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A lot of times, when furries talk, they talk about their fursoñas as their ideal selves. I've found that it's more likely that their fursoñas are them at their most normal, most natural, most earnest.
\noindent A lot of times, when furries talk, they talk about their fursoñas as their ideal selves. I've found that it's more likely that their fursoñas are them at their most normal, most natural, most earnest.
It's strange that this venue seen as escapist by even its own members is basically just a means of exploring what it means to be earnest in an ironic world.
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I talk up my style as frumpcore. \emph{It's the synthesis of momcore and downtempo librarian,} I say. In reality, It's an intentionally garbage-y, thrown-together look designed to, I hope, lead onlookers' eyes to slide right off of me as unremarkable.
\noindent I talk up my style as frumpcore. \emph{It's the synthesis of momcore and downtempo librarian,} I say. In reality, It's an intentionally garbage-y, thrown-together look designed to, I hope, lead onlookers' eyes to slide right off of me as unremarkable.
\begin{ally}
Ah yes, the invisible six-foot-one trans woman with purple hair. That tired old trope.
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Oh for Christ's sake.
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When I hit puberty, I wound up doing a good bit of digging to try and figure out just what it was that was going on. I mean, obviously, there was sex ed and stuff, but it's not like that's super comprehensive in the states.
\noindent When I hit puberty, I wound up doing a good bit of digging to try and figure out just what it was that was going on. I mean, obviously, there was sex ed and stuff, but it's not like that's super comprehensive in the states.
\begin{ally}
In fifth grade, the teachers gathered the four classes together in one spot to show a video and give a short lecture on sex. That was the extent of it, before and at the beginning of puberty.
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\end{ally}
Boy howdy did I.
% \href{/ts-graph.png}{\includegraphics{/ts-graph.png}}
\begin{ally}
You are a parody of yourself.
\end{ally}
And proud of it.
\newpage
So, I think the order of my entry to furry was as follows:
\noindent So, I think the order of my entry to furry was as follows:
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\def\labelenumi{\arabic{enumi}.}
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\end{ally}
\newpage
The first furry I met, aside from Ash, was Osric. We went to see a movie. We were so painfully shy.
\noindent The first furry I met, aside from Ash, was Osric. We went to see a movie. We were so painfully shy.
\begin{ally}
After seeing the movie, you drove him back to where he had parked, and you sat for a few moments in pained silence, then hugged and went your separate ways.
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Well played.
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A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up.
\noindent A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up.
My interest in furry wound down a bit in university. I'd burned myself a bit too hard, hurt too many people, grew too jaded to take part. I still prowled around the usual haunts on the MUCKs, still poked my head in FFF, still looked at all the art, \href{https://adjectivespecies.com/2012/03/21/makyos-kaddish/}{but my heart wasn't in it anymore}.