Furry Ramblings.
I talked to Ryan again last night (for those of you that know me, I’m not talking about fat-boy…This Ryan lives in northern California…) I showed him where he can download and watch the MTV Sex2k special on plushies and furries. For any of you furs or non-furs who haven’t seen it yet, it’s a complete crock of bullshit, and gives a very inaccurate portrayal of the fandom.
The special portrays furries as a large collection of sexual deviants who act out bestiality-like sex with partners dressed in fursuits. What the documentary doesn’t tell you is that they specifically looked for that small percentage of perverts in the fandom (we call them “furverts”) that tend to give the rest of us a bad name. The furverts make up a very small percentage of the fandom, I’m not sure of the exact numbers, but I’m willing to bet that its less than 10%.
This link will explain why fursuit sex is so unlikely (INSERT LINK) but I will give yall a quick recap of what it says.
Fursuits are VERY expensive. A very cheap “off the rack” fursuit will cost you at least $800.00. And that’s considered very cheap to someone in the fandom. A custom made suit usually costs upwards of $1000.00, and suits costing 5 and 6 thousand aren’t uncommon. Even the furs that make their own suits often have hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars invested in its construction. A furry that made this kind of investment isn’t going to risk damaging the suit with an act as messy or rough as sex. It would be way to costly to clean or repair a damaged or stained fursuit for it to be used for sex.
Fursuits aren’t the kind of thing you would want to wear during sex anyway. As any fursuiter can tell you, Fursuits are thick, bulky, uncomfortable and hot. A fur has to be careful not to overheat or dehydrate while in costume, and has to take frequent breaks to remove the head and drink water to cool off. Strenuous activity is nearly impossible due to the difficulty of seeing/moving in suit and the likelihood that you will overexert yourself. Having sex while in suit would push a fursuiter body to the limit, while being uncomfortable to move in. Once again, fursuit sex isn’t a common happening.
Fursuiters aren’t all that common, in the first place. Because of the investment in buying/making a suit, and the dedication involved in wearing it, few furs ever get involved in fursuiting. Some furries simply have no interest in it. There are many facets to the fandom, and different parts of it appeal to different people.
Besides, even though there is quite a lot of adult oriented art in the fandom (called ‘yiff’ by the furs) there is also a lot of safe; G and PG rated stuff out there too. One only has to go to Yerf! To see for yourself, ( www.yerf.com ) Furries come in all sizes, shapes, races, and ages, and all have different tastes. Just because a furry likes yiffy art, doesn’t mean that they’re a furvert. It’s all a matter of tastes.
Their furry brothers and sisters have ostracized many of the furs that were filmed in the Sex2k special. It’s as if they set out to give themselves (and us!) a bad name, and they may well have succeeded.
Also, worth mentioning, is the CSI episode, “Fur and Loathing in Las Vegas”. It is an episode from season 4, where a man in a raccoon suit is found dead on the highway. I will spare you all the details of the film, but I will tell you that it too, was an inaccurate portrayal of the fandom. CSI at least had the decency to consult with a few normal furries when writing the script… Too bad CSI didn’t take much of their advice. While there are some good portrayals of the fandom in the film, like in the seminar scene, many of the scenes in the film were inaccurate. First off, there were too many people in fursuits at the convention. Some of the terminology of the fandom was used incorrectly. And once again, there were too many furverts present. The furry consultant tried to talk the shows writer and director out of the furpile scene, but he refused to do so, but CSI often makes a spectacle out of perverted themes, so that’s not unusual for them. All in all the CSI episode was a double edged sword…It may have misinformed the public, and given some people a bad opinion of us furries, but it has also brought hundreds, if not thousands of young furs who knew nothing about the fandom into the fold. All in all, I think that the plans of the media backfired on them this time.
The special portrays furries as a large collection of sexual deviants who act out bestiality-like sex with partners dressed in fursuits. What the documentary doesn’t tell you is that they specifically looked for that small percentage of perverts in the fandom (we call them “furverts”) that tend to give the rest of us a bad name. The furverts make up a very small percentage of the fandom, I’m not sure of the exact numbers, but I’m willing to bet that its less than 10%.
This link will explain why fursuit sex is so unlikely (INSERT LINK) but I will give yall a quick recap of what it says.
Fursuits are VERY expensive. A very cheap “off the rack” fursuit will cost you at least $800.00. And that’s considered very cheap to someone in the fandom. A custom made suit usually costs upwards of $1000.00, and suits costing 5 and 6 thousand aren’t uncommon. Even the furs that make their own suits often have hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars invested in its construction. A furry that made this kind of investment isn’t going to risk damaging the suit with an act as messy or rough as sex. It would be way to costly to clean or repair a damaged or stained fursuit for it to be used for sex.
Fursuits aren’t the kind of thing you would want to wear during sex anyway. As any fursuiter can tell you, Fursuits are thick, bulky, uncomfortable and hot. A fur has to be careful not to overheat or dehydrate while in costume, and has to take frequent breaks to remove the head and drink water to cool off. Strenuous activity is nearly impossible due to the difficulty of seeing/moving in suit and the likelihood that you will overexert yourself. Having sex while in suit would push a fursuiter body to the limit, while being uncomfortable to move in. Once again, fursuit sex isn’t a common happening.
Fursuiters aren’t all that common, in the first place. Because of the investment in buying/making a suit, and the dedication involved in wearing it, few furs ever get involved in fursuiting. Some furries simply have no interest in it. There are many facets to the fandom, and different parts of it appeal to different people.
Besides, even though there is quite a lot of adult oriented art in the fandom (called ‘yiff’ by the furs) there is also a lot of safe; G and PG rated stuff out there too. One only has to go to Yerf! To see for yourself, ( www.yerf.com ) Furries come in all sizes, shapes, races, and ages, and all have different tastes. Just because a furry likes yiffy art, doesn’t mean that they’re a furvert. It’s all a matter of tastes.
Their furry brothers and sisters have ostracized many of the furs that were filmed in the Sex2k special. It’s as if they set out to give themselves (and us!) a bad name, and they may well have succeeded.
Also, worth mentioning, is the CSI episode, “Fur and Loathing in Las Vegas”. It is an episode from season 4, where a man in a raccoon suit is found dead on the highway. I will spare you all the details of the film, but I will tell you that it too, was an inaccurate portrayal of the fandom. CSI at least had the decency to consult with a few normal furries when writing the script… Too bad CSI didn’t take much of their advice. While there are some good portrayals of the fandom in the film, like in the seminar scene, many of the scenes in the film were inaccurate. First off, there were too many people in fursuits at the convention. Some of the terminology of the fandom was used incorrectly. And once again, there were too many furverts present. The furry consultant tried to talk the shows writer and director out of the furpile scene, but he refused to do so, but CSI often makes a spectacle out of perverted themes, so that’s not unusual for them. All in all the CSI episode was a double edged sword…It may have misinformed the public, and given some people a bad opinion of us furries, but it has also brought hundreds, if not thousands of young furs who knew nothing about the fandom into the fold. All in all, I think that the plans of the media backfired on them this time.
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