You know how some of us furries cope with, and rid ourselves of this self-loathing bullshit you're engaging in right now? We gave up on this whole "we" business. We stopped making being a furry such a vital part of our identity that we practically see it as our nationality and assuming that whatever applies to the group must also applies to us. And we make it a point to distance ourselves from anything that sketches us out. We'll define ourselves just as much by what we're not as what we are. So even my use of the word "we" here is ironic because "we" are really just a bunch of i's an me's.
Maybe your idea of furry will always be niche, neglected and somewhat disdained but did it ever occur to you maybe there's a good reason for that, and not just because of outdated views on sexuality?
Those are changing, and pretty fast in some circles. Fast enough that I don't feel entirely alone in the world anymore, at least not just for being a furry, having some kinks, and not always conforming to ideals of toxic masculinity.
On the other hand, I come from a country that legalized gay marriage a good decade and some before the US did and also legalized pot so just for living where I do I get to feel like slightly less of a buttmonkey than I probably should.
You know how some of us furries cope with, and rid ourselves of this self-loathing bullshit you're engaging in right now? We gave up on this whole "we" business. We stopped making being a furry such a vital part of our identity that we practically see it as our nationality and assuming that whatever applies to the group must also applies to us. And we make it a point to distance ourselves from anything that sketches us out. We'll define ourselves just as much by what we're not as what we are. So even my use of the word "we" here is ironic because "we" are really just a bunch of i's an me's.
Maybe your idea of furry will always be niche, neglected and somewhat disdained but did it ever occur to you maybe there's a good reason for that, and not just because of outdated views on sexuality?
Those are changing, and pretty fast in some circles. Fast enough that I don't feel entirely alone in the world anymore, at least not just for being a furry, having some kinks, and not always conforming to ideals of toxic masculinity.
On the other hand, I come from a country that legalized gay marriage a good decade and some before the US did and also legalized pot so just for living where I do I get to feel like slightly less of a buttmonkey than I probably should.