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Dear PB, 

I've recently been suffering several deep bouts with depression, and I've taken to confiding in an older, long-distance friend who's given sagacious advice with my situation, but it's only been of limited help. 

I'm a young adult, and I'm still plagued with mood swings and all the troubles that brings, but the main source of my sadness is my family: specifically, my mother. She's a terrible alcoholic, and we've reached a point in our relationship where she only speaks to me to obtain money/transportation so she can purchase alcohol. When her ploys and manipulations don't work, she gets extremely upset and pesters me until her harassment wears me down enough for me to provide money or a ride. My toxic relationship with her doesn't bother me, but what does is the incredible guilt that I feel when she flees from my room in tears like a sobbing mess. She's had a terrible life, so I can justify her constant need for being in a drunken stupor so she can escape her problems, which makes it difficult to simply say "That's tough," and shrug my shoulders when she says it's not fair. Logically, I understand it's a simple guilt trap, but I just can't do anything while thinking that I'm being a bad son to my mother. 

So, in this constant war, I believe she's generally the winner, seeing as in 95% of our skirmishes, her fits end up getting her a trip to the liquor store and money for alcohol. A lovely cherry on the cake of our relationship is her being a horribly loud, offensive drunk who delights in insulting me. 

I've made plans to enter the military when I leave home so I can make a new start for myself, but that's a year from now, and I'd prefer to not wallow in despair until then. 

I've never been talented with compressing my troubles into small questions, so I apologize for that. I hope my letter isn't too difficult to wrench a question from, and if it is, I'd like to apologize once more. 

Thank you,
Jack (age 17)

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Dear Jack,

You don’t mention whether or not she has sought out help from a group such as Alcoholics Anonymous. If not, I strongly recommend it. It doesn’t have to be AA—there are other groups out there (see below)—but she needs more help than you can provide.

Not buying her booze is not being a bad son. You shouldn’t feel guilty about not supplying her with alcohol. It’s sad that she has had a rough life, but turning to addiction is not a solution. As you have seen, it only makes the problem worse. For one thing, it is adding to (if not the cause of) your depression. So, she is not only making her life worse, but yours as well.

It’s important to recognize that you are in no way to blame for your mother’s alcoholism. Do not feel guilty!!! Also, if she doesn’t get better, it is not your fault. She has to want to help herself because nobody else can make her recover but her. Stop helping her get booze and stop feeling bad when she cries because you didn’t buy her a fifth of scotch (a key is to always be consistent here; don’t buy her booze sometimes and not other times—never buy her booze because when you do you are just being an enabler). By giving into her bad behavior, you reinforce it. She knows it works 95% of the time, so she keeps doing it. I know it's hard, but do not give into her fits. If she gets violent, do not be afraid to call the police. In fact, tell her you will call the police if she becomes abusive in any way.

You do have to go out and make your own way in life, and joining the military might be one way to do it. I applaud you for taking some initiative to try to make your life better. In the meantime, however, please do try and get your mother some help if you can.

Some places you can call:

• American Addiction Centers: 855-803-1930, or go to http://hope.americanaddictioncenters.org/
• Drug Rehab.org (helps you locate a local counselor): 888-282-7124 or http://www.drug-rehab.org/
• Drug and Alcohol Rehab Services: 888-791-1371 or http://hope.drugandalcoholrehab.net/
• And, of course, Alcoholics Anonymous at www.aa.org.

I wish you and your mother the best.

Papabear

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Today’s illustration is from the Kickstarter campaign “Water Dragons and Other Aquatic Creatures” by Jessica Feinberg

Back from Anthrocon! What a treat! One of the highlights for me was an excellent panel on business for furry artists by the artist of the biz/art webcomic, “Three Jaguars.” Her website is totally worth a review, with loads of great advice for artists seeking to monetize, and of course crowdfunding. I figured that crowdfunding would be a major chunk of discussion and made a friendly effort to get on her panel as a speaker, but she wasn’t having any of it. Fair enough, she did a great job, let me talk a bit–I’ll be borrowing heavily from her for Texas Furry Fiesta  2014 though!

Amadhia Albee, animator and creator of Kaze: Ghost Warrior (check it on YouTube) had her launch panel–there was some scheduling SNAFUs and we didn’t make it onto the schedule app, unfortunately, but it was a nice event, and I got to be on stage with her, since we’ve been collaborating on the kickstarter for her new audio drama set in Kaze’s world. After a week, we’re almost to what I personally believe is the campaign’s goal of $2300! So exciting, and SUCH an immense timesink :) This project is the main reason I’ve been slow to update the blog, and I thank you for your patience.

Not a lot to actually say about this one because its’s not officially a “thing” yet, but if you are a fan of AlectorFencer’s furry/fantasy art, you’ll be interested in her upcoming graphic novel project, “Myre.” Overall, it sounds a bit like something from the “Labyrinth” school–creative dreamer gets lost in fantasy world–but instead of a world, AlectorFencer promises us a universe. I’ll absolutely be doing a full write-up of this project, the illustrations are lush and the world is ambitious.

Expect Myre to launch in late July. FoxAmoore and 2 the Gryphon were there for the project’s panel discussion, lots of big names, and an ambitious new book. Please join me in supporting this one.

And a little update from an old friend, the team behind “Terrene Odyssey” is taking another tilt at the crowdfunding windmill for their turn-based, JRPG style game, loaded with dragons and bird-folk and elves and explosions.  I’ve been following this project for well over a year now, the team is very enthusiastic and it’s a neat product, particularly if you’re a fan of “Final Fantasy” and other such games. I didn’t do a new article about Terrene Odyssey because I really covered it pretty well back in the day, but did touch up my original review of the project to include their new information. A few months ago they sent me a bundle of swag from the game, one of the “updates” may show me playing merry Christmas in July with the bag of goodies :) Look for a dork with a ponytail, but that may not be helpful. Good luck, guys!!

On a frustrating note, everything I know about Kickstarter is wrong now, they’ve revamped their policies to allow ANY project through their doors, except fundraising for charities. There’s some plusses to this, but in a week it turned my beloved Kickstarter, which gets more of my time and affection than my patient, patient mate does, into a comedy website, loaded with joke projects. The tide seems to be slowing somewhat, but for all practical purposes Kickstarter and Indiegogo are identical now…and frankly, Indiegogo has better tools. I never thought I’d say that, but…strange times.

New Projects

For a “complete” list of furry/fur-friendly crowdfunding projects, check out the Project Page and Patreon Page!

Art

Skull Swag (Ends: 8/8/2014)
The latest sticker project from Skulldog, featuring creepy creepy monsters!

Water Dragons & Other Rare Aquatic Creatures (Ends: 8/10/2014)
Rich and colorful and vaguely 80s images of water dragons and other undersea mythologicals, book, playing cards, and more.

Audio/Music

Pacific Hotline’s debut EP (Ends: 7/22/2014)
An 80s-dance inspired two-furry group releasing their new EP

Books/Print

Little is Left to Tell (Ends: 8/2/2014)
A “talking animals” style book, stories told by a man with dementia–a rabit that must eat pages from books in order to speak, Virginia the Wolf trying to draw her daughters home with her last novel and holding them captive for readings…strange, magical stuff.

The Book of Dragons (Ends: 8/8/2014)
A colorful graphic novel retelling of Edith Nesbit’s “The Book of Dragons”

Children’s Products

Raru’s Gift (Ends: 7/22/2014)
A children’s book about a mother, and grandmother’s, story. Elegant work by a new artist.

Comics/Graphic Novels

Mad World (Ends: 7/30/2014)
Not so furry, but a surreal dream-fantasy about an artist lost in an alternate world.
But there are cat-girls and crow-guys, so it counts.

Samurai Chef V.2 (Ends: 8/8/2014)
Anime action for foodies in “Samurai Chef,” by the art/fashion collaboration “Mayamada”

IdleStatus: Splitting Hares (Ends: 8/8/2014)
Web-to-print comic about a purple hare with dog fangs (?), his love, and a villian. From the webcomic

Awesome Posum (Ends: 8/11/2014)
A natural science anthology collecting short edumacational comics together for your science use.

Costumes/Clothing/Jewelry

Cute Things (Ends: 8/7/2014)
Exceptionally cute anime/chibi sculpted charms. Watch the video.

Fish of the World (Ends: 8/9/2014)
Cartoony/chibi anthro kittens and the many ways they use fish in their day to day lives. Bookmarks and charms.

Magnesium-Empire (Ends: 8/9/2014)
Garments (mostly for ladies, unfortunately!) decorated with intricate highly reflective designs. These would look amazing under a strobe light!
No, not furry, but I would totally wear this if I was a skinny raver.

Birds N Bones Jewelry (Ends: 8/16/2014)
Jewelry collection inspired by dragons (and other animals, but…dragons!)
More of the artists’ range of work at their business home page

Film/Animation/Theater

Simon’s Cat “Off to the Vet” (Ends: 8/6/2014)
A full-color treatment for a new episode of the supercute cat series from Youtube channel

Animating the Soul (Ends: 8/7/2014)
A return to funding for animation/anthro movie about the artists that bring anthros to life.
I believe this is the third IGG campaign for this film, they’ve broken up their goal into bite-size chunks but…donor fatigue.

Wolf short horror film (Ends: 8/9/2014)
A moody psychodrama about a woman who discovers that she can commit an evil act, edited to look like a dreamy 80s low-budget.
I think this is a ‘werewolves as metaphor’ film, but the Kickstarter page itself has great illustrations.

TRIX.IM in Light Magic (Ends: 8/11/2014)
?! I’m still trying to decode this one–looks like an anthro movie filmed entirely in the film clip loops from raves.
I’m really only including this because the video is really, really bizaare. I don’t understand any of it. Old dogs, new tricks and all.

Tabletop Games

Mythic Chibi playing cards (Ends: 8/4/2014)
Charming anime-esque playing card deck in a world of chibi mythological creatures by artist KIWI

Terrene Odyssey: Turn-based RPG game (Ends: 8/21/2014)
My original review of this beautiful card game here. Tactics game inspired by JRPG style turn-based games with slow experience build, end-boss type mechanics, and so much more!

Toys

Strawberry Drellie Plushie (Ends: 8/13/2014)
Cuddly little stuffed fruit-dragons. Avocado dragon at the $20K Stretch Goal.

Video Games

Amorous (Patreon Ongoing Funding)
Patreon ongoing funding (?) for an upcoming westernized dating sim set in a furry universe, with fuzzier lines between genders and orientations and such. Good artwork and rendering.
Art by Jasonafex

To commemorate the release of 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', here is a clip of Roddy McDowall (frequent star in the original 'Planet of the Apes' series) performing a duet with variety show host Carol Burnett.

Her expression is priceless.

Carol Burnett introduces Roddy McDowall, who unexpectedly comes out in his makeup from Planet of the Apes. Carol later explains to the audience that McDowall had to spend three-and-a-half hours in makeup for that skit, we then see Roddy's condensed film of the make-up process. From "The Carol Burnett Show" 1974.

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I've been a furry for quite some time, starting back in the early days of Furcadia, and moved on to Second Life for some time. I moved away from home after graduating college, and took a break from Second Life and all forms of networking while I settled into my new surroundings. Now, I'm looking to get back into networking and making friends with fellow furs. Are there other forms of social interaction online for furries like myself, sans Second Life and Furcadia?

Apologies for the extensive background story. I stumbled across this subreddit a while back, and finally got the courage to post and branch out and attempt to make friends. Any and all advice is appreciated.

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I am incapable of drawing, due to multiple hand injuries when I was younger, so I can't make awesome art like many others. I tried writing, but found I can't properly describe my characters. Any ideas on how I can an active member of the community?

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Hello all. Just popping in to say "Hi." and see what you guys are like. I consider myself a fairly casual furry and don't really go to cons or clubs or anything. They seem fun, but aren't my thing. So, my experience and knowledge of furry culture is limited. I thought I'd come here and just talk to people, if you don't mind.

(I suppose this also serves as a bit of an introduction for me. So hello again!)

I have a list. These are in no particular order. Feel free to ignore any and all of the following. Start a tangent if you like. Ask me something or correct a mistake. Whatever you want! I'm curious and don't mind checking back here occasionally to reply.

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1) What kind of furry are you? (Are there official levels or anything?) - A mild one who just likes the art? - A casual one who likes the art and parts of the culture, but doesn't want to have a fursona or go to cons? - A true fan, who does the above but has their own fursona, possibly a suit, and who goes to cons and meet-ups when they can? - Or a hardcore furry who has multiple suits, steeps in furry culture and media, and isn't afraid to be open about their passion with non-furries? - None of the above, some mix, all are wrong? Let me know. :D

I'm casual about it. It's interesting and entertaining, but nothing I take too seriously or devote a lot of effort towards.

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2) Do you have a fursona? Do you have two? Three? How detailed are they? Backstory? Alternate Universe or reality-based? How have they changed over time? Are there any compromises you had to make in developing them? Or was it just something you 'always knew', which just organically grew?

Like I said, I don't have one. If I did, it might be the horribly common fox. Not sure on a species or anything.

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3) What got you into the scene? I know I just stumbled upon it one day and thought "Hey, this is alright. I think this fits me.". Was it the porn? Why am I even asking? It's always the porn. Nevermind.

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4) So the porn reeled you in. (Don't deny it.) What keeps you a furry fan besides the porn?

For me, like I said, I like the overall lightheartedness of the culture. Everyone's just wanting to express themselves in different ways. People here generally like to have fun and be silly. There's no great moral debate or anything to stress over. It's just silly, fun, social, and occasionally sexy.

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5) How open are you with your friends? Hm. Is there a name for non-furries? Anyway, how open are you about it with friends, family, or the public?

I honestly find it slightly embarrassing, but not wrong or anything. Since I'm causal about it, I don't feel the need to tell anyone. It's like enjoying an unpopular band for me. It's kind of at a level where it seamlessly fits into "normal" life, so I don't even think about it. I know a lot of people have fun and go crazy with furry stuff. So, what about you?

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6) Adding on to that, how does it affect your life, if at all? Does it leak into your daily life much? Have a lot of furry paraphernalia laying around?

Like I said; for me, it doesn't change much.

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7) What do you think is the best part of being a furry, or about the culture in general? The worst? What's something you'd improve?

The best is the general cheerfulness. The worst...hm. Maybe the times when people take it too far and confuse reality and fantasy. What would I improve? The costumes. Don't get me wrong, the suits today are pretty impressive, but I can't shake the feeling of an amusement park worker every time I see them. Maybe make something more form fitting or less poofy?

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8) On that note, what style of art do you like the best? I know there's a variety of different styles between humans with ears or tails (not really furry) and animals with human minds. Most people fall somewhere in-between, I think. There are tons of different shades between the two extremes. Realism, ratio of human to animal, hands and feet, etc.. So pick the style that you tend to think of when you hear "furry".

What I think of: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/omnibahumut/m_1159034252611.jpg

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9) Lastly, any personal info you want to share? I don't mean anything identifying or important. I'm just curious what sort of percentages there are for various groups. You don't have to share this info. I can make an anonymous survey later if people want to share, but don't want their names attached to it. Just let me know.

Me

Age - 25

Sex - Male

Orientation - Gay

Location - NC, USA

Other subcultures and personality traits- Geek, gaymer, atheist, skeptic, painter, singer, tinkerer, whovian, RPG fan, card game fan, tabletop RP nerd, hacker, coffee addict, kinky, introvert, scifi fan, sci fan, transhumanist, forgetful, clumsy, open source advocate, night owl, and mild germaphobe...in no particular order.

Well, that's all I can think to ask at the moment. I hope this fosters a discussion or something.

EDIT: Holy crap balls at all the replies! I'll respond to them, I swear. Just...gimme a few minutes. I'm busy at the moment.

EDIT2: I replied to a bunch of people. I didn't reply to everyone, 'cause I didn't want to spam the thread, but I think I got all the questions. If I missed you or you want to talk about something, just let me know.

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Or am I alone? I know theres a forum specifically made for teen furs ( furryteens.org ) but I wasn't really interested in it after a while because things sort of died down and it was pretty boring there tbh. I just wanted to know if theres any teen furs here.

If you're a teen fur then maybe send me a message and we can be friends or something. I'm looking for more furry friends and its nice to have some around my age y'know.

Edit : I'm 15 c:

Update: Do guys think I should start a sub-forum for teen furs since there are waay more teens than I originally thought?

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With the main UnFurled cast stuck on hiatus, a group of fuzzies from up north take up the call to say things over the internet. Welcome back Levithan Redwing and welcome anew Rei Vagan and Phreddy Fox, who all think they are ready to take on the podcaster’s challenge!

 

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UnFurled North Episode -01 - With the main UnFurled cast stuck on hiatus, a group of fuzzies from up north take up the call to say things over the internet. Welcome back Levithan Redwing and welcome anew Rei Vagan and Phreddy Fox, who all think they are ready to take on the [...]

A tactical card game inspired by classic Japanese RPGs…

Note: This is an older post that I’ve updated with new information. FYI. Apologies if there are minor inconsistencies, please review the kickstarter itself for the latest!

Terrene Odyssey

Kickstarter ending 8/21/14

It’s been just over a year since game designer Chris Solis launched Terreria Tactics, Terrene Odyssey’s first incarnation. Now the tactical fantasy card game is back, with a leaner plan, pocket-sized price points, and a strong showing on day one. And it’s still a great game.

Here’s the principle, one that’s going to be familiar to fans of the early Final Fantasy and Ultima-type games: everything comes down to how you build your party, so your winning plan begins on turn zero. Each player (and the game seats two to four) builds a tight four-member party, equipping each member with an item or a command card. Round it out with a location that subtly affects how your characters spend actions and evolve (the same party might play differently based in a ruined city, windy plateau, or fish-market). Bam, you’re ready for your first skirmish.

Just on the surface, there’s a lot to like. First and foremost, the art of Terrene Odyssey is pretty darn cool, particularly for fans of dragons and raptors. You can take a look at Terrene’s Deviant Art gallery or art lead Megan “Megillakitty” Cheever’s FA page for a few more glimpses of the world. It’s not just lizards and birds of course, there’s also humans, aliens, golems, robots, and extradimensional weirdness. But they’re really good dragons.

The game’s rules strongly emphasize player agency (strategic play) over chance. You can get a good look at them on the team’s youtube channel, or just dig straight into the rulebooks–but really, the videos are a better friendly guided tour, whisking you through game play basics, the ten character classes/types, card types, and some advanced concepts to shake the game up–I particularly like the “supply” mechanic, where as game play moves forward, you start with four one-supply-point proles, then advance toward competent “adventurer” type characters that have a modest array of abilities, and finally, three-point “end boss” characters, giving a real sense of an epic, monster-stomp showdown.

The new product structure is built around two sets of two card selections, built within a broad theme–the forces of one of four powerful nobles. Each package has enough variety to build a few different parties and decks, so you’re able to get quickly into play, but can still pick and choose and build to an initial strategy. The price of $20 for one of these two base game packages is pretty much on par with non-collectable card games–maybe a bit easier on the pocketbook than other games of this complexity.

However.

However, those crazy people that crave, nay, live for, completion will want to get the reasonably priced, grand guignol Big Box package, which has six different “vs” decks, a dozen dozen supplemental cards, and a few other bells and whistles. While I love the shopping cart pricing of the smaller packages, clearly, the completionists are winning this round.

It’s been fun to see this project evolve, to see how the crowdfunding approach has shaped the final vision of the Terrene/Terreria. Originally Solis led with some low-price tchoctchkes that really didn’t dip into the game itself, marketing swag instead of the complete package. The cards themselves started at $40, which was maybe a little high for casual interest. This is a strong medium between them, a playable game at low levels–and furries can get JUST the dragons and birds, and take a pass on all those humans. Even the messaging changed, a little less tactics and a little more story, from a hopeful “about the creator” video with extended examples clocking in at well over five minutes to a concise, 1:40 elevator speech that jumps immediately into the meat of the game.
Anyway, do check out the Kickstarter page, and the videos. If you’re on the fence about this project, check out the print-and-play that’s got a whole bunch of sample cards and rules, enough to get a real sense for how a scenario might play out. Or do what I do, look at the pretty pictures and wait for that darn release date.

Note: Images used above are included to promote the work of crowdfunding artists, and are owned by the original creator. And special thanks to Megan Cheever for “Gold Plz,” the illustration for this post.

Enter the Dragon (and Bird): Terrene Odyssey

Down a host, but back from a con! Lots of stories from AnthroCon and plenty of insane news to boot. While the content was shifted around in schedule, this episode turned out pretty good. :3

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Watch Video Convention Review:

Anthrocon 2014

News:

• ‘Kaze, Ghost Warrior’ released for free; new series to be introduced at Anthrocon 2014 by GreenReaper 
• Animals experience a full range of emotions, according to new research
• If Even One Person Believes Steven Spielberg Killed A Dino, It’s Too Many
• Ohio man arrested for having sex with inflatable raft for third time in three years
• Gay Teacher Files Sex Discrimination Claim Against Georgia School
• Christian Anti-Masturbation Group’s Mascot Arrested For Public Masturbation

Emails

• Glitchy-Equinox – “To fayroe the questionably blue fox, and paradox wolf… And any guests”
• Hashna – “The Great Fursuit Challenge”
• Faker – “Great, now I’m Geocaching”
• Solar Powered Pegasus – “Swords…”
• Saucy Fox – “Everything is horrible and I feel broken”
• UncleNoob – “FurCast”

 

FC-171 Anti-Fappy - Down a host, but back from a con! Lots of stories from AnthroCon and plenty of insane news to boot. While the content was shifted around in schedule, this episode turned out pretty good. :3

Down a host, but back from a con! Lots of stories from AnthroCon and plenty of insane news to boot. While the content was shifted around in schedule, this episode turned out pretty good. :3

Download MP3

Watch Video Convention Review:

Anthrocon 2014

News:

• ‘Kaze, Ghost Warrior’ released for free; new series to be introduced at Anthrocon 2014 by GreenReaper 
• Animals experience a full range of emotions, according to new research
• If Even One Person Believes Steven Spielberg Killed A Dino, It’s Too Many
• Ohio man arrested for having sex with inflatable raft for third time in three years
• Gay Teacher Files Sex Discrimination Claim Against Georgia School
• Christian Anti-Masturbation Group’s Mascot Arrested For Public Masturbation

Emails

• Glitchy-Equinox – “To fayroe the questionably blue fox, and paradox wolf… And any guests”
• Hashna – “The Great Fursuit Challenge”
• Faker – “Great, now I’m Geocaching”
• Solar Powered Pegasus – “Swords…”
• Saucy Fox – “Everything is horrible and I feel broken”
• UncleNoob – “FurCast”

 

FC-171 Anti-Fappy - Down a host, but back from a con! Lots of stories from AnthroCon and plenty of insane news to boot. While the content was shifted around in schedule, this episode turned out pretty good. :3

Down a host, but back from a con! Lots of stories from AnthroCon and plenty of insane news to boot. While the content was shifted around in schedule, this episode turned out pretty good. :3

Download MP3

Watch Video Convention Review:

Anthrocon 2014

News:

• ‘Kaze, Ghost Warrior’ released for free; new series to be introduced at Anthrocon 2014 by GreenReaper 
• Animals experience a full range of emotions, according to new research
• If Even One Person Believes Steven Spielberg Killed A Dino, It’s Too Many
• Ohio man arrested for having sex with inflatable raft for third time in three years
• Gay Teacher Files Sex Discrimination Claim Against Georgia School
• Christian Anti-Masturbation Group’s Mascot Arrested For Public Masturbation

Emails

• Glitchy-Equinox – “To fayroe the questionably blue fox, and paradox wolf… And any guests”
• Hashna – “The Great Fursuit Challenge”
• Faker – “Great, now I’m Geocaching”
• Solar Powered Pegasus – “Swords…”
• Saucy Fox – “Everything is horrible and I feel broken”
• UncleNoob – “FurCast”

 

[Live] Anti-Fappy - Down a host, but back from a con! Lots of stories from AnthroCon and plenty of insane news to boot. While the content was shifted around in schedule, this episode turned out pretty good. :3

Down a host, but back from a con! Lots of stories from AnthroCon and plenty of insane news to boot. While the content was shifted around in schedule, this episode turned out pretty good. :3

Download MP3

Watch Video Convention Review:

Anthrocon 2014

News:

• ‘Kaze, Ghost Warrior’ released for free; new series to be introduced at Anthrocon 2014 by GreenReaper 
• Animals experience a full range of emotions, according to new research
• If Even One Person Believes Steven Spielberg Killed A Dino, It’s Too Many
• Ohio man arrested for having sex with inflatable raft for third time in three years
• Gay Teacher Files Sex Discrimination Claim Against Georgia School
• Christian Anti-Masturbation Group’s Mascot Arrested For Public Masturbation

Emails

• Glitchy-Equinox – “To fayroe the questionably blue fox, and paradox wolf… And any guests”
• Hashna – “The Great Fursuit Challenge”
• Faker – “Great, now I’m Geocaching”
• Solar Powered Pegasus – “Swords…”
• Saucy Fox – “Everything is horrible and I feel broken”
• UncleNoob – “FurCast”

 

FC-171 Anti-Fappy - Down a host, but back from a con! Lots of stories from AnthroCon and plenty of insane news to boot. While the content was shifted around in schedule, this episode turned out pretty good. :3

Hi. This is my first post on reddit and on r/furry for that matter. I've lurked for quite a while and would like to share some headcanons and theories on furries and a plausible history of the species.

1. Humans and furries(general) have a common ancestor

C.A.- homo instabilus

Notes- it is the name for the common ancestor. It is a branch of humanity that mutated faster then humans as a whole. A protein mutation causes the body to adapt to an area faster and develop animal-like traits depending on the reigon. This is the earth common ancestor. This branch only encompases natural earth species.

1. Alien furs have a natural affinity toward dark matter/energy manipulation. It was taught to earthen furs, effecting biology. Those who learn "magic" gradually get effected by it. Bio-luminecence is the effect. It often effects the eyes first, causing them to glow and/or change color. Next is the fur, etching flowing patterns of discoloration. Extreme cases effect the skin. Most colors are neon-like with no adverse effect on the person (note: this effect is permenant!).

2. Furs of mythos origin (dragons, gryphons, etc.) happen thru natural selection and/or gene mutation.

3. All furs have a human-hybrid brain. Despite an animals natural brain size, a furs brain is effective enough to give it the same processing power of humans.

4. Humans with slight animal characteristic have a furry past. Most likely, through a couple generations, a gene mutation to the developing embryo.

5. Extreme mutation is caused by isolation (ie, ocean patterns, shifting colors, etc).

6. Avian furs stem from mountian reigons, scalies from swamp and desert, and others from plains and forests (excluding land-based mountian, desert, and swamp animals).

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