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Cuprohastes

2014-10-03T07:01:23Z

Cuprohastes: /* Truth and lies */

'''Cuprohastes''' ''(Ku-pro-has-teas)'' is an English player and character. He is the colourist on [[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]. His [[fursona]] is an [[anthropomorphic]] winged blue [[dragon]] described as having deep blue scales that have hard silver highlights, creating a sequin effect, though he has been known to play several other species.

As an [[artist]], he is particularly known for being slow to complete [[commission]]s{{fact}}.
He is part owner of the [[Emerald City Tavern]] on [[FurryMUCK]], which is mainly owned and created by [[Sorien]].

==Truth and lies==
Cuprohastes was the artist who created and painted the [[bunny]] character used in the [[IQ Challenge]] hoax. He only provided the artwork, though he also helped by posting the meme to his [[LiveJournal]].
<gallery>
Image:bunny3.png
Image:bunnydunce.png
</gallery>
Cuprohastes also works for Anthrocon doing artwork for the [Http://www.anthrocon.org Anthrocon website], as well as layout for many prnt items including the badges.
During AC 2014 he designed the Anthrocon t-shirt, Dining guide cover, pocket guide cover, door-hanger art, website graphics, print adverts and food vouchers.
* ''See also...''
** [[Cupro's Maxim]]

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://www.cuprohastes.com Cuprohastes.com]
* [http://cuprohastes.livejournal.com/ Cuprohastes] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://patreon.com/cuprohastes Patreon]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/cuprohastes/ Fur Affinity]
[[Category:People]][[Category:Comic artists]][[Category:Dragon characters]]
[[Category:FurryMUCK characters]][[Category:United Kingdom]]

Cuprohastes

2014-10-03T06:57:15Z

Cuprohastes: /* External links */

'''Cuprohastes''' ''(Ku-pro-has-teas)'' is an English player and character. He is the colourist on [[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]. His [[fursona]] is an [[anthropomorphic]] winged blue [[dragon]] described as having deep blue scales that have hard silver highlights, creating a sequin effect, though he has been known to play several other species.

As an [[artist]], he is particularly known for being slow to complete [[commission]]s{{fact}}.
He is part owner of the [[Emerald City Tavern]] on [[FurryMUCK]], which is mainly owned and created by [[Sorien]].

==Truth and lies==
Cuprohastes was the artist who created and painted the [[bunny]] character used in the [[IQ Challenge]] hoax. He only provided the artwork, though he also helped by posting the meme to his [[LiveJournal]].
<gallery>
Image:bunny3.png
Image:bunnydunce.png
</gallery>
* ''See also...''
** [[Cupro's Maxim]]

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://www.cuprohastes.com Cuprohastes.com]
* [http://cuprohastes.livejournal.com/ Cuprohastes] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://patreon.com/cuprohastes Patreon]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/cuprohastes/ Fur Affinity]
[[Category:People]][[Category:Comic artists]][[Category:Dragon characters]]
[[Category:FurryMUCK characters]][[Category:United Kingdom]]

Cuprohastes

2014-10-03T06:55:00Z

Cuprohastes:

'''Cuprohastes''' ''(Ku-pro-has-teas)'' is an English player and character. He is the colourist on [[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]. His [[fursona]] is an [[anthropomorphic]] winged blue [[dragon]] described as having deep blue scales that have hard silver highlights, creating a sequin effect, though he has been known to play several other species.

As an [[artist]], he is particularly known for being slow to complete [[commission]]s{{fact}}.
He is part owner of the [[Emerald City Tavern]] on [[FurryMUCK]], which is mainly owned and created by [[Sorien]].

==Truth and lies==
Cuprohastes was the artist who created and painted the [[bunny]] character used in the [[IQ Challenge]] hoax. He only provided the artwork, though he also helped by posting the meme to his [[LiveJournal]].
<gallery>
Image:bunny3.png
Image:bunnydunce.png
</gallery>
* ''See also...''
** [[Cupro's Maxim]]

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://www.cuprohastes.com Cuprohastes.com]
* [http://cuprohastes.livejournal.com/ Cuprohastes] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Cuprohastes/ Cuprohastes] on [[VCL]]
* [http://www.myspace.com/cuprohastes Cuprohastes] on [[MySpace]]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Comic artists]][[Category:Dragon characters]]
[[Category:FurryMUCK characters]][[Category:United Kingdom]]

IQ Challenge

2010-12-24T12:50:53Z

Cuprohastes: /* How it worked */ typo "Form" to "From"

[[Image:Iq-high.jpg|right|thumb|High Score]]
[[Image:Iq-low.jpg|right|thumb|Not so high score]]

The '''IQ Challenge''' was a [[LiveJournal]] [[meme]] created by [[Triggur]] which took the form of an [[Wikipedia:IQ|IQ]] style test in which the player has to answer a number of maths, anagram and logic questions before given their score in a fun image to place on their LiveJournal. What players did not know however, was that the entire test was fake and used the testee's IP address combined with the URL they were told to paste on to the LJ to pull a prank on the poster.

The test's true purpose was shortly discovered by its users, and the quiz was pulled from [http://iq-challenge.com/ its own site] and replaced with a short essay. This personal piece stated that IQ tests only hinder people (high scores subconsciously promote arrogance while low scores promote inferiority) and that what you do matters more than how smart you are.

==How it worked==
The test questions were sourced from genuine 'IQ Test' sources, which gave the hoax a veneer of plausibility. There was no sly tip-off included, as in many other hoaxes and pranks - for all intents and purposes, the test appeared absolutely genuine.

The test results however, were never recorded. When the person who took the test viewed their image, their IP address was identified by the IQ Challenge server and they were shown a high scoring image (from 135 to 165, determined by a random function when starting the test). To anyone else who viewed the same image from a different IP address, it would display a very low score (70 to 92, no correlation to the high score). The result was that many people posted to their LiveJournals, showing off their score and appeared to be cheering for a very low achievement.

==The Bunny==
The Character displayed on the results images was designed and drawn by [[Cuprohastes]] on request. The character has been referred to as:
* DunceBunny
* Prof. Bunnikins
* The IQ Bunny
* The Testbunny
* Quizbunny
* "That freaky eyed psycho".
The official name is, and always has been, "The Dumb Bunny" since the other designs under considerations were Smart Ass for the high scores, or "Prof. Floating Robot Egg-Head".
After the hoax was admitted, good quality images were made available by [[Cuprohastes]], which led to the creation of a set of icons by [[LiveJournal]] user [http://screwball420.livejournal.com/ Screwball 420].
The bunny originally had dark blue eyes (International Klein Blue) but after negative comments, they were subsequently altered to a lighter colour.
Originally the bunny was supposed to be female, but was drawn to be more androgynous to appeal to a broader range of users.

== References ==

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060718064914/http://iq-challenge.com/ Archived copy of the IQ-Challenge.com website]
* [http://triggur.livejournal.com/155904.html Archived comments on the prank]
* [http://zibblsnrt.livejournal.com/190917.html?thread=758725#t758725 Comment thread where Triggur explains the details of the prank]

==Bunny Images==
[[Image:bunny3.png]] [[Image:bunnydunce.png]]

[[Category:Hoaxes]]

IQ Challenge

2010-12-24T12:50:23Z

Cuprohastes: /* How it worked */ - Added note about the questions

[[Image:Iq-high.jpg|right|thumb|High Score]]
[[Image:Iq-low.jpg|right|thumb|Not so high score]]

The '''IQ Challenge''' was a [[LiveJournal]] [[meme]] created by [[Triggur]] which took the form of an [[Wikipedia:IQ|IQ]] style test in which the player has to answer a number of maths, anagram and logic questions before given their score in a fun image to place on their LiveJournal. What players did not know however, was that the entire test was fake and used the testee's IP address combined with the URL they were told to paste on to the LJ to pull a prank on the poster.

The test's true purpose was shortly discovered by its users, and the quiz was pulled from [http://iq-challenge.com/ its own site] and replaced with a short essay. This personal piece stated that IQ tests only hinder people (high scores subconsciously promote arrogance while low scores promote inferiority) and that what you do matters more than how smart you are.

==How it worked==
The test questions were sourced form genuine 'IQ Test' sources, which gave the hoax a veneer of plausibility. There was no sly tip-off included, as in many other hoaxes and pranks - for all intents and purposes, the test appeared absolutely genuine.

The test results however, were never recorded. When the person who took the test viewed their image, their IP address was identified by the IQ Challenge server and they were shown a high scoring image (from 135 to 165, determined by a random function when starting the test). To anyone else who viewed the same image from a different IP address, it would display a very low score (70 to 92, no correlation to the high score). The result was that many people posted to their LiveJournals, showing off their score and appeared to be cheering for a very low achievement.

==The Bunny==
The Character displayed on the results images was designed and drawn by [[Cuprohastes]] on request. The character has been referred to as:
* DunceBunny
* Prof. Bunnikins
* The IQ Bunny
* The Testbunny
* Quizbunny
* "That freaky eyed psycho".
The official name is, and always has been, "The Dumb Bunny" since the other designs under considerations were Smart Ass for the high scores, or "Prof. Floating Robot Egg-Head".
After the hoax was admitted, good quality images were made available by [[Cuprohastes]], which led to the creation of a set of icons by [[LiveJournal]] user [http://screwball420.livejournal.com/ Screwball 420].
The bunny originally had dark blue eyes (International Klein Blue) but after negative comments, they were subsequently altered to a lighter colour.
Originally the bunny was supposed to be female, but was drawn to be more androgynous to appeal to a broader range of users.

== References ==

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060718064914/http://iq-challenge.com/ Archived copy of the IQ-Challenge.com website]
* [http://triggur.livejournal.com/155904.html Archived comments on the prank]
* [http://zibblsnrt.livejournal.com/190917.html?thread=758725#t758725 Comment thread where Triggur explains the details of the prank]

==Bunny Images==
[[Image:bunny3.png]] [[Image:bunnydunce.png]]

[[Category:Hoaxes]]

Wyldekyttin

2009-04-01T00:12:58Z

Cuprohastes: Removed reference to marriage by request of Wyldekyttin

'''Phaedra "Wyldekyttin" Meyer''' resides in Chicago and has directed the [[Anthrocon]] [[dealers' room]] for several years. She has also served as Assistant Dealers Room Director at [[Midwest FurFest]] since the convention began.

{{person-stub}}
[[Category: People]][[Category:Illinois]]
[[Category:Anthrocon staff]][[Category:Midwest FurFest staff]]

Wereandrewtiger

2008-11-25T15:59:00Z

Cuprohastes: Created page with 'Wereandrewtiger is the current (As of 25th November 2008) alias of "Andrew Rinaldi", a noted nuisance. His method of operation is to find the IM and e-mail details of artists or ...'

Wereandrewtiger is the current (As of 25th November 2008) alias of "Andrew Rinaldi", a noted nuisance.
His method of operation is to find the IM and e-mail details of artists or people he thinks may be artists and then to IM them demanding transformation art and photomanipulation.

His general script is as follows:

wereandrewtiger: hi
wereandrewtiger: my name is andrew you cancall me wolfy
wereandrewtiger: i like your drawing
wereandrewtiger: what animal can you draw ?
wereandrewtiger: what is your fa [Or Deviant Art] name
wereandrewtiger: i find it

[Wereandrewtiger sends a picture of himself on all fours without warning]

wereandrewtiger: can you Transformation me into a [animal]
wereandrewtiger: do not put on your fa send by e-mail or on aim

He will return multiple times if told that you won't accept the commission and will exit the conversation if the subject of payment is brought up. He is also quite aware of his reputation and has no intention of paying

Cuprohastes: I talked to other artists I know who have talked to you.
wereandrewtiger: do not look at that
Cuprohastes: Why?
wereandrewtiger: then you not draw me into animal and blocked me

His e-mail is: werewolf2009@yahoo.com

West Corner Of the Park (comic)

2008-07-20T23:30:40Z

Cuprohastes:

[[Image:Wcotp20050410-3.png|right|frame|Moses Chews: Approved by the NRA]]
'''''West Corner Of the Park''''' (or '''WCOTP''') is a comic based around the denizens of [[FurryMUCK]], although it often comments on issues of interest to the wider [[:Category:Community|furry community]]. It is drawn on a weekly basis by [[Jim Groat]], and coloured (since June 2008) by [[Crowley]].

*'''Address''': http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi
*'''Ran from/to''': 1 July 1997 - present

The name of the strip is derived from FurryMUCK - the ''real'' [[West Corner of The Park (location)|West Corner of The Park]] is the centre of the FurryMUCK universe, being the place where new [[character]]s emerge from (under the bandstand), and is generally the focal point of much of the MUCK's activity.

Newcomers and critics have accused WCotP of simply not being funny. While it is true that many of the jokes require knowledge of the characters or locations that is not presented in the comic, the strip's fans counter with the statement that the gags and characters were always intended to be in-jokes meant to cater especially to the MUCK community (and that, as Jim Groat produces the strip for free, he has no obligation to meet the standards of an outside audience).{{fact}}

The strip occasionally airs the author's political views. It frequently depicts obituaries of both favored and disfavored persons, with favored ones such as Bob Hope and Ray Charles being escorted to heaven, while Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein are taken to hell.{{fact}}

The many running gags at WCotP include:

* Bunnies (particularly the Easter bunny) and [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20040314 their] [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20050327 edibility]
* [[Gin]]'s [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20040111 love] [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20040704 of] [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20040822 guns], and [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20050703 other explosive substances]
* The [[yiff]]iness of [[vixen]]s, and the foxes (typically, new [[player]]s) that desire them - and get smashed for it
* [[Flinthoof]]'s addiction to [[Wikipedia:Altoids|Altoids]] (a type of mint), which frequently lead him to places where man (of any [[species]]) was not meant to go - ''see also'' [[Red Shetland]]

The strip usually takes a break the week during and sometimes before a [[convention]] attended by Groat, followed by the previous weekend's public [[art jam]] before new strips resume. The deaths of prominent artists and entertainers are also noted in strips.

If the strip is late being posted, [[Cuprohastes]] usually blames [[Space Weasels]] as the cause on the [http://community.livejournal.com/wcotp/ WCOTP Livejournal community]. The WCOTP community is no longer being updated.

As of May 2007, the comic (along with the rest of GraphXPress) is reportedly banned in [[Wikipedia:Qatar|Qatar]].<ref>[http://krag-carbine.livejournal.com/322296.html Interesting news on Graphxpress.....GOVERMENT BANNED!!!]</ref>

Cuprohastes quit colouring WCOTP after the March 16, 2008 strip, though he continued to colour the WCOTP cover up to "Book 10" for which he still has not been paid.

The comic ran in black and white for several weeks until colouring was taken over by Crowley who was asked to continue colouring in the style used by Cuprohastes.

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Mature comics]]
[[Category:1997 births]]

Thaily Brimstone

2008-07-20T23:22:50Z

Cuprohastes: Undo revision 202746 by KendricksRedtail (talk) By request of Thaily

'''Thaily Brimstone''' ('''Eva Palli''') is a Dutch fantasy artist.
[[Category:People]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Netherlands]][[Category:1980 births]]

Talk:Thaily Brimstone

2008-07-20T23:21:39Z

Cuprohastes:

Please note the following WikiFur Policy (from [[WikiFur:What WikiFur is]]):
''Vanity articles, that is, articles about a person or project which are written by the article subject or someone involved with a project, are acceptable on WikiFur, unlike Wikipedia. In order for WikiFur to remain a useful resource for information, though, these articles need to be factual and concise. Articles which are written for humor value or are lacking in reliable, documentable sources are likely to be edited for accuracy, or if the information is not documentable, deleted altogether.''

''If you have humorous or non-factual information you would like to provide, provide a forum for commentary about yourself or your project, or wish to provide other non-encyclopedic information (within existing WikiFur policies and the boundaries of good taste), you are welcome to create a WikiFur account and post that in the User: namespace pages.''

Please stop adding external links. Many of them are not live and Thaily has requested they be removed.

News:Mature cub fanzine readies second issue

2007-05-31T02:30:31Z

Cuprohastes: Added a note about Improved Anthropomorphics to clarify them as not defunct

{{date|May|28|2007}}{{publish}}
[[Image:SoftpawMagazine1Cover.jpg|right|frame|''Softpaw'' #1 - Cute, but not innocent]]
There's a new furry [[fanzine]] making the rounds. You probably won't see it on the shelves of your local comic book store, though, or in any public library, since its prime attraction is [[pornographic]] [[cub]] art and stories.

''[[Softpaw Magazine]]'' #1 was published in November of last year,<ref>''[http://softpawmagazine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=164 Issue #1 now shipping!]'' - [[Jery Softpaw]], Softpaw Magazine forums (November 15, 2006)</ref> joining the catalog of furry dealer [[Rabbit Valley]] this February.<ref>''[http://www.softpawmagazine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=235 Rabbit Valley now selling Softpaw Magazine]'' - Jery Softpaw, Softpaw Magazine forums (February 28, 2007)</ref>
The magazine's retail price is $20—distinctly higher than smaller, black and white furry comics which usually sell for less than $5. Conversely, Softpaw's format is 8.5" x 11" with between 64-80 pages in full colour.

''Softpaw'' editors [[Jery Softpaw|Jery]] and [[Kiffin Softpaw|Kiffin]] maintain that the magazine — mailed in unmarked plain envelopes for privacy — is entirely legal:

{{q|''Softpaw Magazine'' contains ... young looking characters who are entirely fictional and are over the age of 18. There's nothing wrong about publishing a magazine like that.<ref>[http://www.softpawmagazine.com/FAQ.php Softpaw Magazine - FAQ and Legal] (retrieved May 27, 2007)<br>Note: [[News talk:{{PAGENAME}}|As of May 28]], the Softpaw FAQ entry on their website instead reads, in full:<br>''Softpaw Magazine contains comics, artwork and stories about 'cubs' which are fictional young furry characters. There's nothing wrong about publishing a magazine like that.''</ref> <sup>'''(see update)'''</sup>}}

The pair seeks to raise US$12,000 through pre-orders and donations to cover costs associated with the next issue, ideally before [[Anthrocon 2007]] where they will be participating as dealers.<ref>''[http://www.softpawmagazine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=237 An explanation of the Issue #2 funding target]'' - Jery Softpaw, Softpaw Magazine forums (March 3, 2007)</ref> As of May 27 they had $9,291, helped in part by a $5 discount on pre-orders and a pizza party at [[Further Confusion 2007]] and [[Califur 3]].

While laws in various countries differ, US law specifically permits works which are "distinguishable" from images of an actual minor.<ref>[http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002256----000-.html US Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 110, § 2256 (11)]</ref> However, many in the fandom feel that such depictions are morally wrong, or at best, place the fandom in bad light. Some groups, such as the now defunct [[Burned Furs]] or (active ) [[Improved Anthropomorphics]] group, have tried to decrease the impact of such interests in the fandom through a variety of methods, often controversial in themselves.{{fact}}

So far, ''Softpaw'' has gained relatively little attention outside its target market.<ref>''[http://community.livejournal.com/openpaws/317035.html "(furry-related, of course)"]'' - [[Shokuji]], openpaws LiveJournal community (July 18, 2006)</ref><ref>''[http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_inc/3091097.html Fur, Jr.]'' - Palmer, WTF, Inc. LiveJournal community (July 20, 2006)</ref> The increasing popularity of [[cub art]] has raised concerns, though, both inside and out of the furry community. All-ratings New Zealand [[:Category:Mature art archives|art archive]] [[Cub Central]] was featured on [[Portal of Evil]] in March 2001.<ref>[http://friends.portalofevil.com/sfs.php?si=3&fi=000008040 CubCentral -- Furry Pedophiles] - [[Portal of Evil]] (March 6, 2001)</ref> More recently, [[Fur Affinity]]'s community was split over the question of erotic cub art. Site administrators eventually decided that as no actual child was hurt by the depiction, and they allowed images of other illegal acts, they had no grounds to exclude it.<ref>''[http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4257&page=1 FA Policy Notice - "Cub" Art]'' - [[The Dragoneer]], [[Fur Affinity]] forums (November 5, 2006)</ref>

==Sources==
<references />

{{culture news}}

User:Cuprohastes/Cupro's Maxim

2007-01-17T16:06:49Z

Cuprohastes: /* Cupro's Collorary */

{{personal-article|Cuprohastes}}

''Cupro's Maxim'' states that:

'''All Furs are broken, to a greater or lesser extent'''

== An Explanation ==
Simply put, all furries are one way or another, not normal. At the "light" end of the scale, they wish to indulge in some fantasy escapism and social conversation - people who have wonderful, fulfilling lives, do not need to escape from them. Given that a vanishingly tiny proportion of people are ''actually'' happy, then this end of the scale can be assumed to be populated by people who are very nearly normal, apart from a desire to role play a dragon with a tea fixation, nudist cervitaur or Jewish Aardvark.

At the other end of the scale are those with severe emotional, mental or social problems, who are looking for a place to belong, where they can socialise, and themselves feel normal. They may be described as "Very Broken".

It's worth remembering that if you consider someone is "broken" that you should also consider the ways in which you yourself are "broken", and as the sage says: "Cut them some slack".

== The Meaning of Broken ==

'''[http://www.faqs.org/docs/jargon/B/broken.html Broken]''' in this case refers to the definition in "The Jargon File" - a repository of "Geek Jargon", and is not a derogatory term, but a technical assessment:

* Not working according to design (of programs). This is the mainstream sense.
* Improperly designed, This sense carries a more or less disparaging implication that the designer should have known better, while sense 1 doesn't necessarily assign blame. Which of senses 1 or 2 is intended is conveyed by context and nonverbal cues.
* ''Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression.'''

== Un-Broken state ==

The concept of there being a "Broken" and "Un Broken" state is purely arbitrary, and the nominal "un-Broken" state is probably fictitious and unnatainable. Cupro's Maxim is not a particularly serious philosophical point, and is more a reminder to treat peoplewith a little care...

== Cupro's Collorary ==

All Furs are Broken...
... This includes you.

In fact, pretty much everyone is broken. The question is, can a broken person detect broken-ness in others? The answer is: Yes.
However I'd suggest that people can't usually reliably detect their own broken-ness.

[[category:philosophy]]

User talk:Cuprohastes/Cupro's Maxim

2007-01-17T16:04:49Z

Cuprohastes:

While perhaps witty and amusing, I'm not sure I would consider this worthy of a separate entry, if only because this is not a "famous" saying and is unlikely to be the object of a search. Maybe this would be better located under [[Cuprohastes]]? --[[User:DuncanDaHusky|Duncan da Husky]] 14:31, 21 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:Moved to subarticle of user page and added <nowiki>{{personal-article}}</nowiki> template. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 17:53, 21 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Like a lot of generalizations about furries, I find myself doubting that it actually has anything to do with furry at all. "All people are broken, to a greater or lesser extent" rings just as true. --{{UT|Sebkha}} 13:54, 29 Aug 2005 (UTC)

* I have given thought to this topic, and I find that the statement "All Furs are broken, to a greater or lesser extent" is somewhat true. I personally would modify the statement to "The furry fandom attracts broken individuals" for two reasons:
*# to emphasize the proper causality (the fandom does not do the breaking), and
*# that some furs are so minimally broken as to be practically functional.
* I say this after years of casual observation of the fandom; and despite neither knowing nor having met anyone in person, I have personal experience with being broken. ;) ---[[User:Bersl2|bersl2]]

:The trouble with that is that it implies that there is a "non-broken", ideal state. I would take the view that I am not broken, just different, as everyone else is in one way or another. In particular, I do not want to be "fixed". People tried that for homosexuals, with the best of intentions, but looking back it doesn't seem like that was such a good idea. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 07:26, 14 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:: Um, yeah... the idea basically being bandied about there is that so-called "non-broken" people are the ones with "wonderful, fufilling lives", and the entire business sounds like a terribly arbitrary value judgement on just what a wonderful, fufilling life is. And what 'escapism' is. What if involving role-playing is part of a wonderful, fufilling life? Who defines what a wonderful life is? Or is not? Generally, observations like these always end up making a sweeping value judgement that cannot really be supported rationally when one takes them apart, and betray some kind of cultural bias.

:: For example, some psychological perspecitves posit that "escapism" is perfectly normal and a release valve for ordinary stress. Everybody "escapes" to some degree, in some time frame - it's impossible NOT to. Who then, is broken or not broken because they feel the need for some "escapism"? Eh? -- {{UT|ToyDragon}}

:::I understand that the criteria for a wonderful life have been [[Wikipedia:It's a Wonderful Life|clearly defined]] for over half a century now. ;-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 05:34, 15 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Can broken people determine if other people are broken? ;-) -- Anonymous {{unsigned|216.17.159.130}}

:: good point... --[[User:Cuproastes|Cuprohastes]]

:You know what they say - takes one to know one . . . --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 01:10, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Voodoosoul

2006-12-10T09:50:11Z

Cuprohastes: Added VoDooSoul Char stub. Stubtastic!

* '''''Name:''''' VooDooSoul
* '''''Preferred species:''''' Alaskan Malamute
* '''''Aliases:''''' VD, Voo,Buff Wuff, SNIGGUMS!
* '''''Location:'''''
** VR: [[FurryMUCK]]

{{Char-stub}}

[[Category:People]]

West Corner Of the Park (comic)

2006-10-31T11:41:01Z

Cuprohastes: Added Space weasels and LJ Community link.

[[Image:Wcotp20050410-3.png|right|frame|Moses Chews: Approved by the NRA]]
'''''West Corner Of the Park''''' (or '''WCOTP''') is a comic based around the denizens of [[FurryMUCK]], although it often comments on issues of interest to the wider [[:Category:Community|furry community]]. It is drawn on a weekly basis by [[Jim Groat]], and coloured (since July 2003) by [[Cuprohastes]].

*'''Address''': http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi
*'''Ran from/to''': 1 July 1997 - current

The name of the strip is derived from FurryMUCK - the ''real'' [[West Corner of The Park (location)|West Corner of The Park]] is the centre of the FurryMUCK universe, being the place where new [[character]]s emerge from (under the bandstand), and is generally the focal point of much of the MUCK's activity.

Newcomers and critics have accused WCotP of simply not being funny. While it is true that many of the jokes require knowledge of the characters or locations that is not presented in the comic, the strip's fans counter with the statement that the gags and characters were always intended to be in-jokes meant to cater especially to the MUCK community (and that, as Jim Groat produces the strip for free, he has no obligation to meet the standards of an outside audience).

The many running gags at WCotP include:

* Bunnies (particularly the Easter bunny) and [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20040314 their] [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20050327 edibility]
* [[Gin]]'s [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20040111 love] [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20040704 of] [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20040822 guns], and [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20050703 other explosive substances]
* The [[yiff]]iness of [[vixen]]s, and the foxes (typically, new [[player]]s) that desire them - and get smashed for it
* [[Flinthoof]]'s addiction to [[Wikipedia:Altoids|Altoids]] (a type of mint), which frequently lead him to places where man (of any [[species]]) was not meant to go - ''see also'' [[Red Shetland]]

The strip usually takes a break the week during and sometimes before a [[convention]] attended by Groat, followed by the previous weekend's public [[art jam]] before new strips resume. The deaths of prominent artists and entertainers are also noted in strips.

If the strip is late being posted, [[Cuprohastes]] usually blames [[Space Weasels]] as the cause on the [http://community.livejournal.com/wcotp/ WCOTP Livejournal community].

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[[Category:1997 births]]

Jonesy Tawner

2006-09-12T12:47:48Z

Cuprohastes: Added "People" category

'''Jonesy Tawner''' is a fictional character. She is a 4.5' anthropomorphic [[hermaphrodite]] bunny of the '''dwarf bunny''' kind. Originally a spin-off chracter of [[DrJones|DrJones/Doc Jones]], she quickly became an entire character of her own.

[[Image:JonesyTawner.jpg|right|frame|220px|An older picture of Jonesy Tawner, presenting her tradermark clothing, hairstyle and glasses. Art by [[Nikotaka Tawner|Dingo/Niko]].]]

=== Appearance and personality ===
Her appearance is very much like Doc Jones in term of fur colour, being a deep blue. The color of her eyes is blue as well, while her skin and nose are pink. She has long hair, often styled into a braid. She also wears gold-framed glasses as she is nearsighted (''see '''Factory Failsafes''' below'') . As mentioned, '''Jonesy''' is a hermaphrodite and has both sexes. While Jonesy is generously endowed by her in-story-creators, she is by no means a [[Wingerized]] fursonna, though this varies on occasion and is used mostly for fun (''see '''Abilities and weaknesses''' below'').

Jonesy has a passive yet easygoing personality; she prefers to listen and watch and hang out in company of friends. She likes to be kind to others as she likes kindness in response and is hard to offend. She found that people she doesn't know are often worried about approaching her for the first time in fear that she will reject them. Such is not the case because she loves making friends and cares for those who are truly sincere. Sometimes if she has a bit too much energy, she tends to become rather bouncy and active!

=== Story ===
Jonesy was created by Halcyon Corporation who specializes in genetic engineering for war. They have been largely successful as suppliers of military units of all sorts, and have decided to try out in the entertainment area as well. Their first project was this very '''sex toy bunny'''. After numerous test iterations, the first successfully created version was '''Number 15''', later known as '''Jonesy'''. Previous models either did not shape properly or suffered various failures, for example '''Number 14''' died soon after creation due to a neural failure. Jonesy has once been referred to as being an fully biological '''android'''.

The original design was that of a petite all-black bunny with both sexes, meant to obey every command without a will of its own, cheap to manufacture and easy to replace. Due to '''mysterious benefactors''', Jonesy gained self-awareness as she slept before the day that she was to be handed over to Halcyon Corp's CEO. As this awareness occurred, she made her escape more by luck than wits, even if her mental capacity was increased to genius levels. The change also turned her fur entirely blue while keeping her skin colour unchanged. She later found out that a mysterious '''symbiote''' has bonded with her on a molecular level, effectively fusing with her into one being. She believes that '''Number 15''' only exists as her training of a sex toy and body, while her personality belongs to that of the symbiote.

After her escape, Jonesy sought out a safe place with the [[Tawner Family]] who took her in on their moving private space station '''Safehold'''. There she matured and grew under the loving, caring tutelage of [[Nikotaka Tawner|Nikotaka 'Niko' Tawner]] and the nightfox's '''friends''' such as [[Faeon]], [[Malaika]] and others. The family grew as they moved from '''Safehold''' to the land of [[FurryMUCK|FM]] where they were joined by [[Tazel Sixpaws]], [[Doral]], [[Pikacha]] and several others.

During this and later time, Jonesy became an accomplished '''scientist''' and '''doctor''', skilled in many of the fields that both professions encompass, her main interests have become [[Artificial Intelligence]] and [[Genetics]].

Only recently she has found out about and met others in her line of work such as [[DrFoxyTrinity|Dr. Foxy Trinity]], [[DrSkerry|Dr. Veronica Skerry]] and [[DrWednesday|Dr. Holly Wednesday]].

=== Abilities and weaknesses ===
Jonesy possesses no special abilities of her own aside from her smarts that she gained during her change and the knowledge she put into her head over the years. Her body, while petite in build, possesses the natural width and strength of the lower body that rabbits are known for. She can run very quickly but does not posess more physical strenght than any humanoid of her size. She does however posess superior '''stamina''' as part of her morning jogging routines as well as other activities.

Her interest in genetics has given her the ability reprogram her DNA, with the unique nature of her body due to the '''symbiote''', she is able to experience similar shape shifting abilities as [[DrJones]], however these are not done at will but by ingesting a special '''programming fluid''' that she often carries around with her. The shapes, in similar fashion to '''DrJones''', last longer if they're of equal size and mass as herself. She's been known to change herself into a 10 foot tall [[multifurry|multi-limbed]] version of herself she dubbed the '''Alpha Bunny''', a skunk, mink and mouse shape to name a few.

During her time on '''FurryMUCK''' she had numerous meetings with various '''demonic''' creatures such as [[Chessia]], [[Oni]], [[Charm]] and [[MiaFillene]]. It was during one of her meetings with '''Charm''' when the arctic vixen's seed supercharged Jonesy's body, giving her an at-will ability to become a '''half-demon'''. In this shape, Jonesy is a head taller than usual, has black fur and skin and has the characteristic 'horns' that a demon has, if small in size. In this shape, her male and female attributes are very exaggerated and over productive.

=== "Factory Failsafes" ===
This demonic ability has become less and less used after Jonesy discovered documentation of herself, finding out her body had a limited lifespan of '''5''' years. She tried to find various was of fixing this limitation, without much success. Luck as it would be, during '''Chessia and Oni's wedding''', at the after party, she was splashed by '''Charm's''' seed once again. This dose was much more intensive as the vixen was in an excited state and it again supercharged Jonesy's body to the point she could live off the energy, surpassing her 5 year lifespan. Since then, Jonesy must be "recharged" every decade.

Another problem Jonesy had to overcome early in her first year of life, was another of the failsafes built into her body to avoid her survival without Halcyon Corp. The worst of them next to the limited life span was the '''D gene'''. Short for Degeneration, it is a special gene designed to make her break down. The symptoms were neural pathways shutting down over time, rendering Jonesy less and less intelligent and more feral while other parts of her body started to fail such as heart, lungs, hearing, sight, etc. Jonesy was saved in time, with help of '''Niko'''. All of the damage caused was slowly restored by Jonesy's symbiote, unfortunately, her eyesight never returned to normal and she was forced to wear glasses.

=== Where is she? ===
Jonesy can be found mainly on [[FurryMUCK]], [[Tapestries]] muck and recently [[Second Life]]. On the first two she is known as '''DrJones''' and on SL her name is [[Jonesy Teazle]]. Feel free to say hello!

In addition, Jonesy has her own website, [http://www.bloobunni.com Bloobunni.com].

At the time of the writing of this article, Jonesy's body is '''6 and a half''' years old while psychologically her age is '''26 and a half'''.

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[[Category:People]]

Frnkzk

2006-07-11T22:19:27Z

Cuprohastes:

'''Frnkzk''' (inexplicably pronounced "Leo") is a body-building anthropomorphic [[Lion]] who hangs out mostly on [[FurryMUCK]]. Frnkzk once saved a building from a burning baby.
He's generally agreed to be FAAAAAABULOUS!

Frnkzk's response to this entry was:
"God damn. Screw you all, and just to be safe, screw anybody who's even in the same room."

He's such a cheerful chap.

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[[Category:Lion characters]]

Frnkzk

2006-07-11T22:16:26Z

Cuprohastes:

Kannos

2006-06-09T22:55:05Z

Cuprohastes: /* Controversy */

'''Starfinder''' (real name '''Christina Penescu''') is an [[anthro artist]], located in Southern California, who is known to create very detailed images, usually digital. She represents herself as a CoyWolf.

==Controversy==
There have been multiple allegations that Starfinder has taken money for [[commission]]s, [[conbadge]]s, and sketches, and failed to deliver the final product. She has also been accused of "losing" artwork and generally breeching contract. She was currently the subject of a petition to have her prevented from selling artwork at [[Further Confusion 2006]] due to her poor track record in actually producing works that have been paid for.
In addition, there are allegations that she copies other artists styles and poses.
Part of her style is to use photographic models and trace them in her compositions.

== External links ==

* [http://starfinder.deviantart.com/ Starfinder's gallery] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/starfinder/ Starfinder] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.nvisionphotoandart.com/ Nvision Photography & Fine Art] - Website
* [http://www.petitiononline.com/SF00001/petition.html Petition asking that she be prevented from selling art at Further Confusion]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/artists_beware/36971.html http://community.livejournal.com/artists_beware/36971.html] - Complaints about her on the [[Artists Beware]] community on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://cuprohastes.livejournal.com/230052.html http://cuprohastes.livejournal.com/230052.html] - Complaints from a customer who has not seen the artwork they paid her for.

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[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Canine characters]]
[[Category:California]]

Kannos

2006-06-09T22:10:28Z

Cuprohastes:

'''Starfinder''' (real name '''Christina Penescu''') is an [[anthro artist]], located in Southern California, who is known to create very detailed images, usually digital. She represents herself as a CoyWolf.

She's known for taking money for comissions, con badges and sketches, and then leaving, keeping the money. She has a history of "losing" artworks and generally breeching contract. She's currently the subject of a petition to have her banned at FC 2006 due to her poor track record in actually producing works that have been paid for.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==

* [http://starfinder.deviantart.com/ Starfinder's gallery] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/starfinder/ Starfinder] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.nvisionphotoandart.com/ Nvision Photography & Fine Art] - Website

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[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Canine characters]]
[[Category:California]]

Dragon

2006-06-01T10:08:53Z

Cuprohastes: /* See also */

[[image:Autumn_slice_00.jpg|frame|top|<center>From the painting [[Media:autumn_dragons.jpg|Autumn Dragons]] by [[User:ToyDragon|ToyDragon]]</center>]]
'''Dragons''' are as wide and diverse a mythological [[species]] as one could ask for; rich in lore, appearance, form, color and nature. Though not all dragons have scales or are even entirely reptilian, they are generally classified as [[scalie]] or [[herp]] within the [[furry fandom]]. With such diversity and adaptability to [[anthropomorphic]] characterization, the dragon has become one of the more popular choices as a fantasy avatar.

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== Non-anthro dragons ==

Full-form, non-anthro dragons come in many shapes and sizes representing their origins from around the world.

* Western Dragons are usually large, leathery-winged, quasi-reptilian or saurian beings. In modern fiction they are sometimes warm-blooded, and reflect influences from contemporary knowledge of [[Wikipedia:Dinosaurs|dinosaurs]]. Most have scales and some lay eggs. Variations include but are not limited to:
** Feathered wings
** Fur coat or manes
** Un-scaled hides
* Eastern Dragons are generally long, sinuous, fur-bearing dragons without wings. Often, they have horns or antlers, and are the type depicted in Chinese or Japanese traditional art.
* Rare or Atypical Dragons such as Amphipteres or Wyverns - the moniker "Dragon" is applied to a staggeringly large number of creatures, some of which have very little to do with each other.
* Non-traditional or less common permutations, such as Fairy Dragons or even artificial and symbolic creatures - postmodern fantasy and science-fiction has portrayed the dragon as everything from a psychological [[Wikipedia:Meme|meme]] to [[Wikipedia:Steampunk|steampunk]] robots.

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Character-oriented genres like Furry tend to portray non-anthro dragons with additional capabilities and tweaks to make them more accessible as a sentient character who might display human-like behavior. The capacity for human speech is common. It is also not uncommon to see dragons with dexterous, tool-using forefeet. One can find crossovers with dragon-like qualities in species concepts like the [[monoceros]].

== Anthro-Dragons / Dragonoids / Draconoids / Draconids ==
[[image:Autumn_slice_02.jpg|right|frame|... or reflections of different realities.]]

Similar to their full-form cousins, but [[humanoid]] or [[bipedal]]. [[Furry]] fantasy characterizations of this style of dragon may freely combine highly interpretive elements:
* They may or may not have wings. Wings may not be functional for flying, or may be only for gliding.
* Feminine forms (be they female, [[herm]], or otherwise) frequently show mammalian traits such as breasts. Such a character might still be defined as a reptile, or might be conceived more as a mammal with draconic features.
* Legs are often [[digitigrade]], but may be [[plantigrade]].
* Body hair and/or fur is common. It sometimes may be presented as birdlike proto-plumage or down.

In fiction, myth and [[back story|character back stories]], non-humanoid and humanoid dragons are sometimes two aspects or variations of the same species. It is not uncommon for non-anthro dragons to possess the ability of [[shapeshifting]] in order to assume a humanoid form. Or they could be presented as examples of parallel evolution...
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Known [[furry]] examples of anthro-dragons include [[Brian_Harp|Brian Harp's]] Dz'isu, [[AraKaraath]] from his comic ''[[In A Perfect World]]'' and [[Phantomgraph]]'s Dracine.

== Draconic Character Traits ==

Dragons typically have many character traits ascribed to them. Due to the wide range of mythology and differing perceptions of their personality, there is no definitive guide to draconic characterization. Some classical and popular traits are:

* Hoarding valuable items. Traditionally seen as greed, but sometimes as protection of rarities or items which are valuable in more ways than material riches.
* In Asian mythology, an appreciation for fine foods and tea, culture, traditions, and rituals. As a side note, many Furries who play dragons also seem to have a preference for tea, regardless of their character's mythological background.
* Arrogance, selfishness and a sense of superiority and/or invulnerability.
* Vanity and great attention to appearances, though not necessarily physical.
* Defensive and territorial, preferring the company of other creatures to another dragon.
* A "breath weapon" of some kind, often visualized as the natural or mystical ability to exhale fire. There are many variations, ranging from icy breath to poisonous clouds. It has been suggested that this originates from the Christian idea that dragons (as "serpents" or "wyrms/worms") embody the tempting serpent of Hell, and thus their bellies are gates linked to Hell; whenever the dragon opens this gate, then, hellfire will belch out. However, such portrayal can also be considered a derogatory stereotype.
* Deference and even voluntary servitude to great wisdom, purity, power, or beauty.
* Curiosity about smaller, more delicate creatures such as men, to the point of obsession.
* Great cycles of sleep and regeneration, where a dragon might vanish for weeks, months, or years to slumber or hibernate.
* In the oriental context, a dragon is often seen as a messenger of divine powers or enforcer of the law of the gods.
* Mastery of arcane knowledge, such as alchemy and forms of sorcery or magical lore.

One trait many also conceptualize dragons with is referred to as the "pounce or ponder" instinct. A dragon tends to either make a snap decision - or else spend hours, days, or even years laboring over an idea, with little middle ground between the extremes.

==Dragons Today==
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Dragons have occasionally taken on a more humanistic sensibility in modern fiction. Anne McCaffrey's [[Wikipedia:Category:Dragonriders of Pern|Dragonriders of Pern]] saga is thought to be the beginning of the modern reconceptualization of the dragon. Particularly within [[Wikipedia:Comics|comic books]], [[Wikipedia:Anime|anime]], [[Wikipedia:Manga|manga]] and [[furry fandom]], the dragon as a [[character]] or a personal avatar is often employed to add some draconic qualities onto a more human oriented foundation. Dragon characters commonly take on a more benign, playful, and warm persona.
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* Non-anthropomorphic dragons are frequently direct allies of heroes and villains, and often serve as their protectors, companions or partners.
* ''[[In A Perfect World]]'', the comic strip by [[AraKaraath]], shows dragons as notorious for harassing postal carriers. Common traits include a love of shiny objects, the ability to "lounge" almost anywhere, and a tendency to take a very long view of things.
* Dragon characters are often crafted for appealing or exciting appearances as much as traditional mythological qualities, and combined with present day or science fiction settings in addition to traditional fantasy. Here, the dragon's traditional qualities are interpreted in a new context - for example, dragons might be masters of high technology rather than magic, or intellectuals rather than wizards.
* Dragons which have metaphysical elements may employ more modern ideas such as psionic abilities.
* The dragon might embody many traditional aspects, but for new purposes, such as humor. A good example of a traditional yet humorous and contemporary dragon is [[Llewellyn]], from [[D.C. Simpson]]'s comic strip [[Ozy and Millie]].

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== Multiplayer worlds ==

Dragon species have been prominent in a number of multiplayer worlds, including [[Alfandria]], [[Dragon's Shadow MUCK]], [[Loneport MUSH]], and [[Ryksyll MOO]].

== See also ==

* [[:Category:Dragon species|Dragon species]]
* [[:Category:Dragon characters|Dragon characters]]
* [[:Category:Dragon|Dragon noises]]
* [[Wikipedia:Dragons|Dragons]] at Wikipedia

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User:AshMCairo

2006-05-21T16:09:11Z

Cuprohastes: /* "The M stands for Maurice" */

="The M stands for Maurice"=

A [[hedgehog]] of discriminating tastes. Extremely discriminating. He probably discriminates against you, you damn [[furry]].

Ash has been a practicing [[goon]] for several years now, and the misanthropic bent of the site's humor is very evident in his own self-proclaimed assholish nature.

He has not been a practicing [[Gay|homosexual]] for several years now, having been seduced into the evils of heterosexuality by the infamous troublemaker [[Lei]]. [[Lei]] cunningly calculated a scheme to render Ash helpless with sexual favors and intoxicating kisses on Easter Sunday 2004. Since then, the tyrant who is to be his wife has instilled within "The Reverend" a dark desire to enjoy heterosexual sex on a frequent basis.

As ordained in The First Amalgamated Church of Whoop-Ass, he is entitled to carry out penances levied for sins against humanity. He is a dark and bitter man, who is also bitter-tasting.

On August 15, 2005, [[Something_Awful#August_15.2C_2005|Ash outed WikiFur to the aforementioned Something Awful]] and strangely enough, nobody outside [[WikiFur]] or [[Something Awful]] really cared. Shortly thereafter, nobody made threats upon Ash's life for doing this. As such lack of drama is heretofore unseen, it bears reporting.

If he hands you a CD-ROM labeled "homemade porn", the disc will contain [[Gay|homosexual]] frottage. Just for reference, he will not warn heterosexual males against this.

His current project is to resurrect the [[Burned Furs]]. That pretty much speaks for itself.

Ask him about his musical ambitions. It's fun to make him cry!

"The Reverend" Ash Maurice Cairo is currently engaged to [[Lady Sakura Lei Kitsune]] (also known as [[Lei]]). The couple is expected to be married on April 1, 2007.

Prev. unk. is Ash's extreme hatred for abbr. However, previous knowledge is that has already been known, however, he loathes, however, bad a.k.a. improper english, however.

There are some rumors regarding his penis size. It has been rumored it is either especially large or sadly diminutive. Neither rumor has been confirmed or denied by Ash. Therefore, we have been left to assume it is indefinite, which is to say, it is both.
This may be assumed to be the infamous "Scroedinger's Schlong" conundrum.

==External links==

* [http://ashmcairo.livejournal.com "The Reverend" Ash Maurice Cairo's LiveJournal]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/burned_fur/ Burned Fur LiveJournal community]

IQ Challenge

2006-05-09T16:40:24Z

Cuprohastes: /* The Bunny */

[[Image:Iq-high.jpg|right|thumb|High Score]]
[[Image:Iq-low.jpg|right|thumb|Not so high score]]

The '''IQ Challenge''' was a [[LiveJournal]] [[Meme]] created by [[Triggur]] which took the form of an [[Wikipedia:IQ|IQ]] style test in which the player has to answer a number of maths, anagram and logic questions before given their score in a fun image to place on their LiveJournal. What players did not know however, was that the entire test was fake and used the testee's IP address combined with the URL they were told to paste on to the LJ to pull a prank on the poster.

==How it worked==
When the person who took the test viewed their image, their IP address was identified by the IQ Challenge server and they were shown a high scoring image. To anyone else who viewed the same image from a different IP address, it would display a very low score. The result was that many people posted to their LiveJournals, showing off their score and appeared to be cheering for a very low achievement.

==The Bunny==
The Character displayed on the results images was designed and drawn by [[Cuprohastes]] on request. The character has been refered to as:
* DunceBunny
* Prof. Bunnikins
* The IQ Bunny
* The Testbunny
* Quizbunny
* "That freaky eyed psycho".
The official name is, and always has been, "The Dumb Bunny" since the other designs under considerations were Smart Ass for the high scores, or "Prof. Floating Robot Egg-Head".
After the hoax was admitted, good quality images were made available by [[Cuprohastes]], which lead to the creation of an set of icons by [http://screwball420.livejournal.com/ Screwball 420(LJ)].
The bunny originally had dark blue eyes (International Klein Blue) but after negative comments, they were subsequently altered to a lighter colour.
Originally the bunny was supposed to be female, but was drawn to be more androgynous to appeal to a braoder range of users.

==Bunny Images==
[[Image:bunny3.png]] [[Image:bunnydunce.png]]

Cuprohastes

2006-05-09T16:38:37Z

Cuprohastes: /* Truth and lies */

* '''''Name:''''' Cuprohastes (Ku-pro-has-teas)
* '''''Preferred species:''''' Dragon
* '''''Aliases:''''' Cupro, Brit Lizard
* '''''Location:'''''
** RL: The United Kingdom
** VR: [[FurryMUCK]]
* '''''Website:''''' [http://www.cuprohastes.com Cuprohastes.com]
* '''''Livejournal name:''''' [http://cuprohastes.livejournal.com/ Cuprohastes]
* '''''Known for...'''''
** Drinking Tea.
** Being part owner of the FurryMUCK area "[[The Emerald City Tavern]]"
** Colourist on [[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]
** Being a very, very slow artist.
*'''''Known Associates'''''
** [[Jim Groat]]
** [[Sorien]]
** [[Flynn]]
** [[Jalen]]
** [[Bombur]]
* ''See also...''
** [[Cupro's Maxim]]

== Unauthorised Autobiography ==

Cuprohastes is an English Player and Character. "In character", he is an anthroform, winged blue dragon described as having deep blue scales that have hard silver highlights, creating a sequin effect, though he has been known to play several other species.

As an artist, particularly known for being slow to complete comissions.
He is part owner of the [[Emerald City Tavern]] on FurryMUCK, which is mainly owned, and created by [[Sorien]].

He can be assumed to be fairly vain, though this is tempered with a reasonably flexible sense of humour. The fact he wrote this entry tells you most of what you need to know about his personality...

==Truth and lies==
Cuprohastes was the artist who created and painted the bunny character used in the [[IQ Challenge]] hoax. He only provided the artwork, though he also helped by posting the meme to his Livejournal.

[[Image:bunny3.png]] [[Image:bunnydunce.png]]

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Cuprohastes

2006-05-09T16:38:12Z

Cuprohastes:

* '''''Name:''''' Cuprohastes (Ku-pro-has-teas)
* '''''Preferred species:''''' Dragon
* '''''Aliases:''''' Cupro, Brit Lizard
* '''''Location:'''''
** RL: The United Kingdom
** VR: [[FurryMUCK]]
* '''''Website:''''' [http://www.cuprohastes.com Cuprohastes.com]
* '''''Livejournal name:''''' [http://cuprohastes.livejournal.com/ Cuprohastes]
* '''''Known for...'''''
** Drinking Tea.
** Being part owner of the FurryMUCK area "[[The Emerald City Tavern]]"
** Colourist on [[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]
** Being a very, very slow artist.
*'''''Known Associates'''''
** [[Jim Groat]]
** [[Sorien]]
** [[Flynn]]
** [[Jalen]]
** [[Bombur]]
* ''See also...''
** [[Cupro's Maxim]]

== Unauthorised Autobiography ==

Cuprohastes is an English Player and Character. "In character", he is an anthroform, winged blue dragon described as having deep blue scales that have hard silver highlights, creating a sequin effect, though he has been known to play several other species.

As an artist, particularly known for being slow to complete comissions.
He is part owner of the [[Emerald City Tavern]] on FurryMUCK, which is mainly owned, and created by [[Sorien]].

He can be assumed to be fairly vain, though this is tempered with a reasonably flexible sense of humour. The fact he wrote this entry tells you most of what you need to know about his personality...

==Truth and lies==
Cuprohastes was the artist who created and painted the bunny character used in the [[IQ Challenge]] hoax. He only provided the artwork, though he also helped by posting hte meme to his Livejournal.
[[Image:bunny3.png]] [[Image:bunnydunce.png]]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Comic artists]]

IQ Challenge

2006-05-09T16:33:44Z

Cuprohastes: /* The Bunny */

[[Image:Iq-high.jpg|right|thumb|High Score]]
[[Image:Iq-low.jpg|right|thumb|Not so high score]]

The '''IQ Challenge''' was a [[LiveJournal]] [[Meme]] created by [[Triggur]] which took the form of an [[Wikipedia:IQ|IQ]] style test in which the player has to answer a number of maths, anagram and logic questions before given their score in a fun image to place on their LiveJournal. What players did not know however, was that the entire test was fake and used both [[Wikipedia:HTTP cookie|cookie technology]] combined with the URL they were told to paste on to the LJ to pull a prank on the poster.

==How it worked==
When the person who took the test viewed their image, their cookie was found by the IQ Challenge server they were shown a high scoring image. To anyone else who viewed the same image (and didn't have the cookie), it would display a very low score. The result was that many people posted to their LiveJournal's, showing off their score and appeared to be cheering for a very low achievement.

==The Bunny==
The Character displayed on the results images was designed and drawn by [[Cuprohastes]] on request. The character has been refered to as:
* DunceBunny
* Prof. Bunnikins
* The IQ Bunny
* The Testbunny
* Quizbunny
* "That freaky eyed psycho".
the official name is, and always has been, "The Dumb Bunny" since the other designs under considerations were Smart Ass for the high scores, or "Prof. Floating Robot Egg-Head".
After the hoax was admitted, good quality images were made available by [[Cuprohastes]], which lead to the creation of an set of icons by [http://screwball420.livejournal.com/ Screwball 420(LJ)].
The bunny originally had dark blue eyes (International Klein Blue) but after negative comments, they were subsequently altered to a lighter colour.
==Bunny Images==
[[Image:bunny3.png]] [[Image:bunnydunce.png]]

File:Bunnydunce.png

2006-05-09T16:31:27Z

Cuprohastes: THe "dumb" bunny from the IQ-Challenge.com hoax

== Summary ==
THe "dumb" bunny from the IQ-Challenge.com hoax
== Licensing ==
{{Cc-by-2.5}}

File:Bunny3.png

2006-05-09T16:30:18Z

Cuprohastes: The "Smart" bunny for the Iq-Challenge.com hoax

== Summary ==
The "Smart" bunny for the Iq-Challenge.com hoax
== Licensing ==
{{Cc-by-2.5}}

IQ Challenge

2006-05-09T16:28:18Z

Cuprohastes:

[[Image:Iq-high.jpg|right|thumb|High Score]]
[[Image:Iq-low.jpg|right|thumb|Not so high score]]

The '''IQ Challenge''' was a [[LiveJournal]] [[Meme]] created by [[Triggur]] which took the form of an [[Wikipedia:IQ|IQ]] style test in which the player has to answer a number of maths, anagram and logic questions before given their score in a fun image to place on their LiveJournal. What players did not know however, was that the entire test was fake and used both [[Wikipedia:HTTP cookie|cookie technology]] combined with the URL they were told to paste on to the LJ to pull a prank on the poster.

==How it worked==
When the person who took the test viewed their image, their cookie was found by the IQ Challenge server they were shown a high scoring image. To anyone else who viewed the same image (and didn't have the cookie), it would display a very low score. The result was that many people posted to their LiveJournal's, showing off their score and appeared to be cheering for a very low achievement.

==The Bunny==
The Character displayed on the results images was designed and drawn by [[Cuprohastes]] on request. The character has been refered to as:
* DunceBunny
* Prof. Bunnikins
* The IQ Bunny
* The Testbunny
* Quizbunny
* "That freaky eyed psycho".
the official name is, and always has been, "The Dumb Bunny" since the other designs under considerations were Smart Ass for the high scores, or "Prof. Floating Robot Egg-Head".
After the hoax was admitted, good quality images were made available by [[Cuprohastes]], which lead to the creation of an set of icons by [http://screwball420.livejournal.com/ Screwball 420(LJ)].

Thaily Brimstone

2006-05-08T15:43:59Z

Cuprohastes: Added Thaily facts in accordance with Prophecy. (Due to Livejournal challenge)

'''Thaily''' ('''Marie Louise Bonensnijder''') was born in [[Wikipedia:Rotterdam|Rotterdam, The Netherlands]] in February, 1980. She has always loved animals and has been drawing [[anthropomorphic]] creatures for as long as she can remember. Her earliest [[anthropomorphic|anthro]] character, created when she was eight years old, was a rat named Sonchi Tana.

==Thaily Facts==
These are some not very well known facts about Thaily:
* Thaily once wrestled Vin Diesel. The loser had to shave their head.
* Thaily causes combustion in mice while singing Led Zeppelin hits.
* Thaily knows your secret.
* Thaily also has the supernatural ability to always know how far apart her nipples are to the nearest angstrom.
* There is no scientific explanation for Thaily.

==External links==
*[http://www.funkytowel.net/ Funky Towel], Thaily's own website.
*[http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Thaily-Brimstone/ Thaily's gallery] on [[VCL]]
*[http://thaily.deviantart.com/ Thaily's gallery] on [[deviantART]]
*[http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/t/h/thaily/thaily.html Thaily's gallery] on [[Elfwood]]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Netherlands]][[Category:1980 births]]

Zytx

2006-05-03T16:33:41Z

Cuprohastes:

* '''''Name:''''' Zytx
* '''''Preferred species:''''' Reversed (in color) Zebra Babe
* '''''Aliases:''''' The Reversed Zeeb, Reversed Zebra Gal
* '''''Location:'''''
** RL: USA
** VR: [[FurryMUCK]]
* '''''Website:'''''
* '''''Livejournal name:''''' [http://zytx.livejournal.com/ Zytx]
* '''''Known for...'''''
** Boobsnuggles!
** Stuff!
** Scale models of covered railway bridges
*'''''Partners In Crime'''''
** [[Cuprohastes]]

== Unauthorised Autobiography ==

Zytx has appeared in the WCOTP comic strip [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20060423 "The Imposter" ]

Other image of the reversed Zebra Gal
[http://www.furnation.com/Zytx/artgift/neve.html "The Reversed Zeeb, as drawn by Aeon the Twilight Dragon" ]

[[Category:People]]

Zytx

2006-05-03T16:18:45Z

Cuprohastes: /* Unauthorised Autobiography */

* '''''Name:''''' Zytx
* '''''Preferred species:''''' Reversed (in color) Zebra Babe
* '''''Aliases:'''''
* '''''Location:'''''
** RL: USA
** VR: [[FurryMUCK]]
* '''''Website:'''''
* '''''Livejournal name:''''' [http://zytx.livejournal.com/ Zytx]
* '''''Known for...'''''
** Boobsnuggles!
** Stuff!
** Scale models of covered railway bridges
*'''''Partners In Crime'''''
** [[Cuprohastes]]

== Unauthorised Autobiography ==

Zytx has appeared in the WCOTP comic strip [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20060423 "The Imposter" ]

[[Category:People]]

Zytx

2006-05-03T15:59:18Z

Cuprohastes: Started Template for Zytx to fill in

* '''''Name:''''' Zytx
* '''''Preferred species:'''''
* '''''Aliases:'''''
* '''''Location:'''''
** RL: USA
** VR: [[FurryMUCK]]
* '''''Website:'''''
* '''''Livejournal name:''''' [http://zytx.livejournal.com/ Zytx]
* '''''Known for...'''''
** Boobs!
** Stuff!
*'''''Known Associates'''''
** [[Cuprohastes]]

== Unauthorised Autobiography ==

About Zytx

[[Category:People]]

Category:People/People to add

2006-05-03T15:56:45Z

Cuprohastes: /* S-Z */

__NOTOC__
If you can think of someone that deserves writing about, add them in here, and maybe someone will. Don't let that stop '''you''' writing about someone, including yourself!

'''Please note''': Make sure that people have <nowiki>[[Category:People]]</nowiki> somewhere, and characters have <nowiki>[[Category:Characters]]</nowiki> (or an appropriate subcategory), so they'll show up in [[:Category:People|people]] and [[:Category:Characters|characters]] respectively. Adding/categorising characters/people won't remove them from this list, so please remember to do so yourself.

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===# & A-D===
* [[0r0ch1]]
* [[1311]]
* [[Abe Groter]]
* [[Agiusmage]]
* [[Aida Deridder]]
* [[Aja Williams]] / [[Kamicheetah]]
* [[Alan Mackey]]
* [[Aldi]] / [[Roofus]]
* [[Alef WildDog]]
* [[Alexandria Neonakis]]
* [[Alicia Rankin]]
* [[Allan Kemp]] / [[Fhaolan]]
* [[Allen Petlock]] / [[Higgins]]
* [[Alopex Sigma]]
* [[Alyn Gryphon]] / [[Chanta-Ra]]
* [[Amy Fennell]] / [[Lyosha]]
* [[Andre Heinonen]]
* [[Andrew Dickman]]
* [[Andrew Murphy-Mee]]
* [[Andrew Powell]]
* [[Ann Ziegler]] / [[Duo Radon]]
* [[Anne Fogharty]]
* [[Anthronso]] / [[Angelion]]
* [[ANTIcarrot]]
* [[Antti Remes]] / [[Nimbl]]
* [[Anya Kitsune]]
* [[AoD]]
* [[Aros]]
* [[Ashanti Miller]]
* [[Ashley White]]
* [[Ashtoreth W. Haas]]
* [[AtamaKatJazz]]
* [[Aubrin]]
* [[Avi Melman]]
* [[Axel Shaikman]]
* [[B_dog]]
* [[Baron Engel]]
* [[Barry Caldwel]]
* [[Bathgate21]]
* [[Bauske Destad]]
* [[Bethany Sellers]] / [[Honeytail]]
* [[Biohazard]]
* [[Blair Bernard]]
* [[Bloodhound Omega]]
* [[Bob Drake]]
* [[Boojum the Brown Bunny]]
* [[Brad Clark]] / [[Orwin]]
* [[Brendan Smith]]
* [[Brian Graeme]]
* [[Brian Henderson]]
* [[Brian Sutton]]
* [[Burmese Python]]
* [[Caleb Badger]]
* [[Captain Packrat]]
* [[Caramel Kitteh]] / [[Jazz-chan]]
* [[Cargoweasel]]
* [[Carol Kitty]]
* [[Cashew Lou]]
* [[ChaosCat]]
* [[Chip n'Death]]
* [[Chris Dunn]]
* [[Christine Klunder]] / [[Zhora]]
* [[Cindy Crowell]]
* [[Cindy Murata]]
* [[Claire Benedikt]]
* [[Claw MacKain]]
* [[Clint Forrester]] / [[Videocube]]
* [[Clio Chiang]]
* [[Cougrr]]
* [[Creecher]]
* [[Cub Statik]]
* [[Dadward]]
* [[Dan Haskett]]
* [[Dan Ramos]] / [[Miles]]
* [[Dana Wolfe]]
* [[DarinKoopa]]
* [[Darkwolf]]
* [[Darmon C. Thornton]] / [[Dar]] / [[Phelonious]]
* [[Darrell Benvenuto]] / [[Wentil the Fox]]
* [[Dave Bryant]]
* [[Dave Kelly]] / [[Shmorky]]
* [[David DeSimone]] / [[Fuzzy Fox]]
* [[David Steele]]
* [[Diana Vick]]
* [[Dinosorceror]]
* [[Diogu]]
* [[DNApalmhead]]
* [[Doc]] / [[Delta]] / [[Atled]]
* [[Dog Will Hunt]]
* [[Draig Faol]]
* [[Duncan Roo]]
||

===E-L===
* [[Ekigyuu]]
* [[Elf Sternberg]]
* [[Elizabeth Dodrill]]
* [[Elsbeth Brookins]] / [[Ravyn Wolf]]
* [[Emi Briet]]
* [[Emily Stoll]]
* [[Eurosuke]]
* [[Evil T. Rex]]
* [[Faolan Edan]]
* [[Feren]]
* [[Fernando Faria]]
* [[Fionacat]]
* [[Firefoxbc]]
* [[Floyd Yancey]]
* [[Fokker]]
* [[Foux]]
* [[Fraggle]]
* [[Frank Villareal]] / [[Boatswain]]
* [[Fred Richards]] / [[Nick Norviegcus]]
* [[Frnkzk]]
* [[Frommer Possum]]
* [[Furgeta]]
* [[Furronica]]
* [[G. W. Thomas]]
* [[Galen]] /
* [[Gary Akins, Jr.]]
* [[Geech Gecko]]
* [[Geemo]]
* [[Gideon]]
* [[GIGA]]
* [[Gotlib]]
* [[Graytail]]
* [[Green Monkey]]
* [[Greg Bear]]
* [[Greycat Rademenes]]
* [[Grizz593]]
* [[Hannah Spute]]
* [[Helen Galvin]] / [[PinkFairyLotus]] / [[ThePlatypusMonster]]
* [[Hellbender]]
* [[Helvetica Bold]] / [[Foofers]]
* [[Honeybadger]] / [[Richard E. Dye]]
* [[Huepow00]]
* [[Icefox]] / [[Azriel Marburius]] ("Azzy")
* [[Icewolf]]
* [[Ikodo Moonstrife]]
* [[Infigan]]
* [[Inuki]]
* [[ITOMIC]]
* [[Jaclyn T.]]
* [[Jaguarandi]]
* [[Jamal Hannah]]
* [[Jason T. Murdock]] / [[Creature]] / [[Golum]]
* [[Jason Williams]] / [[Iceburg]]
* [[Jay W. Kennedy]] / [[JW Keneddy]]
* [[Jazaaboo]]
* [[Jen Doucet]]
* [[Jennifer Hoffer]] / [[Snocat]]
* [[Jeremy LaMar]] / [[Rahmal]]
* [[Jim Boswell]]
* [[Jim Bosworth]]
* [[Jim Lee Jr.]] / [[Peej]]
* [[Jim Pigtain]] / [[Vandringar]]
* [[Jim Tarpley (Mutt)]]
* [[JJCoolJ]]
* [[Joe Ny]] / [[Joseph Ny]]
* [[John Alan Stanley]]
* [[John Friedrich]] / [[Nefaria]]
* [[John Martello]] / [[Omegaltd]]
* [[John Nunnemacher]]
* [[John Plunkett]]
* [[John T. Baptist]]
* [[Jonas Silver]] / [[Jonas Bagel]]
* [[Joseph Hamdorf]] / [[J Skunk]]
* [[Joycelyn Dunn]]
* [[Julie Miyamoto]]
* [[Julie Schroeder]]
* [[Juston DeCristofaro]] / [[Grey]]
* [[Kaide]]
* [[Katie Popp]] / [[Karma Leafbarer]]
* [[Kayngi]]
* [[Kayo]]
* [[Kayotae]]
* [[Kaysho]]
* [[Keanu]]
* [[Keiron White]] / [[Funky Alien]]
* [[Kelly Mathews]]
* [[Kev Beeley]]
* [[Kévin Hérault]] / [[Trantkat]]
* [[Kimya]]
* [[Kinematics]]
* [[Kovo]]
* [[Kris Kelley]] / [[Toledo]]
* [[Kurimoto]]
* [[L. Hawking]]
* [[Lamar]]
* [[Lancid Van Gray]]
* [[Laura Ault]]
* [[Lea Hernandez]]
* [[Lela Dowling]]
* [[LimeyKat]] / [[KLANE]]
* [[Lore]] / [[Lorepath]] / [[EWAR]]
* [[Love The Soft Beast]]
* [[Lydell Emerson]]
||

===M-R===
* [[M.C. Straver]] / [[Moonchild]] / [[WolfBeast]]
* [[Macrokit]]
* [[Malachi]]
* [[Malcolm Malamute]]
* [[Malichus]] / [[Raebauch]]
* [[Marc Leonhardt]]
* [[Marc Radon]] / [[Cosmic-Riptide]]
* [[Mark Krepela]] / [[Nikas]] / [[Teknoboy]]
* [[Mark Wallace]] / [[William Blackfox]]
* [[Martin Dudman]]
* [[Mataki]]
* [[Matt High]]
* [[Matthew Milam]]
* [[Melody Lee]]
* [[Micah Iwaasa]]
* [[Michael Campbell]] / [[GothTiger]]
* [[Michel Mephit]]
* [[Miel]]
* [[Mike 'yote]]
* [[Mirawais]]
* [[Mirisha Lottich]]
* [[Mokele]]/ [[B.Root]]
* [[Monty]]
* [[Mune Mitsukai]]
* [[N2Kenai]]
* [[Nick Bousman]] / [[Singe]]
* [[NightCat]]
* [[NightPhaser]]
* [[Ninja Weasel]]
* [[Noel Tominack]]
* [[Noname cub]]
* [[NuDog]]
* [[OkageRyuu]]
* [[Okawari]] / [[Manianima]]
* [[Oldrabbit]]
* [[Onissarle]]
* [[P-Town Wolf Guy]]
* [[Perro]]
* [[Phil Bolton]]
* [[Pilot]]
* [[Po~ju]]
* [[Posicat]]
* [[Puppyboy]]
* [[Pylon]]
* [[Quasi Skunk]]
* [[Radjin]] / [[Radjin Wolf]]
* [[Rags]]
* [[Rajan]]
* [[Ramsis]] (macro-lion)
* [[Ranard Lightningfall]] / [[The Flashing Folf]]
* [[Raptavio]]
* [[RaskHusky]]
* [[Rat Candy]]
* [[Reagan Lodge]] [[Plague Dog]]
* [[Reddie the Dingo]]
* [[Reno]] (Artist)
* [[Rexx Wolfe]]
* [[Ricardo Rowsby]]
* [[Richard Hallock]] / [[Virtual Vikki]]
* [[Richard Hernandez]]
* [[Richard Thatcher]] / [[Tree Rat]]
* [[Ringo Raccoon]]
* [[Ripner Cabbit]] / [[Renpir Skunk]]
* [[Robert DeJesus]]
* [[Robert Newell]]
* [[Robert Steinfeldt]] / [[Skyler]]
||

===S-Z===
* [[Sandragon]]
* [[Sanlich Conmuerte]]
* [[Sans Souci]]
* [[Sara Troutman]]
* [[Sarah Jaffe]]
* [[Scot Rhoads]]
* [[ScottyFox]] / [[ScottyZebra]] / [[Cutter]] / [[Dr. Scott Borden]]
* [[Scrapegoat]]
* [[Sean A. Foltz]] / [[Cigarskunk]]
* [[Sean McNally]] / [[lyfe]]
* [[Sean Thomas]]
* [[Sean Wilkinson]]
* [[Seawolf]] / [[AK Seawolf]]
* [[Sebastian]] / [[BastianMage]]
* [[Seel Dingo]]
* [[Sephiroth Ebonblade]]
* [[Shane Fisher]]
* [[Shane Nelson]]
* [[Shawn Leedy]] / [[Mason]]
* [[Shawn Ye]]
* [[Shortwave da Husky]]
* [[Shy Matsi Lupine]]
* [[Siku]]
* [[Silverwolf]]
* [[Simon Barber]]
* [[Skippyfox]]
* [[Snap E. Tiger]]
* [[Sorayama Hajime]]
* [[Spiked Punch]]
* [[Steinbeck]]
* [[Stephanie Ann]] / [[Kayikoni]]
* [[Steve Puckett]] / [[Octan]]
* [[Studio Jobox]]
* [[StupidGit]] / [[Pete Lion]]
* [[Susan Gui]]
* [[Tacoma TigressFire]]
* [[Tahlia]]
* [[Takayuki Aoi]]
* [[Talos]] / [[Silverclaw]]
* [[Tambako]]
* [[Tara Labus]]
* [[Teaselbone]]
* [[Teddy Tiger]]
* [[Tek Fox]]
* [[The Orochi]]
* [[Theresa Larsson]] / [[Tessilago]] / [[Platina]]
* [[Thunderpaws]] / [[Meat]]
* [[Tiado]]
* [[Tiffany Soto]] / [[Syke]]
* [[Todd Sutherland]] / [[Scout]]
* [[Tojyo]]
* [[Tokala Husky]]
* [[Tokimitsu]]
* [[Tolstoy]]
* [[Tom Ziolkowski]]
* [[Tony Cervone]]
* [[TOR]]
* [[TVDave]]
* [[Twitch Da Woof]]
* [[Tym]] / [[Timothy Lish Schneider]]
* [[Vidar]]
* [[Wag]]
* [[Walksfar]] / [[Gary Bell]]
* [[Wendingo]]
* [[Whyte Yoté]]
* [[Will Ruzika]]
* [[William Blackfox]] / [[Mark Wallace]]
* [[William Boles]] / [[Dripdry]]
* [[Wolf Kidd]]
* [[Xander the Blue]]
* [[Xavier]]
* [[Ximbabwe]]
* [[Yami_Griffin]]
* [[Yscaldine]]
* [[Ysengrin Blackpaw]]
* [[Zen]]
* [[Zippo]] / [[Imegabyte]]
* [[Zirien]]
* [[Zytx]]

WikiFur:Vote on the new Community Portal name

2005-09-17T02:18:17Z

Cuprohastes: /* Submissions */

WikiFur is soon to have its [[Community Portal]] redesigned to provide more functionality, communication and organisation for projects within the wiki. As such, the Community Portal is going to be '''given a new name'''.

What is that name? Well, we don't know yet and we'd like to have suggestions!

===Criteria for the new name===
The name should be something furry related and it can also be a little humorous too if you want. The WikiFur: namespace remember doesn't have to be official like the main article namespace. It can also run on a little theme if you want as we are also going to have a forum and discussion area within the Portal (akin to Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]]), you can suggest a name for that area too if you wish to accompany your suggestion.

If you want some examples, WikiNews has "''The Watercooler''"; Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki, has "''Ten Forward''"; the Homestar Runner wiki has "''The Stick''".

===Process for picking a new name===
The process for picking a new name will be as follows:
#Enter your personal suggestion below, sign your edit to show who you are, these will be checked against the edit history of this page.
#Once enough submissions are in, a vote will be held for the favourite name.
#The favourite name will be selected and development on the new Portal will begin.
We are aiming to have the new portal up in time for the '''2000'''th article so get your entries in now!

==Submissions==
To make your submission, place a semi-colon followed by your name idea. Then a colon followed by a sentence explaining your name maybe or why you choose it, along with signing your name. Please don't voice support for another person's idea yet! That will come when we vote for our favourites!

;Example Name
:Small sentence explaining why I think the example name is great, possibly my idea for a Village Pump name too. -[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 12:08, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;Community Central
:Use 'Community Central' to keep that sense of familiarity with users from other wikis (which is a plus), but use 'central' to make it distinct that the central page is not a portal into dozens of other pages with very restricted information (WikiFur isn't <i>that</i> big yet...). For the Village Pump, I suggest that we call it 'The Park.' I mean, how many furryMUCKs make a park of some sort the central area? [[FurryMUCK]]'s [[West Corner Of The Park]], [[SPR]]'s [[Knuth Park]]... [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 12:17, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;The Den
:Maybe?--[[User:Sandstripes|Sandstripes]] 22:48, 15 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;The Fur-ont Desk
:Get it? Front Desk? I don't know, it's just an idea I had.--[[User:JSB|JSB]] 21:51, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;Wikifur Lobby
:Lounge?, RecRoom?, Hospitality Suite?, Help Desk?, Information Desk?, The Oasis?, The Glade?, Meeting Point? (Like at some major Airports, a simple, giant X, on the floor,) Receiving Area?, Conference Room?, Transfer Station?, Boarding Gate?,Town Hall?, Main Square?, the Ballroom?, The Bulletin Board?. [[User:63.204.227.202|63.204.227.202]] 22:07, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::'Oasis' is good. [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 23:54, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;Community Purrtal
:A bit species-specific, but it's still cute, eh? Rather explicitly furry and easily identifiable, too. [[User:Benjamin|Benjamin]] 23:42, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;The Water Hole
:A bit of a furryish pun on WikiNews's Watercooler. :XP [[User:Benjamin|Benjamin]] 23:48, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;The Horse-Brutality Lounge
:Like at [[MFM]]. [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 23:54, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;The Break Room
:A nice, neutral name that seems to fit the mood of the community center. --[[User:TheListener|TheListener]] 03:13, 15 Sep 2005 (UTC)

;The Howling Grounds
:For obvious, but lupine reasons. I'd also suggest The Tavern, but that's not explicitly furry, and where's the fun in that?
[[User:Cuprohastes|Cuprohastes]] 03:33 17 Sep 2005(UTC)

Crush! Yiff! Destroy!

2005-09-06T00:39:25Z

Cuprohastes:

[[Image:Crush Yiff Destroy.png|right|Crush! Yiff! Destroy!]]
* '''Address''': http://crushyiffdestroy.com/
* '''Webmaster''': [[Mitch]]

'''Crush! Yiff! Destroy!''' (or ''CYD'' for short) is a website with an associated [[forum]] visited by furs, ex-furs, non-furs, and outright [[anti-furries]] which has as its ostensible guiding principle the uninhibited poking of fun at the excesses of the [[furry fandom]]. Favourite topics include the political antics of the webmasters of popular furry sites, bad [[stories]] and [[fanfiction]], online drama and overreaction, [[furry spirituality]] and unsightly [[fursuit]]s.

While the founding concept of CYD is the exercise of freedom of speech among like-minded individuals who share a sense of exasperation at the fandom's more bizarre features, it has also become unjustly associated with individuals of a more militant and childish attitude who occasionally commit acts of vandalism against furry online resources, even though the forum's management explicitly deprecates such behaviour and has stated its willingness to ban those responsible if they can be identified. It mostly reads like a collection of retards all giggling over how stupid other people are.

CYD has been described as being an offshoot of [[Portal of Evil]] or [[Something Awful]], but it has no ties or affiliations with either of these sites, and indeed is often dubbed a "furry site" by them. It is likely that this idea arose because a few of CYD's forum members are also members of those other sites.

The CYD forums are an interesting mix, including both practicing furries and vehement [[antifurries]] living in an uneasy balance. The occasional "LOL FURRIES" style too-stupid-for-[[Something Awful]] [[furry basher]] pops up now and then and is usually quickly banned. Furry apologists venturing into the forums are generally judged on the basis of their behavior in the forums alone rather than the their posts elsewhere on the internet. Although generally hostile to "celebrity" furs, a number of minor furry artists and [[fans]] have won acceptance there. The forums are moderated by [[Mitch]], [[Computolio]], [[The New Meat]] and [[Dogthing]].

[[Category:Websites]]

CYD also provides an extensive collection of documents valuable to those researching early fandom history. Some of these aren't available elsewhere. Also included is an extensive collection of links to other Furry web sites, the majority of which are favorable to the fandom.

User:Astolpho

2005-08-31T14:05:38Z

Cuprohastes:

rootdown is from the internet. He enjoys writing self-impressed, long-winded articles about himself. He is very vain.
{{ContributorU|rootdown}}
He also has a sense of humour - Cuprohastes

User:Astolpho

2005-08-31T14:05:15Z

Cuprohastes:

rootdown is from the internet. He enjoys writing self-impressed, long-winded articles about himself. He is very vain.
{{ContributorU|rootdown}}
He also has a sense of humour {{ContributorU|Cuprohastes}}

Gearworld

2005-08-31T14:04:18Z

Cuprohastes: Added Gear world. Worship me.

''Gearworld'' is a recurring theme in the work or Ursula Vernon. It is typified by eroded ocncrete, iron, gears, and the melding of different items - Steam pipe tree, for instance, or fish that live in glass tubes bolted to the walls.
The Gear world is vast and changeable - the normal rules of the world do not apply consistently, or in some cases at all. Gearworl is inhabited by a range of peoples, some fantastic, others, more mundane, all of whom are to some extent unexplained thus far.

Work on a Gear world story that will explore the world has begun on [[LiveJournal]]

== External Links ==
[http://www.livejournal.com/users/gearworld/ The Gear world LJ] - A progressive story of the exploration of Gearworld.
[http://www.metalandmagic.com/modules.php?set_albumName=Gearworld&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&PHPSESSID=2ced79fc6177f6922351656c9be430c0 Gear world Gallery] The Gear world Gallery at [http://www.metalandmagic.com Metal And Magic]

Ursula Vernon

2005-08-31T13:55:16Z

Cuprohastes:

'''Ursula Vernon''' is a professional artist who lives in North Carolina. She is 27 years old and has been drawing for the last ten of those.

Her art uses both traditional and digital mediums, with most of her art going through several stages of planning both on paper and on the computer before being painted (or inked, or sculpted, etc).

She currently produces an online comic [[Digger]], which features a wombat, dead gods, white peacocks, and other misfits and ne'er d'wells. The comic is hosted online at [[GraphicSmash]], and there is a paperback version for sale at [[Sofawolf Press]].

Ursula Vernon is best known for her range of styles, and the humour portrayed in many of her fantasy pieces, some of which border on the dali-esque, all of which are highly sought after, and of good quality.

One of her recurring themes is [[Gearworld]]

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== External Links ==
*[http://www.metalandmagic.com/ Metal and Magic], her website
*[http://www.graphicsmash.com/series.php?name=digger Digger], her in-progress webcomic
*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/ursulav/ Her LiveJournal]

[[Category: People|Vernon, Ursula]]
[[Category: Artists|Vernon, Ursula]]
[[Category: Comic artists]]

The Emerald City Tavern

2005-08-27T21:55:40Z

Cuprohastes:

<b>The Emerald City Tavern</b> is a social location in [[FurryMUCK]]. It is owned by [[Cuprohastes]] and [[Sorien]]. As its name suggests, the theme of the tavern is that it is set in the same world as <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>.

The tavern features multiple rooms. Although it is flagged as adults-only, 'adult' scenes of various types are not allowed in the public rooms, similar to [[The Flagon's Tale]]. It is a place for socialisation and general conversation without the confines of having to be "[[PG13]]".
The Tavern also features a number of scripts coded in [[MPI]], including a maitre'de, a fireplace, a bowl of barnuts, and a rising and setting 'sun.'
It also contains many exits, some of which are not listed, and some of which are merely not obvious. It is still under expansion, though the main areas are complete.
The Emerald City Tavern may be considered "moderated" as the owners are often in residence, though tend to take a "hands off" approach to management.

==Directions==
To get to the Emerald City Tavern from FurryMUCK, type <b><tt>t et</tt></b> and then <b><tt>enter</tt></b>. To do this, you must have your [[agebit]] set, which is only possible with an adult account.
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Arcturus

2005-08-27T21:39:59Z

Cuprohastes: /* The 411 */

'''Arcturus''' is the dragon responsible for starting up and hosting a website which has a similar purpose to the now-offline [[FurAffinity]] site, which has been named [[ArtPlz]]. There are high hopes that this new site will bring all the freedom of expression and ease of use that made its predecessor so immensely popular, but without any of the problems that plagued it.

'''Arcturus''' maintains a [[LiveJournal]] under the guise of [http://n.livejournal.com n] (not to be confused with [[nitrogen]]).

==Who IS Arcturus?==

=== [[Verix]]'s Story ===

''Note: This story was a satirical response to the rumors and insults surrounding Arcturus from those who rallied against him for his actions in the split between [[FurAffinity]] and [[ArtFu]]. It is not intended to be taken as literal fact.''

You know in being Arcturus's butt-buddy I've come to learn a few things about him. Oh man he's going to hate me for dispelling this stuff but dude, you have no idea, and I believe the community deserves to know!

Now as you all know, Arcturus is a dragon. He was well utilized in World War I for being a scare-tactic against the French, but was later discharged from the war, as the general realized it's too easy to scare the French. Arcturus was then hired by the American army to literally take a bite out of Germany-- unfortunately, he missed and bit the Automan Empire instead. What people don't tell you is that Arcturus is the actual reason that the Automan Empire fell, not any other crap, like that stuff about Franz Ferdinand or whatever you think you know about history!

In World War II, Arcturus was hired by the German armies to once again scare the French. However, they decided to keep him on board to make him appear more like one of the "horriffic scientific experiments" that they had been doing. They dressed Arcturus up in half-metal to make him look like a prototype for the jagdpanzer projects, then sent him to France to scare the shit out of people in weird hats eating horrible cheese. But when Einstein managed to make a machine that created a time-rift and therein assassinated Hitler, Arcturus was once again removed from duty of being a scary son-of-a-bitch.

The very first time Arcturus ever exploited anyone for money was actually directly after World War II-- he exploited the whole event! Trying to create the very first computer game and equally very first historical game, Arcturus went to work on Command and Conquer: Red Alert. He found Einstein to play himself and other actors to play out other roles. This project soon tanked, however, as Westwood Studios saw this and raped the fuck out of him. Then they stole the code.

Arcturus is now the head of security for [[Eurofurence]], but only in the sense that he refuses to move from the castle that he's in right now. He is hiding from his war-time activities and equally his ability to exploit massive wars from the masses. This is to protect his identity, as even now, neo-Nazis are seeking him out as the last resort of worship to the leader they lost to science in the last great war.

So now you know all the dirty secrets about Arcturus. I hope you enjoy!

=== The 411 ===

Arcturus lives in the town of Plymouth, in the [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] (The country noted for it's tea drinking, bowler hat wearing and excessive apathy, and superiority to The United States of Wah. He shares a house with another dragon, called Crimson, a furry artist (who is a raptor) called [[SpiritRaptor]], a peculiar gryphon called Jon, and an excessively slutty fox, called [[Pete DarkFox]].

His arch-nemesis seem to be a UKFur called [[KurtBatz]], who seems to think he wanted to steal the UKFur.net forums from him. [[Suule]] from [[FurAffinity]], among many others from that community, who hate him for his actions against [[FurAffinity]] and [[Jheryn]].

He is also known to pretend to be a [[female]] online, in the guise of a blue and white, yellow-spotted [[dragoness]]. He also holds a large fascination with the overly large bosoms of [[Arshes Nei]].

== External Links ==

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/ FurAffinity]
* [http://www.artplz.com/ ArtPlz]
* [http://n.livejournal.com/ Arcturus' LiveJournal]
* [http://radio.artplz.com:8000/ ArtPlz Radio]

[[Category:People]]

Rootdown

2005-08-27T21:21:15Z

Cuprohastes:

[[Image:Hayguys2.jpg|350px|right|Clearly, rootdown is one jolly dude.]]
'''Brian Root''', or as he is known to the internet, '''rootdown''', is a self publicist and wannabe [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Internet_celebrity Internet Celebrity]. He lives and attends university in Monterey, California, pursuing a degree in 3d animation. His screen name is taken from a track of the same name by the popular hip-hop group, the [http://www.beastieboys.com/ Beastie Boys]. He enjoys some modest notoriety among the furry community for his penchant for baiting, sarcasm, and pranking.

== 1997-1999: The Black T-Shirt Years ==

Brian Root was introduced to the internet and to the furry community simultaneously while a teenager in 1997 by his then-friend and neighbor, Keith Aksland, an avid reader and fan of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] series. Soon thereafter, Root started [[mucking]] on [[FurToonia]] under the screen name Fauxx, and contributing to what was then known as the [[Squeaky Clean Furry Archive]] (or as it came to later be known, [[Yerf]]). Like every privledged young white furry with aspirations of being really edgy and oppressed someday, he wore a trenchcoat, grew his hair long, played [[Werewolf:_the_Apocalypse]], and listened to Nine Inch Nails a lot.

Within about 18 months of his introduction to the furry community, Root began to associate with individuals who were very critical of the scene - the [[Burned Furs]] - and found that their opinions had an appeal for him. Perhaps because of his chosen peers, or perhaps because of his rebellious teenage mentality and existing penchant for stirring controversy, he came totally unglued and started posting lengthy, incomprehensible rants to [[alt.fan.furry]] about how everything and everyone in the furry community was stupid. Please don't google them. They're embarassing.

== 1999-2001: Monastic Absence ==

Suddenly, in the summer of 1999, Root disappeared. For two years he walked the earth as a monk, learning the secret [[North Star kung-fu]], totally invisible to the internet while pursuing religious obligations in England. It was after his return from that country that he started using the screen name rootdown, a moniker given to him by other missionaries who could punch people so hard that they exploded and their blood and entrails would spell out the word "Ouch!" on nearby walls.

== 2001-2003: The Portal of Evil ==

rootdown is frequently, and to his great irritation, mistaken for a [[Something Awful]] [[goon]]. In reality, root is not and never has been a member of the Something Awful forums, nor has he ever been a fan of that website. This confusion probably stems from the fact that for a number of years, root was a participant in the [[Portal of Evil]] forums and chat room. It was here that he learned how to most effectively argue with people on the internet, and also that he didn't actually enjoy arguing with people on the internet very much.

In the summer of 2003, root attended the second Portal of Evil convention (POEcon), and that same month stopped posting regularly to their forums. Despite no longer being an active member of their community, he remains friends with the many other Internet Celebrities and forum alumni that he met through that site, including but not limited to [http://www.sixsixfive.com 665] creator JSP, PoE cofounder [http://www.shortandhappy.com K. Thor Jensen], and SexSexWorld field operative [http://www.livejournal.com/users/hooper_x Hooper X].

[http://www.livejournal.com/community/truthaboutdive/5465.html#cutid1 Rumor has it] that [[Divefox]] punched rootdown in the face at [[Anthrocon]] 2002. It was a traumatic experience for root, one that still gives him horrifying flashbacks to this very day. If you had been punched at a convention you've never attended, you'd understand.

== 2003-Present: Chat on the Internet ==

After returning from England, rootdown began mucking again. On one of his primary hangouts he met and soon became close friends with his frequent collaborator and co-conspirator [[Stiv]], and together they started the muck Unknown Epicentres (or UEI). It was also during this time that rootdown created the now-defunct Voltron Boards, a messageboard that for whatever reason was primarily used for linking to and discussing bad art. During this time, rootdown and Stiv would frequently "invade" other mucks and recruit the most obnoxious and intelligent people they could find to join UEI.

(An interesting historical note: Because many of the members of UEI were brought together through shared frustrations with what they felt was the creative stagnation predominant in the furry scene, they liked to refer to their muck as the "rival school" to [[Postvixen]]'s [[Puzzlebox]] muck -- another muck created out of the same motivations as UEI, though taking off in a completely opposite direction. It was the UEI crowd that gave Puzzlebox it's three-letter acronym designation as PBX. Postvixen has on more than one occasion called rootdown the "bizzarro Postvixen.")

After a few years, rootdown became bored with UEI and stopped paying the server fees. The muck switched hosts, but many of the core members stopped visiting. One of the problems root saw in mucking was that many of his friends, which by this point were from all over the internet, not just the muck-friendly furry scene, found the interface to be obtuse and counterintuitive, and so just wouldn't connect. In an effort to bring more of his friends together who shared interests and attitudes, he created the legendary AIM chat room, Chat on the Internet.

[[COTI]] was an instant success. Within days, you could find people in COTI day or night, telling dick jokes. Because anybody with an AIM client can participate and be invited, and everybody and their mom has an AIM screen name, COTI became a persistent and growing fixture. The tradition of raiding and recruiting creative assholes that started in UEI lived on in COTI, and it is of significant note many of the administrators and moderators of the messageboard [[Eat All Furries]] were assimilated by the horrifying COTI hivemind.

The EAF mods then went on to make Stiv the only active moderator of their forum, and for the last three months of EAF's lifespan he would entertain himself by banning everyone who posted. On September 11th, 2004, the forum was shut down for good and replaced with an MSpaint image of a wolf flying into the World Trade Center.

== Art and Art Philosophy ==

Ever the contrarian, rootdown has [http://www.livejournal.com/users/rtdn/111263.html constantly asserted] that he does not believe in developing a single distinctive and recognizable art style, as is a popular practice among furry artists, but that it is more important instead to have a wide range of working modes. To this end he is constantly experimenting and exploring different techniques, combining traditional media in pencil, sumi-e, and watercolor with digital work in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and Alias Maya. He has yet to "find a voice," or an approach to creating artwork that he is really comfortable with.

rootdown names as his influences [http://www.diterlizzi.com/ Tony DiTerlizzi], [http://www.davidchoe.com/ David Choe], [http://www.reddingk.com/ Jordan Crane], [[Wikipedia:Norman_Rockwell|Norman Rockwell]], [http://www.nickbantock.com/ Nick Bantock], [[Wikipedia:Julia_Margaret_Cameron|Julia Margaret Cameron]], [http://www.nancystahl.com/ Nancy Stahl], [http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/ Dave McKean], and [[Wikipedia:Frank_Frazetta|Frank Frazetta]].

Curiously, his artwork done as Astolpho deliberately ignores his never-draw-the-same-way-twice philosophy, instead maintaining an internally cohesive and self-consciously formulaic approach throughout. Whether or not this pattern continues now that the secret identities are no longer secret remains to be seen.

== Holy crap, rootdown is Astolpho?? ==

In an [http://www.livejournal.com/users/rtdn/184742.html apocalyptic revelation] in the summer of 2005, rootdown came out before God and the internet a [[babyfur]] - and not just any babyfur, but [[Astolpho]], an illustrator rapidly gaining popularity in the babyfur community. Astonishingly, nobody among his carefully edited and highly elite circle of internet friends flinched - they all knew he was kind of funny in the head already and so it really came as no huge surprise that he was bent in that way. Conversely, while his asshole friends took the fact that root was a closet babyfur in stride, a handful of his babyfur fans were horrified to discover that their hero, the patient and loveable Astolpho, was in reality a closet asshole.

== 2010-2013: Postnuclear Roadwarrior ==

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Together with his plucky band of punk-rock rebels, rootdown ekes out an existence in defiance of the megacorporation that threatens to enslave the last free enclaves of humanity. He enforces his own sassy brand of lawless justice and wears gigantic spiked shoulderpads. No power in heaven or on earth can stop him or the army of giant robots he is building in his secret base deep under the surface of the earth.

== External links ==

* [http://www.stupidhappy.com/ Stupidhappy]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/rtdn/ Livejournal]
* [http://rootdown.deviantart.com/ deviantArt gallery]
* [http://rootdown.sheezyart.com/ Sheezy Art gallery]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Rootdown/ VCL gallery]
* [http://rootdown.1up.com/ 1up Profile]

[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:People]]

Kilrathi

2005-08-26T12:33:23Z

Cuprohastes:

'''Kilrathi''' is a race of [[anthropomorphic]] [[felines]] starring in the ''[[Wikipedia:Wing Commander|Wing Commander]]'' series as opponent to humanity, in an all-out space war. Kilrathi have extremely high sense of pride and completely dismiss the idea of treachery - Though in the Wing Commander universe, Hobbes, the Kilrathi pilot flying for the humans eventually did betray the humans.

Even though Kilrathi have the appearance matching the definition, many furries count them not as a truely furry species, but just as a tragic whim of scriptwriters; despite looking furry, Kilrathi show many behavioristical habits of [[humans]] (the "humans in funny suits" syndrome).

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[[Category:Species]]

User:Cuprohastes

2005-08-25T00:00:17Z

Cuprohastes:

Cupro is an English Dragon who drinks tea. These two facts are merely coincidental.

Currently he's working on a list of entries...

* [[Proto Furry]]
* [[Crypto Furry]]
* [[Stereotypes]]
* [[Power Gamer]]
* [[Tea]]

Nutella

2005-08-24T23:59:45Z

Cuprohastes: Explanation of Nutella

Chocolatey hazelnut spread that comes in a jar, much like [[peanut butter]] but about 10 million times tastier.

Nutella is in fact a soft chocolate spread made with hazelnuts in, and is basically Praline. It's popular in Europe and also in the United Kingdom, where it's sold in jars that have the interesting design of being drinking glasses with a tight fitting plastic lid, meaning that once the Nutella is finished you have a drinking glass.

Tastes great on just about everything, even inedible items like pebbles and currency, and fun to spread on the human body.

Very popular among [[furs]] for some reason. Nutella-covered dog biscuits were something of a running joke on [[alt.lifestyle.furry]] back in the late '90's (the fact that chocolate is a bad idea for dogs notwithstanding). This is the source of [[Smrgol]]'s donation of six or eight jars of Nutella to [[Anthrocon]]'s (and others) charity auctions each year.

==External Links==

[http://www.nutellausa.com/ Nutella's official website]

[[Category: Culture]][[Category: Food]]

Dragon

2005-08-24T23:48:32Z

Cuprohastes: /* Draconic Character Traits */

Dragons are as wide and diverse a [[species]] as could be imagined, rich in a mythology of appearance, form, color, and nature.

Though not all dragons have scales, they are generally classified as [[Scalie]] or [[Herp]] within genres such as [[Furry]].

== Non-Anthro Dragons ==

Full-form, non-anthro dragons come in many shapes and sizes representing their origins from around the world.

* Western Dragons are usually large, leathery-winged, quasi-reptilian or saurian beings. In modern fiction they are sometimes warm-blooded, and reflect influences from contemporary knowledge of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaurs dinosaurs]. Most have scales and some lay eggs. Variations include but are not limited to:
** Feathered wings
** Fur coat or manes
** Un-scaled hides
* 'Eastern Dragons are generally long, sinuous, fur-bearing dragons without wings. Often, they have horns or antlers, and are the type depicted in Chinese or Japanese traditional art.
* Rare or Atypical Dragons such as Amphipteres or Wyverns - the moniker "Dragon" is applied to a staggeringly large number of creatures, some of which have very little to do with each other.
* Non Traditional such as Fairy Dragons.

Character-oriented genres like Furry tend to portray non-anthro dragons with the capacity for human speech. It is also not uncommon to see dragons with tool-using forepaws other tweaks to make them more accessible as a sentient character who might display more human-like behavior. One can find crossovers with dragon-like qualities in species concepts like the [[monoceros]].

== Anthro-Dragons / Dragonoids / Daconoids / Draconids ==

Similar to their full-form cousins, but humanoid or bipedal. [[Furry]] fantasy characterizations of this style of dragon may freely combine highly interpretive elements:
* They may or may not have wings. Wings may not be functional for flying, or may be only for gliding.
* Feminine forms (be they female, [[herm]], or otherwise) frequently show mammalian traits such as breasts. Such a character might still be defined as a reptile, or might be concieved more as a mammal with draconic features.
* Legs are often [[digitigrade]], but may be [[plantigrade]].
*Body hair and/or fur is common. It sometimes may be presented as birdlike proto-plumage or down.

In fiction, myth and [[back story|character back stories]], non-humanoid and humanoid dragons may be two aspects of the same race on slightly different paths or stages of evolution. It is not uncommon for such non-anthro dragons to possess the ability of [[shapeshifting]] to assume a humanoid form. They may also be presented examples of parallel evolution.

== Draconic Character Traits ==

Dragons typically many character traits ascribed to them. Due to the wide range of mythology and differing perceptions of their personality, there is no definitive guide to draconic characterization. Some classical and popular traits are:

* Hoarding valuable items. Traditionally seen as greed, but sometimes as protection of rarities or items which are valuable in more ways than material riches.
* In Asian mythology, an appreciation for fine foods and tea, culture, traditions, and rituals. As a side note, many Furries who play dragons also seem to have a preference for tea, regardless of their character's mythological background.
* Arrogance and a sense of superiority and/or invunerability.
* Vanity and great attention to appearances, though not necessarily physical.
* Defensive and territorial, preferring the company of other creatures to another dragon.
* A "breath weapon" of some kind, often visualized as the natural or mystical ability to exhale fire. But there are many variations, ranging from icey breath to poisonous clouds.
* Deference and even voluntary servitude to great wisdom, purity, power, or beauty.
* Curiosity about smaller, more delicate creatures such as men, to the point of obsession.
* Great cycles of sleep and regeneration, where a dragon might vanishes for weeks, months, or years to slumber or hibernate.
* In the oriental context, a dragon is often seen as a messenger of divine powers or enforcer of the law of the gods.
* Mastery of arcane knowledge, such as alchemy and forms of sorcery or magical lore.

One trait many conceptualize dragons with is referred to as the "pounce or ponder" instinct. A dragon tends to either make a snap decision - or else spend hours, days, or even years laboring over an idea, with little middle ground between the extremes.

Dragons have also taken on a more humanistic sensibility in modern fiction. Anne McCaffrey's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dragonriders_of_Pern Dragonriders of Pern] saga is thought to be the beginning of the modern reconceptualization of the dragon. Particularly within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_books comic books], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime anime] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga manga], and [[Furry]] fandom, the dragon as a character or a personal avatar is often employed to add some draconic qualities onto a more human oriented foundation. Dragon characters commonly take on a more benign, playful, and warm persona.

* Non-anthropomorphic dragons are frequently direct allies of heroes and villains, and often serve as their protectors, companions, or partners. (See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dragonriders_of_Pern Dragonriders of Pern])
* ''[[In A Perfect World]]'', the comic strip by [[AraKaraath]], shows dragons as notorious for harassing postal carriers. Common traits include a love of shiny objects, the ability to "lounge" almost anywhere, and a tendancy to take a very long view of things.
* Dragon characters are often crafted for appealing or exciting appearances as much as traditional mythological qualities, and combined with present day or science fiction settings in addition to traditional fantasy. Here, the dragon's traditional qualities are interpreted in a new context - for example, dragons might be masters of high technology rather than magic, or intellectuals rather than wizards.
* Dragons which have metaphysical elements may employ more modern ideas such as psionic abilities.
* The dragon might embody many traditional aspects, but for new purposes, such as humor. A good example of a traditional yet humorous and contemporary dragon is Llewellyn, from D.C. Simpson's comic strip [http://www.ozyandmillie.org/ Ozy and Millie].

== External Link ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons Wikipedia on the Mythological Dragon]

[[Category:Terms]][[Category:Species]][[Category:Dragons]]

User:Cuprohastes

2005-08-20T13:32:55Z

Cuprohastes:

Furry stereotype

2005-08-20T13:13:23Z

Cuprohastes:

Furry culture suffers from as much stereotyping as any other group. This is mainly based on character species and genders.

As with many stereotypes, Furry Stereotypes can have some truth to them but are also generally over generalisations.

== The Furry Stereotype ==

The stereotype of the Furry is a hairy, overweight male, sat in stained underwear in his mother's basement, surfing for furry porn.

While this undoubtedly happens, it's also not true. Sometimes Furs don't ''wear'' underwear while surfing for porn...
... And some of them don't surf for porn, wear nice clothes and have their own homes, and families, and go to church.

Unfortunately, the image of a Furry being normal and sociable is not as tittilating to the general public, or groups such as [[Something Awful]] (Who are a bunch of fat pimply teenagers who masturbate over posts by Lowtax, and surf for free porn galleries. Of course.)
This has lead to the less desireable version being spread.
No matter how many mostly normal Furs there are, all it takes is for one person to fit the stereotype for non furries to feel that the case has been proven.

''Common assumptions''
* Furs are gay
* Furs are overweight
* Furs are zoophiles
* Furs are plushophiles
* Furs are socially inept
* Furs are usually ugly

== Stereotypes within the fandom ==

Within the furry fandom itself, there are many stereotypes, usually involving the species of characters:

* Foxes (Male) : Gay, oversexed, not very bright.
* Foxes (Female) : Played by male players, oversexed, no very bright.
* Equines : Size queens, oversexed, not very bright.
* Dragons : Arrogant, oversexed, not very bright.
* Rabbits : ''Really'' oversexed, not very bright.
* Wolves : They're just big foxes.

Astute readers may have noticed a pattern.

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[[category:culture]]

Furry stereotype

2005-08-20T13:13:04Z

Cuprohastes: