* Posts by Tom Geller

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How furry is it?

Tom Geller

Comment from "Tom Howling"

Hey, folks. Tom Howling here.

Thanks to Ms. Coombs for a good report! Just to make a few clarifications regarding my quotes:

* "Misincarnation" is one of my central fascinations with furriness, but I didn't mean to imply that all furries are misincarnates. (Viz. "Furries are reconciling the discrepancy between the animal self inside and the physical body they were born with.") I agree with the earlier commenter that that's a minority group within the fandom, and tried to make that clear. But one can only fit so many words into an article, and I'm sure my disclaimers ended up on the cutting-room floor. (I'm also a professional journalist, BTW: See http://www.tomgeller.com . Ms. Coombs is right that there aren't many of us in the fandom.)

* I don't know why the guest at my BBQ *should* have made any apology for his t-shirt, which is on par with what you see on the streets of cities and small towns every day. See it yourself at http://www.michelelight.com/prints.htm (it's the one for "Tiki Joe's").

* Finally, I wouldn't say I'm a "self-proclaimed wolf". I actually don't identify with any specific animal. I told Ms. Coombs that I've been *drawn as* a wolf, fox and mouse -- which I can understand could have led her to think that those were my furry identities. A lot of people assume that "howling" = "wolf", but lots of animals howl. I had a couple of pet mice a few years ago, and they howled... all night, in very high voices. :)

Anyway... props all around!