Quote (Pk_Dibbun @ Tue, Dec 30 2008, 01:58am)

Read my Edit.

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Ok, an attempt at a balanced definition. I am NOT a furry but both sides hear me out before reaching for that thumbs down.

Furries are a relatively recent phenomenon which has been catapulted into near-mainstreamness almost solely because of the internet. It is obvious furries are very much victims of tarring the majority with the brush of an "unappealing" minority.

In the simplest sense furries are fans of anthropromorphic animals. That is, animals with human like features or tendencies (Fox McCloud, Sonic the Hedgehog... etc) pretty much all furries will create their own character or "fursona" for use as an art model and roleplaying, the designs of which vary wildly dependent on the artists skill and eye for contrasting colours (You get both amazing and appalling furry artists, and a wide skill range between these two) some furries can work wonders when it comes to creating a character on second life

The above paragraph is an apt description of your standard "furry", however there is a small but VERY vocal minority of the "yiff yiff" kind of division. Even though this sort of furry probably only takes up 1/10th of the fandom this is by FAR the type you hear about most often from anti-furry biased sources.

Furry porn is dangerously close to bestiality. Sorry to anyone who likes it, but it is... However the ones who like it seem to be in a minority, with the ones liking the odd fetishes like "vore" and "macro" a very small minority indeed.

Furries get a lot of crap thrown at them on the internet in relation to the activities of the minority of their fanbase. They have a reputation to reacting to this in an over the top manner (such as comparing their treatment to the Holocaust), which really doesn't do them many favors.

However on the whole they are just a group of people who are fans of a single concept, seem to know how to have fun, and are doing alright for themselves in terms of publicity.

Quote (Pk_Dibbun @ Tue, Dec 30 2008, 02:17am)

I didn't write this, found this on Urban Dictionary.

Quote (darkstar6 @ Tue, Dec 30 2008, 02:22am)

I was wondering about that when I read the first line, but although I disagree with maybe 1 or 2 things in there that sums it up very well.

Quote (Pk_Dibbun @ Tue, Dec 30 2008, 03:19am)

Yeah, the Furry Porn being close to bestiality is pretty BS.

Quote (darkstar6 @ Tue, Dec 30 2008, 03:32am)

Yeh, that is bullshit really.

And also, lets be honest here, just because people like the yiff part of the fandom doesnt mean they still cant also enjoy the other aspects of it.
It annoys me that people either group you into the yiff liking (and thats all you care about) part of the fandom, or the non-yiff liking (and just enjoy being a fur)
I personally love yiff art, but hell I love other furry art just as much, and just because I like that doesnt mean im not just as interested in everything else that comes with being a furry

Quote (Pk_Dibbun @ Tue, Dec 30 2008, 03:34am)

That piece too, I think that some furs get so offended by people criticizing the fandom that they purely show themselves as being 100% Clean and rant at other furs (I.E. The Furvert term) Lol

Part of being a Furry, is having high Tolerance to everyones personalities and different likes.

Quote (darkstar6 @ Tue, Dec 30 2008, 03:42am)

Yeh, I mean being honest here, yiff is a part of the fandom, thats just the way it is, just like porn is a part of life.
Just some furs are really as bad as the trolls who flame us.