this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2024
722 points (98.0% liked)

196

16890 readers
663 users here now

Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.

Rule: You must post before you leave.

^other^ ^rules^

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Perhaps someone can help me understand the difference between an anthropromorphic animal mascot (which as a tale as old as time) and a furry? When does one cease to be one and becomes another?

There are animal mascots all the time in sports. Why is that not weird, but it's weird to have a sporty animal mascot for coins?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For me it tends to be realism vs exaggerated qualities? I think these look like furry characters because they have realistic body proportions, structure, and expressions despite the animal faces and features vs something like Mickey Mouse or Sonic the Hedgehog. This allows someone to more easily see in them the physical features humans find attractive, even a lot of subtle ones considering these characters aren’t sexualized in their official art. It’s not perfect and obviously there are people who have cartoonish fursona’s and there’s cartoonish furry porn out there, but it’s a basic observation

[–] ReluctantMuskrat 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have no idea but the eyes and the smile definitely give a different vibe than most mascots.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The musculature and hands are what do it for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

"Nine Inch Nails" has entered the chat...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

There is no difference. Anthropomorphics = furry.

[–] glitchdx 8 points 2 months ago

was it made by a person with passion for the art, or a soulless corporation for the purpose of marketing and advertising? Usually, you can tell simply by the quality of the art which it is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

to me, just some guy, "a furry" is a person with this particular set of desires or sympathies, and an animal mascot is a marketing function of a business. Entirely subjective, reflexive and subject to cross over.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For one thing, you can find furries that get horny for any fucking mascot. I 'member Tony the Tiger being "sexually harassed" by furries on twitter.

If you can think of any animalistic or anthro character, there's a very big chance furries want to fuck it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I would say, given any anthro character, there's a good chance a furry or some furries want to fuck them, but most furries don't.

A large subset of furries want to be an anthro, though, and likely have specific characters they aspire to.