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《以茶會毛—偵探之宴》：偵探、怪盜大對決！
由臺灣毛毛文化交流協會主辦的第六屆《以茶會毛—偵探之宴》於3月12日在高雄駁二藝術特區落幕。本次活動以「偵探之宴」為主題，將參加者們分成偵探與怪盜兩大陣營，透過參與活動以爭取特殊頭銜。《偵探之宴》更擴大與高雄捷運的合作，首次將活動地點擴及捷運站點，參加者們在參與「偵探怪盜城市尋寶」活動時需親臨指定捷運站，觀察站內外裝置藝術解出謎題以獲得積分。在閉幕式上，主辦方也按照往例公布了下一屆的活動主題——「冒險盛宴」，期望明年與獸迷們再度相見。
毛毛大合照。圖／以茶會毛官方提供
《以茶會毛—偵探之宴》於3月11、12日在高雄駁二藝術特區舉辦，活動主題為「偵探之宴」，參加者們在報名時可選擇加入偵探或怪盜其中一方，陣營成員們需積極參加「偵探怪盜大進擊」、「偵探怪盜大追捕」、「偵探怪盜城市尋寶」等活動，在駁二藝術特區與高雄捷運多個站內捕捉毛毛們的身影或參與實境解謎以取得活動積分，整場活動結束時累積最多積分的偵探與怪盜即可分別取得「偵探長」與「幻影怪盜」的稱號，而積分最多的陣營則為本屆活動的冠軍陣營。
活動開幕式上Wannabeast的開場表演。圖／傑克
在「偵探怪盜大進擊」中，參加者們須穿著符合偵探或怪盜的服裝出席活動即可獲得積分，而超級贊助者與贊助者更可前往「毛毛咖啡廳」享用餐點，並賺取額外的活動積分。活動二日皆開放的「偵探怪盜大追捕」則要求參加者們分別捕捉官方指定的偵探、怪盜毛毛身影，將尋找到的毛毛參加證編號輸入系統以獲得點數。「偵探怪盜城市尋寶」則是活動第二日的其中一項重點，參加者們需搭乘捷運至生態園區、後驛等站進行實境解謎，透過系統上給予的線索解出謎題取得分數。在城市尋寶中，偵探、怪盜各自皆有六道不同的謎題，當六道謎題都被解出後便會出現第七道謎題，雙方陣營的參加者須共同合作才能解出第七道謎題，拼湊出「NEXT ADVENTURE」的字樣，呼應著下一屆的活動主題。
偵探陣營的最後一題。圖／傑克
獲得「幻影怪盜」稱號的雷斯哈格表示，偵探怪盜大追捕的活動相當有趣，一邊拍照以外還能順道「竊取」毛毛們的參加者編號；城市尋寶中有些謎題雖難以理解出題者的邏輯，但大多皆能與朋友們合作解出正確答案。他認為，活動整體而言非常不錯，然仍有些地方可再加強，如官方在大追捕活動的說明上並未提及要將毛毛們的編號輸入至報名系統中，且在「毛毛捷運」這項活動中，活動場刊上僅寫出活動時間，詳細集合地點與出發時間仍須上官網查看才能知道，讓他看得一頭霧水。此外，毛毛捷運與閉幕式的銜接過於緊湊，也讓他從美麗島站趕回活動主會場時，早已錯過了偵探長與幻影怪盜的頒獎典禮。
幻影怪盜的獎盃。圖／雷斯哈格提供
來回捷運站與活動會場的毛毛專車。圖／傑克
來自美國，初次參加我國獸迷聚會的Tarqin則表示，參加者們對於外國參加者都很熱情，而活動地點靠近市中心，相對於他之前在國外參加過的聚會而言也更加方便。總的來說，這次的活動讓他玩的非常盡興，也讓他更加了解了高雄這座城市。
當提及城市尋寶活動，主辦人冰羽貓表示，為了讓更多海外與外縣市參加者更認識活動的起源地高雄，以茶會毛此次特地與高雄捷運公司一同規畫城市尋寶的活動，讓參加者們除了能參與活動外，也能欣賞到高雄各地風光與捷運站內的裝置藝術。除了城市尋寶外，本次以茶會毛依然延續前幾屆舉辦了毛毛捷運，獸裝扮演者們在指定時段中得穿著毛毛前往美麗島站拍攝大合照。主辦方也邀請由獸迷自發組成的Wannabeast舞蹈團隊在舞台上進行表演，並與高雄捷運人員一同舉辦有獎徵答。冰羽貓也指出，在場除了主辦單位、高雄捷運公司的成員外，也有關注活動許久的地方立法委員到現場給予支持，顯示活動舉辦至今以來已受到政府、民間各單位的肯定。
美麗島站與高雄捷運合作的表演。圖／傑克
以茶會毛舉辦至今已有六屆，《偵探之宴》為原先預計於2021年舉辦的五周年紀念活動，因疫情影響而推遲至今年舉辦。為了紀念以茶會毛五周年，主辦方特別推出紀念一卡通，參加者可持過去活動的五張參加證向主辦單位兌換。以茶會毛自第一屆以來規模不斷擴大，報名人數更有了成足的成長，由前一屆活動的595位增加至今年的1040位，遠超主辦單位的預期。對此，冰羽貓特別在場刊上感謝參加者們長期以來對於活動的支持，也希望能透過以茶會毛，讓世界各地的參加者更加了解台灣的毛毛文化。
活動閉幕式。圖／傑克
毛毛捷運大合照。圖／以茶會毛官方提供
Diary of an Owl Girl
There’s a new CGI animated series coming soon, according to Animation World Network: “Apple TV+ just released a trailer for Eva the Owlet, a new animated kids and family series based on the New York Times bestselling Scholastic book series Owl Diaries by award-winning author Rebecca Elliott. The series premieres globally on Friday, March 31. The show follows Eva, a creative, cheeky owlet who lives next door to her best friend, Lucy, in the woodland world of Treetopington. With big ideas and an even bigger personality, Eva goes on high-flying adventures, expressing herself in her journal along the way!” The article has a link to the show trailer on YouTube as well.
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Bearly Furcasting S3E47 - Time Shift
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Moobarkfluff! Taebyn and Bearly kind of speed through this episode. Taebyn is excited to be at TFF even though the Telegram admins of their chat kicked Taebyn out! Taebyn explains how to fill two dimensions with one dimension, and we highlight 7 furry centric video games. Moobarkfluff!
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Breaking Ground for Cambodian Furries Feat. Reachea [FABP E30]
Breaking Ground for Cambodian Furries Feat. Reachea [FABP E30] ---- We’ve been to Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Now, we’re adding Cambodia to that list! Join us as we talk about growing in Cambodia, drawing art with just a nail, and breaking ground in the Cambodian furry fandom. You’re tuning into the Fox and Burger Podcast, where we bring you closer to the Asian side of the furry fandom one episode at a time. ---- Timestamps: 00:00 Teaser 00:30 Intro 01:16 Reachea introduction 08:54 Getting into the fandom 12:29 Growing up in Cambodia 18:53 University studies 23:36 Getting into art 32:54 Art Inspirations 38:30 How Cambodia views artists 43:02 Challenges with art 45:51 Webcomics 51:22 Does Cambodia know what furry is? 54:35 Breaking ground 58:48 Small furcons in Asia 1:01:45 Other Cambodian furry artists 1:05:59 Advice and final thoughts 1:07:15 Social Media and outro ---- Social Media: Official FABP Twitter: https://twitter.com/foxandburger Michael: https://twitter.com/foxnakh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9xoFQrxFTNPMjmXfUg2cg Burger: https://twitter.com/L1ghtningRunner Reachea: https://twitter.com/NotABlindWolf https://www.instagram.com/dragonicwolf/ ---- Footage Credit: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/ https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki https://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/pre2000/rvu-balto.html https://www.deviantart.com/dannyd1997/art/My-Classic-Cartoon-Network-wallpaper-801440259 https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/a-walk-through-hmong-history https://www.sbs.com.au/language/vietnamese/en/podcast-episode/2017-vietnamese-refugee-story-competition/nyntsrbj4 https://www.ishopping.pk/samsung-galaxy-tab-a-2016-10-16gb-black-t580-price-in-pakistan.html https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wacom-cintiq-22hd-21-5-interactive-pen-display-black/7353054.p?skuId=7353054&intl=nosplash https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wacom-intuos-graphic-drawing-tablet-for-mac-pc-chromebook-android-small-with-software-included-black/6196636.p?skuId=6196636 https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1634696/0 https://www.facebook.com/MumuTheLion https://www.deviantart.com/mumuthelion/art/Dungeon-Island-011-324626615 https://www.deviantart.com/mumuthelion/art/Dungeon-Island-010-324626475 https://twitter.com/arashi_takemoto/ https://store.line.me/stickershop/product/1058384/en https://twitter.com/NullGhost_Art https://store.line.me/stickershop/product/1007556/ https://store.line.me/stickershop/product/3576258/ https://www.theodysseyonline.com/talk-about-garfield-comic-second https://screenrant.com/every-confirmed-playable-character-marvels-avengers/ https://www.screendaily.com/box-office/thor-ragnarok-scores-108m-international-debut/5123707.article https://wallpapersden.com/poster-of-avengers-endgame-movie-wallpaper/ https://www.rd.com/list/disney-characters-surprising-facts/?trkid=soc-rd-pinterest https://wallpapercave.com/w/hCFeW7X https://www.theilluminerdi.com/2021/08/12/one-piece-character-descriptions/ https://www.mobileadvance.com/msi-mascot-dragon-medium/ http://www.ednything.com/2016/06/taiwan-excellence-experience-zone.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman https://www.deviantart.com/physen/gallery https://www.chinaimportal.com/blog/cambodia-clothing-textiles-manufacturers/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XsqSaF6Sn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBa_TpOh7zw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMBFSGVi1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16dr1YfGLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CSNdwY71Cs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtowzQK1gnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKuOIqcwGdE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lmhBYB11U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=houAPM62j0Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5yYYGGlls Other pictures and video provided by Pixabay, and guests and hosts' personal footage. Intro/Outro Music: Drown Me Out - YVEN ---- The Fox and Burger Podcast is one segment of our production house, Fox and Burger Productions. The podcast’s goal is twofold: 1, to know more about the Asian furry fandom; and 2, compare and contrast the Asian fandom with the Western one. If you have a guest that you would like to see on the show, please PM us! We will also take questions for our guests, so don’t miss this opportunity to know some amazing furs.
Fox and Hare Solve a Mystery
But not that Fox and Hare. Or that fox and… rabbit. This is something all together different. Cartoon Brew recently told us about Fox and Hare Save the Forest, a new CGI feature in production now from European director Mascha Halberstad. “The film’s screenplay was adapted by Fabie Hulsebos from the Vos en Haas en de Bosbaas book series from author Sylvia VandenHeede and illustrator Thé Tjong-Khing. Halbersted and Dutch production company Submarine previously adapted the property as an animated series in 2018… In the film, Fox and Hare become distressed when they find their friend Owl has disappeared. Together with a group of woodland creatures, they set out to track down the missing bird, but instead find that their forest has been flooded by a giant lake that wasn’t there the day before. Unsure if Owl’s disappearance and the floodwaters are somehow related, the animals must embark on a crazy adventure to find their friend before the rising water overtakes the forest.” The film-makers hope to finish production and release the film later this year. As usual, no word yet on if there will be distribution in North America.
image c. 2023 Submarine
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 29
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 29. Join the Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/SQ5QuRf For a full preview of events and for previous episodes, please visit http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk. See website for full breakdown of song credits, which is usually updated shortly after the show. If you like what we do and wish to throw some pennies our way to support us, please consider sending a little tip our way. https://streamlabs.com/tigertailsradio/tip * Please note, tips are made to support TigerTails Radio and are assumed as made with good faith, so are therefore non-refundable. Thank you for your support and understanding.
Bears In Space?
We know intriguingly little about Good Morning Kevin… other than the fact it’s a popular meme phrase on the Internet. But this is something different: A new animated series created by Andrew Gordon, a 20-year veteran of Pixar. Now he’s started his own animation studio, Songchain. At their Twitter site, you can see lots of sketches of Kevin the bear interacting with various alien creatures — and a quick teaser of the new series showing Kevin animated in CGI. They tell us it’s coming out this May. We’ll let you know when we find out more!
image c. 2023 Songchain
S10 Episode 6 – Furry Switch - The Furry Switch. When do you have it on, and when do you turn it down? - Join Roo, Nuka, Kilk, and Vaos as they talk about when to be/not to be a Furry. - NOW LISTEN! SHOW NOTES PATREON LOVE The following people have decide
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Intro: RetroSpecter – Cloud Fields (RetroSpecter Mix). USA: Unpublished, 2018. ©2011-2018 Fur What It’s Worth. Based on Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Century Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. ©2011 Fur What It’s Worth.
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Bearly Furcasting S3E46 - A Plethora of Hilarity
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Moobarkfluff! Taebyn and Bearly have a great time this week. We tell jokes, have some bad puns, head to Raynes Transfurmation Lab, get a movie review from Cheetaro, and Taebyn relates a moralistic story for us. So join us for whatever it is we do here on the show. You will hate yourself in the morning if you don't! Moobarkfluff!
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Real Animal Adventure Tales
We just learned about a new graphic novel series for young readers, from Henry Holt and Company. The Surviving The Wild series is based on actual events with real animals “in the wondrous but hazardous wilds”. First up is Surviving The Wild: Sunny The Shark, by Remy Lai. “Sunny the Shark is a fearsome predator. As the oceanic whitetip shark searches for her next meal, a chatty school of pilot fish trails behind, cleaning her in exchange for food crumbs. But when Sunny mistakes a plastic ring for prey and it gets caught around her fin, she soon struggles to hunt. Will she be able to break free and find food before winter sets in?” It’s available now in hardcover from MacMillan.
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Lets Check Out Blue Ridge Furfare 2023 Mainframe Meltdown
BRFF is on March 17-19th 2023 Virtually. In todays broadcast I'm with Major, Director of BRFF and we talk about the con plus do some exploring. Check out the convention! https://www.blueridgefurfare.com/ Special thanks to Bean for banner artwork https://twitter.com/MagotterD #BRFF #furry #blueridgefurfare Lets Check Out Blue Ridge Furfare 2023 Mainframe Meltdown
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 28
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More adventures in Guadalajara at Confuror 2022.
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Here’s a followup to Confuror makes a crossroads for Latin American furries and international fandom. It’s worth extra time to see the city of Gudalajara, so put Confuror on top of any list of furry cons you should visit. Below are its churches, the 18th century Jalisco Government Palace, and The Immolation of Quetzalcoatl sculpture in Plaza Tapatia, which had a snake head too heavy to mount on top so it’s installed on the ground nearby.
Sights in Guadalajara
Guadalajara is sometimes called Mexico’s Silicon Valley. It’s their second most populated city, and the home of tequila and Mariachi and the biggest film fest and book fests in Latin America. I stayed on the northeast side of town in the home of a furry who works at the university. It was in the Tetlan neighborhood, a dense and poorer area. I woke up with the sounds of dogs, parrots, garage noises, music and elotes vendors, and went for a walk.
The houses are painted all colors, with rough brick fronts and lots of metal work. The ragged roof lines are topped with solar water tanks for hot water. Some of them have green courtyards behind gates, or cages for parrots who screech “Hola” when you walk by. The phone poles have burls of handbills taped around and on top of each other. The potholes expose cobbles and the traffic gets chaotic without crosswalks. There are a few separated bike lanes, but they’re not a very used or connected network so you might want to write your will before biking with traffic. Cars and buses pack the streets — the metro is good to ride but has limited reach. Trucks are stacked with blue garrafones of water (camion de agua). A house might get water delivery every few weeks for drinking, and use tap water just for shower or cleaning.
The main drag had panaderias, barberias, toy and clothes shops, and open taco places under tents serving 5 for $25 MXN (about a quarter each), with street dogs lounging around. I got a bag of pan dulces, which you pull off trays with tongs and hand to the cashier on a tray, and saw food to try like torta ahogada, a local sandwich style with carnitas drowned in spicy chili sauce.
The old city center was good for a tour with a carful of furries. We parked in a steep brutalist spiral of a garage, with an old shuttered elevator for valets that was just an open shaft with a vertical conveyor belt to stand on. The historic and colonial architecture reminded me of visiting Europe. The oldest building I saw was an archive from 1500-something, among opulent Catholic churches, plazas, fountains, market seller booths, and street art.
Money and costs
Another visitor described Mexico to me: it’s not necessarily all poor, but like much of Latin America there can be a big class division. It seemed like average wages can be pretty low and I saw a lot of semi-rough neighborhoods. Young Mexicans were grateful to have a con at all while talking about poverty and the quality of things.
Where I’m from in California has high cost of living, so I could afford to tip more on modest rideshare costs and cover even nicer restaurant bills for a group.
The @confuror dance after closing ceremony was canceled but I randomly ran into @StandishBear and Mez Doggo outside the hotel in
Guadalajara. On a whim I got us a car to an over the top mariachi bar. I love this pic with Mez 
pic.twitter.com/x7AMx77tJY
— Dogpatch Press (@DogpatchPress) October 24, 2022
Too much food for 3 with drinks and apps and tip at a somewhat lavish place with a live mariachi band was only $67USD (a modest bill for 1 in the SF bay). 
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— Dogpatch Press (@DogpatchPress) October 24, 2022
Day by day
Besides doing a city tour and staying at a local furry’s house, we went to Cirque du Soleil. This one had the Wheel of Death, and the show blew our minds. it was not the wheel of mild injury. Many of the performers were former Olympians. The incredible clowning included a big furry dog who popped out of one hatch in the stage, then a double immediately popped out another one like a cartoon.
For the first day of ConFuror, the opening ceremony had a live orchestra. I missed the sold-out happy hour and Drink & Draw, but played chess with a fursuiter in a tournament, and did the Animation meet with aspiring pros, students and fans. Uncle Kage did his main stage raconteur show. Mexican furs were grateful to have him fly in even when one shyly laughed that “Tio Cagar” means Uncle Shit, and they hoped he wouldn’t be offended.
After panels and running around in fursuit, I couldn’t find room parties, but they found me. While waiting for an elevator, Mexican furry Rex Shiba came up to say hi. He found out I was visiting from the US, so we had to hang out with his friend Cookie Fox. They knew a room to visit. There was no formal party so we went in quietly but soon had to vacate to another room. That also didn’t last so we ended up in a hallway.
Maybe 15 others sat out of sight, now well after midnight, trying to keep quiet and avoid the overvigilant hotel security 10 or 15 floors down. Rex Shiba helped me learn some Spanish words for furry parties: Des Madre – disaster (furries ruin everything) and Mala Copa – crazy drunk person doing stupid things. “La silencio con” got more and more fun until it couldn’t stay quiet and we were broken up.
Below: The first fursuiter I saw, fellow California fur @Sofbeak and a Mexican fur, and la silencio con in the hall.
WHOAH i love this art from @rex_shiba the amazing Mexican fur, I met him at @confuror with @cookie_fox23! pic.twitter.com/Nsv4KuawbJ
— Dogpatch Press (@DogpatchPress) October 30, 2022
It was a night of Weiner Denial. In the fursuit lounge I met @Dirdwolf from Michigan. He heard I was hungry, but it was hard to find food in the hotel or leave in suit, so he generously came back with a box of hot dogs. When I went for the first bite, staff shut down the fursuit lounge. I packed up and hit the elevators, but Rex and Cookie stole me away for hours. By the time we were done I was so hungry that a hall corner beckoned me to sit and wolf them down like an animal. That was a long time to hold weiners before putting them in my mouth.
At 4:30 a.m. outside the hotel, it took about 7 tries to get a rideshare driver to cross town to my host house. His dashboard had a bobblehead dinosaur that nodded along like “good decisions were made.”
Saturday
I saw the international community panel and dealer’s den, and checked food outside the hotel. There was a popular 24 hour taco spot, seafood, and a great tiny cafe with gourmet sandwiches served by the owner. California fur @Velexian and Colorado fur @zeldstarro were in the lobby and took my stranger invites for lunches. You can just ask people and have great chats.
Back at Confuror, I visited the small and sparse art gallery, then Floor Wars where fursuit dancers battled. My note from the dance is “Great deal of singing”.
Sunday
The Fursuit Fest took the place of a parade and had many photo shoots for different types of suiters. Here’s one from a Mexican suit maker.
MoonShot Squad en #confuror2022!!
Faltaron algunos que no llegaron a la foto, pero aun asi me encanta verlos juntos a todos 
pic.twitter.com/t7DRXNsGBE
— MoonShot 
(@MoonShot_C) October 23, 2022
The charity auction happened before the closing ceremony. It culminated in a $7,000 bid for a collaborative art mural made at the con. The last dance was disappointingly canceled so I rounded up several furs for a late night restaurant visit. Randomly picking what was open got us to highly rated Casa Bariachi and one of the best dinners I’ve ever had?!
The next day, the furries at our host house did a small art jam. @Lowemond, Mezdoggo, and @MeteorZeroFive were artists dealing at the con or taking commissions to make a living. Drawing helped smooth language barriers, and we made things to remember a fantastic trip that would only happen this way with furries.
Art jam at host house in guadalajara, with @MeteorZeroFive @lowemond and others. There's a horror zine i found at @confuror and a bad photo of my blue pencil WIP. pic.twitter.com/O3Hg02VoiA
— Dogpatch Press (@DogpatchPress) October 24, 2022
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Everything You Need to Know About Furry Network
- Introduction
- What Is Furry Network?
- What Is The Goal Of Furry Network?
- Why Is Furry Network Controversial?
- How Did Furry Network Deal With The Controversies?
- Does Furry Network Help Furry Artists?
- Why Should You Join Furry Network?
- Furry Network’s Big Plan
- Bottomline
Introduction
Furry, a term describing individuals who like anthropomorphic fictional characters, have recently gained popularity all thanks to the weird and wild wonders of the internet. It allows thousands of furries from all over the globe to connect through various social media platforms.
The furry fandom has creative hobbies that revolve around cosplaying, creating fursuits, digital art, animation, paintings, and fursonas. The furry community continues to bond over their shared interests in art and animation.
Many people express their individuality and creativity by writing expansive stories as well. These hobbies bring together the furry community. However, the community has exclusively experienced negativity due to the prevalence of misconceptions regarding furries.
The furry fandom now communicates in private groups, discord servers, or links through other platforms. One such platform is the Furry Network. This online community-focused platform enables furries to share their artwork and other content for commission.
This website features a robust art and photo upload system, enabling users to create and share various art forms. Let us learn everything about the Furry network and how it has helped thousands of furries!
What Is Furry Network?Furry Network, an online place for furries to share, promote, and purchase furry art, was created in 2015 by Varka and Bad Dragon. This site had several goals, such as providing the furries with modern art tools, reliable commission work, and a safe environment to share like-minded interests.
This welcoming network is an incredible platform for closet furries to become a part of the online furry community. Moreover, identity and representation are critical elements of personality in the furry fandom.
Fortunately, the Furry Network is one such platform that enables users to uniquely present their personas and characters. Its creative media is one of the primary gateways for furries to explore, understand, and share interests.
In addition to this, the Furry Network exclusively believes in community guidelines, making the platform a safe space for people to share and promote their creative work.
Furry Network Logo
Image via GitHub
What Is the Goal of Furry Network?Furry Network is a safe space for furries from all over the globe to share all sorts of content. From writings and animations to digital art, fursuits, and creating fursonas, the Furry Network aimed to become a site where furries could effectively communicate and link with like-minded people.
In addition, the Furry Network promotes commission workers and helps artists earn decent money. Therefore, Furry Network has introduced some excellent tools that help artists effectively use their skills.
Their navigation and accessibility system is also simple, as it maximizes the chances of artists and commissioners finding each other.
Due to this streamlined community, it’s easier to share talent, skills, and creations. The commission marketplace tools also enable the team, artists, staff, and the community to build a better foundation.
This promotes the Furry Network’s idea of a strong community system. Here are various ways the site enables the community to connect and safeguards their rights.
- Furry Network allows users to promote their submissions, resulting in selected submissions being featured on a user’s profile.
- You can ‘favorite’ a submission to add it to your gallery.
- The site also allows you to import submissions and avatars from the Fur Affinity account.
- You can create multiple profiles under a single account.
- The site allows you to group the submissions under folders.
- You can post your artwork.
- Clients can request the artist to notify them when artwork is available.
- Artists can privately email clients.
- Furry Network acts as a third-party escrow service for reliable payments.
- Furry Network pays commissioned artists for their work once they receive payments from the client.
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Furry Network has been a subject of controversy on various occasions. One of the most popular controversies around Furry Network was the allowance of erotic cub imagery on the website.
Many users reported the site. Then requested them to remove cub pornography. Other users reported that anthropomorphic cub pornography made them uncomfortable.
Consequently, voting was held in which 1389 users voted in favor of removing cub pornographic content while only 620 votes were against the thread.
There were several suggestions regarding the ban on cub pornography. Some other alternatives and additional bans included the following.
- Banning exclusive anthropomorphic sexual content.
- A ban on homosexuality and rape.
- Adding a clause to the terms of service to protect users from censorship.
After the suggestions, Varka enacted the ban. Varka also thanked the people who spoke up about the posts and made changes to the terms of service and content criteria.
Furry Network then introduced a new acceptable upload policy that prohibits content containing minor characters in sexual situations which appear younger than 18 years of age.
Enactment of this ban made the Furry Network an even safer space for young-adult furries to explore new content and art forms.
How Did Furry Network Deal With The Controversies?The core values of the Furry Network focus on forming a safe community for furries. Therefore, their primary goal was to consider feedback to build and run the site within community guidelines.
Furry Network appreciated the feedback and considered controversial decisions to avoid hurting users’ sentiments.
Moreover, they wanted to provide the furry fandom with a safe and reliable platform. Therefore, with proper reasoning, the Furry Network made sensible amendments to its content policy.
They also re-evaluated their content policies regarding underage furry characters as it promoted the idea of sexualizing minors.
Furry Network decided that excluding the content with cub pornography was a deal breaker, and it was in the best interest of the furry community to remove all content featuring underage furry characters in sexual situations.
We can conclude that Furry Network quite efficiently handled the controversies by being open to negative feedback and adapting to change. After all, these steps were vital for the furry community to be safe and successful.
Red Panda Fursona From Furry Network
Image via Furry Network
Does Furry Network Help Furry Artists?Furry Network enables artists to access configurable tools that allow them to be available for commission work. These artists can also close commissions if they are not available for work.
Their customers can also notify the artists if they’re interested in a piece. Moreover, the artists can simply email their customers to notify them about the availability of an artwork/product.
The product category on Furry Network also allows customers to check out new pages where they can see product examples. This gives them a better idea as to what they should expect.
In addition, Furry Network has an excellent payment method as it features an internal payment processor. The CCBill handles all the payments. Moreover, payment disputes are also resolved by the Furry Network to accommodate the clients.
Here are numerous offerings through which the Furry Network benefits commission artists and clients.
- Users can browse, expand, and collect multimedia
- Artists can create and promote their content
- You can look into the site’s extensive collection of fiction writings
- You can follow your favorite creators
- The site allows you to safely buy & sell commissioned work
Furry Art From Furry Network
Image via Tumblr.
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Joining the Furry Network is a straightforward way of linking with like-minded individuals who create, sell, and buy multimedia content. Becoming a part of this platform is the same as joining any other furry community, such as Discord servers but with one exception.
The exception is that platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, or Facebook are exclusively social. In contrast, Furry Network features a business model for commission work.
But it also provides an excellent opportunity to interact with fellow furries and make new friends. However, the site’s primary goal is for furries to find new content and share their own if they wish to earn a commission.
What Makes a Furry Network Great for Posting Content?Furry Network is an excellent platform for posting content due to its updated rules and regulations regarding content guidelines. Moreover, artists in the furry community can post their content in their gallery, which other users can ‘favorite.’
Besides this, Furry Network provides artists with a channel to showcase their talent and increases their exposure to earn a passive income. Various like-minded individuals can access similar content. They can buy, share, promote, and like the content of their choice.
In addition, writers can publish their extensive stories on the site. The best part about this commissioned marketplace is that it allows you to share various content, including the following.
- Writing
- Animation
- Video
- Audio
- Digital art
- Fursonas
Thus, Furry Network is a one-stop shop for all types of multimedia content. The marketplace has had recent updates, which also tackle numerous problems users face.
For example, it is easier to surf through the thousands of users to find new content creators on the site due to galleries. Moreover, you can keep fresh content on your homepage even if you do not follow many users.
If the people you follow aren’t active, your gallery will feature recently published posts from the last day to help populate your gallery. This keeps users hooked on new content.
Furry Network’s Big PlanFurry Network is an extensive commissioned marketplace with a plan! This platform looks forward to resolving the biggest issue artists face. Commission fraud is one of the least tackled issues of artistically inclined fandoms.
But Furry Network aims to prevent commission fraud by preventing the artist from receiving money and deceiving the client.
They aim to implement this by working as a third party that handles money until the fulfillment of a purchase agreement.
Furry Network can receive money from the client by acting as an escrow service. When the artists complete the commission, Furry Network can pay them. This payment model has the capacity to reduce commissioned fraud.
However, the platform may need to deal with the client’s horror stories when they demand a refund even after receiving the artwork. But these steps make Furry Network one of the most trusted commissioned marketplaces for the community.
Due to the enactment of these steps, Furry Network has become a well-trusted site for artists and clients of the furry community.
Business ModelIf you have attempted to commission your piece of furry art, you must have considered pricing it well. Furry art requires talent and creativity, as fursonas bear a close resemblance to furries.
This challenging art form is quite expensive, but that does not mean furry artists are always drowning in commission work. Some exceptional artists may get hundreds of requests, but that isn’t the case with most furry artists, as this artwork is quite expensive.
In such cases, commission fraud is quite prevalent, which may discourage artists from sharing and promoting their content.
To tackle this problem, Furry Network has formed an exclusive business model for the community. Thus, Furry Network’s commissioned marketplace features less of a social model and more of a business model, as the sole idea behind the platform was to enable artists to promote and share their furry content.
With time, the Furry Network has formed a large community. But this platform has successfully eradicated the fear of underpaid artists facing commission frauds.
In addition, the furry community focuses on individuality and self-representation, which allows them to create their fursonas.
Due to this, artists spend a lot of time and energy creating digital mascots. Furry Network provides such artists with a safe and reliable platform with easy multimedia integration. Moreover, the platform continuously seeks to build a robust commissioned system to prevent client abuse.
BottomlineThe catalog of platforms for furries has become saturated in recent years. But artsy furries continue to look for safer and more reliable platforms to showcase their digital art and media.
Even with a plethora of other platforms, furries continue to trust the Furry Network as their primary platform of choice when it comes to expressing art and individuality.
Besides the social model, this furry community site has numerous features that promote business and commission work amongst artists.
Overall, the Furry Network is a decent site with a relatively simple interface that allows easy navigation for all users looking to become an active part of the artsy furry fandom.
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We Love A Good Pun Too
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the creator known as McMadmissile is ready to spring their latest project on the world: A series of cute, colorful, magical lycanthrope plush toys known as… wait for it… Care-Weres. Yes. Pre-orders have closed, but pay attention to their FurAffinity page for information on the next batch, plus lots of original design art of the characters too. Awoo!
image c. 2023 by McMadmissile
Bearly Furcasting S3E45 - Snowpocalypse
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Bearly was called away so Rayne Raccoon steps in to guest host this episode. Taebyn and Rayne talk about Snopocalypse 2023, share some Past Today, talk about escaping bears and giant tongues in That's Just Stupid News of the Odd, challenge the listeners with an Obscure Movie Quote, discuss some Furries in the News, chat about the Upcoming Events, and catch up with our old friends Frog and Toad in Storytime.
Thanks to all our listeners and to our staff: Bearly Normal, Rayne Raccoon, Taebyn, Cheetaro, TickTock, and Ziggy the Meme Weasel.
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A Nonfurry Who Likes Furporn
Its a hard pill to swallow to say I use furporn because people who use furporn to fulfill their sexual needs more often than not are looked down upon. Anyway, I was exposed to furporn early on in life and found out that I liked it and use it normally. I've had sex and had no problem with “getting started” or my overall performance. It hasn’t “watered down” my attraction to real-life sexual acts or desires but enhanced in its own way. But I sat down today and asked myself why do I still use furporn and why do I still like it? I felt as though it was childish, so I looked at a normal porn video and some pictures and noticed it's all the same. I like furporn because it has diversity. Colors, races, styles (etc.).
My main question is, "What does this make me?" I wouldn’t consider myself a furry because I don't have any desire to partake in anything, being events, suits, and such. I simply just use furporn. I hope you are able to answer my question for me. Thank you for hearing me out and I hope I was able to bring a new perspective or anything of use to you and your journey.
Anonymous (age 20)
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Dear Furiend,
Thank you for writing an honest letter that I believe will be helpful to many of my readers. Isn't it funny how true it is when you say that people into furporn are looked down upon (including in the furry fandom) and yet furporn and other "regular" porn proliferates throughout the Web, literature, movies, sex clubs, and on and on? Human beings are sexual creatures. This is natural. What is unnatural is how social (especially religious) institutions make sex anathema, sinful, a thing only for degenerates, something that should only be used for procreation, and you better not even masturbate lest you go blind and grow hair on the palms of your hands and cause the dinosaurs to go extinct (Family Guy joke).
Complete nonsense.
The elite and powerful in human society use guilt to control people into "behaving." The result of this is that a vast number of people have become neurotic about sex and many who try to repress their feelings later release their sexual tension in inappropriate, hurtful, violent, criminal, and truly sinful ways (i.e., e.g., rapists, pedophiles, spouse abusers, and priests molesting little boys or having sex with nuns).
The truth is that it is MUCH healthier to have an active, playful sex life. People who have satisfying sex lives are happier and more mentally and emotionally balanced. Sexual fantasy is a part of this. There are many good things about sexual fantasy, the main one being that it is a safe way to stimulate the libido. It also helps you run through your mind many things that you might like to try with your consensual partner. In fact, talking with a partner about sexual fantasies can help you strengthen bonds you might not have known you had. Now, one might have some very "out there" fantasies that you wouldn't try on anyone (a common one in the fandom is vore fantasies, for example). You shouldn't worry about these. As marriage and family therapist expert Steven Ing wrote in a Psychology Today article: "Just as fantasizing about being a world-class jewel thief doesn't mean you're going to become a thief, having sexual fantasies doesn’t mean you're going to act on them. Fantasizing is our brain's way of projecting a future scenario or trying ideas on for size. It's also a way of reliving a wonderful moment or deriving comfort or pleasure from an alternative reality."
And, of course, always keep in mind the Wiccan Rede: As long as you're not hurting anyone, do what you like. You certainly aren't hurting anyone by watching furporn. But it is also important to note the dangers of porn addiction. Judging by your letter, you are already aware that too much porn viewing can numb the senses and actually lessen one's real sexual activity, and you assert that your own libido has not been "watered down." Good for you :-) Further, you note that furporn is really no weirder than other porn on the internet. So, furry fantasies are just another type of imaginative RP of the mind.
In short, you have nothing to worry about. Pretty much all sexually active human beings indulge in some sort of fantasy, so you are totally normal. Yours just happens to be furporn. Big whoop. You seem very aware of all of this and, IMHO, you are quite smart and in tune with yourself. You're mentally and emotionally healthy. Lastly, just because you like furporn doesn't mean you're a furry. It's not like, "Ohmygerd! I watched anthro wolves having sex! Now I have to go buy a fursuit and attend a furry convention!" Relax. The Fur Police aren't gonna knock on your door for noncompliance.
Hope this helps. Remember, play safe and have fun! Thanks for writing!
Bear Hugs,
Papabear