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dear cooper tom,
thank you for being cooper tom
love, me~

We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: We couldn’t make up some of this stuff if we tried. Somehow we missed the 2002 direct-to-video film Play-Mate of the Apes, a soft-core erotic spoof starring Misty Mundae. It’s described and discussed on the Internet Movie Database, though. Now Seduction Cinema Comics is presenting the Play-Mate of the Apes Deluxe Pack, coming (no pun) this July. The Deluxe Pack not only features the original film on DVD, but also a brand-new full-color comic book version of the film written by John Bacchus (the original film’s director) and illustrated by Noel Scotch Anderson. What’s it all about? “Sexy and fearless U.S. astronaut Gaylor and her shipmates crash land on a desolate planet dominated by a tyrannical race of intelligent talking apes, sparking a revolution of untamed and uninhibited female lust that threatens to bring down the repressive ape society…or set it free!” You heard it here. You can check it out on Things From Another World, too.

image c. 2012 Seduction Cinema

Reddit, I have a problem. While it's not uncommon for furs to stir up drama, I feel like this situation goes a little above normal cases (A few furs in Texas may know who I'm talking about here). This guy has a criminal record, and has spent time in jail, twice for assault, and once for breaking and entering. He's picked fights (verbal) at local furmeets, and harasses people online on a regular basis. Unfortunately, his parents, who he is completely dependant on, fully support his behavior. He's never served any serious time, due to his parents intimidating his victims out of pressing charges (it's rumored that at least one of them works in the legal system, and that their support has something to do with Social Security checks.)

Just as bad as that, though, is his tendency to destroy people's lives. In the past 3 years, he's convinced five separate individuals from across the country to move in with him, usually to be his "mate", and usually under the pretext that they won't be charged rent, and will only be asked to keep his place tidy and to put warm food on the table every night. However, within anywhere between 1-3 months he's gotten tired of each of them, and rather than send them back where they came from, he's dumped them on the street with no job, no money, and no way back home. Yes, I know that anyone that moves thousands of miles to be with someone they met on the internet probably deserves whatever they get, but that doesn't change the fact that he's preying on the ignorance of these people.

He's been 'banned' from all local gatherings and conventions, but he still shows up regularly, and nobody seems to want to put forth the effort to actually stop him. People have tried to stand up to him, but thus far, nobody's ever backed them up. All of the locals just say to ignore him and he'll go away, but he's been here for four years and he's only gotten worse. He's an overgrown child who feeds on negative attention. He counters any attempt at a reasonable argument in standard troll fashion, and even flaunts the 4 digit view count on his Encyclopedia Dramatica article.

I know he's just a troll, but I still have to ask if there's anything that can be done about this guy? Is there any way that I can convince the community to take a stand against him, or are they right in just letting him think he's above everyone else?

submitted by Iseeyoushiver
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Just any manga films that have ANYTHING to do with furry?

EDIT: Anime films, sorry, I was tired when I made this.

submitted by alex_sher101
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You know, like same engine, centered on furry art, but with less porn? I like the engine, but sometimes I don't want just nsfw stuff.

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submitted by Lonely_Bunny
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submitted by JaxenGrey
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Hi ,I have a few questions about a project im working on , i want to make a partial fursuit of the poke'mon lucario . i have researched methods on doing this and i think the method where is use plastic to form a head is better (sorry if confusing ) but i dont know what materials to use , what tools to use and i dont have a big budget . if you dont know what lucario is just google him but how would i do his flappy things on the back of his head?

thank you for reading (sorry if confusing again) and if there anybody that can help please do BTW the costume is for a memoribilla exhibition at the nec birmingham

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submitted by teryxc
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"'I believe God worked through the furries, because I really was in need,' he said."

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/furries-pony-up-to-keep-favorite-eatery-open-for-pittsburgh-convention-640547/

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http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/The-furries-are-back-in-Pittsburgh/-/10927008/7710362/-/p3xpuwz/-/index.html
Photo gallery: http://www.wtae.com/-/9681798/8016686/-/146t5n5z/-/index.html


PITTSBURGH - Downtown Pittsburgh is taking another walk on the wild side with the annual Anthrocon.
FURRIES IN PITTSBURGH

Furries -- people who are fascinated with anthropomorphics -- have begun to arrive for their yearly national convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. It begins Thursday and continues through the weekend.

Many of the thousands who will attend the convention are dressed in full or partial animal costumes as they walk through the streets of the Golden Triangle.

Anthrocon includes workshops, panel discussions, art exhibitions and vendors catering to fans of the human-like animal characters.

Dear Papa Bear, 

I've been dating my boyfriend for quite a long time over the Internet, and I very much love him with all of my heart, and even want to live my life with him wherever we may go. That being said, whenever I think of moving away from my family here in another state, I become horribly depressed and don't know what to do. This has happened every single time the topic comes up.

Is this normal? Am I supposed to suddenly feel depressed when thinking about moving in with him? Please help!

--Lawliet

* * * 

Dear Lawliet,

You sound like a very loving furry to Papabear. You love your boyfriend and you love your family very much. That does this bear’s heart good, seeing someone like you who is so full of good feelings toward the ones around you.

Papabear doesn’t think you are depressed at the thought of moving in with your boyfriend—no no, what is depressing you is the thought of leaving your family and being so far from them that you won’t see them very often.

Here’s a thought: who says YOU have to move to where HE lives?  Why can’t HE move closer to YOU and your family? Is that a possibility? If so, that is your answer right there. Papabear feels you would be happiest if you could be with both your boyfriend and your family. That doesn’t mean you all have to live in the same house or apartment, just close enough so that visiting is and easy walk, drive, or bicycle ride away.

Now, if his moving closer to you is not an option, here’s another thought: you say that he is your Internet boyfriend. Does that mean that you have never met in person before? If so, Papabear STRONGLY recommends you meet this young man before you make any major changes in your life.  

You cannot get to know someone intimately well via electronic communications alone. Case in point: Papabear knows of two furries who met online and came to like each other very much. So much, that one of them agreed to move across the country and move in with the other. Well, once he did, surprise surprise, the two furries discovered they were not as compatible as they thought. Good news is they are still friends, but they are not mates any more.

Lawliet, sometimes there is an inner voice within people that warns them that something is not quite right, and feeling depressed is one such warning sign. Examine your heart carefully before making any big decisions. And if you need further advice, feel free to write Papabear again.

Big Bear Squeeze,

Papabear

It can be funny, touching, awkward... Lets just share! I'll start:

Before I had my partial suit, I had a husky tail. For my first time wearing it in public, I decided to wear it at Old Sturbridge Village. (I only see my dad on Sundays, and he had just started dating a woman from out-of-state, who wanted to see what It was about, so we went one day.) A few of the workers there found it silly and entertaining, but the children had the best reactions. A few kids stared awkwardly from a distance, but my FAVORITE was two girls, somewhere around 7 to 9 years old, who excitedly ran over to me and asked if I was a husky. I was impressed that they used the actual BREED, so I said "Only half." They laughed and asked if they could pet my tail,and then tons of random questions, like my favorite animal, my favorite food, and my favorite color. I replied: "Purple, what about you?" and when they answered, they asked me if I also liked those colors. I told them yes, and then they started listing off colors (including 'chartreuse'... O_o ) and asking if I liked those too. It was a silly conversation. Then their mother came over, and told me that my tail made her smile. The girls stroked my tail before leaving.

After I got my partial, I wore it to the mall. Most people simply smiled and complimented that I "made their day", and "oh, how cute!" One group of girls came up behind me, quickly stroked the back of my head and yelled "MEOW!" and started laughing (rudely, I may add.) I turned around and barked. They all screamed and ran into a store nearby. I didn't expect that reaction, and couldn't stop laughing. Later on the same trip, a man ran up to me, tapped me on the shoulder and said "FURRIES ROCK!" We high fived, I gave him a hug and a thumbs up (I dont talk in suit), and he ran off.

So, do any of you have interesting public furry stories?

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submitted by SamuraiSmurfette
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Associated Press article, by Joe Mandak:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i6T_6TLstYKGgPyPsZpk0ScawIug?docId=db73c10def8f488787b86aa1ef6b102b


Furries looking to 'shed' bad rap in Pittsburgh

By JOE MANDAK, Associated Press

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The furries are gathering in Pittsburgh, and they're ready to shed.

No, not clumps of fur. They're looking to dispel what they contend are the mistaken perceptions that their fascination with all things anthropomorphic — animal characters who exhibit human characteristics — are dangerously weird or fetishistic.

More than 5,000 devotees are expected at the city's convention center through Sunday for Anthrocon. They refer to themselves as "furries," though only about 1 in 5 will be cavorting in "fursuits" — full-bodied costumes including otters, foxes, cats and dogs. There's even a guy who dresses as an extinct species of zebra.

They're celebrating animal characters from movies, TV shows, comic books, video games and, most especially, the characters they create themselves.

Gary Guy Mathews, an unemployed, self-described computer geek from suburban Green Tree, prefers to appear in public in a costume of shredded paper that looks much like the "The Shaggy DA," a Disney movie that unleashed his inner canine when he was about 11 years old. He prefers to be called Boomer since becoming enamored with "Here's Boomer," a short-lived NBC TV series about an adventurous, good-deed-doing mutt.

"It's a very personal thing to me, as my dog persona. It's just something I feel I should be, having had the name for so long. It just says who I am: Boomer. The. Dog," Mathews said.

Samuel Conway, Anthrocon's chairman, is a chemist for a major pharmaceutical firm. He dresses in a lab coat and goes by the alias Uncle Kage (pronounced KAH'-jay). That's short for Kagemushi, the samurai cockroach character he dreamed up years ago.

Though he speaks with the exaggerated inflection of some cartoon characters, Conway doesn't dress like a bug because the costumes are, "too hot; they're unwieldy."

"That's what people seem to think Anthrocon is all about, but it's about more than just costumes," Conway said.

The convention draws artists, puppeteers, costume makers, writers and just plain fans. This year's guests of honor are Mike Kazaleh, a comic book and TV cartoon animator known for his work with characters ranging from Bugs Bunny to Ren and Stimpy, and Dev Madan, a video game and comic books illustrator.

The convention features displays and vendors, an artists' show, cartoon and character-related presentations, dances and live performances.

So where can one see Kagemushi this weekend?

"I'm not an artist, I simply imagine him," Conway said. "He exists primarily in my mind. It's fun."

Media members were escorted and warned that some characters might be reluctant to speak because of past publicity portraying the group as "some kind of whacked out, crazy culture," Conway said.

Accordingly, Anthrocon.org advises furries that all public areas are rated "PG," except for "events or exhibits that are specifically noted to be inappropriate for minors." Minors must have a parent's notarized permission to attend "due to unfortunate situations in years past," the website says, without explanation.

Fetish wear is discouraged, though collars are acceptable as a fashion statement, "but leashes attached thereunto are not."

Asked about the adverse publicity, Conway said when Americans "encounter something that people do that they don't understand, they immediately draw the conclusion that it must be a sexual fetish."

"I find it highly annoying ... because some of our people have lost jobs over it," Conway said. "They'll go into work on Monday and the boss will say, 'I heard you were at one of those things over the weekend' and that's it."

CooperTom, dressed as a life-of-the-party housecat, confesses to be named Jim, a 29-year-old systems manager for a New York City advertising agency who restores classic cars.

"I was actually afraid of this kind of thing," he said of learning about furries online. After determining they were both friendly and normal, he joined their ranks in 2009.

"Just becoming something different kind of hooked me," he said.

It's a bigger deal to some members, like Matthews.

Only a reluctant Allegheny County judge kept Mathews from legally changing his name to "Boomer The Dog." The judge ruled such an unusual name could confuse a 911 operator into believing Mathews was making a crank call should he ever need emergency help.

Mathews said individual furries have supported him but some Anthrocon officials have not, especially since the convention moved to Pittsburgh in 2006 after outgrowing Albany, N.Y., and Mathews received widespread local publicity when the judge rejected his name change in 2010.

"The convention heads were a little put off, I think, because I'm kind of out there with it," Mathews said. "Furries and Anthrocon are going through these growing pains right now where, I think, they're a little bit shy of the press."
On the Net:

http://www.anthrocon.org
http://www.boomerthedog.net

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