Anthropomorphic Animals

[RedFox99]

Why do think people like funny animals? I don't consider myself a furry, but I do like media involving these kinds of characters.

[KoDaiko]

You mean one of those funny sickkick animal buddies in disney films? Or just Anthropomorphic animals in general?

I clicked on the first furry thread on google that talked about it (slightly nsfw ), and a person says "It's the combination of the best characteristics of humans mixed with the best characteristics of cute animals. If you're attracted to something anthro, you're most likely actually attracted to the human elements that are wrapped up inside the cute, "furry" aspects." So something that is boring if a human character does it can be cute or funny if an animal does it, because you have a different impression/bias on them?

Maybe people like them  because they are human-like but not actually human. Or because animals are considered cute, pure or innocent in general.

 

[RedFox99]

13 hours ago, KoDaiko said:

It's the combination of the best characteristics of humans mixed with the best characteristics of cute animals. If you're attracted to something anthro, you're most likely actually attracted to the human elements that are wrapped up inside the cute, "furry" aspects.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

[Pawn]

As humans we love to anthropomorphise anything in order to better understand our surroundings. Look at how many people project their emotions onto pets, especially dogs, despite them likely possessing little understanding of what we feel. We've even done it to the bloody weather.

It just so happens that animals are more similar to us than objects and the like and that some identify more closely with them (ie furries I guess).

[RedFox99]

I guess this is why I find myself more in animals characters. Though, I find myself being interested in the idea of human characters being introduced in stuff like Lion King, Zootopia, etc.

[MetalSkulkBane]

I dunno, maybe they just more colorful, creative. Maybe it's 'cute' factor, no matter how I'll claim Shadow is 'cool and badass'? I really don't know.

I remember Sonic Dissected talking about this, around minute 26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JEHCmSEVx8