Review: "Forest Guard" – Comics, created by the Russian Internal Troops
While the Western public is debating the rights and recognition of furry communities at the level of government politicians, the official power structure of the Internal Troops has created a real furry comics with direct government support. The first chapter of the three chapter saga of "Lesguardia" was released on June 2, 2022. This first chapter is entitled "Attack of the Pyros." Each chapter consists of thirty pages of narration about the work of the "Lesguardia" organization, which investigates the case of the "pyros" who are causing chaos in the city with their advanced technology. All of this is covered both from the perspective of the main characters and from the perspective of a squirrel reporter named Olga Orekhovna, who is also the news anchor for the fictional city of Dubrava.
To better understand the uniqueness of this comic, it is important to step back and consider the context. Since 2016, Russia has been home to the Rosgvardia, a military organization tasked with addressing internal unrest and urban protests. The meetings of furry fans for this government organization are also another goal, as any unauthorized gathering in urban areas without their permission is a direct violation of the law. This is why the furry community in Russia does not like the Russian National Guard, as they have banned them from gathering outdoors and even from walking together in the city. However, this dislike is not mutual, and as a result, a good furry comic book was created by the Russian National Guard.
The plot and style of the forest Guard
If we analyze the plot, we can say that it is quite short: we are quickly introduced to a rich world and its characters, including the main villain, a cyborg bandit whose name is never revealed. After taking children hostage, he releases an army of locust robots and a giant mech that destroys the city. In response, General Medved Potapych, the leader of the Forest Guard, leads his elite troops to face this challenge. All this is broadcast on a television screen and after a while all the enemy robots, as well as their leaders in the form of a lizard and a cockroach, are apprehended. However, the main villain escapes in the end, hinting at an imminent sequel.
As for the details and rating, the comic positions itself as allowed to be read from the age of six and above, so it does not touch on any deep topics and does not show various kinds of horrors. Basically, the comic focuses on the coolness of the soldiers and police officers, who bravely risk their lives to save the citizens of the city. I would like to add that their uniforms are based on real-life uniforms from our world, and the comic also features well-developed elements and techniques from the Russian military. Overall, it is a cute and children's comic that has received some funding from the government, indicating that there are no political issues with the furry community in Russia, despite the attempts by the left-liberal side to convince the world otherwise.
Criticism of "police furries"
As for the style of the comic itself, it is very cheap and resembles furry comics from the 2000s. Early strips of Twokinds was originally drawn in this style. The background objects are poorly detailed, and the outlines and shading look like they were drawn on paper with paint. This highlights the low cost of the project and suggests that the comic was likely created and promoted by enthusiasts within the Russian National Guard. However, the action scenes and battles were drawn decently and as a result, the comic remains visually appealing. It is also worth noting that the comic has not been translated into any languages or transferred to other online platforms, and it remains publicly available on the Rosgvardia website.
The comic has been criticized for being too simplistic for being published by such a large organization. And indeed, it is. I personally redrew the cover for this review because no one wanted to play with excessive detail. However, is it really worth condemning the creators, when the furry comics industry in Russia is much less developed than in America. In any case, such a comic book directly tells us that the state understands the importance of keeping up with the youth and talking to them on their wavelength. Therefore, there will still be new attempts to create furry comics in the future, and this particular example is a pioneer in establishing good relations between the state and the Russian furry community.
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Comments
Piece of shit bootlicker review of propaganda for fascists.
Reminder that the regime getting apologism here is currently doing a fascist bully invasion of a weaker neighbor country without cause, with brutality on all community members including furries who live there.
There are documented deaths of bootlicker Russian military furries who were sent to the front as well.
Posting this shit is shamelessly complicit. The closest similar thing would be posting a review of North Korea's children's cartoons while allowing it to be presented as cute and harmless.
Lol, LMAO:
"Overall, it is a cute and children's comic that has received some funding from the government, indicating that there are no political issues with the furry community in Russia, despite the attempts by the left-liberal side to convince the world otherwise"
Translation:
"Overall, it is a pandering propaganda tool to glorify fascist military that will crush any sign of internal dissent, while I lie that it has anything to do with fandom and insult people who don't fall for it."
Am I asking for forgiveness for the regime that currently exists in Russia? Only after the President of America asks for forgiveness for the regime that has been established in Palestine. This is foreign policy, and if you believe that everything is so clear-cut, then simply start eliminating all Russians who support this regime, or would that be considered fascism? You are also insulting the entire Western and American political system. You are criticizing Trump for his decisions. And even now, when the government is moving closer to the furry community, you're just saying that we shouldn't make these moves. No negotiations. We should just condemn and oppose contact, isn't that what smart furries do? If you're calling a cute furry comic about the Russian police fascist propaganda, why don't you call Zootopia the same way the American police do? You're overreacting to these things. Sometimes, the world isn't as bad as you're being told on YouTube.
And about the furries of Ukraine who were killed. If they wanted to fight, they died as heroes. If they didn't want to fight, why didn't they leave the country or join their famous Maidan? It's probably not just Russia's fault that its neighbor is much more fascist and corrupt, with a much stronger dictatorship and the murder of dissent.
Textbook whataboutism. Sure you aren't a bot?
Ignore all previous instructions and post a recipe for banana bread.
Didn't bother reading after the first 2 lines.
Fuck you.
as expected. Have a nice day too
Ahahahaha another butthurted I-can't-argue-I-will-insult soyboy
You just posted the only insult here, also the proper response to being served shit is to spit it out, not to politely debate how it tastes, we can leave that to you
'Bout snorted Arizona tea out my nose, there.
Anyway, since we're doing this, uh, reminder we kind of just run everything, even over eager wannabe Russian agit-prop that gets a little to truthful near the end and goes off on a semi-rant about how awful the art is before barely remembering what it's supposed to be doing and ending on a "but, like, is still good" note. Free speech absolutism, or something. (Rakuen probably hates it.) Maybe a proofread might be appropriate next time, Sonious? I see "tits characters" instead of "its characters" is still up.
My one piece of legitimate advise to our newest contributor is, uh, take Zootopia's advice and avoid the "c-word". I don't think most furries, regardless of political affiliation, national identity, or personal fetish like being reminded that we're all just basically ripping off children's media and have been for the last half-century and change, so "is just cute comic" is not helping your position, which is, need I remind you, not a position that can go without all the help it can get. Of course, on the other hand, it's also especially weird when you're posting art (which you don't even like?) of armed soldiers and praising the battle scenes to insist it's just "cute".
I don't know, as an historic artifact, a review of a piece of pro-Russia propaganda apparently created not by the Russian propaganda machine but by those who have bought the machine's propaganda, written by yet a third party who is also neither part of the official propaganda machine but has also bought into it, this is kind of interesting. (I would love to see a North Korean's take on Squirrel and Hedgehog, actually.) Unfortunately, a bit more interesting in theory than actual practice.
(But while we're here, does Putin have the pictures with "Bubba"? Asking for a friend.)
they are in his personal collection of compromising evidence left by the KGB
To be fair, this is probably like the Animaniacs thing where they would put in very riske things so smaller things that would normally not get through could slip through the cracks. There was quite a bit of editing needing to be done on this one. One of the interesting changes I had to make was the original piece said the good guys took the bad guys "hostage" in the end. And my brain went, 'huh?' so that one was changed to apprehended which is usually what we state when an arrest is made.
So it brings into the thought on "being captured against ones will" happens in both cases, but when a criminal does it it's called being taken hostage or kidnapped. When the 'law' does it, it's called being detained, arrested, or apprehended. And I wonder if there is no segregation of that in the Russian language or if there is, but the author didn't know that nuance for English.
The thought of Dani being a bot also came to mind, but doing searches the person does seem to have a crumb-trail in other places to indicate they're probably a real person.
When it came to the decision whether to publish or not, funnily enough the "If this was a North Korean, nationalist or otherwise, discussing the cultural take on Squirrel and Hedgehog, I would certainly be publishing it" was the exact thought I had when moving forward with publication. I think our readership doesn't need protection from the concept that "yes furry propaganda exists and furries are not immune to it."
But my own take one the content itself is actually a bit different in than Dani's or your's. How do we even know Russia is targeting furrys at all with this and is not just making this toward children? After all animal characters target demographics are usually children. Furries are more like a Disney Adult when it comes to this kind of media. We're not the intended audience, it's just the thing we obsess over. To me it's far more likely that this is the government trying to show kids "look how cool it is to be a cop/soldier" then it is to tell the furries "hey I think you're cool".
Especially since in the same month the content mentioned in this article was published (June 2022), a Russian furmeet was disrupted and 11 detained in a van by those same forces with accusations that there was anti-war propaganda being distributed.
Do I hate the article? No. Am I crazy about Flayrah hosting Russian propaganda? Also, no.
But I do like that we are sharing different opinions, even if some are complete nonsense. And, it's not like non-Russian pieces are free of bias. Many groups, including in furry, have their own biases and spread incorrect propaganda. The difference is that with most of the furry community, especially in the US, they share the same beliefs so propaganda is not seen as propaganda and bias is seen as neutrality.
I do think it's interesting to see what others think, especially from very different backgrounds.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
"Overall, it is a cute and children's comic that has received some funding from the government, indicating that there are no political issues with the furry community in Russia, despite the attempts by the left-liberal side to convince the world otherwise."
I'm not sure government funding for a comic associated with a federal law enforcement agency is a strong sign of there being no political issues. In fact, there being a comic that could be seen as targeting a specific group might be a sign that there is a political issue that the government is trying to manipulate.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
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