So perhaps furry isn't even a genre then? The furry fandom consists of fans of anthropomorphic characters. That could be in any genre because it's the kind of characters that are liked. There doesn't need to be some uniting story theme.
The definition isn't useless, it's just wide. There are various levels of anthropomorphism and you only want to recognise certain ones while others are fine with the whole spectrum. There's nothing wrong with a broad definition. In comic book conventions they can have all sorts of genres, not only superheroes. That doesn't make comic book a useless definition, just a broad one.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
So perhaps furry isn't even a genre then? The furry fandom consists of fans of anthropomorphic characters. That could be in any genre because it's the kind of characters that are liked. There doesn't need to be some uniting story theme.
The definition isn't useless, it's just wide. There are various levels of anthropomorphism and you only want to recognise certain ones while others are fine with the whole spectrum. There's nothing wrong with a broad definition. In comic book conventions they can have all sorts of genres, not only superheroes. That doesn't make comic book a useless definition, just a broad one.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~