Wright said:
To be fair, there's always a cringe aspect to almost everything, and generally it is the facet we have more exposure of. We see the cringe side of politics, videogames, hobbies in general. Even MLP has a lot of cringy exposure out there, whereas I do think there's a huge fanbase that's not cringy at all. I don't think fursuit is all that cringe, or most people who choose to dress as such. The one were the dog is looking at the fursuit is kinda cute, and I agree, I'd love to have one. Too bad they're hella expensive. |
Oh absolutely, I definitely hide my brony-ness IRL because its associated with sooo much cringe. I'd absolutely rate the worst of the furry fandom as a whole higher than the worst of the MLP fandom, for sure. I've identified as a brony for at least 2.5 years, and I've followed so many of pony-famous people and seen their fans. Very interesting community.
Both of these fandoms do draw in a lot of socially awkward people, and give them a place where they become normal. Its kinda awesome, really, but it also means that instead of adapting to the social norm, they embrace and celebrate their weirdness. Add a suit to that, I.E. anonimity, and people act out even more. Not everyone, I don't wanna bring out the large brush and generalize such a large and diverse group, but... There's a lot of it.
Convention-goers are kinda the same, especially the cosplayers.
(I'm going to a large con third year in a row, and I'm actually gonna cosplay this year :o My sister has worked at that con for 5 years. We've both seen and heard some supercringey stuff. Both also had many nice experiences, again, most people are sweet.)
I've seen some professional ones, and they usually sell for 1000-3000 dollars. That's intense o.o But they're beautiful!! Amazing craftmanship.
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