Anonymous User asked: cool to see someone else who likes pooltoys and the like from a non-sexual place (no hate to those that do, just not my thing), ive always been scared to talk about it publically in fear of people taking it the wrong way. they’re just silly little guys to me
yeah! i'm always happy to provide a space for non-sexual content, it's important for some folks! i'm an ace on the sex-repulsed end of the spectrum myself, so it's nice to engage with others coming at it from a similar angle! 🖤🤍💜
admittedly, i was feeling pretty shy and nervous for a long time about sharing some of the stuff i like to draw, for the same reasons of potentially being taken the wrong way! especially when i first started engaging with furry spaces, physically and online, there was a real fear of others' judgements of me if they read my interests wrong, or feeling alone in my enjoyment of something because i liked it for different reasons than everyone else.
i've been a furry for many years now, though, and i've learned to just do what i want, how i want to! if someone misinterprets me, that's on them - and if they're judging someone for harmless interests, sexual or not, then it sounds to me like they've got stuff to work through anyways. a big part of overcoming my social anxiety has been recognizing that i can't control how others think or feel about me, and that's ok! not everyone will like us or understand us, but we don't need them to...the folks who do understand will eventually find their way to us, in my experience!
so here i am; i draw pooltoy and plushie critters, and transformation stuff, and like collars and harnesses and find petplay pretty interesting! and i engage with all these things in a non-sexual way - if someone takes it for the other way around, well, no harm done! mistakes happen!
