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Fuzzy Logic: Episode 92 – Bragaholic
His Horror Story Might Have Been a Little Too Effective
I've written to you about 7 times now, and I know that can sound bad, but your help is really great! Recently, I asked my friend if he can record a reading of a fan-fiction so I can use his voice in stuff, and he agreed to it. He told me to give him the darkest, creepiest story I knew of. I thought he was serious so I gave him "My Little Pony: Cupcakes" which is really gory and extremely dark. It's basically about another pony torturing her friend till she dies and using her organs to make cupcakes. Based on that, you can tell that it's just plain creepy.
Well, he read the story and sent me the recording, and then told me he was crying and that he never wants anything to do with cupcakes or ponies anymore. I didn't realize that it had scared him that much, and I've apologized several times, but I think I may have gone too far with it. He said he would record himself reading it as a favor, which he did, and now I feel horrible cause that little favor really scared him to the point where he's crying.
So do you have any tips on how to say sorry and actually show it? I feel really bad.
Sincerely,
Gelato the Dragon
P.S. Happy Late Birthday ^^
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Hi, again, Gelato, and thanks for the birthday wish :3
It’s sweet that you feel bad about your friend’s lachrymose behavior, but it’s not your fault. Did he not ask you to “give him the darkest, creepiest story I knew of”? So, you gave him what he asked for and now he’s upset? Completely not your fault.
You were the “bigger man” and apologized to him—more than once—and that is more than you need to do. Perhaps you should ask him why, if creepy stories make him cry, he asked you to send him one. Sounds to me like he was trying to create drama to evoke sympathy from you. In other words, he’s a drama queen. Not to mention this is just fiction, and if he is driven to tears by freakin’ fiction, then he’s really going to have a hard time dealing with reality, which can be even creepier and darker than fiction, if you ask me.
There are some people who are strongly affected by reading novels and short stories. They can empathize and relate to certain favorite characters and even be sad when they are hurt and die. I'm reminded of my English seminar on Charles Dickens back in college when I learned that thousands of people wept openly over the death of Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop. Good fiction evokes an emotional response. Perhaps you should take your friend's response as a compliment, in its way, of your writing skills in the genre of horror.
Anyway, you don’t have to do anything further than you already have, Gelato, and please don’t feel guilty. At this point, just tell him you will never ask him to read another creepy story again, and leave it at that.
You’re a good furry. Take a deep breath and stay cool.
Hugs,
Papabear
P.S. Just so you know, your story, while chilling, is not the first to be about necrophilia. As an example, I give you the Broadway play Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
FC-139 Calzone Transformation
KnotCast: Episode 232 – DTMFA Mk2
What furry themed movies are on Netflix?
Coloured/Digitised this (I do not own the original. If you're the original owner I'm sorry I butchered your masterpiece)
Furry Is in Love with Tech E Coyote
Just so you know, this might get a bit garbled, so apologies if it does.
I'm having a rather unusual and very stupid problem which I know is unfounded and shouldn't be an issue but unfortunately is.
You see I am...well, I hate to say 'in love with' but it seems to be that way with the cartoon character Tech E Coyote. The problem I have is I keep on seeing pictures of him doing all sorts of naughty things with other fursonas and...well it ticks me off.
I will happily say that is defiantly shouldn't annoy me and everyone should be entitled to having their share of romance with a cartoon character and so on, but it's causing me to be...well angry with people I've never even met or talked to before, which just ain't damn right.
I did think it was due to my brain almost thinking he was cheating on me, or something stupid like that, but it doesn’t happen with other male fursonas, only with female ones. I don't know if this is me trying to fool myself into thinking he's gay or something, but I really want to get this to stop happening, I shouldn't be having this happen. I've tried drawing my fursona with him, and it turns out terribly since I cannot draw at all.
My question mainly is, is this natural and can I do anything about it?
Thanks
Stettfudd
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Hi, Stettfudd,
A lot of furries have what is technically called “schediaphilia,” which is an attraction for cartoon characters. Your attraction for Tech E Coyote is sexual, indeed, though you also say you love the character. And the only reason you are seeing Tech E in sexually explicit drawings online is because you are searching for furporn. The obvious solution for that problem is for you to stop looking at furporn on the Internet. If you don’t see Tech E “cheating” on you, you won’t get upset.
You know, intellectually, that Tech E is fictional, and, therefore, you can’t have a relationship of any kind with him. Therefore, too, your jealousy and anger for those who are drawing Tech E in sexual situations is irrational.
If you recognize this as true, that is a big step toward getting over your “love” for a drawing. The next step is to wean yourself off this character—and cartoons in general—and spend more time interacting with real people and less time with fictional personalities. That’s probably how you got into this dilemma in the first place: substituting fiction for reality. It might have been safer, at first, because cartoon characters don’t hurt your feelings or reject you, but now you are seeing just how unhealthy this can be.
Extract yourself from the world of fantasy and animation; join the real world and you will hopefully meet a real person to fall in love with who won’t appear in someone else’s illustrated wet dream.
This doesn't mean I'm against cartoon viewing, but in your case it has become an unhealthy obsession, so you need a break.
In addition, your feelings of anger might be a case of transference. This is just speculation, but you might have some deep-seated anger issues about something else in your life that are coming to the surface via an artificial trigger: Tech E “cheating” on you. This possibility is best left explored in a therapist’s office.
Hope this helps! If not, and if you can’t shake this obsession with Tech E, I would recommend your next step be to seek professional help. While it’s good you aren’t delusional and don’t believe Tech E to be real, your feelings of jealousy are still not healthy and may be indicative of something else troubling you that is not revealed in your letter.
Good luck,
Papabear
Motor City Furry Con comes to the Novi Sheraton in Michigan, April 11 - 13, 2014
Since the recent announcement of the closing of a beloved Detroit-area furry convention, a small group of Michigan furs have decided to take over the reigns! Motor City Furry Con will be held in the same location many of you are familiar with during the weekend of April 11th through the 13th, 2014.
MCFC has fresh faces on its board of directors, but experienced convention chairs and staff members are also on board to help coordinate. The hotel is currently under renovations and will feature a shiny new convention space in time for the convention. As someone put it, "New Look, Same great taste".
Details and other information will become available as preparations are made. The website will go online within the next week.
You can follow Motor City Furry con on Twitter at @MotorCityFurCon
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I need some practice so free commissions.
Need some practice, I'm only doing first come first serve just post your fursona and tell me what you want done with it :) but keep it PG 13. And thanks for all the cooperation I'll get to the drawings eventually and they might be bad. So not promising any masterpieces thus I'm sorry if I make it bad
EDIT: commission closed if your name is below you are in
Acatnamedsilver (Complete) (http://imgur.com/IxhFZ2X)
DApuppers (Complete) (http://imgur.com/S3ObMuB)
Mrlazorz(waiting) Radedb (waiting) Uzzeee (waiting) Cthom124 (waiting) Yarvin_Jenkins (waiting) Snowmew (waiting) Period_chopsticks (waiting) Rosewolfie (waiting) Feret testickles (waiting)
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