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Tori Belliachi's

Guide to the Furry Fandom
(It's a load of text, but it's informative.)

Use my ears
to navigate

An Introduction

Whilst travelling around, to the farthest reaches of
t'intarwebz, I have come to notice one common
theme. Ignorance. People on what seems to be every
community site everywhere are ignorant of one
another. That's how things like drama, trolling and
flaming come to be. This is not just in the furry
fandom, it's everywhere. But regardless, I
myself am a furry, and we seem to get more
hate from the idiocy than others. So that's
what this little flash doohick's about....

Starter For Ten

The furry fandom is different things to different
people; to some it's an art form, others a hobby, a way
of life or even an occupation.
There are no rules and no leaders in the furry fandom.
We are a community with a common interest. That
common interest is anthropomorphics.
No one knows how many furries there
are in the world, however one could guess
at about 100,000.

Anthropomorphic?

Wiktionary.org defines anthropomorphic as
inanimate objects, animals, or other non-human
entities given human attributes
Furries are people with an interest in the second one,
animals given human attributes. As you would have
seen in your youth with Mickey Mouse, Bugs
Bunny and hundreds of other characters.
Anthropomorphic animals have probably had
some impact on your life before.

As A Culture

The furry fandom, as well as being a fandom, can also
be easily classed as a sub-culture. A culture (generally)
has it's own language, dress sense, attitude to life, etc.
The furry fandom contains these and many more
attributes that could call it it's own way to live.
Each furry percives the fandom differently,
and so my views in this flash may not be shared
by everybody. Feel free to comment on it.

The Language

Furries have created a number of ways to express
different words and phrases. A quick dictionary of the
most common is shown below.
fursona: a play on the word 'persona', it is used to describe one's animal alter ego
pawpet: a play on the word 'puppet', this is essentially an animal puppet
paws/footpaws: used as replacement to hands and feet
headfur: used as replacement to hair
scritch: to scratch, usually a sign of affection or friendship
yiff: sexual intercourse
marf: an expression showing surprise or confusion
murr/purr: an expression pertaining enjoyment
nuzzle: to rub one's nose against another, a sign of affection
fursuit: a costume of a furry character

The Dress

Some furries enjoy dressing up as their characters. This
is generally called 'fursuiting'. However one does not
even need a fursuit to dress up. You can also make or
buy items such as tails, ears, collars and paws that you
can easily wear anywhere at any time.
Most fursuits are custom made,
because of this they can cost
thousands upon thousands of
dollars.

The Attitude

Most, if not all furs, are open minded. We usually do
not hold unjustified prejudice against another person.
Mainly due to thoughts along the lines "we're already
quite abnormal, so we can't really complain about
another persons abnormality."
We are percieved as being the fun-loving
laid back types, and we generally are. Nothing
more fun than to hang around a park with a
few furs, chilling and talking...

The Media

The furry fandom is a wholly creative one. Where
maybe 97 out of every 100 people are in someway
artistic; be that in art, design, writing, music and fursuit
building. The song currently playing in the background
of this flash was created by a furry. The creative side of
the furries is showcased at a number of websites such
as FurAffinity.net, deviantART, VCL and Furry
Art Pile.

The Dark Side

Like the rest of society, the furry fandom is not perfect.
And there is a more sinister side to it. I am of course
referring to pornography. Furry porn is a fairly active
area of the fandom, however this does not imply that
all furs enjoy it. I for one do not, and neither do many
other people.
68% of all hits on the internet are on
pornogrpahic websites, so I don't think the
furry porn is much to worry about.

Bad Press

You may have heard of furries before this. And there is
actually a reason for this. The media. Some parts of the
mainstream press has picked up on the more
undesirable features of the furry fandom and displayed
them for the public to view. These reports show very
little of the true furry fandom because, as the industry
says, smut sells.
The Sun newspaper, CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation, SexY2K and Eurotrash have all
painted a bad picture of furries in the past.

Stereotypes

And all this bad press coverage has brought birth to
the furry stereotype. Much like the 'type of a computer
geek; the furry sterotype visions furries to be fat, gay,
men in their late-30's with little to no social life and a
sexual attraction to animals.
This is, by a far long shot, not the case. As
a number of "furry surveys" have come to
conclude.

Surveyed

The most recent published survey (published May 4th
2007), was conducted by the University of California
Davis Department of Psychology. Below is a summary
of their results:
The average age is 24.6 years. 81% are male, 89% are of caucasion origins, 83%
originate from or live in the United States, 38% are still actively partaking in an
education, 18% own a fursuit, and approximately half were in a
relationship.
37.3% are bisexual, 32.7% are hetrosexual, 25.5% are homosexual
Approximately 41% have left-wing views, 14% right-wing
Nearly 57% were highly active within the furry community

Misconceptions

Over the next few pages I will be answering a few
questions and rumours about the furry fandom. Just
remember, I'm more likely to know this stuff than you.
Unless you're a seasoned furry too.
I shall repeat my earlier warning, each furry
percieves the fandom differently, so my
answers do not speak for everyone. But
will hopefully appease the majority of
folks.

Misconception #1: Furry is a fetish

The furry fandom as a whole is not a fetish. It is an
interest, as one could have an interest in salsa dancing.
To call the whole fandom a fetish is to say that all Star
Trek fans masturbate over Captain Kirk. It's just not
going to happen.

Misconception #2: Furries are sex-addicted

If you go back to the furry survey and add up the
sexuality count, you'll find that it doesn't add up to
100%. The remainder is the asexuals, who do not carry
an interest in sex whatsoever. Also note how only 50%
of furs are even in relationships, and thus in a position
to do so.

Misconception #3: Furries think they're animals

This one is only true to an extent. People who either
believe they are animals or have the soul of one are
called therianthropes (or otherkins). They are not part
of the furry fandom, however they do cross quite
often, and it is quite easy to find furries who are also
therians.

Misconception #4: Furries want sex with animals

Goodness knows where this came from, but that's
beastiality. One of the "guidelines" of the furry fandom
is to protect animals, so to cause them major physical
and psycological harm is kind of stupid.

Misconception #5: You have to kill someone

Marf?
(Look back to the bit about words/phrases if you don't know what that means.)

Misconception #6: Sex... in fursuits

Okay, I admit, there will be a few "furverts" who will do
that. However it's not exactly a common thing to do.
Mainly because fursuits cost a lot of money, why
would you want to muck them up like that? Eww...

Misconception #7: God hates furries

Doesn't say that anywhere in the Bible. Plus the whole
concept of God hating anyone is quite contradictory of
the whole "love thy neighbour" lot. It's amazing how
often this argument still comes up, it hardly even
makes sense!
You'd have to go up against the Christian
Furs too. They won't be too happy with ya.

Misconception #8: Furries are all emos

There may be one or two. But it's funny how the furry
haters always say this when people start whining at
them. It's not called being emo, it's called defending
your beliefs. Get it right, jeez.

Misconception #9: Furries can't spell

Excuse me? What exactly is this I'm doing right now? A
lot of the people on the internet can't spell, or just
can't be bothered (as is the case most of the time). So
whenever this pops up, it's just some nit-picky little
brat all over again.

More questions? Send them to me on the Newgrounds
PM system, and I might add them in to this one, or just
make another flash doohick of them.

Makin' Your Mind Up

That was, at least to my mind, a good overview of the
furry fandom. I laid down all the facts as they are told.
And now I ask you, do not follow the tabloid media, do
not believe the slander of the furry haters. We are all
human, one race, trying to survive. And hating won't
get us to anyplace nice. Make your own decision on
furries, you don't have to like us. But as long as
you don't go spreading hate, then you've made
me happy. :) Peace out.
~ Tori Belliachi

T'is the End of the Road

This concludes this edition of whatever I called this
thing.
GOODPIE!
Made by Tori Belliachi //robomilk.sirkain.net
Music by Kurrel the Raven //www.kwookyworld.com

Whoa!

How'd you get here?!

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