shit. lets be furries (potentially NSFW): Important Mod Announcement pg 89

[Kazerad]

I realized today that about 40% of my online friends identify as "furries".

There is something there I can't understand. I mean, don't get me wrong, I have nothing against furries. Hell, I think I am reasonably good at drawing slutty anthropomorphic animals [nsfw?] when I have to. But there remain aspects of this furrydom that elude my understanding.

For instance, "Fursonas". I think they are supposed to represent their creator in some way? I think I'm supposed to act like it's me, and draw pictures of it? These strange creatures of wonderful colors and indeterminite species elude my understanding and entice my curiosity. I want to examine and understand this strange phenomenon, much the same way a murderous robot might wear the flayed skin of a human in an attempt to discover what it means to feel love.

So, I have made myself a "fursona".

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Marvel at him, motherfuckers. He is a wolf/dolphin/dove/rabbit hybrid, and I have not decided his name yet. He is designed to represent me in every way. To name a few:
-His pointy teeth represent how I have some pointy teeth.
-The rabbit ears represent the fact I started that Hare Force 1 project in the MSPA subforum.
-The loin cloth represents the fact he's a fursona.
-The yellowish lines around him represent the fact I had empty space I needed to fill.
-The laces on his half-socks represent the fact I was drinking while I drew this, but I don't care they are canon now.
-He is flipping you off while giving you a thumbs-up because I don't know whether I like you or hate you, so I am preemptively covering all my bases.

Now I have to decide what to do with him. I think I'm supposed to draw angsty pictures or make up some kind of techno-fantasy setting he lives in? I don't know, suggestions are welcome. I know there are a bunch of furries on this forum so maybe they'll have a better idea than I do. Maybe I can draw our fursonas hanging out or something and post it here.

I will use this thread to chronicle my adventures into having a fursona. If anyone would like to join me on this magical funventure into discovering what it means to be a furry, feel free to get drunk and make up/draw your own fursona to post here. Maybe we can draw them having some kind of fursona party, or will learn some shitty saturday-morning-cartoon lesson about acceptance, I don't know.
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[Acionyx]

Kazerad, you are the specialest snowflake ever.

[HyperMetalix]

HyperMetalix cannot be Furry because obviously Kazerad is too busy being a Special Snowflake.

[catchTwentythree]

I think most people regard their fursonas as characters more than personalities. Like for roleplay. I myself have a few furry characters, but I wouldn't say I identify better as a snake than a human. :/

The weird ones-- fursuiters and otherkin and the like-- are an extremely visible minority.

[Acey Enn]

This is the best thread. ;_;

[AmbientArtisan]

I actually treat a fursona as just an avatar. It's my 'internet face' so to speak. Like how a lot of cartoonists have a doodle character to represent themselves. Mine just happens to be a ridiculous cat thing instead of a human. Also it's more recognizable that way. Kinda helpful when socializing virtually and you can't actually see the other person. But if I know my friend is represented by say.... A cherry red bat character, and I see in an unrelated forum someone with an avatar of said bat, I know chances are it's my friend and I can send them a message to find out and say hi. Or if we're being silly and want to illustrate a joke between us, I could doodle a silly cat and a red bat which is muchhhh easier than drawing our 'real' faces.

Some people like to fully flesh out their fursonas and give them personalities and worlds of their own, and RP with them seperately as characters, but most don't actually believe they are meant to be/are that character. Assuming that is as stupid as assuming everyone with a fantroll avatar believes that they're an angry alien kid. The people who do that are in a seperate group all on their own called 'otherkin' which frankly I know barely anything about and can't even begin to explain.

Yeah I know this is really just a joke thread, but I figured at least for people who are seriously confused I should explain.

TL;DR fursonas are less srs business, more just silly avatars

Also the majority of fursuiters are just 'cosplaying', but instead of using a character from a show or book or comic they're using their own original character. They don't believe they're really a huskie or wtfever, they're just being silly and running around in a dog costume just like some people run around in a pirate costume. Think halloween, and how much fun that is.

[Kuraiou]

My friend dated a furry once.

He dumped her when she coughed up a hairball.

*rimshot*

[polarBipede]

God that pun is horrible

[catchTwentythree]

Incidentally, Kazerad, that hybrid is the BEST HYBRID.

Except for Bat/Warthog. Bat/Warthog is an even better hybrid.

[MyUsernamesMud]

this is kind of the best topic

related: http://deviantartwolves.tumblr.com/page/3

[Roflstilzken]

I have never met furries except for online, so my personal definition for furries has always been "n. normal people who have a unique liking to animals, in some severe cases to the point of becoming one." However, that definition is a piece of shit and this thread will help me find a far more sophisticated and politically correct definition. I wonder if the unique odor of furries is universal all-around (pine-tree scent)...

I would join you on your quest of fursonic identity, but I've yet to accomplish the "getting drunk" criteria. I'll work right on that.

[Soadreqm]

I wholeheartedly approve of this fursuit I mean pursuit. Can't think of what my animal avatar should be, though. Something that has spinnerets, I think. Webs are awesome, as are cocoons. I'd make cocoons all the time, and use them as furniture. Maybe combine it with some sharks and cats and stuff for some INSANE CHIMERA POWERS.

[NotASenator]

If you guys can think up something for me, let me know.

[Kazerad]

Kazerad, you are the specialest snowflake ever.

Oh I'm gonna illustrate the fuck out of your fursona when I get home. You'll see.

[...] TL;DR [...]

Yeah pretty much.

Maybe combine it with some sharks and cats and stuff for some INSANE CHIMERA POWERS.

Sharks are always appropriate, because science has empirically proven them to be the awesomest animal.

However, that definition is a piece of shit and this thread will help me find a far more sophisticated and politically correct definition.

That's the spirit! :3 This is exciting guys. I'm excited. We're MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

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If you guys can think up something for me, let me know.

I'll make up and draw something for you when I get home if you don't want to do it yourself. I've only met you once so I don't know if I will be able to accurately represent the nuances of your inner self or whatever. Suggestions on how to approach making NAS's fursona will be greatly appreciated.

[icu2jimy]

I am a furry, pretty much. I used to write a comic about my dog character.
Sadly, I dropped him, last year, after numerous attempts to rebuild the comic.
Now, I only draw I these monkey characters from said comic.

I almost got my ass kicked off of a forum once for saying this.

[Solaris]

EDIT:I'll make up and draw something for you when I get home if you don't want to do it yourself. I've only met you once so I don't know if I will be able to accurately represent the nuances of your inner self or whatever. Suggestions on how to approach making NAS's fursona will be greatly appreciated.

I have a feeling that it is cute but incredibly powerful.
Like it looks safe, but when you least expect it, it eats you whole.

[Glass]

For me, there really isn't much more to being a furry than "hey I drew a drawing" and "hey I like that drawing" and "hey can you draw me a drawing". Except, you know, with furries. Coincidentially, I am a furry. Though I'm not as much as a HUGE FURRY BLUH BLUH as I used to be; I mainly just lurk FA every now and again. I still think the entire concept is pretty neato, though.

And don't trollsonas pretty much equate to fursonas in all practicality and utility? Just less animally and more bone bulgey.

[aeonsleuth]

Back when I was losing my mind in October (When I lacked an internet connection) I was playing through an really really long MSPAFA in my head I was going to make called 'Garry's Mod Adventure'.

As the story moved into it's 5th act or something, I promptly destroyed the planet it started on (Since then our Protagonist (Who was called The Protagonist), The Sniper (From TF2) and a whole host of characters had switched between realities, a weird paper world, a weird snow range with an evil 'Stand in for the Author' boss)) while the main characters escaped to a nearby 'medieval/steampunk' world.

Through a series of insane events, the starting planet 'healed' itself and was populated by furries, so I created a second author avatar (I already had one as 'The Author', who would show up mid adventure to have a long pointless rant about love or some nonsense because I had a crush on some fanart by Reiface then) called 'The Detective' who would be a fedora wearing furry version of me, with the glasses and everything, but also be a badass Problem Sleuth sorta guy.

After the epic FINAL BOSS BATTLE against 'The Administrator' he was the only survivor.

And already this post is ten times longer than it should be.

I should really write a full blown recap of everything.

[polarBipede]

Furries? On my MSPAF?

[Wigmund]

I'm really a tribble...does that count?

[SevenTwelve]

Kazerad, you magnificent bastard.

NAS, how do you feel about ducks? I'm not a furry, but I sense there is a severe lack of ducks in the furry community.
Let's break some barriers.

[Lieutenant Fish]

God damn that description was the funniest thing I've read all day.
I'd attempt to draw one of my own, but that's simply not possible at the moment.
Carry on, bold mammals. I'll be watching from afar.

[justiceAlchemist]

Good god. This thread is one of those things where I can do little, but sit and stare in awe about its majestic wonder. Also, I can't help but agree with SevenTwelve, there is probably a lack of ducks in the furry communities, if not most communities. I will attempt to create my own fursona at a later date when I don't have shit to do. I can that much, though I'm not sure in the end I want to find out what it really means to be a furry. Mostly because the only two furries I know IRL creep the fuck out of me.

[Varkarrus]

I actually treat a fursona as just an avatar...

This is how I feel a lot, too! My diabolical hamster avatar is just an exaggerated form of me.

[Phantos]

I used to be a furry.