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in reply to @QuakeRoc's post:
The funny thing about "furry fandom" is it's never been... about being fans of one thing that exists in any solid way. Dr. Who fandom? Dr. Who is a specific thing! Furry? It's much more amorphous. It's definitely a subculture, it's just funny that it ever became known as "fandom" at all.
It's more in keeping with the sci-fi and fantasy fandoms that were around at the time furry was new. Early furry fanzines look a lot like sci-fi and fantasy fanzines of the 70s, too. I feel like it's more just that "fandom" means something different now
That's fair. It is derived from being the funny animals fandom, as a subset of animation fans, in the 70s beginnings. And "fan" had just come to be shortened from "fanatic" then, so it was really a term describing the passion of the people engaging in it back then.
i tend to go with subculture yeah. this even used to be the most commonplace way to refer to it, i feel!
Yeah, I've moved away from "fandom" too. I tend to say "community". "Culture" is also good.
I hadn't thought about it but it instantly makes sense and I agree with it
good choice! something about the term “furry fandom” has always kinda been an awkward one to me. it’s like… I’m a fan… of furries? but I am one? i’m a fan of myself then??
It just feels like it makes a lot more sense thinking of it as the “furry community” or “furry culture” or furry something-other-than-fandom
The main thing that ”furry fandom“ has going for it is its alliterative appeal
yeah! i've been using "furry community" for i-can't-even-count-how-many months at this point, since, yk, "fandom" refers to a produced thing. although using "culture" is better, to be honest. so i'll support that absolutely.
