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

[avylin.livejournal.com]

Everybody has their preferences and tastes. I'd be just as apt to putting 'some furries' in my interests, when I'm otherwise a full-blown, admitted, guilty Furry myself; specifically, I don't care for anthro felines.

But yeah. There's no official scales of furriness, so I wouldn't worry.

One thing people don't stop to consider often enough, though, is that anthropomorphism in general is about stuff that is not realistic. So yes, oversized chests, bulging crotches, and hermaphrodites aren't realistic... but no more unrealistic than a fox that walks on two feet, talks, and has opposable thumbs. Sexual characteristics should NOT be held to a seperate scale of how-unrealistic-is-too-unrealistic simply because of their more sensitive social aspects. They're just body parts.

If you ask me, it's a 'whatever floats your boat' thing. I like herm furs; other people like anthropomorphic persian cats. I don't begrudge them what they like even if I don't share that interest, I think they should afford me the same courtesy.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

*bows*

Once again, you inject reason and sense into my ramblings. :D