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We have a new visualisation to share today, courtesy of the industrious and talented hooves of Ruxley (https://github.com/ruxley).

This is an interactive visualisation which lets you explore the popularity of the top furry species, and see how that popularity changes with biological sex, gender, and sexual orientation.

Exactly how many wolves are there? (Lots and lots.) Are foxes gay? (Not really.) Are horses more popular than zebras? (Duh.)

This data is taken from the Furry Survey. You can set a baseline dataset, and compare this to any other dataset. So you can directly compare men with women, heterosexuals with homosexuals, or any combination with the wider furry community. It is, I think you will agree, quite nifty.

There are a few interesting discoveries to be made, some surprising and others not-so-surprising. We will leave it to you to explore, although of course we at [a][s] are sure to reference this visualisation in future articles.

As a starting point, we suggest that you compare heterosexuals to homosexuals… and look at the otters.

Be aware that the data becomes less reliable if you select a small dataset. This is a normal outcome – just don’t take results from small datasets too seriously.

The more observant of you will notice some unusual results from the data. This is because many furries choose multiple species. For the purposes of this data, we count each named species once: so a fox-wolf hybrid counts as one fox and one wolf, and a furry who is usually a raccoon, has a tiger alt, and observes Dragon Friday will be counted three times.

Curiously, there are big variations in the number of species chosen by each of our groups. (This is why the data may behave oddly when you compare different groups.)

Women choose many more species (2.0 per furry by sex; 1.9 by gender) than men (1.5 by sex; 1.4 by gender). And heterosexual furries choose more species (1.7 per furry) than homosexual furries (1.4 per furry).

Why? No idea. But it sounds like an [adjective][species] type of question.

Author: crossaffliction Here we come to the finale of the two disc “Ultimate Showdown” set of episodes from the Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. It also contains the final six (or seven, depending on how you count the finale) episodes of the first season, so it’s a finale there as well. The first disc […]

DAWGTOWN is a rare breed in indie movies: a hand-drawn, 2D animated project – with as much promising talent as ambition backing it. Director Justin Murphy gave me an interview about it’s use of anthropomorphic animals, and voices by George Foreman. (Part one, part two.) Since then, DAWGTOWN has shared a new website, and spirited […]

A while back I started reading a story(not comic) that involved a young wolf that discovered he could change size, he joins a mob/gang. Also had paw fetish elements. I've been meaning to finish the story, but can't find it again. Did anyone know what the name was?

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Author: Mister Twister It may come off as an unpleasant surprise for some of you, to see a review of something two years old submitted only now. But, as the old saying goes, better late then never! Anyways… Mousenet by Prudence Breitrose is something of an oddity, for it is truly a book for all […]

Author: Good Evening, Papabear My name is Sabrina and I’ve heard about you from a friend IRL and she told me you can help with problems and this one deals with my brother Kyle. He’s going out with a guy named Chris; there’s nothing wrong with him and the two of them get along so […]

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Author: crossaffliction The Furry Writers Guild’s annual Cóyotl Awards are now open for voting by all members of the guild in good standing. The Cóyotl Awards were founded in 2012 to recognize excellence in anthropomorphic literature and promote quality writing within the furry fandom. Voting will last until August 31, and winners will be announced […]

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Author: Fred Stan Sakai created his first Usagi Yojimbo story in Steve Gallacci’s Albedo: Anthropomorphics #2 comic book, November 1984. Only 2,000 copies were printed. From there, Usagi Yojimbo has grown to become a very famous comic book, traveling through several publishers, the most recent being Dark Horse Comics since 1996. The comic has always […]

Last year we talked about these guys seeking funding. Looks like they found it! According to this year’s San Diego Comic Con, the folks at Four Horsemen Studios are set to premier a brand new collection of toy figures in their Gothitropolis series this autumn. Featuring characters like The Raven, The Eagle, The Griffon, and Minotaur the Duck (and more!), these are simple names for highly detailed collectible figures. What more can we say? Check out their web site and click on Gothitropolis in the Gallery Section to see these guys close up. Then look for them to be on sale in the fall.

image c. 2014 Four Horsemen Studios

If you are, do you plan on going to a four-year or trade school in the future?

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If you want to see a third season of spice and wolf, please help sign this petition to funimation.

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Good Evening, Papabear

My name is Sabrina and I've heard about you from a friend IRL and she told me you can help with problems and this one deals with my brother Kyle. He's going out with a guy named Chris; there's nothing wrong with him and the two of them get along so well. But every time Kyle tries to hug or kiss Chris, Chris seems to shrug away from it. This happened more than once, and Kyle thought he might have done something wrong or was being too pushy. 

A few weeks later, Kyle found out that Chris doesn't like to be touched by guys because Chris was physically and emotionally abused by his mother's old boyfriends in the past (nothing sexual happened) and that's why that happened, which caused Kyle to hate himself for being too touchy with Chris and shirk away from him so he won't make him feel uncomfortable. 

What can I do to help my brother, Papabear? I don't want to see him upset nor do I want to see Chris upset either; he became like a brother to me.

Love,
Sabrina

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Dear Sabrina,

Thanks for your letter. It’s so nice to see a caring sister like you. The first thing you need to do to help your brother is make him understand that nothing about this is his fault. Chris’s problems are not his fault, and the fact that he tried to show Chris affection before understanding Chris’s past is also not your brother’s fault. Tell him Papabear told you that it is not his fault and not to feel bad.

Although Chris was not sexually abused, he was physically and emotionally abused and that is just as bad in many ways. Childhood abuse commonly has a negative impact on the abused person’s ability to make friendships and have loving relationships. Many such victims also become abusive, depressed, even suicidal.

You and your brother need to form an alliance to help Chris. First, I’d like to recommend a little reading: Adult Children of Abusive Parents by Steven Farmer. You can also read Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward and Craig Buck. You and your brother should both read one or both of these books, then talk about it, and then give the books to Chris to read. Another thing you can do is research local support groups in your area and see if you can get Chris to attend one of them.

Again, Step 1: tell your brother he is not to blame; Step 2: learn about the problems adults face when they’ve been abused and try to educate Chris as well; support him emotionally and try to get him some help.

Good luck!

Papabear

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