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!nkDriLL8ak 07/08/11(Fri)10:31:46 No.339501422
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 i'm going to paste this, i didnt write it, but hopefully it'll give you some insight into the fandom.
Simple observations on the Furry Fandom and the media over the last decade.
The
Furry Fandom is an ever-growing beast. Anyone who has been paying
attention to convention numbers and website statistics could tell you
that. Back in the 90’s, and even the early 2000’s, Furry was still very
new. For a lot of people in the world, it still sort of is. As it grew,
it began to draw attention to itself.
Then, pop media began to
take notice, and, you guessed it, they focused on sex! While a facet of
pretty much any way of life, unless you’re a priest, monk, or otherwise
unable, sex is still a big target for most shock stories. Why? Because,
let’s face it, sex sells, and everyone’s buying.
That’s when “The
Big Three” hit. MTV, CBS, and Vanity Fair striking a three-blow wound
to the fandom that still holds purchase in discussions about the media
and the fandom as a whole to this day. For those not in the savvy,
here’s a reminder: They were all about Furries and sex. That’s pretty
much it. Now, it is important to note that the infamous Vanity Fair
article, the CSI episode “Fur and Loathing”, and MTV’s Sex 2k “Plushies
and Furries”, despite the fact that they were all commercial
pseudo-journalism, all touched on something real. That’s why it stings
so much to talk about it. Even MTV’s special was, in a way,
frighteningly accurate, but the show was about sex, so they weren’t
about to report fairly on every aspect of the fandom, much like if they
had chosen people with uniform fetishes instead. CSI and Vanity Fair
were more damaging because they tried to utilize a blanket definition,
and they failed, instead finding the sexual shock behind the curtain.
Thing is, they still found it. |
