I’m just asking in order to judge interest in whether anyone would be interested in joining a furry/anthro community here in Lemmygrad.
The community itself would focus mainly on art, suits/suitmaking, discussions of important topics within the community such as the LGBT element, along with memes, sonas, discussion/events such as furcons and meetings, and as a place to find general community with fellow furs.
The space will take a staunch leftist stance, so all will be welcome without discrimination, and reactionaries, trolls, and negative elements will not be tolerated unlike places such as Reddit.
Would anyone be interested in a community like this? : )
That’s perfectly alright! It’s a very niche and commonly misunderstood and misrepresented hobby. The most basic explanation I can give is that furries are people that enjoy anthropomorphizing animals, mostly just for the simple reason that they can. Many people take their created characters and self impose themselves onto them as a stand in what is called a “sona” much like how a person might impose themselves on a DnD character they create, or how cosplayers preform or project a character.
The community then goes deeper in the sense that there is an extremely strong creative aspect of the fandom, and many people use their characters or the characters of others in art, stories, comics, and so on.
For the question of why… well the simple answer is mostly just “for fun”, as you can be creative in any way you wish with what you create, and it allows people to express or represent themselves (or aspects of themselves) to their hearts desire. Which is why the fandom has a massive percentage of LGBT and leftist members.
Hopefully this could answer some of your questions, and I’m perfectly open to any others you might have!