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Mooncalf
by Anna Madden
The moon is fat with silver the night men attack with metal teeth held in their hands.
The stars are holes punched out of a black sky, arrows pouring down. I flee the torrent, the biting sticks like burrs between keeled scales. The air tastes of salt and danger.
The nest is lost, but your egg is safe. I carry it within my maw.
I fear you’ll be born a fool, like me. A mooncalf hatchling, or a shining new dawn? There are so few safe places left. Our world dies one wingbeat at a time, but still, I fly.
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About the Author
She’s For The Birds… Literally
Wingbearer is a new full-color graphic novel written by Marjorie Liu, with illustration by Teny Issakhanian. “Zuli is extraordinary — she just doesn’t realize it yet. Raised by mystical bird spirits in the branches of the Great Tree, she’s never ventured beyond this safe haven. She’s never had to. Until now… When a sinister force threatens the life-giving magic of the tree, Zuli, along with her guardian owl, Frowly, must get to the root of it. So begins an adventure bigger than anything Zuli could’ve ever imagined — one that will bring her, along with some newfound friends, face-to-face with an ancient dragon, the so-called Witch-Queen, and most surprisingly of all: Her true identity.”
image c. 2022 Quill Tree Books
Bearly Furcasting S3E16 - Too Much Potato, Taebyn goes Batty, Sciencey Things, Trivia, Bad Jokes
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Adventures in the Great… Hotel Chain?
Well this is certainly something different… You may be aware that Great Wolf Lodges, the furry-leaning chain of hotel resorts and indoor water parks, have a collection of mascot animal characters that are an integral part of the experience when you stay there. Well now Great Wolf Resorts, the parent company of the Lodges, have commissioned an animation company to create a feature film of those characters — a film they intend to show at the Lodges themselves later this year. From Animation World Network: “Helmed by animation director Chris Bailey, the film debuts on September 3 in all 19 Great Wolf Lodge resort locations across North America. It will also be available on Great Wolf Entertainment’s new YouTube channel for a limited time… The movie tells the story of five unlikely woodland friends who form an unbreakable Pack while venturing out on adventures to help others in need. Starring the resort’s signature characters, Wiley Wolf, Violet Wolf, Oliver Raccoon, Sammy Squirrel, and Brinley Bear, the furry friends have been updated with a new hand-drawn look and angular style for their big screen debut.” Check out the trailer as well.
image c. 2022 Great Wolf Entertainment
Amphibimobile
The things we come across! K’s Car Can Go Anywhere! is a new graphic novel by Jonathan Tune and Eleanor Doughty. “Tadpole J is ready for a lazy Saturday in Lilypad City, but his big sister, frog K, has other plans – they’re going on a road trip! K built a spectacular car that can go anywhere, so J packs them a picnic lunch and off they go! Beyond the lakeside cliffs, through the Spikey Spike Forest, and past the Domed City of Fafa. But when the road gets blocked at the Waterfall Mountains, they get stopped right in their tracks. Or do they? Because when K says her car can go anywhere, she really means anywhere!” You saw it here — and on the shelves now from Penguin Workshop.
image c. 2022 Penguin Workshop
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 03
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 03. 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.
睽違一年《FurMIT》再度舉辦，獸迷同好齊聚一堂
FurMIT 2022 Dawn of Destiny 7月9日至10日於苗栗舉辦，為今年繼以茶會毛後第二場大型獸迷聚會，也是首次在苗栗縣舉辦同類型的活動。根據主辦單位統計，本次活動共有765人參加，當中不乏有多位獸裝扮演者。主辦方與尚順君樂飯店合作，分別在飯店2、4樓的會議室、宴會廳等場地舉辦各項活動；相鄰的尚順育樂天地則開放參加者們可前去遊樂，並提供部分設施免費乘坐服務，讓兩天活動精彩萬分。
位於飯店大廳的活動海報。圖／傑克
受到疫情影響，原來預計於去年舉辦的FurMIT 2021，延期至今年7月上旬舉行。出乎意料的是，即便在活動舉辦時疫情仍未脫離高峰，參加人數卻遠高於第一屆，顯示獸迷們在疫情影響下仍欲參加聚會，與同好們一起相聚。
本次活動引入了歐美獸迷聚會中常見的「panel」，提供有興趣主持的「panel主」一個討論、交流特定議題與活動的時段，讓同好們得以聚在一起討論、玩樂。官方表示本次活動引入panel的設計，是為了創造一個在聚會中，讓每位獸迷都能互相交流與分享自己興趣、喜好的場合，使所有人都能找到屬於自己的「獸圈社群大集結」。panel的種類也五花八門，是相當開放、自由又多元的活動設計。為此，主辦方以集點換好禮的方式，鼓勵參加者們親自體驗各項panel。
在「紙箱樂園」panel中玩樂的毛毛。圖／傑克
除了panel外，官方也規畫了各活動與節目。在第一天的開幕式中，主辦單位邀請到毛毛丹波與古箏演奏者黑鹿季雪上台表演；受眾人矚目的DJ party，則由3R2、KillerBlood、ICE三位DJ一同炒熱氣氛。第二天則由毛毛旋轉木馬作為開場，在音樂聲中，毛毛們隨著旋轉木馬開心同樂，下午則在飯店旁的空地上，集合毛毛們拍大合照，場面十分壯觀，一旁民眾紛紛駐足，拿出相機與手機紀錄下可愛的瞬間。隨著各項活動結束，主辦方在閉幕式上抽出公益抽獎的得獎人，並公布本次募捐金額。
毛毛旋轉木馬。圖／藍風
ICE與舞台上的毛毛們。圖／傑克
公益抽獎得獎人合照。圖／藍風
公益捐款總金額。圖／藍風
相較第一屆，本屆在活動設計、地點選擇等方面皆有相當大的差異。今年引入的panel設計，也恰好印證FurMIT在官方網站上的自我介紹：「當初想要舉辦活動的初衷，就是想要給予毛裝扮演者們一個全新有不同感受的活動，並陸續新增不同的元素，讓所有的參加者都能夠盡興體驗整個活動。」無論是否受到疫情影響，參加者們皆能感受到主辦方的用心，在活動中開心參與各項活動，期望未來在主辦方與參加者的共同努力下，打造更加多元、開放的獸文化環境。
毛毛大合照。圖／FurMIT官方
This Just In… No, Out… No, In!
Another series we’re only just learning about! Breaking Cat News is a comic strip for middle-grade readers, created by Georgia Dunn. The latest collection is called Behind The Scenes With Burt. “It’s big changes for the kitties at BCN! Burt is bringing this news station up a notch. Join Burt behind the scenes as he updates some of our favorite broadcasts from the past, with better imagery and brand new footage! Including a trip to the vet, exploring the cupboards, hordes of trick-or-treaters, the action packed ‘Our IX Lives’ Christmas special, and Puck daring to believe in the elusive, mythical Mailman.” Have you got all that? Then look for it in trade paperback from Andrews McMeel.
image c. 2022 Andrews McMeel
Episode 521 - Podcast Billionaires
This week, Fuzz and Savrin record at luxurious Furplanet Towers. We've got a fantastic grift we don't know how to exploit, a funny show Savrin was reminded of, Alex Jones visits the podcast, and consolidation kills creativity. We'll also have a second episode this week with a guest, wow! We're not dead!
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Episode 521 - Podcast Billionaires“What is Yiff?” Everything You Need To Know
“What is Yiff?” Everything You Need To Know
Xege Kheiru, Writer, Furry
08 Aug 2022
What Does Yiff Mean?
Yiff is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek term that typically refers to any sort of sexual content within the furry fandom. This could be furry porn or hentai, a pornographic furry movie or literally just a sexual interaction involving furries wether it be fans themselves or fictional characters. If you’re a member of the fandom then you probably heard the word, maybe in the context of yiff comics or yiffing, (basically furries sexting) before but you’d rarely hear it used by another furry to refer to furry porn. This is because it’s a term that isn’t taken very seriously by the fandom because of its questionable origin.
So, where does this strange word come from? Well, the actual etymology of the word derives from the onomatopoeic word yiff from a constructed language known as Foxish from the 1990 text-based RPG FurryMUCK. It was most often used to express some sort of joy whether it be a greeting of someone you are happy to see or just a general expression of happiness, it really depended on context. It was created by a player know by the username littlefox and it began to find itself being used in the context of sexual situations involving furries on the game.
The word was then introduced to a much larger audience in a 2003 episode of CSI: Fur and Loathing. We have addressed this episode in a previous blog post as many furries are likely familiar with this episode because of its depiction of all furries as perverted fetishists. From here the word yiff would become synonymous with furry porn and furry sex. This is why the word isn’t taken very seriously by the fandom because it further stigmatizes the furry community as creepy dudes who like to have sex in fursuits.
PEGI 18
Image by British Board of Film Classification
Who Even Says Yiff?
Most furries don’t really use the word yiff as it shines a light on the fetishisation and sexualisation of the fandom, instead, most people refer to it as furry porn. This is why yiff is more often used by non-furries as means of demoralizing and insulting them with phrases like “yiff in hell”.
Yiff Communities
The term yiff however is embraced by some members of the community in a sub-community of yiffers (no, we did not just coin that, but this is how we’re going to refer to people who enjoy yiffing). A lot of these communities are virtual and involve activities such as sexual roleplaying or sharing furry porn. One of the most popular communities includes a Second Life community known as the International Yiff Centre which was running from 2008 up until its not so distant conclusion in 2021.
Second Life Avatars
Screenshot by secondlife.com
International Yiff Center
For those who don’t know, Second Life is less of a game and more of a social media platform or as wikipedia would put it: “an online multimedia platform”. It allows its users to create avatars and walk around as said avatars in a proximity chat where they can walk and talk to other users. It is called second life as it allows its users to essentially live out a second virtual life and this includes furries. There is already a furry community on second life but within that furry community is a yiffing community that allows its users to… well… yiff, but with the anonymity of second life.
The post “What is Yiff?” Everything You Need To Know appeared first on Fursonafy.
Octo-Furry Adventures
The convention sensation comes to dead trees now in Tentacle Kitty: Tales Around The Teacup, a new graphic novel from Dark Horse. “Join ‘The Pink One’ and friends as the whole tentacle kitty gang regales us with tales of action and adventure over tea! From hunting down cotton candy mice, to pirate hijinks, and mega convention run ins, this tome features stories for all readers, told only as a Tentacle Kitty can!” Written by Tentacle Kitty creators John and Raena Merritt, and illustrated by Jean-Claudio Vinci.
image c. 2022 Dark Horse Publishing
Bearly Furcasting S3E15 - This or That, Math, Stupid News, Movie Review
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Moobarkfluff! We start this week with some dad jokes out of the gate, and never seem to stop. Bearly asks Taebyn some very odd This or That questions, and Taebyn gives us a little math history. Cheetaro pops in to tell us about the movie: Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness! Moobarkfluff!
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Lost: One Plushie Rabbit
Just today we learned of a new urban-fantasy miniseries streaming later this month: “Netflix has shared an official trailer and key art for the upcoming four-part animation/live-action hybrid series Lost Ollie, inspired by the book Ollie’s Odyssey by prolific author, illustrator, and Oscar-winning filmmaker William Joyce (The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore). All four parts of the limited series hit the streamer on August 24… The series is an epic adventure about a lost toy who braves the many dangers of childhood as he searches the countryside to reunite with the boy who lost him; and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend… Shannon Tindle (Kubo and the Two Strings, Coraline) serves as creator, writer, and executive producer. The series was directed by Academy Award winner Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), who also serves as executive producer.” Animation World Network has more information and the official trailer. Interestingly, the last time Mr. Ramsey directed a William Joyce story, it was Rise of the Guardians.
image c. 2022 Netflix
Feline Fluency
We had not heard of the on-line comic How To Speak Cat, but now it’s available in a new book, How To Speak Cat: Fake Mews. “Not sure what your cat is trying to tell you? Learn To Speak Cat is the book for you. Have a friend who’s potty about their moggy? Learn To Speak Cat is the perfect book for them. Anthony Smith has been translating cat-speak for years, both as a long-running cartoon in The Metro and as a webcomic. Read, laugh and wonder no more what Tiddles has been trying to tell you!” Meow. From Soaring Penguin Press.
image c. 2022 Soaring Penguin Press
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 02
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 02. 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.
The Best Places To Get Your Fursuit Tails & How To Make Your Own
The Best Places To Get Fursuit Tails & How To Make Your Own
Xege Kheiru, Writer, Furry
01 Aug 2022
What Are Fursuit Tails?If the name wasn’t a dead giveaway, fursuit tails are tails for your fursuit. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors so it can be hard to put your finger on one to call your own. Like most animals, they each have a unique tail to suit them and when it comes to fursuits, these tails can get pretty crazy whether it be a 5 foot tail that drags across the floor with spikes and ridges for your dragon fursuit, or a small fluffy scut for your rabbit fursuit.
Blue Dragon Fursuit Tail
Image by ChasingTailsWorkshop via Etsy
Where Should I Get My Fursuit Tails?
Etsy
When it comes to any part of the fursuit, Etsy is almost always an extremely useful resource even if it is to find inspiration. You can find a whole catalog of extremely talented artists and fursuit makers most of which are even looking to sell their work. As well as this, they are typically super affordable meaning you can get a few you like and decide on one rather than just doing guesswork based on some thumbnails you’ve seen.
Etsy Logo (if you couldn’t tell)
Image by Etsy
The Tail CompanyIf you insist on specificity however, the tail company specializes in fursuit tails and they do a pretty damn good job of it. They are a team of fursuit designers who originated from kickstarter but now even make other awesome stuff like bluetooth sound reactive ears. As for their main business, they offer everything from frisky fox and dog tails to scary spined alien tails, so if variety was an issue of yours, not to worry. However, when it comes to pricing, things get a little bit hairy (no pun intended). Because they are an independent team paying for their own supplies, often you will be paying quite a bit but this is not at the sacrifice of quality as the price definitely shows in their work.
The Tail Company Logo
Image by The Tail Company
FursuitSupplies
The appropriately named fursuitsupplies.com is a nice middle ground between The Tail Company and Etsy in terms of quality and affordability. The average tail from fursuitsupplies.com will run you about $30 which is a pretty good deal considering that their tails aren’t vastly different in quality to The Tail Company for almost $100 cheaper than them as well.
FursuitSupplies.com Logo
Image By FursuitSupplies
How Do I Make A Tail Of My Own?
Maybe you aren’t too keen on parting with that much money though and if that’s the case, we’ve got your back. We get it, a tail is an integral part of a fursuit but $150 is a lot of money and possibly money you don’t have to spare on a fursuit so, here’s how you can make your own.
Supplies You’ll Need
The first thing you need to understand is that the process of making a tail will vary depending on the type of tail you are making so, for the sake of argument, we will go with the most common fursuit tail, a fluffy wolf tail. For this you will need the following:
- Needle and thread
- Large Piece of Cardboard
- Material for belt loops (elastic or nylon webbing)
- Felt tip markers
- Faux fur
- Scissors (Any object to cut with will do though)
- Clips or pins
- Stuffing
- A comb
- A broom or any thin cylindrical surface
Ori And The Blind Forest Cover Art
Image by XBOX
How To Make A Fursuit Tail
If this is your first time making anything of this nature, you should probably buy an excess of some of the materials like the thread and fur and stuffing as there is a pretty good chance you are going to mess up. Also, read around the subject if you don’t find this guide sufficient enough.
1. Draw out a profile outline of how you would like your tail to look on the large piece of cardboard and cut it out
2. Place this piece of cardboard over your faux fur and begin to cut into the fur around the outline. Repeat this but this time with a mirrored version of the first outline you cut out.
3. Place the two pieces of fur over one another so that they are perfectly aligned and place your clips or pins around them to hold them together.
4. Begin to sew these pieces together with the non-fur side facing out. DO NOT sew all the way around and leave a hole about the width of a fist or hand. This is so that you can pull the tail right side out, hiding the stitching of the threads and also allowing you to later stuff it.
5. Next you want to attach a belt loop which is a touch tricker, so we recommend checking out this video to do so.
6. Once you’ve made your belt loop, pull the tail right-side-out and begin stuffing it until it’s as full as you want
7. Once you’ve done that you can now sew the opening shut and Voila! You now have your very own fursuit tail
Of course this isn’t a definitive guide on how to make a fursuit tail and we highly recommend watching several videos and reading other guides, especially if it’s you first time and even more so if you aren’t making the standard wolf tail.
The post The Best Places To Get Your Fursuit Tails & How To Make Your Own appeared first on Fursonafy.
FurSuit Superheroes?
Look, we’ll admit it: There are no anthropomorphic animals (that we know of) in Dolphin Girl Volume 2: Eye of the Baloney Storm. But just listen to the description of this new graphic novel for young readers by Zach Smith: “Ever since the evil Sea Cow tried to steal Dolphin Girl and Captain Dugong’s restaurant/hideout in Trouble in Pizza Paradise!, business has been bad. Dolphin Girl attempts to rebrand the restaurant, but everyone who works there hates the new outfits and the new music. Even worse, there’s a new superhero in town—everyone loves, Wonder Friend and they seemingly can do no wrong. On the other hand, Dolphin Girl is getting everything wrong. But when Sea Cow returns to cover Midwestern Deerburbia in a blizzard of baloney, Dolphin Girl and Otter Boy have no choice but to team up with the all-too-wonderful Wonder Friend to prevent their town from becoming a big Jimmy John’s sandwich!” Top that. Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available now from Pixel & Ink.
image c. 2022 Pixel & Ink
Bearly Furcasting S3E14 - Storytime, Jokes, That's Just Stupid
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Warrens and Warriors
Speaking of bunnies… Quite a while ago (in the pre-COVID Before Times even) we told you about a Kickstarter campaign to bring back one of the original role-playing games, Bunnies & Burrows. Well now it finally looks as if that goal is coming to fruition: “Frog God Games has partnered with Dr. B. Dennis Sustare and Dr. Scott R. Robinson to return a venerable and influential piece of tabletop role-playing games to print… Bunnies & Burrows (B&B) is a role-playing game (RPG) that features animal characters contending with enemies and hazards in a world of nature. Published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1976, the game centered on intelligent rabbits. It introduced several innovations to role-playing game design, being the very first game to allow players to have non-humanoid roles, and the first to have detailed martial arts and skill systems. FGU published a second edition of the game in 1982, and the game was modified and republished by Steve Jackson Games as an official GURPS supplement in 1992. As rabbits, player characters are faced with dangers mirroring those in the real world. The only true ‘monsters’ in the game are humans, but there are many predators, traps, and natural hazards. The characters’ position in the food chain promotes an emphasis on role-playing and problem solving over combat.” Frog God has lots more information — and supplements too!
image c. 2022 Frog God Games
