Who are lifestylers and how do they compare to regular furries within the fandom?
Lifestylers are the people who have an affinity for the furry fandom and are much more committed to the fandom, than a regular hobbyist, and certain ideas within the fandom. These certain ideas are, while not exclusive to every lifestyler;
Spiritual Therianthropy,
The idea that you are not human yet stuck in a human body, this is considerably different from what most hobbyist and regular people consider normal.
Another example of something that seems to be common to lifestylers is totemic beliefs, such as tribal spirit animals and other mysticism ideals especially revolving around animals.
A notable lifestyler is a Canadian who wishes to be called Boomer the Dog. He possesses a number of interesting characteristics, especially his commitment to his character. His major selling point that he and Dr. Phil, used was his paper-mache dog suit.
He is very committed to the furry fandom aside from his exploits with public television, and is a great character study if your looking for the niche within the furry fandom that is lifestylers.
I personally think this is kinda crazy but do you think the people that get insane tattoos and change their bodies to look like animals are "furries"?
ReplyDelete(This is Samantha from the Aims online my email just isn't stitching.)
Generally speaking from what I understand as "furry," the term could cover those people, but mostly those people consider themselves something other than furry and more likely to be therianthropes.
Delete