fox or kitsune
Posted by theonethatbites (jim bob) on Tue, 2008-04-29 17:05
 "WARNING: MAY CONTAIN RABBIES" Location: the squiggle in your eye
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Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Neither.
Statistics indicate that 140% of all furries are foxes and I would like to see more variety, thus I am casting my vote for 'duck billed platypus'.
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I second the motion, and endorse this product and/or service.
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Indeed, foxes and wolves, there are lots of them. o_o I like both but I'm not sure why there are so many when there's the entire animal kingdom to choose from. I had a hard time picking myself, which is why my fursona is a...conglomeration.
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permalinkThere's so many of them because they are the two types of canines that people like, along with coyotes. You can't have people choose an animal that they don't like. It's their own personal choice. The fact that wolves, foxes, and coyotes are are widely chosen should tell you something. People like them.
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Err, yes, obviously, I realize that. However, my question was why so many people choose them over the many other wonderful animals of our great planet Earth.
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Actually, there are a lot of other nifty choices out there as well. Lots of cats and mice though too. I think it's the the animals we "know" versus the animals we don't attitude.
And well, in a group that treasures closeness and cuddling, what better avatars than cuddle-able and personable animals?
Of course, I've known bears and birds who were furries. I'd have to ask him the next time he gets online, but I believe Aloyen's character Obelisk was a bear. My husband used to play a giraffe. My own character is actually a "cabbit", a cat with rabbit-like legs, but she's also as small as a mouse (at least when she's wet...dry, she takes up at least three states and leaves hair everywhere).
If you go look at the fursuit parade pics on Flickr, you'll see all sorts.
As for the original question?
I think I prefer a kitsune with at least 7 tails. Or a beautiful white articfox.
--Ish
It's a white cat caught in a snow storm. Oh, no, it's a white cat caught in a hairstorm.
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have you notised that theres not alot of bird within the furry kingdom, the story i wrote has a harpy eagle in just to brake up the shadows but why dont peeps want to choose the feathered side?
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There are a significant amount of avian[*1] folks within the fandom; while mammals do lead the way, there are a lot of folks who identify with birds. Overall, there's an Uncanny Valley effect going on: people identify and appreciate furries with human characteristics, and the closer to human, the more they identify, usually. So vertebrates over invertebrates, warm-blooded over cold-blooded, mammal over bird... until you hit primates, and then *wham!* it's too close to human, and the amount of people who really enjoy primate furries is few.
There are quite a few folks what like the scalies[*2], avians, one guy who seems to like cockroaches- but it is the general trend that mammals prevail. This is why 'furries' is the more popular term over the more accurate 'anthropomorphic animals'.. aside from being much easier to spell.
--Chiaroscuro
[*1] 'Avian' in common fandom use includes birds and griffins.
[*2] 'Scalies' in common fandom use includes reptiles, dragons, and dinosaurs.
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i think i know what some on should protay as a vilan in furry stories... a fish called the snake heads (Channa sp) these fish are evil, worse than sharks and pharanas btw sorry if im going on a bit im in the fishkeeping circle as well (and the horticulture one but i wont go into details!)
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Anything with 'snake' in the name is perfect for evil things! *rkk-tkk-tkk*
And perhaps you should write that furry story, then.
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google channa micropeltes and see what i meen
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Specification: 130% of those 140 are RED foxes.
But how many fennecs do you see?
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Ha! Fennec and a Kitsune! So there! ;P
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Foxes are cool
Kitsunes are hot
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personly i prefer kitsunes but i still love foxes
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It depends what I see. I usually call foxs "Kitsune" when they display Far Eastern/Anime style traits or a fox of Asian origin (such as the Hokkaido fox). Western foxes I just call, well, foxes.
BTW kitsune is the Japanese word for fox.
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i mean the ones with a lot of tails
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Is this case I usually prefer Kitsune, mostly because they look a lot cuter.
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permalinkThe artists are telling me the Huskeies are the new Foxes.
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David M Stein, DI
"Not Unlike the Toaster, I Control the Darkness"
-- Abby Normal, "You Suck"
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Well, canines in general are very prominent in the fandom.
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Lions are the new canines I heard!
Wait, nevermind, we have way more dignity than that
*HIDES!!*
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Don't you mean more pride?
*crickets*
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Badump
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Ouch.
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I'll give you 3 guesses as to what I prefer
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Same here. (though not apparent by my user pic I suppose)
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Black and white Siamese Cats with big ears and bushy tails?
"Furry is a state of mind."
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Yes fox and wolf seems to be the biggest muck among the crowed, but I was a roleplaying a wolf before I was a furry, anyhow to the things
If its anything like my fox side (yes I am a hybrid) I so go for fox... mrr my fox side is so hot XD
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i never thought that this topic will be popular...
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permalink"...and the Princess is a fox."
"I'm glad you find her so. Best wishes in your 'fox hunting'."
"Fox hunting? You like fox hunting, yes."
"Well, I don't get out much lately. But I used to go out almost every evening. One club or another."
"Really? That often? You must have collected several tails."
"Well, I admit I slept with a few. But I'm not like that anymore. Nowadays you can't be too careful. You don't know who they've been with."
King Ralph is NOT a furry movie!
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meh?
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Wrong thread/site?
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Dingos = EPICWIN!
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Well, I don't rightly know;...
...I've never tasted kitsune.
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...Would this be with, or without chocolate syrup?
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Oh, Foxes are so 20th Century.
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permalinkLocation: NJ
There must be lots of foxes!
Otherwise we lions would run out of food!
>:3
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very funny. so how comes wild dogs steel from lions?
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Nogitsune!
Foxes with ketchup, kitsune with mustard... wait, you mean overall and not just certain parts of them?
"Furry is a state of mind."
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Meerkat
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tasy in soup
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Personally, I dislike it when someone says they are a kitsune with 5+ tails. My usual response is "Really? When would you care to share some of your wisdom oh great one?" Usually they don't understand what I'm talking about, and I sigh, and then I explain that a kitsune gains tails for doing certain things, like a act of great heroism or a particularly clever trick and that if they are claiming to have that many tails, then I'd like to hear about how they gained those tails since I am always looking for ways to better myself. There's a reason why I say I only have 3 tails. It's the defined limits of my personal wisdom.
::coughs:: I prefer kitsune, though. Watashiwa kitsunedesu.
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my charater is a kitsune who was born with 3 tails and thats the way it stays, but what is intresting is that she has a black front, and face (where the white is i mean)
and white ears, socks and gloves (if you dont know the lower section of the arms and legs(sorry if it sounds rude))
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Colors can change depending on the kitsune in question. To use myself as a example, I am a gray color( http://www.furaffinity.net/user/artiamus/ ) but then again I don't follow some of the more basic aspects.
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meh?
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permalinkIm a Hybrid Anthro - part fox-Vulpes vulpes) part Raccoon - (Procyon lotor) was put together in a lab somewere.
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thats cool
my charater is called thea (soz if ive repeated) and is apart of the S.F.A
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permalinkI'm a Arctic Fox because.
1. I like Snow and cold
2. I like Foxes
3. Fluffy.
4. Its something other then a Red.
The downside is. Not really much one can do for drawing coats.
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I have two fox characters... One is a Red Fox because he's from the North America, so most of the exotic foxes are out, and his son is an arctic fox, cause he got freaky with a snow princess and she had more influence over their kit physically while his influence mentally is better. I like writing about them.
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permalinkCan't say I ever really put a story behind any of my characters. The only one that I really put any story behind would be for my resistance story. But I have yet to do that story.
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