@weirdoslam So, how does that apply to, say, furry fandom? What media constitutes the central shared consumption?
@literorrery i wouldn’t call the furry community a “fandom” in that sense cuz there is no centralized source material to be loyal to. which is why i rlly love it and i’m glad to call myself a furry. because there is no Required Reading to devote to and no stupid ass headcanons to accept as religious fact either. all u need is to like seeing anthros and maybe think of a version of urself as one. it’s only a “fandom” as much as like, contemporary paganism or basketball is. 🙂💞
@weirdoslam Interesting distinction! I still call it a fandom -- hence my question -- but the lack of a central media list does weird the space compared to other defined fandoms. It often feels to me as though furry shares more in common with religious spaces than media fandom, but I fully accept that may be more because of my own value system and beliefs than because of anything inherent in furry. Within the potential of furry, maybe, but not obligatory to participation.
@literorrery yeah yeah yeah!! i think ur absolutely right on that!! furryism is an open source interest-community
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