Teknevra

Hey there,

I've seen a lot of furry art depicting characters with their tongues sticking out lately.

I find them interesting (in a non-sexual manner), but I'm afraid it has some meaning that I don't know of, or is/represents a fetish.

Like this one:

So I was watching a show, Lucifer, to be precise, and I was absolutely shocked when I saw a fursuit in the episode that I just watched, I was grinning, and THEN they go to a convention, which I find amazing, I had no idea that there was even an episode like that, it just made my day,

Does anybody else get this? I see photos/videos from events on Reddit, telegram meet groups etc, and just feel so bad that I can't go to them.

As a 30 year old myself you're not old, you're not even middle aged. I've been in the fandom for over a decade and while I understand most people view 30 as "furry death" you're definitely not old enough to be presenting yourself as a "Grey Muzzle".

Most Grey Muzzle groups won't even let you join until you're over 50. Do people just do it because they don't feel like they fit in with younger furrys so go to the other extreme or they just want to appear like they're more "sage like" in the fandom than they actually are?

Idk I just think it's really weird how a lot of furrys act like once you pass 20 you're essentially just sentient mold and can only hangout with guys whos weekends plans are getting a urinary tract infection and bed sores.

I’ve been a furry for 11 years and I feel that theres not a lot of people who do anything different or new. I mean no offense to artists and fursuit makers, the style of furry art feels very similar and follows the same tropes.

It just doesn’t feel very creative and fresh.

There’s definitely artists that break the mold on artwork, but it’s not very often and so many artists feel extremely similar to the point that AI can create a generalized “ Furry artstyle”.

For fursuits, the Disney/ Anime styled eyes that a lot of makers use look pretty close to one another, again there’s always people who go against the grain, but it’s hard to find makers who can do different eye styles.

I don’t even have to start on the one joke furries have, it’s just really old and not funny imo.

The monoculture imo is especially prevalent in the furry music scene, as most of the music is Electronic, or some kind of Dubstep style from the Early 2010’s.

There’s maybe a few furry artists I like, but I just wish the fandom was more diverse in its craft and really lived up to the creative label the fandom has.

This is really one of my first public discussions about a few of my pet peeves with the fandom, so please excuse my rather jumbled post.

What's most popular nowadays?

Are sites like:

Weasyl,

SoFurry,

or

Furry Network,

still a thing?

Or is it mostly Bluesky, Discord Lemmy?

I wanted to join a couple more sites, but I'm unsure if I wanna make an account if the site is gonna be mostly dead.

I want to find some active communities and I'm curious where it's at currently.

How old is too old to become a furry?