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Do you believe in them? For those with a fursona, do they fit you? For those without what species would fit you?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't really follow them; something about the idea of them kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I do have a fox friend though who embraces certain fox stereotypes I shan't repeat here because this post is marked SFW. :P

I actually don't know much about them, what are the stereotypes for wolves?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

50% Self reliant

50% team player

Aloof

Hard exterior shell with an interior of floof

More dominant

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I mean, I do try to have a sense of self-resilience, yet also feel hopelessly dependent on other people. I also feel like I need to protect my fluffy emotional innards with a hard protective shell as well.

So I guess it makes sense, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I didn't think I was a stereotype until I saw this. Yes, my bunny sona is both. :D 0d7cadd60ac1f390ac03b610f5991f6a67ad5d9a1728709447057932288

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't really believe in them with how diverse the furry community can be. My Fursona is a fox but he is not fully up to the stereotype. While hes not muscular and "manly" and I do have him with a slightly more feminine and soft body type, hes not really a femboy. He also isn't a bottom by any means, hes mostly straight and is definitely on the dominant side.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They are stereotypes and not rules. I hope nobody actually takes them too seriously beyond jokes and memes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Oh yea, I never take them seriously and they can be fun to see memes and jokes about

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

They can be fun as you play with your fursona, you're connecting with them by performing their species' stereotypes. But nobody takes them too seriously and they're dropped as soon as they go against something you wanted to do. Or they should be.

There's also a lot of character traits that 'feel right' even if they're not stereotypical, and i'm not just talking about subverting expectations. Lions IRL can be goofy, we've all seen them do something stupid in a documentary or whatever, so a goofy lion character feels fresh and truthful at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there a stereotype for arctic foxes that's different from the one for regular foxes?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Not that I've noticed, but I've never really gone looking.

[–] franzfurdinand 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I love and embrace the maned wolf stereotype, because it's silly and relatively harmless.

We all love Cheezits. Almost without exception.

I even made it into a prop for my suit!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know if I've heard of the cheezits before, they are good though. I just know leeeeeeeeeeegggggggssssss.

[–] franzfurdinand 2 points 11 months ago

Noodly legs and all their goodness!

[–] StillWatersPony 2 points 10 months ago

I believe that they do have some truth to them, which has always been really interesting to me since it's a neat psychological/sociological pattern and such.

Dragon stereotypes did fit me better when I was younger, not so much now though. I think o3o