Cliché furries
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LazerMaster5
Lost in the Static
Orphan stories are cliche. No, your fursona cannot be Batman. Besides, isn't your fursona supposed to be a reflection of who you want to be? I dunno about some of the people out there, but I most definitely do not want to be an orphan.
Also, no need to give your 'sona 5000 different talents, from flying to being able to fart Gangnam Style.
Of course, my fursona is a red fox that sings in a thrash band. What am I talking about?
Also, if I ever get a ref sheet, I am putting robotic legs on my fursona. Possibly robotic arms as well. Cyborgs are cool.
Also, no need to give your 'sona 5000 different talents, from flying to being able to fart Gangnam Style.
Of course, my fursona is a red fox that sings in a thrash band. What am I talking about?
Also, if I ever get a ref sheet, I am putting robotic legs on my fursona. Possibly robotic arms as well. Cyborgs are cool.
DrDingo
Moved to phoenix.corvidae.org with the others
Reflection of who you want to be? Nah. Not always.
It can be what you want it to be. Some people make it as different from themselves as they possibly can, some make it the same as themselves, some want a deep character and some want it wacky and memorable.
Whatever it is that they want the most from a personal character, it's not the same for us all.
Ahkrin Descol
RELIC Specialist
For some they just like to use orphan as an easy backstory explanation for a personality trait that they see as desirable.
Most common cliches I've seen.
1. Everyone is a Wolf
2. Battle Scars (+1 if it's by the eye)
3. 'OCs' that look like color changes of popular characters
4. Bios that describe the OC as both shy and outgoing (I kid you not)
5. Ability to shape shift into anything (Can't make you mind up what species you want to be? no problem
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1. Everyone is a Wolf
2. Battle Scars (+1 if it's by the eye)
3. 'OCs' that look like color changes of popular characters
4. Bios that describe the OC as both shy and outgoing (I kid you not)
5. Ability to shape shift into anything (Can't make you mind up what species you want to be? no problem
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1. Everyone is a Wolf
2. Battle Scars (+1 if it's by the eye)
3. 'OCs' that look like color changes of popular characters
4. Bios that describe the OC as both shy and outgoing (I kid you not)
5. Ability to shape shift into anything (Can't make you mind up what species you want to be? no problem
dischimera
Member
Nah. You're not moe.
Augmented Husky
Mind currently uploaded
Let not also forget that a lot of people choose dragons as well. Also I have a few.....additions of my own
6. Extremely good magic abilitys just because
7. Come back to life after death only because the fan fiction story demands it
8. Heal instantly with no explanation
jesus. sounds like a Dungeons and dragon noob making their first character.
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Nyro46
Guest
The one thing I try to avoid is giving my characters any "super powers". People seem to be obsessed with giving their characters cliché elemental powers and whatnot. While a few years ago I did start giving some of my characters these cliché, overused powers, I eventually took them off because I found them annoying, overused and I didn't want my characters to be overpowered, because then it would make my stories harder to write and give it more plot holes.
Like even now when my former friend recently gave one of her characters to me... she had given him plasma powers, which honestly is extremely overpowered and would make little to absolutely no sense in my universe. And would make the story very hard for me to write as he could probably just blast everyone with plasma and that would be the end of it
Oh my God I've seen characters like that too! About a year ago I made a joke page on the shitty Sonic Fanon Wiki called "Zackery the Hedgewolf Demon" and gave him all the most contradicting personality traits ever.
Anyway things that bug me that I see a lot:
- crappy furry doll maker characters
- stupid OP powers (like plasma)
- booby animals
- people abusing their fursonas with weird fetishes/giving their fursonas traits to accommodate fetishes
- characters that have no parents and were made in some sort of lab... most cringe-worthy backstory ever
- minerva mink
- wait what?
Like even now when my former friend recently gave one of her characters to me... she had given him plasma powers, which honestly is extremely overpowered and would make little to absolutely no sense in my universe. And would make the story very hard for me to write as he could probably just blast everyone with plasma and that would be the end of it
Oh my God I've seen characters like that too! About a year ago I made a joke page on the shitty Sonic Fanon Wiki called "Zackery the Hedgewolf Demon" and gave him all the most contradicting personality traits ever.
Anyway things that bug me that I see a lot:
- crappy furry doll maker characters
- stupid OP powers (like plasma)
- booby animals
- people abusing their fursonas with weird fetishes/giving their fursonas traits to accommodate fetishes
- characters that have no parents and were made in some sort of lab... most cringe-worthy backstory ever
- minerva mink
- wait what?
While there is a large amount of dragons in the fandom and they are around 6% of the population, it is small compared to wolves (17.9%) and foxes (12.9%). So a whopping 30% of the fandom is either a wolf or a fox. If you add up just the canines it is at 40%. What annoys me is that the dragon is the about the only reptile furries (er scalies) will choose. the second most favorite reptile is the dinosaur and it is only at .4%
While the stats are from 08' there is an updated list (2011) on wikifur. The order of popular fursona has not changed.
in conclusion none of these stats matter and you should be what you like best
http://www.furcenter.org/pubs/Furry_Species.pdf
http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/List_of_most_popular_phenotypes
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Augmented Husky
Mind currently uploaded
Yes thank you for the sensible conclusion. If anything the best we can learn is to express at least some amount originally in making OC's or fursonas.
As for me I'm comfortable with mine for a long time to come.
The point is that there are not too many reptiles in the furry community.
And this obsession furries have about originality, why are they so obsessed? Nothing is original, we are influenced by everything, we subconsciously rip ideas off someone else, it's human nature to emulate.
"Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.â€
― Evan Mandery, Q
"We can never be entirely original, as artists or as people. The genius and vision of those who came before us is too great for us to digress from entirely. Though, as creatures that are compelled to test and surpass our own creative abilities, we must always strive for that originality in everything we do in order to move the world forward.â€
― Jessica Lave
“It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." -Jean-Luc Godard
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A person with originality takes an old idea and makes it new. I believe that anyone can come up with something cool as long as they put the time and effort in it.
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Ieono
Uberaffe
What a cliché sentiment.
Look who's talking.
"Originality can still be attained, and people do it every day"
Where did you get that? from a self help book?
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Darth-Dukes
Member
1.Wolves. Just too many damn wolves!
2."Plain" characters. What I mean by that is when people have, say, a dog fursona, with the same marking as an actual dog, but nothing to differentiate it from other dogs. Like yeah, my 'sona is a cow with brown spots. Big whoop. But she also has purple hair and piercings. Which leads me to another thing...
3.Piercings. Nearly every character today has piercings, a lot of them with ridiculous amounts of piercings. Rhiann's piercings actually happened by accident.
4.Wings. People just love to slap wings on things.
5.Heterochromia. I used to think it was cool, so some of my characters do have it I'll admit. But it's becoming old now.
6.The "tough but really sensitive" stereotype. Just stop.
2."Plain" characters. What I mean by that is when people have, say, a dog fursona, with the same marking as an actual dog, but nothing to differentiate it from other dogs. Like yeah, my 'sona is a cow with brown spots. Big whoop. But she also has purple hair and piercings. Which leads me to another thing...
3.Piercings. Nearly every character today has piercings, a lot of them with ridiculous amounts of piercings. Rhiann's piercings actually happened by accident.
4.Wings. People just love to slap wings on things.
5.Heterochromia. I used to think it was cool, so some of my characters do have it I'll admit. But it's becoming old now.
6.The "tough but really sensitive" stereotype. Just stop.
dischimera
Member
So... everything.
LazerMaster5
Lost in the Static
Pretty much. Some of us pick traits because we think they are cool, others pick traits to make a special snowflake.
Come on, my fursona is a red fox with cybernetic limbs. You can easily accuse me of being a special snowflake, when I just felt like making my fursona a cyborg badass.
LegitWaterfall
Forever done
Nobody's said anything about leg warmers and rave accessories and shit like that?
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LazerMaster5
Lost in the Static
Maybe if the furry fandom existed in the 80s. I have not seen such antiquated fashion being used on anyone's fursona, but maybe I am not looking hard enough.
JerryFoxcoon
The classy Captain Furfag
Leg warmers look pretty femboy-ish to me. Especially stripped ones LOL.
LegitWaterfall
Forever done
Don't get me going on the rainbow ones...