"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

[rustyfox.livejournal.com]

There seem to be more suiters than ever. I am still kind of terrified to approach people in suit (see earlier reply). Not having a suit myself (so not part of that, well, I won't say elite but could I say clique?) I'm scared to be perceived as a suiter-hugging fanboi, but more scared to tread on anyones personal space or break their "rules". I probably don't need to feel that way, but bad experiences / observations make it so.

It seems that everyones an artist these days too. LJ Meme's for con-goers asking if you do art trades, fur-fucking-affinity (for the life of me, I don't know why it's so popular) seems designed to share art between artists, but doesn't consider you may simply be a consumer of art with nothing oh any worth to put back. I don't want my FA account to have a gallery, artist info, etc. I feel like I just shouldn't be there.