Category Archives: Furry
FurAffinity reopens registration
After several months closed due to trolling and the like, FA’s registration is finally open again for all comers. If you haven’t had a chance to join, drop on by and follow us!
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/oy
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ddragon
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
10 Minute Deconstruction: The opening scene is that of a castle, with an voiceover serving as our narrative, which explains the back-story for the rest of the movie. It sets the tone, a dark, mysterious aura, before introducing Belle, the protagonist. Scarcely 3 minutes in, we’re given our first musical number. I do not usually like characters spontaneously bursting into song for no reason, but the music is so damn catchy I really have to make an exception here. Belle is an adventurous, slightly airheaded girl, but extremely likeable. During the course of the musical number, our antagonists are introduced, a steroid-driven lumberjack-wannabe named Gaston, and his dimwitted assistant. Gaston seems to be part squirrel, as he spends most of his time on rooftops, but I digress. He’s egotistical. Gaston throws himself at Belle in a rather sexist way, and, unsurprisingly, is shot down. Belle’s father, an eccentric inventor, has trouble getting his ideas to work, as tends to happen.
My Review: 9/10
There are very few bad things I can say about a classic. Especially one that is very close to the hearts of so many people. And really, it’s an excellent movie, both for kids and adults, although I do recall being slightly traumatized as a kid by some of the darker scenes. The story itself progresses and develops as the movie continues, starting off light and fairly whimsical while gradually moving into darker and darker realms. The backstory is interesting and the characters all different, and while perhaps not exactly relatable due to the context of the story, they’re memorable. One of the few things that I feel takes a little bit of the magic out of the movie is the shameful sequels, prequels, and midquels that came out of it. I won’t even go into detail on those. But in my opinion, they are just spineless additions to the franchise, trying to cash in on the success of the original. But they just didn’t have the same magic. But it’s not like Disney makes a habit of…. *spots Cinderella III* DAMN IT!
The Transformation: [Spoilers ahead. But if you haven’t seen this movie at least once by now, shame on you.] Due to the Master’s greedy nature, the transformation was not limited to him alone, but spread to the entire staff of the castle. Dozens of people transformed against their will, threatened with the possibility of being stuck forever. Despite this, they are cautiously optimistic, which I personally found to be one of the few flaws of the movie. Hell, if I was transformed against my will into something I didn’t want, I’d probably bitch about it. Although, the main story takes place years after the curse is placed on the castle, so it could be assumed that they are used to it by now, and have moved from bitching about it to trying to do something about it. Presumably, should they wind up being stuck in that way forever, I would expect there would be quite a mutiny. Now, while the transformations themselves are not sequenced and merely glanced over, my dear friend Kashi has illuminated me to something interesting. Apparently, during the course of the stage musical, the transformations are indeed progressive. So, should you get the opportunity to see the stage production, I would recommend going to see it, if transformations are your thing. Oh! And before I forget, rumor has it that Beauty and the Beast may be re-released theatrically along with the Lion King. So keep an eye out for that.
BrisingrKonungr
FurAudio Looking Fur Authors
Young startup site FurAudio has a mission to provide the best furry fiction in audiobook format to those who want it, and Tanuke’s own radio personality TZ just got accepted as a voice talent reader!
FurAudio goal is to provide audiobooks of furry stories with 90% of all profits going to the authors and voice actors who create them. While they don’t specifically say they provide TF fiction, I’m sure the site would not be averse to hosting any kind of TF/Furry stories as long as they’re popular enough to sell well. So if you or anybody you know has a story you’d like turned into an audiobook and sold to make a profit, send them on over!
Click here to hear TZ’s application reading sample
The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone
Ten Minute Deconstruction: I’ve certain been seeing a lot of these old-style opening sequences lately. It’s like a cross between Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Danny Kaye’s the Court Jester. Oh well. Roll credits…. And rolling… and rolling… finally! Ah, the classic ‘opening book’ montage. That never gets old. Although in all honesty, seeing as the opening is actually sung rather than spoken in an annoying rhyme, it DID get my attention. According to the opening, England has been Kingless for some time now, and has fallen into chaos. An old man is pulling a bucket from a well, he doesn’t seem to have all his marbles in a row. He’s revealed to have a talking owl, so his oddities only continue. We’re introduced to Arthur, known as Wart, an his mentally challenged older brother. Arthur runs into a dark and creepy forest after a lost arrow, being followed by a wolf that makes Wile E. Coyote look like a genius. He falls right into the lair of the creepy old man, who reveals himself as Merlin, a powerful wizard.
My Review: 7.5/10
The animation is slightly weak, but it holds strong. There are recurring gags and comedy sequences, which I think really add to the overall fun of the film. While the animation isn’t at its best, the dialogue is priceless. Merlin even calls Arthur’s father a fat old walrus at one point. (Yes, I know, I’m on walrus watch.) Merlin gets his stubborn owl to do what he wants by threatening to turn him into a human. Ingenious, that. If I was an animal, that’d certainly get my attention. I can’t help noticing that whenever Merlin is even the least bit involved, brooms somehow manage to get animated… anyway, I liked it. It’s a clever tale of magic and heroes, even where you might not expect to find one.
The Transformation: This movie is extremely transformation heavy. Which is part of what makes it cool, I suppose. The first transformation is a fish. It’s one of those *poof* transformations that I don’t particularly care for, but it is what it is. The sequence also features a somewhat forgettable musical number, but that’s alright, because every time you watch the movie you’ll remember something you’ve forgotten since you’ve seen it last. Next are squirrels, the scene cuts in right in the middle of the lesson so there really isn’t any TF to be seen here. Although… there is an adorable lady-squirrel who turns into somewhat of a furry stalker. But I’ll be damned if my heart didn’t almost break during the whole thing. The next is a bird, which again, the TF is pretty much *poofed*, but it’s still a TF, so it’s pretty cool. Another musical number follows, introducing a new character, though it’s fairly late in the game. In the not so climactic ‘epic’ duel, there are like two dozen TFs, snake, chicken, caterpillar, hippo, rhino, goat, dragon, etc. It’s really rather interesting. Anyway, that’s about it for this week. Keep an eye out for a walrus TF! See you all next week.
BrisingrKonungr
Stormdragonblue Dumping Massive Diaper Load
As recently announced on his Journal, SDB, famous for his latex/coating/shiny TFs into a good number of popular video game and fandom characters is merging his babyfur art and standard art accounts together, even as this is being written.
So if you follow him on FA, be prepared for an inundation of babyfur art.
Personally, When something like this happens I’m less bugged by the content itself than having to wade through dozens of new images by the same artist posted within the span of a few hours. I just want to grab them and scream LEARN TO PACE YOURSELF KUMA HYPOTHETICAL PERSON!
StormDragonBlue’s Journal on FA
Typo In Proposition 8 Defines Marriage As Between ‘One Man And One Wolfman’ | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
SACRAMENTO, CA—Activists on both sides of the gay marriage debate were shocked this November, when a typographical error in California’s Proposition 8 changed the state constitution to restrict marriage to a union between “one man and one wolfman,” instantly nullifying every marriage except those comprised of an adult male and his lycanthrope partner. “The people of California made their voices heard today, and reaffirmed our age-old belief that the only union sanctioned in God’s eyes is the union between a man and another man possessed by an ungodly lupine curse,” state Sen. Tim McClintock said at a hastily organized rally celebrating passage of the new law. But opponents, including Bakersfield resident Patricia Millard—who is now legally banned from marrying her boyfriend, a human, non-wolfman male—claim it infringes on their civil liberties. “I love James just as much as a wolfman loves his husband,” Millard said. “We deserve the same rights as any horrifying mythical abomination.” On the heels of the historic typo, voters in Utah passed a similar referendum a week later, defining marriage as between one man and 23 wolfmen.
The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.
Furaffinity Update Hits the Fans
If you noticed today, FurAffinity was in read-only mode for a good 3-4 hours while the servers were updated. Well, now that mostly everything is up and running, the new layout is ready for your viewing pleasure. If things don’t seem to be showing up correctly, hit ctrl+F5 to force a hard refresh of the site’s cache.
First impressions:
- The layout is much more narrow-browser friendly for things like mobile phones and console browsers, or if you just want to keep the window narrow while you do other stuff.
- All control buttons are available under the header rather than to the far left, which makes them easier to find and navigate.
- Ads are stretched along the top of the page, rather than scrunched along the left column.
A lot of fans really hate the new layout either on principle of hating anything new, or with some legitimate reason, but Dragoneer says things are only going to get stranger, teasing an eventual layout much more like Deviantart and closer in purpose to a social networking site, which I suppose FA/DA technically are.
Sonic the HedgeHOG
We’ve secretly replaced Sonic’s power rings with onion rings. Let’s see if he notices.
In this recent hack of Sonic 2, the power rings are now greasy onion rings, which must be avoided to prevent Sonic from becoming a fat immobile tub of flesh (who quickly dies of what I assume is a heart attack)
I… I think can already hear the WG TF fans sketching this out into fan art as we speak. Be afraid, people. Be very afraid.
Sonic 2 XL [sonicretro.org]
Niena Lizard by ~picklejuice13 on deviantART
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