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Cat Is Out of the Bag about His Being a Furry ... Now What?
I'm going to start off by saying that I appreciate what you do. When I go to Yahoo! answers I mainly get trolls. Anyways, I've been involved with the fandom since 2010, but I refuse to publically identify as a furry because my friends and family aren't the most open-minded people. But I can't keep it a secret anymore because my mother found furry pornography on my computer, I'm constantly teased by my friends, and there's a lot of tension between me and my mother. What should I do?
David (age 15, Las Vegas)
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Hi, David,
Unlike a lot of furries who write and ask how to come out to friends and family, we have the reverse situation here: the cat is already out of the bag, so is there a way to stuff it back in?
Short answer: no, not really, not unless you declare it was just a passing fancy and you stop looking at furporn or furry stuff of any kind for the rest of your days. But, if you are a true furry to the bone, you can’t do that (well, you can stop the porn, but you’ll always want to look at furry stuff).
On the other paw, if you have no scruples about lying, you could always say it was just a phase and that you are no longer interested in it, and then sneak around. You could store your furporn on secure, password-protected websites, you can search on furry stuff while using the incognito setting of your web browser, and you can generally keep things hidden until you go off to college or find your own place to live.
There is yet another option, however: be yourself without apologies. Let’s start with Mom. She would be upset with you whether she caught you looking at furporn or regular porn or gay porn. Most parents react this way because they have a very hard time coming to terms with the fact that their babies are becoming sexually active adults. So, here’s what you do: tell her you’re sorry she saw what she did, but you promise not to go to such sites anymore. Furthermore, you promise to allow her to monitor your online behavior. But you still want to be a furry. Tell her there is a LOT about being a furry that has NOTHING to do with sex. There are even Christian furry websites. Furries do a lot of charity work, too, and a lot of it is just about hanging out with friends and socializing and having fun with the creativity of it. Your mother, right now, is feeling a bit hurt and betrayed by your sneaky behavior, but you can patch things up with Mom by telling her you want to have an open and honest and above-board relationship with her and you will not sneak around any more.
The friend situation might be a little tougher. You don’t say how your friends and other peers found out you were a furry, but if they were really your friends, they wouldn’t tease you in a hurtful way (if they are just teasing in a silly way without intending to be mean, then it might be you just need a stronger backbone—tease them back; it’s part of what many friends do, you know, razz each other). If they are being deliberately mean, tell them to stop bugging you about it, and if they don’t then they aren’t your friends.
Meanwhile, you can, if you haven’t already, find some furiends. Join a local furry group, such as, in your case, the Las Vegas Furry Community at http://www.vegasfurs.net/ and start getting some friends who are on your side and like the same things you do.
Hope this helps. Good luck, fellow furry!
Papabear
fox pupils in furry art?
Are slit pupils too weird? Okay, some furry artists will go out of their way to draw canine genitals actually, but I see a lot of foxes with round pupils. Why?
A few fox fursuits have slit pupils, but the point was to be ultra realistic.
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Furfunding Week in Review 1-11-15
This week’s illustration is from the AWESOME project, “The Mutation of Atom,” on Kickstarter
Back from the holidays! Not a lot of really astonishing projects in December, it’s always a slow time, but January’s off to a good start!
From crowdfundingland, an interesting change over on Indiegogo, who’s really doing the only “new” stuff right now in the big crowdfunding names: the creation of Indiegogo Life. This new sub-site hosts what Indiegogo refers to as “what’s really important” and I think of as “crap,” the endless stream of “fund my college, fund my surgery, fund my new Playstation, fund my fursuit” (three “fund my fursuit” projects this month, no I will not link to any of them.)
What’s interesting about this site–because it sure isn’t the projects themselves–is that fundraising through Indiegogo Life is free. That’s kind of amazing!
Cynically, I believe this is an attempt to make their website more relevant and browseable by shifting the TONS of “this is only of interest to myself and my family and friends, not to you, whoever you are” to their own site. I’m not complaining. Kickstarter is slowly being crushed by the weight of fund-my-lifes they let in when they deregulated their platform. And if this has the one-two punch of lowering irrelevant traffic and improving someone’s ability to get the surgery they need? That’s great.
Reviews this week: Non-anthro MMO adventure in Isles of Eventide, and click-and-draggy arty fun with the all-in-one Furry Fandom App.
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For a “complete” list of furry/fur-friendly crowdfunding projects, check out the Project Page and Patreon Page! New Projects ArtGoldenwolf’s Sketchbook #2 (Ends: 2/5/2015)
A collection of old and new and unseen art from Goldenwolf, her second sketchbook project.
The Mutation of Atom (Ends: 2/1/2015)
Awesome mashup of Michaelangelo’s “The Creation of Man” and every Kaiju from the classic Godzilla.
Books/Print
The Last Kiwi (Ends: 2/7/2015)
Travelogue, war diary, calligraphic project–a hand-painted, hand-lettered log of a kiwi soldier’s fight against the stoat menace.
This is beautiful in three different ways…
Waagosh and Zhigaag (Ends: 1/25/2015)
Cute anthro skunks and foxes help young children learn basic Ojibwe.
Now you have no excuse for that ‘learn Ojibwe’ new year’s resolution!
Mr Meow Plus & Pilot (Ends: 12/31/2015)
Stop motion and toy of a horrible, horrible, emaciated and angry cat. Horrible, I say.
Furry Fandom App (Ends: 1/26/2015)
An all-in-one community building, art-hording, and commission tracking app for artists and fans.
Isles of Eventide (Ends: 1/30/2015)
A fascinating fantasy world MMORPG with non-anthro characters and monsters.
More at the Bloodstream Studios DA page.
Genus #96 (Ends: 1/18/2015)
Help fund the latest issue of Genus, Radio Comix‘s long-running anthro adult anthology comic.
I’m of two minds here. Radio Comix is a staunch furry ally, but this is the second time they’ve gone to the crowdfunding trough. Are we looking at a dying business model, or just the usual fund-and-presell?
Monsters & More (Ends: 1/23/2015)
A NSFW collection of sketchy watercolor monsters and strange humanoids by Coey Kuhn.
Goal reached! I have a feeling that sergal fans would enjoy this product.
Might of Mythology (Ends: 1/31/2015): This seems to be some sort of dragon-focused art installation with sharp-edged cut-paper dragons. I’ll be damned if I can understand what the creator is saying, it sounds a little bit altered-state. Nice dragons though.
Wisdom of the Dragons (Ends: 2/4/2015): First novel in an epic fantasy something something. Wow. Normally I try not to snark, but this one’s just painful. A one-sentence writing sample that really only just proves they sort of know how a subordinate clause works (“Men in armor had begun filling the square, their swords begun beating on their shields in fear and in anger.”) Such dragons. Species names that sound like prescription medications. Wolf-dragons, zebra-dragons, lion-dragons. If I donated $500 I bet I could get hairless dog dragons. Wow.
What’s Corbeau Backing This Week?I was a little sad that one of my favorite podcasts, the Steampunk music show “Clockwork Cabaret,” only had a paltry $13 per month in their Patreon, so I went crazy and made it $18. Those girls have brought me a lot of joy over the years. And went a little crazy backing The Furry Fandom App, against my better judgement (I hate flexible funding…) so here’s hoping that ends up being a thing. It’s the sort of project I want Furstarter to be on the record as supporting.
"Monkey Tree" by Mother Mother, there's people in animal costumes and it's an awesome song!
What does it mean to be a furry or: am i a furry ?
Hello,
So there is this question i am asking myself now a little time. I wanted to hear your opinion.
I am in my early 20 and i myself consider me as a straight or bi male (not really sure about that, yeah sounds "crazy". I think the tendency goes more to bi). I was always a fan of cartoon or animation movies like wall-e, how to train your dragon, madagascar,... I also liked the old cartoons like bugs bunny. The cartoon part got lost a bit with the years, but the animation movies never really...
I started about 2 years or so reading fanfiction of movies and stories i liked, later i added to that erotical fanfiction (watching porn was at first somehow interesting, but it became boring, but now reading stories is just awesome...). some time later i discovered sofurry and later about 1 month or 2 this reddit and the whole furry fandom here. If i look at some people like you here, i was never SO MUCH into this whole anthromorphic animals, fursonas and fursuiting stuff. Browsing now through this reddit (and sometimes yiff, but currently about 90% here reading, 10% yiff or "yiffing?" (where does this word come from ???)), i started to like the art here. I myself are not really creative. But the most important point for me is the community. Most of you seems so nice and kind here, i feel comfortable browsing here, it makes me somehow happy and that i am now alone and there are others "like me". Maybe this is just because i just want to find a place where i belong and what i am. Especially the question of my sexuality, which bothers me some years now is driving me crazy.
I am just posting this here to hear your opinion and thanks for the help.
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Hi, new to the fandom!
I have to say I am really enjoying it so far. Don't know anyone here, so I should introduce myself. I'm 16 years old, male, and a wolf. I play games like Halo and Grand Theft Auto V. I mostly play on Xbox One and 360. I can sometimes be shy, other times I can get REALLY insane. If you want to add me we can play together sometime!
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Anyone wanna RP? Clean only please.
Thinking about getting some new gear!
Heya folks, its Ring again :D!
I realized that I haven't spent the Christmas money I put away to, well, spend. So I'm thinking about getting some new furry gear!
I already have a hoodie with a tail and paws from lemonbrat.com, So I'm thinking about what other things I could try. I've got about a $150 max budget. Maybe a kigurumi? I think that would be cool! Any ideas or places I could go?
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The new and improved sexual orientation poll!
This is really old and has probably been posted before, but I thought this would be interesting for you all :3
CS:GO Furs?
Anyone here play CS:GO? Id love to arrange some all-fur matches :P or just get together and show some other players THE POWER OF THE TAIL
edit: made a steam group http://steamcommunity.com/groups/csgofurs :) made a group for ease~
doesnt matter how good you are, we just want to have fun :)
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Welcome To Wolf Island: Isles of Eventide
A land of predators, prey, and hidden magic…
Kickstarter ending 2/8/15
Conceptually, I love a non-anthro MMORPG. They’re works of art–by their nature and the “dolly dress-up” functionality of the MMO genre they encourage a riot of complex fur design and species twiddling that they become more of a visual collage than ecosystem, which I think is really pretty.
My first brush with the genrette (that should be a word, if it isn’t) was–well, it wasn’t a game, more of a toy or interactive screensaver, Endless Forest, a game where players take the role of non-anthro, non-verbal deer. No chat, just prancing. There was magic, but it was mostly devoted to tweaking your character’s appearance. It was a subtle, beautiful game, and I lost a few quiet Sunday mornings to playing “look, I’m prancing!”
Looking at Isles of Eventide, a MMORPG in development by BloodStream Studios, I’m taken back to that strange, spirit-infested augmented natural world. The concept art of IOE is beautiful–you can follow the dev committee’s group gallery on Deviant Art, some of the art’s evocative of the intricate realism of Dark Natasha (such hair, many braids, wow).
IOE is set in an archipelago, a chain of volcanic islands with wide-ranging climate, weather, ecosystems, from a megafauna-infested frozen north to a fantasy forest, sandy beach, or savanna/plain setting. These islands are dotted with standing stones touched by the lingering magic of a race of ancients.
At some point in the not-so-distant past, three great clans of beasts, awakened by the magic of the Mother Tree, came across the oceans to these islands, infesting it with great cats, canines, and equines. Each of these clans has its own strengths (cats are agile and summery loners; canines are pack-oriented, enduring social beasts; equines are strong and sturdy herbivores).
Looking at the game, it seems reasonable to break the discussion down into “sandbox” and “plot.” Both are important in an MMO. We’ll look at sandbox first.
The three clans form the basis of your characters, but there’s enough variety in markings and accessories to change a wolf into a striped hyena, if that’s your thing. While this is a non-anthro game and your choice of accessories is a bit limited, through game play you can pick up armor and costume elements, learn to change your character’s body through magic (the Greater Northern Horned Wolf is an option, with the right spells and base materials). You can pick up pets, and dress and equip them–though why any sane critter would want to be a lion’s familiar, I’ve no idea. And for deep dollhouse fun, the main islands have tiny islets of their own that share their climate, and can be claimed by player characters for personal use and development. Dig a tunnel, dig dig a tunnel.
So far as plot goes, the game is spread over a series of islands, each its own game realm, with unique ecology, predator and prey species, magics and secrets, and boss monster. On a base level, some of the game is, well, being an animal–hunting deer, eluding carnivores, finding a home. Snu-snu at $100K.
Much of the game beyond that is in the uncovering of the secrets of the Ancients. Some of the runestones left behind by the ancients contain legends and stories of the ancient world. Some have spells, teaching the ancient secrets of flight, surviving in the ocean depths, and +3 Strength. Others link the islands together and allow rapid travel, and contain information about the land and its inhabitants. In their wisdom, the Ancients even created circles of standing stones to gate in extradimensional horrors, so even a top-level predator may want to be careful where they sleep at night.
As the game expands–over time, or as Stretch Goals–the oceans will become increasingly playable themselves, other islands will be added (bayou, Asiatic forest, tropical jungle, etc, each with their own secrets and challenges), and new clans will join the island (birds, at first, then we’ll see.) And an engine for heredity and reproduction will get unlocked, so, puppies.
Looking at the Kickstarter, it has a lot of what you’d expect from an MMORPG launch: backer-only in-game perks, an ebook of secrets and easter eggs, your own large islet that can’t normally be claimed, backer-only or even custom character designs (I want my cutie mark, dammit), and at the higher levels, a large island owned by your business (The Sofawolf Atoll, anyone?) and creative input on the islands themselves.
I do like this project, but it’s had a slow start. It’s a new company, and the indie game space/MMORPG playground is pretty crowded, from both a crowdfunding and market share perspective. (For anyone interested in taking a tilt at this particular windmill, I’d recommend “A No-Name Developer’s Guide to Succeeding on Kickstarter.”)
That doesn’t mean it won’t launch or succeed at funding, possibly with a modified relaunch (and some copy-editing, guys, get an English major, they’re cheap and need some love.) Given the archipelagic nature of the game–word drop, 200 points–fundraising themed around the islands might work to create a chain of smaller kickstarters, more likely to succeed. True, it’d be a bit of a lie since the bulk of cost is in game development, but it’d be a good sales story and encourage richer fan development of the islands themselves. Many project creators start small, and build up an audience of friends and followers over a few projects, and some video game’s stories are “Fail at $100,000, succeed at $30,000, re-succeed at $20,000.”
Anyway, take a look at the project. It is quite pretty, bearing in mind that it’s not completed–that’s what the money is for, after all! Good luck!
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