Are You A Furry?

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:04 pm

What's with these obligations to see certain movies?

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:12 pm

While we're talking about childhood movies (that probably introduced all to an early concept of "furry"), I've never seen The Fox and the Hound, Robin Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, The Sword in the Stone, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, the Aristocats, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo, or Bambi.
And the movies I /have/ seen now, it's only because I've seen them on Disney Channel and have gone, "Hey, that's the movie everyone has always been talking about. Maybe I should watch it." (i.e. Mulan, Peter Pan, Aladdin.)

Really the only Disney movies that I ever watched as a kid were Tarzan and Toy Story. :I

Oh, and as a side note, I've been thinking of adopting a fursona, just for the lolz and whatnot.

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:15 pm

See, now, I have difficulty understanding why the need for fursonas--at least a single fursona. Doesn't that stifle the imagination by limiting oneself to one or a few forms? Isn't it better to have multiple characters?

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:26 pm

ChewyChewy wrote:See, now, I have difficulty understanding why the need for fursonas--at least a single fursona. Doesn't that stifle the imagination by limiting oneself to one or a few forms? Isn't it better to have multiple characters?

See, there's my exact theory.

I was actually going to consider my "basic" fursona to be a Ditto, so I could just change forms whenever I wanted.

.... Or maybe a human that has morphing superpowers?
OH GOSH I COULD WRITE A FURSONA STORY ON HOW SHE GOT HER POWERS. <3
I actually kinda like that idea. Oh my randomness.
I know that's really not considered a "fursona", but I am a non-furry, after all.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:32 pm

Beagle wrote:While we're talking about childhood movies (that probably introduced all to an early concept of "furry"), I've never seen The Fox and the Hound, Robin Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, The Sword in the Stone, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, the Aristocats, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo, or Bambi.

This is causing me physical pain

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:32 pm

How about a giant amoeba that can take on any shape it wants (or even combine them) but HAS no shape of its own at ALL?

Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:33 pm

Beagle wrote:.... Or maybe a human that has morphing superpowers?

hey, that's my territory.

though go ahead and use it since I'm not serious about it.

because I'm still a human.

FlintTheSquirrel · Post by **FlintTheSquirrel** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:27 am

ChewyChewy wrote:See, now, I have difficulty understanding why the need for fursonas--at least a single fursona. Doesn't that stifle the imagination by limiting oneself to one or a few forms? Isn't it better to have multiple characters?

Your fursona is how you view yourself as an animal. However that does not mean you have to RP as one or anything. Characters are still characters, but I tend to think of Fursonas as yourself, without any change. Characters is how you wish you could act.

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:36 am

FlintTheSquirrel wrote:
ChewyChewy wrote:See, now, I have difficulty understanding why the need for fursonas--at least a single fursona. Doesn't that stifle the imagination by limiting oneself to one or a few forms? Isn't it better to have multiple characters?
Your fursona is how you view yourself as an animal. However that does not mean you have to RP as one or anything. Characters are still characters, but I tend to think of Fursonas as yourself, without any change. Characters is how you wish you could act.

Well, that's part of the reason I don't have one. I don't know myself well enough to narrow it down to just one animal. Anyway, my characters are all part me, in a way, but also part not me.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:41 am

And that's perfectly fair. Not every furry needs a fursona. We're just saying that just 'cause we have one doesn't mean we're "locked" into one particular species for all purposes.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:09 pm

So I basically have to watch every Disney princess movie by those standards.

Post by **Dissension** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:10 pm

I'm sorry, what?

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:48 pm

Whoops, conversation gap.

Sleet wrote:
Psykeout wrote:
Sleet wrote:I have now seen Disney's Robin Hood. I am officially a good furry..
You haven't seen the aristocats though!
Yes, but as a fox, I still get to keep my furry card. If I were a cat, yes, I'd have to see that.

Post by **Dissension** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:50 pm

No, I got that. You're saying you're a princess, yes?

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:04 pm

Dissension wrote:No, I got that. You're saying you're a princess, yes?

Only at the level that 90's Disney movies dealing with humans are all princess movies.

The dress in my closet is a completely different matter.

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:16 pm

Teh Brawler wrote:
Dissension wrote:No, I got that. You're saying you're a princess, yes?
Only at the level that 90's Disney movies dealing with humans are all princess movies.

The dress in my closet is a completely different matter.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a princess movie?

Sorry for the off-topic but I had to comment.

Why are we talking about these on a furry thread anyway?

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:21 pm

ChewyChewy wrote:
Teh Brawler wrote:
Dissension wrote:No, I got that. You're saying you're a princess, yes?
Only at the level that 90's Disney movies dealing with humans are all princess movies.

The dress in my closet is a completely different matter.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a princess movie?

Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:24 pm

ChewyChewy wrote:The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a princess movie?

more of a gypsy movie. and Mulan and Hercules aren't princess movies either.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:28 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
ChewyChewy wrote:The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a princess movie?
more of a gypsy movie. and Mulan and Hercules aren't princess movies either.

STOP POINTING OUT THE BLATANT FLAWS OF MY COMPLAINT SYSTEM

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:13 am

Y'all seem to be getting pretty of-topic.

Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:21 am

indeed. I'm a human who shape-shifts. there. back on topic.

Russiarules1 · Post by **Russiarules1** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:23 am

To bring everything back to topic, I'll ask a random question, that is somehow related to furry stuff, poorly:
Are tennis balls furry?

Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:26 am

they're fuzzy. next question or on-topic post.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:31 am

Yes, I am a furry.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:32 am

Obviously, I am.

Have a fursona, too.

Huh. What a coincidence.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:37 am

I have a friend, who is pretty much not furry. But she has a fursona, so she calls herself furry because it would be weird if she didn't.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:40 am

ChewyChewy wrote:See, now, I have difficulty understanding why the need for fursonas--at least a single fursona. Doesn't that stifle the imagination by limiting oneself to one or a few forms? Isn't it better to have multiple characters?

Whats the problem with that I have one fursona, just refer to my avatar.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:36 am

Lots of people have multiple characters. Just because you have a fursona, that doesn't mean you're not allowed to keep creating characters.

I have like, 12 other furry OC's. I like to think of your fursona as your mascot. It would be weird if (your favorite sports team) had a group of several mascots and sent a different one out each game.

ManaWolf · Post by **ManaWolf** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:10 pm

Psykeout wrote:
Beagle wrote:While we're talking about childhood movies (that probably introduced all to an early concept of "furry"), I've never seen The Fox and the Hound, Robin Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, The Sword in the Stone, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, the Aristocats, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo, or Bambi.
This is causing me physical pain

I've only seen ¨Who framed Roger Rabbit¨ in that entire list of movies.

Russiarules1 · Post by **Russiarules1** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:26 pm

A have seen all those movies and they are great! Just sayin'.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:14 pm

Just proof that not all animation fans are furries.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:40 pm

Psykeout wrote:Lots of people have multiple characters. Just because you have a fursona, that doesn't mean you're not allowed to keep creating characters. I have like, 12 other furry OC's. I like to think of your fursona as your mascot. It would be weird if (your favorite sports team) had a group of several mascots and sent a different one out each game.

I understand that you can have many characters. I have a good amount of them meself.
Off the top of my head I can think of:
Grey (my fursona. I also have things from him in some of my other characters)
The Saint
Evan
Eli
Desmond
Snow (more or less a female version of Grey)
The Professor
Conor
Rosa
Parker
Ace
Troy
The Shadow
Colonel
The Duke
The Duchess
Thrasher

Chaplin · Post by **Chaplin** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:40 pm

The problem with multiple fursonas is that they are not Canadian Geese, the king of animals.

Fun Fact: Chuck Norris once tried to catch a Canadian Goose. 5 missing fingers later, he succeeded.

DismayWolf · Post by **DismayWolf** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:57 am

I find it funny that one of the first few topics I notice is this one Limbo like me. I am a furry, and proud to be part of the fandom

Nickname is my user name, and my fursona is a white wolf with Blue patterns covering the body

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:49 am

Of course you noticed. Furries have a special ability to instantly recognize the word "furry" with even the quickest glance.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:59 am

It's as if the majority of us have some sort of sense not based on sight, that could detect other animals

DismayWolf · Post by **DismayWolf** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:45 pm

I know what you guys mean, I have been around forums for awhile, and usually, somehow, I find the furry part of it rather easily lol

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:47 pm

The furry part is the best part.

...OK, that's pretty much as far from the truth as possible. But here it's pretty awesome.

DismayWolf · Post by **DismayWolf** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:02 pm

Actually, sometimes it is the best part on forums. It is kind of easy to make friends with a furry because we already have something in common, most of us have tails lol

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:57 pm

That's true, and why I have a lot of furry friends, but furries tend to also be drama-mongers, among other things. You run into some undesirable folks in furry communities.

Do you consider yourself a furry?