Furry, Explained with Finn the Panther

One of the finer details about being a part of the furry fandom involves quite a lot of world building. Furries come up with complex and detailed characters or fursonas and use them to interact with them in what is essentially an entirely fan-created universe filled with anthropomorphic animals. It's no surprise then that you might think of furries just being a bunch of specialized role-playe...

An update on the schedule and plans for the rest of the year for us on this show. TL;DL: Three more main episodes, a lot more bonus episodes, and a fun project to look out for that should be completed soon. Follow Me On Twitter for Updates and Info about the Show: @FinnThePanther Thank you for checking out the show! iTunes/Apple Podcast listeners: make sure to leave a rating and review! Stay wild!...

Furries, undoubtedly, have a certain love for animals that is a bit more than the average person. They go so far as to design entire personalities that encompass who they are as an anthropomorphic animal, and use that personality as their entire identity in the context of the fandom. However, they still know at the end of the day they are humans, and that their "animalistic" side of them...

A topic that comes up for discussion by people both in and out of the furry fandom is centered around the line that the fandom draws between how much "human" and how much "animal" should be represented in a fursona. There's a variety of different opinions and there are good reasons on both sides of that line as to why being more on one respective side is best. It's a...

One of the best parts about the concept of fursonas in the furry fandom is that everyone one of them is unique. They each have their own story to tell about their owner, and allows everyone to represent themselves as an anthropomorphic animal in their own way. But, if you look around the fandom, you might notice that some species of fursonas are seen more than others, and on this episode, we thoug...

Furries are a very diverse fandom, but there are a few interests that are shared amongst the community at large. One of those interests is gaming; the history between furries and gamers is rich, and while they are unmistakingly different fandoms, there are many things about the two groups that are in common with one another. Part of the experience for both fandoms includes their own conventions, a...

The furry fandom is a rather unique fandom because there's not really much to compare it to. It really stands on its own as an entity, which can make it difficult to understand what it is and what it's members are in to from a quick glance. Because of this, there are a lot of misconceptions out there about this particular fandom. On this episode, we explain a few of the most common misco...

It's no secret how important art is in the furry fandom, and getting art of their fursonas is one of the most common activities members of the fandom partake in. But despite all the wonderful art that circulates in the fandom, hardly any of it gets the chance to be shown in person, and is reserved to be shared online. However, this is one particular piece of art that is specifically designed...

The furry fandom tends to care about it's public perception. Members go through leaps and bonds to ensure that the community is shown in the best light, and that effort has been recently very successful. But one topic of discourse that members of the fandom still haven't settled on is a lot simpler: do too many people even know about furries in the first place? Or in other words, has the...

We're back to talking about fursuits again, though not the traditional ones the fandom has come to know and love. Those are designed to be worn while standing on two feet, like we normally do as humans. But not everyone in the fandom prefers to express their view of anthropomorphism in that way. Some may like to keep all four paws on the ground, but still want to perform in a fluffy animal co...

Over the past few weeks, we have done a good job exploring some of the more nuanced aspects of art in the furry fandom. But each time we looked at something, we took the perspective of someone wanting to get art, not the producer of that art itself. So this week, as we wrap up our mini-series on art in the fandom, we shift our view towards the artist themselves, and specifically go over what is ne...

One common thread amongst all of the topics on art that have been covered on this show is that in most cases, the buyer owns the character of which they are getting art from. They give permission to whomever the artist is to draw their character or sona and pay for that "labor" as part of a commission. But what if the ownership of the character is the other way around? What if the artist...

I recently attended Anthrcon 2022, one of the premiere furry conventions that happens throughout the year. But if you ask how it went for me, I can't give you a simple answer. This review explains why in many ways, Anthrocon for me was a tale of two conventions. Follow Me On Twitter for Updates and Info about the Show: @FinnThePanther Thank you for checking out the show! iTunes/Apple Podcast...

As we continue our look into art in the furry fandom, one of the most common ways you'll end up potentially paying for an art piece is through an art auction! These are common both online and at in-person events, but to those who have never seen or participated in one before, there are a lot of numbers and instructions that are thrown around that may make them confusing for those unfamiliar w...

It wouldn't come as a surprise to most furries if you told art is the most important aspect of the fandom. It's at the core of how the fandom works and the democratization of buying and selling art has contributed to the fandom's recent rise. But, to someone new to furry, the sheer amount of information there is about art can get overwhelming, and that information overload might bar...

Weekend Bonus Episodes are back! And on this particular weekend, the last weekend of Pride month for 2022, I go into detail about what the word "Pride" means to me and my relationship with my sexuality, my family and friends, and the LGBTQIA+ community as a whole! Follow Me On Twitter for Updates and Info about the Show: @FinnThePanther Thank you for checking out the show! iTunes/Apple P...

Many furries like to keep a separation between their real life and their life pretending to be an anthropomorphic animal. Because of this, most furs don't make it obvious that they're a furry out in public, with the farthest they'll go being wearing some discreet furry merch, which only other furs would recognize as part of the fandom. But some forgo this caution, and are loud and p...

You don't have to think too hard to know that one of the core aspects of the furry fandom is... well... fur! A vast majority of the fursonas, art, and other persons, places, and things in the fandom are all covered in fluffy, colorful fur! But there is a group of furries that do away with this concept, and forgo including fur and even skin in their character designs. On this episode of Furry,...

We've discussed at length how important our fursonas are. They act as more than fun characters; in many cases they take the role of being our entire identity in the furry fandom. But, unlike our real human identities, they are much less bound to physical traits, traits that are hard to change or can't change at all. Instead, our fursonas are much more dynamic and connect to similarly dyn...

The primary reason why furries may want to get a fursuit is to perform in one in front of others. But in a majority of those cases, these performances are conducted at places like furry conventions, meetups, or other areas where being in a large animal costume isn't out of the ordinary. But a lot of fursuiters don't limit their performances to just furry spaces; many take their suits out...

One of the more common themes that tends to come up on this regards the fact that being a furry can be expensive! And there's few better examples of the cost of being a member of the fandom than furry conventions. For a lot of members, this is one of if not the most expensive thing they participate in while being a furry, but it's not uncommon for furs to look at their bank statement aft...

One of the most fun things that furries do is create and design their fursonas! Not only is it just an amusing challenge, it's also an important one, as the fursona that one has in the fandom acts as their identity as a furry, and therefore is how everyone else in the fandom preceives of them! Because of this, it can be worth taking some time ensuring that the design of a fursona is done with...

It should be no surprise that I talk to a lot of people about the furry fandom. But one of the questions I get the most frequently regards fursuits and more specifically, why the cost so much! It's a question that I've answered very generically in the past, but upon further review, the answer is a lot more complicated than it may seem. And this show likes complicated, so on this episode,...

It's hard to dispute the idea that the furry fandom needs the internet; it wouldn't be where it is today without it! But, in the grand scheme of things, the internet hasn't been around for that long, and we as a society are still working out collective rules on how we want to act and communicate whilst on it. The furry fandom is no different in this endeavor, and while it too contin...

One of the most common questions that furries find themselves answering is what got them to be a furry in the first place. And for good reason; almost everyone has a unique story of how they made their way to this rather weird community. We've discussed before on this show about why one may want to join, but how one ends up joining can be equally as interesting. On this episode, we explain th...