Author Topic: Are you a Fury a Therianthrope (Read 11571 times)

Ursan · « **Reply #25 on:** November 28, 2003, 02:54:56 am »

Quote (Vulpes @ Nov. 28 2003, 12:54 am)

i have no idea what therian ore lycanthrowhatever mean, could someone give me an explanation. sorry for sounding stoopid.

Lycanthropy is the name of a disease that changes humans into animals. Most likely originating from the discovery of children raised by wolves, who are usually found covered in grey fur themselves. This is a natural biological reaction to being exposed to the elements in actuality. Its actually just the normal vellious hair that everyone is covered in.

Running_Wolf · « **Reply #26 on:** November 28, 2003, 12:20:04 pm »

Quote (Ursan @ Nov. 28 2003, 2:54 am)

Quote (Vulpes @ Nov. 28 2003, 12:54 am)

i have no idea what therian ore lycanthrowhatever mean, could someone give me an explanation. sorry for sounding stoopid.

Lycanthropy is the name of a disease that changes humans into animals. Most likely originating from the discovery of children raised by wolves, who are usually found covered in grey fur themselves. This is a natural biological reaction to being exposed to the elements in actuality. Its actually just the normal vellious hair that everyone is covered in.

Hmmm, I think I got a new way to become anthro...

...maybe later.

obsidianwolf · « **Reply #27 on:** November 29, 2003, 04:37:50 pm »

Now I've hear of therians, Im not sure where I lie. I never chose to be a wolf, I just always was, and am. O.o

Varg the wanderer · « **Reply #28 on:** November 29, 2003, 05:36:48 pm »

Hey Ursan, can people trigger this "fur" at any age, or do they have to be young for the enviormen tto trigger it?

Adamina · « **Reply #29 on:** November 29, 2003, 09:12:14 pm »

varg, i think it can be triggered at any age... im not sure where i am on this topic... i think fur is a very broad term that CONTAINS therians

chimera soul · « **Reply #30 on:** November 29, 2003, 09:51:10 pm »

i wanna be an anthro and i gona change my human side as soon as surgicaly possible to be an anthro

Ursan · « **Reply #31 on:** November 29, 2003, 10:13:54 pm »

Quote (Varg the wanderer @ Nov. 29 2003, 5:36 pm)

Hey Ursan, can people trigger this "fur" at any age, or do they have to be young for the enviormen tto trigger it?

Real-life fur?

It should happen to everyone that lives in the wilderness with no clothes for a year or two hehe.

It also happens to some anaemics and anorexics. Dont stop eating!

Varg the wanderer · « **Reply #32 on:** November 30, 2003, 12:24:59 am »

yea, but I want fur. *sigh* I'll just have to wander around in a WI winter some more.

Russano Greenstripe · « **Reply #33 on:** December 02, 2003, 04:17:35 pm »

I'm both. In my dictionary (which has been rejected from Webster uncountabletimes ':p'

), a furry is a person who is closely related to animals, either by way of drawing, writing, or programming about them, caring for them, or dressing up as an animal. A therianthrope is a person who is interested in turning themself or others into animals. I want fur, too...

« **Reply #34 on:** December 22, 2003, 05:44:11 pm »

I want a tail. Tails are so cool......

I wouldn't mind being white white, either, instead of a mottled peach ':p'

Pollen W · « **Reply #35 on:** December 23, 2003, 08:44:11 am »

After reading Jadnar's quotes: I have nothing against those who call themselves therianthropes, but names being nothing more than names, these sorts of statements DON'T make me want to join the club. I hope they didn't mean to make themselves sound as elitist as they did. Way to make me feel inadequate people. Oh no, I'm just a little kiddy who likes pokemon, I can never be a REAL anthro!

Sorry. Excuse me while I change sides. I totally understand where they're coming from, that they feel something real and spiritual that transcends mere fandom. It would tick me off too if a bunch of Disney-loving fanboys were pretending to be me. We're all going to be in the therianthrope's shoes when the fandom reaches critical mass and turns into a full-blown fad on the scale of anime. So I can't stay mad at them.

Whew, glad I worked that out. I was starting to feel some actual hostility for a moment there. No harm meant, therianthropes, I think you're cool. Someone's got to take this thing seriously for the rest of us.

Skunki · « **Reply #36 on:** December 29, 2003, 06:04:41 pm »

if you could change the way you look, would you honestly want to? most of you might say yes, but if you think about it seriously, you would not want to be an anthro or an animal.

if you were an anthro, you would be hated for being different. if you were an animal, you might be hunted, sold as a pet or anything else that happens to animals. in dreams, yeah being an animal is cool. but once you look at the broad perspective you realize that being a person is much better. for we rule over the animals. and if you were an animal, people would rule over you.

so i guess i would have to say i am just your general furry. i like the art, rping as an anthro, and talking to other furries. but would i ever want to be one? no, absolutely not.

Varg the wanderer · « **Reply #37 on:** December 31, 2003, 02:26:09 pm »

I would not change my looks other than by stimulation of the enviorment, or if I was horribly disfigured in an accident.

Do you know why humans rule over animals? Their mind. They help eachother and figure out how things work. A full animal fur would be extreemly hard to controll by a human, as it would be like trying to keep another human as a pet. Possible, but not fun or easy. You could be hunted, true, but a fur would be able to realise when the season was open and go to a place of safty befor the season even started.

One thing is for sure: anthros would have to form thier own communities and full animals would have to either live in the wild or with someone else. Anthros would be rejected by socieety untill they became a common thing. Even then they may be rejected by regular humans.

Russano Greenstripe · « **Reply #38 on:** December 31, 2003, 04:09:07 pm »

Quote (Skunki @ Dec. 29 2003, 6:04 pm)

if you were an anthro, you would be hated for being different.

We're already hated for being different. I thought you watched TV, Skunki! Besides, becoming anthros would be a sweet way to overcome being different, because we'd awaken latent furries by just walking by, thus adding to the community.

Skunki · « **Reply #39 on:** December 31, 2003, 05:16:58 pm »

i personally am not hated, simply because i do not force anything upon people. if you go up to someone and say, "hey, im a furry, you should act like me" or something retarded like that, then of course people will hate you. if you talk about it a lot to people, they won't care and then they will hate you. kinda like trekies, don't you just get annoyed when they start telling you about how the 15 episode in the 8th season didn't follow along with the 32 episode in the 5th? or has that never happened to you. i guess what im trying to say is, either way you will be hated: if you talk about being a furry alot, people will think you are strange. on the other hand if you try they ask you why you are one and you try to hard to explain it, they will hate you for not seeing things their way. which brings me to a question, do you hate those who hate you? if you do, then you are no better than they. be acceptive at all costs. i do this and that is why i am not hated.

Russano Greenstripe · « **Reply #40 on:** December 31, 2003, 06:37:10 pm »

Skunki, I meant the fandom in general!

Also, I mentioned my badgerness in school ONE TIME, and I'm still being messed with about it. But what they do is call me "Badgerman" and stuff like that, so I take it as a compleiment.

'>

Skunki · « **Reply #41 on:** January 01, 2004, 02:31:58 am »

yeah, i quote the movie Angus (a great movie for boosting self-esteem)
"You're not normal!"
"Oh, I'm not normal, then who is? You?"
"Bet your a**."
"So to be normal, everyone has to act like you?"

yadda yadda yadda, it goes on from there. no one is normal, so if you do get called names, you can either accept it, or find something that isn't "normal" about that person and exploit it.

« **Reply #42 on:** January 04, 2004, 11:23:10 am »

I'm a furry. I love animals and would like work with them in a career. I have given myself a "fursona" that fits my personality and allows me to be what I can not. I use my fursona to express myself artistically.

If I can't physically change into another being, does this mean I am a poser? Or am I simply of a healthier mindset?

I've never actually met a Therian (or any furs IRL), so I'm prey to the material that has been provided here. I hope to God that not all of them are such elitist bastards... whether they want to believe it or not, they are furry too.

I am happy being the fur I am... and I don't see why one faction of the community should place themselves on a pedestal for others to worship. We all belong in the same fandom -- we all love animals and enjoy our time with them. Some feel closer to animals than they do to mankind... and that's cool. Animals kick butt. However, I believe that anyone who says they can change into an animal at will has a screw loose. It's just not physically possible, and I believe they're taking a mindset too far (and may need to see a therapist).

So... let's all just be happy under our furry umbrella-term, ok? It's not something we need to worry about, and for God's sake we don't need descrimination within the community too.

Skunki · « **Reply #43 on:** January 05, 2004, 06:03:46 pm »

yeah, i really don't think we need anymore separation amongst ourselves. being unified makes life easier for us.

Russano Greenstripe · « **Reply #44 on:** January 06, 2004, 03:57:54 pm »

Well, to use a famous metaphor: All therians are furries, but not all furries are therians. I suppose, anyway. It's kinda like Trekkies: there are those who want to be Mr. Spock and Uhura, and there are those who just love the series.

Skunki · « **Reply #45 on:** January 06, 2004, 04:34:14 pm »

i dont think that is really a metaphor. metaphors generally make a comparison between 2 unlike things without using the words "like" or "as". eg: the army was a wolf on the prowl. what you used is just a basic comparison (i forget the technicall term). anyway, thats all of english class for today.

Skunki · « **Reply #46 on:** January 06, 2004, 04:35:10 pm »

i dont think that is really a metaphor. metaphors generally make a comparison between 2 unlike things without using the words "like" or "as". eg: the army was a wolf on the prowl. what you used is just a basic comparison (i forget the technical name). anyway, thats all of english class for today.

Skunki · « **Reply #47 on:** January 06, 2004, 04:36:14 pm »

sorry, about posting that twice. i dont know what happened.

Russano Greenstripe · « **Reply #48 on:** January 09, 2004, 03:02:13 pm »

I know what a metaphor is. I just couldn't come up with a word for that instead of phrase, which I don't like to use.

Skunki · « **Reply #49 on:** January 09, 2004, 06:01:50 pm »

analogy, perhaps? i dunno, i don't really care either. i just like pointing out peoples' mistakes.