My fiance
kabier was one of the users that resonated with the
'Furries are Toxic' video, deciding she's pretty much done with furry politics due to their juvenile behavior, drama and standards. She determined furry Twitter in particular is pure cancer and closed her account to remove all temptation to even browse it.
Her happiness and productivity greatly improved putting her self interest first. She picked up a second language, reconnected with her grandmother, booked our wedding and made a tonne of new friends by branching outside of the community. She tried experimenting with human art and posting it somewhere else, immediately it blows up to the front page of Reddit and gets a
Direct shoutout from Pewdiepie on her first post. She's also
blowing up on Newgrounds which is her new platform of choice if you would like to follow her there.
It doesn't even matter if Patreon gets 'woke' either as
Subscribstar has propped up to take it's place. Accepts pretty much every payment option under the sun and there are zero restrictions on adult content. It really seems the only thing that was holding back her career were toxic, Politically Correct furries.
It's sobering to me. It really does seem I'm being ridiculously loyal to the furry community for no good reason. She made a point that I
don't owe the community anything, not for my relationship or my career. In reality, furries are the reason why both of those things have been repeatedly threatened. The amount of people that would find satisfaction in ruining artistic pursuits, creative freedom and even long-term relationships is disgusting. Collaborating with furries has been more frequently a pain then ever, as I simply don't trust them to not make it political.
I still plan to make a furry platform but it will be for the fringe. Those that enjoy furry content but don't want to put up with the highschool bullshit. It'll be designed to be welcoming to artists that aren't strictly furry too. A middle-ground for those that want to branch out but don't want to completely abandon their interests. That's me right now. With all the negative PR the furry community is getting this year, it really is a sinking ship and I've learned it's not my responsibility to fix it. You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink, much like I can preach about responsibility and accountability all day and get nothing but drama in return. I'll be making efforts like my fiance to be more self-centered, use Twitter only for self-promotion and use FA as a backup rather then a primary.