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The Anti-Furry Rant

Journal Entry: Sun May 11, 2008, 10:58 AM
  • Mood: Gloomy
One of the chief reasons I left DeviantArt -- and have momentarily "returned" to chronicle the how and why of my departure if only to utilise some much-needed talk therapy -- was, in fact, Furries.

The clique-nature of this site, of the furries in particular, is truly more appalling than anything else DevArt subjects me to -- ugly people who think they look so damn good cosplaying as an anime character a thousand times hotter than them, an artist who draws shit and insists on how "kawaii" it is -- to name but a precious few.

In fact, one of the reasons that I hate the Furry "community" -- one of the reasons I strongly supported their expulsion from y! Gallery -- is their insufferable head-shoved-in-asshole isolationism.

You will notice that all the notable furries on this site know each other -- some through their own merits, many of them because they are morally bankrupt to sleep around to get attention...which the "community" duly gives them.

This latter category consists of people whose characters and fursonas appear time and again in the galleries of other furry artists -- there is no reason for this, no reason at all, because the person the picture was drawn for has no real merit except money, or sex, and the willingness to give either.

Regardless, I have swallowed my pride and better judgment both, to make it so that these are the very people -- the furry "community", as they deign to call themselves -- whose attention I seek, with the continued production and eventual publication of Phillipe.

A furry novel, a serious furry novel, with wonderfully-done illustrations. An attempt to bring furry fiction out of the Yiffstar shit-hole and make it something respectable and reputable. How could, I have surmised, it be passed up?

Yet all of it has been, I should mention, largely to no avail.

This is a source of supreme irritation: Phillipe, never leaves my mind and indeed forms some of the more lucid and creative moments I've yet had. I love and cherish my creation, something many authors actually don't do.

Furthermore, the illustrations by Tiggstar :icontiggstar: are the best muse an author could ask for, almost exclusively commissioned and worked upon for the express purpose of illustrating the book or providing much-needed inspiration.

Furries seem to move in herds -- I won't say "packs", it would gratify them entirely too much! -- and have a hivemind mentality. If a well-known furry publically ignores or loves or hates something, it automatically becomes the enthusiastic status quo, no matter how dubious or, frankly, stupid.

I have been described as a "furry", and indeed the "Foxboy" moniker would imply it as such -- to say nothing of the drawings of my fursona -- but I must insist I refute such a label. I am a Therian, happy to be a fox-man / fox-boy in a deeply spiritual and even physical sense, not dressing like one, not wanting to "yiff" the next person I see.

The expression "finding one's tail" boils my blood -- you cannot "decide" to be a furry, as you cannot "decide" to be gay.

One anonymous person in particular is nauseatingly abrasive with his constant insistence on "being a fox", calling his significant other "his mate", and describing masturbation as "pawing off" -- these are terms hardcore furries (at times Therians too) use all the time, but this person is using them as out-of-hand convenience, because he has suddenly and without provocation or reason "decided" he "is" a furry.

Both of these idea's are almost certain to fly over heads, and explaining to someone that believing you are part-fox, and dressing up like Disneyland From Hell, are two vastly different things...it just doesn't work. As lucid as the argument is, the furry "community" is too shallow to comprehend it.

Getting back to Phillipe: it is precisely because so many (not all, but I estimate probably 90%) of furries are shallow, that many people see Tiggstar's illustrations of the Blackwood family or Phillipe himself or anything else she might draw in the future, squeal over them, think I'm the one that did them, and -- to insult to injury -- never actually bother to read the accompanying text.

Reading and furries, I suppose, don't mix well. Reading well, anyhow.

As for exceptions to this rule -- I know of approximately two other people in the furry "fandom" (or really just people who describe themselves as somehow part-animal as myself, and are thus "associated" with furries) aside from myself who are decent authors, attentively constructive critics, and all around "good people" when it comes to the literary sphere.

But wait...perhaps then, my writing is shit -- not actually worthy of the praise I wish to receive, and certainly not worthy of the attention I crave. Perhaps too, Tiggstar is "too good" of an artist for me, and that my characters are not suited to be drawn by a master manga-artist as herself.

I doubt it.

I am not afraid to say, anymore, that I loathe the furry "community", that its pratfalls of indolence and idiocy was one of the main reasons for driving me off of this site.

Devious Information

  • Current Age: I have a portrait in the attic...
  • Current Residence: West Virginia
  • Interests: Swimming, Anime/Manga, literature, poetry, music, cars, transformation, Kitsune's, Therianism
  • Favourite movie: Akira, Dog Soldiers, Elephant, I <3 Huckabee's, Marie-Antoinette, Sin City, Sleepy Hollow
  • Favourite band or musician: OMD, Kraftwerk, Reggie and The Full Effect, Ladytron, Bad Luck, Polysics, The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Favourite genre of music: Obscure Synthpop, Fashionable Trance, Chiptune, Shoegaze, Hair Metal, Classic Rock
  • Favourite artist: Salvador Dalí, Michelangelo, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Anton van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough
  • Favourite poet or writer: H.P. Lovecraft, Oscar Wilde, William Blake, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Stephen King
  • Favourite photographer: Morgan Brookshire
  • Favourite style or digital art: Pre-Raphealite, Surrealist, Baroque, High Gothic
  • Operating System: Windows XP / Commodore 64
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp
  • Shell of choice: Ludwig von Koopa
  • Wallpaper of choice: We Are...MARSHALL! (movie poster)
  • Skin of choice: White...wait, is that the question?
  • Favourite game: Gemfire, Chrono Trigger, Shining Force II, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Phantasy Star III and IV
  • Favourite gaming platform: NES, Genesis, and Playstation
  • Favourite cartoon character: My fellow Foxboys, Uzumaki Naruto and Miles Tails Prower!
  • Personal Quote: "Hey, presto!"
  • Tools of the Trade: Pen and Paper, Brain and Brilliance

Devious Comments

~gunsblazin:icongunsblazin: Mar 31, 2008, 12:14:50 PM
you have some great works shame i dont have time to read them all. i will be back to read some more however.

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I find it kind of sad
the dreams in which I'm dying
are the best I've ever had.
--Gary Jules
=DoktorBock:iconDoktorBock: Mar 31, 2008, 8:37:01 AM
How is you good sir?

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=Melancholic-Symphony:iconMelancholic-Symphony: Mar 24, 2008, 2:18:07 PM
Even if you have officially left, I'm adding you for when you come back, lol. Even those who have said they quit still come back for a visit. It's a shame you've left, because your writing is very beautiful.
~Vrolok87:iconVrolok87: Mar 19, 2008, 11:11:41 AM
Thanks a lot for :+fav:! :thanks:

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I lost my brain...

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~blurena:iconblurena: Mar 14, 2008, 7:43:57 PM
thanks for the watch
~Turboman:iconTurboman: Mar 14, 2008, 10:17:42 AM
Quickman :horns:

Amazing Megaman II...

=)

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*Spartan021:iconSpartan021: Mar 13, 2008, 2:41:59 PM
thankies for the watch ^^
one and original Foxboy eh
=NinjaMatty:iconNinjaMatty: Mar 12, 2008, 3:32:35 PM
thanks for watching me and I'm very sorry to hear that your mom is being a bitch to you. I really hope that things will get better for you =3 If you ever need to talk, I'm there even though we barely know each other ^^"

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*Royal-Sovereign:iconRoyal-Sovereign: Mar 12, 2008, 12:30:42 PM
Yea, if yer interested, I just posted a blog detailing why.

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Foxboy:
Designed In Scotland,
Made In Japan,
Born In The CSA


:#1:¡FOR GREAT JUSTICE!:#1:
~Sirias:iconSirias: Mar 11, 2008, 9:21:07 PM
Thanks for the fav and I'm sorry to hear what happened to you...
DeviantART seems to have a lot of drama happening around in it, it's really quite strange. =/

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~Elczenius:iconElczenius: Mar 10, 2008, 8:07:41 PM
:( Make time stop! And I will begin commenting shortly. It's hard to catch up once you fall behind though. D:
*Royal-Sovereign:iconRoyal-Sovereign: Mar 10, 2008, 12:35:58 PM
You never read my stuff anymore...

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:rzero:Bow Before Thy Sovereign:rzero:

Foxboy:
Designed In Scotland,
Made In Japan,
Born In The CSA


:#1:¡FOR GREAT JUSTICE!:#1:
~Elczenius:iconElczenius: Mar 9, 2008, 6:13:12 PM
I poketh thee with a poking stick!
*Royal-Sovereign:iconRoyal-Sovereign: Mar 5, 2008, 5:59:48 PM
No problem! I love Rikichi too! ;)

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:rzero:Bow Before Thy Sovereign:rzero:

Foxboy:
Designed In Scotland,
Made In Japan,
Born In The CSA


:#1:¡FOR GREAT JUSTICE!:#1:
*Kisu-Fu:iconKisu-Fu: Mar 3, 2008, 1:52:17 PM
Thanks for the watch ^0^

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*Royal-Sovereign:iconRoyal-Sovereign: Mar 3, 2008, 11:01:49 AM
Hooray! :D

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Foxboy:
Designed In Scotland,
Made In Japan,
Born In The CSA


:#1:¡FOR GREAT JUSTICE!:#1:
*Royal-Sovereign:iconRoyal-Sovereign: Mar 3, 2008, 11:01:40 AM
Carry on.
Carry on.
Carry on.
Carry on.
Carry on.

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Foxboy:
Designed In Scotland,
Made In Japan,
Born In The CSA


:#1:¡FOR GREAT JUSTICE!:#1:
*Dragon-Quest-Club:iconDragon-Quest-Club: Mar 3, 2008, 9:49:08 AM
Welcome to *Dragon-Quest-Club, we greatly appreciate your membership!!

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~MrIgnominious1:iconMrIgnominious1: Mar 2, 2008, 6:42:14 PM
make it work
make it work
make it work
make it work
make it work

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*Royal-Sovereign:iconRoyal-Sovereign: Mar 1, 2008, 1:22:34 PM
Shouldn't I be asking you the same thing?

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:rzero:Bow Before Thy Sovereign:rzero:

Foxboy:
Designed In Scotland,
Made In Japan,
Born In The CSA


:#1:¡FOR GREAT JUSTICE!:#1:
*Royal-Sovereign:iconRoyal-Sovereign: Mar 1, 2008, 1:22:10 PM
Funnily enough, I went to school with a chick named Jessica Madison. :lmao:

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Foxboy:
Designed In Scotland,
Made In Japan,
Born In The CSA


:#1:¡FOR GREAT JUSTICE!:#1:
!jessicamadison:iconjessicamadison: Mar 1, 2008, 5:22:21 AM
Wow! You really are a brilliant poet, aren't you?

Why don't you join the poetry contest from [link] ?


It's free and every nitwit such as myself who enters gets a small gift

but someone like you might win one of their $10 000 or $100 000 prizes.
~Lamliet:iconLamliet: Feb 28, 2008, 10:53:40 AM
thanks for the watch! ^^

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*Royal-Sovereign:iconRoyal-Sovereign: Feb 27, 2008, 4:30:12 PM
Right.

So what's been up?

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Foxboy:
Designed In Scotland,
Made In Japan,
Born In The CSA


:#1:¡FOR GREAT JUSTICE!:#1:
~ChaosArtist06:iconChaosArtist06: Feb 27, 2008, 11:03:45 AM
Nope, I didnt die, i just fell into Darkness...

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