Well it’s an interesting idea. People already are animals just as giraffes or elephants, we’re just a different species - but still we are part of the Animal kingdom. So in a way, people ARE furry from birth, in having intrinsic animal-like qualities.
With furry-dom, you don an exaggerated physical costume with outsized features like large eyes and big teeth - rather than just developing into a furry from within. As you said, it’s fun to leave your human identity behind and be something else for awhile, as we do with dress up at halloween or masquerade balls (do they really have those anymore?).
It’s odd that most furry costumes basically look alike - I mean, basically with big eyes and ears and big mouths. Are those features we find attractive in other guys? I mean they look less like real life animals and more like cartoon variations - like you’d find in japanese anime versions of gay animals.
In a way, being a furry is kind of embracing the true animal aspects of human nature and human sexuality, but enlarged into a cartoonish exaggeration. I find it very interesting and if I were younger and had the time, it’s something I would probably be into. It looks like fun - except aren’t the costumes kind of hot after awhile?
Well it’s an interesting idea. People already are animals just as giraffes or elephants, we’re just a different species - but still we are part of the Animal kingdom. So in a way, people ARE furry from birth, in having intrinsic animal-like qualities.
I think the draw is a lot deeper especially when contrasted against people who don’t consider themselves furry. The idea that a person “doesn’t feel like they had a choice in the matter of being furry” is actually very common, and I can vouch for that feeling as well. Luckily I don’t mind that part of me. I wonder how people that reject it feel about themselves - I suspect a lot of the loudest anti-furry people fall into this category, similar to the self-hating LGBTQ+ right-wing.
It’s odd that most furry costumes basically look alike - I mean, basically with big eyes and ears and big mouths
This is mostly a matter of practicality and logistics from my understanding. Even with giant eyes it’s difficult to see out of them, and the big mouths probably need to be matched to the eye size so it doesn’t look bizarre. The full head itself also needs to be big enough to fit over a regular human head. I don’t think everyone intentionally wants the costumes to look like they do, but there’s probably a handful of factors preventing more realistic costumes from being common, like cost increases for custom designs. I’m not really into the fursuiting part (many aren’t), so this is just secondhand info.
It looks like fun - except aren’t the costumes kind of hot after awhile?
From my understanding, they get very very hot. I think the main reason people get them is to have fun goofing off at cons or doing photo op stuff. They cost upwards of 3-4k IIRC and they’re handmade, so it’s probably something you have to wear carefully.
Maybe so, I mean in my case the draw isn’t so deep I’d commit to being a furry for certain - in my case, I’d have to actively make that choice. And again, I’d have to choose to spend the $$ to afford a costume!
Yeah the furry costumes ARE adorable but seem so unwieldy, I’m not sure how anyone sees out of them or can even find their way around. And I know myself, I’d be sweating all the time if I had one of those things on. Not a very attractive prospect. I guess you really have to feel that commitment to it from within.
Well it’s an interesting idea. People already are animals just as giraffes or elephants, we’re just a different species - but still we are part of the Animal kingdom. So in a way, people ARE furry from birth, in having intrinsic animal-like qualities.
With furry-dom, you don an exaggerated physical costume with outsized features like large eyes and big teeth - rather than just developing into a furry from within. As you said, it’s fun to leave your human identity behind and be something else for awhile, as we do with dress up at halloween or masquerade balls (do they really have those anymore?).
It’s odd that most furry costumes basically look alike - I mean, basically with big eyes and ears and big mouths. Are those features we find attractive in other guys? I mean they look less like real life animals and more like cartoon variations - like you’d find in japanese anime versions of gay animals.
In a way, being a furry is kind of embracing the true animal aspects of human nature and human sexuality, but enlarged into a cartoonish exaggeration. I find it very interesting and if I were younger and had the time, it’s something I would probably be into. It looks like fun - except aren’t the costumes kind of hot after awhile?
I think the draw is a lot deeper especially when contrasted against people who don’t consider themselves furry. The idea that a person “doesn’t feel like they had a choice in the matter of being furry” is actually very common, and I can vouch for that feeling as well. Luckily I don’t mind that part of me. I wonder how people that reject it feel about themselves - I suspect a lot of the loudest anti-furry people fall into this category, similar to the self-hating LGBTQ+ right-wing.
This is mostly a matter of practicality and logistics from my understanding. Even with giant eyes it’s difficult to see out of them, and the big mouths probably need to be matched to the eye size so it doesn’t look bizarre. The full head itself also needs to be big enough to fit over a regular human head. I don’t think everyone intentionally wants the costumes to look like they do, but there’s probably a handful of factors preventing more realistic costumes from being common, like cost increases for custom designs. I’m not really into the fursuiting part (many aren’t), so this is just secondhand info.
From my understanding, they get very very hot. I think the main reason people get them is to have fun goofing off at cons or doing photo op stuff. They cost upwards of 3-4k IIRC and they’re handmade, so it’s probably something you have to wear carefully.
Maybe so, I mean in my case the draw isn’t so deep I’d commit to being a furry for certain - in my case, I’d have to actively make that choice. And again, I’d have to choose to spend the $$ to afford a costume!
Yeah the furry costumes ARE adorable but seem so unwieldy, I’m not sure how anyone sees out of them or can even find their way around. And I know myself, I’d be sweating all the time if I had one of those things on. Not a very attractive prospect. I guess you really have to feel that commitment to it from within.