Furries
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Wikipedia's Definition
Furry is an adjective referring to something covered in fur.
"furry" may refer to an Anime character with a tail and fox ears.
As a slang word, furry may also refer to:
- A member of the furry fandom—fans of artwork, stories, and related products (comics, movies, costumes, etc.) which feature anthropomorphic animals
- An animal character with anthropomorphic characteristics also known as:
- Funny Animal in cartooning (which may have human type characters and fandoms referred to as Skins.)
- Talking Animal
The Furries may also refer to the Super Furry Animals.
Differing approaches to sexuality have been a source of controversy and conflict in furry fandom. Examples of mainstream sexual aspects within furry fandom include erotic art, a style known as yiffy art (from the subculture term "yiff" referring to sexual activity or arousal, supposedly derived from the sound Arctic foxes make when mating), and pornographic movies of sexual activities between participants wearing fur suits. According to The Pitch, examples of the word's present usage include "a yiffy fur", meaning a furry who is sexually aroused or active, "yiffy artwork", meaning sexually explicit furry artwork, "to yiff", meaning to have sex, etc. Such art often depicts humanoid animals in poses and outfits similar to those in standard erotic art.
The term is most commonly used to indicate sexual activity or material. This applies to sexual activity and interaction within the subculture whether online or offline; it is also applied to sexual arousal and to erotic material causing it. The explanation offered for the etymology of the term within the subculture is that it is an onomatopoeia for the sound foxes make when mating.
In cybersex, also known as "TinySex" and "TextSex", it is the act in which one or more players engage in the interactive writing of erotica, describing their "tinybodies" or fursonas engaged in sexual activities.
The term furvert (a portmanteau of "furry" and "pervert") specifically refers to the subgroup of the fandom that sexualizes anthropomorphic animal characters. Similar to the word queer in homosexual culture, the term furvert may be used pejoratively, as a self-referential joke, or merely as a descriptor.
And the NSFW version: Encyclopedia Dramatica's Furry
(Un)Popular Opinions
the original article
"Awful, disgusting, bizarre anthropomorphized animals. Many furry fans say that their purpose is for telling stories that don't involve acts of foul sexual deviance, but their comments cannot be trusted.
The worst thing about furries is that they all band together to defend their bizarre sexual obsession as if somehow their numbers make it normal.
Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of the furry fan is their denial that it is simply hand-rendered bestiality."
Controversy; Fursecution
Controversy arose over the above section when some people questioned why there was a Roosterpedia article about furries and why it was written with a negative bias. Furries are relevant to RoosterTeeth because of their numbers in the community. There are innumerable Rooster Teeth users who are a part of this fandom. Furthermore, mocking furries is a time-honored tradition in the site's various BARs. For every person who is a furry, there is someone to mock them and someone to complain about Fursecution. This is simply the way things are. Curiously, no actual furries have come forth with any complaints about this article, leading many to wonder what the big friggin' deal was in the first place.
