It would suck to become just a buzzword, and it would be annoying if all you had to do to join the "tribe" was purchase a bunch of "stuff" from Hot Topic and Spencer Gifts.
Though, on the bright side, I suppose, this "mainstreaming" of furriness would also help to create a natural filter, and I'm actually pretty confident that the truly passionate and truly interested people would still manage to pass through it. Furries are already a bit hard to find and understand, arguably, and yet, people manage to cut through the noise to the real deal all the time. My hope is that this wouldn't change.
It would suck to become just a buzzword, and it would be annoying if all you had to do to join the "tribe" was purchase a bunch of "stuff" from Hot Topic and Spencer Gifts.
Though, on the bright side, I suppose, this "mainstreaming" of furriness would also help to create a natural filter, and I'm actually pretty confident that the truly passionate and truly interested people would still manage to pass through it. Furries are already a bit hard to find and understand, arguably, and yet, people manage to cut through the noise to the real deal all the time. My hope is that this wouldn't change.