tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

Alt: two men walk into a building labeled vrchat and then they come out as kitsune anime girls.

Furry Writing, Worldbuilding, and Storytime FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 75%

Most fursonas do wear clothes. But putting aside the aesthetics factor and focusing more on the practicality-- would a furry anthro in an anthro society wear clothes? Focusing solely on mammalian anthros with fur. Well, they have fur, so temperature regulation and the elements aren't really reasons to wear clothes given that they have natural, furry clothes already. Wearing clothes on top of that might be too warm, especially in the summer. The thing I'm wondering is, would anthros figure out to make clothings themselves? And if they do, how would they look? Having their body completely covered in fur might make shirts and pants irrelevant, which means they might never develop them in the first place. I suppose other articles of clothings like armbands, headbands, etc would still exist, and so would practical items like glasses or watches. Of course, clothing serves more purpose than just covering bare skins. They serve aesthetic purposes and shows our identity. For example, police anthros might wear some sort of stuff to distinguish themselves. And much like humans, anthros would probably have a culture around clothing, but how their clothing would look and how much it'll cover is the question. Would most anthros only wear head and armbands? Maybe just something to cover their bottoms and nothing else? Or would they wear clothes similar to us? Furthermore, different animals have different fur with different thickness, length, shapes, forms, etc. These different furs require different clothing. Anthros with thicker fur may wear less clothing than ones with thinner fur. Even more, different anthros will have different body shape and size. Clothing for rabbit sonas may not fit bear sonas. Anthros might have different size standards for different species to account their differences. Imagine how hard it'd be to manufacture all the different variations, though. Any clothes store would have to take into account multiple species and multiple sizes for that species. Well, I think that's interesting to think about.

tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

Content Warning: assumes reader likes MtF transformation. Alt Text: > “For your grave mistake, I shall curse you to transform and live as a woman for the rest of your life!” > > Me: [an image of Kenny Rossmore confused] Wait, that’s supposed to be a curse?

Transfurs FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

[TW: Mentions of sexual dimorphism in animals. TWed just in case] Most animals are sexually dimorphic, which means male and female individuals are different from each other beyond their *bottoms.* But for some animals, the differences are even more starking than humans. For example, the different feather colors between male and female mallards. [Male mallards have green heads while female mallards are mostly brown.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Anas_platyrhynchos_male_female_quadrat.jpg) Other animals takes it further. Such as how all workers of a eusocial insect (ants, bees, and wasps) colonies are female and the males are just drones. There are many other examples in the wild. When we turn these animals into anthros, we tend to keep their dimorphism, at least most of the obvious ones like how anthro deers have antlers, male anthro lions have manes, etc. --- Now imagine if these anthros were transgender, how would it work out? How would they transition? For example, how would transgen*deers* deal with their antlers? Would they wear fake antlers (for FtM deers) or cut their antlers (for MtF deers)? And what about anthro animals where the male and the female individuals have different fur/feather patterns? Would they have to paint their fur? I suppose hormone could play a part in dimorphism even for animals, so much like humans, HRT may exist for anthros. But how would they work and what's the effect for anthros, especially for non mammals like insects, avians, and fish sonas? But aside from that. I think the biggest hurdle would be size differences. Many male animals are larger than their female counterparts, sometimes as far as being twice their size. That could be a problem even worse than height dysphoria. --- Of course, all of this can be hand-waived. Just like how anthro bears and anthro rabbits are often drawn the same size despite being a bear and a rabbit, we could also make male anthros and female anthros the same general size. Besides, most animals don't have visible *tops,* yet most female anthros do. But, I think this is an interesting topic to think about.

tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

ALT TEXT: > B: There are so many things I wanted to do, but I'm scared... > A: Bro, don't worry about your fear. Just bee yourself > B: (turns into a literal bee) Ok, done > A: Sorry, I'm meant to say *be,* not *bee.* You know that, right? > B: It's okay I like this

Transfurs FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

A bit of a fun post, so no need to be serious. Which fursona species do you think has heavy vibes with trans people? Which fursona species do you think many trans people would make or at least relate to? Here are some of my suggestions: - Cats: catgirls, enough said. - Raccoons: maybe I'm *slightly* biased since it is my fursona, but I suppose they give a chaotic energy many trans people relate to, plus they're cute and unique. What other species do you think would fit on this list?

tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

ALT TEXT: A stickman with sunglasses offering another stickman two pills, "You can take the blue pill to transform into the opposite gender ...or you can take the red pill to transform into your fursona." The stickman took both pills, crushed them and mixed them together, then snorted the mixed and powdered pills.

196 FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 99%

ALT TEXT: - Panel 1: A person with the text "Singular 'they'" written on them smiling with open arms. - Panel 2: "Singular 'They'" beaten up by others who said, "Singular they is ungrammatical. It's too confusing," "How can anyone use plural pronouns for singular," and "Every pronoun should only have one purpose." - Panel 3: "You" hiding from the mob who was beating "Singular 'They'" - Panel 4: "German 'Sie'" hiding with even more fear next to "You"

tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

This is a community for memes about transformation related tropes. Lemmings edition. Communities similar to this one: - !transformation@pawb.social - For transformation related art - !transformation_sfw@pawb.social - For SFW transformation art --- # Rules #### 01. Follow pawb.social code of conducts > Their code of conducts can be found [here.](https://pawb.social/post/100) In summary: > 1. No contents or conducts that are illegal in the United States. > 2. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other discrimination. > 3. Don't stalk or harass other users. > 4. No misinformation and deceptive content. > 5. [Content warning policy.](https://pawb.social/post/101) For lemmy specifically: NSFW content must be tagged. > 6. Do not pentest, spam, or advertise, and limit the scope of automated tools (see full code of conducts). > 7. Use the report system > 8. Account policies, see full code of conducts. #### 02. Be Civil > - Don't be a jerk or a troll > - No transphobia, homophobia, queerphobia, slurs, or kinkshaming. > - No overly political memes. We don't have the resources to moderate them (and I don't think there are many political contents that could fit within tf_irl's theme). > - Try to avoid debates. This is a meme community, not a debate one. #### 03. NSFW contents must be marked as such > NSFW memes are allowed, but please mark them properly. #### 04. No spam or excessive reposts > As for reposts, as a rule of thumb, wait at least two months before reposting and avoid reposting stuff in this community's *Top All Time* feed. #### 05. No IP grabbers or link shorteners > Embedded submissions and media should only link to trusted sites directly, so no bit.ly or other link shorteners. #### 06. Put content warning for potentially triggering contents > For example: > - [CW: Violence] *Post Title* > - [CW: Guns] *Post Title* > - [CW: Hypnosis] *Post Title* ---- # Recommendations #### 01. Posts should be titled tf_irl > The underscore can be replaced with emojis. The word *tf* can also be replaced as long as it fits the general theme (though, this may not fit within the spirit of _irl community too well). > > Examples of titles: > - tf_irl > - tf🦝irl > - tf_raccoon_irl > - puro_irl #### 02. Keep everything in topic > This community is for *memes* and *humors* about transformation related tropes. If you have something related to transformation but it isn't memes nor humorous, you can upload it on !transformation@pawb.social or !transformation_sfw@pawb.social

Transfurs FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

So, would you? - Hell yeah, there's no downsides! - I would if it's what it takes to be my preferred gender. - Maybe, I'm kinda torn... - No! I don't want to be my fursona for real... Some clarification: - You would be the only one turned into an anthro, everyone else is still human. - If you have multiple fursona, you'd have to choose one. - The gender of the fursona you chose to turn to would match your preferred gender. - You wouldn't receive the superpowers of your fursona if they had one. You wouldn't become extremely large, have superpowers (especially not omnipotence or shapeshifting), or anything else other than an ordinary anthro. My response: > Personally, I'm kinda torn. Becoming both my fursona and my gender at the same time would be a dream come true. Being my fursona isn't just a downside, it's what I wanted. > > But, in this scenario, I'd be the only anthro raccoon-- or anthro at all-- in the sea of humans. Thinking about it, if humans already discriminate against others just because of sexuality and gender (think of queerphobia and transphobia), imagine how they'd react to *a completely different species,* one that looks like an animal. > > It'd be cool to be my girl fursona, but very hard with how humans behave to anything different from them (also, funnily enough, I imagine myself as my fursona commenting on humans when I wrote that sentence).

Furry Writing, Worldbuilding, and Storytime FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

Hello to all furries, welcome to furrywriting. This is a little community within pawb.social for the scribes among us. For the inks and quills of the fandom. For... you get the idea: this is the place to share and discuss stories relating to the furry fandom. Whether a story about your real experiences in the fandom, a fictional story themed around anthrophomorphic animals, or a discussion about worldbuilding for anthrophomorphic animals and its worlds, all are welcome. But before you dive in, heed well, as our community has so called rules to follow. Scroll further down and you will see what it says. --- # What to Expect What sort of contents should you post and expect to find here? #### Fictional Stories > Share stories here as long as they prominently feature anthrophomorphic animals. Whether short or long, uploaded/published here or elsewhere, filled with many or only one anthros, for as long as anthro animals had plenty of relevance to the story, it should fit here. > > Try to make sure the story fit within the general furry/anthro theme of this community. Other contents beside stories have different rules as seen below. #### Discussions About Writing > Ask questions about the writing craft. When it comes to the nitty gritty of writing, you are not limited to only ask or give advices for furry-related stuff. You can ask general questions about the writing craft, such as grammar rules, whether to use a comma or a period, how to write a good first chapter, or things to avoid in writing. #### Real Life Experiences Within the Fandom > What impact did this community have in your life? How is your experience in the last anthro convention or your last fursuit outing? Do you have any other stories to share about your experiences with the fandom in real life? Share it here! > > You are not limited to just fictional stories in this community. You can also post real life experiences and anecdotes if you want to. #### Discussions About Anthro Worldbuilding > How would a society filled with anthro animals look? How different would it be to human societies? What details might we miss about anthro animals? What about being covered in fur, having paws, or having a tail en*tail*s? > > Discuss about the intricacies of furry worldbuilding here! Talk about the design of a world filled with anthro animals and how it would look. Talk about how a single anthro would survive in a world full of humans. Or perhaps talk about your idea for an anthro races in your story. > > You can post about character design or worldbuilding detail here even if the full story isn't primarily about anthros, as long as the design or detail have a bit of anthro elements. What matters here are the anthro elements of the story. #### Poetry and Other Written Arts > Much like stories, you can share poetries and other written furry arts here. But much like stories, try to make sure the written arts fit within the general furry/anthro theme. #### In summary: > You can expect the following contents in this community > - Fictional stories > - Discussions about writing > - Real life experiences within the fandom > - Discussions about worldbuilding > - Poetry and other written arts #### Additional Notes: > Anthro/furry themed fanfictions, such as fanfics of Sonic the Hedgehog, Undertale, Pokemon, etc, are **allowed** in this community. Though, we recommend posting these fanfictions to its own fan community first if it exists. --- # Post Titles Post titles should ideally include a short flair about its contents in bracket. For example, if you upload a story, the title should look like this: *[Story] The Raccoon's Wish* The text in bracket should be based on the post's content. For reference, this is the brackets and contents pair we recommend: > - [Story] for fictional stories and worlds. > - [Writing] for discussions about writing. > - [Real Life] for sharing real life stories. > - [Worldbuilding] for posts about furry worldbuilding. > - [Poetry] for poetries. > - [Promotional] for promotional contents as mentioned in rule 2 of this community. > - [Meta] for posts about this community itself. > - [Other] for posts that doesn't fit the other categories. *Posts made before this post title change **does not** have to be retroactively edited with post titles.* --- # Rules #### 01. Follow pawb.social code of conducts > Their code of conducts can be found [here.](https://pawb.social/post/100) In summary: > 1. No contents or conducts that are illegal in the United States. > 2. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other discrimination. > 3. Don't stalk or harass other users. > 4. No misinformation and deceptive content. > 5. [Content warning policy.](https://pawb.social/post/101) For this lemmy instance specifically: NSFW content must be tagged. > 6. Do not perform pentesting without approval, do not spam or advertise, and limit the scope of automated tools (see the full code of conducts). > 7. Use the report system. > 8. Account policies, see the full code of conducts. #### 02. Limit the Amount of Promotional Contents > Do not spam or post too many promotional contents in a row here. Contents are considered promotional if one can't see the full contents without paying, such as novels (which must be purchased before it can be read), books, or patron-only story. > > For a general rule of thumb, ensure that there are only one promotional content every few posts when sorting the community by new. We do not want this community to be flooded by posts which only promotes paid content, as these generally do not create much engagement. > > **Remember that spam and advertising are not allowed as per rule 6 of this instance** #### 03. Tag NSFW Contents > NSFW contents are allowed here, but please tag them properly as NSFW. > > Note: anything erotic counts as NSFW, even if it isn't inherently sexual. This means fatfur or hyperfur story counts as NSFW even if it isn't inherently NSFW, given that most people probably don't want to see it unmarked in the *all* feed. #### 04. Negative Conducts are Only Allowed in Fiction > This community allows stories that contain negative conducts, even if it explores topics such as *transphobia, homophobia, discrimination, bullying, violence, et cetera,* as long as: > - The negativity is kept completely fictional (don't do all of the above outside of fiction to another user). > - The story doesn't promote or encourage such conduct. > - The story doesn't paint such conduct with positivity. > - The moral value of the story doesn't support such conducts. > > After all, stories are a great way to explore and express negative topics (think of stories such as Animal Farm by George Orwell). > > But, when posting stories or ideas with negative conducts as mentioned above, please place content warning within the post title and body text. For example: > - [Story] [TW: Transphobia] Another Gender, Another Species > - [Story] [TW: Violence] The Lone Wolf > > Fictional discrimination, such as discrimination against anthro by humans, doesn't require content warning. #### 05. Posting Stories Made by Other People > You are allowed to post stories, ideas, or worlds made by other writers aside from yourself, as long as: > - You don't repost the story directly here by copy pasting. Instead, link the story's page in your post. > - We encourage you to write a little summary or review in the post's body explaining the reason you recommend the story here. > - Make sure the artist wouldn't mind. Do not post stuff under a DNP or if the writer explicitly states not to repost their content. This includes content behind a paywall. > - Do not spam or overwhelm this community with stories made by other writers. #### 06. Avoid Posting Exteme Contents > The following things are not allowed in any stories, world, and ideas uploaded or mentioned here. They are not allowed even with content warning: > - Stories which spread misinformation or propaganda. > - Extreme violence, torture, sadism, and non-consensual stuff. #### In Summary: > 1. Follow [pawb.social code of conducts.](pawb.social/post/100) > 2. Limit the amount of promotional contents > 3. Tag NSFW contents properly > 4. Negative conducts are only allowed in fiction and put content warnings on them > 5. Read the full version of the rules for posting contents made by other people > 6. Avoid posting misinformation and extreme contents

tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

alt text: > Would you press the button? > An image of money: 99% chance you receive a million dollar > An image of a raccoon: 1% chance you turn into a trash panda (they're cute)

Memes FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 93%

Not that I hated it. It's actually nostalgic seeing all the meme templates I grew up with once more. > ALT TEXT: > An image of a *velociraptor* contemplating with the caption: why are we posting old memes? Well, if Lemmy feels like old internet forums, then the memes must also match

Transfurs FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

Hello everyone, welcome to transfurs! This is a community for transgender furries where we can come together and discuss more about the intersectionality between being transgender and furry. Of course, other queer furries and allies are welcome to join as long as things stay on topic. Given the huge number of trans furries, we thought it might be a good idea to have a dedicated community. It would be nice to discuss the intersectionality between furry and trans experiences. *Keep in mind that despite the name association in other places, this community isn't about transformation related stuff (as in human turning into furries and the like). Rather, this community is about transgender furries.* We welcome transformation related contents if they are relevant to this community's purpose. But if you want to find and share purely transformation related stuff, there are other, more appropriate communities such as: - [!transformation](/c/transformation@pawb.social) for transformation related contents. - [!transformation_sfw](/c/transformation_sfw@pawb.social) for SFW transformation contents. - [!tf_irl](/c/tf_irl@pawb.social) for transformation related memes. ----- # Rules > Please keep in mind that our community rules and guidelines will be updated every once in a while. Be sure to keep track of any edits to this pinned post so you won't get left behind on our community rules. #### 01. Follow pawb.social code of conducts > Their code of conducts can be found [here.](https://pawb.social/post/100). In summary: > 1. No contents or conducts that are illegal in the United States. > 2. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other discrimination. > 3. Don't stalk or harass other users. > 4. No misinformation and deceptive content. > 5. [Content warning policy.](https://pawb.social/post/101) For pawb.social lemmy instance specifically: NSFW content must be tagged. > 6. Do not perform pentesting without approval, do not spam or advertise, and limit the scope of automated tools (see the full code of conducts). > 7. Use the report system > 8. Account policies, see the full code of conducts for more info. #### 02. Keep this community as a safe space > Keep this place civil and don't cause issues or drama which may make others unwelcome. Avoid hostile behaviors such as gaslighting, harrasment, ad hominem, bullying, and other incivility. Hate speech against other groups are also not allowed, such as fatphobia, ableism, antitheism, etc. > > Keep in mind that anything which may invalidate someone's gender identity is also not allowed. This includes erasure or gatekeeping of non-binary, genderfluid, and other alternative gender identities. Likewise, gatekeeping whether someone is *trans enough,* calling others *trenders* or *fakers* is also not allowed. > > Basically, respect others' gender identity. #### 03. Put Content Warning on potentially negative post > When posting content which may trigger or affect many people negatively (such as negative experiences, transphobia, etc), try to place content warning within your post title. For example: > *[TW: transphobia] Insert post title* > > Also, if your post assumes or reassures viewers as a certain gender (such as posts that affirms femininity, which can be euphoric for transfeminine people but dysphoric for transmasculine people, and anything else similar to that), place a trigger warning within your post title. For example: > *[TW: assumes viewer as transfem] Insert post title* ### 04. We are not professionals, don't ask for medical advice > This community is not created, maintained, or participated by a professional. We are mostly trans people and furries who wanted to share our own creation and ideas. This community is not a substitute for professional help if you need them. We also can't guarantee the quality of any users, posts, or comments made in this community, so please excercise caution to any advice or information here. > > Because of that, we also couldn't allow medical advices which could be dangerous without professional help. These include advices about HRT dosages, DIY HRT, and other medical advices, official or alternative. We couldn't moderate such contents properly and we couldn't guarantee the safety of such advices. There are other communities better suited for such content. > > Of course, general mentions of HRT and surgeries are allowed, just not medical discussions/advices which can be dangerous without professionals. ### 05. No adveritising or fundraising > Our moderation team are not well equipped to vet or verify that any particular fundraiser, crowdfunding, or organizations are legitimate, so we couldn't allow them within our community. This applies to both personal and organization fundraising, as well as non-fundraising organization. > > If you need resources or professional help, we highly recommend checking [!mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone](/c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone) sidebar/about page as there are quite a few helpful links. You could also ask or find more resources there. ----- # TLDR for Rules > 1. Follow [pawb.social code of conducts.](https://pawb.social/post/100) > 2. Keep this community as a safe space and don't make others unwelcome or invalidate their gender > 3. Put Content Warning on potentially negative posts and posts that assumes the viewers' genders. > 4. We are not professionals, don't ask for medical advice > 5. No adveritising or fundraising ----- We will continue to revise the rules as time went by and our community grows. We hope you have a great time within our community. Keep awooing your gender!

Transfem FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

Hi, I'm Jasmine. This post is a bit of a vent, but I also genuinely need help and comfort. I hope this is appropriate to talk about here and that I don't ruin the vibe of this community too much. I'm tired with myself repressing my gender. I'm tired with me telling myself maybe I can live happily as a boy, maybe I can convince myself, or maybe this is all fake somehow. I feel like I'm not meant to be a girl, that I am meant to be a boy, and that I shouldn't transition because it's against my cultures. And my internalized transphobia sometimes made me think like a bigot when given the chance. I've done my best to avoid lashing my internalized transphobia to anyone, even online, and I'll continue to do my best. I'll continue to do my best to support trans people, but ironically it's hard for me to support myself. I know this all sounds so negative, but it's been eating away at my mental health. I need help. *I just wanted someone to reassure me that it's okay for me to transition and that there is nothing wrong with being transgender. I would also greatly appreciate sites and resources for trans people to reassure me that it's okay to be trans.*

Furry Writing, Worldbuilding, and Storytime FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

When it comes to designing a fursona, most people focus on appearances, which makes sense. But, as with any character design, fursonas can have a surprisingly deep world behind them. Afterall, your fursona has to live in a world somewhere and their life would tell a story. But how was their story? A story does not have to be written. A picture can tell a thousand words, after all. If you have made or commisioned multiple arts of your fursona, how did each of them relate? Were all the arts of your sona related to each other? Did they overall tell a continous story? Your fursona may have a well-developed story overall, just a simple backstory, or not at all. That's fine, but even then, there are still a lot more things to consider with the world your fursona live in. The world your fursona live in should theoretically have a rule; some elements of worldbuilding. And every fursona have a different world behind them: some people make every species in their sona's universe match the size of their wild counterpart, meaning that bear anthros are *much larger* there than rabbit anthros, while others make every species much more similar. So while a rabbit is smaller than a bear, the difference isn't as big (perhaps the size differences are closer to human vs another human, instead of irl bear vs rabbit). Another element is smell: some give their sona, especially dog fursonas, better sense of smell, while others never mention about this detail. So what about your fursona? What other notable worldbuilding details did you put in your fursona's world? > For me at least, my raccoon fursona doesn't really have a rich backstory or a story in general. She is a transgender raccoon girl who is socially awkward, always curious but also anxious. She is mostly left alone by everyone around her as nobody understands her and she doesn't understand anyone. > > Aside from that, she also lives in a wold where everyone is plantigrade. There are no digitigrade anthros even for digitigrade species like dogs, mainly out of preferences and a lack of drawing skill. Everyone also has similar sizes. While bears are bigger than rabbits, the differences aren't significant. > > One interesting thing is that regular, feral animals are also present in my sona's universe. They are indistinguishable from real life animals and mostly coexist with anthros. Anthros and ferals are completely different species, even if they're based on the same species. > > Overall, I think my worldbuilding looks generically similar to your average anthro universe worldbuilding. What do you think?

traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 97%

> ALT: Drake disagree-agree meme with drake disagreeing to "Using Duolingo to learn a new language" and him agreeing to "Using Duolingo for gender euphoria" while showing a screenshot of Duolingo asking its user to translate "I am a woman" to French. I can't believe that after weeks of dysphoria and me trying to repress who I am, this is the one thing that broke me into gender euphoria. Strange how that happens.

tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

ALT: The boykisser meme but with the boykisser replaced by Puro, a black latex wolf-like creature, along with the caption "You want to turn into latex wolf don't you"

Transfurs FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

I've seen many people do this. I've seen fursonas with top surgery scars or bottoms reflecting the ones the authors have. Of course, it's nice to have our own fursonas represents who we are and to make them relatable to us. But on the flip side, I've heard some transfurs preferring to have a cis fursona based on their preferred gender instead. They felt that their fursonas represents their perfect self, which for them would be if they were cis. *There's nothing wrong with that or making your fursona trans.* Your fursona is yours to decide and it doesn't have to be tied to expectations about yourself; that's the best part about having a fursona! But, how do you feel about it? If you are trans, do you also make your own fursona transgender? > Personally, my fursona is transgender much like I am. I usually like to put a little trans pin and write her as "trans" in her ref sheet, assuming that I'd ever take the time to draw her. While being trans isn't the biggest aspect of my fursona or an imporant detail for most of her art, it is an important part of her identity.

Hello everyone! This is the first time I've ever uploaded my art online. I know it's not the best, but I tried. I never really draw anything before and it took me quite a while to finish this. I've been struggling with a lack of motivation lately. I always feel too demotivated to ever finish anything. And before I share my creation online, I always feel anxious and scared that I'll mess up or annoy someone. But I wanted to push through all that and share this to all of you! This image represents how I feel sometimes. Staying in bed, mildly bored and apathetic. I don't have a name for the character or anything, this is more of a test art.

Memes FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 91%

::: spoiler For context > Civet Cat Coffee, otherwise known as Luwak Coffee, is made out of the poop of a civet cat that was fed with coffee. Without their poop, the coffee wouldn't exist, hence the meme. ::: ALT TEXT: Everytime I pooped (followed by an image of a civet cat), you get coffee. Imagine the entire luwak coffee industry collapsing because these MFs don't poop for three days.

traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 98%

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/196381 ALT: A text that said "How I wish HRT actually works." Below that is an image of an anime character in his human form with the caption "Before HRT." Next to that is a tanuki-like anime girl, Michiru Kagemori, with the caption "After HRT."

tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

ALT: A text that said "How I wish HRT actually works." Below that is an image of an anime character in his human form with the caption "Before HRT." Next to that is a tanuki-like anime girl, Michiru Kagemori, with the caption "After HRT."

Furry Writing, Worldbuilding, and Storytime FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

This is a follow-up of [my previous post.](https://pawb.social/post/83231) I've also had a few more question about tail furgonomics. Where would the tail go when sleeping or sitting? I suppose chairs could be built with holes in them for tails to go through, but that would bring a problem especially for animals with larger and thicker tail. When sitting on a bus, for example, animals with larger tail might have their tail be in the way of someone behind them. Or if a chair were located close to a wall, there might not be enough space for larger tails to go through. And when sleeping, would animals with thicker tail struggle to lay in their bed? Since their tail would get in their way, would they be forced to lay on their side? Would sleeping in a position where your tail is crushed under your body painful? And what other problems would having a tail bring? It seemed like having a tail as an anthro animal could be a hassle. But let's be honest, we view everything about anthro worldbuilding within the lens of a human, because obviously. But an actual anthro society would probably have figured out how to deal and manage with their tail problems the same way we did with our human problems. Their society might not even look like ours, so many problems they would've faced in our human society, whether caused by their tail or not, wouldn't apply. They would probably design their society *around* the fact that they have tails. Though a bit of a struggle, we can find products for humans of all shapes and sizes. Shirts, pants, clothings are available of all sizes, even if some sizes are harder to find; left handed scissors exist; and more. So it would be possible for anthros to deal with the hassle of tails. But, it would still be a struggle, just like how much it is a struggle for us to buy shirts with unusual sizing. But the last two paragraph might not always apply. I am interested in writing a story about **a child who suddenly turned into an anthro while others still remain human,** so they didn't have the luxury of anthro-animal-centric societies catering them. Since they were the only anthro, they would have trouble fitting in many ways due to their different, furry body. They had to figure out how to deal with their tail, fur, etc in a society not built for anthro. With that I wondered, what other struggles would they have? What could potentially be a source of struggle or conflict for an anthro in a society of humans-- aside from discrimination, which would be the main focus of my story. And for more fun, what other adaptations or differences would a society of anthros have over human ones?

Furry Writing, Worldbuilding, and Storytime FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

I'm interested in writing anthro stories, however, one problem I often worry is how I can imply that my character is anthro. I can state the species of the character I'm writing, but I'm afraid that the reader will think the character is an actual animal instead of an anthrophomorphic one. If I mention that the character is a dog, for example, the reader may think that they're an actual dog instead of an anthro one. While I can explicitly mention that the character is an anthro, whether at the beginning of the story or inside it, that does feel a little clunky. Writing "as the anthro dog walked around" feels forced. I guess I can use descriptions to imply the character walks upright or is anthrophomorphic in some way, but that might cause exposition dump, and if I spread the description over the course of the story, it may cause the reader to lose context for too long. After all, it'd be bad if the reader doesn't realize the character is anthro until halfway through the story. So, how should I approach this?

Furry Writing, Worldbuilding, and Storytime FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

In a world full of anthrophomorphic animals, furries if you will, most species would have an additional appendages to humans: a tail. These tails can probably be used for ergonomics. I was inspired to make this post when I remembered a picture of an otter with a tail bag- a bag attached to his tail- from reddit long ago. I was thinking that many anthros would probably do the same thing or find other uses with their tail. Maybe they can use their tail to control stuff or operate vehicles, to show their emotions, or even as a third hand. But if their world was built around these uses for tails, how would they accomodate for different shapes of tails and species that lack one? Some tails are more flexible, others larger, others thin and small, and others are so small they barely exist (like the tail of a bear). Their tails would also be used for aesthetic purposes. They would probably decorate them with items similar to how humans decorate their hair with hairpins and the like. Some may even wear covering for their tail. But with every species having different tail shapes, this would mean some tail garment may have to be tailored to specific species, especially tail covering. So, would it cause jealousy when one species wanted to wear a tail covering that's only available to another species? Maybe Otis the Otter wanted to wear that beautiful tail covering, but it's only made for cats and his tail is too thick to fit. Also, some animals lack tail, so they won't be able to decorate their nonexistent tail at all. Some bears are probably jealous that their tail is too short to decorate with anything. And finally, tail modification. Would some anthros snip their tail similar to how we do with cats? Would their people consider it body mutilation or just regular body modification like having a tattoo? Would it be treated as tradition, where in some cultures, some species (or even some gender of the species) have to cut their tail? How about tails that are too thick to snip without causing damage, like the tail of an otter? There's a lot of possibilities on what having a tail can *entail,* so there is a lot of questions. Do you have anything more to add?

tf_irl - For the Transformation in You FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

**Alt text:** *14 year old me when the anthro fox tf potion I made by combining random drinks doesn't work [an image of a sad cat]*

196 FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

At the time I had no money. I've made it a bucket list to see if I can afford them one day, if that's the only gender thing I'll do in real life. Edit: jerboa failed to attach the image first time

196 FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 98%

You're all valid, no matter what your sexuality or gender identity. I wish you all a nice day.

Pawb.Social Feedback FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

Sorry if I'm off topic. I've read the code of conduct, and it says something about content warning policy. I know how content warning works on Mastodon, but how do you enable content warning on Lemmy?

Transfurs FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

**Did the furry fandom helps you discover your gender? Did it help you feel more welcome?** For me personally, being a furry helps me to cope with dysphoria for years before my egg cracked. I used to imagine that I'm an anthro animal all the time to cope with dysphoria before I even knew what dysphoria was. And aside from a few trans communities (like r/egg_irl), the furry fandom also exposes myself to queer people and queer media in general, which in retrospect might help me sympathize with them more instead of hating it like what most people do. I'm so glad that this community is very accepting towards people of all sexualities and gender. Being trans in this fandom generally feels pretty safe, at least safer than most other fandoms. Thank you so much.

Preferably one that's popular enough to have more content than a cobweb

Transfurs FlowerTree • 1 year ago • 100%

This is a place for transgender furries to come together and... interact... I guess Given the huge number of trans furries, I thought it might be a good idea if we have a community dedicated to us. It would be nice to discuss the intersectionality between our furry and trans experiences. Of course, other queer furries and allies are welcome too!