A Furry Take on Life

Hey, I'm Keioko, call me Kei (pronounced KAY, like the letter).

I'm 22 years old, taken, and an avid motorhead.

I am Canadian. Eh.

I've been a furry since I was a child. I didn't know it then, and I didn't really realize the love of animals and imitating them was "furry" behavior. A couple years ago I find out what it really was and also how taboo the entire subculture seemed, so I hid it. I was a closet furry for a couple years. I only really came out as a furry last year. With no shame and a perfect explaination and justification.

Disney may as well be furry animators. Practically every movie of theirs has some kind of talking and/or anthropomorphic animal character. So if you were a fan of Disney movies and oftentimes pretended to be an animal character from that universe, you were a furry, whether you liked it, realized it, or not.

While I do get the big deal about why the fandom is taboo, I don't understand how hard it is for people to believe someone when they say they're not in it for the eroticism. It's kind of like the difference between artists who draw tasteful, artistic nudity, and the artists who draw erotic pornography. While they're both drawing nudes, it's the content and intention of their creation/interest.

That being said,

I am the artistic nudity-artist. I draw because I love the beauty and diversity of the animal form, and like to push the limits of character design by means of colours, patterns, and type of coats (fur). I thoroughly enjoy tasteful art, and oftentimes some erotic art for the artistry and linework, not the content. And let's be honest with ourselves, you've looked at animated/cartoon erotic art and liked it.

Now that we're past the art portion of this, let's get to the BIG deal. Fursuits. It's the same concept as art. You can create them for sexual pleasure, or you can create them for the sheer joy of being creative and performing. It's not very different from sports-team mascots. They're basically the mascot for the artist, where the artist themselves is the mascot... I think that made sense.

I've always loved costume, whether it be animal-related or not. I loved to dress up as Lord of the Rings characters, or Harry Potter characters, or pirates, or video game characters. It's not a matter of what you dress up as, it's a matter of what you do while dressed up. You can start banging people dressed as a playboy bunny or cat and people will think it's cute or sexy. But if it's someone in a fursuit, its disgusting and gross.

I hate double standards. I most of all hate ignorance.

So this is a small peek into my opinions and values regarding the subject matter, and we'll delve deeper as more questions and issues pop up. So for now I'm done writing, done introducing myself and done pushing my ideals down your throat. Not really. :P

So if you've got any questions for me, let me know by commenting below.