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Dear Papabear,

Hello. In recent times I've seen a furry dating service who also has an advertisement on your site and was worried that this kind of thing might put out an odd light for people who don't know the furry fandom very well. I guess it's kind of a silly fear, but I just had to ask somebody who may [have] a little bit more of a level headed point of view on this. Well, anyway, in closing, thank you for taking the time to read my message to you. I look forward to your reply.

Zapper

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Hi, Zapper,

I assume you mean FurryMate, which does, indeed, have an ad on my site. I’m curious why you feel this is sending a bad message out about the furry fandom. In recent years, a lot of specialty dating sites have cropped up after the success of more generic dating sites, such as eHarmony. There are dating sites that specialize in ethnic, religious, and even age and sexual orientation preferences. Why shouldn’t there also be some dating sites specific to furries?

I would actually like to hear from any of my readers who have used a furry dating site like FurryMate. Tell me about your experiences with them!

Wishing Y’all Love and Happiness,

Papabear

I posed this question some time ago to AskReddit but I didn't get much of a response. This is really a question about language at its heart. I want to know if someone who identifies as a furry describes him/herself using language typically reserved for animals.

I understand that the German "fressen" can carry a negative connotation when used to describe human behavior, and I wonder if someone's furry-ness can override that connotation.

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What are you guys opinions on Werewolves? Do they count as an anthro character? Basically what does everyone think of them?

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A young wizard’s quest for an ancient and elusive magical artifact takes him on a deadly adventure, full of strange creatures and stranger vocabulary…

Matlock the Hare: The Puzzle of the Tillan Wand

Kickstarter ending 6/24/14

I’m going to start by saying that I really like this project. It’s got great artwork, that hare’s got charisma, and there’s some good worldbuilding.

So I’m going to besecond myself–oh god, they’ve got me doing it now–by adding Dorothy Parker’s immortal lines from her review of the classic children’s book, “House at Pooh Corner”:

“And it is that word ‘hummy,’ my darlings, that marks the first place in The House at Pooh Corner at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up.”

There. It’s been said, and it’s been said about a classic. Now I can let it go and embrace the hare.

Matlock, should you choose to meet him, is the magical hero of Phil and Jacqui Lovesey’s “Matlock the Hare” book series. He’s an up-and-coming wizardly fellow in green robes, in a world chock full of quirky critters, strange locales, and singing ambulatory mushrooms. In his first full-length book, Riddle of the Trefflepugga Path, his quest takes him along a winding, self-aware road to save the little world of Winchett Dale. It’s a weighty 400 pages of fun, with whimsical illustrations…and a glossary.

Um, about that glossary.

There is a proud tradition among YA authors of hand-crafting words. Mr. Carroll added “chortle” and “vorpal” to our lexicon, and had dozens of others that didn’t make the cut. And Mme. Rowling was no slouch for peppering her world with choice little syllable strings.  Dr. Seuss gave us the word “nerd.” So, let the authors flood the land with neologisms…just…keep it legible, okay?

“Guzzword - n. The saztaculous and peffacrumlush nectar of the dale. Much imbibed by us all, especially when feasting. A home supply is essential during peffa-long winter months…” –The glossary of “Dalespeak”

This may be particular whipping horse of mine, I have a weak stomach for cute. And for kids’ literature, a playful approach to language really is great for not only sparking interest, but interest in the language itself. Digging into those colorful, silly words is like eating a mouth full of “Pop Rocks.” Maybe it’s a British thing in particular. Hey, English was their idea in the first place, they can dicker with it if they like.

What really drew me in, though, was the artwork, with its graceful curves, bright eyes, and amazingly baroque smiles. I’m reminded of Toni Diterlizzi’s old twisty-curly style, maybe a little more cartoony, but no complaints. The characters are perfect, glowing and strange. Their occasional appearances in stop-motion are just as pretty.

As for the kickstarter, it’s only day two and they’re about halfway to goal, which is great–this is Matlock’s second full-length book, but he’s a character with a fanbase and history, established through little readers and art projects.  I expect the Loveseys will be gallaphumping their way to a third book in the future, but 500 (!) pages of Matlock will have to keep their fans peffa-content for another year or two.

Note: Images used above are included to promote the work of crowdfunding artists, and are owned by the original creator.

Author: Fred Brian Lee Cook’s Allasso Furry book series/magazine was started in 2011, announcing two volumes per year. (He and I had argued over whether this meant semi-yearly or bi-yearly. He says bi-yearly and I say semi-yearly.) Vol. 1 was published in November 2011 as a 116-page trade paperback with 14 stories and poems [review], […]

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ABC News gave a shout to furries at the 2014 How Weird Street Faire. On May 4, thousands of costumers filled the streets for the 15th annual event. 43 furries RSVP’ed, and fursuiters had changing space in walking distance, thanks to generous member Boiler. (Send her love during misfortune that happened to her family recently.) […]

Author: crossaffliction Contributors this month include crossaffliction, dronon, earthfurst, Fred, GreenReaper, Higgs Raccoon, Kakurady, Patch Packrat, Rakuen Growlithe and RingtailedFox. read more Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought Creative Commons: Full post may be available under a free license.

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Fursuiters, or those who want to be: If you died, would you want to be buried in your fursuit? Would you want your friends to attend your funeral in theirs? If a freind wanted it, would you attend their funeral in your fursuit?

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Author: GreenReaper It’s a hard life for search engines, and sites like Flayrah with varying page layout don’t help. But thanks to a few hours with Google’s data highlighter, it’ll be easier for one of them to identify who wrote what, what a story is about, and how well it was received. What does this […]

♬ …Wouldn’t you think I’m a shark that at everything! ♬

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Hello. If you use FurAffinity, there's a good chance you're going to be watched by me soon... well, if they don't ban me first.

I've been "inspired" by the recent exploits of one Valdyrburr who's shown me that apparently the FA staff are fine with people mass-watching for whatever reason. But mass-watching is hard to do.. so I've decided to lower the bar. I've created a github page with a project (in java (yeah I know gross ew)) that will allow anyone to watch everyone. It's part a statement, part an experiment, and a lot of nervousness on my part as to what the result might be.

Before you jump for the downvotes / banhammers / whatever, I just want to say that what I did wasn't against any rule outlined in FA's terms of service and I'm not trying to do ill - I'm just sort of.. pointing out what I see as a flaw in the system.

Also of interest... in preparing for this project, I collected a database full of data scraped from FA user profiles. So, if you like that kind of stuff, check out the link in the github's readme. Nothing that isn't publicly available, just put together in one nice easy to use package.

anyway uh.. shoot, I dunno. Ask questions, whatever one does in a reddit. I'll try to explain what the deal is if I can. As a last note I'd like to echo from my profile that if you know my main profile please respect my decision to perform this anonymously, I'm not looking for publicity.

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Author: Fred The spirit of Thorne Smith lives! Or it did in 1959, when this novel was published. Transformation was never so funny, or so inebriated, as when they wrote it. There were no moral implications in Arthur Green’s watering the Scotch; it was purely an executive maneuver. A less efficient administrator might simply have apologized for […]

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