I've seen fursuit parade videos, and it seems the vast majority of suits are cookie-cutter canines, with no soul or emotion. Just in line for airplane tickets. I think it's an inclusion thing really; no originality or thought required. It makes those with genuine canine sonas look bad.
Why are furrys obsessed with Foxes/Wolves?
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Fallowfox
Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
I doubt it's just to fit in- in fact I think some people purposefully choose not to use canid fursonas in order to make themselves appear more original when a canid description may actually fit them better.
The Wretched Automatons
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I think it's pretty much just the aesthetic appearance. When you think of a furry, a canine creature is generally what you think of. It's got the muzzle, the ears, the fur, the tail. Most people like how that looks and decide to apply that to how they want their fursona to appear.
Personally I've always preferred an appearance that's more reptilian. If I ever get a fursona, it'll be scales all the way.
Personally I've always preferred an appearance that's more reptilian. If I ever get a fursona, it'll be scales all the way.
Aden
Play from your ****ing HEART
What is a "genuine" canine fursona, would you say?
CindEE
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Hrm, I'd assume that may also have to do with the prices for getting a fur suit. I'd imagine doing a whole new unique concept for a suit, then building that from scratch, would be an arduous undertaking.
Batty Krueger
DJ Nailbunny
Well yeah, foxes were used highly in all the old cartoons.
meh_is_all
I→U
Cause canidaes are better. Vulpes vulpes pride . :3
Furryjones
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When I chose my fursona I decided with the bearded dragon simply cause after observing one for many months I decided we had a lot in common. As for why wolves and foxes are so popular? Well I was thinking of creating a wolf because of a comic I remember reading when I was really little, which had in it a wolf anthro character and I found her to be very attractive. I'd say these two fursonas are chosen simply cause of oversaturation with them in media. That's my two cents!
Rainbowshaven
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Honestly, because these animals are, societally, perceived as the "coolest." Almost every little boy grows up thinking "dragons" are totally badass. So are wolves. Dogs are cool because they make great pets and are loyal/intelligent/can be trained/whatever.
Since everyone has an innately huge ego, they automatically want to be the "coolest" animal they can think of, so these are the animals that come up most. I've even had good friends with dragon/wolf hybrid characters; it's clearly all about the appearance.
Foxes are a great alternative for guys that just don't quite have the 'fierceness' of a wolf (or for girly/gay boys that still want to be cool.)
Besides... Why spend time evaluating yourself and discovering what species of animal would honestly fit you best? That's for losers!
Since everyone has an innately huge ego, they automatically want to be the "coolest" animal they can think of, so these are the animals that come up most. I've even had good friends with dragon/wolf hybrid characters; it's clearly all about the appearance.
Foxes are a great alternative for guys that just don't quite have the 'fierceness' of a wolf (or for girly/gay boys that still want to be cool.) Besides... Why spend time evaluating yourself and discovering what species of animal would honestly fit you best? That's for losers!
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Fallowfox
Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
Honestly, because these animals are, societally, perceived as the "coolest." Almost every little boy grows up thinking "dragons" are totally badass. So are wolves. Dogs are cool because they make great pets and are loyal/intelligent/can be trained/whatever.
Since everyone has an innately huge ego, they automatically want to be the "coolest" animal they can think of, so these are the animals that come up most. I've even had good friends with dragon/wolf hybrid characters; it's clearly all about the appearance.
Besides... Why spend time evaluating yourself and discovering what species of animal would honestly fit you best? That's for losers!
On the contrary I would say that if you choose a fursona because it's popular that the choice represents you very well indeed. ;3
But seriously, I don't stick to a species at the moment, but foxes do appeal to me particularly and did so long before I found out the fandom existed. As young as 13 I've wanted to dress up as a fox a lot. So I don't think it's innately a decision to fit in.
M. LeRenard
Is not French
You know, everyone's mentioning their use in folklore, fables, cartoons, stories, and the like, but no one's really mentioned that the fact that these animals are used so frequently in that type of storytelling is an indication that people almost universally have some degree of reverence (if you will) for those animals. You know... the societies that formed in North America where there were wolves gained a huge respect for wolves, the societies in the desert gained a huge respect for coyotes or jackals, everyone everywhere has been tickled throughout history by how clever foxes seem to act (it seems like almost every culture on the planet has fox fables, assuming they know what foxes are), and so on. You could almost make the case that there's just something fundamentally human about loving these animals (you know... aside from the whole 'nearly driving wolves to extinction' thing). So the real answer probably merits a more rigorous anthropological response than you could get on these forums. Might even make for an interesting master's thesis, or something, if you think about it. Maybe someone's already looked into it.
I mean, you ask why mostly canines, so you might as well be asking why people have had canine companions long enough to elicit an evolutionary bond between us and them to the point that dogs respond more readily to human contact than chimpanzees. People have loved cats forever, too, but it's pretty common knowledge that with cats there's a lot of love but generally a much more indirect sense of loyalty, and with dogs you get a faithful servant forever who practically pisses himself just to know you're back home. So you know... maybe that's why people usually pick canines or felines. Because we always have. I don't know too many people with coatimundi pets.
Can't say much about dragons. Probably what someone said before; they're badass and can does majicks.
I mean, you ask why mostly canines, so you might as well be asking why people have had canine companions long enough to elicit an evolutionary bond between us and them to the point that dogs respond more readily to human contact than chimpanzees. People have loved cats forever, too, but it's pretty common knowledge that with cats there's a lot of love but generally a much more indirect sense of loyalty, and with dogs you get a faithful servant forever who practically pisses himself just to know you're back home. So you know... maybe that's why people usually pick canines or felines. Because we always have. I don't know too many people with coatimundi pets.
Can't say much about dragons. Probably what someone said before; they're badass and can does majicks.
Ozriel
Inglorious Bastard
And Jewish. :V
For me, I guess I liked wolves in folklore and learned to love werewolves in films and stories (both demonized and romanticized).
Batty Krueger
DJ Nailbunny
My accountant is a dragon.
Imperial Impact
The Imperial Juicer
Mai Waifu Wolfu
Kit H. Ruppell
Exterminieren! Exterminieren!
My love for foxes goes back as far into my past as I can remember.
Arik~Vulpes
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I've been in love with foxes ever since I saw Robinhood as a little kid.
