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| - The Furry Fandom is a subculture which, since its initial consolidation in the 1980s as a distinct fandom, celebrates the depiction and utilization of anthropomorphic characters in human-produced media. The fandom is manifested in a number of pursuits, most notably a growing number of furry conventions and fursuiters.
- the furry fandom is an odd group of folks who are interested in animals see w:c:furry
- Furry fandom (also known as furrydom, fur fandom or furdom [citation needed]) refers to the fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes. Furry fandom is also used to refer to the community of people who gather on the Internet and at conventions.
- Jade is into the fandom and has decorated her room with various anthropomorphic and animal-related knick-knacks: plushies of various species, posters, and a picture of Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff as furries, apparently a gift from Dave. Dave also invents a fursona called Akwete Purrmusk while trying to reach a sleeping Jade (he evidently reuses this in a conversation (unseen) with Nepeta). She also later on plays a Ghostbusters II MMORPG with John in which she makes her "Ghostbuster" have a fox furry head.
- The Furry Fandom is primarily based off of 'furries' (anthropomorphic half-human half-animal hybrids). Furries come in a multitude of degrees, while many people only think the extreme variations exist, there are a multitude of other ways someone can be considered a 'furry'. Furries may or may not own 'fursuits' which are costumes of anthropomorphic characters. It is common among sectarians to believe that all furries lie in the 'furvert' group. Furries come in a multitude of degrees as listed: There are a multitude of activites that furries can take part in:
- A furry is, at the base, a fan of anthropomorphic animal characters (frequently and somewhat ironically abbreviated as simply anthro). Exactly where on the Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism these characters are doesn't matter, but most of them fall under Petting Zoo People and Funny Animals, and they're not on either extreme end. The characters may in some instances also be shapeshifters, transforming from fully human form to some kind of animal. Also, meet Dr. Kathy Gerbasi, social psychologist to the furs.
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| - Jade is into the fandom and has decorated her room with various anthropomorphic and animal-related knick-knacks: plushies of various species, posters, and a picture of Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff as furries, apparently a gift from Dave. Dave also invents a fursona called Akwete Purrmusk while trying to reach a sleeping Jade (he evidently reuses this in a conversation (unseen) with Nepeta). One example of Jade's belongings is her collection of Manthro Chaps. These toys merge features of a man, with various species of animals. Each Manthro Chap comes with a number of accessories, including articles of formal attire, a vaccination kit, and a dishwasher-safe slop trough. Jade's interest seems to be focused mainly on the subject of humans with animal aspects (the description of which mirrors an eerily prophetic dream from years in the future) and the merchandise of the fandom, rather than anything further. Some people in the fandom enjoy dressing up as furries in sports mascot style costumes colloquially known as 'fursuits.' Others, like Jade, don't dress up and might find the practice odd or even distasteful (ironically, she later becomes a real furry when she ascends to god dog tier as her Becquerel-prototyped dream self). Jade says that despite her interests in anthropomorphic fauna 'it has never occurred [to her] to dress as one' and that the practice 'just seems ridiculous'. However, she might participate in writing furry fiction. Jade has been seen browsing the real-world furry art community Fur Affinity, specifically the gallery of real user VampirePrincess007, who specialized in highly detailed paintings of dragons before she deleted her gallery and quietly left the site at some point in late 2010 - early 2011 (though her art can still be viewed at her deviantArt account). In addition, some of the pictures in her room are slightly modified versions of pictures from Fur Affinity; the one on the right of the above image is based directly on the image "Skimike's Miya" by FA user Tsampikos. She also later on plays a Ghostbusters II MMORPG with John in which she makes her "Ghostbuster" have a fox furry head.
- The Furry Fandom is primarily based off of 'furries' (anthropomorphic half-human half-animal hybrids). Furries come in a multitude of degrees, while many people only think the extreme variations exist, there are a multitude of other ways someone can be considered a 'furry'. Furries may or may not own 'fursuits' which are costumes of anthropomorphic characters. It is common among sectarians to believe that all furries lie in the 'furvert' group. Furries come in a multitude of degrees as listed: Standard (80%); regular fans of the anthropomorphic genre. They enjoy reading stories about these exotic half-human half-animal creatures. These people can create art of furries, that or simply create stories, or just enjoy them. This is just a basic fandom stage, nothing extreme. Furry Lifestyler (18%); people who take 'anthropomorphisism' to the next level. These people are typically people who cosplay in fursuits. At this level, they will imagine themselves in a more 'animalistic' way, preferring to see themselves as these creatures. At this level, it may be a fantasy, or a very avid hobby. Sexuality does not begin at this point, however, just dreams. Furverts (2%); People who are sexualy attracted to furries, this is a very small range, and these are typically the ones that produce yiffy, imagine it intimately, or completely take thier fursuits to an explicit level. There are a multitude of activites that furries can take part in: 1. Art-Drawings of anthropomorhpic characters in a scene, either getting coffee, hiking in the forrest, or combining thier humanity with thier animalisticality. 2. Stories-Stories of furries living thier lives, doing whatever, experiencing the world. 3. Conventions-Going to conventions about furries, meeting others like them, buying paintings and commissioning things. All in all, an estimated 76% of furries will go to conventions. 4. Cosplay-Putting on fursuits and playing around, acting like anthropomorphic characters.
- The Furry Fandom is a subculture which, since its initial consolidation in the 1980s as a distinct fandom, celebrates the depiction and utilization of anthropomorphic characters in human-produced media. The fandom is manifested in a number of pursuits, most notably a growing number of furry conventions and fursuiters.
- the furry fandom is an odd group of folks who are interested in animals see w:c:furry
- Furry fandom (also known as furrydom, fur fandom or furdom [citation needed]) refers to the fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes. Furry fandom is also used to refer to the community of people who gather on the Internet and at conventions. Therianthropic characters that morph between human and animal form are also considered by some to be part of the genre. Even certain superheroes with animal derived powers are considered of furry interest by some fans, the general idea being a combination of human and non-human animal attributes.
- A furry is, at the base, a fan of anthropomorphic animal characters (frequently and somewhat ironically abbreviated as simply anthro). Exactly where on the Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism these characters are doesn't matter, but most of them fall under Petting Zoo People and Funny Animals, and they're not on either extreme end. The characters may in some instances also be shapeshifters, transforming from fully human form to some kind of animal. The majority of the fandom consists of people who enjoy fiction and art centered around furry characters. They may simply take part in what others create, or they may be creators themselves. Many, but not all, also have a fursona , which is a furry character representing the individual. On the deeper end of the fandom, which is a minority, there are people with anthropomorphic animal fetishes, and a minority of them are erotic cosplayers. Despite the small size of this group, they have gathered the most attention in the fandom, much thanks to CSI, ER, MTV, American Dad, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Vanity Fair, Maxim and Something Awful and numerous other programs. With this media exposure, the broader public repeats thinking it 'knows' what a furry is - that is, a vaguely comedic pervert in some kind of cartoonish way, despite the fact that even those with anthropomorphic animal fetishes can not fulfill the quota due to the fact that plenty of the sexual acts are deadly since a fursuit can cause heat exhaustion and dehydratation to the one who wears it for a long time unless there are safety measures implemented. This crude 'all the same' fallacy has left many furry fans distrustful of the media, and for several years, the fandom went so far as to ban members of the press from certain conventions to avoid being subjected to a two-minute 'smear job' on the news, although you also have a livejournal entry devoted to showing off the portrayal of furries in media to see how much media access they can give on the other side of the spectrum. In the past few years, media coverage has been increasingly positive (NBC News was granted a unprecedented level of access during Anthrocon 2014, something that probably wouldn't have happened 5 years ago). This isn't necessarily because the media have become more tolerant - many attribute the decrease in negative media attention to the rise of other fandoms making furries look less strange in comparison to some other subcultures. The change in public perception, however, has been slow at best, as evidenced by the news coverage over an attack on Midwest Fur Fest in December, 2014, when chlorine gas was used to injure 19 people. Considering that the negative stigma still remained at large, the news organizations tended to get sidetracked by the oddity of furries instead of concentrating on the attackers, and in correlation with that, some people on the internet decidedly supported the attackers rather than treated the attackers' actions as having crossed the line of what the victims might have actually deserved from a moral standpoint. Likewise, sites like The Mary Sue.com instead treated the attack seriously. The event was instead make furries to abandoned the fandom whole put instead cost the media (From TV to Internet) to changed its mind to light positively over months later and getting hundreds more new members both internet and real life ether (Ex-armored closeted) coming out furries or self hating furries and new ex-non-furries to like it. Another subculture outside of the fandom is Otherkin. These are people who believe they are, in real life, not actually fully human mentally and spiritally. It may be that they claim to have an animal spirit, which may or may not be a real animal (Therians limit themselves to real animals biologically with more common physically and they are limited yet closely simliar to Furries put believing they transformed into animals (Ether Anthro or Feral) enough even only few furries can indeed repect them for all reasons). Some go so far as to disown the human race entirely, and claim they've been born as the wrong species (Mostly uncanny simliar due they sound close to other people who believe there not true biological gender and acutally comparing them to their own [and one of two] semi-official sub social movements within fandom, The Furry Lifestyle[r] that have share same goal, They are also they want be "no longer humans" too as purely Anthro Animal-like Humans though impossibly Biological means like formentioned Thierians, Transgenders and Transhumanist?, In same time strongly devouted being furry too). Even Otherkin, who're mocked by other furries, mock these people, to give some context to where they are on the social ladder. There is a significant stigma to identifying yourself as a furry, mainly because on The Internet and sometimes in Real Life, they are often the butt of many jokes. For this reason, there are a lot of people who have the same interests, but don't identify as furries. On the other hand, if someone does like works with furry characters, some people are inclined to label them a furry. They may like the works for the furry characters, but they may also like them for simply being great stories. Who exactly is a furry is up for debate, but the only people you can be certain of are the ones who identify themselves as such. Also, meet Dr. Kathy Gerbasi, social psychologist to the furs.
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