GAF's wet dream: a *furry* MMORPG
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BobbyRobby
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I wouldn't consider the creatures in the first post furries, as they have no animal characteristics in their face.
It would be like saying Josie and the Pussycats were furries.
It would be like saying Josie and the Pussycats were furries.
sureshooting
Banned
BobbyRobby said:
IAWTP. Animal accesories such as ears, tails, and paw gloves on a character with otherwise normal human skin and facial features does not equal furry.
Would you consider the Playboy bunnies as furries because they wear a bunny tail and ears?
If there is one bad thing about Matsuno's new involvement with the FF series its the anthromorphs. I don't know why this is, since they have only been an addition to Ivalice since FFTA. I wish they would go back to the FFT Ivalice setting without all the stupid furry characters.
SatelliteOfLove
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sureshooting said:
Good point.
I still don't, and it's mild considering what gay people have been thru.
sureshooting said:
So is Fran (Viera, FFXII) a furry? Sounds like she isn't by your definition (and I agree...). So if you don't have a problem with anthropomorphs that aren't 'furries'correct me if I'm wrongwhy don't you like Matsuno's character designs?
*To preclude any spelling "corrections", yes, Square Enix spelled "Virea"[sic] wrong on their own website...
sureshooting
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Inumaru said:
well fran is kind of in the middle stage of being a furry, where she only has animal accesories, but they are clearly a part of her real body and not just a prop she is wearing. Also, the Viera's are probably the least furry of the new non human character races of Ivalice.
I'd prefer all talking characters to be 100% human, and keep the bunny ears for the girls working the casino. Any kind of furry characters just gays things up for me.
Drinky Crow
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I don't know why they bother adding the animal parts in the first place -- at the very least, it's some sort of visual fetish and completely unnecessary.
sureshooting
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Post 7 FF is worthless (and very gay) as is pre 5 BOF (Lynn was barely a furry.)
The moogles are monsters, and I never used REDXIII because I hated him (he also is hard to call a furry because he doesn't have many human qualities, he is just a talking dog.)
The moogles are monsters, and I never used REDXIII because I hated him (he also is hard to call a furry because he doesn't have many human qualities, he is just a talking dog.)
sureshooting
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snapty00 said:
A part human, part animal character, with fur, and animalesque facial features. Usually designed to be "sexually attractive."
People who are fans of furries are usually either homo or bi sexual. They are mainly not very intelligent, and have no sense of humor or style.
sureshooting
Banned
Furries are pretty much gayer than anything. For some reason I consider masturbating to GGXX Bridget porn less gay than furries.
Ya i think people extend the definition a bit too much.
To me:
Furry - Some animal that has human like characteristics ie opposable thumbs, clothes, ect
Everything else (catgirl, bunnygirl ect) - Human that has animal like characteristics. ie, fangs, ears, tail
I remember when I tried to trick you guys to play:
http://www.furcadia.com/
hahaha it's so fucking stupid
To me:
Furry - Some animal that has human like characteristics ie opposable thumbs, clothes, ect
Everything else (catgirl, bunnygirl ect) - Human that has animal like characteristics. ie, fangs, ears, tail
I remember when I tried to trick you guys to play:
http://www.furcadia.com/
hahaha it's so fucking stupid
In my eyes, a furry is someone who thinks they are, pretends to be, or is aroused by an animal...drawing or liking cartoon shit like bugs bunny doesn't make someone a furry in my eyes
then again, when I was younger, the personification of animals always used to piss me off in retarded kids movies like Homeward Bound
then again, when I was younger, the personification of animals always used to piss me off in retarded kids movies like Homeward Bound
fennec fox
ferrets ferrets ferrets ferrets FERRETS!!!
;;The whole furry fetish corrupted everything that even looks like furries in my mind. Just 2 days ago, I was bored and I was watching this cartoon about dogs who are sled racing dogs. I have no idea what the title was, the name of the main character was Badoo (?) and he was some sort of mixed wolf/dog result, and the other racing dogs made fun of him. And there was this evil racing dog who was called "Style?", Anyways both dogs had "girlfriends" dogs who were suposed to be "hot and sexy" the whole time I kept thinking stuff like "I bet someone where found those talking animated female dogs hot, and wrote sexual fantasies about them in horrible fanfics".
I was sorting old vhs tapes a few weeks ago, and when I stumbled on a tape of "All dogs goes to paradise", the first think I thought was "Oh NOZ, FURRY MATERIAL"
Damn you Internet! DAMN YOU!
I was sorting old vhs tapes a few weeks ago, and when I stumbled on a tape of "All dogs goes to paradise", the first think I thought was "Oh NOZ, FURRY MATERIAL"
Damn you Internet! DAMN YOU!
sureshooting
Banned
fennec fox said:
Hail and well met, Sanctimonius. You do look fetching today, if I might say so myself. YIFF. YIFF. YIFF. YIFF. YIFF. YIFF. YIFF. YIFF. YIFF.
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Buggy Loop
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Aaawwwww
MomoPufflet
Member
From Furcadia:
kiddie furry?
kiddie furry?
MrPing1000
Member
ahh furcadia my first step into the world of mmporgs. I spent so much time making my own world to.
sureshooting
Banned
Helena said:
belgurdo said:
quoted before he had a chance to edit
I wonder which race is going to draft the Yiffers.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
callous said:
Honestly, at this point a lot of the haters (who seem to spawn from the closet-queer/gamer/hipster geek crowd - oh look, a stereotype!) don't realize that actual furry fans generally roll their eyes and laugh at all the hate - although it can be exapserating, stupid, and annoying. Essentially it's white noise and trash that just gets in the way of everybody chilling the hell out and enjoying whatever they enjoy.
Part of the irony of the hatred of non-humanized characters (in every way, from "sensuality" to "gay" to "uncool") is that a huge part of what started the formal furry/anthropomorphics fandom over 20 years ago, was artists, comic fans, and writers being bored to tears with the same generic human and human-oid characters. In science fiction, fantasy, super heroes, and comic books.
Furry, some in the fandom feel, has gotten so much hatred and stereotyping on the Internet and used as "freak show" material in the media, because it happens to cross over many subjects that a lot of people have issues with. Ironically, it seems to be literally too "happy" for some. It's "inane". Here it garners some of the same hate that Japanese pop-culture does for similiar reasons. Due to nearly accidentall circumstances in the early formation of the fandom, there are a lot of gay and bi men and women in it. The stereotype that it's virtually all gay or bi is ridiculous however, and simply isn't true. However we all know how a lot of people see any hint of a gay person and flip their lid, and begin coming up with wonky theories, presumed statistics, and whatever. There's a lot of use of "pr0n" in furry - this is quite true. Why? Because the exotic nature of the anthropomorphic characters is sensual to a lot of people. One thing that's misunderstood with absolute determination by a lot of people is that it is the fusion of human and non-human characteristics that creates an "alien" and exotic attraction for the vast majority of people who find something sexual - or even merely sensual (there is a difference, geekdom - dare I say, get a girl/boyfriend?) Not that this makes a difference to some - despite the fact that human beings have a huge range of tastes, kinks, and attractions. I mean, plenty of people still get squicked over gay people (even when they proclaim tolerance). And you know what? If you're squicked, fine, you're squicked. Merely being squicked though, doesn't excuse a lot of the over-the-top hatred and vilifiying that goes on.
Are there people in furry fandom who do act without any social skills or intelligence? Why yes, there are. Due to the mechanics of sub-cultures, one could even say there are a larger number of obvious people of this sort. There's also a lot of num-nuts of different flavors - but the same basic issues - in the Linux community, comic book fan, and in computer gaming. Get a mirror or get over it - geeze.
One of the most amusing yet sad things I've seen on the Internet was on another general forum, that happened to have a large gamer population. The forum has a FAQ which lists logical fallacy and bad arguments, and the mods proclaim that everybody should be a grown up and able to discuss things without stereotypes and flames and acting like children. On the same forum, a new person posted a question about anthropomorphic characters that by any adult, sane standard, was inoffensive. The mod immediately locked the thread and told him to bugger off to a furry board.
Yeah. Right.
By and large, the perspective among anthropomorphic fans and people who amazingly don't flip out over the entire thing, is that there seem to be an awful lot of 20-something geeks, nerds, and hipsters who are looking for the next lowest man on the social totem pole to push down. I find it intriguing that on this very form, gamers continually moan and sometimes even rage about the persistant public perception of gaming as "teh kiddy" or causing violence or being a horrible thing, full of perversion and celebrating "poor values", what with all them soldier games where you gib heads. And of course, they turn around and happily participate in applying the same treatment to the next sub-culture they percieve as being the thing to hate on.
Ultimately, there's a lot more to something like furry than all the stereotypes that get tossed around. (Which is true of most anything.) Furry will still be here when the online jerk and cynic culture of the day moves on to something else, and proceeds to freak out anew. In the meantime, the Internet gets itself blanketed by absurd amounts of ill-will, chaff, and haterade. And we get to watch absurdities like people feel unable to look at anthropomorphic characters without being a "sicko", or gamers argue now that classic game characters are disgusting, because they're furry. I know a lot of people like to argue that furry has "ruined" anthropomorphics even - which I find equally absurd. Anthropomorphism is something far too large and pervasive.
There's some hope at least for people on all sides to cease being stupid. A few days ago on a furry Livejournal community, somebody posted a general appology to anthro fans as a whole. Maybe it didn't make much of a difference in the big picture, but they'd mindlessly joined in the fur-frying on Something Awful for years. Then one day thought "I want to be a good person. I try to be kind to others. Why in hell am I doing this?" They looked at furry again and realized it was nothing particularly evil as a whole. Then felt like an asshole and fool.
I more think that a lot of people need to get over their own hatred, discomfort, and issues - just move on, for God's sake. Everyone will be happier, including yourselves.
Just think, you could play Starfox again!
MrPing1000
Member
It's basically a chatroom but u can do some interactive things and build your own house thing that can do loads of different stuff which was coolio