In topic: "Discussion: Does my fursona actually fit the criteria for a furry?"

Monday, August 11th, 2025, 7:17 PM24 days ago

@tokaliz

bipedalism is not a requirement for furry, only anthropomorphism. I tend to think of it as a scale, with with pure animal on one side, pure human on the other side, and the middle is like fully 50/50 creatures. Things closer to the animal side but still anthro are typically called “feral” but I never liked that term for it. I think it gives a poor impression. Characters in this range include: Simba Lion King, the critters in a Beatrix Potter book, early Garfield, any pokemon in a PMD setting. the core body plan is still primarily of the Creature but they speak, emote, potentially wear clothes, and/or have a society similar to ours.

On the flip side something that is more human but with slight animal features (ie kemonomimi) is actually Zoomorphic - applying animal features to things that aren’t animals.

Postfurry tends to exist outside the scale and involves multiple of these things, playing with the idea of what is a Furry and where the limits are.

A drawing of a red anthro wyvern holding a stylus with arm-wings open captioned "> Autumn: Retrieve wings."

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