Let’s not forget this art is on the top of all time list of the furry_irl subreddit, and I even thought this was posted on a furry_irl communities before looking at this community’s name.

To be perfectly fair, this is also the case even with real life friend groups, where there are generally that one or two friends who hold the friendship the most.

That kink ain’t a bug, it’s a feature

:O I wish I was her…

Generally, and in some cases unfortunately, murders aren’t just weighed based on whether someone dies but also the motive and how it relates to the victim.

One could argue that preys generally don’t deserve to die in the hands of predators since they don’t do anything wrong besides existing, but predators who kill others deserve to die as punishments because they’ve taken another lives. It’s basically the same concept as a human society that still has death penalty.

Whether it’s ethical or sensical to have death penalty in a world where predation is outlawed is as hard of a question as the question about death penalty in real life.

I’ve seen the art, it’s really cute :3

And even wilder, animals that don’t conform to our idea of gender (yes, they exist too!). There are still a few things I think can be explored in this topic, sucb as:

• Animals that reproduce asexually, thus lacking in gender,
• Animals that are naturally hermaphroditic (such as worms, though these animals are rarely used for fursonas anyway),
• Animals that can change their gender naturally (such as clownfish. Unrelated, but can you imagine how interesting it would be if that fact is referenced in Finding Nemo?),
• Animals with different sex determination. For example, turtles’ gender are determined by their temperature in the egg. Imagine the gender stereotypes!
• Birds also have different chromosomal system for determining gender. It’s not XX or XY for them, but I don’t know much about avian genetics.
• Some animals have different gender roles. For example, female hyenas are higher in hierarchy than male hyenas. Also, for lions, the lioness are usually the ones hunting. Given that different animals have different gender roles, it would be interesting to see how that would play out in an anthro society where many different species would mix.

I also think Hyenas should make it on this list now that I think about it, for another reason

A man can dream…

I’m not exactly the oldest fur around, but I’ve been a furry for a long time and there’s many advice I could’ve given to younger me.

I have a few, but it mostly boils down to: don’t make being a furry a big deal. Just relax.

More specifically:

• Being a furry is just a hobby. You don’t need to “come out” as a furry or tell anyone. And in most cases, there’s nothing wrong with your friends knowing that you’re a furry, it’s not a shameful secret you need to hide as if it’s a fetish (just don’t let your future employers know). Use a furry wallpaper or furry profile picture if you want to and where it’s appropriate. Of course, with furries being generally seen in negative lights, some caution need to be exercised, and some people may treat you being a furry very badly. Use your own judgement, but for the most part, it’s less of a big deal than I expected.
• Don’t worry about all the hatred. Younger me have seen so many furry hate comments, especially around the “gamers vs furries” time, that she wanted to quit the fandom out of fear. But really, all those hate comments are mostly made by children trying to look cool by attacking a punching bag. It’s mostly empty threats. Just ignore the haters and trolls making fun of you for being a furry and bee yourself. Don’t let fear consume you.
• Don’t worry about how unique your fursona is. Younger me was afraid that her fursona is not unique enough or that someone might have a similar looking fursona, but I don’t care now. Your fursona should reflect what you like, not what is the most unique. If you’d prefer a vanilla looking fursona, that’s fine. If you’d like your fursona to be a polar bear with purely white fur, go ahead. You don’t need to add additional pattern to make it more stand out, unless that’s really what you want.
• Fursona can be changed anytime, so don’t worry about picking the wrong one. Explore around and try out fursona designs you’d like. If you already have a fursona but want to change it, that’s fine. But be aware that any art or fursuits made for your old fursona won’t magically change to your new ones, so do take deep consideration about your fursona before making an expensive art commission or a fursuit.

That’s all I can say for now.

Yeah. I get that.

I’m also an otherkin, an anthrophomorphic raccoon girl. And sometime I wish I could be that irl…

But in the post, I thought a fox would’ve been more subtle and more relatable than a raccoon.

I can relate. I often feel the same way about me being transspecies, but I’m more of an anthro than a feral.