You don't have to absorb into something for it to have an effect.
Connects with does not mean contains. I know they have similarities and I know they have overlap but that overlap does not mean they are the same thing. Your definition of furry never goes anywhere because you say if a fur considers it furry then it is. And if its got anthro characters, it's furry. But you never stop to define any of those. Looking at MLP, does it have anthro characters? I say not at the level that would make it furry because there is no non-anthro unicorn or pegasus. A character like Twilight Sparkles is how the series creators envision unicorns, as intelligent horse-like creatures. I think the canon form of creatures takes precedence over just grabbing anything you want.
I'm not trying to avoid research or dictate my own tastes. I'm saying that just because something is currently featured in the fandom doesn't mean it is a part of the fandom. The human body has thousands of bacteria in it and can't survive without them. They are totally a feature of it and influence but that doesn't make those bacteria human.
I lay out the way my logic worked. Look at the fandom and find the criteria that make something furry and then really look at them and what is involved in the fandom to see what actually fits and what is just related. It's a way to see what the unstated essence of furry is.
You say as long as it's been accepted by furry it's furry. That's ridiculous because your whole criteria is self-defeating. If you start the fandom again like that you will have nothing that is furry yet and since nothing has been embraced yet you won't have any guide on what to get. That's obviously ridiculous. Furry started as a collection of things that fitted some criteria and I'm trying to best describe them.
"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~
You don't have to absorb into something for it to have an effect.
Connects with does not mean contains. I know they have similarities and I know they have overlap but that overlap does not mean they are the same thing. Your definition of furry never goes anywhere because you say if a fur considers it furry then it is. And if its got anthro characters, it's furry. But you never stop to define any of those. Looking at MLP, does it have anthro characters? I say not at the level that would make it furry because there is no non-anthro unicorn or pegasus. A character like Twilight Sparkles is how the series creators envision unicorns, as intelligent horse-like creatures. I think the canon form of creatures takes precedence over just grabbing anything you want.
I'm not trying to avoid research or dictate my own tastes. I'm saying that just because something is currently featured in the fandom doesn't mean it is a part of the fandom. The human body has thousands of bacteria in it and can't survive without them. They are totally a feature of it and influence but that doesn't make those bacteria human.
I lay out the way my logic worked. Look at the fandom and find the criteria that make something furry and then really look at them and what is involved in the fandom to see what actually fits and what is just related. It's a way to see what the unstated essence of furry is.
You say as long as it's been accepted by furry it's furry. That's ridiculous because your whole criteria is self-defeating. If you start the fandom again like that you will have nothing that is furry yet and since nothing has been embraced yet you won't have any guide on what to get. That's obviously ridiculous. Furry started as a collection of things that fitted some criteria and I'm trying to best describe them.
"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~