Anon 09/09/2020 (Wed) 04:38:19 No.6525 del
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>>6505
I'd said that furries have to have an animal base, but "human" or more generically, "people" needs to be the other half.

In the case of some implementations of Chrysalis, she's more monster than pony. Even in the show she's an insect of sorts, so there's no point in the continuum that she's relatable after the fashion of a pet or as to livestock.

In the event you've heard of the comic Albedo, you may know the author made furry comics because Aesop's fables used furries -- not called that, but as with the "shared world" aspect of Equestria, when you start a tale speaking of foxes, scorpions, and other familiar animals, the listener will begin with an understanding about the character, allowing you to put the moral in a little starker contrast.

Ponies, et al, aren't viewed by the fans as "means to an end" but as friends you'd wish to meet -- but still with that air of 'other' that separates ponies from humans -- this is the basis of furry I'm getting at, but what about when that friend's neighbor is unrelatably evil? Despite the fact you could talk to them, their main characteristic is how much fear they create. The setting of such tales usually focuses on 'dehumanizing' the villain and I think if you don't want to talk to them, they aren't able to fall into the 'furry' trap unless they're a furrified, ponified form of a known villain

What about humanized ponies? I thought about having quite the collection of John Joseco's work because it's so good at capturing what a pony would look like, but without the animal base, and tale told using that version of the character would not be a 'furry' story.
Catgirls are just anime girls made weird, but I'm not always sure where to put tales-of-the-other set in a furry world. Sweetie Bot, for example. She's a robot not a pony.
Fluffle Puff's Chrysalis is another edge case that I think brings her out of 'insect monster' into 'furry character' realm. She's strange but completely relatable once you get past the 'eats love not pizza' thing.

I had started my previous post thinking there was pretty clearly a case for a definition of furry, and talking monsters, despite what grew out of their hide or the length of their ears, were not furry. But in writing this all out, I see now that 'furry' is about the viewer. If you react to it the way most furries do, "This is how I breathe; this is how I see myself when I have to interact with all the stupid people who are chocking me with their everything" then as FOX Worthy might say, "that comic might be a furry strip"

I could also ramble about my thoughts on the overlap of MkUltra slaves and furry / pony art, but those are even less coherent or consolidated than my 'furry apologetics' thoughts.