Does flayrah's comments section support a slow clap gif? Because I think this post deserves a slow clap gif.
Dronon makes a particularly good point about why documentaries about furry fandom will inevitably focus on the people who identify physically and spiritually as furry. Older furries may be conditioned to believe that the media are just interested in putting "freaks" on camera, but even as time passes and the novelty of "furry as freaks" declines, there will still be interest in seeing people express furry as a core identity because it breaks new ground in the ways that we understand identity.
I get that hobbyist furs feel under-represented in the media, but that's only because your ground has already broken. Mainstream audiences already have a good understanding of what geek hobbies/fandoms/conventions are; they don't need a documentary to explain that there is a geek community built around the appreciation of anthro animal characters and aesthetics. Such a documentary wouldn't be interesting because it would be telling the audience things that they more-or-less understand, albeit in a different context. But documentaries like Fursonas will continue to be made as long as the subject matter has something new and unique to teach people.
Does flayrah's comments section support a slow clap gif? Because I think this post deserves a slow clap gif.
Dronon makes a particularly good point about why documentaries about furry fandom will inevitably focus on the people who identify physically and spiritually as furry. Older furries may be conditioned to believe that the media are just interested in putting "freaks" on camera, but even as time passes and the novelty of "furry as freaks" declines, there will still be interest in seeing people express furry as a core identity because it breaks new ground in the ways that we understand identity.
I get that hobbyist furs feel under-represented in the media, but that's only because your ground has already broken. Mainstream audiences already have a good understanding of what geek hobbies/fandoms/conventions are; they don't need a documentary to explain that there is a geek community built around the appreciation of anthro animal characters and aesthetics. Such a documentary wouldn't be interesting because it would be telling the audience things that they more-or-less understand, albeit in a different context. But documentaries like Fursonas will continue to be made as long as the subject matter has something new and unique to teach people.