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submitted by teryxc
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Out of curiosity what drove you to become a furry?

I'll start. Roughly 2 years ago I came across a website one of my friends linked me to called City of Unity. The 'game' (if I can use a term loosely enough.) was based around someone starting out with a paragraph or two and submitting it to a forum page with people adding on piece by piece. Signing up required you to make a character which must be in some way related to an animal in anthropomorphic form, also known as a furry.

Now, being the once 15 year old creative shit I was my imagination that had built up a wave shit storm of ideas and the sky was ALMOST the limit. I never really expressed most of my more obscure ideas I had at the time because I was paranoid that people would only give negative results back but, I digress.

I imagined myself as wolf thinking I was going to be original right? WRONG! Keep in mind that I was new to the fandom and didn't know shit about us but, I continued to create and add to stories until the closure of the website and the final epic roleplay. Which formed me into the animal loving, creative, Renard raver I am today.

That is my anticlimactic story of how I became a furry for those still reading. :3

submitted by Kwibjo
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Papabear,

I've kind of been down in the dumps lately for multiple reasons. The first is caused by my parents, they treat me like shit for lack of a better term. The second being that I have had 5 failed relationships over the past year and a half.

My last relationship I had a real predicament in. My mate offended one of my brothers (furry brothers, only got sisters in RL) to the point where he threatened suicide. He wasn't joking, he even showed me video of himself with a knife to his throat. I was told that either I had to leave my mate or he would kill himself. After about an hour of hard and sad thinking (I didn't want to lose either of them) I decided to leave my mate because I did not want to be responsible for one, maybe even two (My bro's mate's) deaths. And I probably also saved my only chance of getting out my parent's house too.

Since that day, I've been having things along the line of mood swings. I haven't gotten mad at all, but I've kind of been sliding between calm (If I can really call it that) and depressed.

I want to know your opinion on 2 things, 1: Do you think I made the right decision?; and 2: What do you think I can do to help cope with this random depression I am getting?

Thanks in advance

Kumori

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Kumori,

This is the second time you’ve written to Papabear about mate/living space troubles. In your first letter back in May, you were getting ready to break a promise to a mate because you promised another guy you were going to room with him. Papabear responded that your mate takes precedence over a previous agreement to room with someone who is not your mate.

Guessing that the mate in your current letter is the one who offended your brother, let us proceed. You say your brother threatened to kill himself over the offense. Papabear is not sure what kind of offense could lead someone to want to take their own life, but the next thing you say about your brother showing you a video with a knife to his throat tells me this is bullcrap. Papabear has personal experience with suicide and he can tell you you were manipulated by your non-biological "brother" to drop your mate.  First of all, did your brother previously show signs he might be suicidal? Papabear bets not. Secondly, again, someone who videotapes himself with a knife to his throat then takes the time to show it to you is not truly suicidal. Someone intent on killing him/herself will do so in private, perhaps at most leave a note. (Try this: talk to your brother and say you think he needs to go to a psychiatrist for counseling and see what he says. Bet he refuses energetically because he really never needed counseling—except on maybe how to be a decent brother).

You have let yourself be used, Kumori. Your depression is probably the result that, inside, you know you have let yourself be a tool, and the fact that you have so many failed relationships (and judging from your previous letter) tells Papabear that letting yourself be manipulated is an ongoing problem.

To answer your questions directly: 1) No, you did not make the right decision to drop your mate because of your brother’s pathetic manipulation; and 2) You will only get over your depression when you learn to take control of your own life and not allow other people to make decisions for you.

And, as for your parents, Papabear finds it rare for a young person to actually think their parents are cool. This is because the parents impose rules, which the child does not like and so she or he gets angry and thinks the parents are jerks. Papabear is willing to bet your parents only have your best interests in mind. Chill.

As for the rest of it, don’t be a tool, Kumori. Your life is yours to lead as you wish, and you are allowing your wishes and goals to be waylaid by other people—yet again! Stop it. You are old enough to take charge of your life.

A little tough love from....

Papabear 

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Kind of weird question that comes to my mind sometimes. Tails are of course prominent in furry artwork, but one thing I find interesting is that they very rarely seem to have a practical use. They're just there, mostly as a decoration.

I did come up with one use. Once while standing in a queue and trying to type on a laptop at the same time, I thought that if I had a tail then maybe I could use it to hold up the laptop, and type comfortably with both hands. I modded my Second Life cat avatar for that.

So I'm curious, if you had a tail, what would you use it for?

submitted by dale_glass
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Hi, I bet most of you are sick of people saying they are new but I'm another one of those people :p. Anyway I've been lurking for a while, I don't have a fursona and would like one but I'm terrible at drawing, if someone can recommend me someone or something like that, that would be so awesome :3 Thanks for reading :)

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submitted by nuttychooky
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Here’s a different take on the traditional princess vs. dragon story: “Princeless is about Princess Adrienne who lives in a land of fairy-tale castles.  When the Princesses reach age 16 they are put in a tower guarded by a fearsome dragon, where they languish until a dashing would-be Prince comes to rescue them.  It’s traditional.  Apparently knowing which end of a sword to stick in a dragon is a fit test for kingship…  Adrienne isn’t pleased with this state of affairs, and after one particularly luckless knight turns up she decides she’s had enough.  Chatting late into the night with Sparky (the dragon) they decide to abandon the castle, fake her own death and set off on a quest to save her sisters from their towers.” Fantasy creatures and fantasy tropes show up aplenty in this series, and none of them looked at in the traditional way. Now Action Lab Comics have released Princeless: Save Yourself, which collects the first story arc of the series (written by Jeremy Whitley and illustrated by M. Goodwin) into one handy full-color trade paperback. Check out their blog.

image c. 2012 Action Lab Comics

submitted by HereLiesOrwell
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Hello there fellow Furries! I have been lurking around and looking at stuff on Reddit for a while now (mostly the Furry section :3) and I finally decided to make an account. Here is my fursnoa character ref in case anyone wants to see it: http://tunnywolf.deviantart.com/#/d52byoh

Anywho, you will probably see me posting around and what not. I just need to get used to how Reddit works with posting and such. (I just looked down at the security thingy, "are you human? (sorry)" No Reddit I'm a Wolfie but thanks for trying. xD)

Also how do I put my species next to my name? I see a lot of people have that.

submitted by TunnyWolf
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Author: Harvi We’re rebooting the podcast! Now you can take part in the Hop Inn from the beginning! When we catch up to the current episode we’ll update our iTunes Feed to point over here instead of the old, soon to be gone, site. We’ll be adding more information and links as this site progresses [...] [Series Reboot]Live From the Hop Inn Episode 403

Author: E-Mail Hidden (..::XANA::.. Creations) Thanks to everyone who had a good time with us at Anthrocon! See you next year. :3 In the mean time, here’s an episode filled with stories, videos, and some good ‘ole emails. Download MP3 (Right-click, Save) News: ANTHROCON 2012 NPR Radio Interivew of Paradox and Fayroe (FurnandoCon)   Emails: [...] FC-89 Fart Particles

Author: E-Mail Hidden This week on Knotcast, Fuzz and Savrin made it back safely, and we have Webster on as our token female since Shiva was out. We discuss our trip, use terrible imitation voices, hear about some messed up sub/dom relationships, and talk about the good points of the fandom to help a fan [...] KnotCast: Episode 182 – Anthrocontagion

Author: Fred What exactly is a “cinema novel”? Animation Xpress #317 (26 June 2012), reports that Hyderabad-based BTales (the B is for Bharavi) will publish Maharaja in July, the “first ever cinema novel in English”, for “worldwide release”. Maharaja is: [a 175-page] authentic screenplay written by Bhargava, who is also famous as the creator of [...]

I'm doing free realistic sketches if anyone is interested. If there are too many requests, I might not get through all of them, but I will certainly try my best!

I'm trying to get my name out there and get a bit of practice, so throw anything at me! Thanks for looking :)

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3596186/

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This week on Knotcast, Fuzz and Savrin made it back safely, and we have Webster on as our token female since Shiva was out. We discuss our trip, use terrible imitation voices, hear about some messed up sub/dom relationships, and talk about the good points of the fandom to help a fan talk to his disapproving parents. Use our coupon code 'knot' at AdamEve.com for a great deal! www.adameve.com Episode 182 - Anthrocontagion