Rant Thread: Furry Conventions, Groomers, and Other Shit

Content Warnings: Sexual Assault/Harassment (groping, pertaining to someone else)

Scroll down if you wanna see the thread. Like, sorry for the textwall.

Context:

This Twitter thread was made as a response to Twitter user Spiralvro, on a tweet regarding their experience at Furry Weekend Atlanta. He was struggling with the constant two-faced nature of the fandom, as well as the constant call-out culture and other toxicities within.

Later on in the convention, notwithstanding the constant sexual comments he had been getting, Spiral was sexually assaulted by someone during the after hours section of the convention, that is, being groped. These experiences ultimately disillusioned him with the fandom, and left him considering leaving the fandom.

On 13th May, 2023, he had posted a tweet stating that Furry Weekend Atlanta could be "[his] last convention for a very long time," and deciding to sell off his fursuit. The tweet read and implied that he would be leaving the fandom, and referred to details that would be posted through his Instagram page.

Later, on the 14th of May, he had posted another tweet explaining what had happened, in the form of four Apple Notes screenshots. It also showed that he had also talked with some friends about the situation, and is now considering to stay in the furry community. This tweet is the source of the information stated above.

I had posted a thread of tweets explaining my reaction to the situation. However, I posted it as a Twitter Circle post instead of publicly, to avoid offending the OP and other furries. I now feel that my opinion should be deemed enough to post publicly, albeit through a lesser format (such as Newgrounds Blogs). It will take some more consideration to see if I should post this thread on Twitter.

Please note that these are totally my reactions, unfiltered from the tweets made in thread. However, though these are my reactions to this situation, note that I am not categorizing every furry to be this way. In fact, I've met furries who are the opposite of what I am describing. However, I really don't care about that right then, it's more of a "off my chest post". I do not mean any true ill will against any group of people.

Thread:

Yep, he got groped. Fuckin called it. [Previously, I had a hunch that he had been groped by someone.]

God, I fucking hate furries.

Like all of you fuckers act like "oh the fandom is all good and safe and perfect etc etc" but as soon as shit like this happens, you heel 180 and talk about how creeps infiltrate the fandom. Like the paperfaces they are.

It's a shame, because when I, along with other nobodies, try pointing the attention, we all get lambasted. Being accused of "breaking the magic."

The "magic" of the fandom cannot be broken because it hasn't existed for the past fifteen years.

It's a choice between learning the "easy way" and the "hard way" regarding creeps in the fandom. Strangely enough, it's always the "hard way" that comes out on top.

This reminds me a lot about Nineteen-Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Yes, this sounds corny, but hear me out:

The proles in the book are always ignorant of the things happening in Oceania, whether it be willfully or through forced conditioning.

Yes, you know what I'm getting at. The furry community is a bunch of proles. They learn about petty drama though their media, and preform a Two Minutes Hate against the instigator, then forget about it a week later.

There's a full on Hate Week here and there, but at the end of the day, the furry fandom is a bunch of droning little pathetic proles.

Anyways, that's my little tirade for the day. Whether this be a cautionary tale of keeping a fandom unchecked or a "every once in a while thing" that happens nearly every convention is up to your volition. Then again, most of you can't even make independent thoughts.

I'll probably repost this publicly, get lambasted to the second power, get blocked by Spiral, etc etc, but there's a snowball's chance I'm going to gain any traction with twenty-four[six] followers.

Yeah, shitty rant, shitty people, shitty opinions. Everything's so shitty that it'd make a people into scat start gagging. GrayDolf out.

Wendell is finally in Fortnite now. I'm glad about this. Took you enough time, Sweeney.

I've been waiting for the day this happened. Thinking of drawing some fanart for the occasion.

This has been one of the greatest moments in my life. Things are cheering up (I've been taking a forced break from social media for a while, thank god) and I've finally beaten one of my favorite games.

Holy hell, this feels amazing.

Anyways, school is nearly over, and I'm kinda unready. I have no plans for the summer.

Happy Newgrounds-iversary!

Yeah, I forgot abt that. Thanks to everybody who brought me here, and even though I'm unsteady, I'm ready to blow all of you outta the water. Like, so many plans for this webbysite. I'm still contemplating opening commissions, but it's gonna be from a "definitely maybe" to "possibly yes" on it. Kinda like that one Fall Out Boy song: "Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year."

I'm hoping for the latter.

I don't know why, but it's been going on for the past year.

Everything I do is absolutely futile.

Nothing makes sense anymore.

The only person I can relate to is myself, hence why I hate myself.

Everybody acts the same.

What good is being a furry, the escapism tactic I've been using for the past two years, if it doesn't hide me away from shit anymore? I can't face anything, as you could see by how I never apologize for anything, and how I avoid things I feel uncomfortable about.

God, I'm pathetic.

I don't want to be bisexual anymore. I am, but I can't, because then I'd just be another bisexual furry. I'm scared of becoming a stereotype. Like, I don't want to become the next bluefolf or some shit.

Please help. Thank you.

(I had this on a Google Keep en route to genforums, but tubflub pulled a David Baszucki and closed it. Thnks fr th mrmrs)

They done added autism buttons for me

Pic related

(Also why are they giving me so many recommendations of feet? Do I look like Dan Schneider?)

All I'ms saying is, why say furfag when furgot is already an existing word? Like, peoples, use a different slur for us!

This has been a Graydolf Minipost. Everything here should be taken seriously, even tho I'm being funny. Graydolf out.

It is with a heavy heart (great pleasure for some) that my Voice Acting/Musical Project "Songs Of Your Mom" has been put under an indefinite suspension. While it has given me some pleasure to do it, the lack of maternal insults has left me with no other choices but to end it. Furthermore, the overarching dispute between me and fellow Newgrounder Virtudary has left me with no other choice but to suspend it, so that I may finally find some peace with him, after 7 continuous months of unceasing drama.

To put it simply,

Your mom.

Wow, thanks for getting that pedophile off of Twitter! (That I reported literally one year ago, by the way.)

Now unban my fucking account, you fuckwit Dorsey.

Header:

let me just say for the record that this was gonna be longer. But since Craig Federighi is a tord who’d rather work on the iPhone Lock Screen than have text boxes be persistent after moving to another app in Safari, that isn’t the case. Now thanks to this debacle, I have to type out all of this shit, and change the rating from E to T because of all the nono words. Fuck you, Apple. Craig, do better.

Now, on with the (shit)show.

I’m gonna remove and disown a few pieces of artwork. I’ve felt that since I’ve grown as an artist (read: autist), I feel that some of my earlier work is too bad for me to look at. Mind you, that’s coming from me of all people.

One may feel that the art I have created is decent, and/or doing this action probably won’t help. I know, but the way I’ve drawn eyes back in 2021 hurts my eyes, not to mention the lack of fur, the infinitely pointed triangles for ears, etc. It’s just… bad. I’ve tried my hardest to like it, but the more I look, the more it screams at me that it could’ve looked better.

(I guess that’ll teach me to draw furry art at 3 in the morning.)

As one might’ve guessed, this also means I’ve changed, and not that puzzle game with the gooey skull-dog.

Thus, I’ve made a critical decision to sort of make Gray a bit more comfortable, in my eyes. I call this redesign “Graywulf 2.0”, and it is going to be awesome (not too much tho, as that’s gonna cause “overwhelming design complications”) Refsheet is coming soon on the art portal, dw.

In Other News:

I’m making an illegal protogen named Driver, because the fuck am I going to afford some primogen commission. Lore is coming later. TBA.

Remember that one fox I drew back in… like, June 2021? I’m bringing him back, with actual lore. Not rn though, I’m going to a STEM day camp.

Thats enough 411 today.

Remember, Ukraine is a sovereign country, and Crimea belongs to them. Putin is a fucking asshole, and he banned gay people because he doesn’t want to admit that he fucks assholes.

luv ya,

Gray.