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Norucabe at 2 Jul 2011: 17:32

I've noticed that a bit of art from the fandom (I love this art, I'm not here to criticize anybody) features plants alongside anthropomorphic creatures, and sometimes just plants alone. But by definition, a plant can't *really* be anthropomorphic, can it? I'm slightly confused as to whether plant life can actually belong in furry art, though I wouldn't argue either way. So... what are your thoughts on this matter?

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at 2 Jul 2011: 18:23

Short answer, yes. Furry (fandom) is not limited to species that have fur: indeed, at the extremities of the fandom some consider even creatures such as aliens, orcs, fairies, and angels to fall within the scope of Furry. Plants can indeed be anthropomorphised, see the large-breasted sunflower character from Conker's Bad Fur Day as an example. Albeit, I've most often seen plants being used as an accessory character, such as in "plant vore" threads in /ah/, or threads whereby the sentient-seeming plant uses an animal character to its sexual advantage by help of its tentacles.

http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Category:Characters

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at 3 Jul 2011: 09:49

>>2

Furries must have FUR. That's WHY their called "furries" to begin with. If it has scales or wings, it ain't furry. And plants ain't even alive.

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Norucabe at 3 Jul 2011: 17:33

>>3 Ain't isn't even a word, and yes, plants are alive. When a plant "wilts" that's because it lost all its bodily fluids and died. And yes, scalies and avians ARE furry in my opinion. So both your points are moot.


>>2 I must say I almost completely agree with you. You have enlightened me, so I thank you.

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S at 4 Jul 2011: 00:56

Ai't is a word. It's a colloquial contractionof a negated auxiliary verb. Do a little research, you'll be enlightened about it.

Plants are alive.

Depending on the situation, a plant may or may not be furry. We judge them on a case by case basis.

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at 4 Jul 2011: 01:58

For what it's worth, there's at least one example of a lynx crossed with some sort of a plant, likely an ivy.  There's also Jenika Watkins' "Felis chlorophyta," the reference sheet for which can probably be found by searching Google for "greencat reference."

For examples of this kind of thing in mainstream fiction, go look at Farscape's Delvian race.

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at 4 Jul 2011: 22:23

>>3

The term "Furry" for the furry fandom is a loose context term that includes all anthro animal art. Reptiles are still a part of the furry fandom but are technically dubbed scalies... It's all a part of the general furry art fandom though.

But, I for one limit furries to animals, so I would not consider plants to be a part of furry, regardless of being anthropomorphised... Furry to me = anthropomorphic animal characters, not just any old thing anthropomorphised, no matter if it is living or not. If I anthropomorphised a street light pole, it wouldn't count as furry either... Porn of the Pixar desk light would not count... LOL

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Norucabe at 5 Jul 2011: 17:54

>>5 If you check any dictionary, it clearly marks "ain't" as a slang. In case you didn't know, a slang is any commonly used term that does not qualify as correct language or lacks grammar, making it a fractured word. You wouldn't tell your boss that them denying you a promotion ain't fair, would you?

On a lighter note, I've seen some very strong points in this thread, and it seems we are torn on this matter. I think it's nice to, for once, see a good, clean debate that isn't filled with idiots and trolls.

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S at 9 Jul 2011: 03:56

>>8

|If you check any dictionary, it clearly marks "ain't" as a slang. In case you didn't know, a slang is any commonly used term that does not qualify as correct language or lacks grammar, making it a fractured word.


Just because a word is slang doesn't make it a word. As I said, it's a colloquial contraction of a negated auxiliary verb. Kind'a technical I know, but I figured anyone who could use the word dictionary properly in a sentence could figure it out.
|You wouldn't tell your boss that them denying you a promotion ain't fair, would you?


Considering my boss thinks Valley is hot, I'd definitely use it for that purpose. Y'know?

|it seems we are torn on this matter.


Nope, not torn at all. For the purposes of fchan, it seems the one with the colored tripcode has spoken, based on the words of the one in charge. She said, case-by-case, so that's like, the official answer.

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at 8 Oct 2011: 08:34

>>3

Plants ARE living organisms... but, they aren't animals, let alone vertebrates (the typical furry criteria seems to require that - though there are a few insects, arthropods, cephalopods about...). Totally different kingdom, yknow?

In discworld terms you have to go an awwwwwfulllly long way down the morphological taxonomic tree in order to turn someone into a geranium. Uses a lot of energy. Turning them into a wolf, particularly a werewolf type creature? Considerably less.

I've seen a couple of half-human half-plant characters, and the occasional venus flytrap or similar (e.g piranha plant), but the common thread with those is that they at least share some animalian characteristics.

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