How did you get into the furry fandom, and what attracts you to it?

[Conn1496]

I'm currently creating a social commentary about furries and the fandom. I wanted to ask you guys what attracts/attracted you to the furry fandom, and if and why you're proud to be a furry. Be honest peeps, becuase this has to be the truth, even if you only truthfully came to the fandom for the yiffing. You can submit any name you want (Real, user, fake, spoof, go for it.), or you can remain anonymous, just state it in your post.

The full thing will probably be on my FA or DA page when it's finished. Feel free to ask any questions about it, and I'll link to it once it's complete.
Thanks, guys.

Got as many quotes as I need, didn't need many, but if you want to, you can still ask to be put in. Thanks, people.

[Note]: It's finally finished! I'll post links to it as soon as, and I'll be linking to here at the end of the article on my FA page, too.

FA link: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/8449732/ (download required for some reason. )
DA link/Non-download link: http://conn1496.deviantart.com/art/A...ndom-315647540

[RedFoxTwo]

The porn and idle timewasting.


However, I'd strongly recommend you check all the previous threads on this topic, Conn. There've been a few if my memory serves me right.

[Dryskale]

What introduced me to the fandom was finding 2 the Ranting Gryphon on youtube and looking up what he meant by "furries". I stayed because I'm a fantasy geek and find the idea of anthropomorphized animals to be really interesting. For the pride aspect, I acknowledge that I'm a furry, but I consider it a hobby just as much as me being a fan of certain anime, science fiction, and fantasy. I made a character, I sketch, and enjoy the content and friends I have made through the art sites, meets, and conventions. About it.

[meh_is_all]

Yiff, art, and its just a great way to express yourself and make lifelong friends. Ive always loved animals and wanted to express my inner "playfulness" and I also love to weird people out so being a furry is a great way to do it . Im proud of being a fur because i love being part of the strangest group in all of pop culture.I'm "able" the fox, 14, Kentucky.

[Magenta Stormcrow]

I wrote a book, my proof reader said ‘OH! You’re a furry.” I said, ‘What’s a Furry?” so went looking… Afternoon on the internet later I said ‘Yup… I’m a furry.” And the rest, as they say, is history.

[Fallowfox]

The survey thread would be good to plunder if you referenced it, since that would make an interesting comparrison.

How I was introduced to it when a user on a pointless forum posted a thread to debate thoughts of furries. [they did so because I'd posted a parody thread entitled 'four wheels of furry' by random chance, it wasn't about furries at all, but it's what spurred them to make the thread] So that massive coincidence was what introduced me to the fandom. Until then I had considered all the 'furry' attributes of my personality entirely normal and only then realised how odd they actually were and how many of the users on that site really hated what I was.

[Not-a-DJ]

I blame webcomics for introducing me to it. Then it kept sucking me in more and more, until next thing I know I'm a member of FA, its forum, and another furry forum...

[Echo Wolf]

Well how I got into the fandom is a bit weird; I was first exposed to it by negative media, mainly THAT CSI episode that shall not be named nor spoken of. I'm naturally curious and doubtful of the media so around 3 years ago I decided to look more into it and found out the real information about the fandom; that it's not a bunch of murrsuiters and it's just about liking cartoon animals, something I've always had some interest in seeings as how I like SciFi. As for what keeps me here I would have to say the art, the creativity of members, and the community in general although some of the members make me want to beat them with sacks of puppies.

[Kit H. Ruppell]

I don't really know how it happened, I remember that after hearing about it and doing some research online, I sat up and realized "That's ME!"

[H.B.C]

Typical story here: I took a liking to anthro characters after growing up around them, and then I discovered there was a name for that.
Raccoons ftw!

[WanderingFox]

I think I first found out I was a furry and that there were other flurries was when I was 10 or maybe 12, It happened somewhere around there. It was on some old video game forum where someone mentioned they were a furry and it started some stupid shit storm.

Then I fired up the Google to see what the big deal was and the rest was just learning that I essentially shared some of the same likes. I liked the artwork and then a few years later, the porns aspect. Still keeps me coming back.

[Furryjones]

I`d have to blame crowchild with his High Tail Hall for turning me furry, ever since I stumbled upon that on newgrounds.com I was hooked on the furry fandom, although I had an attraction to anthros long before that, I remember reading a ninja turtles comic that had a wolf or fox anthro female and I thought she was very attractive. That was a good 15 or 17 years ago lol, I guess I`ve always been a furry but never realized it.

[Zaxxeh]

I thought that anthro characters and the like were rather nifty, along with mythology, fantasy, etc. My friend jokingly called me a furry once, and I looked up what it meant. It didn't really help with all the negative stereotypes and the like on the Internet, so I wasn't overly sure what to make of it, given that I was younger at the time.

I found out that a pretty good friend of mine was a furry, and she took the time to explain it to me what it meant, and it wasn't like the media or others portrayed it. It was at that point I went 'Ah, that's me then'. And here I am today.

[Luckiione]

I'm here for the friendships, and the craftsmanship/art, as well as the discussion I guess (I always love a good debate!)

Didn't really consider myself a furry until fall of last year. A friend of mine was openly a furry and I got curious about it. Once I did my research I realized I'd been one since I was a little kid. I used to love dressing up as animals for Halloween, and I was always the first to suggest playing 'cats and dogs' when at recess in primary school. My fursona is even my Neopet from when I was 12. I'm also a big animal person. It's all good fun! A great little hobby that makes me happy. ^_^

[Sly-Wolf]

I heard about it, saw it, liked it.

[badlands]

I don't really know how it happened, I remember that after hearing about it and doing some research online, I sat up and realized "That's ME!"

basically this

[burakki]

I don't even really remember. I think about 5-6 years ago i was looking around stuff on deviantart and read stories/art on anthropomorphic animals(mainly dragons), and i heard the term "furry" thrown around, but i wasn't exactly sure what it meant. I remember seeing alot of negative attention online about the topic, but i couldn't make myself believe everything about the whole 'yiff in hell" crap.

I also found it very interesting that some furries had fursuits and such, and perhaps one day i would be able to have one. It wasn't until last there though i saw the documentary "furries: an inside look" that really began to interest me into the fandom. And then a few months ago, i found alot more on youtube, fur affinity, and when i could really say "I'M A FURRY!"

[Harbinger]

As long as i remember from being a little kid even i've thought how cool it would be to be something else. Think it was halfway through my teenage years or later i found out those idea's were anthropomorphic, googled that word during an art lesson and found furries.

I dont fursuit or anything remotely like that or even let anyone know about it in real life, i just appreciate some of the decent artwork and try to do some myself.

I think the human design is awkward and something like a werewolf would just feel stronger and better, who doesnt want to be more that? Plus i hate a few things about humanity like its complete disregard to the natural world and its other inhabitants.

So to me its just idea's and artwork and being something more natural.

[Zydrate Junkie]

I've always liked animals more than people since I was little and then all it took was a bit of stumbling around the interwebz for a bit for no reason and then I found furries. My first reaction was "oh that's cool" and so I've been furry ever since.

[Butterflygoddess]

Well how I got into the fandom is a bit weird; I was first exposed to it by negative media, mainly THAT CSI episode that shall not be named nor spoken of. I'm naturally curious and doubtful of the media so around 3 years ago I decided to look more into it and found out the real information about the fandom; that it's not a bunch of murrsuiters and it's just about liking cartoon animals, something I've always had some interest in seeings as how I like SciFi. As for what keeps me here I would have to say the art, the creativity of members, and the community in general although some of the members make me want to beat them with sacks of puppies.

Pretty much this. There was a friend in highschool who considered himself one, mentioned "yiff" as his greatest shame. I researched it a bit, furries mentioned all over the internet getting all that hate. Deviantart had some fairly nice furry art I decided it was time to investigate further to make my own decision. That was it, I joined FA and a few other sites to see what they were and ends up it's not that complicated. I dare say there are more furries irl than ppl would think.

[VGmaster9]

I think it was way back (10 years or so ago) when I was looking at Sonic fanart. Like someone else mentioned, I started noticing the term "furry".

[Dreaming]

Generic answer: Artwork. There's quite a bit of decent artwork, and since I'm a fan of anthro artwork, I stick around. I actually got into it and found such artwork in 2009, in a sort of hilarious manner... a bunch of friends were joking around in a chatroom and linking artwork.

[Raptros]

Typical story here: I took a liking to anthro characters after growing up around them, and then I discovered there was a name for that.
Raccoons ftw!

Same here. Didn't even know furries existed when I first started liking anthro characters and stuff like that. I also thought I was the only one on the planet that had a 'fursona' as such. How wrong I was...

[Brazen]

I have some very obscure and rather illegal fetishes that only the fandom caters to without me having to pay money up front.

[MANG0_MADNES]

Well, it all started one night having complete boredom and I was kinda... anywho I found e621. I was at first like "AGH! FURRIES!" But then I realized it essentially it is just better looking porn. XD I later started looking on Youtube about Anthrocon and other conventions and it looked like so much fun! Anyways, I'm not that into the yiff part of it. I'm more into the, social similarity I keep finding with other furries and the art. Plus I've always loved animals like family, and NOT like mates.