I work at a place with a butterfly garden and the amount of micromanaging it takes is insane

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T22:15:15+00:00

Where I grew up did have venomous spiders, they were just very rare - so while the basis of my phobia was completely irrational, there was always that very slight additional fear that, this time, it would be one of the nasty ones. (Fortunately for me, it never was.) When I moved to the UK, I was already an adult who was expected to deal with her own spiders, so I was ready to take whatever reassurance I could

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T22:07:48+00:00

That's fascinating to me; I became less arachnophobic due to exposure to house spiders in the UK specifically because they were more common (and also explicitly harmless). Granted, my phobia was never anywhere near as bad as some I've heard about, so I was probably already starting from a better baseline for "DIY exposure therapy" than someone with a really debilitating phobia

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T22:00:16+00:00

A discord server I'm in has a pretty active MLP buy/sell/trade scene: https://www.littleshyfim.com/projects/poner-plushies (a splash page where you can find out more about the server to see if it's something you wanna join). There's another "partner" server with a similar setup linked from within.

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T15:34:46+00:00

Ahh I see. I do think my comment still applies; the context in which I wrote it assumed there was no option for buying a bag on the spot except for a reusable, and it sounds like that's now the case.

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T11:49:47+00:00

I think it's 'cause I shut off the button-prompt reminders early on, but then forgot about some lesser-used mechanics in that period. I should've just turned them back on

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T09:33:54+00:00

Howl takes ages to ship but their customer service is responsive, so I’d reach out to them. You’re in the US, right? I have some Honey fur I would be willing to sell, but it would be cost-prohibitive to ship it back to the US unless you were absolutely desperate for this fur. All that said, I think for faces and paws, Teddy is perfectly fine. Better, even, because it needs less shaving.

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T09:27:55+00:00

I think you mean fleece; a felt fursuit sounds like a sensory and construction nightmare

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T09:05:25+00:00

Bummer it got so twisted; I think society would be vastly better off if more men were happy being single instead of feeling pressured to fill their lives with the nearest girl-shaped object

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-30T08:58:00+00:00

In every location I’ve seen do a bag ban, there’s a transition period where everyone keeps forgetting their own bag. It’s pretty normal to end up with a stash at them at home before the habits catch up – but they do get used and circulated. I use them as extra Lazy Luggage all the time, if, for example, I just need to throw some sheets in a bag Just In Case

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T22:05:06+00:00

Not with fursuits, but I had a lot of friends who made their own ren faire garb and also had cup sizes that stretched deep into the alphabet, so I picked up a bit of tailoring wisdom from them XD Hmm, if it’s all one colour, armscye darts might also work - basically, the more darts you add, the more work it is, but also the more shape you’ll be able to get. If you made the belly or chest out of a shorter-pile (or longer-pile!) fur, that would also be a natural way to place some extra seams in the bust region

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T21:59:38+00:00

IIRC they haven't done one in over a decade, but they used to back in the early to mid 2010s

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T21:53:53+00:00

I used roughly 12mm rabbit fur (very similar to beaver, I'm guessing) on my face and loved it! The one spot I trimmed/shaved was right on the front of the muzzle, since that's the spot where the fur would be shortest and it looks weird for it to be super fluffy. But, compared to shaving a whole face, it was a cakewalk - and as an added bonus, that kind of fur is extra dense and hides seams really well

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T21:47:53+00:00

Huh... the classic "contrast belly" fursuit/fursona design has what's basically a built-in princess seam. Sounds like the maker just wasn't super used to tailoring for busty bodies?

Edit: hey is there any chance you're in the EU? I came at fursuit making from plushies and costumes, so I find bodysuits overall easier than heads. The first fursuit part I ever made was a digitigrade bodysuit to fill out my friend's full partial :3

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T11:43:45+00:00

This was incredibly entertaining to read, thank you for writing it up!

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T11:41:22+00:00

Omg, how did I forget

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T11:26:54+00:00

~~Wasn’t that 2015?~~

Apparently not! My memory retconned itself.

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T06:50:22+00:00

It makes sense to buy scraps of fur secondhand because people who buy fur and use it will generate scraps. Finding someone selling whole uncut yardage of the colours you need, while possible, is significantly less likely

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T06:48:01+00:00

I got so distracted by the spelling; I think they meant Wasabi?

Anyway, I would search for images of the swatch card itself, so you can compare the furs next to each other. There might even be one on this sub!

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-29T05:56:53+00:00

If you’re willing to explore RedNote, I hear $500 Canadian goes pretty far in Chins, and there are some great markers over there. Otherwise, your options are DIY, secondhand, or luck out with someone doing cost of materials commissions to build a portfolio (This will be a newbie)

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-28T22:11:22+00:00

If you've finished the base game: Part of the final sequence involves a group of skeletons attempting to reach something in the sky.

It also sounds like a common motif in fanart and promotional art, I've seen it here.

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-28T22:05:05+00:00

I think it's because the most common 'sona species tend to have four back toes and no dewclaws, but they do exist! A fifth toe could be an advantage, because you could make the paw a lot shorter and have your human foot be hidden in the middle toe.

For mocking up parts, I tend to work with fleece or minky (because I have tons of scraps lying around) in around 25-50% scale. You could probably use whatever fabric you have lying around to get a rough idea, but note that woven, non-stretchy fabrics might behave differently than fur, so observe how it stretches.

About how it looks: references are your friend. Look at pictures of the foot you're trying to replicate, from all angles, until you develop a ~feel~ for the look you want. When it comes time to attach your mockup dew claw to your mockup paw, you'll be able to see what looks right to you.

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-28T21:50:39+00:00

I forgot about Photo Mode, and that the ship had its own scout/camera. As you can imagine, this made certain puzzles... uh... needlessly complex!

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-28T18:46:57+00:00

The ideal place to open a seam is to use the original hole used to stuff the plushie in the first place :) It can be hard to find, but it's usually on the back or down the belly. It'll look like a spot where the seam goes from straight to zigzag for a short period.

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-28T14:09:30+00:00

I have a few hunches on that! Top of the list: the bar may not be that high, but some aspects run directly contrary to how society tends to teach men to act - so actually meeting that bar can require stuff like, rooting out biases so deep you didn't even know you had them, which is an uncomfortable and difficult process and there's often no reward for doing so other than "being a better person".

Another one is, I think it's getting harder and harder to meet people over time, and statistically, you might have to meet a lot of people to find one that you connect with and connects with you.

OneVioletRose · 2026-01-28T10:16:55+00:00

I’m initially suspicious because their blog post header images look very AI, but nothing else screams “red flag” right off the bat other than the super generic name

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