On the subject of furries

[bzarcher]

I have about a half hour before I gotta go out to do some more appointments, and as such I have decided to write! I got asked the other day why I only have "some furries" in my interest list instead of "anthromorphs" or something similar. So I might as well take a sec to explain:

I am all for anthromorphs. I have no problem with them and never have. Where I draw the line is exaggeration or grotesquery.

(Yes, I am not a Winger fan. :D)

Plus, the attitude that some take to it makes the difference. When Supermegatopia draws Buxom Gal or Distraction Damsel, they're doing it to be funny, and it's funny. (Usually.) When someone's drawing people utterly out of proportion just to draw them out of proportion and claim that they should be arousing, I have to go, "ewww." Hermaphrodites...mmph. Depends. If it's drawn well and realistically, that's fine. If it's drawn just to draw it, that's something else.

So I guess I'm a discerning/occasional antrho fan? I just dunno if I am into it enough to call myself a full fan.

Comments

[gigerlicious.livejournal.com]

Realistically, the only animal that can be drawn as a hermaphrodite are annelids, a few onocophoryans and a handful of jellyfish. They do no exist in any of the higher animals whatsoever. For some reason, there's this hard and fast notion that there are such things naturally occurring, especially in mammals.