Furries and Therians aren't he same thing, in fact, they can be very different. I gave a basic definition of each, so just take a peek at that for what I believe to be very general definitions to the 2.
A person who's a Therian isn't always a furry. From what I know, some Therians aren't fans of being associated with Furries, and vice versa. I do think that the 2 can overlap, and that a Therian can also be a furry and vice versa.

Right, now to try and do furries some justice. Me personally, I'm not a furry. But the stereotypical image people tend to get of furries are those people who take their like of anthromorphic animals a bit far, dress up as their favourite characters from films, video games and whatnot, and go and have "furpiles" and "yiff" and as you say, its like one massive freaky animal costume orgy. I think though, that this is one of those huge misinterpretations. I do think that some furries will take part in things like what you've mentioned, but not all...and it's probably a minority that do partake in those activities. Most furries are pretty normal people, who are just fans of anthromorphic things.
To me, I always see it the same as if someone was a football/soccer fan. You get them in varying degrees...some are just casual fans, who watch the games concerning a team they like or something, others are somewhat 'aid' fans, and will go and visit each teams stadiums, buy season tickets, have loads of merchandise and whatnot. I think the same goes with furries, not every furry goes to conventions and dresses up as an anthromorphic animal, and a lot certaintly won't do any "yiffing", sexually, most will be like any other human.

I think furries have had pretty bad media, one that I've seen is an episode of "CSI: Las Vegas" where it revolved around furries, and yiffing, furpiles, and the more explicit things were emphasised...it made them out to be weird and a bit creepy imo. I think because of a bad portrayal in the media, they, and in some respects Therians too have had pretty bad portayals when they have been mentioned in the media.

Therians and furries aren't the same thing, but a person can be both!

I hope that makes some kind of sense...if it doesn't, blame my lack of sleep!

As strange a subject as this is it comes down to bad media and stereotypes.

Hah.. there's a video of Papa Roach (NSFW!) with two people in cur costumes goin' at it.. but then again.. it's a song all about sex, meaning there's pretty much every fetish or want in it.

I almost told you that I love you    is the song title.

i actually own the DVD set that has that episode and i think that ep kinda gives some "furries" like myself a bad name, (i say myself as i am having a fursuit made", it to me make some of them look like sex starved losers you cant get girls or freinds , im getting my suit so i can make money doing childrens parties

Last edited by theroadwolf (2009-08-05 07:57:56)

Even on the internet, I think it's incredibly easy to tell the difference between a furry and a therian.  Therians are just...more laid back.  Furries remind me of hyperactive children sometimes.  Once in a while, they're chill (theroadwolf is a good example of that, he seems like a cool guy) but I find some of them to be kind of...immature, I guess you could say?  I dunno.

Totalimmortal wrote:

Even on the internet, I think it's incredibly easy to tell the difference between a furry and a therian.  Therians are just...more laid back.  Furries remind me of hyperactive children sometimes.  Once in a while, they're chill (theroadwolf is a good example of that, he seems like a cool guy) but I find some of them to be kind of...immature, I guess you could say?  I dunno.

*blushes* quit it man youll give me a big head