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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 month ago (2 children)

that's how furry stuff was invented

*ahem*

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, #1, yes, but #2? Eeeeeeh...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

What's this? You have a problem with Sally Acorn? The female character that wore clothes, but only a vest and boots, pointedly wearing no pants and keeping the front of her vest open? Whose outfit had to be redesigned to be less sexualized, well after the original cartoon aired?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Don Bluth def a furry

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Notably, the man didn't get shot, yet he's still clearly into it. He knew what he was doing when he told Cupid to shoot it. The bear 'attack' was just a pretense.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, would you rather a bear eat you or make love to you?

Either way, it’s better if you’re into bear stuff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Male bear or female bear? My decision could be different...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Bears usually get violent when their cubs are nearby, so I’m gonna guess probably a momma bear.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The guy wasn’t even shot and he fell in love, that guy is a freak.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Certified. Seven days a week.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Mæn dju̇ſt luıkſ ð Halsin romænſ in BG3.

spoilerMan just likes the Halsin romance in BG3.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You've really doubled-down since the last time I saw you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Keep on truckin'

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I was kinda disappointed with romancing Halsin after everyone was blowing it up. Having seen pretty much all the others before hand, I was expecting more than just him turning into the bear and getting a fade to black. 😮‍💨

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

One assumes still an improvement given that the default option was mauling.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So, according to the meme, and the examples in the comments... It's a beastiality fetish.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Furry is about anthropomorphic animals, that bear isn't one, so no, OP is just memeing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Technically it engaging in a human activity in a human way: it is anthropomorphized in the comic. It's just not humanoid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not really.

The defining characteristic of the furry fandom is a fascination with anthropomorphic (= walks on two legs and can talk) animals, whether in a sexual context or not. The sexual side of the fandom is the side that gets the most attention (and, admittedly, it is pretty big), but it is by no means the only side. The appeal is in creating a character that represents you to the wider world without revealing anything about your real life identity beyond your aesthetic choices, and along with it a persona that you can adopt for a while that has none of the responsibilities of being a human and a cool animal tail to boot. Dogs don't have jobs. They don't worry about bills. They just run around and play and be dumb and boop each other's noses. And sometimes, after a long day as a software engineer, vaccine researcher, or brain surgeon, that's exactly what you need.

With regard to the sexual side, every individual furry has different places where they draw the line with regard to resemblance to actual animals. Some stay away from sexualizing anthropomorphic characters altogether, most draw the line when a creature stops walking on two legs, some are okay with characters that look like actual wolves and cheetahs as long as they talk and think like humans, a few only draw the line when it stops being fictional, but the one thing they all have in common is a strong condemnation for actual, real-life bestiality. Zoophilia is not tolerated, anywhere. Most furries view it as morally equivalent to pedophilia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Funny, had the same weird connection in my head 😂 Very effective marketing, I guess!