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You gotta give Fayroe credit, he tried to mess up the intro but it’s just not working anymore. At least the ways Paradox messes with everyone actually works, such as this episode not being posted for a month. Oops.
News:
Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Not Allow Atheists To Graduate High School
Tales of a Blue Vulpine
- Drive Fast or Get Slapped
Emails:
- Shoulong – “shout out & fursonas” (We did Last Week OOps)
- Mattox’s Friend – “How did you pick your fursona”
- Zev – “Sorry”
- Keo – “Furnal Equinox”
- Seth M. – “Advice Needed”
- Panther – “With Apologies to Mattox and Xenos”
- Johnathan – “Hi guys”
- Anonymous – “PLEASE HELP”
- SC Fur – “In regards to differing opinions”
- Pokey – “Hey guys!”
- Ashapoo – “To appease the Demon Lord Ashapoo…”
- Joe – “Feel Kind of Harrassed”
- Anonymous – “PLEASE HELP ME, (Desperate)”
FC-112 Colon Three - You gotta give Fayroe credit, he tried to mess up the intro but it's just not working anymore. At least the ways Paradox messes with everyone actually works, such as this episode not being posted for a month. Oops.
You gotta give Fayroe credit, he tried to mess up the intro but it’s just not working anymore. At least the ways Paradox messes with everyone actually works, such as this episode not being posted for a month. Oops.
News:
Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Not Allow Atheists To Graduate High School
Tales of a Blue Vulpine
- Drive Fast or Get Slapped
Emails:
- Shoulong – “shout out & fursonas” (We did Last Week OOps)
- Mattox’s Friend – “How did you pick your fursona”
- Zev – “Sorry”
- Keo – “Furnal Equinox”
- Seth M. – “Advice Needed”
- Panther – “With Apologies to Mattox and Xenos”
- Johnathan – “Hi guys”
- Anonymous – “PLEASE HELP”
- SC Fur – “In regards to differing opinions”
- Pokey – “Hey guys!”
- Ashapoo – “To appease the Demon Lord Ashapoo…”
- Joe – “Feel Kind of Harrassed”
- Anonymous – “PLEASE HELP ME, (Desperate)”
FC-112 Colon Three - You gotta give Fayroe credit, he tried to mess up the intro but it's just not working anymore. At least the ways Paradox messes with everyone actually works, such as this episode not being posted for a month. Oops.
You gotta give Fayroe credit, he tried to mess up the intro but it’s just not working anymore. At least the ways Paradox messes with everyone actually works, such as this episode not being posted for a month. Oops.
News:
Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Not Allow Atheists To Graduate High School
Tales of a Blue Vulpine
- Drive Fast or Get Slapped
Emails:
- Shoulong – “shout out & fursonas” (We did Last Week OOps)
- Mattox’s Friend – “How did you pick your fursona”
- Zev – “Sorry”
- Keo – “Furnal Equinox”
- Seth M. – “Advice Needed”
- Panther – “With Apologies to Mattox and Xenos”
- Johnathan – “Hi guys”
- Anonymous – “PLEASE HELP”
- SC Fur – “In regards to differing opinions”
- Pokey – “Hey guys!”
- Ashapoo – “To appease the Demon Lord Ashapoo…”
- Joe – “Feel Kind of Harrassed”
- Anonymous – “PLEASE HELP ME, (Desperate)”
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Do people actually buy into the adoptable thing?
If you create adoptables can you explain this to me? How can you copy and paste the same lineart 3 or 4 times, paint them up with different color themes and then sell each one for money?
I'm trying to make sense of this.
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Sly Cooper animated short is pretty good
Art in 3D
Painted Dog is the furry name for the artist known as Angyl Kille, creator of one-of-a-kind wildlife and fantasy sculptures. As shown on her FurAffinity page, her work can range from simple character studies to more “practical” applications like shot glasses and Christmas tree ornaments, all with more than a touch of whimsy thrown in. Check her out there, at her Deviant Art page, or at her own professional page, belibou.com.
image c. 2013 A. Kille
Commission I got of myself and my friend, figured I'd share to get the artist's name out a bit!
Above All Else, Be Kind
I have been getting bullied because I’m a furry. He has been bullying me for about a year now. We finally got him to stop. My question is why are furries picked on? Is it because we are different?
Zaneth Wolfbane
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Dear Zaneth,
In a word, yes, you have hit it on the muzzle. Human beings do not like people who are different from them. It makes them uncomfortable. And when they don’t understand someone who is different, they make fun of him or her, or they exclude the person, or they are violent to the person. It is not just furries. Humans find any excuse to hate others: you’re a different color, you’re a different religion, you come from a different culture, you speak a different language, you don’t dress the same, you’re gay, you’re a Democrat, you’re a Republican, you have red hair, you’re disabled, you don’t have enough money, you’re overweight, it doesn’t matter. Anything different will do.
When I was a cub, I was bullied a lot. It was because I was shy and quiet and unathletic. Also, apparently, because I committed a cardinal sin in Southern California: I didn’t tan. I’ve always been very pale and I was laughed at a lot for this.
This behavior against those who are different is instinctual; it is found in Nature as well. It goes back to the basics of mating behavior and preservation of a species. In Nature, it is actually a practical thing. For example, a red-tailed hawk will not mate with a bald eagle because, even though they are birds and the anatomy for mating would work, they are different species, and they recognize this because their plumage and other things about their appearance are different. This way, they will stay away from each other and not try to interbreed. Instead, a bald eagle will find another bald eagle and perpetuate the species. That’s kind of oversimplifying things, but you get the idea.
Even though all humans on the planet are Homo sapiens and are able to breed with each other, these prejudices remain. Instincts tell a white guy with English heredity that the black guy with curly hair and a broad nose is too different from him, and he becomes uneasy. Culture enters into it, too. The black guy who enjoys Hip Hop and wearing baggy pants thinks that the white guy who dances like he has a piece of doweling up his butt and likes Kenny G is bizarre (again, oversimplifying for effect here).
So, if this is true with such minor differences, imagine when a fursuiter (or even just a furry wearing a tail) walks into the room. Alarms go off in the “normal” or “mundane” person’s mind. He or she thinks, “What is WRONG with this person? Why are they acting so strangely and wearing such weird things?” Such reactions are born of ignorance.
The shame of it all is that furries do this, too. They all have their cliques, and I’ve been learning more and more about this for years now. A while back it was the whole “Burned Furs” idiocy in which a group of furs set themselves apart from others. Then there is the current “popufur” nonsense, the Brony bashing by some furs.... There are even divisions within divisions. For example, I’m led to understand that within the otherkin community, the elves stand apart in their corner, the fairies in another, and the dragons in another and so on.
We are all diminished when we isolate ourselves and don’t try to understand and empathize with others.
I wish furries everywhere could step back and look at the conflicts within the fandom in this way: as a furry, don’t you feel badly when mundanes make fun of you, exclude you, and harass you? So, why do you do it to other people in the fandom? When you tell Bronies that they don’t belong in the fandom, or you ignore a shy furry because she isn’t as popular as you are, aren’t you doing the same thing that others did to you to make you feel bad?
There are furries out there who set themselves up as the definers of what a furry is and seem to think that some other groups are “watering down” what furry is. This makes me laugh with a cynical chuckle because it reminds me of something J. K. Rowling wrote about extensively in her Harry Potter books: the fear and hatred and evil done by the “pure-blood” Deatheaters against the “mudbloods,” people with muggle (mundane) backgrounds who nevertheless are wizards. There are furries out there who think they know the difference, set themselves up as “better” than other furries, and the results are appalling.
Furries bashing furries, furries ignoring furries, furries excluding furries—it’s all just as bad as what we complain about mundanes doing, how we feel unfairly persecuted by mundanes. It’s sad that we are no better than them—at least, not at this time in our history—and unfairly persecute and are prejudiced against those who simply are looking to belong to our community.
How much healing a simple hug would accomplish ... a simple kind word of “You are welcome here, my furiend” is all most people want to hear. Is it so much to ask?
It is Papabear’s belief that we can evolve beyond this base animal instinct and become Enlightened and recognize that the similarities between us are greater than our differences. Indeed, many people HAVE reached this step, but they are far and away the minority of the species.
One reason I came to the fandom was to distance myself from the pettiness of human conflict—only to find that it is here, too. You cannot run away from it; you must face it. I am facing it now by founding the American Furry Association, an organization whose purpose is to bring furries together for their mutual benefit.
Zaneth, my apologies for using your question as a springboard to leap onto my soapbox, but you did give me the opportunity to try to talk to furries and human beings in general that their ridiculous squabbles are selfish, ignorant, destructive, and without ultimate purpose other than to cause harm and pain like what you have experienced from that bully.
So, I ask you, Zaneth, to take this bear’s paw and swear with me that you will not treat other people—furry and mundane alike—the same way that you were treated. One of the best things to come out of the Bible is the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That is, really, all you need to know to be a good person in this life. You know, now, what it is like to be a victim of hate. Do not perpetuate that circle of unkindness by hurting others because of your own pain. As Kurt Vonnegut said, “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind."
Be kind, Zaneth.
Bear hugs,
Papabear
Episode 207 - Convention Reportz
Episode 46 - When someone asks you a question regarding faith, how do you answer? There is no one response that works all the time, because everyone is different and will ask in different ways. This week we discuss the genuinely curious and the dismissive
When someone asks you a question regarding faith, how do you answer? There is no one response that works all the time, because everyone is different and will ask in different ways. This week we discuss the genuinely curious and the dismissively aggressive, and how to react in either situation.
Metadata and CreditsWagzTail Podcast 2.0 Episode 46
Runtime: 30m
Cast: Crimson X, Levi, Murphy Slaugh, Spenser
Editor: Silent
Format: 128kbps ABR split-stereo MP3
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Ep. 54 - Gay Chicken - Took a while to get into it, but this ep. was gold once we got going! Kataze and Draggor (aka The...
Ep. 54 - Gay Chicken - Took a while to get into it, but this ep. was gold once we got going! Kataze and Draggor (aka The...
House Pets: An announcement
‘Legends of Chima’ Sucks, But, Hey, Furry LEGO Sets!
LEGO is a weird company in that they make the most family friendly toys/shows that are strictly about violence. Ninjas, alien attacks, criminals, pirates, deadly temples, and now… a war between talking lions and talking crocodiles.
Legends of Chima, like Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (I hated typing that), attempts to add a action packed plot and world building to the newest LEGO set. It fails terribly at that by contradicting itself.
Reading the descriptions of the tribes and characters on LEGO’s own product descriptions would have you believe Chima is a darker, more epic entry in the brick building universe. However the show is largely about teenage (maybe? They’re all the same damn size) animals playing hide and seek, making bad puns, and painting the attempted genocide of a species with a lot of slapstick wackiness.
Also there’s some weird racism where Lion-O from Thundercats Laval the hero of Chima keeps using derogatory names for the crocs.
“I knew a mud lover like you would want to play dirty,” says the lion hero of the show to a croc who was his best friend five minutes prior. Not cool, lion guy, that’s hate speech.
Ultimately the show is a commercial for the new toys, so whatever, but the badass little animal warriors get significantly less cool when the main characters are clumsy, stupid, and cheesy.
However, Legends of Chima is interesting in the sense that it shows a preview of the rest of the Chima set.
As of now there are five animal tribes represented by minifigs: lions, crocs, wolves, eagles, and ravens. But within the pilot we get to meet members of the gorilla, rhino, skunk, and bear tribes. I think I speak for the fandom as a whole when I say “A LEGO minifig bear? Make that shit right now!”
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a good lover always knows what her man wants. it is important to remember that sex starts with the sharing of thoughts, feelings, and emotions long before actual act intercourse occurs.
B-Sides: Episode 5 - Four fan shout outs, three amazing artists, foreign languages and a new outro track made especial...
First Cons and Consquences
It’s often said that the worst day fishing is better than the best day working. In my life, the same can generally be said of fur-cons. While I haven’t kept actual count I’ve probably been to fifty or seventy of the things, and am fortunate enough to financially be in a position where, if I have a weekend off and there’s one within driving range, I can usually go. I consider Mephit to be my “home” con, and that probably says a lot about my taste in conventions. I prefer them small, intimate and inexpensive. While I’ve been to and enjoyed Anthrocon several times and will probably eventually be back, well… I don’t know. Compared to the small cons the large ones feel impersonal. Commercialized. More about flash and gee whiz and Big Name Furs than ordinary people sitting around and making new friends.
Back when my columns were posted in other venues I sometimes wrote reviews of this and that con. Then I ceased doing so when I realized that these columns were garnering me a sort of “VIP treatment” that I didn’t seek. (About the third time the chair of a con looked me up to “make sure I was having a good time” I sort of figured it out. And sure enough, when I quit writing these reviews the con-chair visits ceased.) All I want at a con are reasonable prices, ideally between twenty and three hundred furs to interact with (preferably a few of which I already know), a couple-three fursuiters running around from time to time, and some good (preferably writing-related!) panels to go to. The rest sort of takes care of itself, and most cons are well advised not to mess too much with this winning formula.
I’ve always been especially interested in attending “first-time” cons. There’s an extra-special sort of magic at these, as a rule– even the things that go wrong usually just add more “flavor”. I suspect this is because first-time cons have first-time con staffs, for the most part, who are fresh and unjaded and eager to make “their” convention work well. (I was at the first Rain Furrest, the first Furry Fiesta and I think the first MFF, among several others.) Everything is new and exciting to everyone, including many of the attendees, and a sort of magic fills the air.
Usually.
I have seen first-time cons crash and burn, however. It takes work, but I’ve seen it managed. So I’ll complete this column by telling a few woeful tales and offering advice.
1) RegistrationThe very first thing congoers experience of a con is Registration. Organizing all those badge sales is difficult, low-profile work performed by people who are in most cases going to miss large slices of the con as a result. (I try to make it a point to recognize whoever registers me for the thankless role they’ve volunteered to accept.) Sometimes poor Registration experiences are inevitable– computers crash, printers fail, etc. But, what’s not inevitable are gross social and customer-service errors. I recently had the worst Registration experience of my life, when I was left standing at the desk for at least three and perhaps as long as five minutes while the Registration staff totally and completely ignored me even though I was the only one there. The staff spent the time chatting and working on some sort of craft-type project even though I was standing less than two feet away looking at them. Finally, at long last, the person sitting opposite me asked what I wanted. “To buy a registration,” I responded.
Their eyes went wide. “Oh!” they said. “I thought you were with the (tool-related) convention! You’re wearing a work shirt!” Then they proceeded to ignore me again for at least two more minutes.
And so, because I was wearing a work shirt (and probably because I’m a good bit older than most con-goers) I started this con off on a totally bad foot. So bad, in fact, that for the first time ever I resolved to inform the con chair about how badly things were being run in Registration.
Then, a little later, I learned that the con chair was the person who’d ignored me.
Which leads well into Point Two…
2) The con is about the attendees, it’s not about the staff or the Guests of HonorI attended both opening and closing ceremonies at this same con. I usually attend neither, as I generally find them boring. But this time I attended Opening Ceremonies in order to learn what the Con Chair looked like, and then Closing for the same reason that one gawks at a car wreck. At both events the speakers attempted to improvise instead of working from set notes, and the resulting chaos was all too predictable. In the end little to no useful information was transmitted. The staff spent most of the time referring to and congratulating each other instead of interacting with the attendees. They spend some time tossing candy/whatever into the crowd, but the products were thrown hard enough (and some were heavy and sharp-edged enough) to cause potential injury. Several of us attendees – total strangers – met each other’s eyes and shook our heads at each other; it wasn’t just me who disapproved. Apparently, pretty much everyone understands that blinding your guests is a poor way to begin a con.
Another thing I’ve sometime seen at cons, though not this specific one I’ve been citing, is a GOH who does their best to sabotage the proceedings. I’ve seen GOH’s do truly awful things, like get so drunk that I’ve personally had to give multiple panels for them. But worst of all is when a GOH gets the idea in his or her head that the attendees are there for them instead of the other way around. A GOH, in my opinion, owes an even greater debt to the con and its attendees than any staff member save perhaps the Chair him or herself. They’re being honored in a unique and what should be humbling way. GOH’s shouldn’t just be willing to provide art/stories/whatever. They should actively make an effort to circulate, shake hands, and for heaven’s sake show the unwashed masses that they’re pleased to be honored! Good GOH’s can make even a mediocre con memorable. Poor ones can make a wonderful con disgusting. Therefore, it’s essential they be selected carefully and have a clear understanding of their vital role.
3) The Hotel EmployeesIt’s natural that the hotel employees, especially for a Year One con, should stand with wide eyes and be amazed at the wonderful weirdness of it all. They’re part of the con too, so why should they not enjoy a little of it? Indeed, I try to take the time to speak with them in a friendly way and explain what I can, when I can. Con Staff should absolutely do the same at every opportunity. Perhaps it’s because I’m blue-collar myself and therefore I’m extra-sensitive to such things, but I don’t often see Staffers interacting with the hotel workers in a fraternal way. People may not be aware of this, but when they give snippy, hurried instructions to someone they assume ipso facto must be stupid or they wouldn’t work at a hotel, well… It’s insulting as hell. This doesn’t so much cause problems for a Year One con as it does down the road after repeated exposure, but I mention it here anyway because it needs to be dealt from the very beginning.
Hotel workers may be low-paid, but they’re intelligent, sensitive fellow human beings asked to keep a straight face at some pretty outlandish stuff. They’ve got full, rich lives and interests of their own. At one con, for example, I met a waiter originally from New Orleans who had personally met most of the biggest names in Jazz, was probably a bonafide expert on the subject (I’m not qualified to say) and kept a huge private music library. Such individuals deserve as much respect as any congoer. Again, as a blue-collar guy myself I’m uniquely positioned to note that it doesn’t help in the least when the person being snippy is half their age. And I’m also uniquely positioned to inform you that payback can be hell.
Trust me. You’ll never regret making friends in low places. Especially at con hotels.
4) ProgrammingIt’s incredibly tough to set up programming at a first-year con. Usually there are few rooms available, and often even fewer credible Subject Matter Experts. I always prefer more panels at a con rather than less, on the grounds that then I always have something interesting to do. Therefore that’s what I suggest to the first-year programmer. A poor panelist, so long as they’re polite and civil and smile a lot, is generally better than no panelist.
On the same note…don’t ever ask a panelist to share a room with another panel, or give a panel in a place like the Hospitality Suite. You’re asking the impossible in such a chaotic environment.
5) AtmosphereThis one’s tough, but I’ll give it a shot anyway. I don’t know about others, but I can walk into a room full of people and in a matter of seconds know if they’re bored, happy, hostile or whatever. If you think about it, a very large part of the con experience takes place in the meeting rooms and other public gathering places. It doesn’t take a con staffer, especially the chair, two minutes to physically go to these places, “sniff the air”, and then if necessary do something to improve the situation. He might ask a GOH fursuiter, for example, to swing by the gaming room if it’s “dead”. Or, if the “social” area looks slow, he might sit down and chat with a few individuals, smiling frequently. Atmosphere is an elusive thing, yes. But you don’t have to be passive and accept whatever comes. Go out there and do something about it!
And that’s pretty much it, I suppose – Phil’s take on How Not to Totally Screw up a First Con. I hope someone, somewhere has a better time for it having been written.