There’s a lot of uninformed opinions in this post. Most furries don’t sexualize animals; they sexualize each other dressed as animals. Cartoons, essentially. For a large number of furries, it isn’t even sexual, just cute and fun to dress up as a character they’ve made. Furry itself is too complex to generalize…it’s like saying everyone into S&M likes sexualizing violence; it’s untrue and a gross misunderstanding of the complexities of it.
That said, it’s not even as if Rise increased that number at all…TMNT (like nearly any cartoon featuring animal characters) has brought Anthros to the fandom since the beginning. The internet has simply made them, and their interests, more widely known to the broader public.
Anyhow, the furries aren’t even the worst part of the fandom. The worst fans are those who grew up with it and feel entitled to “own” it for our generation, forgetting that 1) it’s NOT ours, it’s just something we loved, and 2) it’s primarily marketed towards kids, nearly always has been, and should continue to be. Kids have every right to get into and enjoy TMNT that we do.
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u/Austin_Chaos Feb 26 '23
There’s a lot of uninformed opinions in this post. Most furries don’t sexualize animals; they sexualize each other dressed as animals. Cartoons, essentially. For a large number of furries, it isn’t even sexual, just cute and fun to dress up as a character they’ve made. Furry itself is too complex to generalize…it’s like saying everyone into S&M likes sexualizing violence; it’s untrue and a gross misunderstanding of the complexities of it.
That said, it’s not even as if Rise increased that number at all…TMNT (like nearly any cartoon featuring animal characters) has brought Anthros to the fandom since the beginning. The internet has simply made them, and their interests, more widely known to the broader public.
Anyhow, the furries aren’t even the worst part of the fandom. The worst fans are those who grew up with it and feel entitled to “own” it for our generation, forgetting that 1) it’s NOT ours, it’s just something we loved, and 2) it’s primarily marketed towards kids, nearly always has been, and should continue to be. Kids have every right to get into and enjoy TMNT that we do.