:privTri: Volpeon Extra (@areon)

@anthropy

I think these situations aren't exactly comparable because the focus of the furry fandom lies somewhere else: in the appreciation of animal characters. A lot of therians etc may be furries, but there are also a lot of furries to whom being a furry is simply about art, designing characters, roleplay and having fun without a deeper connection to animals. It's hard to talk about shifts and animal spirits and all such topics with the latter because they simply don't share this part of you at all. And if these topics aren't relevant, it's unlikely for different views on them to be caught up in the same dynamics as in the alterhuman community. But this also means the furry fandom isn't a "replacement" for the alterhuman community because the interactions they desire aren't in the foreground.