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So, I feel a sort of dilemma. You can call me a bad friend, a jerk, or whatever, but listen to me first and try to understand where I'm coming from. At the risk of sounding like a douche, for the most part I prefer the friends I met online. I'm a remarkably awkward person. But I at least know the boundaries of what I can say and present to random people. My IRL friends have no concept of what's right to say and what's not right to say and they have no such concept of boundaries. They toss obscure anime and video game references at people they just met, they play their music through their phones WITHOUT HEADPHONES, they say inappropriate things around my parents and little brother whenever they're over, and not a single thought goes through their head that says "maybe i shouldn't do this".

I only have maybe ONE IRL friend who knows how to act outside of school, one I could introduce to my other friends, my parents, my girlfriend/wife, my boss, my coworker (just to name some examples) and not have a problem with them. Everyone else is just so socially inept it's embarrassing. They're the type of friends I'd talk with at school, but not the type I'd invite to a barbecue or my wedding or something. And even then, I have this problem online at times too. I have a few furry friends who have their weird fetishes blatantly visible in their Steam profile picture and have a whole text wall of FURRY PRIDE AND ERP as well as all the weird things they're into. NO ONE CARES, GO TO F-LIST FOR THAT. I never conrfront anyone about their behaviors because in the end, it's just how they are, and telling them won't solve anything because there's a good reason they don't notice what they're doing in the first place, they probably don't know it's wrong. They'd have to unlearn a behavior, and to do that just because I'm embarrassed to be around them isn't cool.

I can't say it doesn't bug me though. Does anyone feel the same?

Fans of dragons and other scalies, take note: The Legend of Oescienne is a new fantasy series for younger readers, created by author and artist Jenna Elizabeth Johnson. (She even gets to draw her own covers!) In a far-off world humans have been extinct for centuries… those who remain have long ago been turned into dragons. But then, a real human girl is born, and the evil powers that brought about the transformation long ago are sure to notice. The few dragons who know of the girl’s existence swear to protect her… but to do that, they must keep her unaware of her destiny. In fact, they must not even let her know that she is human! There’s a lot more background on the series at the author’s web site, as well as other books that she’s written. Currently The Legend of Oescienne consists of three novels, one short story collection, and one stand-alone short story (which is available for free at the web site!).

image c. 2015 by Jenna E. Johnson

I recently made a drunk post on this sub, and it was the best decision I ever made. You all in this community have helped me more than you can know. I was recently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and some people in my life have not been very... shall we say... understanding. But this sub and community in general are awesome and have been a great escape from life, if only for 5 minutes at a time. Other hobbies and interests aren't nearly as amazing or friendly (I'm looking at you League of Legends) as you all are. I guess all I am trying to say is... thank you. Thank you for inspiring me, thank you for letting me escape from reality, and thank you for the open, warm, furry arms. You all rock. <3

For me, I don't really know what to say. It was probably Q4 2012 when I was first introduced to our little fandom. I remember this dude, we'll call him Jake for the sake of privacy, randomly changed his Skype status and pictures to something that resembled a blue dog (To me this looks more like a furby, but I digress). We spoke almost daily, and frequently played DayZ Mod. I remember asking him why the hell he had changed his picture, and of all things, to something like that. He explained it to me, and my first thoughts had to been "God damn this is odd". We played DayZ for a bit and eventually parted ways for the day. Hours later, I got a call from our mutual friend, we'll call him Bob, again, for the sake of privacy, whom also was interested in playing DayZ. He asked me the very question I had asked Jake, and I explained what Jake had told me. His simple reply was "That's pretty fucking stupid". Being the kid I was, I kinda went with it. Being the kid he was, he ranted on about it and how it was wrong and against blah blah stupid shit. (He was one of those "IF IT ISNT 100 PERCENT SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE I HATE YOU!" kind of people) I listened to him rant on for a few minutes before he quit at the sound of loading into the DayZ world. I slowly parted my ways with these two over the next few months, and continued to do my own thing. For whatever reason, my curiosity got the best of me one day and I decided to really look into it, to do my own research into the subject, I found it so odd and interesting. trying to part the ignorance I had been picked up on, I began to find out about Furry art. Man were some of those people talented. I did my research from there and, well, turns out this is a whole big community of people who were into whole furry thing. I eventually met a furry from a gaming community who gave me a formal introducing, and well here I am. Fast forward 3 year and I regret nothing.

It's late, I doubt I wrote this very well

What caused you to join up?

http://www.twitch.tv/sploggles

feeling kinda better today, whynot do some requests and take a break from finals. also having people yell at me as i draw might increase my work speed, double win ayy

come join and chat or some shz

to those i owe work to, understand that i like hopping around a lot and i'll definitely finish those up sometime!

If you might not be aware, Otherkin are people who literally think that they are in the wrong body, and should be a animal, or people who think they are the reincarnation or have the spirit of a animal, usually a mythical creature. Unlike a fursona, this is a complete belief, not a fun pastime.

What do you think of Otherkin? I think it's kinda odd, and it's a little saddening how someone is so immersed in their imagination to believe this. They must have gone through a lot to feel out of their body.