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Sakura fox and Mercury are huge inspirations. They’re great fursuit performers, cool people, and way cute. They’re the kind of furries who make this subculture awesome. They’re Texas-based but well known around cons. I’ve seen them present con panels about “Renegade Fursuiting.” Sakura has a series of FA journals about it that are recommended reading. […]

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Oh, Papa Bear, 

I'm having some real trouble lately. In the past 24 hours I've had to talk two people down from suicide and now one’s gone and said good-bye. I don't know if he killed himself or not; no one can get a hold of him, and since he lives in another country I don't know how to alert anyone around him to it.

I was finally beginning to drag myself out of depression and suicidal thoughts myself, but all this is wearing me down. I feel selfish for feeling this way, for wishing I had never met them so I would never have to deal with potentially loosing them.

I feel sick and confused and like everyone around me is crumbling, I don't know what to do. I'm loosing sleep and spend a lot of my time crying now but I can't just abandon them. What do people do when they have so many people coming to them as one of their last resorts? How do people handle this?

I just ... I really want to know if I should keep chugging along or not. Every week someone is threatening their life and it's so scary and painful. I don't want my friends to feel like this.

Anonymous

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Hi, Good-hearted Person,

First of all, if you are having suicidal thoughts, you need to speak with a professional. I hope you have done so. If not, search for “suicide hotline” and you will find several services to help you for free.

Secondly, if you are getting messages on a weekly basis from different people threatening suicide, I really have to wonder with whom you are associating. Did you join some group of depressed people? If so, that is really something you should avoid given your vulnerable state. As someone who is not very stable herself emotionally, you are the last person who should be trying to help others with their depression. Seek help for yourself first. Then, maybe later, much later, when you feel you can handle it, you might want to talk to people in, say, a group therapy session.

Another thing you need to watch out for is drama queens. This might sound like an awful thing for me to say, but I have come across many people who threaten suicide as a pathetic bid for attention. I even had one person call me and tell me he was in the hospital for a triple bypass and he didn’t think he was going to survive so he was calling to say farewell. Turned out to be a big fat lie and he wasn’t sick at all.

Sweetie, it is not the people who threaten suicide out loud who are the one’s at risk, usually. More typically, it is the people who say nothing and, suddenly, they are dead. In fact, often, a person who is suicidal will seem the happiest and calmest just before they kill themselves. Why? Because they have reached a decision to commit suicide and that decision gives them peace.

But there are, indeed, signs to look out for in the truly suicidal. See here: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/10/08/common-signs-of-someone-who-may-be-suicidal/ for some information.

While it is great that you want to help others, doing so has had a very bad impact on your well being, and I would recommend you not try to counsel such people at this time. As for anyone who has already contacted you about this, you should try to contact their friends and family to alert them. This might be hard for your foreign friend, but there is only so much you can do.

Again, it's great that you care, but think of it this way: would you want a surgeon with a nervous condition that makes his hand tremble operating on you? Of course not. For the same reason, you should not be counseling suicidal people.

Take care of yourself first. This is not a selfish thing; it is the wise thing to do.

Hugs,

Papabear

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Hi Papa Bear, thank you for replying to me so quickly, and I'm sorry for taking so long to reply.

I've been in therapy for a while now, but I've scheduled my appointments a little more frequently.

I've also taken your advice and taken a step back from my more troubled friends. I'm not too sure why I end up being friends with so many suicidal people, I guess it's just my personality or something. I still talk to them, but our conversations are now more friendly and bright! :)

I've gone from weekly suicide threats to helping only two people get a better view on life. I'm so much less stressed and worried myself now, I had no idea how much dealing with all that could bring me down and hurt me.

So thank you again! My life's gotten a lot easier now that I've started focusing on my recovery the most.

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Hello everyone, thanks in advance for reading this. As it says in the title, I'm new to the fandom, and, unfortunately, I suck at drawing and don't know anyone inside the fandom, so I can't quite get a drawn image of my character. I was wondering where the best place would be to find people taking requests to draw characters, preferably free of charge. Some say that on the FA forums is a good place to start, but I'd rather make sure.

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This week’s illustration is from the Kickstarter project, “Poochinality/Purrsonality” by LeahTribal.

Little milestone this week for Furstarter, according to Twitter, Tumblr, and a few other ‘rs, it’s been a year since our first post. So a belated happy birthday to this silly project.

Things I’ve learned over the year:

• Werewolf projects are a dime a dozen and not actually that interesting as a category. I blame Twilight. The same thing with anime cat girls. I do not blame Twilight.
• Kickstarter is not an advertising medium, and artists are not generally great at self-promotion. The skills involved in creating something beautiful or amazing are rarely the skills involved in the somewhat whorish world of crowdfunding. Get a team.
• Graphics are important. Blog became much more workable when I went to a graphical format, and personally I ignore anything on Kickstarter without one or two decent images or at least header text. I don’t regret this because I do want to concentrate on projects that either have a chance of success or are interesting. The latter should be a pretty low bar.
• The truly awful projects that on their face would never succeed are fronted by people who can’t see that themselves. And they’ll repost them because they can’t see the flaws in their own baby.
• If a project fails, it won’t succeed unless there’s a major rebuild. Just setting the dollar level at what you got the time before won’t work. Because you’ll only reach that number the first time unless you do something completely new.
• I am not really equipped to judge what is “cool” when it comes to video games.
• Patreon is a terrible fire hose to sip from.

Anyway, thank you all for the last year :) Onward to a big start for the next year!

New Projects

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

Children’s Products

Pablo Bear Goes to Asia (Ends: 7/1/2014)
A cute little children’s comic about a world-traveling bear, a backpack, and almost 200 pages of art!

Costumes/Clothing

Cloudsdale Thunder Tees (Ends: 6/10/2014)
A few fun tee designs based on MPL-inspired sports teams
The Majicraft Shop has cutie mark-inspired glass tumblrs, among other things. Your cutiemark on a glass!

Jewelry

Poochinality & Purrsonality (Ends: 6/12/2014)
Pup and kitten charms by LeahTribal

Tabletop Games

12 Realms Ancestor’s Legacy (Ends: 6/13/2014)
A fairy-tale focused expansion for the 12 Realms board game, with a generous helping of anthro and anthropathic characters and art.

Toys

DigitalSoaps Geeky Soaps (Ends: 6/13/2014)
Cute geeky little hand soaps–pokeballs, companion cubes, Dragonballs, tardis, etc etc. Fun stuff!

…Just for fun

Placebo FX Spider Queen (Ends: 6/20/2014): Impressive! An ambitious “Spider Queen” concept by Placebo FX, with eight eyes, legs, and all the latex you can imagine.
The Adventures of Aero-Girl (Ends: 6/18/2014): “A Girl and Her Gorilla…” Action-packed and cartoony comics about a superhero’s daughter and her high-powered pet gorilla.

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What kind of climax is it if there’s no bacon? The kind with our local guest CJ and a lot of shenanigans involved. Okay seriously though; Fayroe doesn’t like bacon. The fuck is up with that shit?

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Watch Video News:

• Bad Karma shutters Ychan, Yiffy International, 420furs.org by GreenReaper 
• NY jury to decide: bizarre sex fantasy or real murder-kidnap plot?
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• New Dad Thinks Baby Might Be Gay
• Man Files Restraining Order Against 5-Year-Old
• Rapper Andre Johnson, Aka Christ Bearer, Severs Penis And Jumps From Balcony: Police

Emails:

• IRCFox Staff – “IRCFox Scheduled Downtime – Please read on air this weekend 5/18/14”
• Alex – “How Public do I make My Private Life?”
• Spark – “My gayness is spreading.”
• Naku Name – “Issue with contributing and other things that aren’t related”
• Terrin – “PLEASE READ THIS. NEW TO FURCAST”
• Leon the Raccoon – “For Fayroe :3”

FC-167 Pre-Bacon Climax - What kind of climax is it if there's no bacon? The kind with our local guest CJ and a lot of shenanigans involved. Okay seriously though; Fayroe doesn't like bacon. The fuck is up with that shit?

What kind of climax is it if there’s no bacon? The kind with our local guest CJ and a lot of shenanigans involved. Okay seriously though; Fayroe doesn’t like bacon. The fuck is up with that shit?

Download MP3

Watch Video News:

• Bad Karma shutters Ychan, Yiffy International, 420furs.org by GreenReaper 
• NY jury to decide: bizarre sex fantasy or real murder-kidnap plot?
• Better Than Sex: 9 Things People Would Rather Do Than Get Busy
• New Dad Thinks Baby Might Be Gay
• Man Files Restraining Order Against 5-Year-Old
• Rapper Andre Johnson, Aka Christ Bearer, Severs Penis And Jumps From Balcony: Police

Emails:

• IRCFox Staff – “IRCFox Scheduled Downtime – Please read on air this weekend 5/18/14”
• Alex – “How Public do I make My Private Life?”
• Spark – “My gayness is spreading.”
• Naku Name – “Issue with contributing and other things that aren’t related”
• Terrin – “PLEASE READ THIS. NEW TO FURCAST”
• Leon the Raccoon – “For Fayroe :3”

FC-167 Pre-Bacon Climax - What kind of climax is it if there's no bacon? The kind with our local guest CJ and a lot of shenanigans involved. Okay seriously though; Fayroe doesn't like bacon. The fuck is up with that shit?

What kind of climax is it if there’s no bacon? The kind with our local guest CJ and a lot of shenanigans involved. Okay seriously though; Fayroe doesn’t like bacon. The fuck is up with that shit?

Download MP3

Watch Video News:

• Bad Karma shutters Ychan, Yiffy International, 420furs.org by GreenReaper 
• NY jury to decide: bizarre sex fantasy or real murder-kidnap plot?
• Better Than Sex: 9 Things People Would Rather Do Than Get Busy
• New Dad Thinks Baby Might Be Gay
• Man Files Restraining Order Against 5-Year-Old
• Rapper Andre Johnson, Aka Christ Bearer, Severs Penis And Jumps From Balcony: Police

Emails:

• IRCFox Staff – “IRCFox Scheduled Downtime – Please read on air this weekend 5/18/14”
• Alex – “How Public do I make My Private Life?”
• Spark – “My gayness is spreading.”
• Naku Name – “Issue with contributing and other things that aren’t related”
• Terrin – “PLEASE READ THIS. NEW TO FURCAST”
• Leon the Raccoon – “For Fayroe :3”

[Live] Pre-Bacon Climax - What kind of climax is it if there's no bacon? The kind with our local guest CJ and a lot of shenanigans involved. Okay seriously though; Fayroe doesn't like bacon. The fuck is up with that shit?

What kind of climax is it if there’s no bacon? The kind with our local guest CJ and a lot of shenanigans involved. Okay seriously though; Fayroe doesn’t like bacon. The fuck is up with that shit?

Download MP3

Watch Video News:

• Bad Karma shutters Ychan, Yiffy International, 420furs.org by GreenReaper 
• NY jury to decide: bizarre sex fantasy or real murder-kidnap plot?
• Better Than Sex: 9 Things People Would Rather Do Than Get Busy
• New Dad Thinks Baby Might Be Gay
• Man Files Restraining Order Against 5-Year-Old
• Rapper Andre Johnson, Aka Christ Bearer, Severs Penis And Jumps From Balcony: Police

Emails:

• IRCFox Staff – “IRCFox Scheduled Downtime – Please read on air this weekend 5/18/14”
• Alex – “How Public do I make My Private Life?”
• Spark – “My gayness is spreading.”
• Naku Name – “Issue with contributing and other things that aren’t related”
• Terrin – “PLEASE READ THIS. NEW TO FURCAST”
• Leon the Raccoon – “For Fayroe :3”

FC-167 Pre-Bacon Climax - What kind of climax is it if there's no bacon? The kind with our local guest CJ and a lot of shenanigans involved. Okay seriously though; Fayroe doesn't like bacon. The fuck is up with that shit?

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*Please not F-list or IRC chats, it dosen't work for me.

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