Furry Fandom: Difference between revisions

* [[Animation Age Ghetto]]: Inverted. Given the fandom's reputation, a lot of people refuse to believe that there's anything in it that ''isn't'' weird-ass fetish porn...

* [[Anthropomorphic Shift]]

** Some reptiles tend to have smooth hair-less skin instead of scales, often justified by scales being too time-consuming to draw.

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Male characters are often drawn without visible nipples, with the conceit that "the fur covers them" or "The reptilians/avians don't have them". Even in art with visible nudity "below the belt", ''including porn''. However, the same is rarely true of females, except on sites where nudity is against the rules and it's used as a loophole. That being said, females with Barbie Doll Anatomy were a big trend on Yerf, a site that sought to be [[The Moral Substitute]] for art gallery sites that allowed adult art like the VCL. Ironically, a piece with [[Godiva Hair]] was once deleted by Yerf's admins because of the "implied nudity".

* [[Darker and Edgier]], [[Hotter and Sexier]]: The fandom as we know it basically kicked off with a bunch of independent writers and artists and their fans giving the finger to the [[Animation Age Ghetto]].

* [[Daydream Believer]]: Otherkin and Therians fall into this category, sometimes even refusing to be called by their human names. Some even go as far as to claim ''all'' [[Humans Are Bastards]]. It's not easy to have a normal conversation with those few.

* [[Dead Horse Trope]]: "All furries are wolves, foxes and cats". There's a lot of furry art featuring other species out there, even the "[[Squick|squicky]]" ones like spiders, sharks, and snakes.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Some people believe that the more perverted elements of the fandom are a new development, whereas in reality, decades ago furry porn was being published in [[Underground Comics]] with names like "Bizarre Sex". For that matter, most people who assume sex is the focal point of the fandom have clearly never been on ArtSpots or Yerf.

* [[Internet Backlash]]: Openly identifying as a furry is ''loaded''. Although acceptance seems to be spreading, and even [[Something Awful]] tolerates open furries if they're civil, i.e. not an [[Attention Whore]] or complete nutcase, those are banned once they stop being entertaining. However, a good deal of the more civil sites seem to accept or ignore furries these days. It seems it's fairly safe to be a furry nowadays so long as you don't [[A Worldwide Punomenon|walk into the lion's den]].

* [[Male-to-Female Universal Adaptor]]: Sometimes played straight in porn with animals that should work differently. Yes, this can and does proceed to its [il]logical conclusions, in the form of [[Interspecies Romance|Interspecies Romances]] and [[Biological Mashup|Biological Mash Ups]]. It seems that "[[You Keep Using That Word|species]]" of furries are more like human racial groups than actual biological species. This leads to [[Fridge Logic|the question]] of why there even ''are'' still distinct species in this fictitious 'verse.

* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Even if you don't really identify with the fandom there's a pretty good amount of money to be made if you're a remotely talented artist willing to draw other people's fursonas. The more you're willing and able to contribute to draw [[Filth|naughty stuff]], the more money to be made.

* [[The Moral Substitute]]: There are communities of Christian furries.

* [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]], [[Speech-Impaired Animal|Speech Impaired Animals]], [[Partially-Civilized Animal|Partially Civilized Animals]], and [[Nearly-Normal Animal|Nearly Normal Animals]]: They are called "ferals" or "quads" by the fandom.

* [[Transformation Comic]]: You see some that get rather adult; but there are plenty of G-rated ones. You just [[Vocal Minority|never hear about them]].

* [[Uncanny Valley]]: This can happen to some people, although a lot of the more "toony" or stylized art doesn't tend to be that Uncanny. Realistic Art can be rather uncanny, but the ''most'' Uncanny art are photomorphs, especially because most people don't seem to realize that you can't just slap random animal features on humans to make 'em look like a furry and hope it looks decent.

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: All over the place, in both the traditional "awkward topics" sense and in more innocent things. Hands will be paws, feet will be footpaws, spouses will be mates, and some furries even prefer sillier euphemisms like "headfur" for hair.