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Furnal Equinox 2014 - Anyone else here attending?
'cuz I am!
PS: Come to the tea social, 6:00PM-7:30PM Saturday! Free snacks and tea!
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Millennials: Undo the Break Up (Julia Brito)
Toothless on the Printed Page
The Furry Dream
Guest post by Hemms. Hemms is a Fox from southern California who has been in the Furry Fandom for 7 years, since discovering it when he was 14 on Christmas Morning in 2006. A Lifestyler through and through, Furry is the driving motivation behind everything he does and studies. He is a student of Anthropology and forever a dreamer. He seeks to understand Furry culture, History, and dreams of a unified Fandom that realizes just how important and powerful it really is. Hemms is on Twitter and Fur Affinity.
In my seven years as a Furry I have witnessed what I believe amounts to a cultural revolution that occurred beyond the view of the public at large. I frequently attest to the view that the Furry Fandom is not just a fandom but a culture in its own right. I don’t expect this view to be the same for everyone.
There are Lifestylers and there are Hobbyists, and the argument over which one is the correct “way to Furry” is an argument that still rages in this Fandom despite this matter having supposedly been settled with the Burned Furs conflict in 1998. Arguing over whether Hobbyists aren’t Furry enough or that Lifestylers really ought to calm down and take off the tail in public is pointless. I’m not writing this to assert whether one view or the other is the right way or not. I’m writing to assert that there is a reason why the argument is still deemed important enough to be worth arguing.
The interesting thing about this argument is that both sides of the Furry ideological track agree that the other side is still Furry. The Lifestyler v. Burned Fur argument could have splintered the Fandom, but it didn’t, and I theorize that the reason it didn’t is the same reason we still see the argument as having value. The Furry Fandom isn’t your garden variety fandom that springs up around a television show or a book or web comic. We are a Fandom stemming from an idea, not a product or franchise, and with that idea I believe evolves ideals that culminate in what I call The Furry Dream.
The other fandoms of this world rely on a company or artist to produce the works that the fans follow, and without which there would be no fandom. The Furry Fandom relies on no such company. We only rely on ourselves to perpetuate the culture of our Fandom, and because we rely on ourselves we value voluntary self-governance.
The heads of Furry conventions, people like Uncle Kage, are Furries themselves and run our Fandom’s most important cultural centers based on the input of the people they serve. Think about anime fandom or Star Wars fans. The source material of these fandoms must be produced by someone who isn’t necessarily in the fan community. Fans must wait for this material to be made and shipped, and if it isn’t, then the fandom may die off. Their material is made largely without their input, and if they don’t like something it’s almost impossible to change it. It also makes it so that the gap between fan and producer is almost impossible to bridge. A fan cannot easily become a producer for their fandom in a way that amounts to more than fan art. But Furries decide our own course in our Fandom, and I don’t think we could imagine it any other way. It doesn’t naturally function any other way. If it did, we would lose a key part of our unique “Furriness”.
Uniqueness is in and of itself a value of this Fandom. We don’t just tolerate diversity in this Fandom, we celebrate it. Diversity is seen as a great benefit in this Fandom, and the more of an individual you can be the better. This Fandom is and always will be the port in the storm for the downtrodden refugee of the status quo.
When this Fandom was founded it was derived from the pre-existing fandoms of anime and science fiction, people who were already on the fringes of society and who were already doing a good job at diversity . When the Furry Fandom became its own entity, it had people from all walks of life, and in order to function it immediately destroyed social barriers that sometimes cripple the rest of the world. It normalized homosexuality; it legitimized other alternative sexualities; it liberated sexuality in general; obliterated the gender binary; it removed race as a playing factor to someone’s acceptance; mixed far-flung lifestyles; made class unimportant, and; above all, made self-expression take importance over group conformity.
Without self-expression there would be no creativity, and with no creativity there would be no Furry Fandom. The two go paw in paw. When you have a million people all with different ways of expressing themselves, which leads to a million different ways of being creative, you get a people whose continuity is fueled by their diverse individuality. That individuality becomes a necessity, and thus a value. That individuality causes a proliferation of the definition of what the self is, what a Furry is, and that’s why the whole Burned Fur vs. Lifestyler argument is still discussed, although no consensus is ever reached. We could define, once and for all, what a Furry is, but we don’t want to because we all came to this Fandom as individuals and want to stay that way because we all understand what it is like to be different. We don’t want to box in our individuality. We know how to function very well with diversity (and the rest of the world might want to take some notes).
But these are all just values, and I haven’t touched on what The Furry Dream actually is. Well, logically, the Dream must be the fulfillment of these values. Why did you join this Fandom? More importantly, why did you stay? It’s like explaining the American Dream. There is a soundbite that is commonly quipped, but most Americans have an idea of what the ephemeral American Dream is for them, and for everyone it is a little different. The ways of attaining it are infinite, with multiple ideologies about how one does so. But if The Furry Dream were to be written out in a way that made it applicable to all, I think it would read something similar to this:
“We the Furries dream of limitless diversity, creativity, self-discovery, and autonomy.” And may I add, “We will fight to keep it.”
Furries Aeterna
Dissecting frogs could be treason?
Actic Fox soars the sky
My friend Azra goes off for a spot of para-skiing. The choice of music creates a nice mood of soaring freedom in the air. I rather like his fursuit because there moments where I don’t think that is my friend underneath a costume, but that he is Azra fox himself.
An incredible experience I had the chance to try out when skiing in Flaine, France this winter. Just had to put together the clips I took at the time - I hope you enjoy it! Song is IAMX - Spit it out
Sofawolf
Furry literature publisher and store.
In their wordsSofawolf Press is an independent publisher dedicated to storytelling that focuses on anthropomorphic animals of all sorts. We create and sell novels, anthologies and story collections, graphic novels and other similar works.
RatingThis store contains works that are suitable for a general audience as well as works that are orientated for adult readers.
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Now that fa_mirror is fairly stable. Which functionality should I add next?
fa_mirror is now running on a server and the only thing able to bring it down is reddit going down. Having beaten the 2-day uptime mark (yay!) I was thinking in adding some more functionality.
I was thinking in adding:
- Deviantart/Weasyl/other to Imgur.
- Mirroring links in comments.
- Automated deletion if OP replies.
Which thing (not only mirroring) would you like to be automated on this subreddit?
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Buni
Dark comedy about a happy-go-lucky rabbit with unfortunate outcomes.
In their wordsBuni is a dark comic about an optimistic bunny with terrible luck. Buni is syndicated through Universal Uclick on GoComics and currently runs in The Stranger in Seattle, The Badger Herald in Madison and several online sites. Buni was also one of the 10 finalists in the Comic Strip Superstar contest hosted by Universal Press Syndicate and Amazon.com.
Rating
This site contains little or mild offensive materials.
Additional links
Fursuiting Tips
Furry You Should Know: A Panther is not an animal species.
A black panther is not an animal species, but just the name to designate a big cat with a black fur coat cause by a genetical mutation.
Black panthers are usually leopards or jaguars, although the term may also describe a jaguarundi or even a cougar, although no true black cougars have ever been seen and their existence is debated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_panther
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Clockwork Creature
Fursuit maker for the high end quality market. The studio specialise in fursuits that have a realism appearance.
In their wordsWe are an artistic costume and design studio specializing in one-of-a-kind realistic, theatrical, and macabre styles of creature costumes.
Rating
Suitable for all ages. This site has no offensive content.
Additional links
Real-life Science Fiction - Can fiction become reality? In today's episode, we consider some of the predictions made by movies, books, and television shows in decades past and how some of these guesses have become devices we use in day-to-day life.
Can fiction become reality? In today’s episode, we consider some of the predictions made by movies, books, and television shows in decades past and how some of these guesses have become devices we use in day-to-day life. We also have some futuristic wishes of our own.
Listen and comment!
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Real-life Science Fiction - Can fiction become reality? In today's episode, we consider some of the predictions made by movies, books, and television shows in decades past and how some of these guesses have become devices we use in day-to-day life.
Rise of Mana (Secret of Mana series)
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Kevin Spacey is... Keyboard Cat!
The clever thing about this parody is its broad appeal on various levels. You have the younger internet generation who will recognise several youtube memes, namely Keyboard Cat, Hamster on a Piano and Dramatic Chipmunk. For film buffs they will recognise actors like Kevin Spacey, Sir Ben Kingsley and Gary Oldman, as well as the sketch being based on the film Amadeus. As for furs, well you get to see the likes of Kevin Spacey dressed in fursuits.
Many of this year's Oscar nominated films were adapted from books, including The Wolf of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, and Twelve Years a Slave - but times are changing. Our plan is to escort the movie business into the 21st century, so we enlisted the help of some of the greatest talents in the world of film to help us adapt popular YouTube videos into big-budget Hollywood movies.