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Furry Chat => General => Topic started by: josh_down on August 16, 2010, 03:55:27 PM
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what does being a furry mean to you? this place must have had one of these at one point, but i don't see it;
for me, i feel that it's a perfect vent for my own fantasies and imagination. when i'm daydreaming or 'pre-sleep dreaming' i'll be a lion, conversing with other anthro animals. plus as a social thing, it really feels nice to be able to sit down with people and talk about how much i'm fascinated by animals with people without being thought of as a bit strange (though that's not a bad thing either), plus not only that, but people who're fascinated by them in the same or at least somewhat similar ways to me.
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Being a furry to me lets me just have fun. It embraces your imagination. There has been countless amounts of times where regular routines get boring and or stressful, but drawing pics and rarely wearing a tail is just something to take you out of the ordinary life. I do like animals of course, but I'm not as you say completely drawn to them. I find them interesting and definately cool ^_^.
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Expansion. Reality is not boring... but imagination is unrestrained. This is an expansion of reality into the imagination. I like that.
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It's both a scocial thing and kind of a hobby for me... And I LOVE the art style... (just plain anthro though...)
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I consider furries in general to be rather fun and not so boring as many people I have met, it's a fun hobby, great way to meet new people, learn about some other countries in a 1st person point of view, many similar interests, and it's a great way to pass the time :P. A fursona to me is a way to express my imagination as well.
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to me, being furry is a way to express myself in a tolerant environment ^_^
plus it has let me meet loads of awesome people ^_^
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to me, its a fun thing, I love be a part of a very nice and friendly community (mostly refuring to the forum :3), the art and roleplayings with your fursonas is really pawsome, but also, it just feels right, I mean, ever since I "became" a furry, i've by some reason felt that i can be myself.
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its my escape. my door into a world that doesnt hate. reminds me of my childhood when cartoons were good.
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To me being a furry is the best way to sit back, relax, and let my uncontrolable imagination do it's thing. I like antro art (though I'm not so good myself) an sometimes think about if I were anthro, which is were the forum comes in, on here that's who I am. Also being able to be in such a large community is great. Being a Furry can only be decscribed as fun.
Rad
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To me, being a furry is embracing who I really am in a way that I just can't do any other way. It's like the only way of reaching a spot that you just can't reach to scratch. I've been a furry all my life and just didn't know what to call it, but when I found out that there were others like me, I felt that my wandering furry heart had finally found the home it had been looking for all along.
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:'( That's really sweet and completely true Dander!!! I actually feel the same way come to think about it...
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To me being a furry means alot, because I wouldn't have made so many new friends, I would of never came out of my shy shell at all, Most of the people i know as well as adopted within the fandom mostly on this forum site lol, anyways To me being a furry helps me more to show who i really am and it makes me feel proud of who i am and not what i am. I don't care what other people think ^w^ But everyone that i've met and became friends with showed me that there are still nice people in this world and I will and can say that everyone within the fandom is my inspiration for my art, my music remixes, and some of the fanfics i am currently working on X3 ^w^ that is why i love the fandom and all of you in it so much because you show that you care for someone like me ^w^ Oh and I'm back to the forums XD
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i agree and feel the same way as dander
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To me it has been my way of life since I was the age of 4. It is a way to show my true self to my friends and others. Being a furry brings me comfort and peace of mind. :P ^_^
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To me, being a furry is associated with a number of social connections. The most obvious one of course is the fact that I'm part of this extended community of like-minded groups and individuals. Also, I'm connected to my animal counterparts. There are rabbits all over the place in my area in rural Northern California, which is probably why rabbits are a popular fursona for local furries. I see rabbits almost every time I'm out. Since I was little, I've associated them with freedom and nature. With that fond familiarity, it's no wonder I developed overtime as a rabbit furry. In being a furry, not only am I connected to other furries, but it makes me feel more connected to animals and nature. In a way, I feel like a more complete human individual due to my identity with an animal.
Of course, on a less serious note, the community, art, and lifestyle are just so much fun, so I'd have an interest even if it didn't come so naturally.
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Well, I feel like it's a way to express myself artistically and more just showing who I really am, and it's an awesome community mostly.
I have always had an affinity towards anthros and used to experiment around in drawing with things like werewolfs, just making them different species and imagining them being more peaceful and instead of transforming being always the animal state, I also made stories to further represent them.
And the community is so nice and accepting ^_^ the person reading this probably knows more about me then people I know in real life, and they still don't know much...
One thing though is people overreact way to much in real life, here nobody cares and most people are just nice regardless.
I remember a few weeks ago the topic of alternate sexualities came out and then I mentioned I was bi and everyone flipped out, it took ten minutes for them to start believing I was joking (I wasn't but still.)
So, people are nicer, and I feel awesomer ^_^.
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So, people are nicer, and I feel awesomer ^_^.
i get this impression too! i ordered some stuff from rabbitvalley a few days ago and got three emails from the company, one from a guy called "Sean Rabbit" who i would imagine is the owner of the rabbitvalley shop. the way in which he wrote everything just seemed so much warmer than other places i've ordered stuff from in my time. perhaps it's because rabbitvalley is a pretty small company, but still... it made me feel much better about furries as people.
and the sexuality thing... furries don't seem to care much because it's the norm now. if a fury had a problem with gay and bi people then he wouldn't be a furry long.
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For me, being a furry is a great way to show how much I love animals and appreciate art. It's a great nerdy outlet as well! :/
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I find the whole furry fandom to be a great way to enjoy myself. I mean after a while the whole
"Wake up.
Go to school.
Go Home.
Do Homework.
Go To Sleep."
routine gets really boring. I mean life, (at least for me), is usually a big routine day in and day out. So boring T,T
Plus the art is cute ^_^
And there are a lot of really nice furs out there.
I don't really get it but it seems like Furry's are nicer than the people we deal with day in and day out. Most of the time.
Like a nice Aura.
*draws a blue ball* See. Aura.
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to me, its something to kill time, my career keeps me busy a lot of the times, so when am off it gives me some what of a hobby to work on. I love the art work and the costumes am working on a costume for myself, and the love of my life is going to teach me how to draw
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