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it's been about a year since i "accepted" myself as being a furry now, about a year since i first started being active here.

while i had been sniffing at this for longer than just the last year, but it was rarely more than just a quick look in incogneto mode even here on /r/furry. why? i was ashamed of the idea of being a furry, i had known the artwork (community made even) for years, untill i figured out it was a subculture, and a hobby or even a lifestyle for some. and then i got a little ashamed of it all,

why? the stigma, mostly, and while i adored the works of the fandom, i was but looking at it through a spyglass. but then something happened, i hit a rough spot in life, nothing major, a recently aquainted friend shunned me. over a little confrontation, i tried making it up to him again but alas no, i was torn, with rage and sorrow.

over the following weekend my head was a mishmash of emotions, rage, hate, sorrow and disgust, and for the first time i came here, without it being under lock and key, and i began talking with some of you people, mostly in comments, and it helped me, all the bad emotions were purged from me, as if a mental transformation had happened, i accepted myself as a furry, and a part of this fandom, and i was happy, just generally happy, and when i got my tail and began wearing that my happiness grew ever larger. to the point of people asking why the hell i was so happy all the time, regardless of the situation.

and for that i thank you. after that i have been through a lot of ups and downs, but i knew that whenever i got sad or angry, i had somewhere to go where just seeing the friendlynes and artwork on here made me feel better.

i have seen a few changes to the subreddit, a little drama (no where near as bad as i had feared) people being cheered up after life problems, the awesome and the cute of art, stories and fursuits.

and you know what, i am kinda glad that i didn't join untill i was 18. (i could have been younger with kind of the same result) for i have experienced that a lot of the things i liked when i was a young teenager, unless i like it before i got to there, i'm not really into anymore.

and a word of advice to all you people "coming out" as a furry, in reality there is only one person you need to come out to, and that's yourself, once you do that, things will go by themselves, people might slowly figure it out, or not. you don't have to come out to your parents, by "coming out" to people you make it seem worse than it is to them atleast. if you want to go to a con and you have the money left over to do so, (and you can do it safely of course) parents will usually understand that you have hobbies that you want to attend to, whether it be sports, model railways or the furry fandom.

tldr: thank you guys for a great year, you've helped me a lot, and i am looking forwards to another great fluffy year.

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Isn’t she loooooovely? Isn’t sheeeee 2014? We’re giiiving out aaawaards! So keep your eeeeaaaarballs listening!  That’s right, it’s the furballd awards for 2014…nearly a whole month past the deadline for these things! But who says we don’t eventually deliver!  As we the world collectively says “Meh” to the year gone past, we talk about the things that made us happy, made us sad and made us so angry the we all kicked our cats into the nearest fireplace. RIP Mittens (2013~2014).

If you want to give us your opinion on our awards or maybe want to give us your own 2014 awards, send it to us at furballdletters@gmail.com.

Bye for now, but not forever!

This week’s song is “S-Tier” by Flexstyle and OA.  You can find the song on OCRemix here: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03068

In the News…

Russia bans Trans people from driving: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30735673

The worlds saddest mascot: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/alabama-hockey-mascot-fan-fiction

John Oliver’s Salmon Cannon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9qA8c-E_oA

 

Episode 81 – Furballd Awards 2014 - Isn't she loooooovely? Isn't sheeeee 2014? We're giiiving out aaawaards! So keep your eeeeaaaarballs listening!  That's right, it's the furballd awards for 2014...nearly a whole month past the deadline for these things!

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Author: Sonious League of Geeks‘ flagship game shows a great deal of promise as it goes out to early access. Armello is a video game which bases itself in board game principals where four heros, a wolf, rat, rabbit and bear, compete for their clans to secure the throne for themselves. The goal is to […]

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Wondering if any of you know how to growl like a dog or wolf and if you would tell me how you do it or direct me to somewhere that I can learn to do so.

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Did you find out that your best friend was a furry 10 years in? How did that happen? Or did you MAKE them furry? (MWAHAHA)

Tell us your story!

Also, obligatory "Hi I'm new!" statement. I've been lurking for quite a bit so I already know like most of you hehe

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I'm trying to find some art to use as reference of an orange and yellow character, doesn't matter what species or anything. If you can think of one you know/like, tossing me a link to a FA page or something would be great.

I'm just looking for some suggestions, so I'll be taking this thread down after getting a couple.

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Author: crossaffliction Rocket Raccoon and Squirrel Girl have ongoing comic book series. That is all. read more Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought Creative Commons: Full post may be available under a free license.