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List of furry LiveJournal communities

2007-12-06T14:50:16Z

ShadowPheonix: /* Interests */

Below is a '''list of furry LiveJournal communities''', alphabetical by heading. As of 2 December 2007, [[LiveJournal]]'s search by interest listed 382 communities [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=furry interested in "furry"]. This does not completely overlap with related interests, such as [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=anthropomorphics anthropomorphics] (228), [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=furries furries] (379), [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=furs furs] (256), [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=fursuits fursuits] (180), [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=yiff yiff] (147), ''et cetera''.

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==Art==
<nowiki>*</nowiki> marks communities are not exclusively furry.
=== [[Furry art]] ===
* {{lj-comm|were_art}} - [[Anthro]] & [[Animal]] [[Artist]]s
* {{lj-comm|contestcentral}} - A Place to Plug Your Art Contest *
* {{lj-comm|fantasywildlife}} - Fantasy Wildlife
* {{lj-comm|furryartists}} - [[Furry Artist]]s
* {{lj-comm|furryicons}} - Furry Icons
* {{lj-comm|furryicontrends}} - Furry [[LJ]] icon trends

* '''Adult Material''':
** {{lj-comm|anthro_guro}} - Anthro EroGuro
** {{lj-comm|dracophile}} - Dracophile
** {{lj-comm|dracophilia}} - Dracophilia
** {{lj-comm|dracophiliac}} - Dracophiliac
** {{lj-comm|erotic_equine}} - Erotic [[Equine]]
** {{lj-comm|fur_porn}} - Fur Porn
** {{lj-comm|furotica}} - [[Furotica]]
** {{lj-comm|furry_pinups}} - Furry Pinups
** {{lj-comm|gryphonerotica}} - [[Gryphon]] Erotica

* '''Artist and Commissioner Discussion''':
** {{lj-comm|artists_beware}} - [[Artists Beware]]*
** {{lj-comm|fantards}} - Fantards*
** {{lj-comm|furarthorrors}} - Fur Art Horrors (by invitation only)
** {{lj-comm|artistrecommend}} - Recommending Artists *

=== [[Art exchange]]s ===

* '''General''':
** '''[[Fur Art Xchange]]''': {{lj-comm|furartxchange}} - Furry Art Exchange (closed)
** {{lj-comm|furartxxxchange}} - Furry Art Exchange: Adult Aspects (closed)
** {{lj-comm|furartxchange2}} - Fur Art Exchange 2
** {{lj-comm|furoticxchange}} - Furotic Exchange
** {{lj-comm|furoticmark2}} - Furry Adult Art Exchange

* '''[[Species]]''':
** {{lj-comm|aqua_exchange}} - Aquatic Exchange
** {{lj-comm|avian_exchange}} - [[Avian]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|caninexchange}} [[Canine]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|dragon_exchange}} - [[Dragon]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|equinexchange}} - [[Equine]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|gryphon_xchange}} - [[Gryphon]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|ggexchange}} - Gryphon's Guild Exchange
** {{lj-comm|hybridxchange}} - [[Hybrid]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|lapinexchange}} - [[Lapine]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|mlp_artxchange}} - [[My Little Pony]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|mythicexchange2}} - Mythic Exchange 2
** {{lj-comm|paleo_exchange}} - Paleo Exchange
** {{lj-comm|reptile_xchange}} - [[Reptile]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|taur_xchange}} - [[Taur]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|wildcatxchange}} - Wild Cat Exchange
** {{lj-comm|wolfxchange}} - [[Wolf]] Exchange

* '''Various''':
** {{lj-comm|100x100xchnge}} - 100x100 Icon Exchange *
** {{lj-comm|badgeexchange}} - Con Badge Exchange *
** {{lj-comm|conbadges}} - Con Badge Trade Monthly *
** {{lj-comm|con_badges}} - Convention Badge Community
** {{lj-comm|lulzexchange}} - Exchange...For the Lulz! *

=== Art projects ===

* '''Playing cards'''
** '''[[The Bestiary (playing cards)|The Bestiary]]''': {{lj-comm|bestiarycards}} - Bestiary Cards
** '''[[Kennel Club]]''': {{lj-comm|thekennelclub}} - The Kennel Club
** '''[http://pathfindersdeck.com Pathfinder's Deck]:''' {{lj-comm|totem_cards}} - Pathfinders Deck
* '''Cookbooks'''
** '''[[Recipe Portfolio]]''': {{lj-comm|recipeportfolio}} - Furry Cookbook Portfolio
**(for cooking, see Interests section)
* '''Themed'''
** '''[[Serpentes]]''': {{lj-comm|snakefolio}} - Serpentes

=== Art archives ===

*'''[[ArtVark]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|artsnark}} - Art Snark (unofficial, complaints community)
** {{lj-comm|artvarkbootcamp}} - Camp Artvark (official community)

*'''[[Fur Affinity]]''':
** {{lj-comm|furaffinity}} - Fur Affinity
** {{lj-comm|wtf_fa}} - WTF FA (unofficial complaints or "horrors" community)
** {{lj-comm|ftw_fa}} - Fur Affinity For The Win (unofficial; user-chosen submission highlights)

*'''[[VCL]]:'''
** '''[[VCL Horrors]]:''' {{lj-comm|vclhorrors}} - The Horrors of VCL
** {{lj-comm|vcl_admin_diary}} - Musings of the VCL admins
** {{lj-comm|vclpickoftheday}} - VCL Pick of the Day
** {{lj-comm|vcl_kink}} - The Weird, Wild, & Wonderful of VCL

*'''[[Yerf]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|yerf}} - Yerf
** {{lj-comm|yerf_hopefuls}} - Yerf Hopefuls
** {{lj-comm|anti_yerf}} - The Yerf - Non-Yerf Mutual Agree to Disagree Society
** {{lj-comm|yerf_vent}} - Yerf Vent

==Conventions==
*'''[[All Fur Fun]]:''' {{lj-comm|allfurfun}} - All Fur Fun (official)
*'''[[Anthrocon]]:''' {{lj-comm|anthrocon}} - Anthrocon (unofficial)
*'''[[C-ACE (Canadian Arts and Cartooning Expo)]]:''' {{lj-comm|cace_discuss}} - CACE (unofficial)
*'''[[Califur]]:''' {{lj-comm|califur}} - Califur
*'''[[Feral!|Camp Feral!]]:''' {{lj-comm|feral_campers}} - Feral_Campers (unofficial)
*'''[[Cape May Fur Meet]]:''' {{lj-comm|capemayfurmeet}} - CapeMayFurMeet
*'''[[ConFuzzled]]:''' {{lj-comm|confuzzledlj}} ConFuzzled LJ
*'''[[Eurofurence]]:''' {{lj-comm|eurofurence}} - Eurofurence (unofficial)
*'''[[FurFright]]''': {{lj-comm|furfright}} - FurFright
*'''[[Furry Connection North]]''': {{lj-comm|fcn_convention}} - Furry Connection North
*'''[[Furry Cruise]]''': {{lj-comm|furrycruise}} - Furry Cruise
*'''[[Furry Fiesta]]''': {{lj-comm|furry_fiesta}} - Furry Fiesta
*'''[[Furry Weekend Atlanta]]''': {{lj-comm|furryweekend}} - FurryWeekend (official)
*'''[[Further Confusion]]''': {{lj-comm|furcon}} - FurCon
*'''[[Megaplex]]:''' {{lj-comm|megaplex}} - Megaplex (official)
*'''[[Mephit Furmeet]]:''' {{lj-comm|mfm}} - MFM
*'''[[Midwest FurFest]]:''' {{lj-comm|midwest_furfest}} - Midwest FurFest (unofficial)
*'''[[Morphicon]]:''' {{lj-comm|ohiomorphicon}} - OhioMorphicon (unofficial)
*'''[[Oklacon]]:''' {{lj-comm|Oklacon}} - Oklacon
*'''[[RainFurrest]]:''' {{lj-comm|rainfurrest}}
*'''[[Red Blue & White]]''': {{lj-comm|rbwuk}} (official)
*'''[[Rocket City Furmeet]]:''' {{lj-comm|rcfm}} - RCFM
*'''Operations''': {{lj-comm|furoperations}} - Furry Convention Operations

=== Convention events ===
*'''[[Furry Night Live]]''': {{lj-comm|furrynightlive}}

==Costuming and [[fursuit]]s==
* {{lj-comm|behindtheseams}} - BehindTheSeams
* {{lj-comm|fur_suits}} - Fur Suits
* {{lj-comm|fursuit}} - Fursuit
* {{lj-comm|fursuit_snark}} - Fursuit Snark
* {{lj-comm|fursuitauctions}} - Fursuit Auctions
* {{lj-comm|fursuitlounge}} - Fursuit Lounge
* {{lj-comm|fursuits}} - Fursuits
* {{lj-comm|fursuitters}} - Fursuitters
* {{lj-comm|ilovetails}} - I Love Tails
* {{lj-comm|inside_the_suit}} - Who's inside the suit?
* {{lj-comm|ukfursuit}} - UK Fursuit

==Interests==

* '''General''':
** {{lj-comm|furrtive}} - furrtive (The Furry Community)
** {{lj-comm|the_fur_pad}} - The Fur Pad
** {{lj-comm|wolf_tracks}} - #wolftracks livejournal community
** {{lj-comm|x_fursociety}} - Furry Society
* '''Acting''': {{lj-comm|actorfurs}} - Thespian Furs' Journal
* '''Amusement parks''': {{lj-comm|roller_critters}} - [[Roller Critters]]
*'''Animals''':
**'''Animal photographs''':
*** {{lj-comm|baaaaabyanimals}} - Baaaaaby Animals
*** {{lj-comm|canine_photos}} - Canine Photos
*** {{lj-comm|huskybreak}} - [[Husky]] specific Photos
*** {{lj-comm|wildphotos}} - Wildphotos
*** {{lj-comm|wolfphotography}} - Wolf Photography
**'''Pets''':
*** {{lj-comm|furrypetowners}} - Furries and their pets!
*'''[[wikipedia:Astronomy|Astronomy]]''': {{lj-comm|astrono_furs}} - Astronomy Furs
* '''[[Babyfur]]s''':
** {{lj-comm|babyfur}} - Babyfur community
** {{lj-comm|baby_furs}} - Babyfurs Playpen
** {{lj-comm|babyfur_art}} - Babyfur Art!
** {{lj-comm|eu_babyfurs}} - European Babyfurs
** {{lj-comm|furry_daycare}} - Furry Daycare
** {{lj-comm|furryregression}} - Furry Age Regression
** {{lj-comm|lilfurs}} - [[Little Furs]]
* '''[[Baked Furs]]''': {{lj-comm|bakedfurs}} - Baked Furs
* '''[[Free paws|Bare paws]]''': {{lj-comm|barepaws}} - Furry, bare paw enthusiasts' Journal
* '''Bowling''': {{lj-comm|bowling_furs}} - Bowling Furs!
*'''[[wikipedia:Burning Man|Burning Man]]''': {{lj-comm|burningfur}} - Burning Fur
* '''Cars''': (see Motors below)
*'''Computers''':
**'''Operating systems''':
*** '''[[Wikipedia:Linux|Linux]]''': {{lj-comm|linuxfurs}} - Linux Furs
*** '''[[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]]''': {{lj-comm|windowsfurs}} - Windows Furs
**'''Systems''':
***'''Macintosh''': {{lj-comm|macfurs}}
* '''Cooking''': [[Furs that Cook]]: {{lj-comm|fursthatcook}} - Furs That Cook
* '''Cowboys & Western Lifestyle''': {{lj-comm|cowboyfurs}} - Cowboy Furs
* '''[[DDR]]''': {{lj-comm|ddr_furs}} - DDR Furs
* '''Drinking''': {{lj-comm|drinkingfurs}} - Furs that drink
* '''Engineering''': {{lj-comm|engineer_furs}} - Engineering furs
* '''Education''':
** '''College degrees''': {{lj-comm|smart_furs}} - [[Smart Furs]]
** Furries in University and College: {{lj-comm|furs_in_uni}} - Furries in University and College
* '''Erotica''':
** {{lj-comm|furotica}} - [[Furotica]]
** {{lj-comm|furryvore}} - LJ Furry [[Vore]] Community
** {{lj-comm|show_yer_sheath}} - Show Yer [[Sheath]]
** {{lj-comm|show_yer_murf}} - Show Yer Murf
** {{lj-comm|yiff}} - [[Yiff]]
* '''Exercise''': {{lj-comm|furryfitness}} - Furry Fitness
* '''[[Fat fur]]s:''' {{lj-comm|fatfurs}} - Fatfurs
* '''[[Funday PawPet Show]]:''' {{lj-comm|pawpet}} - Funday PawPet Show
* '''[[Furgonomics]]:''' {{lj-comm|furgonomics}} - Furgonomics Community
*'''Gaming''':
** {{lj-comm|furgamers}} - Fur Gamers
** {{lj-comm|furry_gamers}} - Furry Gamers
** {{lj-comm|draquefurs}} - Dragon Quest Furries
** {{lj-comm|rpgfurs}} - RPG Furries
** {{lj-comm|suikofurs}} - Suikoden Furries
** {{lj-comm|talesoffurries}} - Tales of... Furries
** {{lj-comm|lylatsystemfurs}} - Lylat System Furries
**'''[[wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]]''': {{lj-comm|ds_furs}} - DS furs
**'''[[Sociopolitical Ramifications]]''': {{lj-comm|sprfurs}} - Furs for Sociopolitical Ramifications
** '''[[World of Warcraft]]''': {{lj-comm|fursofwow}} - Furries of World of Warcraft
**'''[[wikipedia:Xbox Live|Xbox Live]]''': {{lj-comm|xboxlive_furs}} - Furs of XBox Live
* '''[[Wikipedia:Geocaching|Geocaching]]''': {{lj-comm|furrycachers}} - Geocaching furries
* '''[[Wikipedia:Goth|Goth]]''': {{lj-comm|gothic_furries}} - Gothic_Furries
* '''[[Wikipedia:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]''': {{lj-comm|harrypotfurs}} Harry Potter Furries
* '''Health''': {{lj-comm|healthandfitfur}} - Furry Health and Fitness
*'''History'''
**'''Historical reenactment''': {{lj-comm|renfurs}} - [[RenFurs]] .. for the Furry Faire Goers
* '''[[wikipedia:indie|Indie]]''': {{lj-comm|indie_furs}} - Indie Furs
* '''[[Inflatophilia]]''': {{lj-comm|inflationfurs}} - InflationFurs
* '''[[IRC]]''': {{lj-comm|anthrochat}} - Anthrochat
* '''Meeting other furs''':
** {{lj-comm|furry_connect}} - Furry Connect
** {{lj-comm|fursonals}} - Furry Classified Ads
* '''Modeling (photos)''': {{lj-comm|furrealmodels}} - Furs That Model
* '''Motors''':
** {{lj-comm|anth_road_track}} - Anthroad & Track: The Furry Motorsports Community
** {{lj-comm|motor_furs}} - [[Motor Furs]]
**'''Motorcycles''': {{lj-comm|furry_bikers}} - Furry Bikers
* '''[[Muscle Furs]]''': {{lj-comm|musclefurs}} - Muscle furries community
* '''[[Nazi Furs]]''': {{lj-comm|nazi_furs}} - Nazi Furs
* '''[[Neopets]]''': {{lj-comm|furry_neopians}} - Furry Neopians
* '''[[Wikipedia:Naturism|Nudists/Naturists]]''': {{lj-comm|bare_furs}} - Nudist Furs
*'''[[:Category:Philosophy|Philosophy]]''':
** {{lj-comm|furjectivists}} - Furry Objectivists
** {{lj-comm|furry_thinkers}} - Furry Thinkers
** {{lj-comm|fursofwisdom}} - Furs of Wisdom
* {{lj-comm|pierced_furs}} - Pierced Furries
* '''[[Wikipedia:Piracy|Pirates]]''': {{lj-comm|pirate_furs}} - Pirate Furries
* '''[[plush toy|Plushies]]''':
** {{lj-comm|plush_love}} - Plush Love
** {{lj-comm|plushtails}} - Plush Tails
** {{lj-comm|plush_workshop}} - Plush Workshop
** {{lj-comm|plush_family}} - Plush Bears & Families
* '''[[Pokèmon]]''': {{lj-comm|pokefurries}} PokèFurries
* '''Pow wows''': {{lj-comm|pow_wow_furries}} - Pow wow furries
* '''Racist''': {{lj-comm|racist_furs}} - Racist Furs
* '''[[:Category:Radio|Radio]]:''' [[Radio Furs]]: {{lj-comm|radiofurs}} - Radio Furs
* '''Railroads:''' {{lj-comm|rails_n_tails}} Rails 'n' Tails
* '''Reading''': {{lj-comm|furryreaders}} - Furry Readers
* '''Rocky Horror''': {{lj-comm|rockyhorrorfurs}} - Furry Rocky Horror Fans
*'''Scuba diving''': {{lj-comm|furry_divers}} - [[Furry Scuba Divers]]
* '''[[Second Life]]''': {{lj-comm|secondlife_furs}} - Second Life Furry Community
* '''[[wikipedia:skinhead|Skinheads]]:''' {{lj-comm|skinhead_furs}} - Skinhead Furs
* '''Smoking''': {{lj-comm|smokingfurs}} - Furries who smoke
* '''[[Soviet Furs]]''': {{lj-comm|soviet_furs}} - Soviet Furs (+DDR)
* '''Spandex''':
** {{lj-comm|slinkyfurs}} - Slinky Furs
** {{lj-comm|spandexfurs}} - Spandex Furs
* '''Sports''':
** {{lj-comm|sportsfurs}} - Sports Furries
**'''Poker''': {{lj-comm|pokerfurs}} - [[Poker Furs]]
* '''[[Tapestries]]''':
** {{lj-comm|tapestries}} - Tapestries
** {{lj-comm|golden_lash}} - Tapestries' [[The Golden Lash]]
* '''[[wikipedia:Tattoo|Tattooing]]''': {{lj-comm|furrytattoos}} - Furry (skin) Art
* '''[[Therian]]s, furs and [[otherkin]] with issues''': {{lj-comm|mental_shifters}} - Mental Shifters Community Journal
* '''Weapons:''' {{lj-comm|gun_furry}} - Furry Gun owners
* '''Writing''':
** {{lj-comm|anthropomor_fic}} - Anthropomorph Romance
** {{lj-comm|furreviews}} - Furry Reviews
** {{lj-comm|furrywriters}} - Furry Writers

==Languages other than English==
*'''Interlingua:''' {{lj-comm|iala_furry}} - IALA Furry
*'''Russian:''' {{lj-comm|ru_furry}} - Русскоязычный портал Furry

==Location==

===Africa===
*'''[[:Category:South Africa|South Africa]]:''' {{lj-comm|za_furs}} - South African Furs (Deleted (June 2006?))

===Asia===
====Regions====
*'''[[:Category:Asia|Asia]]:''' [[AnthroAsia]]: {{lj-comm|anthroasia}} - AnthroAsia LJ community

===Europe===
====Regions====
*'''Europe:''' {{lj-comm|eurofurs}} - Eurofurs Community

====Countries====
*'''[[:Category:Finland|Finland]]:''' {{lj-comm|finnfurs}} - FinnFurs
*'''[[:Category:Netherlands|The Netherlands]]:''' {{lj-comm|dutchfurs}} - Dutch Furs
*'''[[:Category:Norway|Norway]]:''' [[Norwegian Paws]]: {{lj-comm|norpaws}} - Norpaws
*'''[[:Category:Sweden|Sweden]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|gotfur}} - Gothenburg Furry List
** {{lj-comm|swefur}} - Swedish Furry Community's Journal
** {{lj-comm|swedefurs}} Gathering Place for Swedish Furries

*'''[[:Category:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|ukfurs}} - UKFurs
** {{lj-comm|furryuk}} - furryUK
** {{lj-comm|united_kritters}} [[United Kritters]]
**'''[[:Category:London|London]]:''' {{lj-comm|londonfurs}} - London Furry and Were Community

===North America===
====[[:Category:Canada|Canada]]====
=====Regions=====
*'''Canada:''' [[Canadian Furs]]: {{lj-comm|canadianfurs}} - Canadian Furs

=====Provinces=====
*'''Alberta:''' {{lj-comm|albertafurs}} - Alberta Furs
**'''Calgary:'''
*** {{lj-comm|calgaryfur}} - Calgary Furs
*** {{lj-comm|calgaryfurs}} - Calgaryfurs
**'''Edmonton:'''
*** {{lj-comm|edmontonfurs}} - Furries of Edmonton
*'''[[:Category:British Columbia|British Columbia]]'''
**'''Vancouver:'''
*** {{lj-comm|vanfurs}} - Vancouver Furs
*** {{lj-comm|vfur_chat}} - Vancouver Furs General Chat
** '''Vancouver Island:''' '''[[Vancouver Island Furs]]:''' {{lj-comm|vifur}} - Vancouver Island Furs
*'''Manitoba'''
**'''Southern Manitoba:''' {{lj-comm|smbfurs}} - Southern Manitoba Furs
*'''Ontario'''
**'''Kingston:''' {{lj-comm|k_town_furries}} - K-Town Furries
**'''Northern Ontario:''' {{lj-comm|onf}} - Ontario Northland Furries
**'''Ottawa:''' {{lj-comm|ottfur}} - Ottawa Furries
**'''Toronto:''' {{lj-comm|toronto_furry}} - toronto-furry
*'''Québec'''
**'''Montreal:''' {{lj-comm|monfur}} - Montreal Furries
*'''Saskatchewan:''' {{lj-comm|saskfurs}} - Saskatchewan Furs

====Mexico====
*'''Mexico:''' {{lj-comm|furrymx}} - FurryMX

====United States====
=====Regions=====
*'''East Coast:''' {{lj-comm|eastcoastfurs}} - East Coast Furs
*'''Gulf Coast:''' {{lj-comm|gulfcoast_furs}} - Furries in and around the Gulf of Mexico
*'''Midwest:''' {{lj-comm|midwestfurs Midwest}} - Heartland Furs
*'''New England:''' {{lj-comm|newenglandfurs}} - New England Furs
*'''Northeast:''' {{lj-comm|northeastfurs}} - Northeast Furs
*'''South:'''
** {{lj-comm|dirtysouth_furs}} - Dirty South Furs
** {{lj-comm|southrnfriedfur}} - Southern Fried Furs (“deleted” noted 2007 July 27)
*'''Southwest Lake Michigan (IN - IL - WI) - [[LAFF]]:''' {{lj-comm|lafflist}} Lake Area Furry Friends
*'''Rockies:''' {{lj-comm|mountain_furs}} High Mountain Furries
*'''West Coast:'''
** {{lj-comm|westcoastfurs}} - The Furs of the West Coast
** {{lj-comm|pacificfurrs}} - Pacific Furrs

=====States=====
*'''[[:Category:Alabama|Alabama]]:'''
**'''[[AuburnFurs]]:''' {{lj-comm|auburnfurs}} - Auburn (and East Alabama) Furries' Journal

*'''[[:Category:Arizona|Arizona]]:''' {{lj-comm|azfur}} - Arizona Furries
**'''Phoenix''': {{lj-comm|phoenixphurs}} - Phoenix Furries

*'''[[:Category:Arkansas|Arkansas]]:
** '''{{lj-comm|cenarkfurs}} - Central Arkansas Furs Association
** '''{{lj-comm|narfa_group}} - [[NARFA]] Northwest Arkansas Regional Furry Association

*'''[[:Category:California|California]]:'''
**'''Mid-California:''' {{lj-comm|mid_cali_furs}} - Mid-California Fur - [[Scalie]] - [[Anthro]] - [[Therian]] Community
**'''Sacramento and Northern California:''' {{lj-comm|sacfurs}} - Sacramento Furries
**'''Northern California:''' {{lj-comm|norcalfurs}} - Northern California Furs
**'''San Francisco Bay:''' {{lj-comm|bafur}} - San Francisco Bay Area Furries
**'''Southern California:'''
*** [[SoCalFurs]]: {{lj-comm|socalfurs}} - Southern California Furs
*** {{lj-comm|socalfurryteens}} - Southern California Furry Teens
**'''Fresno:''' {{lj-comm|valley_furs}} - Central Valley Furs

*'''[[:Category:Colorado|Colorado]]:''' {{lj-comm|colofurs}} - Colorado Furries

*'''[[:Category:Connecticut|Connecticut]]:''' {{lj-comm|ctfurs}} - Connecticut Furs

*'''[[:Category:Florida|Florida]]:''' {{lj-comm|floridafurs}} - Florida Furs
**'''Jacksonville:''' {{lj-comm|jaxfurs}} - Jax Furs
**'''Orlando:''' {{lj-comm|orlando_furs}} - [[Orlando Furs]]
** [[Palm Beach County Furries]]: {{lj-comm|palmbeachfurs}} - Palm Beach County Furries

*'''[[:Category:Georgia|Georgia]]:''' {{lj-comm|georgiafurs}} - Georgia Furs
** {{lj-comm|atlanta_furs}} - Atlanta Furs

*'''[[:Category:Idaho|Idaho]]:''' {{lj-comm|idaho_furs}} - Idaho furs, weres, fantasy lovers, etc.

*'''[[:Category:Illinois|Illinois]]:''' {{lj-comm|lafflist}} - [[LAFF]] List

*'''[[:Category:Indiana|Indiana]]:''' {{lj-comm|indiana_furs}} - Indiana Furries

*'''[[:Category:Iowa|Iowa]]:''' {{lj-comm|sniff_furry}} - Social Network for Iowa's Friendly Furs

*'''[[:Category:Kansas|Kansas]]:''' {{lj-comm|kcfur}} - Kansas City Fur Community

*'''[[:Category:Kentucky|Kentucky]]:''' {{lj-comm|bluegrass_furs}} - [[Bluegrass Furs]] Community

*'''[[:Category:Louisiana|Louisiana]]:''' {{lj-comm|louisianafurs}} - Louisiana Furs

*'''[[:Category:Maine|Maine]]:''' {{lj-comm|mainefurs}} - Maine Furs

*'''[[:Category:Maryland|Maryland]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|md_furs}} - md_furs
** {{lj-comm|marylandfurs}} - marylandfurs

*'''[[:Category:Michigan|Michigan]]:''' {{lj-comm|mifur}} - mifur

*'''[[:Category:Minnesota|Minnesota]]:''' {{lj-comm|sncfurs}} - MN Furmeets

*'''[[:Category:Missouri|Missouri]]:'''
**'''St Louis:''' [[Arch Regional Furs]]: {{lj-comm|arf_baby}} - ARF (Arch Regional Furs)

*'''[[:Category:Nevada|Nevada]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|renofurs}} - Reno Furs
** {{lj-comm|lasvegasfurs}} - Las Vegas Furs

*'''[[:Category:New Jersey|New Jersey]]:''' {{lj-comm|newjerseyfurs}} - New Jersey Furs

*'''[[:Category:New Mexico|New Mexico]]:''' {{lj-comm|nmfurcentral}} - New Mexico Furry Group

*'''[[:Category:New York|New York]]:'''
**'''All New York''': {{lj-comm|nyfurries}} - NY Furries
**'''Buffalo (and West NY area)''': {{lj-comm|buffalofurs}} - Buffalo Furs
**'''Long Island:''' {{lj-comm|li_furs}} - [[Long Island Furs]]
**'''[[wikipedia:North Country, New York|North Country, New York]]:''' {{lj-comm|northern_ny_fur}} - Furs of the North Country
**'''Plattsburgh:''' {{lj-comm|plattsburghfur}} - Plattsburgh Furs Unite
**'''Rochester:''' {{lj-comm|rochesterfurs}} - Area of Rochester Furs (ARF)

*'''[[:Category:North Carolina|North Carolina]]:''' {{lj-comm|nc_furs}} - NC Furs
**'''Triad area:''' {{lj-comm|nctriadfurs}} - NC Triad Furs

*'''[[:Category:Ohio|Ohio]]:''' {{lj-comm|ohiofurs}} - Ohio Furries
**'''NorthEast Ohio:''' {{lj-comm|neofurs}} - North East Ohio Furries ([[NEO Furs]])

*'''[[:Category:Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]:''' {{lj-comm|oklahoma_furs}} - Oklahoma Furs

*'''[[:Category:Oregon|Oregon]]:''' {{lj-comm|oregonfurs}} - Oregon Furs

*'''[[:Category:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]:''' {{lj-comm|pa_furry}} - PA-Furry
**'''Pittsburgh:''' {{lj-comm|pittsfurghers}} - pittsfurghers
**'''Southeast Pennsylvania''' {{lj-comm|pa_furry_se}} PA-Furry SE

*'''[[:Category:Tennessee|Tennessee]]:''' {{lj-comm|tnfurs}} - Tennessee Furs
**'''[[Wikipedia:Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]:''' {{lj-comm|chatttownfurs}} - Chatt-Town Furs

*'''[[:Category:Texas|Texas]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|texan_furries}} - Texan Furry Community
** {{lj-comm|texasareafurs}} - Texas Area Furry Friends
** {{lj-comm|texas_furry}} - Texas Furries
** {{lj-comm|texasfurs}} - Texas Furs LJ Community

*'''[[:Category:Virginia|Virginia]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|furginia}} - [[Furginia]] Furs
** {{lj-comm|novafur}} - [[NoVA]] ('''No'''rthern '''VA''') Furs
** {{lj-comm|soapvt}} - [[Society of Anthropomorphics at Virginia Tech]]

*'''[[:Category:Washington|Washington]]:''' {{lj-comm|washingtonfurs}} - Washington Furs
**'''Puget Sound:''' {{lj-comm|pugetsoundfurs}} - Puget Sound Furries
**'''Spokane:''' {{lj-comm|spokanefurs}} - Spokane Furs

*'''[[:Category:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]:''' {{lj-comm|wi_furs}} - Wisconsin Furries
**'''Madison:''' {{lj-comm|madisonfurry}} - Madison Furry

===South America===
*'''[[:Category:Chile|Chile]]:''' {{lj-comm|furrychile}} - [[Furry Chile]] LJ

===Australia===
*'''[[:Category:Australia|Australia]]:''' {{lj-comm|ozfurs}} - [[ozfurs]] LJ
**'''Brisbane:''' {{lj-comm|brisfurs}} - [[brisbane]] Furry LJ
** '''Perth''': {{lj-comm|perthfurs}} - [[Perth Furs]]

===Other===
*''' {{lj-comm|bfnf}} - Bum Fuk Nowhere Furs'''

==Occupations and hobbies==
* {{lj-comm|furry_farmers}} - Furry Farmers
*'''Firefighting:''' {{lj-comm|firefighterfurs}} - FireFighterFurs
*'''[[MILFurs|Military]]:''' {{lj-comm|militaryfurries}} - Military Furries, {{lj-comm|armybratfurries}} - Army Brat Furries
*'''Modelling:''' {{lj-comm|furrealmodels}} - Modeling Furries
*'''[[:Category:Music|Music]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|classical_furs}} - The Classical Music Furry Community
** {{lj-comm|dnb_furs}} - DnB Furs (drum and bass)
** {{lj-comm|furry_composers}} - Furry Composers
** {{lj-comm|furry_musicians}} - Furry [[musician]]s
** {{lj-comm|furrydjs}} - Furry DJs
** {{lj-comm|metal_furs}} - Metal Furs
*'''Truck drivers''':
** {{lj-comm|trucker_furs}} - Trucker Furs
** {{lj-comm|trucking_furs}} - Trucking Furs

==Opinions and politics==
*'''Being fur-curious:''' {{lj-comm|pseudofur}} - Pseudofurs
*'''Being open-minded:''' {{lj-comm|openpaws}} - OpenPaws
*'''Conservatism:'''
** {{lj-comm|confurvatives}} - [[ConFURvatives]]
** {{lj-comm|rightiefurs}} - Right-paw'd Furs
*'''Liberalism:''' {{lj-comm|leftfurs}} - Left-Wing Furries
*'''Frustrated with furry fandom:''' {{lj-comm|frustrated_furs}} - Frustrated Furs
*'''Furries are awesome:''' {{lj-comm|furries_awesome}} - Furries Awesome
*'''Tired of furry fandom:''' {{lj-comm|jaded_furs}} - Jaded Furries
*'''Unification of furries:''' {{lj-comm|nationalist_fur}} - Nationalist Furries
*'''Rants on certain aspects of furry fandom:''' {{lj-comm|furryrants}} - Furry Rants

===[[Anti-Furries]]===
* {{lj-comm|antifurry}} - The Anti-Furry Movement
* {{lj-comm|wearecyd}} - CYD Livejournal
* {{lj-comm|deathtofurries}} - Death to Furries
* {{lj-comm|furry_holocaust}} - Discussion of the Furry - Otherkin Sickness
* {{lj-comm|furbid_horrors}} - [[Furbid Horrors]]
* {{lj-comm|fur_furs}} - Fur Furs
* {{lj-comm|furriesarescum}} - Furries Are Scum's Journal
* {{lj-comm|furantifur}} - Furries who Hate Furries
* {{lj-comm|furrydrama}} - Furry Drama Central
* {{lj-comm|fursecution}} - Fursecution
* {{lj-comm|hatefurries}} - I Hate Furries
* {{lj-comm|laffdrama}} - LAFF Drama
* {{lj-comm|nlsa}} - Nasty Little Shites Association
* {{lj-comm|trichology}} - Trichology: The Study of Furries (and Otherkin)'s Journal
* {{lj-comm|vclhorrors}} - VCL Horrors Redux
* {{lj-comm|vcl_snark}} - VCL Snark
* {{lj-comm|wtf_vcl}} - WTF VCL
* {{lj-comm|we_hate_furries}} - We Hate Furries

== Religions, faiths, and spirituality ==

*'''Atheism''': {{lj-comm|atheistfurs}} - Atheist Furs

*'''[[Christian]]:''' {{lj-comm|furrychristians}} - Furry Christians
**'''Catholic''': {{lj-comm|catholicfurs}} - Catholic Furs
**'''Methodist:''' {{lj-comm|mefurdists}} - United Methodist Furries
**'''Gay Christians''': {{lj-comm|rainbow_ark}} - [[Rainbow Ark]]
*'''Furry spirituality'''
** {{lj-comm|furspirit}} - Fur Spirit
*'''Jewish:''' {{lj-comm|jewishfurs}} - Jewish Furs
*'''Paganism:''' {{lj-comm|paganfur}} - Pagan Furry Community
*'''Shamanism''': {{lj-comm|furryshamans}} - Furry Shamans

== Sexuality and relationships ==
* '''[[BDSM]]''': {{lj-comm|bound_paw}} - Bound Paw
* {{lj-comm|bisexual_furs}} - Bisexual Furs and Friends
* {{lj-comm|furryfemdom}} - Dominant females and fans
*'''[[Gay|Gay/Lesbian]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|gayfurries}} - Gayfurries
** {{lj-comm|furrybears}} - Gay Bear Furries
** '''Lesbian and bisexual [[female]]''': {{lj-comm|sapphic_kin}} - Sapphic Kin
* '''Relationship status''':
** '''Married''': {{lj-comm|marriedfurs}} - Married Furs' Journal
** '''Monogamy''': {{lj-comm|mono_furries}} - Where Monogamous Furries Unite
** '''[[Polyamory]]''': {{lj-comm|poly_furries}} - [[Polyamorous Furries]]
* '''Fetish and Kink''': {{lj-comm|kinkyfurs}} - Kinky Furs
*'''Straight:''' [[Straight Fur]]: {{lj-comm|straightfur}} - Straight Fur
* '''[[Therian]]:''' {{lj-comm|theriansex}} - Therian Sexuality
* {{lj-comm|xenofetish}} - Xenofetish
*'''Sexual medical education - information''':
** {{lj-comm|furry_stds}} - Furry STD Awareness Group
** {{lj-comm|yiffsafely}} Yiff Safely

==Species==
*'''[[wikipedia:category:Aquatic organisms|Aquatic organisms]]:''' {{lj-comm|aquatic_furs}} - Aquatic Furs
**'''Cetaceans:'''
***'''[[Dolphin]]s:'''{{lj-comm|orcafurs}} - OrcaFurs (for dolphins and orcas)
*'''[[Avian]]s:''' {{lj-comm|featheries}} - Featheries
*'''[[Bat]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|battyfriends}} - Bat Fursuits Unite
** {{lj-comm|bats}} - Bat Lovers Unite!
** {{lj-comm|nightwings}} - Night Wings
*'''[[Canine]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|k9furs}} - Canine Furries
** {{lj-comm|wild_canines}} - Wild Canines
*'''[[Coyote]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|coyotefurs}} - Coyote Furs
** {{lj-comm|old_man_coyote}} - Old Man Coyote channeled by members
*'''[[Dragon]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|alfandria}} - Alfandria
** {{lj-comm|art_dragon}} - Art Dragon
** {{lj-comm|bad_dragon}} - Bad Dragon
** {{lj-comm|dracophilia}} - Dracophilia
** {{lj-comm|dragonnia}} - Dragonnia
** {{lj-comm|draconics}} - Dragons on LiveJournal
*'''[[Equine]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|erotic_equine}} - Erotic Equine
** {{lj-comm|equine_furs}} - LJ Stables
*'''[[Feline]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|feline_art}} - Feline Art
** {{lj-comm|big_cat_anthros}} - Big Cat Anthro Club @ LJ
** {{lj-comm|n_e_k_o}} - Neko
**'''[[Chakat]]s:''' {{lj-comm|chakatheaven}} - [[Chakat Heaven]]
**'''[[Lion]]s:'''
*** {{lj-comm|lionessfurries}} - Lioness furry club
*** {{lj-comm|lion_furs}} - Lion Furs
**'''[[Tiger]]s''': {{lj-comm|tiger_furs}} - Tiger Furs
*'''[[Ferret]]s:''' {{lj-comm|ferret_furs}} - The Ferret Holt
*'''[[Foxes]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|foxfurries}} - Fox Furries
** {{lj-comm|the_fox_kin}} - The Fox Kin
** {{lj-comm|kitsune_kin}} - Kitsune-kin
*'''[[Gryphon]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|bad_gryphon}} - Bad Gryphon
** {{lj-comm|gryphonerotica}} - Gryphon Erotica
** {{lj-comm|gryphonguild}} - Gryphon Guild
*'''[[Kangaroo]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|kangaroos}} - Kangaroos
** {{lj-comm|roo_paradise}} - A Kangaroo's Paradise
*'''[[Meerkat]]s:''' {{lj-comm|meerkats}} - International House Of Meerkats
*'''[[Raccoon]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|erotic_raccoon}} - Erotic Raccoon
** {{lj-comm|raccoon_furs}} - Furry Raccoons
*'''[[Rodent]]s:''' {{lj-comm|rodentfurs}} - Rodent Furs Community
*'''[[Skunk]]s:''' {{lj-comm|skunkfurs}} - Skunk Furs
*'''[[Wolves]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|true_werewolf}} - True Werewolf
** {{lj-comm|wolf_clan}} - Wolf Clan
** {{lj-comm|wolf_eyes}} - Wolf Eyes
** {{lj-comm|wolffoxnfolfy}} - Wolf, Fox and Folfy
** {{lj-comm|wolf_lovers}} - Wolf Lovers
** {{lj-comm|thewolfpack}} - The Wolfpack
** {{lj-comm|wolf_paws}} - Wolf Paws
** {{lj-comm|wolfspirits}} - Wolf Spirits
** {{lj-comm|wolvesmountain}} - Wolves' Mountain
** {{lj-comm|_wolf_art_}} - Wolf Art

==Traits==
*'''[[Wikipedia:Asperger Syndrome|Asperger Syndrome]]''': {{lj-comm|aspie_furs}} Apsie Furs
*'''[[Female]]:''' {{lj-comm|furryfems}} - Furry Fems
*'''Geek''': {{lj-comm|geek_furs}} - geek_furs
*'''[[Greymuzzle]] (over 30 years of age):''' {{lj-comm|greymuzzle}} - Greymuzzles' Journal
*'''[[Lifestyler]]s:''' {{lj-comm|lifestylers}} - Anthropomorphic Lifestyles Community
*'''Parents:''' {{lj-comm|furryparents}} - Furry Parents
*'''Ravers:''' {{lj-comm|furryravers}} - Furry Ravers
*'''Teenagers:''' {{lj-comm|teen_furs}} - Teen Furries
*'''[[Transgendered]]:''' {{lj-comm|transfurry}} - Transfurry Community
* '''Vegetarians:''' {{lj-comm|herbivores}} - Furry Vegetarians LiveJournal ([[herbivore]]s)
*'''Victims of abuse:''' {{lj-comm|woundedpaws}} - [[Wounded Paws]]

==Websites==

*'''[[Critter.Net]]''': {{lj-comm|critternet}} - Critter.Net
*'''[[FurBid-SF]]''':
** {{lj-comm|furbid}} - FurBid
**{{lj-comm|furbid_horrors}} - [[FurBid Horrors]]
*'''[[Internet Furry Proximity Locator]]''': {{lj-comm|ifpl}} - IFPL
*'''[[pounced.org]]:''' {{lj-comm|pounced_horrors}} - Pounced.org Horrors (Deleted August 2005)
* '''[[Sofawolf Press]]''': {{lj-comm|sofawolf}} - The Sofawolf Press Journal
*'''[[WikiFur]]:''' {{lj-comm|wikifur}} - WikiFur

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Lists|LiveJournal communities, List of furry]][[Category:LiveJournal communities]]

ShadowPheonix

2007-10-18T17:29:05Z

ShadowPheonix:

'''ShadowPheonix''', also known as '''Ixiah Kitsunei''' and '''Centari Pheonix''', (born February 24th, 1988) is a [[furry]] who resides in [[Wikipedia:Windham, New Hampshire|Windham, New Hampshire]], United States. His [[fursona]] is a 500-year-old, [[nine-tails|nine-tailed]] [[kitsune]]. His interests include [[writer|writing]] and [[drawing]].

==Alternate Fursona==
ShadowPheonix also has a newly created fursona - Kyoryu Uchiha, a 19-year old Arctic Fox and member of the Uchiha clan. He is currently using this new one as his primary fursona.

==External links==
{{Contributor|ShadowPheonix}}
* [http://lordchaosomega.livejournal.com/ ''Ixiah Kitsunei's Random Crap''] - Ixiah Kitsunei's [[LiveJournal]].
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[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Kitsune characters]]
[[Category:New Hampshire]]
[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Arctic Fox characters]]

User:ShadowPheonix

2007-09-27T17:59:41Z

ShadowPheonix:

Hey there! Name's ShadowPheonix. Or by my Fursona's name; Centari Pheonix. I'm just your average 500-Year Old Nine-Tailed fox.

I've been in the fandom for 3 years now after being introduced to it by a good friend of mine.

Um...yeah. That's about it. Aren't I the best?

ShadowPheonix

2007-09-27T17:57:10Z

ShadowPheonix:

{{Contributor|ShadowPheonix}}
[[Category:Red Fox characters]]

== ShadowPheonix ==
ShadowPheonix, or as known by his friends, Centari Pheonix, is a 19-year old anthro red fox who resides up in New Hampshire. Interests include Writing and Drawing, and also dreams of starting a furry society in the forest with his fellow furs.

ShadowPheonix

2007-09-27T17:56:50Z

ShadowPheonix: New page: {{Contributor|ShadowPheonix}} Category:Red Fox Characters == ShadowPheonix == ShadowPheonix, or as known by his friends, Centari Pheonix, is a 19-year old anthro red fox who resides...

{{Contributor|ShadowPheonix}}
[[Category:Red Fox Characters]]

== ShadowPheonix ==
ShadowPheonix, or as known by his friends, Centari Pheonix, is a 19-year old anthro red fox who resides up in New Hampshire. Interests include Writing and Drawing, and also dreams of starting a furry society in the forest with his fellow furs.

User:ShadowPheonix

2007-09-27T17:54:18Z

ShadowPheonix: Removing all content from page

User:ShadowPheonix

2007-09-23T14:48:20Z

ShadowPheonix:

{{Contributor|ShadowPheonix}}

== ShadowPheonix ==
ShadowPheonix, or as known by his friends, Centari Pheonix, is a 19-year old anthro red fox who resides up in New Hampshire. Interests include Writing and Drawing, and also dreams of starting a furry society in the forest with his fellow furs.

User:ShadowPheonix

2007-09-23T14:47:01Z

ShadowPheonix:

User:ShadowPheonix

2007-09-23T14:40:10Z

ShadowPheonix:

{{Contributor|ShadowPheonix}}

A simple Nine-Tailed Fox? Nope.

User:ShadowPheonix

2007-09-23T14:37:16Z

ShadowPheonix:

{{Contributor|ShadowPheonix}}
{{ContributorU|ShadowPheonix}}

A simple Nine-Tailed Fox? Nope.

User:ShadowPheonix

2007-09-20T18:47:05Z

ShadowPheonix:

{{Contributor|ShadowPheonix}}

A simple Nine-Tailed Fox? Nope.

Final Fantasy VII

2007-09-20T18:39:16Z

ShadowPheonix: New page: {{RRevised}} {{featured article}} {{Infobox CVG | title = Final Fantasy VII | image = North American PlayStation cover | caption=The North American cover portr...

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{{Infobox CVG
| title = Final Fantasy VII
| image = [[Image:ffviibox.jpg|256px|North American PlayStation cover]]
| caption=The North American cover portrays the protagonist, [[Cloud Strife|Cloud]], wielding his [[Final Fantasy weapons#Buster Sword|Buster Sword]], standing in front of the Shinra Company building.
| developer = [[Square Co.|Square]]
| publisher = '''[[PlayStation]]''' {{vgrelease|Japan|JP|[[Square Co.|Square]]}} 
{{vgrelease|North America|NA|[[Sony Computer Entertainment|SCE America]]}} 
{{vgrelease|International version|INT|[[Square Co.|Square]]}} 
{{vgrelease|PAL region|PAL|[[Sony Computer Entertainment|SCE Europe]]}} '''[[Windows]] ([[Personal computer|PC]])''' 
[[Eidos Interactive]]
| designer = [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]] ([[game producer]], original [[scenario]] concept) [[Yoshinori Kitase]] ([[game director]], [[scenario]] writer) [[Tetsuya Nomura]] ([[character design]]er, original [[scenario]] concept) [[Kazushige Nojima]] ([[scenario]] writer, event planner) [[Yoshitaka Amano]] (image illustrator, title logo designer) [[Nobuo Uematsu]] ([[composer]])
| released = '''PlayStation''' {{vgrelease|Japan|JP|[[January 31]], [[1997]]}} {{vgrelease|North America|NA|[[September 7]], [[1997]]}} {{vgrelease|International version|INT|[[October 2]], [[1997]]}} {{vgrelease|Europe|EU|[[November 17]], [[1997]]}}<ref>{{cite web | author=SCEE | year=1997 | title=SCEE 1997 - Key facts and figures | url=http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=95&NewsAreaID=22 | work=[http://www.scee.presscentre.com SCEE Press Room] | accessmonthday=November 25 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> {{vgrelease|Australasia|AUS|November, 1997}} '''Windows (PC)''' {{vgrelease|North America|NA|[[June 24]], [[1998]]}} {{vgrelease|Europe|EU|1998}} {{vgrelease|Australasia|AUS|1998}}
| modes = [[Single player]]
| genre = [[Console role-playing game]]
| series= ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series
| ratings = [[Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB]]: T (Teen) (13+) [[Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle|USK]]: 12+ [[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association|ELSPA]]: 11+ [[Pan European Game Information|PEGI]]: 16+ [[Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)|OFLC]]: G8+
| platforms = [[PlayStation|Sony PlayStation]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| media = '''PlayStation''' 3 [[CD-ROM]]s '''Windows (PC)''' 4 [[CD-ROM]]s
| requirements= '''Windows (PC)''' 166 [[Hertz|MHz]] [[Pentium]] [[Central processing unit|CPU]], 32 [[Megabyte|MB]] [[Random access memory|RAM]], 4X CD-ROM drive, [[DirectX]] 5.1 compatible sound and video card, 260 MB available [[hard disk]] space, [[Windows 95]] or above (officially not compatible with 2000 or XP) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://support.eidosinteractive.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=496 |title= Final Fantasy VII is not working correctly on Windows 2000 or Windows XP!}}</ref>


|input='''Windows (PC)''' [[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[mouse (computing)|mouse]], or [[joystick]] '''PlayStation''' PlayStation controller
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Final Fantasy VII'''''|ファイナルファンタジーVII|Fainaru Fantajī Sebun}} is a [[console role-playing game]] developed and published by [[Square Co.|Square]] (now [[Square Enix]]), and the seventh installment in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' video game series. It was released in [[1997 in video gaming|1997]] and is the first numbered ''Final Fantasy'' game for the [[Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony]] [[PlayStation]] [[video game console]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]-based [[personal computer]]s; it is also the first to use [[3D computer graphics]]<ref name="development5">{{cite book | year=2005 | editor=Editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly | title=Electronic Gaming Monthly October 2005; issue 196 | pages=104|language=English|publisher=Ziff Davis Media Inc.}}</ref> featuring fully rendered characters on [[pre-rendered]] backgrounds.<ref name="ignreview">{{cite web | author=IGN staff | year=1997 | title=Final Fantasy VII Review | url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/150/150494p1.html | work=[http://ign.com/ IGN] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="gamespotreview">{{cite web | author=Kasavin, Greg | year=1997 | title=Final Fantasy VII for PlayStation Review | url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/rpg/finalfantasy7/review.html | work=[http://www.gamespot.com/ GameSpot] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="egmreview">{{cite web | author=Editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly | year=2004 | url=http://egm.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=2016960&did=2 | title=Final Fantasy VII PS Review | work=[http://1up.com/ 1UP.com] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

The game's story centers on a group of adventurers as they battle a powerful [[Megacorp|mega corporation]] called "[[Shin-Ra|Shinra]]", which is draining the life of the planet to use as an energy source. As the story progresses, conflicts escalate and the world's safety becomes a major concern.

A major critical and commercial success, the game remains arguably the most popular title in the series,<ref>{{cite video | year=2007 | date=August 13 | url=http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23449.html | title=Final Fantasy Retrospective Part V | medium=GameTrailers.com feature | publisher=[http://www.gametrailers.com GameTrailers.com]}}</ref><ref name="mainstream">{{cite web | date=October , 2003 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200310/ai_ziff109006 | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://1up.com/ 1UP] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="mainstream2">{{cite web | year=2006 | url=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-08-29-dirge-of-cerberus_x.htm | title='Dirge of Cerberus' defies expectations, for better and worse | work=[http://www.usatoday.com/ USA TODAY] | accessmonthday=30 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and is often credited with allowing console-style RPGs to achieve mainstream success outside [[Japan]].<ref name="mainstream" /> The ongoing popularity of the title led Square Enix to produce a series of [[sequel]]s and [[prequel]]s under the collective title "''[[Final Fantasy VII#Related media and merchandise|Compilation of Final Fantasy VII]]''". As of September 2004, ''Final Fantasy VII'' has sold more than 9.5 million copies worldwide, earning it the position of the best-selling ''Final Fantasy'' title.<ref>{{cite web | year=[[May 5]] [[2005]] | url=http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2005/05152005/| title=SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE OF FINAL FANTASY® VII ADVENT CHILDREN™|accessmonthday=12 July | accessyear=2007}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
[[Image:FFVIIfieldmapexample.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Navigation on a town's field map]]

Like previous installments of the ''Final Fantasy'' series, ''Final Fantasy VII'' consists of three basic gameplay modes: an [[overworld]] map, town and [[Dungeon (games)|dungeon]] field maps, and a battle screen. The overworld map is a 3D model, featuring a scaled-down simplified version of the game's [[fictional universe|fictional world]],<ref name="ignreview" /><ref name="travel">{{cite book | year=1997 | editor=Square Electronic Arts | title=Final Fantasy VII North American instruction manual | pages=15, 44–46 | publisher=Square Electronic Arts|language=English|id=SCUS-94163}}</ref> which the player navigates to travel between the game's locations. As with the preceding games in the series, the world map can be traversed by foot, by [[chocobo]], by [[Final Fantasy airships#Final Fantasy VII|airship]], or by other means of transportation.<ref name="travel" /> On field maps, the game's 3D [[player character|playable characters]] are directed across realistically scaled environments, consisting of [[2D computer graphics|2D]] pre-rendered backgrounds that represent locations such as towns or forests.<ref name="ignreview" /> The battle screen is a 3D representation of an area such as a building interior or grassland, in which the player commands the game's characters in battles against [[central processing unit|CPU]]-controlled enemies through a menu-driven interface.<ref name="ignreview" /><ref name="menuinterface">{{cite book | year=1997 | editor=Square Electronic Arts | title=Final Fantasy VII North American instruction manual | pages=20–25 | publisher=Square Electronic Arts | language=English | id=SCUS-94163}}</ref> While characters are miniaturised on maps, in combat their renderings are more realistic and normal-scaled.

Initially, the player is restricted to travel within a single city, but as the game continues, more areas become accessible, and the scripted adventure sequences gradually yield more freedom to explore.<ref name="travel" /> Progression through the game's storyline is largely developed by way of scripted sequences, which cannot be skipped, and require frequent player interaction to proceed. At other times, pre-rendered cinematic [[cut scene]]s advance the story.

===Combat===
During its turn-based battle sequences, the game uses the same [[Square Enix battle systems#Active Time Battle|Active Time Battle]] (ATB) system designed by [[Hiroyuki Ito]] and first featured in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''. Unlike previous games in the series, which allow 4–5 playable characters to participate in battle, ''Final Fantasy VII'' allows for only three characters to be present in the party at any one time.<ref name="ignreview" />[[Image:FFVIIbattlexample.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A battle in ''Final Fantasy VII'']]

''Final Fantasy VII''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Statistic (role-playing games)#Skills|skill system]] is built around the use of [[materia]], magical orbs that are placed in special slots on weapons and armor, allowing players to customize their characters' access to [[Final Fantasy magic|magic spells]], summons, and special abilities. In addition to their individual traits, materia can be used together in a fixed number of ways to enhance their effects or produce other abilities.<ref name="materiause">{{cite book | year=1997 | editor=Square Electronic Arts | title=Final Fantasy VII North American instruction manual | pages=35 | publisher=Square Electronic Arts | language=English | id=SCUS-94163}}</ref><ref name="materiause2">{{cite book | author=Cassady, David | year=1997 | title=Official Final Fantasy VII Strategy Guide | pages=5–7 | publisher=Brady Publishing | language=English | id=ISBN 1-56686-714-2}}</ref>

A modified form of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'''s [[Limit Breaks#Final Fantasy VI|Desperation Attack]]s appears here as the [[Limit Break#Final Fantasy VII|Limit Break]].<ref name="Khosla">{{cite web | author=Khosla, Sheila | year=2003 | title=Tetsuya Nomura 20s | url=http://flaregamer.com/b2article.php?p=81&more=1 | work=[http://flaregamer.com FLAREgamer]|accessmonthday=April 13 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> Every playable character has a bar that gradually fills up when they suffer damage in battle. When the bar is completely filled, the character is able to access his or her Limit Break, a special attack which generally inflicts significantly more damage on enemies than normal attacks, or otherwise aids the party in battle.<ref name="ignreview" /><ref name="menuinterface" /> Character designer and battle director [[Tetsuya Nomura]] implemented this advanced form of Desperation Attacks in response to the low probability of their occurrence in ''Final Fantasy VI'', where they would randomly become available as an attack substitution only when a character's [[hit point]]s (a numerically based [[life bar]]) were low.<ref name="Khosla" />

Nomura decided to incorporate elaborate [[Final Fantasy magic#Summon Magic|summon spells]] in the game, one of which lasts more than a minute.<ref name="Khosla" /> This idea became popular with ''Final Fantasy'' fans, and they were incorporated into the development of future games in the series.<ref name="Khosla" /> However, critics have described these animations as tedious.<ref name="summons">{{Cite book | year=2001 | editor=Kennedy, Sam & Steinman, Gary | title=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine August 2001; issue 47 | pages=98 | language=English | publisher=Ziff Davis Media Inc.}}</ref>

==Plot==

===Setting===
{{Splitsection|Gaia (Final Fantasy VII)|discussion=Talk:Final Fantasy VII#Setting section|date=July 2007}}
{{main|Gaia (Final Fantasy VII)}}
The game's setting follows in the footsteps of ''Final Fantasy VI'' by presenting a world with considerably more advanced technology than the first five games in the series. Overall, the game's technology and society approximates that of modern or near-future [[science fiction]].<ref name="scifisetting">{{cite web | author=Square Enix North America site staff | year=2001 | title=Behind The Game The Creators | url=http://www.square-enix-usa.com/games/FFX/btg/creators.html#1 | work=[http://www.square-enix.com/na/ Square Enix North America] | accessmonthday=April 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="scifi">{{Cite book | year=2001 | editor=Editors of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | title=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine August 2001; issue 47 | pages=16 | language=English | publisher=Ziff Davis Media Inc.}}</ref> The world of ''Final Fantasy VII'', named "Gaia",<ref name="gaia">{{cite web | author=Choudhury, Rahul | year=2004 | title=E3: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children handout scan | url=http://squarehaven.com/news/2004/05/16/E3-Final-Fantasy-VII-Advent-Children-handout-scan/ | work=[http://squarehaven.com/ SquareHaven.com]|accessmonthday=August 11 |accessyear=2006}} See scan of the pamphlet mentioned [[:Image:ACE3pamphlet.JPG|here]].</ref> is composed of three land masses. The [[List of Final Fantasy VII locations#Eastern continent|eastern continent]] features the city of [[Midgar]], an industrial [[metropolis]] that serves as the headquarters of the [[Shinra|Shinra Electric Power Company]], a ruthless mega corporation that operates as the [[de facto]] [[world government]]. Shinra's major military base, Junon, is also located on the continent, along with a chocobo ranch and a small town called Kalm.

The [[List of Final Fantasy VII locations#Western continent|western continent]] features most of the playable areas, which include an amusement park, a seaside resort, and a settlement constructed on a plateau called "Cosmo Canyon". The tribe inhabiting the canyon places a strong emphasis on living in harmony with nature and dedicate great consideration to its well-being.<ref name="cosmo">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=217 | language=Japanese|publisher=Square Enix|id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref> Their settlement features an [[observatory]] and serves as a research facility for those who wish to participate in a philosophy known as "the Study of Planet Life", an environmentally conscious way of life that encourages utmost deference for nature, and teaches that the planet has a life of its own.<ref name="cosmo" /> The [[List of Final Fantasy VII locations#Northern continent|northernmost continent]] is a heavily [[glacier|glaciated]] wasteland covered in snow and ice, with its few settlements largely concerned with excavation or research. It does, however, feature a ski resort. There are also underwater locations accessible via submarine.

The Shinra Company began as a small weapons research and development corporation, but within one generation achieved global political dominance due to their discovery of [[Materia#Mako|mako energy]],<ref name="mako">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=56, 216–217 | language=Japanese|publisher=Square Enix|id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref> a power source derived from a green ethereal substance that forms within the planet's [[Structure of the Earth#Core|core]]. Siphoning this substance from the planet via facilities called "mako reactors", the company soon discovered that it could be used both to provide [[Electric power|electricity]] and create small orbs called "materia" that would grant humans magical powers.<ref name="mako" /> Moreover, they learned that if infused directly into the bodies of strong and healthy individuals, the energy would provide permanent [[superhuman]] abilities. Quickly establishing a monopoly on the development of mako energy and the production of materia, Shinra manufactured a line of superhuman warriors called "SOLDIER". Dispatching this army, the company brought a rapid end to a worldwide conflict that had lasted several years. In the postwar society that followed, daily dependence on mako and materia allowed Shinra to quickly establish worldwide rule.<ref name="mako" />

[[Image:Midgartechdemoshot.JPG|right|250px|thumb|left|Overhead shot of the city of Midgar]]

Following the establishment of Shinra's control, eight towns in the corporation's vicinity were united as a single city, becoming Midgar.<ref name="towns">'''Jessie:''' The 8 Reactors provide Midgar with electricity. Each town used to have a name, but no one in Midgar remembers them. Instead of names, we refer to them by numbered sectors. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> Catering to the upper class, Shinra expressed little concern for the welfare of Midgar's poorer citizens, constructing a seventy-story skyscraper to serve as their headquarters while erecting a massive metal plate over the city for upper class citizens to live and work upon. In the meantime, the lower half of the city became known as the "slums", its view of the sky obstructed and its air polluted. Many citizens living in these conditions became malnourished or otherwise unhealthy, but Shinra did little to assist them.<ref name="plate">'''Barret:''' Look... you can see the surface now. This city don't have no day or night. If that plate weren't there... we could see the sky. ... / '''Barret:''' The upper world... a city on a plate... It's 'cuz of that &^#$# 'pizza', that people underneath are sufferin'! And the city below is full of polluted air. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref>

Shinra's operations began to face opposition, however, from those who believed that the use of mako energy was depleting the spiritual essence of the planet, a massive swell of ethereal matter the Study of Planet Life referred to as the "[[Materia#Lifestream|Lifestream]]". The philosophy explained that this energy wave was not only the life force of the planet, but the source of life for all lifeforms living upon it. Those who followed the lifestyle referred to mako energy as "spirit energy" instead, a term that would fall into disfavor as the populace became increasingly dependent on mako. The Study of Planet Life held that when an organism was conceived, it was given a small amount of the planet's own spirit to live. As the lifeform grew, its accumulated life experiences would allow its spirit energy to grow as well, such that when the organism died, its spiritual energy would return to the planet's core, enriched by its experiences in life, allowing the Lifestream as a whole to grow.<ref name="lifestream">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=216–217 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref><ref name="lifestream2">'''Bugenhagen:''' Eventually... all humans die. What happens to them after they die? The body decomposes, and returns to the Planet. That much everyone knows. What about their consciousness, their hearts and their souls? The soul too returns to the Planet. And not only those of humans, but everything on this Planet. In fact, all living things in the universe, are the same. The spirits that return to the Planet, merge with one another and roam the Planet. They roam, converge, and divide, becoming a swell, called the 'Lifestream'. Lifestream.... In other words, a path of energy of the souls roaming the Planet. 'Spirit Energy' is a word that you should never forget. A new life... children are blessed with Spirit energy and are brought into the world. Then, the time comes when they die and once again return to the Planet... {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> Those who followed the philosophy argued that Shinra's activities were sucking up the life force of the planet and slowly weakening it, with the inevitable result being the death of the entire world and all creatures living upon it.<ref name="lifestream" /><ref name="lifestream3">'''Bugenhagen:''' Spirit energy makes all things possible, trees, birds, and humans. Not just living things. But Spirit energy makes it possible for Planets to be Planets. What happens if that Spirit energy were to disappear? ... / '''Cloud:''' If the Spirit energy is lost, our Planet is destroyed... Everyday Mako reactors suck up Spirit energy, diminishing it. Spirit energy gets compressed in the reactors and processed into Mako energy. All living things are being used up and thrown away. In other words, Mako energy will only destroy the Planet... {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref>

One devoted follower to the Study of Planet Life decided that the only way to prevent the world's destruction was to oppose Shinra by violent means, forming an [[eco-terrorism|eco-terrorist]] organization called "[[AVALANCHE]]".<ref name="lifestream" /> The organization began a long [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla war]] with Shinra, focusing on attacking mako reactors and performing repeated assassination attempts upon the company's president.<ref name="6years">{{Cite book | year=2006 | editor=Watanabe, Yukari | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children - Reunion Files - | pages=96–97 | language=Japanese|publisher=SoftBank|id=ISBN 4-7973-3498-3}}</ref> Though the original incarnation of AVALANCHE was eventually defeated due to the efforts of Shinra's elite [[espionage]] and [[assassination]] division, the [[Turks (Final Fantasy VII)|Turks]]. A smaller unit bearing the same name and objective was later established by [[Barret Wallace]], one of the game's main characters, to continue fighting Shinra.<ref name="lifestream" /><ref name="6years" />

===Characters===
{{main|List of Final Fantasy VII characters}}
[[Image:FFVIInomuracastdesigns.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Tetsuya Nomura's designs of the main characters in ''Final Fantasy VII'']]

The nine main playable characters in ''Final Fantasy VII'' are [[Cloud Strife]], an unsociable [[mercenary]] who serves as the game's protagonist and claims to be a former 1st Class member of Shinra's SOLDIER unit;<ref name="1stclass">'''Aeris:''' What rank were you? / '''Cloud:''' Rank? / '''Aeris:''' You know, in SOLDIER. / '''Cloud:''' Oh, I was... First Class. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> [[Aerith Gainsborough|Aeris Gainsborough]] (named "Aerith" in later ''Final Fantasy VII'' titles and the ''[[Kingdom Hearts series|Kingdom Hearts]]'' series), a flower merchant living in the slums of Midgar who has been pursued by Shinra operatives since she was a child;<ref name="aeris">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=30 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref><ref name="aeris2">'''Cloud:''' It's amazing how she's avoided the Shinra for all these years... / '''Elmyra:''' The Shinra needed her. So I guess they wouldn't harm her. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co. |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> [[Tifa Lockhart]], a martial artist and childhood friend of Cloud's with romantic feelings toward him; [[Barret Wallace]], the impatient leader of the second incarnation of the anti-Shinra organization AVALANCHE, who bears a grudge against the corporation for razing his hometown, and causing the deaths of his friends and family;<ref name="barret">'''Barret:''' It happened when Dyne and I were out of town for a few days. Corel was burned down by the Shinra troops. All the townspeople........ All my relatives......... Everyone...... Everything...... {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> [[Red XIII]], a wise lion-like creature capable of speech who was experimented on by Shinra scientists; [[Yuffie Kisaragi]], the young, bitter princess of Wutai, a nation descended from [[ninja]]s which was defeated by Shinra in a war several years before the events of ''Final Fantasy VII'' began;<ref name="war">'''Elmyra:''' Oh... it must have been 15 years ago... ...during the war. My husband was sent to the front. Some far away place called Wutai. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref><ref name="war2">'''Yuffie:''' You scared of the Shinra? Then why don't you fall into line and obey them, just like all of the other towns! Those guys are the ones who are really fighting the Shinra! / '''Godo:''' Shut up! What would you know about this? / '''Yuffie:''' You get beaten once, and then that's it? What happened to the mighty Wutai I used to know? {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> [[Cid Highwind]], a pilot whose dreams of being the first man in [[outer space]] were crushed when he canceled his rocket's launch to save the life of one of his assistants, leading to the withdrawing of the Shinra Company's funding of a space program;<ref name="cid">'''Cid:''' Well, they came up with a Rocket Engine. There was so much excitement about the thought of going into outer space. Our dreams got bigger and bigger. They put a major budget into it and made prototype after prototype! Finally, they completed Shinra No. 26. They chose the best pilot in Shinra—no, in the world—me. I mean, come on. And finally we get to the day of the launch. Everything was goin' well... But, because of that dumb-ass Shera, the launch got messed up. That's why they became so anal! And so, Shinra nixed their outer space exploration plans. After they told me how the future was Space Exploration and got my damn hopes up... DAMN THEM! Then, it was all over once they found out Mako energy was profitable. They didn't even so much as look at space exploration. Money, moola, dinero! My dream was just a financial number for them! {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref><ref name="cid2">'''Shera:''' He pushed the Emergency Engine Shut Down switch, aborting the mission, to save my life. After that, the Space Program was cut back and the launch was canceled. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> [[Cait Sith (Final Fantasy VII)|Cait Sith]], a [[fortune-telling]] cat who rides a magically animated stuffed [[moogle]] doll;<ref name="caitsith&vincent">{{cite book | year=1997 | editor=Square Electronic Arts | title=Final Fantasy VII North American instruction manual | pages=11 | publisher=Square Electronic Arts|language=English|id=SCUS-94163}}</ref> and [[Vincent Valentine]] a former member of Shinra's Turks unit who was killed and brought back to life as an [[Immortality|immortal]] through experimental anatomic reconstruction.<ref name="vincent">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=46 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref><ref name="vincent2">{{cite book | year=1999 | editor=Square Electronic Arts | title=Ehrgeiz instruction manual | pages=20 | publisher=Square Electronic Arts | language=English | id=SLUS-00809}}</ref><ref name="vincent3">{{cite web | author=Final Fantasy Insider site staff | year=2005 | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Interview - Conducted by GanGan | url=http://www.ffinsider.net/ff7ac/interview3.php | work=[http://www.ffinsider.net/ Final Fantasy Insider] | accessmonthday=10 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

All of the game's main characters have had significant ties to the Shinra Company in their past, and all harbor disapproval or outright hatred for the corporation and its activities. Although the antagonists for the first portion of the game are the [[List of Final Fantasy VII characters#Executives|Shinra executives]], a mysterious man named "[[Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)|Sephiroth]]" — once hailed as the greatest SOLDIER — reappears several years after disappearing in a battle in which he was concluded to have died.<ref name="sephiroth">{{cite book | year=1997 | editor=Square Electronic Arts | title=Final Fantasy VII North American instruction manual | pages=10 | publisher=Square Electronic Arts | language=English | id=SCUS-94163}}</ref><ref name="sephiroth2">'''Aeris:''' What happened to Sephiroth? / '''Cloud:''' In terms of skill, I couldn't have killed him. / '''Tifa:''' Official records state Sephiroth is dead. I read it in the newspaper. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> He is soon revealed to be the most immediate threat to the planet, prompting both AVALANCHE and the Shinra Company to take up the position of defending it, though their methods differ significantly.<ref name="defendingtheplanet">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=58 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref>

The game's character designer, Tetsuya Nomura, has expressed feeling that ''Final Fantasy VII'' was hindered by graphical limitations, and that his designs were, consequently, very plain in comparison to his "true" style.<ref name="Khosla" /> However, he was able to find other means of expressing some of his ideas. Cloud's original character design called for slicked back black hair with no spikes, intended to serve as a contrast to Sephiroth's long, flowing silver hair. To give Cloud a unique feature that would emphasize his role in the game as the main character, Nomura changed the design to feature Cloud's now trademark shock of spiky, bright blond hair.<ref name="Khosla" /> For Tifa's design, Nomura has admitted to facing a difficult decision in choosing to give her a miniskirt or pants. With input from other members of the game's development staff, he eventually selected a dark miniskirt, contrasted by Aeris' long, pink dress.<ref name="Khosla" />

Vincent's character developed from horror researcher to detective, then to chemist, and finally to the figure of a former Turk with a tragic past. It has been explained that his crimson mantle was added to symbolize the idea of carrying a heavy weight on his shoulders associated with death. Nomura has indicated that Cid Highwind's fighting style resembles that of a [[Dragon Knight (character class)|Dragon Knight]], a [[character class]] so chosen because his last name is the same as that of two previous Dragon Knights featured in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, [[Characters of Final Fantasy II#Ricard Highwind|Ricard Highwind]] of ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' and [[Kain Highwind]] of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''.<ref name="Khosla" />

Due to their popularity, several characters from the game have made [[cameo appearance]]s in other Square Enix titles, most notably the [[Versus fighting game|fighting game]] ''[[Ehrgeiz]]'' and the popular ''Final Fantasy''-[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] crossover series ''Kingdom Hearts''. Sephiroth remains one of the most popular villains in video game history, [[Unanimity|unanimously]] voted #1 by the staff of [[video game magazine|gaming publication]] ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' in their "Top 10 [[boss (video games)|Video Game Bosses]]" list in October 2005.<ref name="sephboss1">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Editors of EGM magazine | title=Electronic Gaming Monthly October, 2005 | pages=72–73 | language=English | publisher=Ziff Davis Media}}</ref> During spring of the same year, the character won [[GameFAQs]]' best villain contest.<ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web | author=GameFAQs Site Staff | year=2005 | title=GameFAQs - Spring 2005: Got Villains? | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/spr05 | work=[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs] | accessmonthday=January 3 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>

===Story===
{{Plot|section|date=July 2007}}
''Final Fantasy VII'' begins with Cloud joining [[AVALANCHE]] in a raid on one of eight mako reactors that surround the city of Midgar. The mako reactor is destroyed and the group makes their way back to their base. During their next mission at another reactor, AVALANCHE is trapped by [[List of Final Fantasy VII characters#President Shinra|President Shinra]] before they can escape. Although they defeat the guard, the reactor's explosion sends Cloud flying from the upper levels of Midgar into the slums below. Falling through the roof of a derelict church in Sector 5, he lands on a flower bed unharmed, where he is formally introduced to Aeris.<ref name="secondmeetingwithaeris">'''Aeris:''' You okay? This is a church in the Sector 5 slums. You suddenly fell on top of me. You really gave me quite a scare. / '''Cloud:''' ......I came crashing down? / '''Aeris:''' The roof and the flower bed must have broken your fall. You're lucky. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> Cloud agrees to work for Aeris as her bodyguard, an agreement prompted by the arrival of operatives of the Shinra Company's Turks organization, who have been ordered to capture Aeris.<ref name="secondmeetingwithaerith">'''Aeris:''' Say, Cloud. Have you ever been a bodyguard? You DO do everything, right? / '''Cloud:''' Yeah, that's right. / '''Aeris:''' Then, get me out of here. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref>

After Cloud defends Aeris from her would-be kidnappers, Aeris offers to show him the way back to Sector 7. Along the way, she reveals that her first boyfriend had been a 1st Class SOLDIER, as Cloud claims to have been. The two spot Tifa entering Wall Market, an area of Sector 6 infamous for criminal activity, to which they follow her. After infiltrating the mansion of crime boss [[List of Final Fantasy VII characters#Don Corneo|Don Corneo]], the three learn that Shinra has discovered the location of AVALANCHE's hideout and plans to collapse the upper level of Sector 7 onto the slums below.<ref name="platecrush">'''Don Corneo:''' Shinra's trying to crush a small rebel group called AVALANCHE, and want to infiltrate their hideout. And they're really going to crush them... literally. By breaking the support holding up the plate above them. / '''Tifa:''' Break the support!? / '''Don Corneo:''' You know what's going to happen? The plate'll go PING and everything's gonna go BAMMM!! I heard their hideout's in the Sector 7 Slums... {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> Despite AVALANCHE's efforts to prevent it, Shinra successfully destroys Sector 7, killing its population and three members of AVALANCHE. The Turks finally capture Aeris, who the player learns is the last living member of the "[[Races of Final Fantasy#Ancients|Cetra]]" race.<ref name="cetra">'''Cloud:''' Why is Shinra after Aeris? / '''Elmyra:''' Aeris is an Ancient. The sole survivor. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> The Cetra, it is explained, are closely attuned with the planet. Therefore, President Shinra believes that Aeris can lead him to a mythical land of fertility known as the "Promised Land", which he expects to be ripe with mako energy that can be easily harvested.<ref name="cetra2">'''President Shinra:''' She's the last surviving Ancient... Don't you know? They called themselves the Cetra, and lived thousands of years ago. Now they are just a forgotten page in history. / '''Red XIII:''' Cetra... That girl, is she a survivor of the Cetra? / '''President Shinra:''' Cetra, or the Ancients will show us the way to the 'Promised Land.' I'm expecting a lot out of her. / '''Red XIII:''' The Promised Land? Isn't that just a legend? / '''President Shinra:''' Even so, it's just too appealing to not to pursue. It's been said the Promised Land is very fertile. ...If the land is fertile... / '''Barret:''' Then there's gotta be Mako! / '''President Shinra:''' Exactly. That is why our money sucking Mako Reactor is a necessity. The abundant Mako will just come out on its own. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref>

As the only remaining members of AVALANCHE, Tifa, Barret and Cloud infiltrate Shinra's headquarters to rescue Aeris. After freeing her and Red XIII, who joins the party, they escape when most of the personnel in the building — including President Shinra — are killed. Finding the body of the president skewered by a long sword, Cloud suspects Sephiroth has returned from his presumed death. These suspicions are confirmed by an executive spared during the massacre, who claims to have witnessed Sephiroth murder the president and state that he would never allow Shinra to claim the Promised Land.<ref name="sephirothreturns">'''Cloud:''' Did you see him? Did you see Sephiroth? / '''Palmer:''' Yeah, I saw him!! I saw him with my own eyes! / '''Cloud:''' You really saw him? / '''Palmer:''' Uh! Would I lie to you at a time like this!? And I heard his voice too! Um, he was saying something about not letting us have the Promised Land. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> The party also learns that during Sephiroth's attack on Shinra, the headless body of a creature named "[[Jenova]]" disappeared from the building's research facility.<ref name="jenovagone">'''Cloud:''' ...Did it get away? Jenova...? / '''Red XIII:''' Jenova Specimen... Looks like it went to the upper floor using that elevator for the specimens. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref>

While [[Rufus Shinra]], the president's son, assumes control of the Shinra Company, AVALANCHE pursues Sephiroth across the planet, fearing his intentions for the Promised Land may be more destructive than Shinra's. During this pursuit, the party is joined by Yuffie, Cait Sith, Vincent and Cid. As the journey progresses, each member of the group must come to terms with personal conflicts from their past, and the full scope of Sephiroth's plan is eventually revealed to the player: if the planet is significantly damaged, the Lifestream within will gather at the point of injury, attempting to heal the wound. Sephiroth explains that he intends to use a powerful spell known as "[[Materia#Meteor|Meteor]]" to fatally injure the planet, inciting a reaction in the Lifestream to heal the wound before it can cause the planet's destruction. Entering the fissure created by the meteor's impact, Sephiroth would merge with all the energy of the planet, granting him god-like power over it.<ref name="agodtorule">'''Aeris:''' How do you intend to become one with the Planet? / '''Sephiroth:''' It's simple. Once the Planet is hurt, it gathers Spirit Energy to heal the injury. The amount of energy gathered depends on the size of the injury. ...What would happen if there was an injury that threatened the very life of the Planet? Think how much energy would be gathered! Ha ha ha. And at the center of that injury, will be me. All that boundless energy will be mine. By merging with all the energy of the Planet, I will become a new life form, a new existence. Melding with the Planet... I will cease to exist as I am now. Only to be reborn as a 'God' to rule over every soul. / '''Aeris:''' An injury powerful enough to destroy the Planet? Injure... the Planet? / '''Sephiroth:''' Behold that mural. The Ultimate Destructive Magic... Meteor. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> At an ancient temple erected by the Cetra, AVALANCHE attempts to undermine Sephiroth's plot by claiming the [[Materia#Black materia|Black Materia]] needed to activate Meteor, but Sephiroth displays a mysterious power over Cloud, forcing him to relinquish it.

[[Image:FFVIIsephirothkillsaeris.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sephiroth kills Aeris in a scene cited "the most shocking moment in video games".<ref>{{cite web | date=1997 | author= Gouskos, Carrie |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6155700/index.html| accessdate=19 September, 2007}}</ref>]]
Fearing that Sephiroth may cast Meteor, and having gained a greater understanding of her heritage from scholars in Cosmo Canyon and the memories of her ancestors in the Cetra's temple, Aeris sets off to stop him on her own. Concerned for her safety, AVALANCHE follows her to the northern continent, where the player must enter an ancient Cetra city. After finding Aeris praying to the planet for aid, Sephiroth, unseen, begins affecting Cloud's behavior once again, and attempts to force him to kill her. Although Cloud resists Sephiroth's command, however, Sephiroth himself appears and kills Aeris.<ref name="sephboss1" /><ref name="development3">{{Cite book | year=2003 | editor=Editors of Edge magazine | title=Edge May 2003; issue 123 | pages=108–113 | language=English | publisher=Future Publishing}}</ref> After laying her body to rest, the surviving characters resolve to defeat Sephiroth and avenge her.

Later, Sephiroth begins causing Cloud to doubt his memories and insists that he is not a real human, but rather a specimen created from Jenova's genetic material by [[List of Final Fantasy VII characters#Professor Hojo|Professor Hojo]]. Jenova, the player learns, was an interstellar creature who crashlanded on the planet approximately two thousand years earlier, arriving via travel on a meteor. This collision formed a large [[impact crater]], grievously harming the planet.<ref name="meteor">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=214, 587 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref><ref name="meteor2">'''Ifalna:''' 2000 years ago, our ancestors, the Cetra, heard the cries of the Planet. The first ones to discover the Planet's wound were the Cetra at the Knowlespole. ... / '''Ifalna:''' The Cetra then began a Planet-reading. ... / '''Ifalna:''' ...I can't explain it very well, but it's like having a conversation with the Planet... It said something fell from the sky making a large wound. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> Jenova soon emerged from the crater, intending to infect all living organisms on the planet with a virus that would induce insanity and incite monstrous transformations.<ref name="jenova">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=210–215 | language=Japanese|publisher=Square Enix|id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref> Among its victims were most of the Cetra, who were approached when Jenova used its [[mimic]] abilities to appear as their relatives. Attempting to defend itself, the planet created giant monsters called "[[WEAPON (Final Fantasy)#Final Fantasy VII|WEAPON]]s", while the majority of humans fled rather than fight Jenova. However, a small group of Cetra survivors fought to defend the planet and managed to defeat Jenova, confining it within the fissure created by its landing.<ref name="defense">'''Ifalna:''' A small number of the surviving Cetra defeated Jenova, and confined it. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> Afterward, the WEAPONs entered hibernation to await any future threat that could harm the planet. Eventually, the mummified remains of Jenova would be unearthed by [[List of Final Fantasy VII characters#Professor Gast|Professor Gast]], a researcher for the Shinra Company. Mistaking the creature for a Cetra, Gast was given authorization to conduct an experiment to artificially produce a Cetra by combining cells from Jenova with the fetus of an unborn child.<ref name="jenova" />

Five years before the present-day events seen by the player, Sephiroth learned that he was the product of this experiment while on a Shinra mission in Nibelheim, the hometown of Cloud and Tifa. However, unaware of all details involved, he concluded that he was a Cetra who had been produced solely from Jenova's genetic material. Enraged, he burned down the town, intending to kill all descendants of those he believed had abandoned his ancestors in the defense of the planet. According to Cloud, he confronted Sephiroth during this massacre, after which Sephiroth vanished under unknown circumstances and was presumed dead until his reappearance in the Shinra building. When AVALANCHE reaches the Northern Crater, Sephiroth tells Cloud that he was not in Nibelheim, showing him images of a 1st Class SOLDIER with dark hair who occupies Cloud's place in his memories.<ref name="puppet">'''Cloud:''' Sephiroth! I know you're listening! I know what you want to say! That I wasn't in Nibelheim five years ago. That's it, isn't it? / '''Sephiroth:''' I see you finally understand. / '''Cloud:''' But, I want to ask you one thing. Why... why are you doing this? / '''Sephiroth:''' Ha, ha, ha...... I want to take you back to your real self. The one who gave me the Black Materia that day... Who would have ever thought a failed experiment would prove so useful? Hojo would die if he knew. / '''Cloud:''' Hojo!? What does he have to do with me!? / '''Sephiroth:''' Five years ago you were... ...constructed by Hojo, piece by piece, right after Nibelheim was burnt. A puppet made up of vibrant Jenova cells, her knowledge, and the power of Mako. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy VII |developer=Square Co |publisher=SCE America |date=1997-09-07 |platform=PlayStation |language=English}}</ref> With Tifa unable to refute Sephiroth's claims, Cloud breaks down and allows him to cast Meteor, resulting in the WEAPONs' awakening. During the earthquake that follows, Cloud is separated from his companions and falls into the Lifestream.

As the meteor summoned by Sephiroth slowly approaches the planet, the Shinra Company focuses its efforts on protecting humanity from the WEAPONs,<ref name="defendingtheplanet" /> who have begun to perceive everything as a threat to the planet. Meanwhile, AVALANCHE searches for Cloud, eventually locating him on a tropical resort island where he washed up following the casting of Meteor, they learn that he is in a [[catatonia|catatonic]] state. The WEAPONs' destructive activity quickly causes the island to split open, depositing Cloud and Tifa into the Lifestream below. There, she reconstructs Cloud's memories and learn the truth about his past. Although the player learns that he is a real human being and had actually been in Nibelheim during Sephiroth's attack, he never actually succeeded in joining SOLDIER and only managed to attain the rank of [[Private (rank)|private]] in Shinra's military. The player learns that the previously-seen dark-haired SOLDIER is named "[[Zack Fair|Zack]]", and was Aeris' first boyfriend. During Sephiroth's destruction of Nibelheim, Zack, Tifa and Cloud fought Sephiroth in Nibelheim's mako reactor. Although Tifa and Zack were defeated, Cloud and Sephiroth severely wounded one another. After decapitating the body of Jenova, which had been stored in the mako reactor, Sephiroth is thrown into the Lifestream by Cloud, taking the creature's head with him. Rather than dying, however, his body and consciousness were preserved in mako inside Jenova's crater.

While Tifa was taken to safety in Midgar, Cloud and Zack were among the wounded survivors who were apprehended by Shinra as part an elaborate [[cover-up]] of Sephiroth's massacre. Professor Hojo subjected these survivors to an experiment, in which he performed the same enhancements given to members of SOLDIER. However, because Hojo conducted the experiment without any concern for the subjects' mental capacities to handle the procedure, all but Zack entered a [[coma]]tose state. Nearly five years later, Zack broke free from his confinement and took Cloud with him. The player learns that the procedure used to enhance members of SOLDIER involved both mako showers and the injection of cells from Jenova. The alien cells inhabiting Cloud's body allowed his mind to construct a false persona, built around Zack's behavior, fighting style, and description of Sephiroth's destruction in Nibelheim, but they also allowed Sephiroth to modulate his behavior. The cells' inherent ability to duplicate information led Cloud to believe that he had been the 1st Class SOLDIER in Nibelheim, as Zack was shot and killed outside Midgar by pursuing Shinra soldiers, shortly before the beginning of the game. Afterward, Tifa discovered Cloud, who was wearing Zack's spare uniform, and offered him a job with AVALANCHE.<ref name="jenova" />

With the truth revealed, Cloud awakens and rejoins AVALANCHE. The player learns that, in her final moments, Aeris was casting a spell known as "[[Materia#Holy|Holy]]", the only means of opposing Meteor. Though she succeeds, Sephiroth's focused will prevents the spell from taking effect and has been restraining it since. Deciding that humanity must be protected from the WEAPONs before Sephiroth can be approached, Shinra and AVALANCHE destroy the WEAPONs, but nearly all of Shinra's executives are killed in the process. Among the few survivors are [[List of Final Fantasy VII characters#Reeve Tuesti|Reeve Tuesti]], revealed to be the repentant controller of Cait Sith,<ref name="reeve">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=57 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref> and Professor Hojo, who is revealed to be Sephiroth's father. He explains that he and his wife were assistants to Professor Gast, and offered up their unborn child as a test subject to research involving Jenova.<ref name="jenova" /><ref name="wife">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=198 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref> When Hojo attempts to help Sephiroth to gain mastery over the Lifestream afterward, AVALANCHE is given no choice but to fight and kill him.

With each member of AVALANCHE at peace with his or her past and all other opponents defeated, the group travels through the [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] of the planet to its core, where they defeat Sephiroth and free Holy. However, due to Meteor's already close proximity to the planet's surface, Holy is unable to destroy it alone. Selected as Meteor's target, Midgar is almost completely destroyed by the storms that spawn from its presence. However, sent by Aeris' spirit, the Lifestream itself rises from the planet to aid Holy by pushing Meteor away, allowing Holy to destroy it.<ref name="aerithsavestheday">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=591 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref> During the epilogue that follows, the ruins of Midgar are shown five hundred years later. While the landscape had once been desolate due to Shinra's operations, it is now a land of lush greenery.

==Development==
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===Early development and ''Final Fantasy SGI''===
[[Image:FF7 Pic 3.jpg|thumb|right|A development screenshot of the game showing a copyright date of 1996; ''Final Fantasy VII'' was originally to be released in that year.{{Fact|date=August 2007}}]]
[[Image:FF7 Pic 4.jpg|thumb|right|Another early screenshot; Aeris appears in the starting party for this version.]]
{{seealso|Final Fantasy VI#Interactive CG Game}}
Development of ''Final Fantasy VII'' began in late [[1995 in video gaming|1995]],<ref name="development3">{{Cite book | year=2003 | editor=Editors of Edge magazine | title=Edge May 2003; issue 123 | pages=108–113 | language=English | publisher=Future Publishing}}</ref><ref name="development">{{cite web | author=The Final Fantasy VII Citadel site staff | year=2005 | title=Hironobu Sakaguchi Interview | url=http://www.ff7citadel.com/press/int_sakaguchi.shtml | work=[http://www.ff7citadel.com/ The Final Fantasy VII Citadel] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and required the efforts of more than one hundred artists and programmers<ref name="development" /><ref name="development2">{{cite web | author=Vestal, Andrew | year=1998 | title=The History of Final Fantasy | url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/vgs/universal/finalfantasy_hs/sec1_7_2.html | work=[http://www.gamespot.com/ GameSpot] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> using such software as [[PowerAnimator]] and [[Softimage|Softimage|3D]],<ref name="development3" /> and a budget of approximately [[United States dollar|US$]]45 million.<ref name="development4">{{cite web | author=Low, Gek Siong | year=2001 | title=Coming to America: The making of Final Fantasy VII and how Squaresoft conquered the RPG market | url=http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~geksiong/papers/sts145/Squaresoft%20and%20FF7.htm | work=[http://stanford.edu/ Stanford University] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s co-director and scenario writer, Yoshinori Kitase, returned to direct and co-write this installment of the series and expressed a concern that the franchise might be left behind if it did not catch up to the [[3D computer graphics]] used in other games at the time.<ref name="development5" /> Development then began after the development of a short, experimental [[technology demo]] for [[Silicon Graphics]] Onyx workstations.<ref name="development" />

Called "[[Final Fantasy VI: The Interactive CG Game|Final Fantasy SGI]]", the demo featured [[polygon (computer graphics)|polygon]]-based 3D renderings of characters from ''Final Fantasy VI'' in a [[real-time (media)|real-time]] battle and incorporated interactive elements.<ref name="development" /><ref name="development6">{{cite web | author=Sutherland, Kenny | year=2003 | title=Elusions: Final Fantasy 64 | url=http://www.lostlevels.org/200510/ | work=[http://www.lostlevels.org/ LostLevels] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="development7">{{cite web | author=RPGamer site staff | title=Final Fantasy SGI Demo | url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/affw/ffsgi.html | work=[http://www.rpgamer.com/ RPGamer]|accessmonthday=August 10 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> This experiment led the development team to decide to integrate these design mechanics into ''Final Fantasy VII''.<ref name="development" /> However, as a result of the high quantity of memory storage required to implement the motion data, 3D models and [[computer graphics]] effects involved, it was decided that only the [[CD-ROM]] format would be able to suit the project's needs.<ref name="development3" /><ref name="development" /><ref name="development4" /><ref name="development6" /> [[Nintendo]], for whom Square had developed all previous titles in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, had decided to continue to use [[cartridge (electronics)|cartridge]]s for their upcoming [[Nintendo 64]] console. This eventually led to a dispute and as a result, Square eventually decided to end their long, often tumultuous, relationship with Nintendo and announced on [[January 12]], [[1996 in video gaming|1996]] that they would be developing ''Final Fantasy VII'' for [[Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony]]'s [[PlayStation]] system.<ref name="development3" /><ref name="development4" /><ref name="development6" />

In 1996, a demonstration disc was released to those who attended [[Tokyo Game Show]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Tuulisti |url=http://www.tuulisti.com/ff_misc.htm |title=Miscellaneous |accessdate = 2007-08-01 |work=[http://www.tuulisti.com/ Tuulisti’s Final Fantasy FFVII Collectibles Website]}}</ref> This disc, called ''Square's Preview Extra'', contained the earliest playable demo of ''Final Fantasy VII'' as well as the 1995 Siggraph demonstration called ''[[Final Fantasy VI: The Interactive CG Game|Final Fantasy SGI]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://208.109.211.60/bn_inf.php?type=promo&l=j&id=1387 |title=ファイナルファンタジー? Square's Preview Extra |accessdate = 2007-08-01 |work = [http://www.gamengai.com gamengai]}}</ref> The demo available on the disc allowed players to play through the first part of [[Midgar]]. However, while all the text is in [[Japanese language|Japanese]], there are some noticeable differences, mainly the presence of Aeris in the initial party.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Square's Preview Extra |developer=Square Co |publisher=SquareSoft |date=1996-08-06 |platform=PlayStation |language=Japanese}}</ref>

===Changes from past installments===
The transition from [[2D computer graphics]] to 3D environments overlaid on [[pre-rendered]] backgrounds<ref name="ignreview" /><ref name="gamespotreview" /><ref name="egmreview" /> was accompanied by a focus on a more realistic presentation, which challenged the development team. According to Kitase, "Right from the time the decision to go with CD was made he <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Game producer|producer]] [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]]] set down a ground rule for the team saying, 'If the player becomes aware of the access times, we have failed'", demanding that an immersive atmosphere be upheld, which led to the programming of various animations to activate while the game loaded data.<ref name="development3" /> While the extra storage capacity and computer graphics to which the team now had access gave them the means to implement more than 40 minutes of [[full motion video]] movies<ref name="development3" /> — an unprecedented undertaking in the genre at the time<ref name="development3" /><ref name="development4" /> — this innovation brought with it the added difficulty of ensuring that the inferiority of the in-game graphics in comparison to the FMV sequences was not too obvious. Kitase has described the process of making the in-game environments as detailed as possible to be "a daunting task".<ref name="development3" />

Among the difficulties faced was the potential inability to render 3D polygon models based on the designs of [[Yoshitaka Amano]], the series' long-time character designer. As his style was considered too exquisite to be compatible with the visual format of the project, this issue was addressed by bringing Tetsuya Nomura onboard as the project's main artist, while Amano aided in the design of the game's world map.<ref name="development4" /> Previously a monster designer for ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'',<ref name="nomurain">{{cite web | date=September , 2005 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdoup/is_200509/ai_n14800453 | title=Nomura | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://opm.1up.com/ Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]|accessmonthday=August 10 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> Nomura's style was more reminiscent of [[manga]], and considered easier to adapt.<ref name="development4" /> Another problem faced during development was a rushed production schedule. Veteran series [[composer]] [[Nobuo Uematsu]] commented in the liner notes of [[Final Fantasy VII Original Sound Track|the game's soundtrack]]: "There is one thing common in all the ''Final Fantasy'' games. None of them are complete". Despite delaying the game's release from December 1996 to January 1997, several additions to gameplay and story needed to be made for the game's North American release,<ref name="gamespotreview" /><ref name="development4" /> prompting a rerelease in Japan under the title "''Final Fantasy VII International''".<ref name="development4" />

===Design and inspirations===
Art director [[Yusuke Naora]] refers to the game's atmosphere as "strong [and] dark",<ref name="development8">{{cite web | author=Coxon, Sachi | year=1998 | title=Interview with Yoshinori Kitase, Tetsuya Nomura and Yusuke Naora | url=http://members.tripod.com/PlayStationJapan/main.html | work=[http://members.tripod.com/PlayStationJapan/main.html PlayStation Japan] | accessmonthday=July 15 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> achieved through lighting effects that he considers "the darkest of darkest",<ref name="development9">{{cite web | author=Final Fantasy Shrine site staff | title=Final Fantasy VIII Kitase, Nojima, Naora and Nomura Interview | url=http://www.ffshrine.org/ff8/ff8_interview.php | work=[http://www.ffshrine.org/ Final Fantasy Shrine] | accessmonthday=July 15 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and a story that emphasised realism while drawing on a variety of myths, legends, and religious and philosophical systems to "[use] as a framework for loftier ethical aspirations and ecologically conscious evangelism".<ref name="development5" /><ref name="development3" /> These concepts were reflected in names, such as "Sephiroth",<ref name="sephname">{{Cite book | year=1997 | editor=Famitsu | title=Final Fantasy VII Kaitai Shinsho | pages=26 | language=Japanese | publisher=Famitsu | id=ISBN 4-7577-0098-9}}</ref> Cloud's personal conflicts, the permanence of Aeris' death and the plot element of the Lifestream.<ref name="development3" /><ref name="development5" /> Tetsuya Nomura has explained that, during the early stages of development, the game was to have featured only Cloud, Barret and Aeris, with the intention that one of the three would die.<ref name="development5" /> Feeling that Cloud could not die due to his leading role and that the death of characters such as Barret was already too great a cliché in the ''Final Fantasy'' series and fiction in general, he expressed frustration with the frequent presentation of death in fiction as an awe-inspiring, often romantic idea centered around sacrifice and resurrection. As a result, he suggested that Aeris die and not return, believing the audience would not expect such a development and that it would emphasise the sudden, harsh, and irreversible nature of death.<ref name="development5" /><ref name="development3" /><ref name="development4" /> Alternatively, Sakaguchi based the philosophy of the Lifestream on ideas from cultures who believe in an invisible, inextinguishable energy that permeates planets and all life upon them, and was given its in-game representation by Kitase.<ref name="development3" />

Members of the development team have revealed that they intended some aspects of the game's story to be left open to the interpretation of individual players.<ref name="Khosla" /><ref name="opentointerpretation">{{cite web | author=Final Fantasy Insider site staff | year=2005 | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Interview - Conducted by GanGan | url=http://www.ffinsider.net/ff7ac/interview3.php | work=[http://www.ffinsider.net/ Final Fantasy Insider] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="sheila2">{{cite web | author=Khosla, Sheila | year=2005 | title=The Second Coming | url=http://flaregamer.com/b2article.php?p=109&more=1 | work=[http://flaregamer.com/ FLAREgamer] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Scenario writer [[Kazushige Nojima]] has explained that he intended players to feel encouraged to speculate about what Cloud might be thinking in certain situations rather than be provided with actual insight into what he felt.<ref name="scifisetting" /><ref name="development3" /> The game's ending left the fate of the characters ambiguous until the release of ''[[Final Fantasy VII Advent Children]]'' in 2005,<ref name="development12">{{Cite book | year=2001 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy X Ultimania Ω | pages=191 | language=Japanese | publisher=DigiCube/Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-88787-021-3}}</ref><ref name="rpgamer">{{cite web | author=Alley, Jake | title=Final Fantasy VII - Review | url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff7/reviews/ff7strev1.html | work=[http://www.rpgamer.com/ RPGamer] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> but the ultimate fate of humanity remained unclear nonetheless. At the time of ''Advent Children''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release, Kitase suggested that the game's epilogue may signify the extinction of human beings.<ref name="development5" /> However, Nomura has since stated that the game's final scene symbolizes humans living in harmony with nature,<ref name="development13">{{Cite book | year=2006 | editor=Watanabe, Yukari | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children - Reunion Files - | pages=105 | language=Japanese|publisher=SoftBank|id=ISBN 4-7973-3498-3}}</ref> and Square has provided explanations for other details of the game's plot with the publication of the ''Final Fantasy VII [[Ultimania]] Ω'' guidebook.

===North American release===
The game's release in North America was preceded by a massive three month marketing campaign for which Sony allocated a US$100 million budget. The high-profile campaign consisted of three 30-second television commercials on major networks, a holiday promotion with [[Pepsi]], and printed ads in publications such as ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[Details (magazine)|Details]]'', ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', ''[[Playboy]]'' and [[comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[DC Comics|DC]].<ref name="development4" /><ref name="development14">{{cite web | date=August , 1997 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_August_27/ai_19701566 | title=PlayStation's Final Fantasy VII Marketing Blitz Continues | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://www.businesswire.com/ Business wire] | accessmonthday=10 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="development15">{{cite web | author=Final Fantasy Shrine site staff | title=Final Fantasy 7 Commercial Screenshots | url=http://www.ffshrine.org/ff7/ff7_commercial1_page1.php | work=[http://www.ffshrine.org/ Final Fantasy Shrine]|accessmonthday=August 10 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> In 1998, ''Final Fantasy VII'' was [[porting|ported]] to [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]-based [[personal computer|PC]]s. This re-release featured smoother graphics and fixed certain translation and spelling errors, as well as various gameplay-related glitches. However, the PC version also suffered from its own bugs, including errors in the display of some full motion videos.<ref name="development4" /><ref name="development16">{{cite web | date=June , 1998 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_June_25/ai_50113699 | title=Eidos and SquareSoft Announce the Release of Final Fantasy VII for the PC | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://www.businesswire.com/ Business wire] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="development17">{{cite web | author=Olafson, Peter | year=2000 | title=Review: Final Fantasy VII for PC | url=http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/824.shtml | work=[http://www.gamepro.com/ GamePro] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

==Audio==
{{main|Music of Final Fantasy VII}}
The soundtrack for ''Final Fantasy VII'' was composed by [[Nobuo Uematsu]]. Instead of recorded music and sound effects for the game, Uematsu opted for [[Musical Instrument Digital Interface|MIDI]]s, using the PlayStation's own internal [[sound chip]]. He has explained that he chose this method because it allowed the console's CPU to process audio data more quickly, which in turn allowed it to focus more on processing the game's 3D engine and to prevent noticeable load times. The game was originally intended to feature a [[vocal music|vocal piece]], but this was cut due to the limitations imposed by recorded audio. However, a song with full choral backing is heard in "[[One-Winged Angel]]".<ref name="development4" />

The game's soundtrack was commercially released on four [[compact disc]]s;<ref name="soundtrack">{{cite web | author=Square Enix North America site staff | title=SQUARE ENIX MUSIC | url=http://na.square-enix.com/music/tunes/ff7.html | work=[http://na.square-enix.com/ Square Enix North America] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="soundtrack2">{{cite web | author=Schweitzer, Ben & Gann, Patrick | title=Final Fantasy VII OST | url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff7ost/index.html | work=[http://www.rpgfan.com/ RPGFan]|accessmonthday=August 10 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> a single-disc album of selected tracks from the Original Soundtrack and three selected [[arrangement|arranged]] tracks, entitled "''[[Final Fantasy VII: Reunion Tracks]]''", was released separately.<ref name="reuniontracks">{{cite web | author=Square Enix North America site staff | title=SQUARE ENIX MUSIC | url=http://na.square-enix.com/music/tunes/reunion.html | work=[http://na.square-enix.com/ Square Enix North America] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="reuniontracks2">{{cite web | author=Gann, Patrick | title=Final Fantasy VII Reunion Tracks | url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff7reunion/index.html | work=[http://www.rpgfan.com/ RPGFan] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> A piano-only arrangement of selected tracks has also been produced,<ref name="pianotracks">{{cite web | author=Gann, Patrick | title=Piano Collections Final Fantasy VII | url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff7piano/index.html | work=[http://www.rpgfan.com/ RPGFan] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and several [[remix]]ed versions of tracks from the game have surfaced in subsequent Square productions, including ''Final Fantasy VII Advent Children''<ref name="actracks">{{cite web | author=Castro Juan | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children | url=http://psp.ign.com/articles/656/656519p2.html | work=[http://ign.com/ IGN] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="actracks2">{{cite web | author=Gann, Patrick | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children OST | url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/ff7ac/index.html | work=[http://www.rpgfan.com/ RPGFan] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and ''Kingdom Hearts''.<ref name="khtracks">{{cite web | author=Gann, Patrick | title=Kingdom Hearts -Final Mix- Additional Tracks | url=http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/khfm/index.html | work=[http://www.rpgfan.com/ RPGFan] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Final Fantasy VII'' was both a critical and commercial success, and set several sales records. Within three days of its January 1997 release in Japan, the game had sold 2.3 million copies.<ref name="development4" /> This popularity inspired thousands of retailers in North America to break [[street date]]s in September to meet public demand for the title.<ref name="streetdates">{{cite web | date=September , 1997 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Sept_4/ai_19720780 | title=Retailers Nationwide Break Official Release Date of PlayStation's "Final Fantasy VII" Videogame | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://www.businesswire.com/ Business Wire] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> In the game's debut weekend in North America, it sold 330,000 copies,<ref name="330k">{{cite web | date=September , 1997 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Sept_9/ai_19749216 | title=PlayStation's "Final Fantasy VII" Breaks Industry Records in Debut Weekend | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://www.businesswire.com/ Business Wire] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and had reached sales of 500,000 units in less than three weeks.<ref name="500k">{{cite web | date=September , 1997 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Sept_25/ai_19781799 | title=PlayStation's Final Fantasy VII Has Sold More Than Half a Million Copies to Date | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://www.businesswire.com/ Business Wire] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The momentum built in the game's opening weeks continued for several months; Sony announced that the game had sold one million copies on the continent by early December,<ref name="1mil">{{cite web | date=December , 1997 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Dec_4/ai_20033866 | title=Final Fantasy VII For PlayStation Hits Million-Unit Mark | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://www.businesswire.com/ Business Wire] | accessmonthday=August 10 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> prompting one business analyst to comment that "Sony redefined the role-playing game (RPG) category and expanded the conventional audience with the launch of ''Final Fantasy VII''".<ref name="1mil" /> 

Although Square's announcement that ''Final Fantasy VII'' would be produced for Sony rather than Nintendo and that it would not be based on the ''Final Fantasy SGI'' demo was initially met with discontent among gamers,<ref name="development6" /><ref name="development7" /> the game continues to maintain a strong following. It placed second in the "Top 100 Favorite Games of All Time" poll by Japanese magazine ''[[Famitsu]]'' during March 2006,<ref name="famitsu">{{cite web | author=Campbell, Colin | year=2006 | title=Japan Votes on All Time Top 100 | url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2401&Itemid=2 | work=[http://www.next-gen.biz Next Generation] | accessmonthday=March 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> while users of the video game website [[GameFAQs]] voted ''Final Fantasy VII'' as the "Best Game Ever"<ref name="gamefaqs2">{{cite web | author=GameFAQs Site Staff | year=2005 | title=Fall 2005: 10-Year Anniversary Contest - The 10 Best Games Ever | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/top10 | work=[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs] | accessmonthday=September 29 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> in November 2005, a little more than one year after it won the site's "Best. Game. Ever." tournament in 2004.<ref name="gamefaqs3">{{cite web | author=GameFAQs Site Staff | year=2004 | title=Spring 2004: Best. Game. Ever. | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/c04spr | work=[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs] | accessmonthday=September 29 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

===Critical response===
The game received extremely favorable reviews from many well-known gaming publications. [[GameFan magazine|GameFan]] called it "quite possibly the greatest game ever made",<ref name="development4" /> while [[GameSpot]] commented that "never before have technology, playability, and narrative combined as well as in ''Final Fantasy VII''", expressing particular favor toward the game's graphics, audio and story. The UK-based publication ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' gave the game a 9/10,<ref name="edge">{{cite web | author=Edge Online site staff | title=Edge Online: Search Results | url=http://www.edge-online.co.uk/edgedb/search.php?gamename=Final+Fantasy+VII&x=0&y=0 | work=[http://www.edge-online.co.uk/ Edge Online]|accessmonthday=August 10 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> and ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' granted a 9.5/10, claiming that "No other RPG can pull off a cinematic experience like Final Fantasy VII".<ref name="egmreview" /> At the time of release, multimedia website [[IGN]] insisted that "''FF7''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s graphics are light years beyond anything ever seen on the PlayStation", held that its plot "is deep ... and epic", and regarded its battle system as its strongest point.<ref name="ignreview" /> One [[RPGamer]] staff reviewer praised the game's soundtrack "both in variety and sheer volume", suggesting that "Uematsu has done his work exceptionally well" and "is perhaps at his best here".<ref name="rpgamer2">{{cite web | author=Castomel | title=Final Fantasy VII - Review | url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff7/reviews/ff7strev3.html | work=[http://www.rpgamer.com/ RPGamer] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

''Final Fantasy VII'' has received negative criticism as well. [[GameSpy]] rated it 7th on their "25 Most Overrated Games" list in September 2003, saying, "Most ''FF'' aficionados will tell you that ''VII'', while very good, is hardly the best game in the series", two of the reviewers placing both ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' above it.<ref name="GameSpy">{{cite web | author=Gamespy site staff | title=Top 25 Most Overrated Games | url=http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25overrated/index20.shtml | work=[http://www.gamespy.com/ GameSpy] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> While giving the game an overall 5/5, ''[[Official PlayStation Magazine|Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]]'' questioned the game's highly linear progression,<ref name="opmreview">{{cite web | author=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine staff | title=Final Fantasy VII PS Review | url=http://egm.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3111181&did=3 | work=[http://1up.com/ 1UP.com]|accessmonthday=August 10 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> as did GameSpot.<ref name="gamespotreview" /> ''OPM'' considered the game's translation "a bit muddy, causing unnecessary confusion and clouding the fine story", sentiments echoed by one member of RPGamer's staff who suggested that "[the game] is far from perfect", citing its translation as "packed with typos and other errors which further obscure what is already a very confusing plot".<ref name="rpgamer" /> [[GamePro]] also considered the [[Japanese language|Japanese]]-to-[[English language|English]] translation a significant weakness in the game,<ref name="development17" /> and IGN regarded the option to use only three characters at a time as "the game's only shortcoming".<ref name="ignreview" /> Overall, the game has earned a 92% universal approval rating from critics on [[Metacritic]] and [[Game Rankings]].<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web | editor=Metacritic site staff | title=Final Fantasy VII Reviews | url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/psx/finalfantasy7?q=Final%20Fantasy%20VII | work=[http://www.metacritic.com/ Metacritic] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="gamerankings">{{cite web | title=Final Fantasy VII Reviews | editor=Game Ratings site staff | url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/197341.asp?q=Final%20Fantasy%20VII | work=[http://www.gamerankings.com/ Game Rankings] | accessmonthday=July 23 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

The game has also been the subject of criticism from parental groups concerned with violence in video games, particularly in the wake of the [[Columbine High School massacre]] in 1999. Following the event, several parents of children murdered in the massacre filed a US$5 billion lawsuit against companies that published and developed video and computer games. Among the co-defendants were [[Eidos Interactive]], publisher of the PC version of the game, with ''Final Fantasy VII'' cited as their offending contribution.<ref name="lawsuit">{{cite web | date=June , 2001 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20010605/ai_n11965987 | title=Massacre parents sue London Lara firm | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://www.associatednewspapers.com/es.htm Evening Standard] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="lawsuit2">{{cite web | date=June , 2001 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010607/ai_n14390475 | title=School massacre families to sue creators of violent games | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://www.independent.co.uk/ The Independent] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

===Legacy===
''Final Fantasy VII'' is regarded as one of the most influential titles in the history of video games. It is credited with allowing console RPGs to find a place in markets outside Japan, and remains arguably the most popular title in the ''Final Fantasy'' series.<ref name="mainstream" /><ref name="mainstream2" /> In January 2005, it was selected by ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' as 6th on their list of "the 10 most important games ... that helped redefine the industry since ... 1989". Citing its "beautiful cut-scenes and a deep, introspective narrative", they claimed that "Square’s game was ... the first RPG to surpass, instead of copy, movie like storytelling", and that, without it, "Aeris wouldn’t have died, and gamers wouldn’t have learned how to cry".<ref name="egmclaim">{{cite web | date=January , 2005 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdegm/is_200501/ai_n7182265 | title=10 the 10 Most Important Games | work=[http://www.findarticles.com/ Find Articles]; originally published in [http://egm.1up.com/ Electronic Gaming Monthly] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The game's popularity and open-ended nature also led the director and writer to establish a plot-related connection between ''Final Fantasy VII'' and ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', another popular ''Final Fantasy'' title.<ref name="development12" />

The game's legacy includes the acceptance and standard inclusion of FMV sequences in RPGs,<ref name="development4" /> as well as significant advancement in computer graphics. These developments would allow series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to begin production of the first ''Final Fantasy'' film, ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]''.<ref name="spiritswithin">{{Cite book | year=2001 | editor=Kennedy, Sam & Steinman, Gary | title=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine August 2001; issue 47 | pages=90 | language=English | publisher=Ziff Davis Media Inc.}}</ref> The game also introduced settings dominantly suffused with modern-to-advanced technology into the ''Final Fantasy'' series, a theme continued by ''Final Fantasy VIII'' and ''The Spirits Within''.<ref name="scifisetting" /><ref name="scifi" /><ref name="scifi2">{{cite web | author=Oliver, Glen | year=2001 | url=http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/301/301291p1.html | title=Review of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | work=[http://ign.com/ IGN] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Rereleases of Square games in Japan with bonus features would occur frequently after ''Final Fantasy VII International''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release. Later titles that would receive this treatment include ''Final Fantasy X'',<ref name="xinternational">{{cite web | author=Witham, Joseph | year=2002 | title=Final Fantasy X International Europe Bound | url=http://rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2002/031602a.html | work=[http://rpgamer.com/ RPGamer] | accessmonthday=10 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref> ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'',<ref name="igndeveloperinterview">{{cite web | author=Dunham, Jeremy | year=2003 | title=Final Fantasy X-2 Developer Interview | url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/442/442025p5.html | work=[http://www.ign.com IGN] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> ''Kingdom Hearts'' (as Final Mix),<ref name="khfinalmix">{{cite web | author=IGN site staff | year=2002 | title=Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Images | url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/378/378221p1.html | work=[http://www.ign.com IGN] | accessmonthday=July 16 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> ''Kingdom Hearts II'' (as Final Mix+),<ref>{{cite web| language = Japanese| title = 『キングダムハーツII ファイナルミックス』に新要素が!!| url = http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/2007/03/23/104,1174620771,68873,0,0.html| publisher = [[Famitsu]]| date = 2007-03-24| accessdate = 2007-07-06}}</ref> and ''Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System''.

==Related media and merchandise==
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'''''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII''''' 
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*'''Games'''
**'''''[[Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII]]'''''
**'''''[[Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]]'''''
**'''''[[Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode: Final Fantasy VII]]'''''
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{{further|[[Compilation of Final Fantasy VII]]}}
''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' is the formal title for a series of games and animated features developed by Square Enix based in the world and continuity of ''Final Fantasy VII''. Spearheaded by Tetsuya Nomura and Yoshinori Kitase,<ref name="polymorphiccontent">{{cite web | author=Kohler, Chris | year=2004 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/dirgeofcerberusfinalfantasyvii/news.html?sid=6108651 | title=More Compilation of Final Fantasy VII details | work=[http://www.gamespot.com/ GameSpot] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="nom&kit">{{cite web | author=GameSpot site staff | year=2003 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/kingdomhearts2/news.html?sid=6076646 | title=Kingdom Hearts II's Tetsuya Nomura Q & As | work=[http://www.gamespot.com/ GameSpot] | accessmonthday=August 10 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="nom">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=V-Jump | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Prologue | pages=50 | language=Japanese | publisher=Shueisha | id=ISBN 4-08-779339-7}}</ref> the series consists of several titles across various platforms, all of which are extensions of the ''Final Fantasy VII'' story.

[[Image:Snowboarding Comparison.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Final Fantasy VII: Snowboarding'': comparison of the [[PlayStation]] (left) and mobile versions.]]
Though not under the ''Compilation'' label, two novellas set within ''Final Fantasy VII''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s continuity have been produced, while a third ''Final Fantasy VII'' mobile game has also been developed. The first of the two novellas is ''[[Aerith Gainsborough#Maiden who Travels the Planet|Maiden who Travels the Planet]]''. It follows Aeris' journey in the Lifestream following her death at the hands of Sephiroth, taking place concurrently with the second half of ''Final Fantasy VII''.<ref name="maiden">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=572 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref> The second novella, ''[[Final Fantasy VII Advent Children#On the Way to a Smile|On the Way to a Smile]]'', is a 3 part story based on the events that immediately followed the end of the game, with one part narrated from Tifa's perspective, one narrated from Barret's perspective, and the other narrated from that of a boy named "Denzel", orphaned after Shinra crushed Sector 7.<ref name="otwtas">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=V-Jump | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Prologue | pages=3 | language=Japanese | publisher=Shueisha | id=ISBN 4-08-779339-7}}</ref> Finally, ''Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding'', released in North America in [[2005 in video gaming|2005]], is a mobile [[porting|port]] of the snowboarding [[minigame]] featured in the original game.<ref name="snowboard">{{cite web | author=Buchanan, Levi | year=2005 | title=Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding | url=http://wireless.ign.com/articles/594/594902p1.html | work=[http://ign.com/ IGN] | accessmonthday=August 11 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The game is playable on the LG VX8000, LG VX8100, Audiovox 8940 and Samsung A890 [[mobile phone]] and contains different tracks than the original minigame.

Some speculate that the ''Compilation'' will also include an [[enhanced remake]] of the original ''Final Fantasy VII'' for the PlayStation 3. This speculation was sparked at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo by the release of a ''Final Fantasy VII'' [[technology demo]] featuring the opening sequence of ''Final Fantasy VII'' recreated using the PlayStation 3's graphical capabilities.<ref name="demo">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | pages=571 | language=Japanese | publisher=Square Enix | id=ISBN 4-7575-1520-0}}</ref><ref name="demo2">{{cite book | year=2005 | editor=Editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly | title=Electronic Gaming Monthly October 2005; issue 196 | pages=106 | language=English | publisher=Ziff Davis Media Inc.}}</ref><ref name="demo3">{{cite web | author=Allen, Jason | year=2005 | title=E3 2005: Eyes-on the Final Fantasy VII Tech Demo | url=http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614859p1.html | work=[http://ign.com/ IGN] | accessmonthday=August 11 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The demo was created by Yoshinori Kitase's team with help from Koji Sugimoto, the main programmer for ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', as well as [[Motomu Toriyama]], and was completed in one and a half month to Kitase's surprise and satisfaction, who nevertheless noted that it does not use the PlayStation 3's full capacities and could have been of even higher quality if more time had been given.<ref>{{cite web | author=Gantayat, Anoop | date=2005-06-10 | title=Yoshinori Kitase Talks Final Fantasy VII | url=http://psp.ign.com/articles/624/624504p1.html | work=[http://ign.com/ IGN] | accessmonthday=September 2 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>

Although Yōichi Wada explained that the presentation was intended only for technological demonstration purposes<ref name="demo3" /> — claims echoed by Kitase in an interview in ''Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω''<ref name="demo" /> — the June 2006 issue of ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' stated that the video was actually a "sneak peak at a next-gen revival" of ''Final Fantasy VII''.<ref name="demo4">{{cite book | year=2006 | editor=Editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly | title=Electronic Gaming Monthly June 2006; issue 204 | pages=76 | language=English | publisher=Ziff Davis Media Inc.}}</ref> An official statement from Square Enix later debunked this claim, reiterating that the company had not announced such a project.<ref name="remakerefuted">{{cite web | author=Dunham, Jeremy | year=2006 | title=Square Enix Responds to PS3 FF7 Rumors | url=http://ps3.ign.com/articles/709/709775p1.html | work=[http://ign.com/ IGN] | accessmonthday=August 11 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="remakerefuted2">{{cite web | author=Sloderbeck, Matt | year=2006 | title=Square Enix Denies Remake Rumors | url=http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q2-2006/052706a.html | work=[http://www.rpgamer.com/ RPGamer] | accessmonthday=June 9 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Further fueling the rumors, Kaz Hirai said at the Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Gallery in Tokyo: "Congratulations on 10 fantastic years! The best is yet to come".<ref name="Kaz Hirai at 10th anniversary gallery">
{{cite web | url=http://kotaku.com/gaming/regarding-ffvii/kaz-hirai-says-the-best-is-yet-to-come-295395.php | work=[Kotaku] | title=Kaz Hirai Says the "Best" Is Yet to Come| accessdate=2007-09-06}}</ref>

At the Square Enix Party event of May 2007, [[Suntory]] unveiled a drink named "Final Fantasy VII [[Common elements of Final Fantasy#Items|Potion]]", produced to celebrate ''Final Fantasy VII'''s 10th anniversary. The drink was a limited edition product.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/gemaga1985/5852116.html |title=FFVII POTION 神羅社製ボトルも出展 |accessdate = 2007-05-12 |author=Gemaga staff |date=2007-05-12 |work=[http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/gemaga1985/ Gemaga] |publisher=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo Japan]] |language=Japanese}}</ref>

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List of furry LiveJournal communities

2007-09-20T18:34:30Z

ShadowPheonix: /* Interests */

Below is a '''list of furry LiveJournal communities''', alphabetical by heading. As of 2 September 2007, [[LiveJournal]]'s search by interest listed 390 communities [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=furry interested in "furry"]. This does not completely overlap with related interests, such as [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=anthropomorphics anthropomorphics] (225), [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=furries furries] (386), [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=furs furs] (253), [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=fursuits fursuits] (166), [http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=yiff yiff] (146), ''et cetera''.

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==Art==
<nowiki>*</nowiki> marks communities are not exclusively furry.
=== [[Furry art]] ===
* {{lj-comm|were_art}} - [[Anthro]] & [[Animal]] [[Artist]]s
* {{lj-comm|contestcentral}} - A Place to Plug Your Art Contest *
* {{lj-comm|fantasywildlife}} - Fantasy Wildlife
* {{lj-comm|furryartists}} - [[Furry Artist]]s
* {{lj-comm|furryicons}} - Furry Icons
* {{lj-comm|furryicontrends}} - Furry [[LJ]] icon trends

* '''Adult Material''':
** {{lj-comm|anthro_guro}} - Anthro EroGuro
** {{lj-comm|dracophile}} - Dracophile
** {{lj-comm|dracophilia}} - Dracophilia
** {{lj-comm|dracophiliac}} - Dracophiliac
** {{lj-comm|erotic_equine}} - Erotic [[Equine]]
** {{lj-comm|fur_porn}} - Fur Porn
** {{lj-comm|furotica}} - [[Furotica]]
** {{lj-comm|furry_pinups}} - Furry Pinups
** {{lj-comm|gryphonerotica}} - [[Gryphon]] Erotica

* '''Artist and Commissioner Discussion''':
** {{lj-comm|artists_beware}} - [[Artists Beware]]*
** {{lj-comm|fantards}} - Fantards*
** {{lj-comm|furarthorrors}} - Fur Art Horrors (by invitation only)
** {{lj-comm|artistrecommend}} - Recommending Artists *

=== [[Art exchange]]s ===

* '''General''':
** '''[[Fur Art Xchange]]''': {{lj-comm|furartxchange}} - Furry Art Exchange (closed)
** {{lj-comm|furartxxxchange}} - Furry Art Exchange: Adult Aspects (closed)
** {{lj-comm|furartxchange2}} - Fur Art Exchange 2
** {{lj-comm|furoticxchange}} - Furotic Exchange
** {{lj-comm|furoticmark2}} - Furry Adult Art Exchange

* '''[[Species]]''':
** {{lj-comm|aqua_exchange}} - Aquatic Exchange
** {{lj-comm|avian_exchange}} - [[Avian]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|caninexchange}} [[Canine]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|dragon_exchange}} - [[Dragon]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|equinexchange}} - [[Equine]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|gryphon_xchange}} - [[Gryphon]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|ggexchange}} - Gryphon's Guild Exchange
** {{lj-comm|hybridxchange}} - [[Hybrid]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|lapinexchange}} - [[Lapine]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|mlp_artxchange}} - [[My Little Pony]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|mythicexchange2}} - Mythic Exchange 2
** {{lj-comm|paleo_exchange}} - Paleo Exchange
** {{lj-comm|reptile_xchange}} - [[Reptile]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|taur_xchange}} - [[Taur]] Exchange
** {{lj-comm|wildcatxchange}} - Wild Cat Exchange
** {{lj-comm|wolfxchange}} - [[Wolf]] Exchange

* '''Various''':
** {{lj-comm|100x100xchnge}} - 100x100 Icon Exchange *
** {{lj-comm|badgeexchange}} - Con Badge Exchange *
** {{lj-comm|conbadges}} - Con Badge Trade Monthly *
** {{lj-comm|con_badges}} - Convention Badge Community
** {{lj-comm|lulzexchange}} - Exchange...For the Lulz! *

=== Art projects ===

* '''Playing cards'''
** '''[[The Bestiary (playing cards)|The Bestiary]]''': {{lj-comm|bestiarycards}} - Bestiary Cards
** '''[[Kennel Club]]''': {{lj-comm|thekennelclub}} - The Kennel Club
** '''[http://pathfindersdeck.com Pathfinder's Deck]:''' {{lj-comm|totem_cards}} - Pathfinders Deck
* '''Cookbooks'''
** '''[[Recipe Portfolio]]''': {{lj-comm|recipeportfolio}} - Furry Cookbook Portfolio
* '''Themed'''
** '''[[Serpentes]]''': {{lj-comm|snakefolio}} - Serpentes

=== Art archives ===

*'''[[ArtVark]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|artsnark}} - Art Snark (unofficial, complaints community)
** {{lj-comm|artvarkbootcamp}} - Camp Artvark (official community)

*'''[[Fur Affinity]]''':
** {{lj-comm|furaffinity}} - Fur Affinity
** {{lj-comm|wtf_fa}} - WTF FA (unofficial complaints or "horrors" community)
** {{lj-comm|ftw_fa}} - Fur Affinity For The Win (unofficial; user-chosen submission highlights)

*'''[[VCL]]:'''
** '''[[VCL Horrors]]:''' {{lj-comm|vclhorrors}} - The Horrors of VCL
** {{lj-comm|vcl_admin_diary}} - Musings of the VCL admins
** {{lj-comm|vclpickoftheday}} - VCL Pick of the Day
** {{lj-comm|vcl_kink}} - The Weird, Wild, & Wonderful of VCL

*'''[[Yerf]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|yerf}} - Yerf
** {{lj-comm|yerf_hopefuls}} - Yerf Hopefuls
** {{lj-comm|anti_yerf}} - The Yerf - Non-Yerf Mutual Agree to Disagree Society
** {{lj-comm|yerf_vent}} - Yerf Vent

==Conventions==
*'''[[All Fur Fun]]:''' {{lj-comm|allfurfun}} - All Fur Fun (official)
*'''[[Anthrocon]]:''' {{lj-comm|anthrocon}} - Anthrocon (unofficial)
*'''[[C-ACE (Canadian Arts and Cartooning Expo)]]:''' {{lj-comm|cace_discuss}} - CACE (unofficial)
*'''[[Califur]]:''' {{lj-comm|califur}} - Califur
*'''[[Feral!|Camp Feral!]]:''' {{lj-comm|feral_campers}} - Feral_Campers (unofficial)
*'''[[Cape May Fur Meet]]:''' {{lj-comm|capemayfurmeet}} - CapeMayFurMeet
*'''[[ConFuzzled]]:''' {{lj-comm|confuzzledlj}} ConFuzzled LJ
*'''[[Eurofurence]]:''' {{lj-comm|eurofurence}} - Eurofurence (unofficial)
*'''[[FurFright]]''': {{lj-comm|furfright}} - FurFright
*'''[[Furry Cruise]]''': {{lj-comm|furrycruise}} - Furry Cruise
*'''[[Furry Fiesta]]''': {{lj-comm|furry_fiesta}} - Furry Fiesta
*'''[[Furry Weekend Atlanta]]''': {{lj-comm|furryweekend}} - FurryWeekend (official)
*'''[[Further Confusion]]''': {{lj-comm|furcon}} - FurCon
*'''[[Megaplex]]:''' {{lj-comm|megaplex}} - Megaplex (official)
*'''[[Mephit Furmeet]]:''' {{lj-comm|mfm}} - MFM
*'''[[Midwest FurFest]]:''' {{lj-comm|midwest_furfest}} - Midwest FurFest (unofficial)
*'''[[Morphicon]]:''' {{lj-comm|ohiomorphicon}} - OhioMorphicon (unofficial)
*'''[[Oklacon]]:''' {{lj-comm|Oklacon}} - Oklacon
*'''[[Red Blue & White]]''': {{lj-comm|rbwuk}} (official)
*'''[[Rocket City Furmeet]]:''' {{lj-comm|rcfm}} - RCFM
*'''Operations''': {{lj-comm|furoperations}} - Furry Convention Operations

=== Convention events ===
*'''[[Furry Night Live]]''': {{lj-comm|furrynightlive}}

==Costuming and [[fursuit]]s==
* {{lj-comm|behindtheseams}} - BehindTheSeams
* {{lj-comm|fur_suits}} - Fur Suits
* {{lj-comm|fursuit}} - Fursuit
* {{lj-comm|fursuit_snark}} - Fursuit Snark
* {{lj-comm|fursuitauctions}} - Fursuit Auctions
* {{lj-comm|fursuitlounge}} - Fursuit Lounge
* {{lj-comm|fursuits}} - Fursuits
* {{lj-comm|fursuitters}} - Fursuitters
* {{lj-comm|ilovetails}} - I Love Tails
* {{lj-comm|inside_the_suit}} - Who's inside the suit?
* {{lj-comm|ukfursuit}} - UK Fursuit

==Interests==

* '''General''':
** {{lj-comm|furrtive}} - furrtive (The Furry Community)
** {{lj-comm|the_fur_pad}} - The Fur Pad
** {{lj-comm|wolf_tracks}} - #wolftracks livejournal community
* '''Acting''': {{lj-comm|actorfurs}} - Thespian Furs' Journal
* '''Amusement parks''': {{lj-comm|roller_critters}} - [[Roller Critters]]

*'''Animals''':
**'''Animal photographs''':
*** {{lj-comm|baaaaabyanimals}} - Baaaaaby Animals
*** {{lj-comm|canine_photos}} - Canine Photos
*** {{lj-comm|huskybreak}} - [[Husky]] specific Photos
*** {{lj-comm|wildphotos}} - Wildphotos
*** {{lj-comm|wolfphotography}} - Wolf Photography
**'''Pets''':
*** {{lj-comm|furrypetowners}} - Furries and their pets!

*'''[[wikipedia:Astronomy|Astronomy]]''': {{lj-comm|astrono_furs}} - Astronomy Furs
* '''[[Babyfur]]s''':
** {{lj-comm|babyfur}} - Babyfur community
** {{lj-comm|baby_furs}} - Babyfurs Playpen
** {{lj-comm|eu_babyfurs}} - European Babyfurs
** {{lj-comm|furry_daycare}} - Furry Daycare
** {{lj-comm|furryregression}} - Furry Age Regression
** {{lj-comm|lilfurs}} - [[Little Furs]]
* '''[[Baked Furs]]''': {{lj-comm|bakedfurs}} - Baked Furs
* '''[[Free paws|Bare paws]]''': {{lj-comm|barepaws}} - Furry, bare paw enthusiasts' Journal
* '''Bowling''': {{lj-comm|bowling_furs}} - Bowling Furs!
*'''[[wikipedia:Burning Man|Burning Man]]''': {{lj-comm|burningfur}} - Burning Fur
* '''Cars''': (see Motors below)
* '''Cooking''': [[Furs that Cook]]: {{lj-comm|fursthatcook}} - Furs That Cook
* '''Cowboys & Western Lifestyle''': {{lj-comm|cowboyfurs}} - Cowboy Furs
* '''[[DDR]]''': {{lj-comm|ddr_furs}} - DDR Furs
* '''Drinking''': {{lj-comm|drinkingfurs}} - Furs that drink
* '''Engineering''': {{lj-comm|engineer_furs}} - Engineering furs
* '''Education''':
** '''College degrees''': {{lj-comm|smart_furs}} - [[Smart Furs]]
** Furries in University and College: {{lj-comm|furs_in_uni}} - Furries in University and College
* '''Erotica''':
** {{lj-comm|furotica}} - [[Furotica]]
** {{lj-comm|furryvore}} - LJ Furry [[Vore]] Community
** {{lj-comm|show_yer_sheath}} - Show Yer [[Sheath]]
** {{lj-comm|yiff}} - [[Yiff]]
* '''Exercise''': {{lj-comm|furryfitness}} - Furry Fitness
* '''[[Fat fur]]s:''' {{lj-comm|fatfurs}} - Fatfurs
* '''[[Funday PawPet Show]]:''' {{lj-comm|pawpet}} - Funday PawPet Show
* '''[[Furgonomics]]:''' {{lj-comm|furgonomics}} - Furgonomics Community
*'''Gaming''':
** {{lj-comm|furgamers}} - Fur Gamers
** {{lj-comm|furry_gamers}} - Furry Gamers
** {{lj-comm|draquefurs}} - Dragon Quest Furries
** {{lj-comm|rpgfurs}} - RPG Furries
** {{lj-comm|suikofurs}} - Suikoden Furries
** {{lj-comm|talesoffurries}} - Tales of... Furries
** {{lj-comm|lylatsystemfurs}} - Lylat System Furries
**'''[[wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]]''': {{lj-comm|ds_furs}} - DS furs
**'''[[Sociopolitical Ramifications]]''': {{lj-comm|sprfurs}} - Furs for Sociopolitical Ramifications
** '''[[World of Warcraft]]''': {{lj-comm|fursofwow}} - Furries of World of Warcraft
**'''[[wikipedia:Xbox Live|Xbox Live]]''': {{lj-comm|xboxlive_furs}} - Furs of XBox Live
* '''[[Wikipedia:Geocaching|Geocaching]]''': {{lj-comm|furrycachers}} - Geocaching furries
* '''[[Wikipedia:Goth|Goth]]''': {{lj-comm|gothic_furries}} - Gothic_Furries
* '''[[Wikipedia:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]''': {{lj-comm|harrypotfurs}} Harry Potter Furries
* '''Health''': {{lj-comm|healthandfitfur}} - Furry Health and Fitness
*'''History'''
**'''Historical reenactment''': {{lj-comm|renfurs}} - [[RenFurs]] .. for the Furry Faire Goers
* '''[[wikipedia:indie|Indie]]''': {{lj-comm|indie_furs}} - Indie Furs
* '''[[Inflatophilia]]''': {{lj-comm|inflationfurs}} - InflationFurs
* '''[[IRC]]''': {{lj-comm|anthrochat}} - Anthrochat
* '''[[Wikipedia:Linux|Linux]]''': {{lj-comm|linuxfurs}} - Linux Furs
* '''Meeting other furs''':
** {{lj-comm|furry_connect}} - Furry Connect
** {{lj-comm|fursonals}} - Furry Classified Ads
* '''Modeling (photos)''': {{lj-comm|furrealmodels}} - Furs That Model
* '''Motors''':
** {{lj-comm|anth_road_track}} - Anthroad & Track: The Furry Motorsports Community
** {{lj-comm|motor_furs}} - [[Motor Furs]]
**'''Motorcycles''': {{lj-comm|furry_bikers}} - Furry Bikers
* '''[[Muscle Furs]]''': {{lj-comm|musclefurs}} - Muscle furries community

* '''[[Nazi Furs]]''': {{lj-comm|nazi_furs}} - Nazi Furs
* '''[[Neopets]]''': {{lj-comm|furry_neopians}} - Furry Neopians

*'''[[:Category:Philosophy|Philosophy]]''':
** {{lj-comm|furjectivists}} - Furry Objectivists
** {{lj-comm|furry_thinkers}} - Furry Thinkers
** {{lj-comm|fursofwisdom}} - Furs of Wisdom

* '''[[Wikipedia:Piracy|Pirates]]''': {{lj-comm|pirate_furs}} - Pirate Furries
* '''[[plush toy|Plushies]]''':
** {{lj-comm|plush_love}} - Plush Love
** {{lj-comm|plushtails}} - Plush Tails
** {{lj-comm|plush_workshop}} - Plush Workshop
** {{lj-comm|plush_family}} - Plush Bears & Families
* '''[[Pokèmon]]''': {{lj-comm|pokefurries}} PokèFurries
* '''Pow wows''': {{lj-comm|pow_wow_furries}} - Pow wow furries
* '''Racist''': {{lj-comm|racist_furs}} - Racist Furs
* '''[[:Category:Radio|Radio]]:''' [[Radio Furs]]: {{lj-comm|radiofurs}} - Radio Furs
* '''Railroads:''' {{lj-comm|rails_n_tails}} Rails 'n' Tails
* '''Reading''': {{lj-comm|furryreaders}} - Furry Readers
* '''[[Second Life]]''': {{lj-comm|secondlife_furs}} - Second Life Furry Community
* '''[[wikipedia:skinhead|Skinheads]]:''' {{lj-comm|skinhead_furs}} - Skinhead Furs
* '''Smoking''': {{lj-comm|smokingfurs}} - Furries who smoke
* '''[[Soviet Furs]]''': {{lj-comm|soviet_furs}} - Soviet Furs (+DDR)
* '''Spandex''':
** {{lj-comm|slinkyfurs}} - Slinky Furs
** {{lj-comm|spandexfurs}} - Spandex Furs
* '''Sports''':
** {{lj-comm|sportsfurs}} - Sports Furries
**'''Poker''': {{lj-comm|pokerfurs}} - [[Poker Furs]]
* '''[[Tapestries]]''':
** {{lj-comm|tapestries}} - Tapestries
** {{lj-comm|golden_lash}} - Tapestries' [[The Golden Lash]]
* '''[[wikipedia:Tattoo|Tattooing]]''': {{lj-comm|furrytattoos}} - Furry (skin) Art
* '''[[Therian]]s, furs and [[otherkin]] with issues''': {{lj-comm|mental_shifters}} - Mental Shifters Community Journal
* '''Weapons:''' {{lj-comm|gun_furry}} - Furry Gun owners
* '''[[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]]''': {{lj-comm|windowsfurs}} - Windows Furs
* '''Writing''':
** {{lj-comm|anthropomor_fic}} - Anthropomorph Romance
** {{lj-comm|furreviews}} - Furry Reviews
** {{lj-comm|furrywriters}} - Furry Writers

==Languages other than English==
*'''Interlingua:''' {{lj-comm|iala_furry}} - IALA Furry
*'''Russian:''' {{lj-comm|ru_furry}} - Русскоязычный портал Furry

==Location==

===Africa===
*'''[[:Category:South Africa|South Africa]]:''' {{lj-comm|za_furs}} - South African Furs (Deleted (June 2006?))

===Asia===
====Regions====
*'''[[:Category:Asia|Asia]]:''' [[AnthroAsia]]: {{lj-comm|anthroasia}} - AnthroAsia LJ community

===Europe===
====Regions====
*'''Europe:''' {{lj-comm|eurofurs}} - Eurofurs Community

====Countries====
*'''[[:Category:Finland|Finland]]:''' {{lj-comm|finnfurs}} - FinnFurs
*'''[[:Category:Netherlands|The Netherlands]]:''' {{lj-comm|dutchfurs}} - Dutch Furs
*'''[[:Category:Norway|Norway]]:''' [[Norwegian Paws]]: {{lj-comm|norpaws}} - Norpaws
*'''[[:Category:Sweden|Sweden]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|gotfur}} - Gothenburg Furry List
** {{lj-comm|swefur}} - Swedish Furry Community's Journal
** {{lj-comm|swedefurs}} Gathering Place for Swedish Furries

*'''[[:Category:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|ukfurs}} - UKFurs
** {{lj-comm|furryuk}} - furryUK
** {{lj-comm|united_kritters}} [[United Kritters]]
**'''[[:Category:London|London]]:''' {{lj-comm|londonfurs}} - London Furry and Were Community

===North America===
====[[:Category:Canada|Canada]]====
=====Regions=====
*'''Canada:''' [[Canadian Furs]]: {{lj-comm|canadianfurs}} - Canadian Furs

=====Provinces=====
*'''Alberta:''' {{lj-comm|albertafurs}} - Alberta Furs
**'''Calgary:'''
*** {{lj-comm|calgaryfur}} - Calgary Furs
*** {{lj-comm|calgaryfurs}} - Calgaryfurs
*'''[[:Category:British Columbia|British Columbia]]'''
**'''Vancouver:'''
*** {{lj-comm|vanfurs}} - Vancouver Furs
*** {{lj-comm|vfur_chat}} - Vancouver Furs General Chat
** '''Vancouver Island:''' '''[[Vancouver Island Furs]]:''' {{lj-comm|vifur}} - Vancouver Island Furs
*'''Manitoba'''
**'''Southern Manitoba:''' {{lj-comm|smbfurs}} - Southern Manitoba Furs
*'''Ontario'''
**'''Kingston:''' {{lj-comm|k_town_furries}} - K-Town Furries
**'''Northern Ontario:''' {{lj-comm|onf}} - Ontario Northland Furries
**'''Ottawa:''' {{lj-comm|ottfur}} - Ottawa Furries
**'''Toronto:''' {{lj-comm|toronto_furry}} - toronto-furry
*'''Québec'''
**'''Montreal:''' {{lj-comm|monfur}} - Montreal Furries
*'''Saskatchewan:''' {{lj-comm|saskfurs}} - Saskatchewan Furs

====United States====
=====Regions=====
*'''East Coast:''' {{lj-comm|eastcoastfurs}} - East Coast Furs
*'''Gulf Coast:''' {{lj-comm|gulfcoast_furs}} - Furries in and around the Gulf of Mexico
*'''Midwest:''' {{lj-comm|midwestfurs Midwest}} - Heartland Furs
*'''New England:''' {{lj-comm|newenglandfurs}} - New England Furs
*'''Northeast:''' {{lj-comm|northeastfurs}} - Northeast Furs
*'''South:'''
** {{lj-comm|dirtysouth_furs}} - Dirty South Furs
** {{lj-comm|southrnfriedfur}} - Southern Fried Furs (“deleted” noted 2007 July 27)
*'''Southwest Lake Michigan (IN - IL - WI) - [[LAFF]]:''' {{lj-comm|lafflist}} Lake Area Furry Friends
*'''Rockies:''' {{lj-comm|mountain_furs}} High Mountain Furries
*'''West Coast:'''
** {{lj-comm|westcoastfurs}} - The Furs of the West Coast
** {{lj-comm|pacificfurrs}} - Pacific Furrs

=====States=====
*'''[[:Category:Alabama|Alabama]]:'''
**'''[[AuburnFurs]]:''' {{lj-comm|auburnfurs}} - Auburn (and East Alabama) Furries' Journal

*'''[[:Category:Arizona|Arizona]]:''' {{lj-comm|azfur}} - Arizona Furries
**'''Phoenix''': {{lj-comm|phoenixphurs}} - Phoenix Furries

*'''[[:Category:Arkansas|Arkansas]]:
** '''{{lj-comm|cenarkfurs}} - Central Arkansas Furs Association
** '''{{lj-comm|narfa_group}} - [[NARFA]] Northwest Arkansas Regional Furry Association

*'''[[:Category:California|California]]:'''
**'''Mid-California:''' {{lj-comm|mid_cali_furs}} - Mid-California Fur - [[Scalie]] - [[Anthro]] - [[Therian]] Community
**'''Sacramento and Northern California:''' {{lj-comm|sacfurs}} - Sacramento Furries
**'''Northern California:''' {{lj-comm|norcalfurs}} - Northern California Furs
**'''San Francisco Bay:''' {{lj-comm|bafur}} - San Francisco Bay Area Furries
**'''Southern California:'''
*** [[SoCalFurs]]: {{lj-comm|socalfurs}} - Southern California Furs
*** {{lj-comm|socalfurryteens}} - Southern California Furry Teens
**'''Fresno:''' {{lj-comm|valley_furs}} - Central Valley Furs

*'''[[:Category:Colorado|Colorado]]:''' {{lj-comm|colofurs}} - Colorado Furries

*'''[[:Category:Connecticut|Connecticut]]:''' {{lj-comm|ctfurs}} - Connecticut Furs

*'''[[:Category:Florida|Florida]]:''' {{lj-comm|floridafurs}} - Florida Furs
**'''Jacksonville:''' {{lj-comm|jaxfurs}} - Jax Furs
**'''Orlando:''' {{lj-comm|orlando_furs}} - [[Orlando Furs]]
** [[Palm Beach County Furries]]: {{lj-comm|palmbeachfurs}} - Palm Beach County Furries

*'''[[:Category:Georgia|Georgia]]:''' {{lj-comm|georgiafurs}} - Georgia Furs
** {{lj-comm|atlanta_furs}} - Atlanta Furs

*'''[[:Category:Idaho|Idaho]]:''' {{lj-comm|idaho_furs}} - Idaho furs, weres, fantasy lovers, etc.

*'''[[:Category:Illinois|Illinois]]:''' {{lj-comm|lafflist}} - [[LAFF]] List

*'''[[:Category:Indiana|Indiana]]:''' {{lj-comm|indiana_furs}} - Indiana Furries

*'''[[:Category:Iowa|Iowa]]:''' {{lj-comm|sniff_furry}} - Social Network for Iowa's Friendly Furs

*'''[[:Category:Kansas|Kansas]]:''' {{lj-comm|kcfur}} - Kansas City Fur Community

*'''[[:Category:Kentucky|Kentucky]]:''' {{lj-comm|bluegrass_furs}} - [[Bluegrass Furs]] Community

*'''[[:Category:Louisiana|Louisiana]]:''' {{lj-comm|louisianafurs}} - Louisiana Furs

*'''[[:Category:Maine|Maine]]:''' {{lj-comm|mainefurs}} - Maine Furs

*'''[[:Category:Maryland|Maryland]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|md_furs}} - md_furs
** {{lj-comm|marylandfurs}} - marylandfurs

*'''[[:Category:Michigan|Michigan]]:''' {{lj-comm|mifur}} - mifur

*'''[[:Category:Minnesota|Minnesota]]:''' {{lj-comm|sncfurs}} - MN Furmeets

*'''[[:Category:Missouri|Missouri]]:'''
**'''St Louis:''' [[Arch Regional Furs]]: {{lj-comm|arf_baby}} - ARF (Arch Regional Furs)

*'''[[:Category:New Jersey|New Jersey]]:''' {{lj-comm|newjerseyfurs}} - New Jersey Furs

*'''[[:Category:New Mexico|New Mexico]]:''' {{lj-comm|nmfurcentral}} - New Mexico Furry Group

*'''[[:Category:New York|New York]]:'''
**'''All New York''': {{lj-comm|nyfurries}} - NY Furries
**'''Buffalo (and West NY area)''': {{lj-comm|buffalofurs}} - Buffalo Furs
**'''Long Island:''' {{lj-comm|li_furs}} - [[Long Island Furs]]
**'''[[wikipedia:North Country, New York|North Country, New York]]:''' {{lj-comm|northern_ny_fur}} - Furs of the North Country
**'''Plattsburgh:''' {{lj-comm|plattsburghfur}} - Plattsburgh Furs Unite
**'''Rochester:''' {{lj-comm|rochesterfurs}} - Area of Rochester Furs (ARF)

*'''[[:Category:North Carolina|North Carolina]]:''' {{lj-comm|nc_furs}} - NC Furs
**'''Triad area:''' {{lj-comm|nctriadfurs}} - NC Triad Furs

*'''[[:Category:Ohio|Ohio]]:''' {{lj-comm|ohiofurs}} - Ohio Furries
**'''NorthEast Ohio:''' {{lj-comm|neofurs}} - North East Ohio Furries ([[NEO Furs]])

*'''[[:Category:Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]:''' {{lj-comm|oklahoma_furs}} - Oklahoma Furs

*'''[[:Category:Oregon|Oregon]]:''' {{lj-comm|oregonfurs}} - Oregon Furs

*'''[[:Category:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]:''' {{lj-comm|pa_furry}} - PA-Furry
**'''Pittsburgh:''' {{lj-comm|pittsfurghers}} - pittsfurghers
**'''Southeast Pennsylvania''' {{lj-comm|pa_furry_se}} PA-Furry SE

*'''[[:Category:Tennessee|Tennessee]]:''' {{lj-comm|tnfurs}} - Tennessee Furs
**'''[[Wikipedia:Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]:''' {{lj-comm|chatttownfurs}} - Chatt-Town Furs

*'''[[:Category:Texas|Texas]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|texan_furries}} - Texan Furry Community
** {{lj-comm|texasareafurs}} - Texas Area Furry Friends
** {{lj-comm|texas_furry}} - Texas Furries
** {{lj-comm|texasfurs}} - Texas Furs LJ Community

*'''[[:Category:Virginia|Virginia]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|furginia}} - [[Furginia]] Furs
** {{lj-comm|novafur}} - [[NoVA]] ('''No'''rthern '''VA''') Furs
** {{lj-comm|soapvt}} - [[Society of Anthropomorphics at Virginia Tech]]

*'''[[:Category:Washington|Washington]]:''' {{lj-comm|washingtonfurs}} - Washington Furs
**'''Puget Sound:''' {{lj-comm|pugetsoundfurs}} - Puget Sound Furries
**'''Spokane:''' {{lj-comm|spokanefurs}} - Spokane Furs

*'''[[:Category:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]:''' {{lj-comm|wi_furs}} - Wisconsin Furries
**'''Madison:''' {{lj-comm|madisonfurry}} - Madison Furry

===South America===
*'''[[:Category:Chile|Chile]]:''' {{lj-comm|furrychile}} - [[Furry Chile]] LJ

===Australia===
*'''[[:Category:Australia|Australia]]:''' {{lj-comm|ozfurs}} - [[ozfurs]] LJ
**'''Brisbane:''' {{lj-comm|brisfurs}} - [[brisbane]] Furry LJ
** '''Perth''': {{lj-comm|perthfurs}} - [[Perth Furs]]

===Other===
*''' {{lj-comm|bfnf}} - Bum Fuk Nowhere Furs'''

==Occupations and hobbies==
* {{lj-comm|furry_farmers}} - Furry Farmers
*'''Firefighting:''' {{lj-comm|firefighterfurs}} - FireFighterFurs
*'''[[MILFurs|Military]]:''' {{lj-comm|militaryfurries}} - Military Furries, {{lj-comm|armybratfurries}} - Army Brat Furries
*'''Modelling:''' {{lj-comm|furrealmodels}} - Modeling Furries
*'''[[:Category:Music|Music]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|classical_furs}} - The Classical Music Furry Community
** {{lj-comm|dnb_furs}} - DnB Furs (drum and bass)
** {{lj-comm|furry_composers}} - Furry Composers
** {{lj-comm|furry_musicians}} - Furry [[musician]]s
** {{lj-comm|furrydjs}} - Furry DJs
** {{lj-comm|metal_furs}} - Metal Furs
*'''Truck drivers''':
** {{lj-comm|trucker_furs}} - Trucker Furs
** {{lj-comm|trucking_furs}} - Trucking Furs

==Opinions and politics==
*'''Being fur-curious:''' {{lj-comm|pseudofur}} - Pseudofurs
*'''Being open-minded:''' {{lj-comm|openpaws}} - OpenPaws
*'''Conservatism:'''
** {{lj-comm|confurvatives}} - [[ConFURvatives]]
** {{lj-comm|rightiefurs}} - Right-paw'd Furs
*'''Liberalism:''' {{lj-comm|leftfurs}} - Left-Wing Furries
*'''Frustrated with furry fandom:''' {{lj-comm|frustrated_furs}} - Frustrated Furs
*'''Furries are awesome:''' {{lj-comm|furries_awesome}} - Furries Awesome
*'''Tired of furry fandom:''' {{lj-comm|jaded_furs}} - Jaded Furries
*'''Unification of furries:''' {{lj-comm|nationalist_fur}} - Nationalist Furries
*'''Rants on certain aspects of furry fandom:''' {{lj-comm|furryrants}} - Furry Rants

===[[Anti-Furries]]===
* {{lj-comm|antifurry}} - The Anti-Furry Movement
* {{lj-comm|wearecyd}} - CYD Livejournal
* {{lj-comm|deathtofurries}} - Death to Furries
* {{lj-comm|furry_holocaust}} - Discussion of the Furry - Otherkin Sickness
* {{lj-comm|furbid_horrors}} - [[Furbid Horrors]]
* {{lj-comm|fur_furs}} - Fur Furs
* {{lj-comm|furriesarescum}} - Furries Are Scum's Journal
* {{lj-comm|furantifur}} - Furries who Hate Furries
* {{lj-comm|furrydrama}} - Furry Drama Central
* {{lj-comm|fursecution}} - Fursecution
* {{lj-comm|hatefurries}} - I Hate Furries
* {{lj-comm|laffdrama}} - LAFF Drama
* {{lj-comm|nlsa}} - Nasty Little Shites Association
* {{lj-comm|trichology}} - Trichology: The Study of Furries (and Otherkin)'s Journal
* {{lj-comm|vclhorrors}} - VCL Horrors Redux
* {{lj-comm|vcl_snark}} - VCL Snark
* {{lj-comm|wtf_vcl}} - WTF VCL
* {{lj-comm|we_hate_furries}} - We Hate Furries

== Religions, faiths, and spirituality ==

*'''Atheism''': {{lj-comm|atheistfurs}} - Atheist Furs

*'''[[Christian]]:''' {{lj-comm|furrychristians}} - Furry Christians
**'''Catholic''': {{lj-comm|catholicfurs}} - Catholic Furs
**'''Methodist:''' {{lj-comm|mefurdists}} - United Methodist Furries
**'''Gay Christians''': {{lj-comm|rainbow_ark}} - [[Rainbow Ark]]
*'''Furry spirituality'''
** {{lj-comm|furspirit}} - Fur Spirit
*'''Jewish:''' {{lj-comm|jewishfurs}} - Jewish Furs
*'''Paganism:''' {{lj-comm|paganfur}} - Pagan Furry Community
*'''Shamanism''': {{lj-comm|furryshamans}} - Furry Shamans

== Sexuality and relationships ==
* '''[[BDSM]]''': {{lj-comm|bound_paw}} - Bound Paw
* {{lj-comm|bisexual_furs}} - Bisexual Furs and Friends
*'''[[Gay|Gay/Lesbian]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|gayfurries}} - Gayfurries
** {{lj-comm|furrybears}} - Gay Bear Furries
** '''Lesbian and bisexual [[female]]''': {{lj-comm|sapphic_kin}} - Sapphic Kin
* '''Relationship status''':
** '''Married''': {{lj-comm|marriedfurs}} - Married Furs' Journal
** '''Monogamy''': {{lj-comm|mono_furries}} - Where Monogamous Furries Unite
** '''[[Polyamory]]''': {{lj-comm|poly_furries}} - [[Polyamorous Furries]]
** '''Single''': {{lj-comm|singlefurs}} - Singleton Furry Fans
* '''Fetish and Kink''': {{lj-comm|kinkyfurs}} - Kinky Furs
*'''Straight:''' [[Straight Fur]]: {{lj-comm|straightfur}} - Straight Fur
* '''[[Therian]]:''' {{lj-comm|theriansex}} - Therian Sexuality
* {{lj-comm|xenofetish}} - Xenofetish
*'''Sexual medical education - information''':
** {{lj-comm|furry_stds}} - Furry STD Awareness Group
** {{lj-comm|yiffsafely}} Yiff Safely

==Species==
*'''[[Avian]]s:''' {{lj-comm|featheries}} - Featheries
*'''[[Bat]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|battyfriends}} - Bat Fursuits Unite
** {{lj-comm|bats}} - Bat Lovers Unite!
** {{lj-comm|nightwings}} - Night Wings
*'''[[Canine]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|k9furs}} - Canine Furries
** {{lj-comm|wild_canines}} - Wild Canines
*'''[[Coyote]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|coyotefurs}} - Coyote Furs
** {{lj-comm|old_man_coyote}} - Old Man Coyote channeled by members
*'''[[Dragon]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|alfandria}} - Alfandria
** {{lj-comm|art_dragon}} - Art Dragon
** {{lj-comm|bad_dragon}} - Bad Dragon
** {{lj-comm|dracophilia}} - Dracophilia
** {{lj-comm|dragonnia}} - Dragonnia
** {{lj-comm|draconics}} - Dragons on LiveJournal
*'''[[Equine]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|erotic_equine}} - Erotic Equine
** {{lj-comm|equine_furs}} - LJ Stables
*'''[[Feline]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|feline_art}} - Feline Art
** {{lj-comm|big_cat_anthros}} - Big Cat Anthro Club @ LJ
** {{lj-comm|n_e_k_o}} - Neko
**'''[[Chakat]]s:''' {{lj-comm|chakatheaven}} - [[Chakat Heaven]]
**'''[[Lion]]s:'''
*** {{lj-comm|lionessfurries}} - Lioness furry club
*** {{lj-comm|lion_furs}} - Lion Furs
**'''[[Tiger]]s''': {{lj-comm|tiger_furs}} - Tiger Furs
*'''[[Ferret]]s:''' {{lj-comm|ferret_furs}} - The Ferret Holt
*'''[[Foxes]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|foxfurries}} - Fox Furries
** {{lj-comm|the_fox_kin}} - The Fox Kin
** {{lj-comm|kitsune_kin}} - Kitsune-kin
*'''[[Gryphon]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|bad_gryphon}} - Bad Gryphon
** {{lj-comm|gryphonerotica}} - Gryphon Erotica
** {{lj-comm|gryphonguild}} - Gryphon Guild
*'''[[Kangaroo]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|kangaroos}} - Kangaroos
** {{lj-comm|roo_paradise}} - A Kangaroo's Paradise
*'''[[Meerkat]]s:''' {{lj-comm|meerkats}} - International House Of Meerkats
*'''[[Raccoon]]s:'''
** {{lj-comm|erotic_raccoon}} - Erotic Raccoon
** {{lj-comm|raccoon_furs}} - Furry Raccoons
*'''[[Rodent]]s:''' {{lj-comm|rodentfurs}} - Rodent Furs Community
*'''[[Skunk]]s:''' {{lj-comm|skunkfurs}} - Skunk Furs
*'''[[Wolves]]:'''
** {{lj-comm|true_werewolf}} - True Werewolf
** {{lj-comm|wolf_clan}} - Wolf Clan
** {{lj-comm|wolf_eyes}} - Wolf Eyes
** {{lj-comm|wolffoxnfolfy}} - Wolf, Fox and Folfy
** {{lj-comm|wolf_lovers}} - Wolf Lovers
** {{lj-comm|thewolfpack}} - The Wolfpack
** {{lj-comm|wolf_paws}} - Wolf Paws
** {{lj-comm|wolfspirits}} - Wolf Spirits
** {{lj-comm|wolvesmountain}} - Wolves' Mountain
** {{lj-comm|_wolf_art_}} - Wolf Art

==Traits==
*'''[[Wikipedia:Asperger Syndrome|Asperger Syndrome]]''': {{lj-comm|aspie_furs}} Apsie Furs
*'''Disabled:''' {{lj-comm|furs_on_wheels}} - [[Furs on Wheels]]
*'''[[Female]]:''' {{lj-comm|furryfems}} - Furry Fems
*'''Geek''': {{lj-comm|geek_furs}} - geek_furs
*'''[[Greymuzzle]] (over 30 years of age):''' {{lj-comm|greymuzzle}} - Greymuzzles' Journal
*'''[[Lifestyler]]s:''' {{lj-comm|lifestylers}} - Anthropomorphic Lifestyles Community
*'''Parents:''' {{lj-comm|furryparents}} - Furry Parents
*'''Ravers:''' {{lj-comm|furryravers}} - Furry Ravers
*'''[[Transgendered]]:''' {{lj-comm|transfurry}} - Transfurry Community
* '''Vegetarians:''' {{lj-comm|herbivores}} - Furry Vegetarians LiveJournal ([[herbivore]]s)
*'''Victims of abuse:''' {{lj-comm|woundedpaws}} - [[Wounded Paws]]

==Websites==

*'''[[Critter.Net]]''': {{lj-comm|critternet}} - Critter.Net
*'''[[FurBid-SF]]''':
** {{lj-comm|furbid}} - FurBid
**{{lj-comm|furbid_horrors}} - [[FurBid Horrors]]
*'''[[Internet Furry Proximity Locator]]''': {{lj-comm|ifpl}} - IFPL
*'''[[pounced.org]]:''' {{lj-comm|pounced_horrors}} - Pounced.org Horrors (Deleted August 2005)
* '''[[Sofawolf Press]]''': {{lj-comm|sofawolf}} - The Sofawolf Press Journal
*'''[[WikiFur]]:''' {{lj-comm|wikifur}} - WikiFur

== References ==
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[[Category:Lists|LiveJournal communities, List of furry]][[Category:LiveJournal communities]]

User:ShadowPheonix

2007-07-26T20:28:03Z

ShadowPheonix: New page: A simple Nine-Tailed Fox? Nope.

A simple Nine-Tailed Fox? Nope.