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In Greek mythology, Laelaps is a dog that never fails to catch what it is hunting.

On Bluesky, tens of thousands of users use the Laelaps anti-zoophile labeler. This volunteer-run project collects evidence of animal abusers and enablers, publishes a list, and shows a label on listed accounts so you’re informed before interacting. A labeler utilizes third-party moderation service, hooked up to Bluesky features that help you choose how to use the platform. It lets you actively curate rather than passively consume what you’re fed.

This is their second anniversary of launching a list, their first anniversary of integrating third-party labeler service, and now the public evidence is just reorganized with its sub-categories for refined use. You can support it with ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/laelapsfyi

Laelaps started with a small team of furries and now reaches people from all walks of life. It sets a standard for community moderation that any group can follow. Founder heikadog (aka Heika, they/them) was interviewed by Dogpatch Press about the mission, methods, history, and impact of the internet’s most successful project in its niche. They say furries run the internet, and here’s more proof.

Let’s unpack three points about community moderation, and how furries are challenged to do it.

Start with knowing that every community and subculture is part of society, not an island, while each has its own unique history and challenges. This is ours.

(1) Furries love pride in community. It’s part of building our own spaces like a worldwide convention scene.

(2) This pride is packaged with long-held grievances about being misunderstood and mistreated. The reasons can be debatable. There’s real bigotry from outside, but there’s also a dogmatic tendency to blame “the media” by constantly referencing ancient bad fiction while ignoring deeply-researched, sympathetic new reporting. Media-literate or not, if we demand good PR, it needs mature understanding that being in society means being imperfect, so it’s not just up to outsiders to fix our image. It’s our job to take out the trash without brushing things under the rug.

(3) There is longstanding conflict over an unresolved, home-grown problem: Abusers, particularly zoophiles, have used our spaces to network with each other since the early days on 1990’s MUCKs and Usenet lists. Behind pride and wishes for ideal image, we have no consistent wide-scale solution. The deeper we look, the more nuance there is:

• No group is immune to abusers from the dark side of all human behavior: churches, schools, and Boy Scouts have it…
• Internet privacy helps furtive abusers to form their own communities, like villages made of village idiots.
• Organized abusers gain opportunity and access to victims they don’t have alone, and their network effect isn’t just “a few bad apples”.
• Abuser groups start with isolation and liability that makes them cross over for acceptability and influence with groups like ours.
• The fringe of zoophiles in furry have enjoyed far less scrutiny than pedophiles get from mainstream society and the justice system.
• Zoophile-furry groups of thousands are here for cover like nowhere else; can you name any other group they use so boldly?
• Networks can be broken, and we don’t need to harbor zoophiles any more than churches have to tolerate pedophiles.
• Personal, individual opposition doesn’t address the impact of organized zoophile influence, including with friends in high places.
• Reports to higher places commonly fall through the cracks, no matter what laws and policies are technically for.
• Disorganized, scattershot callouts fall into clout dynamics, making a parasocial paradigm of superficial solutions.
• Cops don’t run our groups, we do — we can organize from the roots to deplatform zoophiles, it’s long overdue, and it’s been done before.

WE SEE YOU: Laelaps works like a vaccine against organized abuse.

For Bluesky users, the Laelaps anti-zoophile labeler shows up front what abusers don’t want you to know. This overcomes the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle, where deceivers can get trust easier than they can be detected. Now you can consider the sources without manually screening every new interaction, and fact-check a list that’s responsive to appeals. As a list with transparency beyond others, the aggregated result speaks for itself.

A label doesn’t have authority of censorship; it leaves choices up to you, increasing your power of free association. Laelaps harnesses the power of participatory info sharing features that Bluesky intended for that, vaccinating the community with knowledge.

What’s it like to be unprotected? Organized abusers exploit your community, and you only get reactive, inconsistent awareness, while their network effect reaches beyond your personal choices. You are their doormat. Meanwhile, their networks generate victims, and that isn’t stopped by chasing isolated cases, but by tearing down their networks. Laelaps empowers you in kind, pro-actively countering network effect with strength in numbers that says “we see you, and you can’t hang with us.”

Why not leave it to outsiders (the cops)? We’re often on our own to address a wide range of abuse beneath their priority, and if we are proud to run our own spaces, deterring abusers is our job. You can try it one-by-one for thousands of accounts… or you can have it at scale with community moderation, the smart way.

The community on Bluesky that zoophiles want too.

For years, Twitter (now X) was a main platform for furries, encouraged by permissiveness for things less common elsewhere. Its reach was a blessing and a curse. Twitter empowered artists, influencers and adult services — but imposed dependence on clout dynamics, rampant harassment, and platforming anything from nazis to zoophiles. It’s a great example of The Medium Is The Message.

After Elon Musk took control of Twitter, and around the 2024 US elections, toxicity pushed users to Bluesky as an alternative social network. In August 2025, Bluesky has only around a tenth as many users as Twitter (whose base is in decline and brand has lost its shine,) but many of 38 million registered Bluesky users are consciously hungry for something better.

Bluesky feels designed to mitigate toxicity with improved features like:

• Robust blocking, to dispell harassment and dogpiling on quote-posts.
• For You vs Following feeds, to somewhat quell algorithmic clout dynamics.
• Options for third-party moderation, to improve the old ways of manual block lists.

As users left Twitter to greener fields, Bluesky became a desired destination for zoophiles to set up shop and grab influence. Early adoption can have outsized impact. It’s worked for them elsewhere, with zoophile forums, blogs, and podcasts making self-validating feedback-loops. Why not grab this opportunity?

The origin of Laelaps in the transition from Twitter.

For Heika, the furry community was a joyful path to friends and creativity, but as toxic influence seeped in, frustration came with it.

Go back a few years. Twitter was enabling zoophiles to openly spread animal abuse media and propaganda, and harass what they call “antis” while reaching for acceptance. They even gained clout with popufurs who used fursuits and sex to pull tens of thousands of followers. Lax moderation left few methods to respond, except appeals for community pushback — callouts.

As Heika experienced, callouts have wildly inconsistent results. A typo can get rabid dogpiling, while abusers in community space can get willful ignorance. There’s the superficial idea that the community doesn’t accept abusers, shown by occasional, dramatic clout-falls; but you can’t call out networks, and many people apathetically accept the status quo to stay comfortable. Apathy feeds punishment towards those who rock the boat. Callouts are accused of “clout-chasing”, but the flipside is how clout-powered backlash makes lying stronger than the truth.

Community feels joyful until suppressing problems becomes smothering. That’s how it feels when justice is frustrated and one is alone in pushing back. The solution is to organize. The transition from Twitter could utilize improved Bluesky functionality for better standards. Would history repeat, or could we take a different path?

Development of Laelaps on Bluesky.

With can-do attitude, in July 2023, Heika decided to start a zoophile account mutelist. One inspiration was a defunct Twitter, zblocklist. The mutelist was just a Google Doc at first, but it quickly gained teamwork to add criteria and eliminate possible bias. Twitter was suffering API changes and activity decline, while on Bluesky, the old way of manually importing CSV files was improved with public access to share lists directly. The list launched while Bluesky was still in Beta, with account creation only by invite codes.

From the first day of public use, there was backlash at the list from popular furry sources. This quickly led to adding more evidence about popular furries on the list, with FAQs to help users. As Heika explains, it was only around the first year of Bluesky’s growth, with thousands of furries among only hundreds of thousands of total users. Discourse spread quickly, and this may have started one of the first furry discourses.

Backlash also prompted another early move. In the brief time of being a Google Doc, there was vulnerability to mass reporting under guidelines that limited its use for public evidence. This led to using GitHub to host evidence still readable by anyone.

As the list scaled up by orders of magnitude of users on and using the list, it got inefficient; an organizing bottleneck. “We needed a better way to maintain but make it more transparent”, said Heika. Tapping into developer ecosystems got advice to make the list a labeler. That’s what full-fledged third-party moderation service does, which was adopted in July 2024. The decentralized concept of Bluesky lets elements be handled offsite, like hosting data on a different server that is displayed for subscribers as list-categorized labels on accounts they see while browsing. It required paying for a server and connecting to the back end of Bluesky moderator service (unofficial, public use.)

A year in, the mutelist was superseded by the Laelaps labeler. A year after that, Laelaps used a pro helper to reorganize listings. It has always had sub-categories where you can subscribe to any or all of them, but now the evidence is clearly categorized.

Methods and facts about Laelaps

To estimate Laelaps users, it’s hard to get statistics directly from Bluesky, but the Clearsky service has some third-party info. You can view users 100 at a time, and manual scrolling saw roughly 15,000 using the list for blocking in early 2025. (This doesn’t count using it as a mute list or subscribing to the labeller.)

Besides Heika, there’s a small team that started with pre-existing sources of proven work. They are consulted 1-on-1, with no group chat by design. Consultants are inherently trusted based on past results, and also, ability to mess up and take accountability. This is not for the kind of callout behavior prone to using attention to rile up zoophiles, or quote-dunk and unproductively increase their reach. The mission is to inform and raise organizing, not conflict. This narrows the scope, consolidates experience, and brings better work with more persistent results.

To reorganize the listings, applications were invited to find a suitable volunteer. Seven applied, and one software engineer was chosen. According to Heika, “we saw a spectrum between technical expertise and people who like Laelaps conceptually, and this person balanced that well, linked previous work and didn’t overestimate their time for work on the project.” The list was sorted and reordered by categories according to a styleguide, with an expanded table of contents.

As Heika explains, Laelaps differs from other lists in its team work, methods, and marketing. “A lot of it initially was posting about it a lot and telling people, it was annoying but you kinda have to be. I was providing something unique: a blocklist with archived, easily verifiable evidence, and now it’s a moderation service with 4 separate lists!”

Initial users were mostly furries, and it was made by people in/adjacent to furry, but it’s not specifically a furry list and has many other users. Heika says “I make that distinction because the association is sensitive, and that’s deliberate marketing”.

There’s also how specific it is. “It’s a difficult thing to replicate 1-1. We have internal resources that help us spot zoos as they update their profiles to include dogwhistles like the zeta symbol (ζ), and scripts that show people who follow enough open zoos above a certain threshold. We lock our stuff down so people can’t get an idea of how to go around our methods,” says Heika.

Criticisms and commentary

What about getting a label wrong? Let’s review discourse from the day Heika’s list went public, when two years of development were still to come, but some minds were already made up that it’s all wrong.

“Decide YOURSELF”

• Is it thinking for yourself to avoid organized information, and prioritize reflexes and feelings?
• Will you pro-actively investigate which bad actors use your community as cover, or just get mad about being told?
• What about including due diligence, known patterns, some people’s deliberate complicity, and more evidence at your fingertips to decide yourself?
• Do you care more about fear of labels ruining lives, than abuse ruining lives, while abusers casually rebrand and get new accounts?

Running a list just on Bluesky is limited to a specific niche that doesn’t stop anyone from using other platforms, or rebranding like anyone else. The upside is how rebranding often doesn’t work there, when people on the list have insular circles and habits that tell on them. Accounts have DID — a decentralized identifier tied to an account that stays the same if a handle changes, so they would have to remake an account.

Blocklists are most criticized for bias, and lack of method and transparency. That’s why the founding concept of Heika’s list included an appeal process. An appeal can be done directly in-app. (Heika mentions a limit of the system where you must subscribe, so there’s always been a Google form too). They’re handled with a team chosen for ability to take accountability. Of course appeals can be denied; it’s up to the criteria.

Past complaints of wrong labels pointed out to Dogpatch Press have checked out as disingenuous, with no appeals submitted. Many critics only attack the list concept, and don’t even try pointing out problems they could change and improve.

With furry discourse, among the top subjects Heika sees: “if a furry specifically hated blocklists, they meant this one.” Anti-blocklist sentiment often comes down to “I heard my friend say…” or outright defending sketchy friends. It’s loaded with the reflex to retort fake news about evidence. When blind loyalty causes denial, criticism that “the list might mess up” boils down to nitpicking to hide the bigger picture. It’s like being anti-vaxxer towards the epidemiology of abuse in community space.

The bigger picture can have an organized, actively improving, always-perfectible solution. While Laelaps develops with that goal, backlash makes it harder to move the needle, and it’s not all just protecting the status quo. Some backlash is even nastier.

Zoophile counter-organizing targets Laelaps with harassment

Predators smelled early opportunity while Bluesky was still in Beta, with account creation by invite codes. These codes were coveted by the notorious Furry Valley abuser cult, who took them by scamming users in art related Discord servers. Heika was one of first to post a public warning to beware of the scamming.

Soon, other targeting started coming on line…

As the list became known, zoophiles circulated stickers at Furry Weekend Atlanta that boasted “blocked by heika”. This behavior shows how generally, community for abusers has to stay insular, but has conflicted motives to reach for notice. They use marketing like podcasts to gain sympathizing, coach talking-points for justification, and even groom pliable victims into being zoophiles (or simply for more prey, who sometimes come out to tell their ordeals.) This grows a validation-cult, and these feedback loops push conflict with those who stand in the way.

There’s also attempts to exploit the system. Heika notes “there were several incidents of people going out of the way to make feeds using our assets to pollute the discourse, or our operation and network.” On Bluesky’s back end, blocklists aren’t separate from other kinds of user lists. It’s the same protocol: “That’s a bit of a problem with a hyperspecific niche community. They used feed generator services to copy our lists so zoos could connect to other zoos.” Zoophiles made their own labeler to reverse this one, and hundreds met overnight.

Heika made the next move: “We reached out to Bluesky moderation and got well ahead of it.”

The impact of Laelaps: support of Bluesky Trust and Safety gets zoophiles evicted

Heika’s report to Bluesky about the pro-zoophile labeler described appropriation of work as a form of harassment. Heika followed up with direct messages, explaining: “I’m mutuals with the head of Trust & Safety, but I don’t use it often.” The response: “they are reversing your labels?”

Watchers discovered the pro-zoophile labeler was banned, as well as the account owner, who did the favor of publishing ban emails on a zoophile blog.

The zoophile blog plays a refrain of unfairness, begging for sympathy, and denying promotion of animal abuse. It gives rosy-hued justification about good zoos vs. bad zoos. That’s a common hairsplitting tactic; see also attempts to switch the word pedophile with Boy Lover or MAP.

Laelaps issued a statement about taking extra steps to protect users and cull a potential network effect.

You can see zoophiles posing as the real victims of moderating their counter-harassment. Heika addresses the spin:

“In my view, being an open zoophile (i.e. making it your public identity online) makes you inherently part of the problem regardless of whether you ‘practice’ or don’t. There’s only so much ‘activism’ you can do when your entire community is predicated on violating the consent of a being that fundamentally cannot consent. I remember one occasion where we were asked to incorporate contact stances for pro or anti-contact, since zoophiles use our work to network, and my response to that was something like, ‘we didn’t make our labeller for zoophiles, and we’re not going to use the language of the enemy.'”

Bluesky Trust & Safety specifically took action to change the network effect, and it’s public, notes Heika: “I have not seen this with any other moderation service to date.” Many participating zoophile accounts have been banned, less obviously, but they are clearly being held accountable for promoting animal abuse.

The impact continues when another Bluesky staffer mentioned Laelaps in a blog post, not endorsed or paid as a community volunteer project.

It makes Heika proud: “This was a result of our dedication, and part of the journey. Backlash really influenced the evolution of Laelaps, but we notice a lot less now in the fandom because we stuck with it.”

They keep trying, but action is getting more and more decisive. There was an impersonation attack while the article was coming together:

Last night, we were made aware of a user impersonating Laelaps and alleging users to be zoophiles. It was quickly suspended.

This account and @heika.dog are the only accounts associated with Laelaps, and we won’t ask you to DM to resolve an appeal. To appeal a decision, visit zmlform.heika.dog.

— Laelaps (@laelaps.fyi) August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM

A message about complicity, and undoing it with dedication and teamwork

It took 2 years to develop this organized response to organized abuse. What if all the work was reduced to abusers being unwilling to show themselves?

Heika takes stock: “Nobody else provides proof like we do. You can’t edit archives… and complicity in the network effect is why the interacts label exists. It’s our most controversial, but it most applies to the gateways… Laelaps works the way it does and has been so successful because the backend is so dedicated, with a team of assistants that have very specific expertise.”

“I’m hoping other curators would take this approach to working in hyper specific niches, but you realize what a gargantuan task it would be to ask of people.”

Not many other furries are making blocklists, but there are userlist feeds that serve communities about science, for example. Heika says: “Furrylist is THE big one. I’m close to an engineer; they have their own internal reporting. If Laelaps labels an account, it shows in the Furrylist backend.” Some of this influence also extends to furry communities on Discord.

Community organizing is one field for work. There’s also tech development and corporate policy outside. What if lists like this generate a lot of reports to handle? Think about how Bluesky’s best practice is to not mention Laelaps. It’s like the Catholic Church not talking about services that mitigate child abuse claims, and hopefully, not generating them. So, it’s important to have a service like Laelaps run by the community, with awareness of what it does and what happens without it.

How the mission of Laelaps is having success in the wider world

The network effect may start with superficial online behavior, but it comes out in real life.

Heika tells how zoophiles signal and verify each other, and get inducted. There’s zeta codes (ζ), flags, and lots of private contact. “A source claimed to be approached at a con to physically network in real life, because they had been labeled on Laelaps.” Stickers are clues about con meets and room parties. Some live with each other. There have been reports of hundreds gathered at a ranch.

Labeling doesn’t stop that, “but greatly raising awareness of what these are, helps by itself”, says Heika. Journalists and professionals are noticing. “Language around this has started to change, they are taking animal abuse more seriously as cybercrime.” People in the community who used to sympathize have had to catch up and get more sensitive about abuse. It’s not just social media effect, it’s social effect.

They always want acceptance, but Heika has seen their reach get stifled. It goes with Bluesky having much less quote-dunking culture than Twitter. Their influence can hit a wall while fringe “paraphile” spaces notice it too. There may be no complete end to it, but limiting reach can discourage trying up front. Heika says: “When their platforms are actively fucked with, we notice because they make podcasts and blogs about it.” It’s like treading water when they get set back, have to start over, and get tired. There’s even social engineering that leads them to get themselves suspended.

Laelaps has become known as a threat, with zoophiles feeling pushed out and posting that they can’t keep it up. Getting banned from Bluesky has led to abandoning entire identities and giving up on their publicity.

Listing also sometimes goes beyond labeling, to reporting abusers by email for official handling. Heika says “a lot of zoophiles openly ID as pedos, and this gets manual reports behind the scenes. We give established criteria like explaining coded language they use. This can get them entirely off any account they have.” What about reporting to police? That’s categorically different; this is about network behavior not actionable by police, and if there is criminal evidence, it won’t be made public to tip the wrong people.

Who watches the watchmen? People will still have their mind made up if this is good or bad, but if they’re on the fence and taking time to think about it, it can give time for abusers to make more victims. If nobody watches, is it restoring neutrality or letting communities be doormats? Heika has no doubt: “One of my favorite terms is community self defense”. That’s not just for furries, it’s for anyone.

Thoughts from Heika

Heika is young but gaining can-do experience, a creative hobbyist, and “I call myself a community moderator”. Heika actually hasn’t been to furry cons, but traveled to meet peers at San Francisco Pride and New York for the premiere show of The Furry Detectives docuseries, the AMC production about furries investigating zoosadists.

The Furry Detectives interviewed Heika as a source representing a new generation. (It didn’t make the cut, but may show up for season 2…) “I’m not a true crime person, but I love the show! It’s delicate to see a balance of community as positive vs. problems within. I also appreciated meeting a queer editor on the show, who talked about preserving subcultures as national treasures.”

Laelaps is a big project. Could it lead to a profession with Trust & Safety? Heika thinks “a downfall of T&S is working at the general level enforcing all community guidelines. There’s a high chance of messing up if you work sitewide and don’t know intricacies. The cool thing about Laelaps is knowing a specific niche inside and out.”

After backlash fades, support makes a lasting reason to do it. A witness of grooming by zoophiles sent this thanks for all the service.

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Hello, Papabear,

It's been a long time since I wrote you, and last time I did I would have been referred to as my old fursona name of Kumori Urufu.

As someone that had changed the design of Kumori multiple times, and then finally back in 2021 changing my fursona to a different character entirely, my question is more of a personal opinion one.

What is your opinion on those that either have multiple fursonas or change sonas after some time with a previous one?

I await your reply.

From a curious jex

* * *

Dear Troy,

Hello again :) and thanks for your question.

What is my opinion of those who change their fursona or have multiple fursonas? Like most everything else in the fandom, there really are no rules, so first of all I would say, "Do whatever you like with your fursona."

That said, if you want my opinion as to why people have different fursonas, one has to approach it from two different angles. For those furries for whom the fursona is basically just an avatar for gaming and online socializing, it makes sense that they might have multiple fursonas or change their fursona character as the situation merits. For example, perhaps they use a warrior wolf when they feel like playing a medieval RPG in a wartime kingdom, but they switch to a sexy femme fox when they are flirting with someone in VRchat. In other words, they treat fursonas rather like clothing: you've got your work clothes, your play clothes, your going-out-to-a-fine-restaurant clothes, and so on. Or, if they stick with one fursona at a time, they might just switch from one fursona that they use a lot in a WoW account, but later they lose interest in that game and start focusing on creating a private world in SecondLife and adopt, say, a deer fursona who is a SL real estate developer and have fun with that for a couple of years. In other words, these are furries who aren't really emotionally attached to their alter egos.

Then you have the furries for whom fursonas are very personal. They, too, might have many fursonas, but these fursonas are more personal expressions of themselves than mere avatars. This makes sense in the same way that normies often adopt different public facades depending on their environment. When you are at work at, say, a board meeting, you would act very businesslike and formal; when you are on a date with a new potential love interest, you put on your best social persona; when you are visiting a judgmental family for Christmas dinner, you might act like Mommy and Daddy's good little boy or girl; and so on. Normie people do this, so it shouldn't be surprising that furries do it too. And it doesn't mean these personalities are "fake," they are just different aspects of the same person. 

The other situation is when fursonas evolve and change over time. This is quite often true of people who enter the fandom at a young age and participate for many years. Fursonas change as you change. I don't know about you, but I bet you are a far different person now then you were at, say, 14. I, for example, was very much into fantasy novels when I was a teen and twenty-something. I even wrote a fantasy novel that was published, for Pete's sake. I was very into dragons, and I had a collection of dragon miniatures that was quite something, if I may say so. Now, I didn't know about the fandom back then (this is the 1970s and 80s), but if I had, my fursona definitely would have been a dragon. Later, I mostly left the fantasy dragon hobby behind as I became more active in the gay community—specifically, the bear community, so naturally my fursona is a bear now.

I believe that many people—especially the young, but also older furries—struggle with figuring out who they are, and their fursonas can be a reflection of this. I also think that fursona experimenting and role play are useful psychological tools for people to safely and constructively explore who they really are as they break away from familial and social constraints through an imaginary world of furries. This is not escapism. Nay, it is a really healthy journey for many people IMHO, and it is one of the things that makes the furry fandom superior to other fandoms that are more limiting in what you can do (e.g., if you are a Star Wars fan, you're probably just going to choose between being a Jedi or Sith warrior—ho hum—and don't forget not to violate copyright! LOL!) The furry world is much more creative, and it is also much more conducive (again, my opinion) to exploring sexual and gender identity in particular, a truism that goes all the way back to Bob Hill and his Vawlkee and Clementine characters.

So, if you want to change your fursona, do so. It's not only "allowed," it's totally normal and expected.

Have fun and stay furry!

Papabear

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Picture this: It’s a peaceful day in the city. You’re about to have lunch with friends when suddenly an enemy overwhelms you all with dark spiritual power. That’s the beginning of Atomic Owl. The latest from publisher eastasiasoft and developer Monster Theater, Atomic Owl sees players step into the wings of Hidalgo Bladewing, the prince of the Bladewings who just returned from a dangerous mission to chow down on ramen with his friends. Only for things to go horribly wrong as the malevolent Omega Wing appears and conquers Judanest, but not before imprisoning Hidalgo and corrupting the aforementioned friends. Two years later, Hidalgo is freed by Mezameta, his now sentient sword and two embark on a quest to stop Omega Wing. 

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Hey there, PapaBear,

First, I wanted to say thank you for answering my ambitious question earlier in the year. This will be a bit more serious. Just to warn you, I'll be venting and sharing my strange, probably incoherent, and impulsive feelings. I hope you don't mind. I'll talk to my therapist about this, too.

All right, here it goes....

I have the feeling that the Fandom will fully disown me for everything I've done, including those I trust the most, too. I've been thrown under the bus so many times of my own accord through my own selfish, impulsive behaviors. I don't even know why I try anymore to be someone special in the Fandom. Sure, I may be autistic and have impulsive thoughts, but I think that facade has rotted way past the threshold. I don't think I'll ever be welcomed in the Fandom because of what I've done and who I associate with. Frankly, I haven't seen the need to keep trying to fit in when I know I'll just blow it up again. The thing is, this isn't really a new issue, either.

I used to avoid the Fandom like it was something I shouldn't be doing or associating with, all because I didn't know any better about furries and what they actually do. Even after my admittance to the fandom, things were always rather rocky for one reason or another. I sometimes wish I had a better experience overall where I didn't have this backwards view of the fandom before and didn't have such a hard time trying to get myself around. Now I feel like I'll never get that experience because of all my sins catching up to me.

I used to have fun being in the Fandom and, well, being myself, but ever since those incidents happened. I feel like those days are long gone. I don't know what I'm gonna do, and I feel like doing this will be used against me, but you never know. I don't even know what I'm trying to say anymore. I just want that feeling again, that feeling of security, acceptance, and engagement that I don't think I've been able to find anywhere else. I want to find a way to reconcile these sins, but do you and I really think it'd be a good idea?

I guess a good way to explain my situation with the Fandom is through songs, the main one being Post Malone's "Circles." The lyrics resonate with me beyond the chill tune. Another one would probably be the one English translation of "Makenai ai ga Kitto Aru," as it talks about my sense of wanting to belong and be understood. (you might know it from Megaman, or somewhere else).

I think that's all I have to say. This message is probably gonna be an emotional roller coaster to read, but I at least hope it'll be organized enough to be understandable. I apologize for any kind of confusion, or complications I may have caused.

With (off the pill) regards,
Riley.

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Hi, Riley,

What actually happened to you that caused this shift from feeling accepted to not feeling accepted? Was it something specific? Several things? Or just a general feeling?

Hugs,
Papabear

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Hello there, PapaBear, thanks for the response! 

It's actually a combination of all three. I think this information might be used against me, so as to prevent drama I'll just say there have been several specific, but unrelated incidents that ultimately ruined my morale of being a part of the Fandom. They range from years ago to somewhat recently. Add that to the fact that my mind goes everywhere at certain times, it makes the general feeling of my guilt a very strong one.

Now, there are a few reasons why I haven't reconnected and tried to reconcile yet. One is that I don't feel like enough time has passed, even if it was 2-3 years ago. Another is my general self-doubt and deprecation looking back at what I did. I don't know if they'll ever forgive me because I probably won't be able to forgive myself unless I really try. I usually just call off whatever thing I want to fix because I feel like we need more time.

I also get that feeling--because of the fear--that everyone I know will find out and will ultimately disown me. "Seasons change and our love went cold, feed the flames cause we can't let go. Run away, but we're running in circles...." Is it irrational? I dunno, most likely, but that feeling remains.

I guess on that note, if anyone I know is reading this and is shocked over what I've said, I don't blame you. I just wanted to get it out for a while, and I have nothing against anyone who's seen me as a great person.


Overall, I think I just need to believe that I have the strength, because "in my heart I know there's love, unbeatable and strong like the heartbeat inside of me." I mean, what do you think? Are these feelings really irrational and won't get me anywhere? Or do you think there's little merit in them? I'll let you be the judge.

With (on the pill) Regards,

Riley.

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Dear Riley,

I believe I may have mentioned before that the furry fandom is not a homogenous, single body. Therefore, it is literally impossible to be rejected by the entire fandom. There are likely tens of thousands of furries or more who have never heard of you or whether or not you have done anything wrong. I mean, I, for one, have not, so I'm certain many others have not. That's Point #1, which then implies that there are plenty of furries out there you can come into contact with and make new friends. 

As for those who have rejected you for whatever reason, many of them do so for some pretty bad reasons, including: 1) gatekeeping, 2) feeling better about themselves for tearing other people down, and 3) not having any forgiveness in their hearts. All three reasons are terrible. You don't want to be friends with such furries anyway. True friends will forgive you when you ask for forgiveness.

Next up: forgiving yourself. Literally nobody is perfect; literally everyone makes mistakes; literally anyone can do selfish, hurtful things without really meaning to. Usually, when people do things that are seen as bad, it is because people can be ignorant or stupid or simply socially awkward and lacking in confidence and self-respect. It's not because they are mean, necessarily. I've done some stupid things in my life, too. You're no different. Give yourself a break.

But how does one forgive themself?

• Stop obsessing about the past. The past is done. You can't change it, so there is no point in constantly thinking about it...
• EXCEPT for learning from your mistakes and promising yourself to do better....
• And to do better, one first apologizes for the mistake, including apologizing to oneself: "I never meant to hurt you, and I am sorry. I will learn from this error and do my best not to repeat it."
• Do what you can to make amends to any harmed parties. Some will accept your gestures, but others might not. You can't do anything about the latter, so simply say something like, "I'm sorry you feel that way. Goodbye."
• Accept that you may lose some relationships. Embrace those who show forgiveness. Those are the cool people.
• After acknowledging any wrongdoing, apologizing, and resolving to do better, substitute negativity with self-affirming encouragement. Example: "In my heart, I know I am a good person and there are things I can do in my life that will create positive effects in the world. I will start working on that today."
• Finally, embrace your shadow self. Everyone has Light and Darkness within them. No one is able to completely eliminate feelings like hate, envy, fear, and selfishness. You must therefore learn to integrate them into what is fully you. 

Most people are either unaware of their shadow self or they try to repress it. This is rather the basis of a lot of research in psychology (think especially Freudian psychology). But repressing or hiding the shadow self doesn't make it go away; instead, it will express itself in uncontrolled and often hurtful ways. To stop this from happening, the best way is to acknowledge the shadow by doing such things as journaling (write down your negative feelings and traits) and mindfulness. Here is a good article about the shadow self, the types of shadow self, and how to live with your shadow instead of avoiding it: Shadow Self: 13 Types & How to Embrace Your Dark Side ⋆ LonerWolf.

Everyone makes mistakes and does bad things on occasion, Riley. The fact that you are concerned about this and want to do better clearly demonstrates you have a strong good side. (If you were truly a bad person, you wouldn't care one bit about hurting people.) At this time in your life, I would suggest you stop worrying about what people in the fandom think about you and focus on yourself. Once you find peace in your heart and acceptance of yourself, you can put yourself out there again and, trust me, people will notice the difference. People who are self-confident and at peace with themselves send out good vibes that have no need to be vocalized. People sense it and will have good feelings about being around you. 

You will be okay.

Hugs,
Papabear

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Hello, PapaBear,

I read and reread your response over, I think it's exactly what I needed to hear. I think it makes perfect sense for me to not worry too much about these old figures.

Also, I didn't know that doing something as simple as journaling, or, well, trying to comprehend my Dark Side could do a lot to improve my mental health. I usually find resolve in that stuff through action, but I guess writing stuff down would be a better idea than doing stuff I might regret. I completely understand everything being said here. I really need to stop overthinking all of this stuff. It's a bad habit of my psyche, and being autistic usually tends to bring out these feelings a lot more. I just need to find a way to accept and control these things in a positive way. 

Now that I think about it, there are plenty of people in my life--online and in real life--that still care for me. It's very important to take a hold of these Precious Time, Glory Days and, well, keep holding on. Even if I feel like I'm buried six feet deep today, I gotta make sure my tomorrow won't be that way because I know I'll be okay....

Thank you, Papabear. I really do gotta appreciate the time you take reading emails like this. I hope that I'll come back to this message whenever I feel down about this. I hope that the next time I write you a letter it won't be under circumstances like this.

With (Grateful) Regards,
Riley.

The folks at Dynamite Comics have been busy again, still injecting new life into classic TV cartoons. And it’s time we caught up! Here’s their description of Justice Ducks, which started up last year: “Flying saucers descend from the skies, to (maybe) wreak (possible) havoc upon the (mostly) innocent citizens of St. Canard! All that’s stopping these aggressive alien agitators is Stegmutt, Gizmoduck, Neptunia, Morgana, and (most important, in his opinion) Darkwing Duck! Written by the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning Roger Langridge and illustrated by celebrated Darkwing Duck artist Carlo Lauro, this latest chapter in the ongoing saga of St. Canard’s web-footed wonders is surely destined for greatness – just like DD himself!” Every good superhero needs a team, right? Issues are available on line and at your local comic book store.

image c. 2025 Dynamite Comics

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Welcome to another off the rails episode of BFFT! Flecko the Fennec is back with us for an update on his off the grid living in beautiful British Columbia. We have furry news, furry events upcoming, a movie review, and so much more. So tune in for another confusing (and long) episode of BFFT. Moobarkfluff everyfur!

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August is here and that means Halloween is on its way (the best holiday, personally), along with October in general. October means Furry Book Month! We are planning to put together another furry book bundle this year, so if you have a book you’d like to submit, now is the time to do some last-minute revisions. We’ll post in a few weeks with details regarding submissions, so keep an eye out.

For me, August also means I’m moving to another city in another state. I’ll be very busy for the next few weeks, but if you have an issue or question that needs guild officer attention, feel free to email and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

I don’t know about you, but I’m really looking forward to autumn in my part of the world. I always feel more productive when the school supplies go on sale. I have editing and writing projects to finish, maybe even a new project to start for Furry Novel Jam! I hope you too are able to settle in with your seasonal drink of choice and a crisp new notebook and pen, and get some words written.

We have some new channels on the Discord server that might help you prepare for your next project, or help you get past a block. Our vice president Flash Kitterson started a weekly prompt–sorry, pawmt!–that’s a lot of fun, and we have a new worldbuilding channel too.

Here are the current open markets for your short stories:
Indecent Exposure – Deadline December 22, 2025
This Is Halloween – Deadline When Full
Children Of The Night – Deadline When Full

Please also check out the latest book releases from our members:
Tales of Scales, by Michael Miele, Released April 2, 2025.
Wind Singer: An Imbrium Novella, by Frances Pauli, Released April 19, 2025
Meeting Dominique, by Royce Day, Released May 1, 2025.
Dragon’s Soul, by J.F.R. Coates, Released June 7, 2025.
Two Strikes and I’m Out, by Michael H. Payne (poetry), Released June 16, 2025.
Tales from the Guild: Blood and Water, Released June 30, 2025.
A Portrait for Tomorrow, by Raynarde, Released June 30, 2025.
Legend of Ahya: A Divinity Decayed [Book 5], by Matthew Colvath, Releasing Nov. 30, 2025.

Happy writing!
Kate Shaw

Relic developed one of my favorite strategy games, the Dawn of War series. So when they announced Earth vs. Mars, I was taken aback that they were making a turn-based game instead of an RTS. Announced earlier this year, it was a departure from their usual style of gritty real-time violence. Earth vs. Mars is a turn-based strategy that feels intimately familiar to those who played games like Advanced Wars, Wargroove, or Tiny Metal. Units consist of infantry, tanks, artillery, and helicopters, led by commanders with special abilities you charge up by winning fights and capturing points. There are two things I noticed that expand the formula.

We like how Scout Comics describes this: “It’s chunky Roger Rabbit with a bad temper meets Indiana Jones, set in a Sam Raimi’s looking cityscape.” What is it? Mitch, a new full-color series created by Maxim Simic. “Mitch mixes comedy, science fiction and urban fantasy, with character Mitch as the anthropomorphic lead, juxtaposed to the seemingly realistic world of the late 90s… It’s a story about one furry guy on a quest to find his true origins, unintentionally stumbling into adventure, mystery, and a secret ongoing extraterrestrial conflict over Earth and its unsuspecting occupants.” And, it’s out there on the shelves.

image c. 2025 Scout Comics

Widespread love of quality word games has permeated throughout the history of puzzle pastimes. Whether that’s games like Hangman, Crosswords, Scrabble, Boggle, or more recently Wordle, there are limitless variations on finding joy in parsing together pieces of our collective vocabulary and alphabet to accomplish various goals. Entering the scene is a mix of many of those games in “Birdigo”, created by screenwriter John August (Corpse Bride, Charlie’s Angels) and developer Corey Martin (Bonfire Peaks, Pipe Push Paradise). You’ll guide various birds along their migration paths by crafting words using a custom “deck” of letters that you draw from at the start of every turn. Utilizing a healthy dose of Balatro-like elements to boost your scoring power as you guide your bird along a roguelike migration path to reach their final destination, Birdigo excels at providing a simple game concept with satisfying scoring devices and a “one more round” addictiveness that makes it hard to put down.

Heya, Papabear!

I have just recently stumbled upon your website while catching up on my usual fur-media, if you will. :3

While I do have my question, first I would just like to say I really respect and love what you have going on over here. This site is a great resource and I really wish I had found it sooner. So thank you!

I am 17 and have been in the fandom for about 5-6 years now. I truly love it here and finally feel very comfortable in a space I know I will not be judged, ridiculed, teased, or otherwise about who I am. I have always had an odd interest in anthropomorphic characters when I was younger and ever since I found the fandom it all started to make a little more sense lol! Anyhoo, it's safe to say that being a furry is a big part of who I am and my passions. And I don't see it going anywhere, anytime soon. Now, being that I am 17, and still in high school, I live with my mother. (I don’t have contact to my dad). And my mom and her family are not the warmest to the furry community as I have sadly found out. They see the fandom for the complete opposite of what it is, weather it's, “People believing they are animals, dressing up like dogs and barking at people.” Or “Overweight 30 yo men having sex in suit.” All the way to thinking that getting crazy cosmetic surgeries and changes, walking on all fours and whining at their teachers and bosses like an actual animal are what furries are/do. And having news reports at some of the local schools in our area about a few out of hand students that are apart of Otherkin doesn’t really help either.

Other than that, I have heard them talking a number of times about how “strange,” “disgusting,” and “weird” furries are. A lot of them were with me sitting at the table, trying to not get defensive, embarrassed, or act suspicious. They always seem to have something bad to say about them, especially whenever they see a furry-related bumper sticker, event, online account, or God forbid, a fursiuter in public. (I actually happen to live in the same city as one of my favorite furs! Verplex!) I digress, but it honestly breaks my heart to hear how my mom, aunts, and even some of my cousins talk about something that is so dear to me. And all I can do is sit there in my nervous sweat. And knowing how they are, if they found out about me, I would never hear the end of it. I would probably be seen as a freak by the entire family. I am also quite afraid that my mom might take a route that my father had taken. To be honest, the reason why I don't have any contact with my dad is because he no longer wishes to have me in his life. And a big chunk of it was due to him finding out about my hobbies (the fandom) and my sexuality.

Not only is this hard and frustrating to hear others talking bad about something I enjoy and brings me so much more support and love than anyone else ever has, but I am really wanting to get more involved in the community now that I have been a quiet internet fur for a while now. I would love to get some merch, art, go to meets and conventions, and get some real-life friends who also share the interest. Not to mention (out of reach) but eventually commission a fursuit of my sona. But not only living with my parents but unsupportive ones makes that a real challenge.

I do know that I am making it to the later chunk of my teen years, and eventually will have a lot more freedom, but I doubt I'd be able to move out when I hit 18. My childhood and teenage years have been such a struggle for me, and I really would love to try to start to enjoy something before it ends. Asides from that, it would be a huge relief to just break all this tension. Even if I know there will be plenty of moments ahead of me. The best time is always the present.

I'm sure you have gotten a bunch of questions or help letters like this one. And maybe even a sit-down talk would change their minds, but before I go full send on revealing my floofy side, I would love to just get some advice and thoughts. Anything would be appreciated. Thank you.

Sorry for the long letter, I know how these can get overwhelming. I hope all is well, especially In these crazy times! >~

Thanks again.
Best,
Pi Husky

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Hi, Pi,

Quick question: Are you familiar with VRchat and/or Second Life?

Papabear

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Hi again!

Yes, I used to play a little bit of VRchat, back when I had a capable setup. Only heard of Second Life. Don’t know what it is though.

Thanks!

Pi

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Hi, Pi (I like saying that, hi pi ;)

Second Life is a virtual world that is still around but was much more popular than it is now because VRChat has sort of one-upped it by offering 3D capabilities. You don't need a 3D VR visor to use VRChat, but it's nice if you do.

Anyway, although both SL and VRC are for all audiences, there are HUGE furry communities in both with furry worlds and meetup places where furries gather. You can wear an avatar (you can buy them or custom make them) to go with your fursona, you can make friends, buy merch, build yourself a home or other getaway, etc. In VRChat there is even an annual convention called Furality that you can attend (there is a fee). The cool thing about a virtual con is that you don't have to pay for travel, hotel, food etc. Last year, 21,000 furries attended Furality.

Here's the point: If you're having trouble being furry in the real world, opt for the virtual world. You don't have to do the SL or VRC thing, of course. If you're a gamer, I recommend having a Discord account where you can play furry-related games with lots of furries. And there are popular sites like FurAffinity, SoFurry, and the phone app Barq!

Tell me, what websites, apps, etc. related to furries are you already familiar with?

Papabear

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Haha it’s got a nice ring to it! (Hi, Pi) :P

Anyway, I actually am quite familiar with most of these! I used to even have a original Oculus Quest (before they changed to Meta) and an HTC Vive, along with my PC rig. But I had just never realized the vastness of the furry side of VR. Especially being I didn’t play that much VRchat. I would love to get back into it and finally experience more of VRchat, but just recently in a move, I had my PC and both VR headsets stolen from a PODs container, amongst other things. I am a bit struck for money at moment so I haven’t really had a chance to get some stuff back. But I do have Discord and I'm quite active on the Instagram and Barq side of the fandom. I just really wish I could get more involved socially into the fandom instead of being limited to things like Discord. I'm sure you know how my family's perspective on the community is right now. And being that Im at a stage in life where travel is not in my favor, my family would certainly have to know where I'd be going if I were to go to a con, meet, etc.

But if you happen to know any good Discord servers it would be greatly appreciated! I do plan on getting a computer soon so that will make life a whole lot easier in regards to VR, etc. maybe I'll be able to make it to Furality! 

Thanks again!

Pi

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Then I would recommend you learn about getting into furry worlds on VRChat. This is definitely where a TON of young furries hang out, so there is no end of socializing. As for Discord, you're writing to an old greymuzzle who mostly uses Facebook because I'm an antique LOL, so I really don't hang much in Discord servers, but I'm sure you can ask around on other media sites and there will be furries who know more.

As for your parents, like many parents, they just get caught up in the BS that media sites and misinformed people tell them, which is all the bad stuff and none of the good stuff.

If you're interested in getting DEEP into research on what furries REALLY are, and sharing that with your parents, download this FREE book here New Furbook available for download, and it's free! - Furscience

I am also working on a book about the fandom that I hope to finish the end of the year. It won't be free, but it will be more relevant to all audiences and not just furries or serious researchers like the above link. Go to www.unclebearpublishing.com for updates on that.

Write again if you have more questions!

Stay Furry,
Papabear

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Thank you so much for your advice! I'm definitely going to look into VR more. I'm also quite interested in that book you’re writing. Would love to check it out when it’s finished. Knowing my family, I think I might just keep it from them until another time, if ever lol. As many say, it is just a hobby after all. Pretty soon I won't have to worry about their views as much, being that soon I’ll be a legal adult. But I’ll definitely be checking out those links for some friends that I have. And if it ever comes to it, I’ll have some backup solutions for my parents. xD 

Stay safe in these crazy times! communities including this fandom need more people like you!

Best,

Pi ​

Dear Readers:

​It's true that things are bad right now. There is a noticeable difference between these times and the rise of Nazi Germany and Italy, however. Back in the 1930s, you would not have seen the huge protests against Hitler and Mussolini that you do against Trump and his cronies today, nor would there have been all the satire and outright hate posted publicly for the world to see. This gives me some hope that, while destructive, we will get through this.

America will not be the same, but maybe that is a good thing. The curtain has been pulled aside to reveal not a kindly old man from Kansas but a putrid, hateful, moronic, despicable man AND an entire corrupt white supremacist government that has ALWAYS been there; it's just that now it no longer pretends it is a just and free democracy.

Whatever comes after this, I think this has been a necessary step. Sort of like when a person vomits violently after eating rotten food. It's sickening and painful while you're heaving, but when it's done and you've flushed all the foul goop down the toilet, you feel so much better.

Courage, my friends. Trump is old, sick, senile and mental. Yes, once he is gone, people like Vance will try to continue Project 2025, but they will no longer have a cult following. By then, 80% or more of Americans will be against them as will the entire world with the exception of Russia, and Putin is about to fall, too, so they won't be able to continue their campaign to ruin our country from the outside.

Everything will be okay in the end, and if it's not okay, then it is not the end. Until then, keep the faith.

Blessed Be,
Papabear

TigerTails Radio Season 16 Episode 27 Join the Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/SQ5QuRf Join the Telegram Chat: https://t.me/+yold2C77m0I1MmM0 Visit the website at http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk. See website for full breakdown of any song credits, which is usually updated shortly after the show. Credits: Opening music: Magic by Hedge Haiden (Double Hedge Studios) Character art: Fitzroy Fox - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/lunara-toons / https://bsky.app/profile/fitzroyfox.bsky.social Background art: Charleston Rat - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/charlestonrat / https://bsky.app/profile/charlestonrat.bsky.social If you like what we do and wish to throw some pennies our way to support us, please consider sending a little tip our way. https://streamlabs.com/tigertailsradio/tip * Please note, tips are made to support TigerTails Radio and are assumed as made with good faith, so are therefore non-refundable. Thank you for your support and understanding.

It’s that time again fellow trainers! A new Pokémon Presents premiered on July 22nd. While on the shorter side, it did showcase a few cool projects in the works and even revealed bits of new info for upcoming games. Let’s take a look at some highlights!

In 2019 The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy garnered numerous awards and nominations as an illustrated book — and it did so again in 2022 when it was made into a 2D animated short film. Now the author is bringing us a sequel — with the rather long title of Always Remember: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, The Horse, and The Storm. “Charlie Mackesy’s four unlikely friends are wandering through the wilds again. They’re not sure what they are looking for. They do know that life can be difficult, but that they love each other, and cake is often the answer. When the dark clouds come, can the boy remember what he needs to get through the storm?” This new hardcover is due in October.

image c. 2025 Penguin Publishing Group

MoonSpice Games, the creators of the upcoming collectathon Dillo’s Dilemma, featuring an innovative and inventive armadillo, gave us the opportunity to ask some questions about the new game to their Project Lead, Zakhar Sheyko, and their team. We “rolled” our way through the areas presented in the demo, enjoying Dillo’s fun game design and creative puzzle solving challenges, and are excited to learn more about what went into designing this indie adventure!

Back in my high school years, me and my friends, whenever we were on the computers, always played whatever game we found on Shockwave or that someone had downloaded and passed around to us, with the biggest being the original Halo: Combat Evolved. But, one we sank the most hours in was a small title called Pocket Tanks, where the objective was to get more points by hitting the opponents tank with whatever weapon you have, be it explosives or other wild weaponry. Why do I bring up Pocket Tanks? Well, at the time, I had no idea it was inspired by an older game called Scorched Earth, which in turn inspired another game and the subject of today’s review: Worms, in particular Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition and, I’m not going to lie, if you were a fan of the original, then this game’s for you. But for newcomers, not so much.

TigerTails Radio Season 16 Episode 26 Join the Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/SQ5QuRf Join the Telegram Chat: https://t.me/+yold2C77m0I1MmM0 Visit the website at http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk. See website for full breakdown of any song credits, which is usually updated shortly after the show. Credits: Opening music: Magic by Hedge Haiden (Double Hedge Studios) Character art: Fitzroy Fox - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/lunara-toons / https://bsky.app/profile/fitzroyfox.bsky.social Background art: Charleston Rat - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/charlestonrat / https://bsky.app/profile/charlestonrat.bsky.social If you like what we do and wish to throw some pennies our way to support us, please consider sending a little tip our way. https://streamlabs.com/tigertailsradio/tip * Please note, tips are made to support TigerTails Radio and are assumed as made with good faith, so are therefore non-refundable. Thank you for your support and understanding.