The dusty pelt- a room for steampunks of a furry variety

[Caledonian]

I GOT SONA ART
(Art by AyGee on the Phoenix Forums)

That need to be sculpted and sold!
 

If only i could sculpt

[MWBailey]

Offensive content removed by MWBailey of my own free will. Nobody told me to do this, it was my own choice. I apologize if the post offended anyone.

[Caledonian]

Offensive content removed by MWBailey of my own free will. Nobody told me to do this, it was my own choice. I apologize if the post offended anyone.

The pelt isn't a very well visited place, so i doubt if anyone had seen it at all.

[J. Wilhelm]

I concur with Caledonian. I saw the original post. I didn't see anything offensive, or which would raise eyebrows. Brassgoggles is just not a furry stronghold...

[Caledonian]

I concur with Caledonian. I saw the original post. I didn't see anything offensive, or which would raise eyebrows. Brassgoggles is just not a furry stronghold...

Definitely isn't. There's me, crazy lee and captain percell. And none of us are that hardcore furries, as far as i know.
Besides, the furries i do know (some of my best friends are furries) are pretty hard to offend anyway.



I'm kinda curious what that original message said now.

[Clym Angus]

I seem to remember back in the distant past a rather unfortunate thread involving some rather derogatory comments regarding "fox hunting" "tally ho" and shotguns. It was not one of the forums finer moments. As I recall the resulting brew ha ha spilt onto several plush forums where forces were gathered accounts were made and the fuzz started to really fly.

The thread was locked, I think the ban hammer might have been thrown around a bit and generally people learned that the subject was a bit of a Tigger trigger and as such was probably best avoided.

Peace has reined ever since.....

[Kensington Locke]

I seem to remember back in the distant past a rather unfortunate thread involving some rather derogatory comments regarding "fox hunting" "tally ho" and shotguns. It was not one of the forums finer moments. As I recall the resulting brew ha ha spilt onto several plush forums where forces were gathered accounts were made and the fuzz started to really fly.

The thread was locked, I think the ban hammer might have been thrown around a bit and generally people learned that the subject was a bit of a Tigger trigger and as such was probably best avoided.

Peace has reined ever since.....

As an outsider (not a furry, just caught my eye as activity on the forum in general), a joke about fox hunting and somebody dressed up like a fox and steampunk does tickle my dark humor funny bone.

But I reckon, in light of that one anti-furry incident that hit the news and other racial stuff along the same line, I can see now, how it could be a sensitive topic.

Good to know.  Remember folks, not everybody knows something is offensive to somebody else, or even has a clue that it would be.

[Caledonian]

I seem to remember back in the distant past a rather unfortunate thread involving some rather derogatory comments regarding "fox hunting" "tally ho" and shotguns. It was not one of the forums finer moments. As I recall the resulting brew ha ha spilt onto several plush forums where forces were gathered accounts were made and the fuzz started to really fly.

The thread was locked, I think the ban hammer might have been thrown around a bit and generally people learned that the subject was a bit of a Tigger trigger and as such was probably best avoided.

Peace has reined ever since.....

Ah. I remember being told about that incident...

Furries seem to attract a lot of negative attention anyway.

[MWBailey]

I'll kinda-sorta re-post the question then...

Let me say, I don't have anything against furries; I just have serious misgivings about whether or not Brantley could actually be considered "furry," because, well... there's not a single patch of fur on him, for one thing, save for his cranial, facial and body hair in human form (the switching back and forth is somewhat of an issue as well).

Plus, my post, and the original backstory for the character in question, had some rather unsavory elements (for one, the experimental involuntary surgical origin, which could be construed as"torture" in a certain (unintended) light).

I've often thought that Brantley is a kind of "AntiMary Sue,"

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(he's NOT there for everybody's benefit, he's NOT a cute pretty and lovely being in disguise [a pretty gruesome one in disguise, in fact, as only a chthuloid being could be],  he's definitely NOT there to sacrifice himself for everybody else's survival [A.U.N.T.S.A.L.L.Y. and company et al notwithstanding], and he's anything BUT a Deus Ex Machina)

in the same vein as an "antihero,"

Be that as it may, many in the past have seen him as being "the same as" a Mary Sue, so there's that bit of baggage.

The question remains, though: Is it possible that he is a "furry" character, even though he was originally human?

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[J. Wilhelm]

I'll kinda-sorta re-post the question then...

Let me say, I don't have anything against furries; I just have serious misgivings about whether or not Brantley could actually be considered "furry," because, well... there's not a single patch of fur on him, for one thing, save for his cranial, facial and body hair in human form (the switching back and forth is somewhat of an issue as well).

Plus, my post, and the original backstory for the character in question, had some rather unsavory elements (for one, the experimental involuntary surgical origin, which could be construed as"torture" in a certain (unintended) light).

I've often thought that Brantley is a kind of "AntiMary Sue,"

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(he's NOT there for everybody's benefit, he's NOT a cute pretty and lovely being in disguise [a pretty gruesome one in disguise, in fact, as only a chthuloid being could be],  he's definitely NOT there to sacrifice himself for everybody else's survival [A.U.N.T.S.A.L.L.Y. and company et al notwithstanding], and he's anything BUT a Deus Ex Machina)

in the same vein as an "antihero,"

Be that as it may, many in the past have seen him as being "the same as" a Mary Sue, so there's that bit of baggage.

The question remains, though: Is it possible that he is a "furry" character, even though he was originally human?

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You mean something like devolving? Humans who revert to earlier animals? I haven't seen a "mammals only" rule among the very few furries I have seen online. I have a feeling that the definition of furry is equally fuzzy and a bit of a hairy question to tackle (punk intended  ).

[Caledonian]

The question remains, though: Is it possible that he is a "furry" character, even though he was originally human?

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I'd say so. I've actually seen this a lot! (Mostly in fetish art, i must admit. I keep running in that damn transformation fetish)
With how broad the furry fandom can be, i don't see why this character shouldn't be furry. However by lack of fur you might want to refer to them as a scalie. Some non-furred furries prefer that term.

The main question is: do you want people to regard this character as a "furry" character. If no, you shouldn't fuss about it too much, if yes, well, the main thing is you claim it as a furry character.

A nice lad I know by the name of Dr Gravitas has a fursona that's described as a "sapient multiverse" for a species.
Make of that what you will.

[Caledonian]

You mean something like devolving? Humans who revert to earlier animals? I haven't seen a "mammals only" rule among the very few furries I have seen online. I have a feeling that the definition of furry is equally fuzzy and a bit of a hairy question to tackle (punk intended  ).
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This isn't any less a furry than things with fur are.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[MWBailey]

I'll kinda-sorta re-post the question then...

Let me say, I don't have anything against furries; I just have serious misgivings about whether or not Brantley could actually be considered "furry," because, well... there's not a single patch of fur on him, for one thing, save for his cranial, facial and body hair in human form (the switching back and forth is somewhat of an issue as well).

Plus, my post, and the original backstory for the character in question, had some rather unsavory elements (for one, the experimental involuntary surgical origin, which could be construed as"torture" in a certain (unintended) light).

I've often thought that Brantley is a kind of "AntiMary Sue,"

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(he's NOT there for everybody's benefit, he's NOT a cute pretty and lovely being in disguise [a pretty gruesome one in disguise, in fact, as only a chthuloid being could be],  he's definitely NOT there to sacrifice himself for everybody else's survival [A.U.N.T.S.A.L.L.Y. and company et al notwithstanding], and he's anything BUT a Deus Ex Machina)

in the same vein as an "antihero,"

Be that as it may, many in the past have seen him as being "the same as" a Mary Sue, so there's that bit of baggage.

The question remains, though: Is it possible that he is a "furry" character, even though he was originally human?

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You mean something like devolving? Humans who revert to earlier animals? I haven't seen a "mammals only" rule among the very few furries I have seen online. I have a feeling that the definition of furry is equally fuzzy and a bit of a hairy question to tackle (punk intended  ).

I suppose we may have to comb through the tangle and see...

[J. Wilhelm]

I'll kinda-sorta re-post the question then...

Let me say, I don't have anything against furries; I just have serious misgivings about whether or not Brantley could actually be considered "furry," because, well... there's not a single patch of fur on him, for one thing, save for his cranial, facial and body hair in human form (the switching back and forth is somewhat of an issue as well).

Plus, my post, and the original backstory for the character in question, had some rather unsavory elements (for one, the experimental involuntary surgical origin, which could be construed as"torture" in a certain (unintended) light).

I've often thought that Brantley is a kind of "AntiMary Sue,"

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(he's NOT there for everybody's benefit, he's NOT a cute pretty and lovely being in disguise [a pretty gruesome one in disguise, in fact, as only a chthuloid being could be],  he's definitely NOT there to sacrifice himself for everybody else's survival [A.U.N.T.S.A.L.L.Y. and company et al notwithstanding], and he's anything BUT a Deus Ex Machina)

in the same vein as an "antihero,"

Be that as it may, many in the past have seen him as being "the same as" a Mary Sue, so there's that bit of baggage.

The question remains, though: Is it possible that he is a "furry" character, even though he was originally human?

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You mean something like devolving? Humans who revert to earlier animals? I haven't seen a "mammals only" rule among the very few furries I have seen online. I have a feeling that the definition of furry is equally fuzzy and a bit of a hairy question to tackle (punk intended  ).

I suppose we may have to comb through the tangle and see...

Arguably some reptilians could also be considered to be "furry" or rather feathery...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor#/media/File:Dromaeosaurid_parade_by_durbed.jpg

[John_R_Isadore]

Now this is my lounge! Salutations, everyone! I notice that this posted in for quite some time. I'd just like to say that my fursona is Mr. Turnip, who is a turnip.

[Clym Angus]

So..... Vegetable fetish? No, I er sorry. I didn't mean that in a derogatory way. The pure idea of fetish is a needful thing or needful part of a living thing.
But this does raise some interesting questions. I don't thing we have adequate words for the areas of pleasure humanity has encompassed.

At the very least it's slapdashly catalogued.   

[Caledonian]

Now this is my lounge! Salutations, everyone! I notice that this posted in for quite some time. I'd just like to say that my fursona is Mr. Turnip, who is a turnip.

make hello Mister turnip! welcome to the dusty pelt! my sona is a blackface sheep, so does that make us haggis and neeps?
i knew a guy who had a bread sona so hey, nice to meet ya!

[MWBailey]

You mean something like devolving? Humans who revert to earlier animals? I haven't seen a "mammals only" rule among the very few furries I have seen online. I have a feeling that the definition of furry is equally fuzzy and a bit of a hairy question to tackle (punk intended  ).

This isn't any less a furry than things with fur are.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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Sorry, saw this earlier, but life got all hectic and I wasn't able to get back to it at that time.

Devolving? Depends on what you mean by that. If you mean Brantley reverts to an earlier form of human ancestor or ancestral animal, no. He's the surgically-produced equivalent of a human/Old One (in the Lovecraftian sense), ore more precisely, a human/Cthuloid Martian hybrid with the dimension/time travelling abilities of a being such as Chthulhu, Cthuga or Hastur - complete with tentacles and all, albeit still roughly human-shaped and -sized (in a later RP than the one in which he originated (The Log of the HMAS Badger), he retained enough humanity, including human proportions, after transforming to be able to draw and fire his mauser and kill a priestess of a renegade reptilian order of Old Ones Worshippers who fell afoul of the very beings they claimed to worship (I did say "antihero," LOL).

The original intent of his surgical transmutation (as originally delineated in the RP Extended Steam Salon), was to artificially create a "First Ancestor" of a proposed Timelord race to rival and stand against the Gallifreyans (yeah, we borrowed pretty heavily from various fandoms in that one, LOL. I get kind of ridiculous when let myself have totally free rein...). What actually happened was the creation of a human/cthulid monster that, Frankensteinian style, rebelled against it's creators and went on a centuries-long quest to bring down the Cthuloid Martian empire - which is more or less what happened, except that it was mainly by the efforts of his companions and the Pan-Dimensional regulatory organization that he joined up with, than by Brantley himself.

There's a lot more to his lore (lol) than that, but that's basically what he is and where he came from.

I had a pic of him that I drew years ago for an avatar on a Furry Fandom website, but Danged if I can find it now. Oh well, maybe I can whip one out sometime later...

[MWBailey]

Now this is my lounge! Salutations, everyone! I notice that this posted in for quite some time. I'd just like to say that my fursona is Mr. Turnip, who is a turnip.

Interesting! And Welcome.

[John_R_Isadore]

make hello Mister turnip! welcome to the dusty pelt! my sona is a blackface sheep, so does that make us haggis and neeps?
i knew a guy who had a bread sona so hey, nice to meet ya!

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The pleasure's mine. Haggis and neeps? Okay, I laughed. I'd suppose that does make us that.

[Caledonian]

Did i not even show my secundary tertiary sona design here??