I see. That is difficult. I'm sorry I can't offer any help, other than to say I kind of know what you're going through. I had a grandmother pass away several years ago. It seems like I missed a lot by not spending time with her, but I think I'd probably feel the same way even if I had.

@Tilla: Oh, I'm sorry to hear. Like Nuke, I know what you must be going through; my grandparents passed away recently too; my grandfather last year, and my grandmother this year in March.

I was off watching something with my aunt.

@Tilla: *hugs* T__T

My grandfather also died earlier this year and I felt a little like that...all not taking the opportunity to get to know him as well as I could have. Then again, he wasn't really all that fond of me, but, still.

Hey guys, hope you're all doing well. Just got back from Bible Study and I'm off to feed my knuffels.

Hey, how goes it today?

Oh, good, good, just woke up and now I'm thinking about getting some schoolwork done. You?

I'm at work. Kind of checking forums when nothing is going on. Been pretty busy today though.

Aha, so it seems. What kind of work is it?

@Hart- It's a family owned dealership.

@Zia- I had a very long detailed argument about the nature of a furry and aliens, context, defamiliarization, racism and so on, but Knuffel ate my post, because I took too long. I guess you're lucky...

I did not read much of inhuman. I'm not use to so many words and to make a big deal out of cute aliens being at a difference with humans. *shrug* It's not that interesting to me.

Yes, they are furries. The author can say they are not furries (it becomes all the more apparent when one must make a 2 1/2 page post about it), but they are in every way shape and form. Furry characters have humanoid expression and are essentially humanish.

"Could Inhuman be drawn with humans? Well, while it PHYSICALLY could, it would not really work."

YES, as a matter of fact, a Klingon is pretty much a human with a defamiliarizing, "human-assumed" ugly feature. This is the characteristic of all aliens as most people know them. They have ugly or defamiliarizing features. If this is not made apparent through their appearance it is made apparent in their context, by who and what they are surrounded by. There are far more weird hairless aliens in Star Wars and even Star Trek than cute furry ones, but fur has nothing to do with furry necessarily. I described an example of this, but I will draw a picture instead now, since it was a pain to describe and it would make more sense if I drew it anyway.

"I see 'furry' as an art style, as a distinct statement about your work. That THESE ARE ANIMAL PEOPLE. Inhuman's characters are not animal people- they are human, inside and out,"

The author back tracks here. ARE they humans are AREN'T they? They are in essence, which the author described previously (in slightly different words)
"Furry comics are essentially completely human characters dressed up in animal clothes."

The author tries to defend different appearances with earlier examples of ugliness and defamiliarization. Furries are cute and familiar (and humanoid.) Also these "other than human" characters are not examples of aliens or necessarily aliens. They are purposely portrayed as unpleasant or ugly looking, not ideal at least. But the author's characters are NOT unpleasant or ugly. They truly are not unfamiliar or disgusting to humans.

I think the author SHOULD have used humanoid characters. It would've made a better point. What color are Klingons? What color are the aliens species in Star Trek with the huge ears? What color are Vulcans? What physically grotesque or unusual features does a Vulcan have? Ha~ As if today we're not prejudice. 200 years and going strong, my friends. Or what is a Qunari? (From Dragon Age [And then Dragon Age Two.])

Make them deformed, ugly, defamiliarizing, confusing. That's an alien, that's something we think "inhuman."

I think the artist's characters are furries, if I've ever seen furries.

[Picture] Here is my furry or is it an alien?