Ninja Turtles and the furry fandom

[Egon1982]

Do you think the franchise is popular among the fandom?

[neatoman]

Popular? No idea. Signigant overlap between the fandoms would not surprise me though.

[Egon1982]

I happen to be a furry fan myself and a brony and been in the furry fandom since the 90s and brony fandom since 2011 and TMNT fandom since 1987.

They are no different than Japanimation fans, Trekkies, Whovians, Star Warriors (Star Wars fans) etc.

[Leo656]

I happen to be a furry fan myself and a brony and been in the furry fandom since the 90s and brony fandom since 2011 and TMNT fandom since 1987.


We are all shocked and amazed. :lol:

Not judging, just... pretty sure everybody here already got the memo, broski. :trazz:

[Sumac]

I happen to be a furry fan myself and a brony and been in the furry fandom since the 90s and brony fandom since 2011 and TMNT fandom since 1987.
That is nothing to be proud of, to say the least.
But it also explains a lot.

[Leo656]

I'unno, man... nowadays I'm more likely to cop to watching MLP: FiM than I am to admitting to being a Turtles fan. Especially with stuff like Rise and the BayTurtles flicks leaving such a rancid stink. :lol:

Like if I tell someone I like MLP, the absolute worst thing that's gonna happen is they're gonna try and show me porn. If I say I like TMNT, someone who doesn't know any better usually tries to rope me into a conversation about Rise or the BayTurtles movies. And I'd rather take my chances with the person(s) offering to show me porn. It's less likely to cause brain damage than listening to someone defend BayTurtles.

Now, once upon a time, I had no shame in being a TMNT fan. Then Nick came along and wrecked everything, and now I don't claim that sh*t AT ALL outside of this place. :trazz:

Also, if I'm being fully honest... FiM honestly entertained me way more than the Nick TMNT show did. I won't argue with anyone who sees it differently, I personally just laughed way more often and way harder at FiM. If you told me in 2009 that this would be my stated opinion of preference between the two, I'd have smacked you, but here we are. Everything has sh*tty fans; I just think it was a more entertaining show. Or at least "wittier". Certainly the last place I'd ever have expected to see a Clockwork Orange gag, but again, here we are. :lol:

Maybe it's as simple as with one show, I went into it expecting a lot and was mostly let down, and with the other, I expected absolutely nothing and was repeatedly given gold. Certainly, that could be it.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

This could turn into nothing but a My Little Pony appreciation thread and I'm completely OK with that.

[Leo656]

I'll give you absolutely nothing at all to start one, brother. :lol:

That's not true... I'll give you my sincerest and most heartfelt appreciation and support.

...So, less than nothing. :lol:

You should still do it anyway.

EDIT: True story, I spent a good hour earlier watching YouTube videos of "selectively censored" MLP clips and I frankly don't know how I missed seeing them until now. Nothing makes a fun, wholesome show even better than splicing in "Bleeps" over otherwise-innocent clips of dialog.

Fluttershy: "I've never [BLEEP] a baby dragon before!"
Aaaaaand, now I'm dead. :lol:

[Wesley]

Popular? No idea. Signigant overlap between the fandoms would not surprise me though.

Agreed. I’ve no problem with it, though.

[DarkFell]

The OP's question is legit: both the old TMNT Archie Comics and the 2K12 version of TMNT had their own versions of The Mighty Mutanimals.

As for the franchise being popular within the Furry Fandom, FurAffinity can definitely answer that question for you.

[lonewarrior20]

It was catwoman april that did it for me. At the very least it got me intrested in transformation. I know he's not on here but thanks werekatt for your site.

[Leo656]

I'd seriously love to know how well issues of TMNT Adventures with Ninjara on the cover sold compared to ones without her within the same timeframe. I'd assume that overall sales were much higher early in the book's run, and it's all probably pretty steady and even throughout, but once she became established I'd be interested in knowing whether she actually helped push any issues or not.

They were never shy about putting her "front and center", so to speak, so I'm sure there's a lot to look at there, data-wise.

Also, Ninjara had a short run in "Furrlough", which is a furry anthology comic book (apparently a mostly PG-13 book, but still), so... I think it's safe to say there's some heavy cross-over between fandoms. I mean, she's not a "TMNT character" in any but the one universe, but she's definitely "TMNT-adjacent".

[neatoman]

Come to think of it, I did once see someone online describe Bebop and Rocksteady as "Furry Bara Bait". In case you don't know, "Bara" is basically manga about the Bear sub-culture. Which... I mean... Makes sense... It's not like that sort of thing hasn't been alluded to in the official material.
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Edit: Yes, I know furry itself isn't inherently a gay thing or a pornographic thing, I'm just pointing to an instance when someone directly referred to an aspect of TMNT in comparison to furry art.

[Leo656]

Wow... I'm never gonna look at them the same way again. :lol: Thanks, bozo. :trazz:

Also, there's a person here who creates Tags and believes in labeling people. For shame. Labels divide people, sir.

EDIT: Screw your edit, they're gay in my headcanon now because I think it's hilarious, and just explains, like, so much. :lol:

I want someone to do a dissertation on the two completely distinctive types of yearning in Rocksteady's eyes in each of the two pictures. There's a lot to unpack, there. You can tell which one of them is more sensitive in that Bebop chooses to hide his eyes, symbolic of the way he also likely hides his emotions, whereas Rocksteady just lets it all out with no restraint.

Yeah, definitely a lot to unpack there. :lol:

[sdp]

Any anthropomorphic animals franchise is going to have a bunch of furries who are into it as well by definition of their likes. When the furry fandom has too much of a foothold on that franchise is when it gets ruined since it becomes something different than what originally intended.

[Galactus]

I'd be gobsmacked if it wasn't.

To each their own and I'd rather have them than the weird T-cest people particularly the strain of them that emerged during the two Platinum Dunes movies. Like any T-cest art you used to stumble upon before that if you take away the idea that they are brothers you could almost find it cute with them hugging and kissing but around the time of both PD movies if you searced fir 'TMNT' on Twitter you'd get tons of art of the Bay turtles in hardcore porn settings. Like why would you DO THAT? Especially with THOSE turtles and put it on Twitter. Like seriously da fuq?

[IMJ]

I have to wonder what the mental block is that leads someone to create provocative internet identities with simplistic and annoying caricature personalities such as Super Goku, Egon1982 & Mikey0.

Like.... what kind of weird psychosis is this? It's like a mouth breather engineering a mouth breather personality of only one magnitude greater than their own.

[TigerClaw]

Do you think the franchise is popular among the fandom?
Absolutely. One of the main TMNT staples is that it has a lot of mutant animal characters. And that what attracts it to the furry fandom.

The mutant animals are a lot more prominent thanks to IDW's TMNT comics.

[IndigoErth]

I have to wonder what the mental block is that leads someone to create provocative internet identities with simplistic and annoying caricature personalities such as Super Goku, Egon1982 & Mikey0.

Like.... what kind of weird psychosis is this? It's like a mouth breather engineering a mouth breather personality of only one magnitude greater than their own.
The Super Goku sorts definitely seem like an online expression of a really compulsive urge to act out antisocial behaviors. :tconfuse:

I dunno, this here just seems imo more like relatively innocent validation seeking...albeit directed at an audience that, for the majority, doesn't have much appreciation for that topic. lol



As to the actual topic... I imagine there is undoubtedly some crossover for the "furry" types who happen to be into reptiles. Though there is a pretty obvious broad separation between the regular (for lack of a better word) fans of the TMNT and fans that are drawn to them specifically on the basis of the "furry" thing.

Now my question is... are Turtles that lean more human just as or not as appealing to furry types than designs that are more animalistic? I'd have thought that the PD boys, leaning a more human than typical, would be a lot less "furry" than, say, some more beast-like designs you might find in some fan art. (Though maybe the PD guys seem to be used more by that "bara" interest, like B&R there, not so much the furry fans.)

[Sumac]

I have to wonder what the mental block is that leads someone to create provocative internet identities with simplistic and annoying caricature personalities such as Super Goku, Egon1982 & Mikey0.

Like.... what kind of weird psychosis is this? It's like a mouth breather engineering a mouth breather personality of only one magnitude greater than their own.
Attention seeking, I guess.

Although furries are quite sick people according to what I know of them. So they got no appreciation from me.

[neatoman]

Wow... I'm never gonna look at them the same way again. :lol: Thanks, bozo. :trazz:

Also, there's a person here who creates Tags and believes in labeling people. For shame. Labels divide people, sir.

EDIT: Screw your edit, they're gay in my headcanon now because I think it's hilarious, and just explains, like, so much. :lol:

I want someone to do a dissertation on the two completely distinctive types of yearning in Rocksteady's eyes in each of the two pictures. There's a lot to unpack, there. You can tell which one of them is more sensitive in that Bebop chooses to hide his eyes, symbolic of the way he also likely hides his emotions, whereas Rocksteady just lets it all out with no restraint.

Yeah, definitely a lot to unpack there. :lol:

I don't disagree with the interpretation that they're gay, I just clarified that I know furry art isn't inherently gay or pornographic. Bebop and Rocksteady being gay makes perfect sense.

Also, have some more implicit official material:
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[Leo656]

:lol: That's just super. Points to them for leaning into the absurdity, I guess. :lol:

Frankly I can't quite imagine anyone finding either Bebop or Rocksteady attractive but I guess it takes different strokes to move the world.

[lonewarrior20]

well given that other than krang and shredder its just them in the technodrome. I mean what could they really do make a girlfriend out of a footsoldier? then again I remember in the archie comics of rocksteady dreaming about his rhino girlfriend. but then how would that work I wonder, when they were mutated wouldn't that mean the rhino and warthog would have mutated too , did they merge or what?

[Leo656]

It always did kinda confuse me how Rocksteady seemed to have vivid memories of being a regular rhino when he had always been clearly presented as being a human being pre-mutation. But I just kinda shrugged it off. It didn't seem like the kind of thing that would ever have a very satisfactory explanation so I didn't think too much about it.

Maybe the writer was implying that he gained some of the rhino's "spiritual essence", or something, I don't know. There was all that stuff with Juntarra (Jagwar's mom) so it's not like that was the most unusual thing to see print in that series. Or maybe they just slipped and forgot that Rocksteady wasn't born a rhino. I'unno.

[neatoman]

It always did kinda confuse me how Rocksteady seemed to have vivid memories of being a regular rhino when he had always been clearly presented as being a human being pre-mutation. But I just kinda shrugged it off. It didn't seem like the kind of thing that would ever have a very satisfactory explanation so I didn't think too much about it.

Maybe the writer was implying that he gained some of the rhino's "spiritual essence", or something, I don't know. There was all that stuff with Juntarra (Jagwar's mom) so it's not like that was the most unusual thing to see print in that series. Or maybe they just slipped and forgot that Rocksteady wasn't born a rhino. I'unno.

Well the easy explaination would just be that Murphy was forgot or was ingorant of Rocksteady's origin as a human, and simply assumed he was a mutated rhino.

If we want a better explaination... Most animals follow instincts and have a pretty good grasp of what they ought to do and what their natural environment is, there's not much learning required. Remember, the rhino his DNA was sampled from a zoo exhibit, it was probably raised in captivity and wouldn't have memories of the wild.

... Although, if we follow that logic, Splinter should have gained the instincts to eat any trash he comes across and crawl over dead bodies to get it...

[Andrew NDB]

Absolutely. One of the main TMNT staples is that it has a lot of mutant animal characters.

Not in any of the good ones.

[lonewarrior20]

... Although, if we follow that logic, Splinter should have gained the instincts to eat any trash he comes across and crawl over dead bodies to get it...

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[FredWolfLeonardo]

And this too :lol:

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[Leo656]

Well the easy explaination would just be that Murphy was forgot or was ingorant of Rocksteady's origin as a human, and simply assumed he was a mutated rhino.

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... Although, if we follow that logic, Splinter should have gained the instincts to eat any trash he comes across and crawl over dead bodies to get it...

- That's as good an explanation as any. I mostly always figured Murphy made an Oops.

- ....And how do we know Splinter didn't? Just because we never see him do it... :lol:

[D-ray]

I never really saw a furry, saying that it was a TMNT fan.
Maybe i'ts just myself.

[Galactus]

Just remembered that Peter Laird did some art work advertising a Furry Convention.

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bLaSJk-pyFg/SG4puSzHseI/AAAAAAAAAVw/qtlJMIIdhjk/s1600-h/anthrocontshirt150dpicolor+sm.jpg

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[Sumac]

Well, everyone have done mistakes...

[neatoman]

Just remembered that Peter Laird did some art work advertising a Furry Convention.

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bLaSJk-pyFg/SG4puSzHseI/AAAAAAAAAVw/qtlJMIIdhjk/s1600-h/anthrocontshirt150dpicolor+sm.jpg

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bLaSJk-pyFg/SG4rvnCEMfI/AAAAAAAAAWA/qTbqmuw6kWM/s1600/welcometo-600dpi-bw-greyscale+sm.jpg

"Hey, Mr. Laird. Can you do some promo art for our Furry convention?"

"What's a Furry?"

"It's like a half human half animal character."

"Oh, like a werewolf?"

"Uhm... Sure..."

[Galactus]

Actually reading his blog he actually attended the convention. He was the guest of honour with Stan Sakai.

[IndigoErth]

So.... that must have been interesting. lol

Though I assume that actually looked more like an animal-based mascot convention and not a costumed orgy many of us probably tend to imagine. I hope.

[Sumac]

About furries:
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[Galactus]

So.... that must have been interesting. lol

Though I assume that actually looked more like an animal-based mascot convention and not a costumed orgy many of us probably tend to imagine. I hope.

I know very little about the furry community but I suspect you're right.

Although I'm curious about this particular con. That first image I posted was coloured and printed on a T-Shirt.

Also this image of the Super Turtles that has been doing the rounds all these years was printed in colour by Dooney for the cover of the program book. I'd love for someone who attended to put that online for everyone to see. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bLaSJk-pyFg/SGuK_xcnHgI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/q_MCJxnb42U/s1600-h/Anthrocon+program+cover+bw+sm.jpg

[Egon1982]

Any anthropomorphic animals franchise is going to have a bunch of furries who are into it as well by definition of their likes. When the furry fandom has too much of a foothold on that franchise is when it gets ruined since it becomes something different than what originally intended.

What makes furry fandom and brony fandom no different than anime fans, Trekkies, Star Warriors, Whovians and all fandoms?

It was catwoman april that did it for me. At the very least it got me intrested in transformation. I know he's not on here but thanks werekatt for your site.

Cat-lady April was cute i admit but nowhere near as hot as the same thing that happened to Selina Kyle in that Batman TAS episode as at least Selina was nude in that episode, LOL. Of course Catwoman is hot no matter how she looked on Batman TAS, Batman Returns, the comics (except for Dark Knight Returns), 60s show and video games.

[Sumac]

What makes furry fandom and brony fandom no different than anime fans, Trekkies, Star Warriors, Whovians and all fandoms?
Maybe the fact that other fandoms don't dress in garrish and ugly costumes and don't have reputation of being community of degenerates who spread STD on conventions, house zoosadists, zoophiles, pedophiles and have an unhealthy fascination with fetishes like watersports and diapers?

[Voltron]

Yo, screw the alcohol consumption, thread. Nuts to the gay Rocksteady and Bebop, too. I'm all in on this Splinter eating crap thing now. Maybe they call hi Splinter because he cuts the log!

[neatoman]

Yo, screw the alcohol consumption, thread. Nuts to the gay Rocksteady and Bebop, too. I'm all in on this Splinter eating crap thing now. Maybe they call hi Splinter because he cuts the log!

Oh the things I get people started on...

[snake]

Oh god, the mental image of Peter Laird's bitter and weary face as he spends an entire day at a furry convention is too good. I can't believe that actually happened.

[neatoman]

Oh god, the mental image of Peter Laird's bitter and weary face as he spends an entire day at a furry convention is too good. I can't believe that actually happened.

Here's video of him at the con.
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[snake]

Goddamn- he literally doesn't age. The eternal 50 year old man.


Interesting footage though. He's a little less worn out than I figured he would be. He even cracked a couple half-smiles.

[CyberCubed]

Peter Laird has literally looked the same since like 2001 till now. Maybe a few more wrinkles, but otherwise you can't tell the difference. He's one of those people who looked old when he was young, so now that he is actually old, he still looks the same.

[Leo656]

Peter Laird has literally looked the same since like 2001 till now.

That's not such a mean feat. So do I. And I happen to be way more good-looking than that guy. So I had a lot more to lose and have lost absolutely none of it. :trazz: I probably deserve something for that.

[IndigoErth]

How old is that video though? Wasn't he looking kind of noticeably aged in that "The Toys That Made Us" Netflix episode?

[neatoman]

How old is that video though? Wasn't he looking kind of noticeably aged in that "The Toys That Made Us" Netflix episode?

It's from 2005, so it's 15 years old.

[Egon1982]

Sumac thinks the furry fandom or bronies rapes animals and all, an old stereotype just like he probably thinks blacks are all gangsters with guns, Jews are all greedy, Mexicans are lazy, Italians are all gangsters etc. as in stereotyping.

Not all of us furries and bronies want to bang anyone's pets like a certain furry back in 2013 in Boise who ****ed his pet cat and got arrested and the furry fandom disowned the guy as they want nothing to do with him.

[Leo656]

I mean, that's a fair point. To me, saying "All/most people who are attracted to furry cartoon characters also want to commit bestiality" really isn't a far leap from saying "All gays are pedophiles" and things like that. I'm certainly guilty of making broad generalizations about people, but stuff like that is even too mean-spirited for me.

Like yeah, I'm sure there are people like that, but consider this: Not a week goes by where I don't read a news article about a female schoolteacher getting caught having sex with one of their underage students. I don't have the data, obviously, but based on a gut feeling I'm quite sure that sort of thing happens far more often than a "furry" fan actually committing a sex act with an animal, but we don't vilify all female schoolteachers as pedophiles based on the actions of a select few, right? Nor should we.

It's just very interesting to me which prejudices are "acceptable" and which ones aren't, even though human beings collectively agree that judging an entire group of people based on a few is morally wrong. "Not those guys over there, though, those guys are weird, grab the nooses." Doesn't take much, either. Like I said... interesting.

[PApagreg]

Sumac thinks the furry fandom or bronies rapes animals and all, an old stereotype just like he probably thinks blacks are all gangsters with guns, Jews are all greedy, Mexicans are lazy, Italians are all gangsters etc. as in stereotyping.

Not all of us furries and bronies want to bang anyone's pets like a certain furry back in 2013 in Boise who ****ed his pet cat and got arrested and the furry fandom disowned the guy as they want nothing to do with him.

I don't know why you let Sumac get to you, they never have anything interesting or poignant to say and you are better off having them on your ignore list.

On Topic I know Alopex(comic) and 12 Splinter is popular with the furry and I seen the turtles gender bended so there is that.

[neatoman]

On Topic I know Alopex(comic) and 12 Splinter is popular with the furry and I seen the turtles gender bended so there is that.

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[Leo656]

:lol: "I'll take 'Random Things That Seem Filthy With No Context' for $500, Alex." :lol:

[IndigoErth]

Okay, that's pretty hilarious. :tlol:

[Sumac]

Sumac thinks the furry fandom or bronies rapes animals and all, an old stereotype just like he probably thinks blacks are all gangsters with guns, Jews are all greedy, Mexicans are lazy, Italians are all gangsters etc. as in stereotyping.
You are the guy who was crying about how not treating cartoon animals (not furries) as real people with feelings is akin to how nazies treated Jews. In other words: you are certainly not helping your cause. :lol:

I don't know why you let Sumac get to you, they never have anything interesting or poignant to say and you are better off having them on your ignore list.
Someone's salty.
Did I won in argument against you or something?
It must have been something very insignificant, since I can't remember it.

[IndigoErth]

Eh oh. Two salts that should never come into contact. Duck and cover.

[Leo656]

https://media.giphy.com/media/dtI7iJluuOTaPwiU5h/giphy.gif

Whooooooo, In'go outta the corner with a stiff jab to the short ribs. This one might go into the later rounds... :lol:

Heh. I'unno, you... you got some good ones. You're alright, you.

[Egon1982]

Sumac is a judgmental person.

I consider anthros as people who are different. He's no different than a book published in the south of the US that was a guide to why people of different skin were not human and even what whites thought about Native Americans " The Indian…is an untamable, carnivorous animal.
(Dr. Josiah Nott, 1847)"

Whites thought cherokees were dumb animals back in old times and not human.

Nothing wrong with being attracted to an anthro or extraterrestrial (as i like my extraterrestrial women to actually look like aliens like M'ress). Why would he be afraid of anthros if they existed? i would not be afraid of them, i'd accept them even date one. He's all about looks vs special skills and abilities and no different than a book published in the US in the mid 1880s that was a guide to why people of different skin color were not human.

[IndigoErth]

"...is an untamable, carnivorous animal. (Dr. Josiah Nott, 1847)"

And same as today, and more easily realized in this era, much of it is a whole lot of unnecessary fear and projecting.

Untamable, carnivorous animal, he says, er, said... Had he MET humans in general? :tlol: Doesn't matter what brand they are, humans are ridiculous.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

And same as today, and more easily realized in this era, much of it is a whole lot of unnecessary fear and projecting.

Untamable, carnivorous animal, he says, er, said... Had he MET humans in general? :tlol: Doesn't matter what brand they are, humans are ridiculous.


Sweet Mother, I love you!

[Sumac]

Sumac is a judgmental person.
Very much so and proud of it.

I consider anthros as people who are different. He's no different than a book published in the south of the US that was a guide to why people of different skin were not human and even what whites thought about Native Americans " The Indian…is an untamable, carnivorous animal.
(Dr. Josiah Nott, 1847)"
Two things wrong with this whole paragraph.
1) Anthros not real. They don't care how you treat them, because, they don't exist.
2) Comparing treatment of fictional characters with some real life atrocities and prejudice is an epitome of idiocy, autism and plain disrespect to people who experienced and continue to experience hardships.

If someone commented on my life in style like "but cartoon animals have issues too" I'd made'em a laughingstock in a public, because, this level of autism shouldn't be tolerated.

[snake]

Egon, what exactly are you trying to argue here?

[TigerClaw]

Like it or not. TMNT attracts the furry fandom. There are a lot of furry fans who are into Alopex, Mona Lisa and Sally Pride. Or any of the animal mutants.

Sure there is a ton of fan art. and most often a lot that is nsfw. But that comes in the territory with this franchise.

When the central characters are talking anthropomorphic animals. Furries are gonna be all over it regardless.

[Powder]

The fact nobody realizes this is Jakesully on a dupe account goes to show how much this forum has changed.

[Leo656]

I think a lot of people know or at least suspect, but since they're generally harmless and mildly amusing I think they have a longer leash. That's my theory, anyway.

[Jazzfox]

Good gosh, on one side of the forum I'm talking about being an overweight lesbian, this one:

https://s2.desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/co/image/1382/41/1382415620272.png

I have to confirm my furriness, lol, surprised I hadn't at least squeezed in a comment before I did a vanishing act for a couple weeks there. And yeah, I had to quote that image, because, goddamnit, soon as I saw that first Alopex appearance in the Raph Micro, I knew I wanted to find out more about the current IDW run

(Heck, I even showed another furry friend the Bebop/Rocksteady micro just because I loved the take so much, the FIRST question they had? "So, who was the fox/wolf person there anyhow?")

I actually don't know how big a furry following TMNT has, but readily assume there's a goshdarn sizable one, because simply by nature, furries as a whole seem to be thirsty for any content

That one anthro background character in Voltron? Has likely a dozen fan clubs and fan canons and such, furries seem to be savants for creating content and consuming it

...Whhhhhiiiiiich is where the rabbit hole just kind of hits China, as a consequence I've seen, very few furries are shy on their statuses and certainly less inhibited on their more 'colorful' shades of preference

So, yeah, lol, us furries are just darn weird, but I'd say for the most part harmless

...

Just, goddamn unfortunately, way more well known for the more extreme sides

Funny enough someone mentioned comparing Nazis and whatnot, anyone heard of Nazifurs?

(Seriously, don't even bother googling, it sounds EXACTLY like what it is and does not need you to even validate its existence)

I was going to end this post with a statement about personally being of the mind of folks can float their boat as they wish, but it ended up becoming super contrived about not ramming your boat into other folks boats and then inevitably thought there would already be anthro lewd of boats out there already...

Soooooo, instead, please enjoy this relevant comic on the subject of furry art:
https://i.redd.it/pmf5v205epg41.jpg

(NSFW for language, not art, lol)

[pferreira]

Never understood the furry culture.

(re-reads the OP's original question)

Why do I get the impression the OP was asking for links? :lol:

[Egon1982]

Never understood the furry culture.

(re-reads the OP's original question)

Why do I get the impression the OP was asking for links? :lol:
What makes furries and bronies no different than Otakus (anime fans), Star Wars fans, Trekkies, Whovians, MSTies (MST3K fans) and other fandoms?

Like it or not. TMNT attracts the furry fandom. There are a lot of furry fans who are into Alopex, Mona Lisa and Sally Pride. Or any of the animal mutants.

Sure there is a ton of fan art. and most often a lot that is nsfw. But that comes in the territory with this franchise.

When the central characters are talking anthropomorphic animals. Furries are gonna be all over it regardless.

What makes Bojack Horseman no different or Fritz the Cat?

[Sumac]

What makes furries and bronies no different than Otakus (anime fans), Star Wars fans, Trekkies, Whovians, MSTies (MST3K fans) and other fandoms?
Maybe, because, none, but furries wear horrendous costumes and practice degenerate behavior?

[TigerClaw]

What makes furries and bronies no different than Otakus (anime fans), Star Wars fans, Trekkies, Whovians, MSTies (MST3K fans) and other fandoms?



What makes Bojack Horseman no different or Fritz the Cat?
The furries were also into Bojack Horseman.

[PizzaPower1985]

To make a thread like this is rather... obvious. TMNT are anthropomorphized turtles. There should be no question that this fandom attracts "furry" enthusiasts.

The definition of a furry is as follows: an enthusiast for animal characters with human characteristics, in particular a person who dresses up in costume as such a character or uses one as an avatar online.

I myself appreciate animalistic characters in fiction who have human traits... Some of my favorites are: TMNT, The Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Beast from X-men, Nightcrawler from X-men, DC's Man-Bat and a multitude of other comics characters, werewolves, various talking Disney animal characters and the Looney Toons gang. But... I AM NOT A FURRY.

I don't see any reason to be judgmental toward someone who is into costuming or has a deep appreciation for anthropomorphism, BUT... and this is where things get weird...

There is a certain sect of fans that daydream about, write about, or are curious about questionable behavior regarding non-human animals and humans OR less harmfully they dress up as animals to participate with each other in... certain behaviors.

I think furry-ism is a harmless fandom but when you start having human-animal relations, IT GETS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS for the welfare of the animal. Let's not blame furries for this directly but we can't pretend that some people don't try to pervert the natural boundaries between humans and animals.

Humans of all stripes belong with humans of all stripes. Humans DO NOT belong with animals in any romantic capacity. NO EXCEPTIONS.

[TigerClaw]

While TMNT would be considered furry. There is a part of the furry fandom known as the scalies. Scalies are basically like the furry fandom. But its all about anthropomorphic reptiles. Be it Dragons, Lizards, Snakes or Turtles.

[IndigoErth]

or uses one as an avatar online.

Welp, a lot of us are doomed. lol

And all those who make and own and wear TMNT costumes to conventions or whatever... there's a bit of gray area. Heh.

NO EXCEPTIONS.
Not a furry and I make only one exception *hugs Leo* but you're gonna have to pry him from my cold dead arms. lol :trazz:



Really though I think it depends if someone sees those like the TMNT as people first, or animals first. To me they are just a different sort of people and only animals on the same level that we are.

[TigerClaw]

Some of us love furry characters. But that does not make us a furry. To be a furry. you have to take it seriously enough that you would wear a fursuit.

[PizzaPower1985]

Really though I think it depends if someone sees those like the TMNT as people first, or animals first. To me they are just a different sort of people and only animals on the same level that we are.

That's a really good point. TMNT fans probably just see the boys as human-like superheroes first and turtles second while Furrys probably come at it thinking of them as walking, talking animals first.