"The Furry Elite"

[lupestripe]

At Eurofurence, I heard this phrase mentioned for the first time.

Does a furry elite exist or is it merely a perception?

Does it consist of furs who just happen to be good at what they do - be it performing, drawing or writing - and who are appreciated because of it?

Or is it just a term made up by some who are slightly envious of their current situation and who are desperate to be appreciated themselves?

Comments

[enteirah]

If you heard it mentioned at EF (and I'm amazed if that's the first time you've heard it XD), did you ask what *they* meant by it? Would have been interesting to know before launching into the questions. =;)

Generally I've always treat The Furry Elite to be a more perceptual grouping term applied to individual people matching certain characteristics, without being a proper fixed entity or group. Not necessarily someone who is good at a certain thing, but rather someone who thinks and acts as though they are above others because they *believe* themselves to be good at something (and more often than not such people actually aren't =:P).

The jealousy part I've always found tends to come more as a perception thing from the individual. Furries who tend to act complete cocks but have a large groups of fanbois following invariably close their eyes to their own faults (why agree the sky is blue, when 10 other people will agree with your assertion that it's pink?), thus put any criticism down to jealousy as it avoids the need to do much needed self-analysis.

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I launch into questions because I have an idea about what "The Furry Elite" means but I would like to find out the views of others on it too. I am naturally interested in and inquisitive over other people's viewpoints and I like to instill debate, it's something that I really enjoyed at university. When it comes to this topic, I have an idea what they meant but I have never been good at forming opinions because I tend to see both sides of the coin. This is why I was intrigued to see what others would make of it.

As everyone is individual I guess they treat the concept of an "Elite" in different ways. Some revel in the fact that they are highly appreciated and are arrogant because of it yet others spurn the attention because they do not believe to be more capable or better at something than others. Then you have the fanboys who do exasperate the situation more. What interests me is that the same names often crop up in furry cons etc and I am intrigued as to why this is. This isn't fanboyism, this goes further.