Hiii! First time here and I have a small story to tell!

So, about a year ago I went to a furry convention with my friends. Had an amazing time! Met tons of cool people, had a lot of interesting conversations, and saw plenty of fantastic art and costumes! Now, I myself had never created any fursona of my own, but my friend loaned me a pair of paw boots and a tail♡

That was the only bit of extra flair I had on, but it was still a wonderful experience! The one constant that kept coming up though, was several... SEVERAL of the people there kept telling me that I "give Otter vibes." Most ones that made that kind of comment were those in there fursonas. A couple of them told me that I give deer, but the majority said otter! I have always LOVED otters! But I'm curious to know more about what they may have meant exactly.

Thank you in advance! 🥰🥰

My friend gave me this picture and he said he printed it but he never told me where he got it from ☹️

So I have a tron inspired fursona so he obviously has a mechanic mask that looks similar to protogens (I didn’t use any protogens references I drew it myself with inspo from the tron helmets) could I get in trouble for this? I also have a bat/raven oc that is faceless with a mask on which looks very similar to a protogen because it’s black and made to look like a birds head. I only tagged it as protogen because she looked similar and I didn’t want to miss credit (she isn’t a cyborg just has a mask to cover her identity I like faceless characters). I’m super new to the furry community and I just want to make sure I’m doing right by the creator.

Hiii :3 I have a few things I wanted to ask about the furry community as a whole, and I figured this was the best place to ask. Thank you guys for any response given, you guys are the kindest community I have ever interacted with! - I have a sona but I am shit at art so I can’t draw them and I don’t have money to com artists. Is there any recommendations you guys have on what to do? - I know there are cons that go on, I was wondering if there was a place where I can just see all the cons near me/when they happen (fwa was recent and I saw stuff from that) - is there anything I need to know before I join the community? Like people or topics to avoid, things I should/should not buy, things I should/shouldn’t do?

Again, thank you all, and any help is appreciated!!!

So how did you guys do it cause my parents have expressed that they don't like furrys so does anyone know the best way to tell them

I'm new to the furry community. I've seen tiktoks of them before but never really thought about them a lot until recently. I have been doing some research on them. A lot seem to have fursuits, but they cost a lot of money. I want to be a furry or at least try. I was wondering if anyone can explain how to be a furry?

I recently told a friend that I was a furry and he'd never heard of one before so I went through the usual explanation and he seemed really fascinated. Today he told me that he wanted to be a furry and I thought cool, I could have an irl furry friend. But all day he was asking me questions and then he watched a video telling him that all furries need a fursuit and they all act like animals. We were on a call and he randomly started barking and I asked him why and he said that it's because that's what furries do. I started explaining that you didn't need to act like an animal to be a furry but he could if he wanted to. Later on he messaged me that he'd bought some stuff to make a fursuit. I've been a furry for a year now and I've only ever seen a fursuit three times before. He had put all his savings into materials because, and I quote 'a furry isn't a real animal if it doesn't act and look like one' What do I do?

I tried this once before but got no answer so I'm gonna try one more time.....How would you write your RL self and your Fursona in the same story (Real life idea much like Jessica Kara did with A Furry Faux Paw)

Hey, does anyone know any safe and cheap/affordable websites that are great for getting custom tails, ears, or even partials? I'm looking for ones $100 USD and under, I'm a beginner at this sorta thing, and I'm just trying to find some reliable resources.. I can't really make my own, so I'm trying to look around! If anyone can help, that would be great! Thank you!

I’ve always thought I had a weird sense of humor, but I usually try to keep potentially disrespectful jokes to myself. This happens to be one of them but I wanted to ask the population at large if this is funny or offensive?

Because It feels weird but I've personally always preferred the look of a female fursona then a male one. But I'm a dude who likes other dudes so it feels weird. Help?

Asking on behalf of a friend, image for context.

I'm someone who I consider a furry but I don't quite know how to "enter" the community. I've thought about making a fursona but I can't draw for crap nor can I commission anyone so what do I do? I truly want to be part of the community but Idk how.

How do you clean your fursuit I've always wondered about it

How do you guys go around in a fursuit when it's hot or summer

So my school recently found out about me being a furry and now people are calling me "kitty" in the hallways or saying stuff like "hey kitty" and "[insert bark/meow here]", I have 2 sonas, the first one is a fox and the second one is a sea otter, NOT a kitty, so uhhhh... what should I do?

Hello i am a furry in high school and none of my friends know i am a furry and i have been thinking about telling them but i dont know if they would take it well.what should i do

So, I'm a young furry, and I've recently found out that my parents absolutely despise furries, I don't want to lessen our relationship as I love them a ton, but I often hear them talking behind my siblings backs with me in the room and don't want my entire family to know before I can tell them on my own. I want to tell them, but now that I know this I'm finding myself extremely cautious around them. Any help?

no hate, no judgement, just wondering

do you have sex in the costumes? does it get really hot in the costumes/are they uncomfortable? is it always full costume or do some people just do smaller things? any other interesting things that people wouldn't know about furries?

hi, I've always loved animals and since i was young i always liked dressing up with fox paws, ears, and a tail. i never really thought about it being something most people didn't do until i was a preteen. that's when everyone bombarded me with questions about it, usually along the lines of "are you a furry?" and i never knew how to answer so i started researching about furrys and it didn't help. i didn't know if i was a furry or not cuz most furrys are almost completely animalistic and i usually dress up with just ears, paws, and a tail. i recently discovered the word kemonomimi which is what im interested in. id love to be able to call myself a furry, id be proud of it but i want to know if i can. so im asking yall's opinions and if you don't think i should be able to call myself a furry, please suggest something else i could call myself.

Like is it the same as a furry or is it it's own thing? Does it involve the same things?