Kiana Wolf

Does it count if the furry in question is angsty for reasons entirely unrelated to being a furry?

I'll concede that I've never found a furry community that's 'asexual', but that's a bit unfair of a requirement. In any community, there will be some fetishists attracted to it purely for fetish reasons. And trust me, I've seen them. I swear, I've met people who have car fetishes, which lead to them taking autoshop classes.

And also, fetishes aren't in and of themselves bad things. Many can be completely tame. Some people really like redheads, for no readily apparent reason. They just find redheads more attractive than other hair colors, for whatever reason. Nothing wrong with it, but it's still a fetish.

In my life I have met many people who have identified as furries that have been entirely normal people. They may have other fetishes or quirks, but no more than any other person I've met. I have also met many furries who were oversexed psychopaths who I cut off all contact with for that reason, but I've also met non-furries who were just as bad when it came to sex and seeking it out.

Really, the reason 'most' furries seem to come off as yiff-crazy seems to be because most people realize they're furries while teenagers. And as we all know, the vast, vast majority of teenagers have trouble keeping their pants on, in one form or another. Of course, there is a vocal minority issue, too. All it takes is one or two really vocal psychopaths to turn the general view into 'everyone in this group is insane.'

When it comes down to it, a furry is no more likely to be a sex maniac than any other person. Plain and simple. It's a lot like how people assume a pretty blond will be dumb. It's a stereotype. A stereotype based on the actions of real people, yes, but not the measure by which an entire class of humans should be measured.

And I'm aware that this has turned into a 'be nice to furries, waaah!' type of rant. Suffice to say that, if someone's had a bad experience, I won't hold it against them for being cautious about similar situations in the future. But I will hold it against them if they assume everyone in that related group is that way. There is, after all, a difference between 'cautious, but give them a chance to show how they are as an individual' and 'paranoid or full of hate without learning about them.'

Just to prove I'm not trying to climb on a high horse here: I still cringe when I bump into a dragon scaly, because of one nut case I knew once. It's a reflex that makes me start watching them like a hawk. It's not fair to them, I know, I'm working on it. But I don't treat them like I would that one person I knew. I'm just a little more guarded than normal when I talk to them.

That's really about the same thing Kiana would do. Except replace allegiance with 'make smart *** remarks, hoping you'll open the door to have some minions rough me up in classic stupid villain style.'

At which point she'll just turn on the Super Speed and Super Leaping, dashing out the cell and off into your lair to look for an exit. Probably triggering just about every trap she comes across, either being incapacitated (and forced to go with the 'explosion + regeneration escape' plan) or some how making it out because she's read the evil overlord list and you clearly haven't. =P

As far as I can tell, there aren't many more furries. Just more variety to them.

Really, why do I keep hearing so much furry bashing? Most of the ones I've met in CoH have been pretty nice, level headed people. Not that crazy furries don't exist, they're just a minority. A very small minority. That's so very, very vocal...

I'd blame it on them being spawned by the mind of an insane god.

...Okay, so drugs in the 60's and insane gods aren't that far apart, if we're being totally honest here...

I took Stamina on every character I ever made. Even my Regen. That's how much I loved it.

The swap to Inherent Fitness came as a bit of a shock. "Oh god, I just realized I have three free power choices! I can actually get a travel power!"

And lo, did I squee like a hundred fangirls at that moment.

Giant eyeballs with jaws that fly, but that's more of a biology problem.

Can't be much harder to grasp than Shadow shard physics.

I don't know why, but I'm imagining something like four different damage types, by type of power (like how Alpha has Cardiac, etc.) and the higher tiers offering you more enhancement slots on the power. That's assuming it can't be freely swapped out.

If it can be swapped out, same as Alpha, then it probably won't be slot-able and just be yet another temporary power to add to my collection... I mean, can you imagine how many things could go wrong, programming a swappable power with slots?

Great, now I keep hoping that a Caesar NPC will spawn somewhere...

I rarely slot for damage. With basic IOs and standard origin enhancements, I prefer accuracy, endurance reduction and recharge. I only slot for damage if I've got a spare slot and the power doesn't have an additional effect. Like Punch for Super Strength. No disorient or anything, so I'll toss on one damage enhancement.

With IO sets, though, I usually have a couple damage sets (with a tendency to do a full six enhancements for each set) on a few powers. 'Course, since any character I plan to put sets on, those damage IO sets have a roleplaying backing... Mako's Bite, for the lethal damage, on a couple of my characters with claws... (MA scrapper, SS brute...)

I've been thinking about making a Spirit alpha power, if I ever get enough spare Notices. I'm told the healing buff really matches up well with Regen. (Though nearly all of my healing powers are maxed out against ED.) Plus, faster recharge. That's a perk for surviving those tougher bosses. Self healing, gotta love it!

Well, on my main (my only 50), I went with the Cardiac. Now, she's a Regen. Who also has Physical Perfection. She could fight all week and never get tired. When I slotted a third tier Cardiac, I had to upgrade her catch phrase: "I can go all month!"

Seriously. Her endurance never falls below 90% naturally. With enemies actively sapping her endurance? It rarely, if ever, drops below 50%. Malta? Pushovers.

That... is a hilarious idea. XD

I also love the Rikti-speak. Was once on a team with a guy who 'Rikti-rolled' us. "Imperative: Never!" and stuff like that. I wouldn't help but laugh.

Well, the bonuses from 4th tier are nothing to scoff at. 33~45% bonuses, with 2/3 of the bonus unaffected by ED. Plus, y'know, some bragging rights.

It might have something to do with most of the Atlas teams standing around being ********* after the first invasion, instead of the usual 'run around to each one as soon as the alert goes out.'

So either they all got bored of it at the same time or they all decided bickering was a better use of their time than bashing in alien heads.

Ironically, I had a heck of a time getting a team in Talos. Atlas, easy. Galaxy, eh, okay. Steel Canyon, passable. Talos? Bloody friggin' empty.

'Course, I was on my level 20-ish alt. No one seems to want to join a team I lead, but everyone seems more than happy to invite me.

But seriously, we easily got an eight man team going in every area except Talos. I ran around Talos solo looking for bombs, until the real invasion started. There were about four of us fighting the Rikti. =|

Yeah. You have to be proactive about it, but it's rude to just walk up to two people already roleplaying. They might have something planned going on.

Other than the smell, this is the greatest team ever!

Good to know. I'll look forward to the next event.

Metal isn't the fifth in the fire-water-air-earth combination. (It varies, but is most commonly called aether.)

There is the wu xing, though. Chinese, I think. Fire, earth, water, metal and wood.

I believe you mean Earth, Water, Air and Fire.