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Very interesting species. Seems like an appropriate one for you. And yeah... being a lucario, I know the feeling of the slut stereotype. Can't blame ya for the switch.

Seriously? I never had that preconception of foxes. If anything, I thought of it as just being the standard everyman fursona; I looked at them and thought "Oh, okay, here's a guy who isn't overcompensating and/or screaming out for attention."

But I see where you're coming from. Heck, if my avatar is any indication, I've been there too. And aardwolves are cool too (even if my spellchecker keeps asking "did you mean 'werewolves?'" when I type it).

That whole thing may have just been me being too sensitive as much as it being the rest of the fandom's problem. Who knows. Maybe it's not visible to people of other species, but I know all the other foxes I've spoken with have dealt with this sort of thing. I think it used to be *really* bad about 5 years ago and has sort of cooled off since then - but I'm still sensitive to it. Usually it wasn't the overt kind of stereotyping. There were only a few cases of that happening (though they were really bad).

It's like, if I enter a chatroom no one is going to point me out and be like "Ooh, look a fox!" like they would with - say - a mountain lion or bat or special kind of animal.

I'd say it is the rest of the fandom's problem since, now that I think about it, the problem is the exact opposite. The problem isn't that people with fox fursonas are generally horny. It's that a lot of furs find foxes attractive.

I'm guilty of that myself, I admit, but I still think of foxes more as the "everyman" fur instead. Most people got their first exposure to anthropomorphism through either StarFox or Disney's Robin Hood, so I generally think of people with fox 'sonas, first and foremost, as people who just picked the default template (the equivalent of playing Street Fighter as Ryu or Smash Bros. as Mario, if you will), which I don't consider to be at all indicative of their personality except that being perceived as standard evidently doesn't bother them.

Which I think is also how foxes landed in the stereotypical prey role. A good chunk of the pred population, I honestly believe, fantasizes about being exceptional; about being better and/or above the common man, and from a furry perspective, the common man is usually a fox.

As for the misconceptions themselves. . . You know, the more I think about it, the more I think it's just projection. Like it's less a stereotype and more wishful thinking.

But I understand why that'd be a pain in the tail to deal with anyway. And while I respect anyone willing to pick the default template, I also agree the fandom could use a little aardwolf awareness.

so you're cute and fluffy still.

Duh, of course! ^-^

10/10 would still eat

Pff, whatever you say foodwolf

Even cuter. and hopefully tastier. *grins*

This

oh god this

EVERY TIME

Aardvark/Wolf? Neat but not as cool as my Fox/shark/cyborg/demon!''

:I

Heh, yup, pretty much :I

A real animal to hug around the nose and snout of to show appreciation! Even if they delightful tounge does start a-slurping n.n;

Yup *slurp*

Mmwwwup! *cookie-kat wiggle!* n#n

Mmmm... so delicious *slurps up the cookie-cat all the way in*

Eep! *The little squishy mammal is caught between an aardwolf tounge and the palette above, only able to squirm on the tasting tounge!*

*gulps* down you go!

*makes small muffled noises and feeble wiggles the way down, the little morsel a matching size for an aardwolf's gullet., unable to do anything aside be dazes while gulped!* @.@!

*rubs his tummy to feel over his newly gained weight.*

Woofles

Woofles?

^^ woofles!

Well alright then!

Woofles! ^w^

I'm more of an aard.

Aard-woofles! :3