
Originally Posted by
Raskbuck
I feel like there's a conceptual misunderstanding of what a furry entails. Some people tend to associate them with the cringy, overly cutesy anthropomorphic cartoons; meaning that anything that doesn't fit into that mold is automatically discarded by definition.
However, most people in the furry community would disagree with that definition. To them, a furry is nothing more and nothing less of the depiction of an anthropomorphic animal performing activities in a human setting. That would include Minotaurs, Werewolves, and anything else that fits that description. Including Worgens, Taurens, Hrothgars, Khajiit, Argonians (technically considered a scalie), and so on.
I understand the desire to be as far away from those furries we see doing things online that evoke second-hand embarrassment. But, much like every community has it's fair share of bad apples, a few actors do not define the genre as a whole. It would be like denouncing the concepts of weebs within the anime community, while saying you are not one because you only watch Dragonball, Pokemon, and whatever else is considered mainstream.