It’s easier to form an emotional connection to a piece of content, whereas before it was more passive.” “Now if you like a piece of art someone has done, you can speak to them, see how they act. In the broader landscape of fan culture, furries are relatively unique: while Star Trek and Star Wars and brony (the term for male My Little Pony fans) cons are united by specific franchises or characters, that is not the case for furries, who largely devise their own characters, called fursonas. “Being a furry isn’t about being a fan of a person or a group of people,” says Berger, the media-relations lead for MFF.
“We’re fans of each other here.”įurries are also unique in that they all approach the fandom from different vantage points. While some enjoy dressing up as their fursonas, others prefer making or consuming animal-inspired fan art, while others still simply enjoy the camaraderie inherent in the community.
