I'm curious what a Furry is to you so post and let me know plz
To me a furry is someone who can identify with an animal, or animals. Someone who feels connected, either by their actions or appearance to that animal or animals. It can also be someone who simply enjoys the animal or animals and likes to dress up and act out the animal in question. Anyone can be a furry, if only for a day. One thing they don't do, as a whole (or shouldn't since it is folly to do so) is discriminate towards other furries for the way they act or appear as a furry.
I find a furry is a character you created that represents you as an animal form. It could be for many reasons. Mine is more spiritual. >_<
so far the majority of the pics i've seen have been Canine and or Feline morphed images
: Feral January 20, 2010, 01:04:26 -07:00
so far the majority of the pics i've seen have been Canine and or Feline morphed images
I'm neither. Unless some way somehow a horse-like creature that lives in the water becomes one of those. But yes, even I noticed the huge amount of canines and felines. It's rather annoying actually with the lack of originality at times. Rodents are very popular too.
Not everyone has an anthro fursona though. There's the few of us like myself which have feral ones.
Everyone has their own fursonas for their own reasons though. As I said earlier, mine is for a spiritual reason and I've drawn it since I was about 12 or 13. It's an image that manifests my mind of what inner form I take. Some people have them based off their spirit animals, some just do it for role playing reasons, fetish reasons, the list can go on.
And the extremities of it taken can also be different. Some people just draw, some write, other dress up. There's many ways of expressing it. To an extent, everyone is a furry. Some people are either just in denial or don't feel that they are involved enough to be considered one.
so prime examples of furries would be Egyptian Gods like Anubis and Horus ya ?
i may come off as having a childs intelligence when it comes to all this tho so ya . . .
also sonic the hedgehog star fox work in that sence aswell
: Wrath January 19, 2010, 04:38:10 -07:00
I find a furry is a character you created that represents you as an animal form. It could be for many reasons. Mine is more spiritual. >_<
I like this def, works for me. I am not spiritual though ;3
There's a really interesting discussion (http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1179326) on this topic occurring on FurAffinity, surrounding a guy who's been involved in the fandom since the late '80s being told he "wasn't a furry" at FC. It's an interesting read, and kind of explores definitions in the fandom and whether they've been changing in recent years.
A furry is alot of things to alot of people. To put a strict definition on it is to create nothinig but confusion.
My personal brand of furry is theranthropy. I am, to put it bluntly, not human; at least in my head. I feel as though my body is not right, and I want something closer to the beast inside me.
ya i've had dreams all my life of just running wild through the jungle on a hunt to satisfy a primal need to kill and feed . . . that and i am always flying so ya . . . it is weird to explain but nothing a human can do really . . . and not too long ago i was informed that apparently when i'm affectionate i growl slightly i thought that was weird haha and then i heard a friend of mine talking about being a "furry" so i was curious as the only thing i've heard of close to that was that episode of CSI at that club CON thing
: Tony Greyfox January 31, 2010, 12:39:08 -07:00
There's a really interesting discussion (http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1179326) on this topic occurring on FurAffinity, surrounding a guy who's been involved in the fandom since the late '80s being told he "wasn't a furry" at FC. It's an interesting read, and kind of explores definitions in the fandom and whether they've been changing in recent years.
I've heard of people told they weren't furries because they wouldn't hug indiscriminately. Hell, by that definition
I'm not a furry. :P
I've been told I'm not a furry because of my fursona. People have told me that having a Kelpie as a fursona isn't furry because it's mythical. So basically what they're saying is dragons, unicorns, hybrids, etc are not furries. Kinda ironic seeing as the majority of people's fursonas are either hybrids or mythical.
kelpie ?
Mmm... anything mythical not being a furry eh? O.=.o well... that would not go over well with myself... And anyone who say's someone is NOT a furry... is WRONG unless the person they told, did not want to be a furry... hell i think its a choice, really. Someone could be exactly like me and not be a furry, why? because they dont want to be... myself i choose to say "I am a furry" and you know why? because pretty much everyone i have met who calls themselves a furry, is a great person. god... people saying that someone "Cant" be a furry that blows me away.
: Feral February 04, 2010, 01:02:33 -07:00
kelpie ?
From Wikipedia:
Its hide was supposed to be black (though in some stories it was white), and will appear to be a lost pony, but can be identified by its constantly dripping mane. Its skin is like that of a seal, smooth, but is as cold as death when touched. The horse's appearance is strong, powerful, and breathtaking. Water horses are also known to transform into handsome men in order to lure women into their traps. The water horse also creates illusions to keep itself hidden, keeping only its eye above water to scout the surface, much like the illusion of a fish's pupil. It is wise to keep away from them.
The water horse is also a common form of the kelpie, said to lure mortals, especially children, into the water to drown and eat them. It performs this act by encouraging children to ride on its back. Once its victims fall into its trap, the kelpie's skin becomes adhesive and it bears them into the river, dragging them to the bottom of the water and devouring them - except the heart or liver.
siiiiick eating children ! ! !
I have always wanted to be a wolf. All my life, and now I'm closer to it than ever. I have a fursuit, I am a furry, thats what they are to me, peoplewho bring out their inner animal in any way they can.