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Hello,

Just so you know, this might get a bit garbled, so apologies if it does.

I'm having a rather unusual and very stupid problem which I know is unfounded and shouldn't be an issue but unfortunately is.

You see I am...well, I hate to say 'in love with' but it seems to be that way with the cartoon character Tech E Coyote. The problem I have is I keep on seeing pictures of him doing all sorts of naughty things with other fursonas and...well it ticks me off.

I will happily say that is defiantly shouldn't annoy me and everyone should be entitled to having their share of romance with a cartoon character and so on, but it's causing me to be...well angry with people I've never even met or talked to before, which just ain't damn right.

I did think it was due to my brain almost thinking he was cheating on me, or something stupid like that, but it doesn’t happen with other male fursonas, only with female ones. I don't know if this is me trying to fool myself into thinking he's gay or something, but I really want to get this to stop happening, I shouldn't be having this happen. I've tried drawing my fursona with him, and it turns out terribly since I cannot draw at all.

My question mainly is, is this natural and can I do anything about it?

Thanks
Stettfudd

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Hi, Stettfudd,

A lot of furries have what is technically called “schediaphilia,” which is an attraction for cartoon characters. Your attraction for Tech E Coyote is sexual, indeed, though you also say you love the character. And the only reason you are seeing Tech E in sexually explicit drawings online is because you are searching for furporn. The obvious solution for that problem is for you to stop looking at furporn on the Internet. If you don’t see Tech E “cheating” on you, you won’t get upset.

You know, intellectually, that Tech E is fictional, and, therefore, you can’t have a relationship of any kind with him. Therefore, too, your jealousy and anger for those who are drawing Tech E in sexual situations is irrational.

If you recognize this as true, that is a big step toward getting over your “love” for a drawing. The next step is to wean yourself off this character—and cartoons in general—and spend more time interacting with real people and less time with fictional personalities. That’s probably how you got into this dilemma in the first place: substituting fiction for reality. It might have been safer, at first, because cartoon characters don’t hurt your feelings or reject you, but now you are seeing just how unhealthy this can be.

Extract yourself from the world of fantasy and animation; join the real world and you will hopefully meet a real person to fall in love with who won’t appear in someone else’s illustrated wet dream.

This doesn't mean I'm against cartoon viewing, but in your case it has become an unhealthy obsession, so you need a break.

In addition, your feelings of anger might be a case of transference. This is just speculation, but you might have some deep-seated anger issues about something else in your life that are coming to the surface via an artificial trigger: Tech E “cheating” on you. This possibility is best left explored in a therapist’s office.

Hope this helps! If not, and if you can’t shake this obsession with Tech E, I would recommend your next step be to seek professional help. While it’s good you aren’t delusional and don’t believe Tech E to be real, your feelings of jealousy are still not healthy and may be indicative of something else troubling you that is not revealed in your letter.

Good luck,

Papabear

Since the recent announcement of the closing of a beloved Detroit-area furry convention, a small group of Michigan furs have decided to take over the reigns! Motor City Furry Con will be held in the same location many of you are familiar with during the weekend of April 11th through the 13th, 2014.

MCFC has fresh faces on its board of directors, but experienced convention chairs and staff members are also on board to help coordinate. The hotel is currently under renovations and will feature a shiny new convention space in time for the convention. As someone put it, "New Look, Same great taste".

Details and other information will become available as preparations are made. The website will go online within the next week.

You can follow Motor City Furry con on Twitter at @MotorCityFurCon

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Need some practice, I'm only doing first come first serve just post your fursona and tell me what you want done with it :) but keep it PG 13. And thanks for all the cooperation I'll get to the drawings eventually and they might be bad. So not promising any masterpieces thus I'm sorry if I make it bad

EDIT: commission closed if your name is below you are in

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Why do we have a podcast? What is a podcast anyway? If you’ve been listening to us for a while, then you know what one is, but in this episode we tell you how we got started and what we use to put this together for you every week. If you’ve been thinking of starting your own, or simply wondered what goes into making each episode, then this is for you!

Metadata and Credits WagzTail Podcast 2.0 Episode 95

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Ursa Minor: It’s a new full-color comic series in the horror genre, starting this month from Big Dog Ink. “Nature’s supernatural balance is shattered when werewolves kill the President and vampires come to mankind’s aide. Now, one girl with a power she can barely control sets out to right what has gone horribly wrong the only way she knows how. Kill them all!” We think the cover illustration from the preview issue (shown below) makes it pretty clear exactly what this young lady’s power is! Ursa Minor is written by Tom Hutchison and illustrated by Ian Snyder. Big Dog’s web site has more information.  Meanwhile, Big Dog is also bringing out issue #12 of The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West (also, interestingly, written by Tom Hutchison). This full-color series smooshes together L. Frank Baum’s creation with a spaghetti western — no we’re not kidding. This new issue begins a story arch looking at the back history of the deadly Flying Monkeys.

image c. 2013 Big Dog Ink

Ideally, something shaped like a nylabone with similar durability, but without any added flavorings? I'm looking for a chew toy that tastes like nylon and not anything else.

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Welcome to Fuzzy Logic, episode 92, Bragaholic!

Isty makes an auspicious return! Smokey discusses his new workout routine. Kyo mentions the hardship surrounding furry cons in and around the Michigan area. Halfwit has a brief story about her explody car. And Isty tells us of what happened with his ankle, preventing his presence last show.

When we get to our emails, there are six of them!

First up is Jacky who talks about encountering furries in the wild and not being able to muster the courage to go say hi, we feel your pain.

Second we hear from Sparf and his one man show thesis and how it has had a further reaching impact than he expected.

Next, Dee talks about how his little obsession with people’s birfdays has turned into something more!

Then Absol, now Jaye Ventus, talks about changing species and name, how it reflects how other things in his life are changing (like switching to culinary school!)

Devin the Newf follows with how he’s being encouraged to run for public office in his town and how he wants to keep his furry life very separate from it.

Ryo (or Umbra, he’s still undecided on that!) Generally brags about the stuff going right in his life, and there’s nothing wrong with that!

Our next show will be minus a Kyo as he prepares to head off to Rainfurest! See you show after that purple fox! The topic while he’s gone is all about Fall!

How do you spend your autumn? Are you back in school? Do you have a seasonal job that just started up? Do you work and go to school at the same time? Do you like fall? Do you not like fall? Email us!

Sparf’s one man show thesis. It’s worth a watch… he bears his soul in a touching, and very personal way, one that many of us can relate to.

Music Break: Sara Bareilles – Brave

Episode Summary Music: Hollywood Holiday – From Ren & Stempy Production Music

Episode 92 – Bragaholic - Welcome to Fuzzy Logic, episode 92, Bragaholic! Isty makes an auspicious return! Smokey discusses his new workout routine. Kyo mentions the hardship surrounding furry cons in and around the Michigan area. Halfwit has a brief [...]

We’re not dead! We’re not dead!

We’ve been doing some delegating of tasks to make the process easier on all of us! We still plan to adhere to a weekly schedule with updates happening on Wednesdays.

So sit back and enjoy our glorious return!

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Episode 61 – We’re Not Dead, Take 2 - We’re not dead! We’re not dead! We’ve been doing some delegating of tasks to make the process easier on all of us! We still plan to adhere to a weekly schedule with updates happening on Wednesdays. So sit back and enjoy our glorious return!

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I'm not a furry but I'm very curious about it. I'm a straight male and for awhile thought it wasn't for me cause its a mostly gay community. Don't get me wrong I don't hate gays. I have 2 dads and love them both. But I have a question. Are there bear furries? I love bears and I've felt a huge connection to them my whole life. Please if there is can you direct me to a subreddit or some other bear furries cause I have questions lol

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