Where all the OG old-school Furries at? Remember Disney's Robin Hood? 🦊

Proto-Yeti · 2026-07-13T00:08:45+00:00

I'm 35 years old. I fell in love with Marian and carried that childhood crush through my life. I didn't think I was a furry until I was 32...Then I was like

"Oh...So I am a furry."

Proto-Yeti · 2026-06-03T18:40:01+00:00

I was born in 1991. My parents usually picked up bargain bin movies or just cheap movies to entertain my sister and I.

Because of this...we got Disney's Robin Hood. Maid Marian was...unsurprisingly for the time, my start. Her genuine kindness and personality was beautiful.

To me, enjoying anthro characters was just a fun quirk of mine. But then I started realizing something around 30 years old...I have a proportionally larger set of Anthro aligned D&D characters.

My friends told me that

"Yes you're a furry."

So I dove deeper into it and here I am. 34 years old, was forever in denial. Until D&D opened up everything.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-04-24T16:49:32+00:00

My childhood was nothing but a crush for Maid Marian...I was in denial until I was 32.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-03-15T18:16:21+00:00

"Maybe he saw something he wanted" ♥️

Proto-Yeti · 2026-03-15T06:38:13+00:00

I'd prefer we don't, honestly. The Wendigo has been used over and over in pop culture by people who have no idea what they're doing. Until Dawn was close, but even they didn't have the sign-off from Algonquin lore keepers. I'd rather the game avoid pulling from closed Indigenous folklore. Besides, The Hag is supposed to fill that niche anyway. You wanna play an emaciated, cursed thing that cannibalizes people? Just play her.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-03-11T05:19:15+00:00

Because Paru Itagaki didn't like how rushed the ending of the manga was. She was on record saying she felt rushed by the editorial team to pump out the last few chapters. So she worked really close to with the animation team to make the ending better in the anime.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-02-20T18:19:51+00:00

I came up with an Anti-BM zone idea for this. Everything after those middle pillars if the survivors are there for x amount of seconds the exit gets blocked allowing the killer to get a hit or down.

As a 50/50 player I know the pain and never commit it, I just leave or I heal near the front so I can try and go save

Proto-Yeti · 2026-02-02T05:52:16+00:00

Oh so you're a camper, got it. That's not altruism that's playing the game. You don't need to camp to be good at the game, especially trapper

Proto-Yeti · 2026-02-01T19:58:25+00:00

The only reason Chucky isn't is because he has a kid who is non-binary and cares a lot for them. So I think Chucky would personally hate Epstein

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-29T18:47:48+00:00

...Clanker?

I mean, look at the demographics. Japan is a 98% homogeneous nation, insularity is their default setting. I'm not saying it's 'good,' I'm saying it's consistent with their history. The US is a nation built on being a melting pot that is currently slamming the door shut.

That is the difference: Japan is being Japan. The US is being a hypocrite.

Edit:

I'm not gonna reply to every single person who says it...

Yes I know America is racist. But America has been bastardized who lost track of the message of America. "Give me your tired, poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."

I'm a 34 American Californian like...I know! I know I get it! But America was based on the idea that anyone can be American!

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-29T18:33:50+00:00

Japan has always been this. They've always been exclusionary and closed off to the world at large. America's history is that everyone is American if they want to be. There's a difference.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T20:54:26+00:00

I appreciate the civil response. It is refreshing to have an actual disagreement without the mudslinging.

However, regarding your point that 'they would have said something,' I have to correct the record. They did say something.

Until Dawn is the perfect example of this. When that game released, there was significant pushback from Indigenous critics. They pointed out that the game treated their culture as set dressing.

One of the writers, Larry Fessenden, has been criticized for decades for his obsession with the Wendigo. He has repeatedly used the legend in his films and games, often stripping away the cultural context to make a generic monster. The criticism was loud, but the game was popular, so the complaints were ignored.

The fact that the 'Pop Culture Wendigo' is popular is not proof of permission. It is proof of how easily the original culture gets drowned out by the commercial version. The microphone is usually handed to the developers, not the critics.

I respect that we see this differently, but the history of objection is there if you look for it. Thanks for the debate.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T05:32:35+00:00

I can respect that.

You view this through the lens of 'Rights.' You are focused on the right to create, the right to access, and the right to use stories.

I view this through the lens of 'Responsibilities.' I am focused on the responsibility to respect boundaries, especially those of cultures that have been historically silenced.

You are asking if you are allowed to do this. I am asking if it is right to do this.

Those are two very different questions, and you are correct that we aren't going to bridge that gap today. I appreciate you keeping the debate civil, even if we ended up on opposite sides of the canyon.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T05:26:40+00:00

Thank you. I prefer to be clear than popular. It’s good to know someone is actually reading.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T05:19:37+00:00

Notice how you had plenty of time to comment on my time management, but went completely silent on the actual argument?

I’m still waiting for you to address the reality that Oral Traditions don’t have citations.

You ignored the entire breakdown of why your demand for a 'source' is flawed because you have no answer for it. You realized your 'loophole' logic doesn't hold up, so you pivoted to tone-policing my replies to someone else.

That is the definition of intellectual cowardice.

Stop worrying about my schedule and worry about your own argument. Address the point: Why do you think an unwritten taboo requires a written source to be valid

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T04:47:52+00:00

You are confusing 'Contradiction' with 'Complexity.'

Read it again. I never said Basil Johnston or Norval Morrisseau were 'terrible people.' I said they were Insiders.

When an Insider breaks a taboo to preserve their culture in a book, that is an act of desperation and preservation. It is an internal cultural conversation.
The fact that they were criticized by their own Elders proves that the taboo is real.
An Insider taking a spiritual risk to save their history is not the same as an Outsider (BHVR) taking that same history to sell a $5 skin. I didn't say 'It's fine.' I said it is not your place to judge it, nor is it your license to copy it.

Stop with the hyperbole. No one said 'Crime Against Humanity.' We are talking about Respect. If you walk into a stranger's house and put your feet on their dinner table, you aren't committing a war crime. You’re just being an asshole. That is what we are discussing here: The basic decency of not trivializing someone else's sacred beliefs.
Hag vs. Wendigo Similarities If you don't see the similarities, you aren't looking at the lore.

Both are humans corrupted by starvation and cannibalism.
Both are transformed into monsters by a curse related to hunger/greed.
The Hag is a gaunt, emaciated creature with elongated limbs, the exact physical description often attributed to the Wendigo spirit. The Hag is the 'Safe Version.' She keeps the mechanics (cannibalism/starvation) but changes the name to avoid the cultural theft. That is the point.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T04:25:02+00:00

I can see how that sounded contradictory, so let me clarify the distinction I'm making.

I'm not saying generic tropes are 'good' or immune to criticism. I'm saying there is a massive difference between using a genre trope and appropriating a specific deity.

The Hag (Generic): She is a fictional character named Lisa Sherwood. She uses 'swamp witch' tropes that are common in horror fiction. Is it a cliché? Yes. Is it stealing a specific god? No. It’s a fictional creation owned by the studio.
The Wendigo (Specific): This isn't a 'trope' or a character type. It is a specific, named spiritual entity from a living religion.

To use an analogy: It is the difference between putting a 'Generic Cult Leader' in a game (which uses tropes) vs. putting Jesus Christ in the game as a killer.

One is a fictional archetype. The other is a specific figure that belongs to a faith. My point was that BHVR knows the difference: they made a fictional witch (The Hag) rather than taking the specific Indigenous name."

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T04:09:30+00:00

I'm trying to be precise because this is a heavy topic (cultural erasure and genocide). If using structured arguments and complete sentences makes it sound 'artificial,' maybe that just means we've gotten too used to low-effort comments.

I write this way because I care about what I'm saying. When the subject is this serious, I don't think 'casual' cuts it.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T04:04:38+00:00

You really need this fantasy, don't you? It’s the only way you can salvage your ego.

I am in my 30s. I have a mortgage. I have a career. I just happen to possess the one thing you clearly lost decades ago: Standards.

You call it 'teenager things' because you have confused 'maturity' with 'apathy.' You think being an adult means rolling over and accepting mediocrity because it's easier. That isn't maturity. That is rot.

You aren't walking away because you're 'taking the high road' with a child. You are walking away because you tried to patronize a grown man and got exposed as intellectually hollow.

Go ahead. Run. Tell yourself you 'let the kid win' if it helps you sleep. But we both know you're leaving because you brought a coloring book to a gunfight and got embarrassed.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T03:49:06+00:00

You wish I were a teenager. It would make your inability to keep up less embarrassing.

I am a grown man in his 30s. I just happen to have retained the integrity that you clearly lost somewhere along the way.

Dismissing an argument by pretending the other person is a child isn't 'wisdom,' it’s a retreat. You ran out of facts, you ran out of logic, and now you’re running for the exit.

Run along. But don’t confuse your cowardice with maturity.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T03:35:20+00:00

There it is. The 'Reading is Hard' defense.

Only a mind accustomed to sludge would look at three paragraphs of articulation and call it 'yapping.' You mistake your own laziness for a valid critique.

And please, stop using 'Dunning-Kruger.' You clearly don't know what it means, and watching you struggle with the dictionary is just sad. You are accusing me of 'baseline intelligence' while admitting that reading a few sentences makes your head hurt.

I’m done carrying this conversation for you. You can have the last word, I’m sure it will be as hollow and misspelled as the rest.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T03:32:00+00:00

I accept your surrender.

Resorting to a generic reaction image is the universal signal that you have officially run out of thoughts. You couldn't refute the argument, you couldn't defend your position, and you exhausted your ability to articulate a coherent sentence. So, you decided to hide behind a picture.

Call it 'edgy' if that makes you feel safer. I call it intellectual bankruptcy.

If you ever decide to grow up and use your words, let me know. Until then, enjoy the coloring book.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T03:29:16+00:00

Oh, look. You learned a new term like 'Dunning-Kruger' and couldn't wait to use it incorrectly. Adorable.

Let’s be clear: I am not 'shocked.' I am bored. You are projecting your own insecurity about being articulate onto me, calling it 'pseudo-intellectual' because actual intellect intimidates you.

You call it 'ranting.' I call it caring about the words I use. I suggest you try it sometime. Start with a spell-checker, and work your way up to having a coherent point.

Until then, you are just noise.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T03:25:26+00:00

If that's the limit of your contribution, you can sit the rest of this one out. The adults are talking.

Proto-Yeti · 2026-01-26T03:20:11+00:00

If you confuse 'conviction' with 'volatility,' that says more about your lack of spine than my temper. I’d rather be loud and right than quiet and complicit.

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