So I want to highlight why this is a lot more impressive than it looks on the aurface.
gonna preface this with I am more Furry Adjacent than anything. I mostly went to the local con because a bunch of my friends did and the Chaotic Adorable energy of most suiters is my vibe. Still, I have several friends and acquaintances who suit.
For those unaware: Fursuits are best described as wearing an extra 15-20lbs of carpet sewn to wire mesh with zero ventilation beyond maybe a small fan in the “head”.
They’re genuinely the best dancer there, because they were locked on the beat and their movements were expressive and sharp under 15lbs of carpet sewn to wire mesh.
All my respect to suiters man. They’re a different type.
i just wanna add that most suits are not built off wire mesh. most are actually stuffed with poly fill or built on foam. which is much heavier. the fur itself is heavy, and the foam and polyfil make it even heavier
bc it’s so heavy, fursuit dancers have to GREATLY exaggerate every movement. so this person is moving more and faster than it looks on the surface
the concept and idea of “you can always start trying to be a better person” is extremely important to me both in media and irl and i continue to be deeply deeply disturbed by the trend on this site pushing that these ideas in media are bad writing or even morally reprehensible
because theyd rather someone stay terrible or just straight up die than become a better person
from a compassionate point of view it’s deeply distressing and from a pragmatic point of view it’s outright frustrating