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Well, I joined in April, so the only one I got was when I walked out of my room forgetting I was still wearing a dog collar (embarrassing on its own, granted), but I walked into the livingroom where my family was, and when they looked at me funny I promptly 180'd back to my room and stayed in there for the night.

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Also what do you think their fursona would be?

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Hi everyone. I know this isn't anything furry related but since music is a big topic here I just wanted to share what I read somewhere. It said "The kind of music you listen to reflects your personality" So how would you describe yourself like that?

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Hey r/furry, another user on another sub has a recurring feature where they ask questions about our OCs and I figured I'd try it out here too.

Today's question:

What does your 'sonas home look like?

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Nineteenth-century Albanian upper-class men ... in skirts. Dear Papa Bear,

How do I correctly explain to my parents about different genders and sexualities? And how guys don’t look bad in femme clothing? Why I'm asking this is because ever since I came out as both a furry and gender-neutral, I've been the joke of the whole family. I tried to explain other things as such and.... Well, I think you can guess what happened. Not good. Any advice?

Sincerely,
Echo (age 18, Ohio)

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Dear Echo,
 
Very good question! Clothing is a cultural construct. What is acceptable in one culture, is frowned upon in another. You’re from the American Midwest, a very conservative area of the country that tends to shun men who aren’t walking around looking like lumberjacks or football players. If you lived in, say, New York or San Francisco, you might be able to express yourself a bit more freely.

Other cultures throughout history have had no problem with a man wearing what would be considered, in your area and time, rather girly. For example, wearing a sarong in Sri Lanka looks fine. Wearing a kilt in Scotland? Perfectly acceptable (and, actually, I see a lot of American men wearing them and they are popular among a lot of furries). In the nineteenth century, Albanian men were considered very swanky in a skirt.

Modern-day European society is a lot more relaxed when it comes to men’s dress as well. They kinda invented the entire metrosexual look, I believe, of men being allowed to be more feminine in their attire.

You might say to your family, “Why’s it okay for a woman to dress in jeans and a flannel shirt, but it’s not okay for me to dress more pretty? Not too long ago, it was considered scandalous for a woman to wear pants—absolutely shocking. Yet, now it’s okay. Why can’t the reverse be true?”

For centuries, women were basically imprisoned by socially enforced dress codes. They were made to wear, for example, extremely tight corsets that would cause them to faint and were actually quite damaging to their internal organs over time. In the same way, men are imprisoned by boring clothes, too. How did they get so boring? If you ever watch a meeting of Congress or a corporate board, they all have the uniform: blue or grey or black suit, dress shirt and shoes, tie. It’s designed to make people conform. Now, you take a company like Google or these other companies and look how they dress and are allowed to wear their hair. Some companies have become savvy to the fact that allowing people to be themselves inspires creativity and productivity. Tell your family, hey, I’m a creative and liberated person who is not a slave to a boring Midwest culture. I’m just expressing my freedom as an American! (grins)

It’s not just dress that restricts men in our society. Although we’ve loosened up a bit in our culture, many men (heterosexual men, I may add) still feel very restricted in how they can express themselves because they are repeatedly told it isn’t macho enough. This Huffington Post article nicely sums up what men would like to do if they felt free to (the saddest one is that many feel they are looked down upon if they play with and show close affection to their children).
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In summation, your family is unwittingly being a slave to culture. They are not only restricting you, but they are restricting themselves.

When people are uncomfortable with something that is not the norm, making fun of it is a typical reaction. So, another thing you can say: “I realize you are making fun of me because I make you uncomfortable and you want me to be just like you, but I’m not going to let it bother me because I’d rather be me than something I’m not and live a lie. I am who I am. Oh, and just because someone dresses like a masculine, conservative man, doesn’t mean they are one.” (I always like this link).

Clothing can be a form of expression, but also of deception. It is very shallow, indeed, to judge someone by their appearance alone. Tell your family they might try to not judge that ol’ book by its cover (cliché though that is). You would actually be less of a man if you allowed others to influence how you look.

Hope that helps. Proud of you for being you!

Hugs,
Papabear
 
P.S. Note to furries: wearing your tail or ears in public because you like to? Pawsome.

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Basically, Dueling Network is some sort of... I almost want to say Flash, but it might not be... It's a website thing that lets you play Yu-Gi-Oh online, but it's actually free.

Here's the site http://www.duelingnetwork.com/ WARNING THERE IS MUSIC AS SOON AS IT LOADS but you can mute it.

When I say that thing is free, I literally mean there's nothing you can pay for even if you wanted to. All you can do is donate, that's it.

Basically you make a deck from a searchable database of every card that ever existed and then you save it with a name and join a lobby (which I never do because I only play with friends) or make one.

Nothing is automatic, because Yu-Gi-Oh is a pretty complex game to program, so you just have to know what the rules are and follow along. This is why I only play with friends.

First thing you're probably thinking is one of these things, I bet:

• "Yugioh? Dude 2002 called, they want their children's card game back."

• "WTF go play Magic The Gathering noob."

And my answer to these is just that I grew up collecting the cards when I was really young and never actually playing until around a year ago. I just play stuff to have fun, and I don't care if I have fun playing a game that makes me look like an idiot.

Somehow, I always end up finding a way to make what should be a simple post be a long-winded explanation of the universe's secrets, so I'm going to wrap this up with a TL;DR that'll state what I was actually trying to say the whole time.

TL;DR: I want some friends to play Yu-Gi-Oh with through Dueling Network. Preferably during some kind of voice chat over something like Skype. How else do you dramatically shout about the heart of the cards, or it being time to duel?

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I'm practicing a new style that i feel suits me better, and i wouldn't mind trying to draw your fursona (headshots only), anyway i will probably go on till my page is mostly full so lets get started

(feel free to describe yours if you dont have a ref)

I'm done with requests but I might take some more tomorrow, and also those who have already asked I will probably finish yours tomorrow.

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Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Guest posts welcome. Tips: patch.ofurr@gmail.com.  “Being a Furry can change your life” It’s a feature for The Stranger in Seattle, sharing some touching personal stories from Rainfurrest.  (That’s a nice change from drama…) Writer Matt Baume previously wrote a pretty good piece about puppy play, including one standard […]

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...and I like the show!

Did a quick cam and upload for the 2 min bit on THE CW Network.

http://vid87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/Pounced/20151015_045747.mp4

1. Tell us about your most recent project (written or published). What inspired it?

My latest published project was Plowed, an erotic anthology I both contributed to and edited about foxes on farms. It actually started as a joke on the days-long drive back from Anthrocon, which then evolved into an anthology with eight authors. I was surprised at how enthusiastic all the contributors were, considering it all started as a joke, but I’m glad we got such stellar stories from everyone.

2. What’s your writing process like? Are you a “pantser,” an outliner, or something in between?

I am absolutely an outliner and a planner. When I’m working on a novel, I tend to plot out the entire thing on a whiteboard before even starting, which helps me stay focused and keep a train of logic going. “X happens, which causes Y,” etc. This certainly can change as time goes by, but it helps move things along. Once I have the subject, scene, or section of the novel I am working on, I tend to write for an hour and see where and how things go, especially when it comes to character interaction and action sequences. Sometimes I will run through an action sequence with someone else on how it would look on film or as a drawn piece of art.

3. What’s your favorite kind of story to write?

I really enjoy writing a story where the characters aren’t confident in what they’re doing. I want them to question if what they’re doing is worth it, if it’s right, and I don’t want it to be easy for them. Getting to the ‘eureka’ moment or the relief after a big decision’s results come through is really fun for me.

4. Which character from your work do you most identify with, and why?

Honestly, probably Carson from All Tied Up in Knotz, because he thinks he’s content with where he is in life, and is scared of change. The character really reflected where I was at the time in my life, and despite how adult the book is, I do think the conflict in that book is one I understood personally, and one I think a lot of other people have gone through as well.

5. Which authors or books have most influenced your work?

I have different inspiring authors for different genres that I write, so I’ll go through them. For everything fantasy I’ve written, probably Tamora Pierce, since not only did I find her stories fascinating and her worlds inventive, hers were the first fantasy books I ever read that had gay people in them, which gave me hope that I could write fantasy books with gay (fox) people in them and that people would read them. For my more slice-of-life and modern stuff, I can say no two authors have inspired me more than Fuzzwolf and Kyell Gold.

6. What’s the last book you read that you really loved?

The Princess Bride by William Goldman. It’s probably one of the most romantic novels I’ve ever read, and definitely one of the most creative uses of a framing story I’ve ever seen. I had only seen the movie prior to last year, when a friend got very angry at me for not reading what she considered a masterpiece. After reading it, I agreed.

7. Besides writing, how do you like to spend your free time?

My big hobbies are definitely tabletop gaming and video games, but probably my biggest hobby is reading manga from all sorts of genres.

8. Advice for other writers?

Read, and read broadly. That’s the single most important tool for gaining experience as a writer. I read well outside the genres I write, just to get a feel of different styles, experience levels, and format. Read poetry, short stories, novellas, and novels. If you write only furry fiction, read more mainstream books as well as furry novels. I definitely recommend picking up anthologies in either case — they will give you a wide selection of writers, which will help guide you to finding more authors you truly love.

9. Where can readers find your work?

Everything I’ve published can be found through FurPlanet and Bad Dog Books, FurPlanet’s digital store. I’m hoping to have more exclusive digital content up soon, but everything that’s currently available as a physical book is also available as a digital title.

10. What’s your favorite thing about the furry fandom?

The creativity really surprises me every day. This is a fandom full of thousands of talented people and the people that love them, and the fandom comes up with new characters, species, art, stories, interpretations of popular culture, and other wonderful pieces every day. I hope it never changes.

 

Check out Andres Cyanni Halden’s member bio here!

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Pets: family members or loyal companion? Or perhaps they could be both… In this episode, the Wagz crew tackles the question of what pets are to us, and whether or not that’s a good thing. Levi might be the odd one out this time…

Metadata and Credits WagzTail Season 3 Episode 92

Runtime: 30m

Cast: Asyx, Firefoxkac, Levi, Pamiiruq

Editor: Levi

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Are Pets Family? - Pets: family members or loyal companion? Or perhaps they could be both… In this episode, the Wagz crew tackles the question of what pets are to us, and whether or not that’s a good thing. Levi might be the odd one out this time…