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I made a furaffinity btw

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Tag yourself as this list of “bad art” features, according to a twitter fascist

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I drew a little something for the Hiveworks micro comic summer~

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You guys have no clue how sad I am that my computer is too much of a weakling to play planet zoo

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This post has crossed my dash a few times and I'm always so weirded out by the comment in the screenshot. "That was not your damn emoji combination" as if there aren't people that only use aesthetic emojis to decorate their page??

💯🙏💛🟨👍

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"reject modernity embrace tradition" isn't even a dogwhistle it's literally just saying regressive ideology directly. how does anyone not get this

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Stripes

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Elaine my giant anteater

art by thelittleanimals artx4 by Grimm artx2 by Sigma art by thelittleanimals art by Ananse art by Blazey art by Sado

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For my setting I went with non-mentioned approach E)., normal animals still exist as they do irl alongside the furries. They eat the normal animals which don't possess sapience. They tend to prefer types of food the actual animal would eat, but all can eat any human food (cause it's tasty and I'm not depriving them of that)

Creating a world of anthropomorphic creatures always will come with some necessary worldbuilding, but the biggest problem you'll end up running into is: what do they eat, and why? You have a few options, and none of them are particularly good:

A.) They follow the normal food chain. This creates a Beastars problem where you also have to follow up that answer with the questions of: Do herbivores live in fear of carnivores? Why are the carnivores okay with eating sentient creatures capable of thought? Or is it that herbivores AREN'T anthropomorphic? If so, why not? This solution just makes food become the focus of the story you're writing when it really shouldn't be (I mean, unless you just want to do a Beastars spinoff, I don't judge)

B.) All the creatures are herbivores. Just like the previous solution, this results in the question of why? Why are wolves and cats eating carrots and grass? There has to be an explanation, and it's not easy.

C.) The story takes place in the real world and the creatures are just various flavors of humans. Basically, all just a metaphor. This is actually a genius way to approach a story if you know how to write elaborate metaphors and symbolism, but I realize this is not the best solution for everyone.

D.) You completely avoid the topic of food throughout the story you're writing. Good luck.

I personally go with B in the long run, cause it's easier to find away to explain how all the animals developed stomachs to all be herbivores, but still can keep their normal animal diversity. Elements of the plot can be fashioned around that point, too. It's not a great solution, but at least I don't have to avoid talking about it or make it the entire focus of the story.

However, there is no one right way to tell a story. I think figuring out these elements is important for a believable world, and there's more than one way to create a realistic world. I think this is just an important thing to think about when creating an anthropomorphic world.

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if you wanna do this while also helping scientists go to zooniverse and inaturalist

i think everyone needs to get into wildlife identification it's like a minigame for real life

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You watch one (1) video of a wild animal in a normal zoo and suddenly all reccomended videos are people who are clearly not professionals handling wild animals like they're plushies

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Thylacine tshirts

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I should show you guys my furry OCs

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Girl help I can't stop making fursonas

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Marsupial fursonas will be like

Cis male kangaroo: pouch

Cis female literally any other marsupial: no pouch

Trans any marsupial: 50/50 chance of having a pouch

???

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The regular amount of mental discomfort to feel over your regular body parts is 0, with perhaps the exception of "I would like gender affirming surgery" (on various levels of intensity). If you feel so bad about a part of your body that you can't stay in normal positions without starting to panic that's not normal and not what everyone feels and you should probably talk to someone about that

I wish they taught a class on what being a normal human is like

Like, the normal amount of pain is zero. The normal amount of wishing you weren’t ever born is zero. Food isn’t supposed to itch or hurt*. Going numb (any time outside sitting in one position too long) isn’t normal. Passing out isn’t normal. Normal people take like 10-20 minutes to fall asleep, and sleep like 6-9 hours. You’re supposed to get one period a month, which is manageable with a few tampons or pads a day and lasts 3-6 days.

These are all things I had to find out later, like a moron.

(fibromyalgia, depression, allergies, cataplexy, narcolepsy, PCOS and endometriosis)

*spicy food is supposed to hurt?