Posts tagged #maybe look at the furry community as a group who are incredibly supportive of content creators

furry rant of sorts

ok this has been bothering me a while and i’m just now getting fed up enough to write about it but like
it really bugs me how people (on tumblr) seem to now think of furries as just a quick buck. like I’m not gonna call out any posts but there have been a few that circulate frequently (i can almost guarantee you have seen at least two) and they’re all variations of “DON’T HAVE A COMMISSION AUDIENCE?? JUST GET A FURAFFINITY ACCOUNT!! INSTANT POPULARITY! THE FURRIES WILL COME TO THE RESCUE!!”
this bothers me cause i FUCKING KNOW a good 80-90% of the people who reblog these posts think furries are the weirdest dumbest biggest pile of oddballs online.
like out of all the cliques/fandoms/whatever types of groups online, furries are definitely up there with the ones who have gotten and continue to get the most hate/ridicule and are mocked constantly.
and now that these ‘lol furries pay good money for your art’ posts are going around everyone seems ready to just drop this stigma or at least PRETEND to drop it. like getting an account to expand your audience and get more commissions is fine, there’s nothing wrong with that and i know several people who did it, but like. i know SO MANY PEOPLE are just painting furries as this huge group of losers who are just there to make some money off of.
like most of these posts seem to come off as “oh yeah furries are fucking weird and i make fun of them all the time but now that i know they have money, i’ll just put on a furry mask, draw some dogs, and these guys will just eat my shit right up, meanwhile i still think of them as a giant group of weirdos i wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole”
I’m not saying it’s wrong to involve oneself in the furry fandom for the purpose of commissions, because that’s basically a parallel to what industry artists have to do with getting involved with the tv/game scene. It’s when people rip on furries and look down on them as the butt of jokes while simultaneously trying to get their cash, that I have a problem. it’s just frustrating to see this new stigma floating around. like the negative perception of furries hasn’t changed, but nOW THEY HAVE MONEY FOR ME WHEE
not saying you have to adore furries and have a fursona and fursuit and go the whole 9 yards in order to try take commissions, but if you’re gonna milk a group of people for their money, maybe change your attitude about them

May 21.2016 | 910notes -
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