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Going to Washington around the Seattle area for vacation! Anyone around the area? :3

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Just pick a topic and lets have a conversation about it. It can be about anything furry stuff, video games, movies, comics, music etc. Looking forward to hearing from you guys! Edit:Marking nsfw just in case

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Furry, comic, anime, gaming conventions - whatever! Let's hear stories, plans, habits, anything.

I'm all tired from preparation work as a volunteer member of staff for a gaming that's happening this weekend. I'm not going to survive until Monday. I'm fighting the weariness with hype as much as I can, because some of the community staff from Riot Games will be there and they sent equipment ahead to be used in the League of Legends tournament and it's soooo pretty!!

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Hi, Papabear.

I am currently going through an issue with unrequited friendship. This all began when I started watching an art streamer back in 2011. I gradually became a regular attendee of that person's streams, but I stopped attending in March of this year. The reason for that is because, for quite some time, I wanted to be friends with that person, since we both had a couple things in common. 

4 years until now, I had not even gone close to being good friends with that person, and when I asked to add the latter on Skype, it was kindly refused, which I respected. The next few days, I apologized to the person for making him/her uncomfortable by asking to have them on Skype. One reply from that person had such hurtful words, words that gave out a very harsh truth. Within a few days, still upset, I stopped attending that art person's streams and I regrettably ended up unwatching that person on FA to avoid being reminded of the pain caused. What have I done to bring this upon me? If I made mistakes in the past, when attending the streams, couldn't they be easily fixed, along with me being fully and warmly forgiven? And from what has happened to me, what should I say to give that person peace of mind, even though we couldn't be friends?

Danny Prower (age 24)

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Dear Danny,

Sometimes in life we must learn to accept that some people do not wish to be friends with us. It could be for any number of reasons, and it would be too difficult for me to speculate accurately in this case.

After you asked the artist to Skype the first time, he “kindly” refused, as you said. The problem then became you couldn’t take “No” for an answer and, once again, asked him to Skype with you. While the artist probably acted too harshly here, it’s clear at this point you were annoying him (or her). 

Asking the artist the second time was too forward on your part. This person, whoever he or she is, obviously is not looking for groupies (probably had some bad experiences with them in the past, and you’re probably reminding them of that), or, perhaps, even friends.

Now you want to ask this person yet again to be friends? Bad idea. REALLY bad idea. Don’t do it, OK?

You probably aren’t aware of this, but you are now entering the danger zone of becoming a drama queen, and that’s something few people really enjoy being around. Don’t take the rejection so personally, hon. I know, that’s hard to do, but the reality of it is probably that the artist really has no interest in making new friends and/or doesn’t think you have much in common and/or just feels you are going to bug him/her about art.

I’m not saying this is a good thing for the artist to do, and I am not justifying the artist’s actions. When it comes to a professional level (a level often not achieved by many furry artists, many of whom have a lot of talent but little business sense, in my experience), the proper way for this person to respond would be this (are you reading this, commissioning furry artists?):

“Thank you for your offer of friendship. I really appreciate that you enjoy my work! I would like to invite you to join my email list [insert link here] or follow me on Facebook [or some such social media site of choice], so that you can get the latest about where I will be to sign art and how you can get commissions done. Thanks again for being a fan!”

That’s how this artist should have approached it (unless, of course, she or he was truly interested in being friends; in which case, that would be a no-brainer as to how to proceed). In this way, the artist doesn't "reject" you, doesn't lose you as a possible customer, and yet doesn't get too friendly with you and keeps you at arm's reach.

As for you, you need to not take this personally. Imagine, for example, if you saw that J. K. Rowling was having an online chat, and you popped in and demanded to be her Skype buddy. Would you think it out of line if she told you “No, thank you”? Of course not. Same thing here. Now, this artist is no Rowling, but it’s still overly insistent of you to push a friendship like that.

Stop dwelling on this and learn to take “No” for an answer without being oversensitive about it. I’m sure there are plenty of other people out there who would be happy to be your friend, so why would you want to be friends with someone who doesn’t?

Friendly Bear Hugs,

Papabear

Two mentions of furries in The Squamish Chief newspaper (of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada), highlighting the need for fursuiters to think carefully when interacting with the public...


First, in the Police Briefs section of June 4:
http://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/police-briefs-1.1957645

Suspicious activity

Two adults dressed in “furry” fox costumes were approaching young children at Stan Clarke Park on Friday, May 29, police report. When one of the characters offered a young girl a piggyback ride, the mother of the girl became uncomfortable and took her daughter away, according to police. She reported the incident to police the next day.

Police say suspicious activities such as this should be reported to police as soon as possible.


And a follow-up reply letter in the June 17 edition:
http://www.squamishchief.com/opinion/letters/letter-furries-nothing-to-fear-1.1971452

LETTER: "Furries" nothing to fear

To the concerned parent(s): Regarding the “suspicious activity by two adults dressed in furry fox costumes” approaching young children at Stan Clarke Park on Friday, May 29, my friend and I were the furry mascots in the park.

We were enjoying a fun day walking amongst the public, up and down Cleveland Avenue, in our costumes. We had our pictures taken with numerous people on Cleveland Avenue and at Stan Clarke Park. Two police officers approached us to have their photos taken with us at Stan Clarke Park.

I grew up in Squamish and am now a university student. There are many others like me who enjoy wearing our custom-made furry costumes in public and attending conventions and parades and other activities.

We mean no harm to the public and certainly not to children. In fact, small children get a kick out of us and were doing so on Friday.

We were at all times in full view of the childrens’ parents.

I can understand any parent’s concern for the safety of his or her child; had one of those parents approached us directly to say they were uncomfortable with what we were doing, we would have moved on immediately. No one did. In fact, the kids were all having a great time. As far as we could tell, so were their parents.

I’m sorry if our actions that day made anyone feel uncomfortable. That was not our intention.

Felix (Alex) McEachran

Squamish

I got it! I figured it out! After two years, I have finally decided on a fursona. My fursona shall be... drum roll a german shepherd-husky mix. Pretty much this: http://imgur.com/ZYbwli2 and http://imgur.com/EUh4Kt5.

He likes to wear plaid shorts, t shirts, and loves video games and sports. He is also a huge blackhawks fan. I'm so excited that I know what I actually want now!

Only one issue, I can't art. Anybody have ideas for how to make a ref?

Sorry for rambling a bit, but I'm just so stoked right now about this.

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This isn't one of those "and you have to live with it in public and deal with the persecution" kind of things, nor is it any surgical shenanigans. Just assume poof now you have a tail! And everybody is totally down with it!

For me, I would want my tail the most, so big and floofy and soft <3 and my boyfriend could lift it out of the way for...

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Think about it for a bit...

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