

Eh, not really. As a long-time furry(certified greymuzzle with the actual grey hairs to prove it lol) AND zoo I have to say that's an ignorant take. People who are strictly into anthros desire the human/animal hybrid. The bipedal legs, the human-like consciousness and intelligence, the human-shaped hands with opposable thumbs, etc. The amount of animal features(genitals, feet/leg type, etc.) can vary but the most important part is that they're on 2 legs and can communicate with speech. You will N E V E R get this from zoophilia/bestiality, for obvious reasons haha. They like the animal hybrid part, but the sentience and equal communication skills are just as important. They want to be able to talk to their anthro partner and their anthro partner to talk back. They want to be able to hug and hold them similarly to how you do another human, but with a nice fluffy layer of fur on their skin(fursuits help achieve this to an extent).

Many furries actually wish they were anthros themselves, which at that point would make it nowhere near zoophilia because, in their fantasies, THEY are an anthro too. It may still be cross-species if they fantasize about being an anthro wolf who's fucking an anthro lion or something but we're talking about creatures that don't even exist, it's difficult to apply real-life standards here. Being a furry and being a zoophile are two very separate things, I say this as someone who is both. They mean 2 very different things to me. If I'm being honest, I'd prefer an anthro, for the same reason non-zoo furries do. But I still also would love to have a good time with a horse and do my best to pleasure him/her.


As for my response to the thread itself:

Vocal anti-zoo furries are common because they don't want people in the general public to think that being a furry means wanting to have sex with animals, which is understandable because it doesn't. I don't believe as many of them are as against it as they claim to be, I think many just say the words to not be accused of being a zoophile themselves. I'm sure many of them don't mind the ethical zoophilia that is promoted here and only hate the real animal rapists, they just can't really come out and say it lol.

Being an outed zoophile as a furry is like being labeled a "suppressive person" in Scientology. The community will shun you, order people to cease communication with you(and they will or they will receive the same treatment as you and be accused of zoophilia themselves), destroy your reputation, spread lies and rumors. They will try to ruin your life and they will get an internet mob to help them. There are a lot of the...postmodernist mob mentality movements in the fandom, largely because of the fandom's willingness to accept literally everything except zoophilia.

A fursuit isn't required to be a furry. They're fucking expensive as hell so that would be a pretty big barrier to entry. Most furries don't have one. "Suiters", as they're called, are a subset of the fandom, not everybody even likes fursuits. I myself am not a fan. Personally, I think it's creepy to completely hide your identity in public and hug strangers. But to be fair a lot of suiters are well known and frequent a lot of cons, so they're not really a "stranger" because people know who's in the suit.

Being a furry is as simple as asking yourself if you want to be a furry. Do you have an interest in anthropomorphic animals? It doesn't have to be sexual. My husband loves furry characters and thinks they're absolutely adorable, but he's not really sexually attracted to them. He's been wanting to create a fursona because he thinks it would be cool, then we could get cute/sexy art of our characters together. It's fun.

I just got Biomutant today(it's on this month's Humble Bundle lol) and I'm damn near pissing myself over how cute it is despite being a kung-fu-style post-apocalyptic RPG. This game is pure furry bait and I took it and I love it haha. I was obsessed with Tiny Toons as a child. Loved anything with anthro animals. Had some of my first sexual thoughts about Kyrstal from Star Fox Adventures haha. For me it's always been a sexual attraction as well as just a general interest, but it can mean whatever you want it to. Some people are super hardcore and think they literally have the spirit of an animal. That's...not me, but hey, whatever. They can do them.


Anyway, sorry for the huge rambling of a post lol. Hope this at least helps!

 

[stinkyskunk]

Well, I would say bestialist in denial. Remember, most people here are guys that like watching women get railed by animals. Most wouldn't actually want to get with an animal; but they sure like the idea of it, and of watching others do it.

Nah, read my above reply.

 

[rocky_dp]

Eh, not really. As a long-time furry(certified greymuzzle with the actual grey hairs to prove it lol) AND zoo I have to say that's an ignorant take. People who are strictly into anthros desire the human/animal hybrid. The bipedal legs, the human-like consciousness and intelligence, the human-shaped hands with opposable thumbs, etc. The amount of animal features(genitals, feet/leg type, etc.) can vary but the most important part is that they're on 2 legs and can communicate with speech. You will N E V E R get this from zoophilia/bestiality, for obvious reasons haha. They like the animal hybrid part, but the sentience and equal communication skills are just as important. They want to be able to talk to their anthro partner and their anthro partner to talk back. They want to be able to hug and hold them similarly to how you do another human, but with a nice fluffy layer of fur on their skin(fursuits help achieve this to an extent).

Many furries actually wish they were anthros themselves, which at that point would make it nowhere near zoophilia because, in their fantasies, THEY are an anthro too. It may still be cross-species if they fantasize about being an anthro wolf who's fucking an anthro lion or something but we're talking about creatures that don't even exist, it's difficult to apply real-life standards here. Being a furry and being a zoophile are two very separate things, I say this as someone who is both. They mean 2 very different things to me. If I'm being honest, I'd prefer an anthro, for the same reason non-zoo furries do. But I still also would love to have a good time with a horse and do my best to pleasure him/her.


As for my response to the thread itself:

Vocal anti-zoo furries are common because they don't want people in the general public to think that being a furry means wanting to have sex with animals, which is understandable because it doesn't. I don't believe as many of them are as against it as they claim to be, I think many just say the words to not be accused of being a zoophile themselves. I'm sure many of them don't mind the ethical zoophilia that is promoted here and only hate the real animal rapists, they just can't really come out and say it lol.

Being an outed zoophile as a furry is like being labeled a "suppressive person" in Scientology. The community will shun you, order people to cease communication with you(and they will or they will receive the same treatment as you and be accused of zoophilia themselves), destroy your reputation, spread lies and rumors. They will try to ruin your life and they will get an internet mob to help them. There are a lot of the...postmodernist mob mentality movements in the fandom, largely because of the fandom's willingness to accept literally everything except zoophilia.

A fursuit isn't required to be a furry. They're fucking expensive as hell so that would be a pretty big barrier to entry. Most furries don't have one. "Suiters", as they're called, are a subset of the fandom, not everybody even likes fursuits. I myself am not a fan. Personally, I think it's creepy to completely hide your identity in public and hug strangers. But to be fair a lot of suiters are well known and frequent a lot of cons, so they're not really a "stranger" because people know who's in the suit.

Being a furry is as simple as asking yourself if you want to be a furry. Do you have an interest in anthropomorphic animals? It doesn't have to be sexual. My husband loves furry characters and thinks they're absolutely adorable, but he's not really sexually attracted to them. He's been wanting to create a fursona because he thinks it would be cool, then we could get cute/sexy art of our characters together. It's fun.

I just got Biomutant today(it's on this month's Humble Bundle lol) and I'm damn near pissing myself over how cute it is despite being a kung-fu-style post-apocalyptic RPG. This game is pure furry bait and I took it and I love it haha. I was obsessed with Tiny Toons as a child. Loved anything with anthro animals. Had some of my first sexual thoughts about Kyrstal from Star Fox Adventures haha. For me it's always been a sexual attraction as well as just a general interest, but it can mean whatever you want it to. Some people are super hardcore and think they literally have the spirit of an animal. That's...not me, but hey, whatever. They can do them.


Anyway, sorry for the huge rambling of a post lol. Hope this at least helps!

Point well taken.

 

[stinkyskunk]

Point well taken.

I hope it was taken as informative and not me being an ass, because my intent wasn't the latter if it was taken as such x3

 

[rocky_dp]

I hope it was taken as informative and not me being an ass, because my intent wasn't the latter if it was taken as such x3

No, you good.

 

[stinkyskunk]

Nah. You can be "strictly into anthros [and] desire the human/animal hybrid" but you're still just taking a human and adding the animal parts. The animal bits are what people find attractive, either sexually or not. The animal parts are at the core of what makes it furry. If you're in the minority that aren't interested in the sexual side of the whole thing, than yeah, you're neither a zoo or a bestialist. I'll give you that. But when you create an 'anthro' character with a wolf head, wolf tail, wolf fur, wolf dick, and wolf legs, you're in denial about having at least a minuscule level of sexual attraction to animals.

Sorry but you are incorrect and you clearly didn't read my entire post.

Most furries don't like dog dicks. Animal genitalia on anthro characters is a common complaint.

With all due respect, I have been a furry for almost my entire life and part of the fandom for 17 years. I know what I'm talking about when it comes to the furry fandom.

Then how do you explain all the fantasy creatures? Species that were made up specifically for the fandom that don't resemble any specific animal? You really don't understand what being a furry is about, and that's fine. Just don't speak for us. Many of us are damaged, have been abused/traumatized and have suffered from mental illnesses since childhood. Many of us latched on to whatever was close to us as a coping mechanism and embraced it hard. For many of us, they were cartoon characters that were anthro animals because we were little kids and that's what we watched. Those characters were our security blanket. Those characters were our best friends. Many of us ended up growing attracted to them, and then it just took off from there. Bestiality had absolutely nothing at all to do with it. And to reiterate what I said in my first post "that's an ignorant take" to think that it does. My imaginary furry friends(that I wanted to have sex with once I hit puberty) are the only reason I didn't commit suicide as a child. I didn't realize I liked horses until many years later and it wasn't related in any way. They are 2 separate interests and thought processes. You do not have the authority to tell somebody what it is they are attracted to. You are not inside their head. You do not know their thought process. You cannot know these things.

And by the way, graphs have been made several times over the years to show the ratio of adult vs mature vs general rated content on Furaffinity. The percentage of general is way higher than you think. It's seriously over 70% lol. This chart is a bit dated but it's been pretty consistent over the years https://www.furaffinity.net/view/17868354/

It's honestly disappointing to see this level of ignorance about furries coming from zoophiles. It's becoming very evident that this is not a community I want to be a part of.

 

[Christensen]

As a long time furry, I'm gonna go ahead and give an answer to the original prompt without going through the rest.

1. Many, if not most furs are anti-zoo because there has been a longtime stigma that all furries are zoophiles. There are yearly exposures of zoosadists in the community that makes every furry by extension look bad, and they get hated enough on as is by the world at large. It pays for them to make a stance against zoophiles in that regard, and I don't particularly blame them.

2. If you have an interest in anthro animals, congrats. You're a furry. Could be sexual, could not be. You don't need a suit or anything like that, you just gotta be into the concept of animals with human traits. It's very much a spectrum.

 

[gsdmixg]

I'm not sure why so many people present "being a furry" as some sort of central self-identity to be honest. Sure, if it's primarily the sexual aspect that interests you that applies, but for the majority of furries it's just a hobby with a tight community behind it. It doesn't need to be treated as some sort of sexuality if you just like viewing/creating furry art or if fursuits interest you.

 

[jacknpodnah]

I mean do you expect to see a TikTok saying "I wanna suck dog knot?"

I like furry and I'm down!

 

[FoxyFacade]

Well I've been a furry pretty much as long as I've known they exist. Though, based on the questions you're asking, I'm guessing you haven't really drilled very deep into the sub-culture. Furry is an unusually wide reaching fandom since liking anthropomorphic characters is basically the minimum. So no suit required! I don't have one, and probably never will. Also if there's a piece of media with furry characters in it, you'll probably be able to find a group in the fandom that share your interest. Since that is the whole point, or you could just lurk, that works too.

As for the anti-zoo thing. It mostly stems from normal people seeing all furries as zoos, and they still do. Lets face it, the entire sexual side of the fandom probably meets the text-book definition of zoophilia. I don't think that was really a problem at first, but as time went on, furries started to be accepted by the mainstream. However once that starts happening, there becomes a pressure to clean up their act to look nice for normal people. Hence the anti-zoo post spamming to "pass inspection" regardless of what the poster actually believes. No matter where you go, you're going to have to deal with anti-zoo stuff, and it's worth serious consideration about whether or not it's worth it. I know it damaged me a bit.

I can only really speak about my little kink circle in the fandom, so here it goes: Being into ferals(Furry slang for anthro characters that retain their animal body plan, think Balto or The Lion King) is going to get you some hate. If that fandom finds out your into actual animals you can kiss your reputation goodbye. Regardless, feral furs contain an unusually high density of proper zoosexuals. This might be mostly because all the social pressure has caused a lot of the kinksters to drop out since they don't need feral, even if they're into it.

Of course that information I just gave is only useful if you want to join in with the nsfw feral crowd, but it is the most zoo friendly one.

 

[rocky_dp]

Well I've been a furry pretty much as long as I've known they exist. Though, based on the questions you're asking, I'm guessing you haven't really drilled very deep into the sub-culture. Furry is an unusually wide reaching fandom since liking anthropomorphic characters is basically the minimum. So no suit required! I don't have one, and probably never will. Also if there's a piece of media with furry characters in it, you'll probably be able to find a group in the fandom that share your interest. Since that is the whole point, or you could just lurk, that works too.

As for the anti-zoo thing. It mostly stems from normal people seeing all furries as zoos, and they still do. Lets face it, the entire sexual side of the fandom probably meets the text-book definition of zoophilia. I don't think that was really a problem at first, but as time went on, furries started to be accepted by the mainstream. However once that starts happening, there becomes a pressure to clean up their act to look nice for normal people. Hence the anti-zoo post spamming to "pass inspection" regardless of what the poster actually believes. No matter where you go, you're going to have to deal with anti-zoo stuff, and it's worth serious consideration about whether or not it's worth it. I know it damaged me a bit.

I can only really speak about my little kink circle in the fandom, so here it goes: Being into ferals(Furry slang for anthro characters that retain their animal body plan, think Balto or The Lion King) is going to get you some hate. If that fandom finds out your into actual animals you can kiss your reputation goodbye. Regardless, feral furs contain an unusually high density of proper zoosexuals. This might be mostly because all the social pressure has caused a lot of the kinksters to drop out since they don't need feral, even if they're into it.

Of course that information I just gave is only useful if you want to join in with the nsfw feral crowd, but it is the most zoo friendly one.

This seems quite a bit more accurate than my description. Lol
Iv been a furry for quite a while. Iv never EVER once told any furry I'm zoo and for good reason. Iv seen people get outed and the viciousness of furrys in regards to zoo is crazy.
Had a furry admit to me out of the blue that he is zoo. No idea why he did it, was completely unsolicited. Now I didn't jump down his throat about it but I didn't agree with him either.
The whole thing is just a crazy twisted dynamic.

 

[canecorso]

Hi i don't know which thread to post this under, but this one seems appropriate.
I just had a query about the Furry community.
Why does it seem like pretty much every furry is anti zoo? Like every tiktok i come across that is a furry account has done one or more hateposts on zoos or promoting that they're anti zoo.

Furry got a lot of bad reputation in the past for the meme that they're dogfuckers, which while having a slight kernel of truth (above average amount of zoos in the community compared to the general population, but still a minority), and furry being a fandom extremely concerned about appearances, it naturally drove the non-dogfucking furry majority to become hyper-defensive and try to purge the elements that are "tainting" their name in the eyes of the general public (which isn't really the general public at all - which barely knows what furries are to begin with - but rather a bunch of "internet cool kids" such as loud 4chan memsters), downplaying the hundreds of other, more acute issues that make them collectively look like complete loonies to the same audience. Like imagine being an adolescent girl who happens to like Five Nights at Freddy's a lot, and you find this "furry" community who also likes franchises similar to yours, so you go ahead and you suddenly find yourself among this freaky bunch of middle-aged manchildren with funky hygiene, screaming and barking like dogs, carrying plushies and BDSM gear, trading cartoon porn and animal dildos... and then you catch word that you're in the same community as multiple convicted psychopaths, rapists, childfuckers and dogfuckers. No shit you'd go home and assume the fetal position.

And because furry, much like most "nerd culture" communities nowadays, is plagued with barely legal, pathologically extroverted zoomers whose highest value is virtue signalling the Current Thing (in the furry context, that's the aforementioned "purging") for clout and peer acceptance rather than genuine moral conviction.

Furries have some crossover with animal lovers (and by extension, zoos), but the two shouldn't be conflated - one demonstrates appreciation of animals as cultural icons (or as Platonic forms), the other demonstrates appreciation of animals in the flesh. Being a fan of Mickey Mouse doesn't automatically translate into being a fan of the mice in your attic. A furry might even be attracted to an animal physically, but the great point of contention between them and genuine zoos is that a furry generally requires parity on the mental level as well - they mainly need their partner of two or four legs to be able to converse, to say yes or no, to say I love you, to think like them basically. Because in the end, on a mental level, Simba from Lion King too is just a "weirdly shaped human", much like how a person in a wheelchair is in some way a "weirdly shaped human", and I don't think many people have a moral issue with dating people in wheelchairs... Us zoos of course know better and realize that real animals can already kinda-sorta do multiple of these things, if you're patient and pay attention... but try explaining that to somebody still drinking the kool-aid that they're just flesh automatons.

And no, you don't need a suit... but you'll learn that having a suit is often how one becomes "somebody" in the community.

My other question is do you have to wear a fursuit to be a furry? I'm scared to admit it but i think i might be a furry.

Why is it scary to admit? It's a fucking hobby man. I guess it looks silly and childish if you bring it up to others (but so do videogames, and anime, and marvel comics...), but why doubt yourself in private? Knock yourself out.

 

[DragonSky]

Well I've been a furry pretty much as long as I've known they exist. Though, based on the questions you're asking, I'm guessing you haven't really drilled very deep into the sub-culture. Furry is an unusually wide reaching fandom since liking anthropomorphic characters is basically the minimum. So no suit required! I don't have one, and probably never will. Also if there's a piece of media with furry characters in it, you'll probably be able to find a group in the fandom that share your interest. Since that is the whole point, or you could just lurk, that works too.

As for the anti-zoo thing. It mostly stems from normal people seeing all furries as zoos, and they still do. Lets face it, the entire sexual side of the fandom probably meets the text-book definition of zoophilia. I don't think that was really a problem at first, but as time went on, furries started to be accepted by the mainstream. However once that starts happening, there becomes a pressure to clean up their act to look nice for normal people. Hence the anti-zoo post spamming to "pass inspection" regardless of what the poster actually believes. No matter where you go, you're going to have to deal with anti-zoo stuff, and it's worth serious consideration about whether or not it's worth it. I know it damaged me a bit.

I can only really speak about my little kink circle in the fandom, so here it goes: Being into ferals(Furry slang for anthro characters that retain their animal body plan, think Balto or The Lion King) is going to get you some hate. If that fandom finds out your into actual animals you can kiss your reputation goodbye. Regardless, feral furs contain an unusually high density of proper zoosexuals. This might be mostly because all the social pressure has caused a lot of the kinksters to drop out since they don't need feral, even if they're into it.

Of course that information I just gave is only useful if you want to join in with the nsfw feral crowd, but it is the most zoo friendly one.

I have to admit i havent done much research, and mainly because i have no idea where tp start or where to go looking for the right info. That's why on my original post i said i was happy to be educated. Im a pretty curious person but i also like to be informed. Its important to me to have as many resources as possible because it matters to me to be respectful about it.

 

[mryucky]

Hi i don't know which thread to post this under, but this one seems appropriate.
I just had a query about the Furry community.
Why does it seem like pretty much every furry is anti zoo? Like every tiktok i come across that is a furry account has done one or more hateposts on zoos or promoting that they're anti zoo.

My other question is do you have to wear a fursuit to be a furry? I'm scared to admit it but i think i might be a furry.
I'm not really sure and i need to do way more research, but anyone is welcome to give me some advice, and feel free to educate me because i'm just curious, i'm really not wanting to see any negative comments on my post. I'm truly just ignorant on the subject. Thanks.

I'm sure other people have said this, but you don't have to have a fursuit.

Being a furry is about enjoying anthropomorphic animals, aka they stand on two legs and have human intelligence!

Nothing wrong with being a furry, Disney has so many furry protagonists it's crazy and apparently we're the "gross ones", though.

As for furries disliking zoos? I believe that many of them do dislike us for many reasons, furries get called animal fuckers a lot, from what I've seen... Furries don't want to be seen as this, but it's too late. Furries have always been seen as sexual, degenerate, and not "normal".

 

[LittlePupInHeat]

the furry fandom is composed of people, and there are people that are anti zoo. and since most of the world still views furries as "animal fuckers", the non zoo furries try to make it extremely clear that they are also against it.

and no, you do not have to own a damn furry thing to be a furry. I am not sure where this stigma came from but it really upsets me!

 

[DragonSky]

Why is it scary to admit? It's a fucking hobby man. I guess it looks silly and childish if you bring it up to others (but so do videogames, and anime, and marvel comics...), but why doubt yourself in private? Knock yourself out.

Because i have a fear of being judged, disowned... im flatting and im a woman. Just not ready to come out yet

 

[DragonSky]

the furry fandom is composed of people, and there are people that are anti zoo. and since most of the world still views furries as "animal fuckers", the non zoo furries try to make it extremely clear that they are also against it.

and no, you do not have to own a damn furry thing to be a furry. I am not sure where this stigma came from but it really upsets me!

What stigma? I literally have no idea if you need a furry suit or not. It was a genuine question

 

[LittlePupInHeat]

What stigma? I literally have no idea if you need a furry suit or not. It was a genuine question

i know it was. for some reason this idea of having to have a fursuit to be a furry has grown quite a bit in recent years and not sure why. when I discovered furries years ago, the idea of a fursuit being a necessity hardly existed if at all. back then most everyone understood that being a furry simply meant you liked the concept or idea of anthropomorphic animals. but now it seems most get the idea that you have to have a fursuit to participate in the fandom or go to conventions. :/

 

[SultryHellhound]

I'm in my city's furry Telegram group. Just to sus things out, I made an alt account and then after I was accepted added a zeta to the end of the alt's username and posted one comment in the NSFW chat. That didn't end well, chat owner pm'ed me almost immediately. I tried playing dumb about it (even though I didn't have anything to lose) and they still were super harsh. Yet half of them use knot toys.

Edit: they banned my alt lmfao, but the guy who invited me actually mighhhht be an ally. Hmmmm

 

[mryucky]

i know it was. for some reason this idea of having to have a fursuit to be a furry has grown quite a bit in recent years and not sure why. when I discovered furries years ago, the idea of a fursuit being a necessity hardly existed if at all. back then most everyone understood that being a furry simply meant you liked the concept or idea of anthropomorphic animals. but now it seems most get the idea that you have to have a fursuit to participate in the fandom or go to conventions. :/

Tbh idk where you're getting this from. It's actually very common for people without fursuits to be attending conventions, and especially be considered furries.

Fursuit are not necessities, that's gate-keeping

Being a furry is about the interest, or love for anthro animals with human intelligence, not about if you're well enough off to get a fursuit

 

[LittlePupInHeat]

Tbh idk where you're getting this from. It's actually very common for people without fursuits to be attending conventions, and especially be considered furries.

Fursuit are not necessities, that's gate-keeping

Being a furry is about the interest, or love for anthro animals with human intelligence, not about if you're well enough off to get a fursuit

exactly, but ive seen in recent years that it is not the perspective of outside looking in anymore. I am constantly asked by people if you have to have a fursuit to be a furry or attend a furry convention. these questions just almost never came up when i became a furry.

 

[DragonSky]

i know it was. for some reason this idea of having to have a fursuit to be a furry has grown quite a bit in recent years and not sure why. when I discovered furries years ago, the idea of a fursuit being a necessity hardly existed if at all. back then most everyone understood that being a furry simply meant you liked the concept or idea of anthropomorphic animals. but now it seems most get the idea that you have to have a fursuit to participate in the fandom or go to conventions. :/

Im really sorry if i offended you in any way that wasn't my intention. And yeah i can see how that could be upsetting.

 

[LittlePupInHeat]

Im really sorry if i offended you in any way that wasn't my intention. And yeah i can see how that could be upsetting.

oh no honey, not in the least! sorry its a bit hard to be expressive over simple text.

my intention was more to answer, no you do not need a fursuit or even ears or tail to be a furry. It is just something you are if you are a fan of the concept of anthropomorphic animals.

i was trying to just explain that it seems like the perspective of new comers to the furry fandom, like yourself, seems to have changed lately and it is a little upsetting to me just because thats not what we, as furries, are tying to project. it seems like a negative projection from the fandom these days and could potentially drive new comers away.

 

[mryucky]

exactly, but ive seen in recent years that it is not the perspective of outside looking in anymore. I am constantly asked by people if you have to have a fursuit to be a furry or attend a furry convention. these questions just almost never came up when i became a furry.

I can see why inexperienced people, and people from the outside would ask these things

Fursuits are the main thing people think of when they hear about furries


By the way I'm sorry for being defensive or rude, I thought you were being snappy to the OP but now I see that you're not, my bad
Reading text is NOT and never been my strong suit

 

[LittlePupInHeat]

I can see why inexperienced people, and people from the outside would ask these things

Fursuits are the main thing people think of when they hear about furries


By the way I'm sorry for being defensive or rude, I thought you were being snappy to the OP but now I see that you're not, my bad
Reading text is NOT and never been my strong suit

lol all good. a lot of things can be taken differently over text.

sadly i have heard a lot of furs these days actually talk down to other fellow furs because they didnt pay out the ass for a professionally made fursuit and it makes me sick. in my day (god i feel old now) many fursuits were made by the fursuiter. they didnt all look great, but it was still their suit and they could carry out the character.

 

[FoxyFacade]

I have to admit i havent done much research, and mainly because i have no idea where tp start or where to go looking for the right info. That's why on my original post i said i was happy to be educated. Im a pretty curious person but i also like to be informed. Its important to me to have as many resources as possible because it matters to me to be respectful about it.

I mostly gained knowledge about the fandom through years of lurking and slowly finding out about popular sites for furries, and once I became active I started digging my way into the little private kink circles that I hang out in.

However, for the sake of speeding things up. The big social media sites will give you plenty of furries for sure, be it TikTok YouTube or Twitter, or whatever else people are using these days. These are mostly safe surface level creators, though Twitter can get pretty kinky. Deviantart should get an honorable mention here, I think. Then there are a bunch of furry specific image boards and gallery sites, furaffinity, and e621.net to name just a few. Another level deeper is an entire web of communities on private messaging apps like Telegram, and now Discord too. Almost all furry sites have their own cultures so you might have to look around to find the one that fits you.

Btw, you can try Wikifur.com! It has tons of information and I've found myself using it occasionally. Anyways, this is mostly based on my journey as a male sexual furry. Like I said, the fandom is unusually broad so where you go is kind of up to what you want to do in the fandom.