ahduhqawuehoaundojans-deactivat asked: i think its kinda interesting how furry stuff isn't just one big fandom but rather like, a bunch of different subcultures that are loosely interconnected and people have all sorts of different levels of engagement with it and different reasons for why they got into it and such
Yeah! It’s really interesting. Although, the lifestyle as most people know it is a very English speaking world thing. Everywhere else it seems like it’s simply an aesthetic. I myself am only in it for the aesthetic, pornographic or otherwise.
The way most people understand the lifestyle are from those who consciously make the effort to only really get to know other people into the lifestyle. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that, seeing as the internet gives us the power to specify who we want to interact with. Personally though, I like hanging out with all sorts of crowds.
TBH I find it really interesting how there’s a clear distinction between people who got into furry via tumblr and people who got into it via FA. People who got into it on tumblr often do so due to the eclectic and focused way information on tumblr travels. Often, these people will be more into the aesthetic than the lifestyle. People on FA, on the other hand, having been around much longer, will tend to have people who associate furry with a lifestyle. Of course, neither is better than the other, and neither are absolute (I started on FA and headed towards tumblr over time myself). I just find it really interesting how the way information travels affects the way people get involved with stuff they like.
fave kind of entertainment: that when some fetish artists try to draw casual non-fetish stuff but you can still see really clearly what fetish stuff they usually draw. like
ha, haha,, what kidn,,,, fuckign loser would do; that….