Oh hey, what's up? I'm Arrow! Yeah, overgrown wolf. (7 feet tall to the top of my ears!) Don't be too intimidated, I love to give hugs and hoist up the good pups. I go to several furry cons every year, so come over and say hi when you see me, don't be shy!
There is almost nothing better than going to Pride and celebrating who we are, together, and putting the biggest smiles on people's faces. Happy Pride y'all :)
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@KooperShiba
It's to the top of the head and not the ears, right? I'm 198cm!
(Also this took me a while to chime in on this meme because of my general lack of SFW art π₯΄)
By the way: I'm gonna be at DenFur this weekend! I'm feeling pumped for the con. (Literally!)
I'm just about ready to lift with all my good bros and lift all the good pups. πͺ
If you see this and say "aww, look at that plush toy Arcanine, how cute! Did you win it at the fair?" then we will get along famously.
Use your imagination. Life is too short to not see others the way they want to be seen. Throw away the urge to cringe, and embrace the weird.
Alright kids, it's long past time to talk about swatting and how it affects us as furries. This is what, the third con in the past couple months to receive false threats? Congrats everyone, you're now culture war fodder, whether or not you wanted to be. Be aware and be prepared!
A certain new con claims to stand for the "OG" fandom, with a thinly veiled theme of "getting back to our routes."
They have no idea what the OG fandom was like.
Let me tell you a bit of what it was like, from someone who has been around and going to cons since 1998. [1/15]
Sup, nerd? I'll be honest, I admire the cojones to approach me like this, but you're about to get stuffed in this closet anyway. Nothing personal.
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@KyashKT
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@WaggeryCos
Don't you just hate it when you're relaxing on the couch watching Netflix and then a giant cigar-chomping wolf in a jockstrap shows up and looms over you?
Yeah Adler doesn't either!
#MacroMonday
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@Adler_the_Eagle
πΈ:
@BlazenTheDragon
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@WaggeryCos
Also yesterday: the big debut of ME. Arrow! I exist! I got some snaps at the fursuit festival but it was a short set - I'm highly likely to spend several hours out and about this afternoon. Keep your eyes peeled!
#BLFC2022
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@WaggeryCos
Did anyone in Denver hear this loudspeaker "announcement"? The uncensored version was surprisingly hard to find.
Sources: Geina Horton / Marianna Yurkevich via Facebook
Profanity-filled COVID-19 message shames Five Points residents after evening howl
Did you know that Arrow is exactly 7 feet tall to the tips of his ears? Makes squeezing himself into places with low ceilings difficult sometimes. Better hope he doesn't outgrow your bedroom...
#FursuitFriday
#FlexFriday
The hugs are free, but first you have to sign a waiver that I'm not liable for any damages resulting from said hug. π¬
#FursuitFriday
πΈ:
@orzel
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@WaggeryCos
Had a great time at Denver Pride Fest today, ran into the best boys
@FlukeHusky
and
@yourtirox
! Thank you so much Maddog for this photo and
@TJKollyn
for being the best handler!
Himbo Hooters hours! Come on in to the atrium level outside main stage to place an order and maybe get served by this big guy.
#FWA2023
#fursuitfriday
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@WaggeryCos
Speaking of LGBTQ+, I've decided that I am the Q; queer. I've described myself as every flavor of *sexual in my time, including ace/aego, and with my particular kink interests, I'll never manage to fully settle into any one *sexual label.
Also the queer flag is pretty sick frfr
Today is the 25th anniversary of the first time I stepped into a furry space: Jun 7, 1998. A friend who saw me playing a wolf in IRC chat rooms told me about
#furry
on YiffNet. I fell in love immediately and have not stopped being furry trash since then. I love this community.
Whaddya mean, USE the lockers? I am using the lockers! You're supposed to put stuff inside them? I thought they were just for leaning against and looking cool.
Is it working?
#FursuitFriday
(I'm feeling good enough about myself to do partial suiting more often! Surprise!)
Me and several others are doing the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention walk in fursuit on the 17th, to honor the memory of Myst (and I am also walking for Kohi). Could you donate $20 to our team to reach our goals and hopefully save some lives?
Look I'm here to LEARN so give me a book and I can totally read it, just like my bro Ozone does
Also uhhh a bigger desk would be nice haha
#FursuitFriday
πΈ:
@SunScholar
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@WaggeryCos
Hey nerd, heard you been simping over me, and I see you stealing glances in the locker room. You wanna take it out back, huh? Maybe uh, maybe somewhere private and quiet where we could be alone... π³
#FursuitFriday
πΈ:
@LukeReinhard
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@WaggeryCos
I did a little partial fursuiting at
#TFF2024
, finally felt confident about my body enough to do so. π I also hit up the hotel gym with
@Kayne_Ein
and he showed me how to do a few bodybuilding poses, this one came out particularly good! Thanks dotterjock. :)
πΈ:
@Kayne_Ein
So I'm exploring this old Western town, and I know they say people were smaller in the past, but not THIS much smaller. Jeez.
#FursuitFriday
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@ChatahSpots
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@WaggeryCos
I appreciate the well wishes that I got over the past couple of days! Today is my actual birthday, so now I'll RT the posts, and add a couple extra photos from the night. π€
πΈ: @/Loomy7
On my way back to Denver! It was an amazing con, I had such a wonderful time seeing everyone and being a big bad wolf!
Though you don't have to worry too much about this wolf - I'm less mean and more trashy.
#BLFC2022
The OG fandom may have struggled with being overly accommodating of bad behavior, but it was never accepting of bigotry. The Burned Furs are gone. We have always been fully capable of ejecting unrepentantly flagrant assholes. Free speech does not trump toxic behavior. [15/15]
Swatting and bomb threats are criminal harassment techniques designed to intimidate and cause fear. The likely goal when it comes to furries is to harm the community, causing people to think twice about going to conventions or possibly getting them cancelled entirely.
So I'm pushing myself out of my comfort zone and posting some weightlifting progress photos.
I hate all the photos, these two are the least bad. Barely any definition or size. I'm 6'6" 240# but I don't look it here. It's hard for me because I used to be way bigger 8 years ago.
The buff AI suits look pretty good, I won't lie. But c'mon, y'all got the real thing right here. You can actually hug this one!
πΈ:
@Gunnerhoosk
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@WaggeryCos
(congrats on MFF Guest of Honor!!!)
What was it like? Well, it was tiny. MFF 2019 had 11,000 attendees; as late as 2007, that was a yearly total for all cons in the whole year.
It was also heavily LGBT, and trans* were very prominent, and transphobia was NOT tolerated. It was one of the few safe places anywhere!
"cons are mid, get your 20 besties together and rent a cabin"
ok first off where did you meet all those besties
second off I have at least 641 besties and I don't think there's a cabin that could fit all of us
and if it could that would make it a con
cons rock
Not into ABDL stuff myself but I'm a big ally who loves to help puppies feel seen via warm supportive teasing! I'm super glad to see more people speaking up and speaking out.
I'm the cool uncle: I'm not changing the diapers but I'll spoil the pups all day every day
Ran into my bro
@Yeenpits
before his dance comp to wish him luck. It's important to support your teammates, even if they're doing something fruity like dancing or whatever idk
I may be a bully at times, but MOST of the time I'm all about the protecc. Just ask
@Sno0o0o0o0pDog
here, I'm not gonna let anyone hurt him. (Well, except Mitch.)
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@Mak_Sabre
Since the people running the con seem to have been around since 2013 or so, it's pretty clear they're talking about "let's go back to a time when people didn't call me out for supporting Trump." But let's be charitable and say they even thought the late 90s/00s fandom was great.
Thanks for inviting me over, but I don't think I'll be able to come in. Not unless you open the attic window, anyway. Even then, I hope my muzzle could fit!
#FursuitFriday
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@ChatahSpots
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@WaggeryCos
First, my credentials: I've probably close to 70 cons under my belt since 1998. SqueeRat personally handed me Burned Fur Manifesto at AnthroCon 1999. I argued with the Burned Furs. I've been on IRC, Furcadia, FurryMUCK, Second Life. The fandom has been my life for 23 years.
Going out in the
#AC2024
parade in a few, hitting up the block party after! Keep an eye out for the big wolf, I've got lots of hugs to dole out. And I'll loom over you, maybe!
πΈ:
@microdile
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@WaggeryCos
But being furry meant marginalization, even to other geeks. We were the worst of the worst at Something Awful, 4chan, Portal of Evil. The only places you could be open about being furry was in furry spaces. The Geek Hierarchy chart from 2002 used furries as the main punchline.
Gonna be an interesting MFF for me - a lot of my Denver crew won't be there, nor my old Cali crew! But I'm excited, I've got a lot of folks to hit up and say hi to. If you need to find me, just look up! I'm 6'6". 7' in suit. :)
Who am I gonna see at TFF next week? It's gonna be my first time! Big Bad Wolf in Dallas! Feed me BBQ!!!
(Which also means I'll get new photos and will move on from posting so many FC photos. πͺ)
#FursuitFriday
πΈ:
@RixHusky
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@WaggeryCos
I'm still nervous about posting progress pics, so I'm keeping the focus on my strengths, which is mainly my arms. But yeah, I'm working on growing some real muscle under all that bodysuit padding.
#FlexFriday
#FursuitFriday
Hey I guess I haven't kept yall updated too much about what I've been up to in Colorado so here's a biggie for yall:
I got officially married to my mate Seela today! Whaaaat! Yup, we're best husbwoofs. <3 π₯πΊ
The fandom was always going to splinter the bigger it got, but I'm not coping well in its current state. Half of my friends have left here for other sites. There's no real public gathering places to hang out and shoot the shit. Everything's on private Discords/groups or streams.