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I've been curious as to the popularity of this subject. Most of my furry friends and I are in relationships, but not of the "normal" (as society might say) close distance variety. In fact, my friends and I haven't even met the person we love whether it be a state away, or like myself, separated by an ocean and separate sovereign nations. But the odd thing is, the love felt on each end is, well, more than real. I can't speak for my friends, but I am aware of the implicated dangers. I've seen both 'To Catch a Predator' and 'Catfish'. But having video called to verify eachothers legitimacy and voice calling almost every night, as infatuated as I am with him, it's something that's... awkward to bring up with non-furry peers. From an outside perspective it might seem as if these relationships are not valid because they are not close-distance, but I can assure you what my friends and I feel for the person across the screen is undeniable love. I am curious as to how many furries, both in the late teen stage as myself or adults have been in this situation, what about is so alluring, and how it worked out.

Any input would be greatly appreciated

~Djenty

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I saw this on a Kia Soul at work today. Anyone own a Kia?

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Roo continues with his new 'campus radio' format with some great 'music by furs' including a new single AND surprise interview from Husky In Denial, a song from DWNGRD's new EP, and music from a new album by ODIN's Disciple! Joining our show today are newcomers Jericko Spellbinder, Hickory Paws, Checqz, Syriel and Ley and veteran Black Wervolk! Be sure to listen as Roo's chat with Husky In Denial comes SUDDENLY...and WITHOUT WARNING!! FUZZY NOTES CHALLENGE: A semi-regular musical challenge sent out to all furry songwriters, producers and musicians to try something different! All the information is in the episode, but the low down is: * You are given a basic concept - a theme, a single lyric, maybe a musical restriction - and I CHALLENGE you to write a song based on that concept. * Songs can be any genre…the only rule to be considered is it must somehow convey the concept * All songs submitted will be featured on a special episode of Fuzzy Notes * All songs are winners, but one will be chosen out of the group by a panel consisting of Potoroo, a furry musician, and someone involved in the music industry outside of furry (a recording artist, a producer, a manager, a radio promoter or personality, etc.) based on three factors: the relevance to the theme, creativity, and what can best be described as ‘How excited we are about the song!’ * The artist selected will have their own CODA interview episode focusing on their music and the song they created, bragging rights, and some kind of cool prize The goal is to challenge furry musicians to try something a bit different, and to get more furry music into the world...which benefits us all! The first Fuzzy Notes Challenge concept: RADIO SILENCE Use this as inspiration: maybe a lyric, maybe a mood, maybe you'll use radio static in your song...who knows! It's up to you! Deadline for entry is June 1st. Submit your songs to Roo via email (it can be a Dropbox or Soundcloud link) at fuzzynotespodcast@gmail.com. THE MUSIC: NOTE: I misnamed Syriel's track 'Eternal Infamy,' which is actually the name of his band which performed it. The proper title is Ether! I apologize for getting it mixed up. Husky In Denial - Blue World * SINGLE: http://huskyindenial.bandcamp.com/album/blue-world * Bandcamp: http://huskyindenial.bandcamp.com * Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/husky-in-denial * Twitter: http://twitter.com/HuskyInDenial * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buck/ * Tumblr: http://huskyindenial.tumblr.com Black Wervolk - Starlight Harmony * Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12848576/ * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12848576/ Jericko Spellbinder - Yonders * Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13125686/ * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/jericko.spellbinder/ Hickory Paws - Kettle * Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13209997/ * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hickorypaws/ * Twitter: https://twitter.com/HickoryPaws DWNGRD - Forest Clearing * Album: http://dwngrd.bandcamp.com/album/old-models-ep * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dwngrd * Twitter: https://twitter.com/DWNGRD Checqz - Synthetic?! * Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13155746/ * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/checqz/ * Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/checqz Syriel (Eternal Infamy) - Ether * Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4555726/ * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/syrieltiger/ * Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/eternalinfamy ODIN's Disciple - (Now Look Kid) Everybody's Got To Have Friends (Muladhar) * Album: http://odinsdisciple.bandcamp.com/album/what-makes-you-human-muladhar-and-the-lower-chakras * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ODINsDiscipleMusicalLaboratory Ley - Zephyr * Track: https://soundcloud.com/tehloy/zephyr * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/leey * Soundcloud: http(continued) Fuzzy Notes 65 - Impromptu - Roo continues with his new 'campus radio' format with some great 'music by furs' including a new...

Web comic about a young lycanthropete that generally relies on the same humour each stripe.

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The comic (mis)adventures and tribulations of an angst ridden lycanthrope and his...uh...unusual twentysomething friends.

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A completed story about a female wombat lost on an adventure far from home.

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Digger the wombat is the heroine–nominally–of our epic. She’s a wombat, who took a wrong turn and wound up in a strange land far from home. Her interests include geology, engineering, earthworks, and wondering where exactly  everybody else around her lost their minds.

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Browser based game offering players virtual pets they can interact and play with.

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IcePets is a virtual pet site where you can play games, quests, and activities for hours of fun a day. Pet Closet is a favorite feature on IcePets, where you can switch back to past used pet color themes. Regular quality updates of new features and improvements. With 14 virtual pet species to choose from, hundreds of items to collect and enjoy, dozens of avatars hidden around the site, you will see why IcePets is a great virtual world! Make a free account.

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Portfolio site for the artist and fursuit maker Phar Whitewater.

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Colleen 'Phar' Campbell is a Canadian costume artist and illustrator. She specializes in one of a kind, original animal costumes, sculptures, illustrations and props.

Since 2003 she has been creating costumes and props for private collectors as well as corporations like NBC Universal, and Industrial Fright. Some of her recent work can be found on the hit web-series ‘THE GUILD’ as well as the new web-series ‘VIDEO GAME REUNION’.

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Suitable for all ages. This site has no offensive content.

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Michael Vash is a fine artist,  illustrator, and former Disney employee  with a wicked sense of humor. Mostly (but not exclusively) it’s directed at our canine companions.  His first hardcover book is called Doggy Styles: The Poop and the Scoop — An Irreverent Guide to Man’s Best Friend, and it’s available at Amazon right now. Fair warning: These are not illustrations meant for kids! Also, check out Michael’s personal web site for sample pages from the book, as well as more of his illustrations both silly and not.

 

image c. 2014 by Michael Vash

Humourous or grim art doodles involving animals like rabbit, birds and unicorns.

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For mature audiences.  Occasional doodles depict violence, nudity, and adult situations.  Viewer should be at least 17 or with parental guidance.

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Thanks to /u/KaulitzWolf I finally made a cute sona. However, it is more of a puppy than an anthro. Could one of you amazing furs do a quick sketch up of what he'd look like in anthro form? Thanks :3

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Dear Papa Bear,

My best friend moved away and we used to fool around some, but casually and everything was cool. But now that he doesn’t live close anymore, I’ve fooled around with another friend, but not often and lately not at all. He’s never in the mood. I know I shouldn't pressure him, but my sexual drive is bad and masturbating isn’t cutting it for me anymore. I don’t want to fool around with just anyone. I just want to know if there is a way to control my sex drive so I don’t always want it?

No Name

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Dear No Name,

There are many things that can reduce or "control" your sex drive, including: 1) heavy consumption of alcohol, 2) stressing yourself out with hard work, especially at a job you hate, 3) gaining a lot of weight so you are in bad physical shape and sex is too much of an exertion, 4) getting a disease like diabetes or cancer, 5) depriving yourself of sleep for long periods of time (having children to take care of is a good way to do this), or 6) you can try what they do with sex criminals, such as aversion therapy (e.g., every time you see something that is sexually stimulating, expose yourself to an unpleasant smell or image) or chemical or surgical castration.

I’m being facetious, of course. The point is that you shouldn’t have to lower or "control" your sex drive to please someone else, and, yes, masturbation is not a satisfying substitute (been there!) There is nothing wrong with a person having a healthy sex drive, and you should not have to apologize for it (your sex drive isn’t “bad,” it’s active is all). You are entitled, in fact, to finding sexual satisfaction, and if your partner cannot or will not provide it, then you have a problem.

When it comes to your friend, you might, actually, investigate whether his problem has to do with any of the first five options above (hopefully 6 is waaaay out of the picture!) It might be, hard as it is to hear it, that he has simply lost interest in you or sex in general. Whatever it is, it is a problem with him and not you. Since the two of you are friends and not something more, there is certainly nothing wrong with your finding another partner, and yet still be friends with the first guy. 

I understand you don’t want to sleep around with “just anyone,” but you don’t have to. You can find one or two other friends with whom you have a bond, people you trust, and come to an understanding that that friendship can also include a sexual component (sometimes referred to as "friends with benefits," but this always sounded a bit tawdry to me, so I don't like the term; there's also the term "f*** buddy* which is a bit more playful LOL—you'd think I'd find that one more naughty, but I find it more honest, actually). In fact, that is what you currently have with this friend you're writing about.

I have long felt that people put far too much weight upon the factor of sex, feeling guilty about their sexual needs because society labels people as “sluts” if they enjoy sex and don’t want to be limited to just one person. (There's actually a fascinating book on this topic called The Ethical Slut.) I find calling people names because they have a healthy sexual appetite to be juvenile, selfish, controlling, and manipulative (gee, you think I have a strong opinion on this?) There are all kinds of sexual relationships in this world. Sometimes, people wish to be fully monogamous with each other, and that’s fine; that’s great. Other times, people can agree upon a polygamous or polyamorous relationship. If all parties concerned are agreeable to it, then that is fine as well. 

But if two people wish to have a relationship and their sexual needs differ greatly, then they need to talk it out and come to an agreement. It is unfair, for example, for one partner with low or no sexual drive to dictate to the other with a stronger libido that they cannot have sex because if they do they will be a "cheater." It is also wrong for one partner to force the other into a role he or she does not enjoy (e.g. one partner is dominant and wants the other to be subby even if the other partner does not want to be dom'd, or the opposite case, as in a subby insisting his partner be dom when he's not). When that happens, bitterness, unrest, and dissatisfaction will put that relationship at risk. Sexual incompatibility can be a death blow to even the best of relationships. (This is also something with which I am intimately familiar, so I know how emotionally painful this issue can be.)

So, No Name, if you are not satisfied with your sexual relationship, the answer is to first find out if there is a health or psychological issue with your partner that needs to be resolved; if that is not the case, then the answer is not to adjust your sex drive (nor is it right to insist that someone who doesn't want sex that they should crank up his or her libido just to please you) but rather to find an alternative to satisfying your own needs. 

(I should reiterate here that much of this letter is geared toward relationships of a more serious nature than yours, whereas you were writing to me about what is really just a friendship with a side of sex, so your dilemma is not such a weighty moral issue.)

I cannot stress this enough: you should never have to apologize for wanting a sexually satisfying lifestyle; just be considerate of your partner’s feelings while insisting on your right to have your own needs fulfilled. 

And remember what my buddy Critter says (imagine the voice of Towelie from South Park: "Always wear a condom!" (Sorry, Critter, you're becoming my spokesfurry on this one LOL).

Hope that makes sense. Good luck to you!

Papabear

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Anyone here have suggestions for Good, Not too ex Commission for Reference Sheet?

And What make different of Regular ones with Concept work for Fursuit? Are they same or different?

Thinking that I need new good refs for Fursuit Commission.

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