Fursuiters are People Too

[Kindrift]

There's a prevailing trend of belief among the community that fursuiters are somehow superior to the masses and their plague.  The student-age troll who bought a suit instead of a car demanding special convention treatment, the buttery ARTEEEEST suiters throwing themselves in the line of cameras with the honest belief that they make the furry culture what it is, the aging teenagers who declare rights to be utter fucktards while "in character".  On the flipside, some ivory tower fursuiters are demanding other suiters align to their "professional" standards to uphold the art of wearing an expensive animal costume.  Thundervag fursuiter Diadexxus is up in arms over "unprofessional" fursuiters -- suiters who remove the heads of their costumes while in public, people who carry parts of suits through the hotel lobby and hallways.  Although technically almost none of the furry fursuiters are professionals, Diadexxus believes one can become a professional fursuiter by following a pedantic set of rules designed to "protect the magic" of the furry convention.  And if you ruin the magic, you will disappoint him and the other imaginary professional fursuiters.  Disappointed floating winged tiger head!  By ruining the magic of a fucking furry convention.

This bothered the HELL out of me at MFF! This was the first con I REALLLLY noticed this happening. I was disappointed with some of the fursuiters out there at this con. Are they new fursuiters who don't know this general etiquette? It was ALL over the place! I saw at least 20 people over the weekend at this con doing it. WHY!? It looked tacky, and just wasn't cool in my eyes. If you are going to be a character, BE the character. Don't be half the character and half human. It really DOES ruin the magic. I know its not Disney, but it IS a furry convention (and yes, kids ARE there more and more lately)!! I thought the point of wearing a fursuit was to BE that character for a while!

And you're also alienating Sonic clones who practice the true CRAFT of fursuiting, something handed down from one generation to itself.  The old code of wearing a costume is now alienated, rejected, outdated, and unnecessary!  Meanwhile Triggur has some crazy idea about the fursuiting business actually being a hobby or something not to get worked up about, and some excellent points on how damn pathetic the so-called craft that most fursuiters practice is.  "The character has the depth of a mud puddle" which, really, is true in most cases.  I can think of no other stages where a character is nothing more than a smiling, waving, bouncing fluffy thing that occasionally tackles innocent bystanders or hits them with a stick.  Truly, the art of kings.

[ProvincialTwit]

I can think of no other stages where a character is nothing more than a smiling, waving, bouncing fluffy thing that occasionally tackles innocent bystanders or hits them with a stick.  Truly, the art of kings.

Puppetry.  Which is somehow apropos.

[Kindrift]

Passive-aggressive fursuiters refuse to let go:

And much like children, whenever someone proposes behavior which threatens their freedoms or joys, they are unreceptive and resentful. So like any smart parent, I must realize that not all battles can be won and just let them go their own way, for better or worse.

He says "let's end this war" but I feel it'd end pretty much instantly once he and Thundervag quit pretending there was a war to fight.

[Freehaven]

He says "let's end this war" but I feel it'd end pretty much instantly once he and Thundervag quit pretending there was a war to fight.

Which will never happen, because to paraphrase something I've said before, "that would be the logical, intelligent thing to do and GOD KNOWS WE CAN'T HAVE LOGIC AND INTELLIGENCE WHEN IT COMES TO FURRY."

[LordNagetiere]

The most fun I ever had with a fursuiter was at AC. Friends of ours had ducked into the headless lounge. So he and I went back up, got him in suit and I pretended to be his wrangler while we went back down specifically to got to the lounge. He had to fake being exhausted, and it was pretty funny.

Mainly because we were bending rules, and that's a finger-waggle and a half at AC. God forbid.

So when we make it back to the lounge, our friends were long gone. We just hung out, drank a lot of water and made snarky comments on other people's suits. I even got one of them to flip me off with the big fluffly paw (was that 'in character'?). Then again, I'm a twat, so YMMV.