I figured this would pose a good topic for discussion... When did you realise you were a furry and what was it that made you discover it?

Mine came to me at 14 and in art class. A boy in class drew a fox anthro and it literally had me in awe and drooling, so I went home and immediately looked up anthro art on yahoo and spent the next hour and a half looking at the furry art and getting rather turned on in the process lol. Luckily parents didnt get home til later cuz had they seen where my fingers ended up... But I digress lol.

After that I focused on drawing furry art and the likes and have pretty much drawn it since.

what is furry

ippiki_ookami said:
what is furry

You make me sad panda :p

post #146851

inb4 100 "i was 7 and i saw bugs bunny in drag" responses

null0010 said:
inb4 100 "i was 7 and i saw bugs bunny in drag" responses

I was 8 and saw Lola in Space Jam. :V

What is art?

I thought this site was for yu gi oh cards..

Well so much for my assumption of interesting conversational topic :/

Ivory_Wolf said:
Well so much for my assumption of interesting conversational topic :/

Protip: Everyone here is a snarky bastard.

Test-Subject_217601 said:
Protip: Everyone here is a snarky bastard.

You called?

Speak of the wolf and it is at your door.

Test-Subject_217601 said:
Protip: Everyone here is a snarky bastard.

It's just /slightly/ overplayed

Test-Subject_217601 said:
Protip: Everyone here is a snarky bastard.

So it would seem lol.

I've liked furry characters since the ancient Star Trek cartoon introduced me to M'Ress. (Anyone remember that show? It was awesome. I never liked the original live action series, but the cartoon did some cool stuff.)

I also remember the old Inherit the Earth game was iconic for me, since it led me to playing the Furry Pirates tabletop RPG. Which had a terrible ruleset, but was fun despite it.

Shatari said:
I've liked furry characters since the ancient Star Trek cartoon introduced me to M'Ress. (Anyone remember that show? It was awesome. I never liked the original live action series, but the cartoon did some cool stuff.)

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Might have heard of it yeah.

I am not one of you, I'm just an artist looking at art; sorry if this seems a lie.

Rarborman said:
I am not one of you, I'm just an artist looking at art; sorry if this seems a lie.

Well its nice that you keep an open mind and dont knock something your not into and appreciate the work itself ^_^

When I was young, the only thing on tv most of the day was Looney Tunes, so, yeah.

Really? No one's going to mention the good old Disney's Robin Hood? That wasn't what made me realize I was a furry fan, but I'm sure it helped me along the road to becoming.

When I hit puberty, I was reading Nintendo Power and they were running the Star Fox comic with Fara Phoenix. So that was that.

ikdind said:
Really? No one's going to mention the good old Disney's Robin Hood? That wasn't what made me realize I was a furry fan, but I'm sure it helped me along the road to becoming.

When I hit puberty, I was reading Nintendo Power and they were running the Star Fox comic with Fara Phoenix. So that was that.

Hey I remember the robin hood of old! Yeah that was a good one! And starfox is another good contribution im sure many would agree with lol

I dunno what started my conversion but I'm pretty sure post #30948 completed it quite some time before joining this site.

ktkr said:
I dunno what started my conversion but I'm pretty sure post #30948 completed it quite some time before joining this site.

Hehe yeah I can see why

Ah, copied from Red Rusker's journal? Haha it's k.
For me, I just loved furries my whole life- I just never realized it until last year. I've always, like, freggin idolized animals, and stumbled across some of h0rs3's work, which brought me here, which brought me to furaffinity, which made me a furry!

I remember seeing Disney's Robin Hood in about 1988 and stumbled upon Yerf in about 1996 and from there i discovered the furry fandom and such.

Found a video on pornhub showcasing Jeremy Bernal and Dr Comet art set to that nothing but mammals song by the Bloodhound Gang around 5 years ago. Had no idea how to search for more until I stumbled across the word yif in the end credits. I was about 21. The rest is history.

Early stages of attraction occurred during the mid to late 90's: Looney Tunes was a major influence, punctuated by Lola Bunny in Space Jam. Characters like Callie Briggs and Minerva Mink contributed.

My interest peaked between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures (Kat and Krystal, respectively).

At that point I had yet to discover the furry community. Doing so in 2004 more or less killed my interest in the subject.

A few years later I stumble upon e621 through a link on Gelbooru. Since then I've regained some appreciation for furry art.

Some.

I have no idea when it all started, but I think werewolves may have been a catalyst. I can say I'm part of the fandom, but I don't draw and those suits are quite expensive. I pretty much keep it part of my private life. Only my brother knows.

I discovered transfur.com in 2008 I think, and from there I discovered artists such as catmonkshiro, blackrat, and my first favorite, Edmol of Japan. Since the discovery, I've developed a "fursona" and have commissioned several pieces illustrating my character.

My realization of furryness? The first time I fapped to furry porn.

Fox and the Hound (didn't make me "realize" as you put it but I loved it as a kid)

I just came here hoping to learn about the dangers of MSG, and whups. Here I am.

No, but really. I came across a hentai archive site at the end of middle school (before the joy of boorus and their tagging systems, where everything was just jumbled in "galleries"). They had a bunch of furry galleries. There were some images of Bernal's Gunbunny, or whatever her name is. I was hooked.

Mine was at age 14, it was happy tree friends that turned me, its also what lead me to the e621

Latter part of my high school sophomore year. From le internet, kinda had a thing for the sonic characters, particularly Amy.... ehhhh yeah. Then, I found e621, post #32279, and fapped for the first time to a pic from the internet. Yeah, I did have my sexuality and I did fap, but I guess I was never fond of porn, at least until I found something that had that extra "personal appeal", a fetish.

This might sound stupid on a site like this, but I don't consider myself a furry at all.

Yes, I enjoy looking at art (both regular and pornographic) of furry characters, but does this make me a furry? I guess the answer to that will be different depending on who you ask, but for me the it's a straight "no, it doesn't". In real life, I am attracted to humans only. I do not enjoy furry art more than regular art for whatever reason, nor do I find it more enjoyable to get off on furry smut than on regular smut. I am not attracted to animals or animal features in any way, I do not feel 'connected' to animals in any way (no "I am really a wolf on the inside" nonsense for me), I feel I have little to no common ground with most of the furry fandom (apart from the obvious), I have never self-identified with a "fursona" in any way, etc etc etc.

People like furry art for a lot of different reasons, just as other people dislike furry art for a lot of different reasons. In my opinion, one doesn't need to be a furry in order to enjoy furry artwork.

Trust me, you're a furry. You have an account on a furry porn site. You comment, you edit tags, you post images, you add notes, you even edit the wiki. Total furfriend.

Wahai said:
This might sound stupid on a site like this, but I don't consider myself a furry at all.

Yes, I enjoy looking at art (both regular and pornographic) of furry characters, but does this make me a furry? I guess the answer to that will be different depending on who you ask, but for me the it's a straight "no, it doesn't". In real life, I am attracted to humans only. I do not enjoy furry art more than regular art for whatever reason, nor do I find it more enjoyable to get off on furry smut than on regular smut. I am not attracted to animals or animal features in any way, I do not feel 'connected' to animals in any way (no "I am really a wolf on the inside" nonsense for me), I feel I have little to no common ground with most of the furry fandom (apart from the obvious), I have never self-identified with a "fursona" in any way, etc etc etc.

People like furry art for a lot of different reasons, just as other people dislike furry art for a lot of different reasons. In my opinion, one doesn't need to be a furry in order to enjoy furry artwork.

Very well said ^_^

Wahai said:
This might sound stupid on a site like this, but I don't consider myself a furry at all.

Yes, I enjoy looking at art (both regular and pornographic) of furry characters, but does this make me a furry? I guess the answer to that will be different depending on who you ask, but for me the it's a straight "no, it doesn't". In real life, I am attracted to humans only. I do not enjoy furry art more than regular art for whatever reason, nor do I find it more enjoyable to get off on furry smut than on regular smut. I am not attracted to animals or animal features in any way, I do not feel 'connected' to animals in any way (no "I am really a wolf on the inside" nonsense for me), I feel I have little to no common ground with most of the furry fandom (apart from the obvious), I have never self-identified with a "fursona" in any way, etc etc etc.

People like furry art for a lot of different reasons, just as other people dislike furry art for a lot of different reasons. In my opinion, one doesn't need to be a furry in order to enjoy furry artwork.

You're still a furry. I think most people would define a furry as anyone who knocks their rocks off on pornographic furry art, which you have just stated you do. And as null pointed out you're an active member of the furry community even if it is mostly in an out of sight and passive capacity.

Not to come off as a dick but you're self contradicting here.
"I am not attracted to... ...animal features in any way" "I enjoy looking at art (both regular and pornographic) of furry characters" so clearly you are attracted to animalistic features on these characters, even if you are not attracted to them more than regular human features.

I think your problem is that the definition of furry you've set in your mind (perhaps unconsciously to prevent yourself from being classified as one) is way too narrow.
How many people do you see in this very discussion you're participating in saying
"I was always a wolf spiritually" no, most just discovered the art and liked it/found it sexy like yourself. Anything that came later like the development of a fursona etc. is just extra.

There are varying levels of how "furry" an individual can be, from the hardcore furry to the closet furry. General perception and classification of this could be a plethora of subjects: how much you like the concept of "furry" and its community, how much you like animal characteristics, how much you imagine yourself as an animal or furry, how much you are spiritually connected to an animal, or simply how much you like furry art, in Wahai's case.

Each person will have different views of the style and definition of the furry world and of their attitude towards it. Some people think that they are natural furs, while others think they could stop being a furry if they wanted. Some will participate or even contribute to the fandom and some will observe and spectate. Again, its all up to personal opinion and sometimes action.

I honestly can't remember the specifics of my "conversion to the furry." I do remember that it had to do with an extended discovery of the fandom, with research leading to various websites, some of which had pornographic material, which satisfied me. I guess for me furry art/porn is another way of me seeing the personified acts in artwork without actually seeing the human factor.

Plus, tails are pretty freakin awesome...

null0010 said:
Trust me, you're a furry.

Ratty said:
You're still a furry.

As I said, the answer will depend on the person giving it, I simply gave my own view. As far as I know, there's no one set-in-stone definition of what makes a person a furry, so it mostly comes down to opinions and personal interpretations of the term anyway. As for me, all I said is that I don't consider myself a furry. I don't identify with the term at all, or what -admittedly in my own mind- it represents. To me, it comes down to the idea that in my opinion furry art isn't especially attractive over other art. If I like chicks in leather and would gladly look at pictures of then or even fap to them, but don't find them more attractive than chicks not wearing leather, I wouldn't call myself a leather fetishist. In a different example, I have many friends who play video games, but most of them would never call themselves gamers (and believe me, these aren't people who shun the term in fear of looking too geeky). It's just a matter of perspective.

And as for the community thing, I don't think it's impossible to be (semi-)active in a community without feeling an explicit part of that community. If I can be a member of a music forum without being a musician, a regular at 4chan without being a racist pedophile, and a Reddit contributor without being an attention whoring child, I'd like to think I can be a member of e621 without being a furry.

Of course, I realise that some people would still call me a furry by their own definitions, or would say I'm just "in the closet". That's fine by me, if I had any serious objections to that I wouldn't be here. All I'm saying is I don't consider myself a furry.

Whatever helps you sleep at night, man.

Minerva Mink,when she still had air-time

Some of TDK and Fatalis' early stuff was amazing.

Wahai said:
...All I'm saying is I don't consider myself a furry.

null0010 said:
Whatever helps you sleep at night, man.

It's alright

It sort of bugs me when someone is attracted to the concept of anthropomorphized animals (sexually or otherwise) and refuses to describe themselves as "furry."

That's like eating pepperoni pizza every day while claiming that you hate pork.

KloH0und said:
That's like eating pepperoni pizza every day while claiming that you hate pork.

That's a rather silly comparison. I never claimed to hate or even dislike anything, I just said I don't call myself a furry.

It's less "eating pepperoni pizza every day while claiming that you hate pork" than it is "eating pepperoni pizza every now and then while claiming that you aren't Italian" Pizza might be Italian food, but saying that eating it automatically means you're Italian is nonsense.

Wahai said:
That's a rather silly comparison. I never claimed to hate or even dislike anything, I just said I don't call myself a furry.

It's less "eating pepperoni pizza every day while claiming that you hate pork" than it is "eating pepperoni pizza every now and then while claiming that you aren't Italian" Pizza might be Italian food, but saying that eating it automatically means you're Italian is nonsense.

That makes even less sense than what KloH0und said. If you walk like a furry and quack like a furry, you are a furry.

Wahai said:
That's a rather silly comparison. I never claimed to hate or even dislike anything, I just said I don't call myself a furry.

It's less "eating pepperoni pizza every day while claiming that you hate pork" than it is "eating pepperoni pizza every now and then while claiming that you aren't Italian" Pizza might be Italian food, but saying that eating it automatically means you're Italian is nonsense.

Less claiming that you're Italian more claiming that you are not a fast/junk food eater.

Wahai said: a regular at 4chan without being a racist pedophile,

You forgot sexist and basement-dweller :P

I came here origionally to develop social skills for my Hyperlexia from all over the place without being riticuled for being an American, I was 17 1/2 years old 4 mounths ago I found the age limit and thought to myself "what have I done" I attemped to switch all of my freinds to 20pc but then one of them stopped me saying how much some of the users would miss me on that site. I 18 now DOB: 1/6/1994

Wahai said:
a regular at 4chan without being a racist pedophile,

Then you aren't a regular

ikdind said:
Really? No one's going to mention the good old Disney's Robin Hood? That wasn't what made me realize I was a furry fan, but I'm sure it helped me along the road to becoming.

When I hit puberty, I was reading Nintendo Power and they were running the Star Fox comic with Fara Phoenix. So that was that.

Agreed

null0010 said:
That makes even less sense than what KloH0und said. If you walk like a furry and quack like a furry, you are a furry.

Quack?

Vivaldi-DeExcalibre said:
Quack?

Quack.

Quack.

Also it was partially the deviantart artist Kivwolf. His art is amazing.

KloH0und said:
Quack.

Quack.

GO DUCKS!

Vivaldi-DeExcalibre said:
GO DUCKS!

You win the game sir ^_^

Ivory_Wolf said:
You win the game sir ^_^

Can winning wait for a bit? I'm in the middle of some calibrations.

Vivaldi-DeExcalibre said:
Can winning wait for a bit? I'm in the middle of some calibrations.

Oh my apologies, I shall postpone the champagne and party goods til calibrations are complete lol

Ivory_Wolf said:
Oh my apologies, I shall postpone the champagne and party goods til calibrations are complete lol

Unfortunately that will take over three quarters of the game so let's just so the party stuff now. And if anyone knows where that is from I will attempt unicycling again. Last time didn't go so well and I broke an arm.

Vivaldi-DeExcalibre said:
Unfortunately that will take over three quarters of the game so let's just so the party stuff now. And if anyone knows where that is from I will attempt unicycling again. Last time didn't go so well and I broke an arm.

Well might I recommend a transportation device with two or more wheels this time around?

Vivaldi-DeExcalibre said:
Unfortunately that will take over three quarters of the game so let's just so the party stuff now. And if anyone knows where that is from I will attempt unicycling again. Last time didn't go so well and I broke an arm.

Well, at least you didn't lose half of your face and have it replaced with a large strip of tin.

You'd think after going to the Citadel and doing that huge favor involving the sniping and that traitor, that there'd be a little more time for chit-chat. But then again, I guess calibrations are important. Never know when a giant sentient dreadnought will pop out of a relay and cause trouble for the rest of us little people.

ikdind said:
Well, at least you didn't lose half of your face and have it replaced with a large strip of tin.

You'd think after going to the Citadel and doing that huge favor involving the sniping and that traitor, that there'd be a little more time for chit-chat. But then again, I guess calibrations are important. Never know when a giant sentient dreadnought will pop out of a relay and cause trouble for the rest of us little people.

Then again I DID just destroy a giant Terminator by shooting it multiple times so calibrations might not be so important. But still crucial.

I saw THIS guy on Newgrounds:

http://www.furryfox.newgrounds.com/

And I particularly enjoyed the stuff he had posted up. I asked him where to find furry animations, and he pointed me here. Woohoo.

ikdind said:
Well, at least you didn't lose half of your face and have it replaced with a large strip of tin.

You'd think after going to the Citadel and doing that huge favor involving the sniping and that traitor, that there'd be a little more time for chit-chat. But then again, I guess calibrations are important. Never know when a giant sentient dreadnought will pop out of a relay and cause trouble for the rest of us little people.

ALSO, if shephard could get a facial reconstruction unit, why didn't Garrus use it?

Vivaldi-DeExcalibre said:
ALSO, if shephard could get a facial reconstruction unit, why didn't Garrus use it?

Because mass effect fields.

Well I hear that question a lot but presumably Turian and Human skin/facial structures would be very different. They certainly appear to be.

Facial reconstruction unit was bull anyway. If you're gonna be a renegade revel in it with the glowing scars and red eyes. I wonder how many people lost their favorite crewmembers because they spent all their time and resources on getting that thing lol.

Ratty said:
Well I hear that question a lot but presumably Turian and Human skin/facial structures would be very different. They certainly appear to be.

Facial reconstruction unit was bull anyway. If you're gonna be a renegade revel in it with the glowing scars and red eyes. I wonder how many people lost their favorite crewmembers because they spent all their time and resources on getting that thing lol.

unless they started new game+ and started out with 50000 platinum. And I just realized turians have scales instead of skin.

i was twelve searched anime "thought it was short for animations" and got interested in certain pictures ended up finding the word yiff and anthro and it went from there.

I was rolling through the internet looking for porn, found a link to the old muushi, where I saw some of doctor comets work. I opened a pic of a cute/sexy bunny being absolutely rammed. I felt a stirring in my pants. The room lit up with a flash and a bang. as my eyes adjusted and the screen came back into focus... it dawned on me. I was a furry, from now until forever. xD

I'm also looking for some furry friends, so hit me up.

I happenes to walk by a furry convention got jumped on by a drunken fursuiter. And I hung out with a few of them the rest of the week end

From the good old days of Usenet where social networking all began (sorta). :V

I browse this site, but i wouldn't consider myself a furry. There is some good furry porn but i don't have much interest beyond that.

Would that I knew.

OK, sure, I saw Disney's Robin Hood as a kid, not to mention Bucky O'Hare, whatsit Biker Mice From Mars and Pinky and the brain, on top of the usual Warner Brothers fare, but for actual, 'proper' (read: non toon)furry furry?

I was probably looking for porn on the internet.

That actually did anything for me.

Found it, too...

As for 'do I consider myself a furry'?

Yes. Yes, I do.

i've always thought that anthros looked good and liked anthro art it wasnt until about a year and a half ago that i started chasing it and found e621 my first experience was with the elder scrolls khajiits and a few random video game characters.

Well, one time I fapped to furry porn. Then I did it again. And again. Before I knew it, about 12 years had passed.

Also, star fox adventures.

Been drawin furries since I was a kid. Realized it was a thing at 12 years of age and that there was a community around it. Pow.

when i was 16 and first saw Erma on tenchi muyo gxp.