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Here is an article in the March 2013 edition of Atlanta magazine (a monthly general-interest magazine based in Atlanta, Georgia). It mentions the upcoming Furry Weekend Atlanta convention, and interviews con director Tiger Paw.

Please don’t tease the animals.

“It’s considered a breach of etiquette to sneak up and pull someone’s tail,” says the man known as “Tiger Paw,” founder and director of Furry Weekend Atlanta, which celebrates its tenth anniversary March 14 to 17 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. “It’s hard to see and maneuver inside one of these big animal heads—not a lot of peripheral vision—so you don’t want to make someone fall.”

However, you are encouraged to bray, roar, and howl with a cuddly menagerie at the convention, which features panel discussions on costuming, music, and dancing; video game and comic book vendors; improv skits; and art exhibits by and for furries, or people who enjoy modeling animal-mascot costumes and other customized ensembles known as fursuits.

Furry fandom, which celebrates anthropomorphic characters, formalized in the 1980s as an offshoot of sci-fi/fantasy conventions. It has suffered some image problems, such as when an episode of CSI erroneously conflated furries with plushies, or plushophiles, a separate subculture of people who sexually fetishize stuffed animals.

“That has nothing to do with us,” says Tiger Paw, explaining that FWA is a PG-rated event attended by families with children. The fourth-largest fur convention, FWA should draw 2,200 this year; the biggest—Pittsburgh’s Anthrocon—attracts some 5,200. Of course, “there is some partying back in the rooms, as there is any time you get thousands of people with shared interests together,” says Tiger Paw. “But sexual activity is not our mission.”

Furry identities vary, taking cues from Disney (The Lion King has its own following), Aesop, and anime. “It’s all about anthropomorphism, or having fun with combinations of human and animal traits,” says Tiger Paw, a thirty-six-year-old IT specialist. “It’s a very personal quest. For some people, it’s about art and creative expression, and for others, it’s about an affinity with a particular totem animal.”

He falls into the latter category, sporting a small feline charm with his civilian clothes. “I’ve always loved big cats and especially liked The Jungle Book when I was a kid,” he says, noting that a percentage of FWA admission fees supports the Conservators’ Center, an exotic animal sanctuary in North Carolina. Furries are big on honoring their muses.

Nationally a few dozen whimsical couturiers specialize in fursuits, which average $2,500 but may top $10,000 if they include animatronic effects. These outfits are not a requirement for attendance at the convention, and some revelers slack off with just ears and a tail or no costume at all. Occasionally a Storm-trooper, seemingly lost from Dragon-Con, wanders into the mix. “Fursuits are usually either cute and cartoony or growly and feral,” says Tiger Paw, who moonlights as a red panda in his less ferocious moments.

“We’re subject to trends like any other group,” says Tiger Paw. “For a while, wolves and huskies were hot, and lately otters seem to be gaining steam.” While these critters are as diverse as any other ecosystem, their human alter egos are predominantly male professionals in their early twenties. Happily for them, more women are picking up the scent and arriving in vixen-wear.

“Part of the appeal of being a furry is that you get to be a kid again,” he says. “You walk around in a suit that makes people smile with joy the moment they see you—it’s addictive.”

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Author: admin Good thing we left a one-week gap; Smokey and Istanbul both got hit with con crud, so we couldn’t have recorded anyway! Instead, you get our third ever live show, and our first at Furry Fiesta that doesn’t explode in a ball of flames! Before the e-mails begin, we go into Smokey’s folks [...] Episode 77 – Logic Live III

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Sorry for hijacking the subreddit for use as a social networking site but I'm not sure where else to post. Basically like the title says. I'd really like to get to know some of you on Steam, hopefully so we can play together and just have a blast.

Here is my Steam community page. Hit me up!

Oh, I should also add that I'm 21, gay, and an Agnostic-Atheist.

See you.

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Coming to a large screen hopefully near you (or already on a small screen digital download).






From wiki:
The ABCs of Death is a 2012 American anthology horror film produced by Ant Timpson and Tim League. It contains 26 different shorts, each by different directors spanning fifteen countries. The film is divided into 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free rein in choosing a word to create a story involving death. The varieties of death range from accidents to murders.

H: H is for Hydro-Electric Diffusion Director: Thomas Malling
Writer: Thomas Malling


This short shows animals with human bodies. A male dog is at a strip club and is aroused by a female fox. As she removes her clothing, a Nazi symbol is revealed on her arm. A small toy-like tank drives up to him and produces a metal fist that punches him between his legs. A series of contraptions emerge and restrain him. She laughs while he is being electrocuted and hung over spikes in water to die. A locket around his neck opens and reveals encouraging words. The words echo in his head: "Keep calm, my son, carry on." He manages to escape his restraints and defeat the fox. He pushes her into the spikes in the water. Her skin melts and her body explodes.

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I hate my fursona, not the species or general characteristics.. but the over all design and color scheme. Does someone want to help me (for money) make my Red Panda character more of a.. character? I feel like she needs a redesign.. But most people on FA only do commissions of pre-designed characters.

So! Do any of you fuzzybutts know a character artist? :D Also I know it's a big project, to me at least, so I'm not going skimpy on the cash here.

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Dear Papabear,

What kind of musical instrument would you want to own and play?

Greg

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Dear Greg,

This is a nice change of pace, someone asking about Papabear! Well, I could sure use a question like this in my current state of stress and mental disarray, so I am happy to take a break from more serious stuff and answer you.

The bear is sad to say he never learned to play an instrument. I did sing in my school choir (bass, even as a boy), and one time I tried to learn the dulcimer (my wife told me I was hurting her ears, so I stopped), but I never learned to read music or really play.

If I WERE to learn something, I would want to learn the piano. Always loved the piano. My grandfather on my mother's side was a pianist for MGM studios back in the days of the Depression. He even appeared in a couple of films, including a Charlie Chaplin movie in which he gets hit in the face with a pie. I've never found that movie, but the thought of my very stoic Grampa being smooshed in the face with banana cream still makes me smile.  I asked him when I was a cub if he would teach me, but his policy was never to teach family members (he never taught my mom, either) because if there was any upset then it could cause family conflict.

So, this is one of the big regrets of my life. I would love to buy a cheap keyboard and try and learn. There is even a nice bear in Palm Springs who gives lessons, but I don't have the money right now to do that.

I think everyone should learn to play something. I feel half illiterate not knowing what the squiggles on a music sheet mean (interesting side note: Paul McCartney never learned, either, and he has to hire people to write down the music he composes). 

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent," said Victor Hugo, and he was so right. Music moves the spirit and nourishes the soul. Music is the universal language that connects us all. The person who does not love music has a tin can where his heart should be.

I'm hoping my life will someday become boring so that I may learn the piano and also get back to my drawing.

I'll probably never get as awesome as this guy, but I'd love to connect to the piano.
Thanks for your question, Greg!

Papabear

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I’ll be AWAY for FWA ( Furry Weekend Atlanta, GA) so everything will be on hold until I’m back Tues.  If you are there come up and say hi!! I would like to meet fans of this site and FVS (FurryVideoShowdown: Youtube) …. maybe even give away something impressive if you meet me.

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I'm looking for a couple Jay Naylor comics. These two are among his few non-yiff works. To be exact, I'm looking for one starring Fluttershy, the pink-haired pegasus mare from My Little Pony, progressively getting more and more drunk.

The other stars Rarity, the white unicorn from the same show. She seems annoyed until the last few frames in which she exclaims "I can't work under these conditions!", walks outside, and offers a tee shirt to a working stallion.

A link would be deeply appreciated! Thank you for your time!

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