In a twist, that I am somehow only now learning on basically the eve of Election night, the Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has basically been assigned a fursona by furry backers, which I believe is the first time for this to happen. She's a spotted, or "laughing" hyena, originally in reference to her apparently "annoying" tendency to laugh, originally in attacks from those politically opposed to her. However, the hyena has a much more positive reputation in the furry fandom than the rest of the world, so most of the hyena Kamala art is positive. I checked on e621; she's not exactly a popular subject (10 currently counted, 9 of which are hyena/furry, though I've seen some in the wild that hasn't migrated to e621 yet), but now there is a definite chance that my browser history includes possible pornographic images representing the future president of America (once again, not a lot of it, and it was fairly tasteful as furry pornographic images go).
To be fair and unbiased, Trump has 74 images on e621, though no one species has coalesced as the preferred depiction (unless maybe you count human?). He has been running for the office of/actually holding the office of president since basically 2015, unlike Harris, who has only been running since this summer, and Trump was also a public figure and celebrity going back to the 1980s, at least, so he ought to have amassed a larger portfolio. I'd say, on the whole, the Harris depictions are a bit more positive than the Trump depictions, but as Trump is running and a Republican and that's the party that has literally tried legislate against furry, well, excuse us if we're a bit biased.
(If I had seen this earlier, I might have done an article. Or I might have chickened out. I'm kind of proud that I managed to write this article about American politics during the last American cycle without causing any major comment shitstorms, but it was about history, not current candidates.)
In a twist, that I am somehow only now learning on basically the eve of Election night, the Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has basically been assigned a fursona by furry backers, which I believe is the first time for this to happen. She's a spotted, or "laughing" hyena, originally in reference to her apparently "annoying" tendency to laugh, originally in attacks from those politically opposed to her. However, the hyena has a much more positive reputation in the furry fandom than the rest of the world, so most of the hyena Kamala art is positive. I checked on e621; she's not exactly a popular subject (10 currently counted, 9 of which are hyena/furry, though I've seen some in the wild that hasn't migrated to e621 yet), but now there is a definite chance that my browser history includes possible pornographic images representing the future president of America (once again, not a lot of it, and it was fairly tasteful as furry pornographic images go).
To be fair and unbiased, Trump has 74 images on e621, though no one species has coalesced as the preferred depiction (unless maybe you count human?). He has been running for the office of/actually holding the office of president since basically 2015, unlike Harris, who has only been running since this summer, and Trump was also a public figure and celebrity going back to the 1980s, at least, so he ought to have amassed a larger portfolio. I'd say, on the whole, the Harris depictions are a bit more positive than the Trump depictions, but as Trump is running and a Republican and that's the party that has literally tried legislate against furry, well, excuse us if we're a bit biased.
(If I had seen this earlier, I might have done an article. Or I might have chickened out. I'm kind of proud that I managed to write this article about American politics during the last American cycle without causing any major comment shitstorms, but it was about history, not current candidates.)