Skuff Coyote ([info]skuffcoyote) wrote,
@ 2009-05-08 23:52:00
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another furry theory
Ok, this applies anyone who's into fursuiting in anyway. So apparently, I really really high percentage of the people I have personally asked have fit into one of these categories. I'm really curious if it's like that to all furries, or if it's just coincidence since i've only really asked like maybe 10 ppl. So, here goes.

Again, this only applies to furries interested in fursuits or fursuiting.

Poll #1397132 furry theory test
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 90

As a small child, 3-6 years old, were you scared or did you avoid mascots or costumed characters?

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omg, yes
31 (34.4%)

nope, loved them
39 (43.3%)

cant remember... too many drugs
20 (22.2%)




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[info]tiger_sammy
2009-05-09 07:05 am UTC (link)
Honestly can't remember....saying that though, the only mascot i used to see at that stage was called Dusty Miller for my local football team, Rotherham United....

http://www.sports-mascots.co.uk/BKAM_Sports_Mascot_Rotherham.jpg

enough said

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[info]skuffcoyote
2009-05-09 07:06 am UTC (link)
*cringe* humanoids... the sole reason I never got into mascotting lol

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[info]roby_panther
2009-05-09 02:45 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I'm not big on the humanoid mascots at all, especially the silly, inflatable ones the seem to use nowadays, like Lil Red at Nebraska.

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[info]jaidingo
2009-05-09 07:00 pm UTC (link)
UGH!

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[info]tiger_sammy
2009-05-09 07:08 am UTC (link)
Humanoids with their raep eyes? lols

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[info]skuffcoyote
2009-05-09 07:08 am UTC (link)
lol

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[info]tiger_sammy
2009-05-09 07:11 am UTC (link)
http://www.sports-mascots.co.uk/

For your enjoyment...or nightmares, enjoy some of Britains FINEST sports mascots....my personal fav is from AFC Telford...the Anthropomorphic Box....

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[info]skuffcoyote
2009-05-09 07:12 am UTC (link)
wow... just... just wow

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[info]tiger_sammy
2009-05-09 07:15 am UTC (link)
Happy Nightmares >:3 that will teach you for dumping our tea :D

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[info]skuffcoyote
2009-05-09 07:21 am UTC (link)
elvis?... really... REALLY?

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[info]tiger_sammy
2009-05-09 07:22 am UTC (link)
Elvis and Eels go hand in hand, just like Chalk and Cheese....

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[info]skuffcoyote
2009-05-09 07:24 am UTC (link)
Cant argue with that logic

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[info]fauxpawroo
2009-05-09 07:49 pm UTC (link)
holy shit that icon trips me ouuuuuuuuuuuut <3

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[info]skuffcoyote
2009-05-09 08:28 pm UTC (link)
lol

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[info]jtigerclaw
2009-05-09 07:10 am UTC (link)
I'd say I was indifferent, because I can't remember ever meeting a mascot when I was little, but I'm pretty sure I would have liked them alright. Unless the costume sucked. :P

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[info]sammythesamoyed
2009-05-09 07:10 am UTC (link)
I honestly can't remember... it was so long ago and I'm getting old. :P

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[info]daisuke_miles
2009-05-09 07:25 am UTC (link)
Cant remenber

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[info]electropaw
2009-05-09 07:45 am UTC (link)
For me, the answer would of been somewhere in the middle, but I just HAD to pick something..so it's no..I loved em.

Depending on how toony and welcoming the character was, from what I remember, I was ok with costumed characters. A few times my parents hired some random fuzzy critter to greet me for my birthday..that was cool. However, I think I only got shy a few times with some big rat or whatever.

So I got corrupted early in life..and now I don't mind being the fuzzy critter myself.

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[info]antimon
2009-05-10 11:35 am UTC (link)
who decided a rat is a good mascot for a pizza resturant anyway

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[info]noodleshusky
2009-05-09 08:19 am UTC (link)
I dont remember, but I was probably scared!

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[info]foxxar
2009-05-09 08:33 am UTC (link)
I don't remember much, but I think I was fine with the ones at Disneyland.

There is also a lack of horrifying memories so I think it's safe to say I was alright with mascots.

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[info]smonda
2009-05-09 12:43 pm UTC (link)
I was terrified of them. Louie the Lighting Bug in particular. I would litterally walk on the other side of the exposition center (usually at the state fair) to avoid him & any other suited people. I remember the main thing was that some of them would approach me thinking I would love them & pose for a picture which was far from the truth. So it created a stigma for all mascots whether they approached me or not. If I saw them approaching other kids I high tailed it out of there. They no longer bother me now though :3

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[info]tally_kat
2009-05-09 02:38 pm UTC (link)
Scared the hell out of me.

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[info]antimon
2009-05-10 11:36 am UTC (link)
and now, some still scare ya right? :)

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[info]tally_kat
2009-05-10 03:42 pm UTC (link)
Ha yes, well :D

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[info]roby_panther
2009-05-09 02:43 pm UTC (link)
I can't remember honestly. I'm not sure I had any interactions with a mascot character as a kid. The only things I remember from those ages is that I wasn't afraid of clowns (at least at the circus) and for a small time I was afraid of big dogs because one jumped up and knocked me over and caused me to bit my tongue really badly. (My parents reminded me years later the "big" dog was a cocker spaniel, but, hey, I was 4!) I didn't hit Disney until age 11, and at that time I was fine with the mascots.

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[info]jbadger
2009-05-09 03:00 pm UTC (link)
But did not really like the places that mascots were

Anyways when I was that age not many places had mascots in the first place.

Although my Mom knew a bunch of people in theater so I really loved costumes in general. Memories of a 5 year old at a parties in the east village as a kid.

It was not until I was 14 that I got to go to Disney for first time, it was before epcot was open to the public but half the landmark was built.

Ohhh and clowns, geeeze run away run away.

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[info]wildfox34
2009-05-09 03:08 pm UTC (link)
I'm not sure if I could answer this since I lived in an area that was deprived of everything and the first time I saw mascots were on TV and such. :P

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[info]arazia
2009-05-09 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Can't remember, but not due to too many drugs.
I know that I don't like 'mascots' like they have for businesses. Giant cups of coffee, and banannas and oil filters an stuff are just creepy.

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[info]baconcoyote
2009-05-09 03:33 pm UTC (link)
I used to be afraid and not want anything to do with the mascotted characters and six flags and stuff. Even still, I'm not a -huge- fan of interacting with fursuits when I'm not in one!

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[info]antimon
2009-05-10 11:37 am UTC (link)
fortuantly for you I dunno what you look like out fo suit or I'd go after ya ;)

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[info]baconcoyote
2009-05-10 06:03 pm UTC (link)
*laughs and hides*

I'm actually a helluva lot more used to it than I was when I first started going to cons and such, so these days it's really not too scary!

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[info]towyncoyote
2009-05-09 04:01 pm UTC (link)
I remember quite vividly how terrified I was of all the characters at Disney world and such places. Funny how things turn out. :P

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[info]antimon
2009-05-10 11:37 am UTC (link)
you're cuter then most of them

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[info]semjay
2009-05-09 06:57 pm UTC (link)
I avoided mascots like the plague and was deathly afraid of latex or other scary kinds of masks.

Odd how things work out...

Edited at 2009-05-09 06:57 pm UTC

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[info]taiko_shepherd
2009-05-09 07:16 pm UTC (link)
Lol, it might be a combination of the last two choices. Frightened = yes, drugged up = most likely. :P

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[info]dannydingo
2009-05-09 08:15 pm UTC (link)
I have always had a life long love for mascots and costume characters. The Disney characters at Disneyland and WDW were pretty much how I first got exposed to mascots.

Ever since I was about six or so, I have always dreamed about being in a mascot costume every time I saw somebody wearing one, and I got my first gig as my high school mascot when I was 16. I LOVE mascots, to be honest! That's pretty much the story behind my suit. Plus, I've always enjoyed those old cartoons with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and the like, and fursuiting gives me the opportunity to feel what's it like to be a cartoon character, to say in the least. So yeah, I guess my love for mascots and costume characters is really what got me into fursuiting. :0)

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[info]_shema_
2009-05-09 10:06 pm UTC (link)
I was scared of them as a child and my fear of them only really faded after I had suited with Tosca.

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[info]antimon
2009-05-10 11:38 am UTC (link)
why play with the animals when ya can BE the animals :)

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[info]celestialwolfen
2009-05-10 12:39 am UTC (link)
I always told myself and everyone when I was little that when I grow up I was going to be 'one of the people in big furry animal suits'

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[info]stathgar
2009-05-10 03:33 am UTC (link)
Lol I don't think it ever came up. I'm pretty sure I was never near any mascots or costumed characters as a kid.

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[info]antimon
2009-05-10 11:33 am UTC (link)
the only "mascot" experience as a child I can remeber is me visitign the easter bunny and gettign a picture, they seemed to fascinate me, not sure if I beleieved ti was real, but I don't recall being scared...

I do not remember any sports mascots, or any character interactiosn when I went to Disney

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[info]synchra
2009-05-11 06:17 pm UTC (link)
I used to ask my mom to get me one for Halloween. D8

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[info]tkwolf
2009-08-09 11:40 am UTC (link)
(just reading back a bit) Actually, I'm still kind of afraid of mascots and costumed characters! Funny enough, I have no problems being in suit myself. :)

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[info]skuffcoyote
2009-08-09 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Really? So as a kid your were scared, but never fully grew out of that, but you are fine as long as you are the one in suit. What about when you are in suit around other mascots? What about fursuits, do you still feel uneasy around them?

also, answer to your other question is here: http://skuffcoyote.livejournal.com/74538.html

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[info]tkwolf
2009-08-09 08:02 pm UTC (link)

When I am in suit and around other mascots? Well, there is still a little bit of fear; though, not nearly as much!
I am still trying to get used to what to do and how to interact with other mascots! It's fun, but I still am
getting used to it. :)

What makes me uneasy around them? Well...I see some suiters who don't really show any expression in suit. You know,
they're just kind of like "I'm in a suit! Look at my wonderful suit," but don't actually bring the suit to life...
These kinds of suiters, I am very afraid to approach because it doesn't look like they're actually enjoying being in
suit. I'd almost feel like I was bothering them! Another thing that makes me uneasy when I'm NOT in suit is simply
'not knowing'. I suppose since I cannot see their face, or read minds and stuff like that, I just get a little
shaky. Now, don't get me wrong! I absolutely love it when suiters approach me! I am just at a loss of how to
interact with em. It's almost like being thrown up on stage as a pup with no help remembering your lines and expected
to give a flawless performance! (That's a true story, by the way!) :P When in suit, it feels like a bit of protection.
Nobody can see how nervous I am...AND since nobody can see me being nervous, it makes me less nervous! Whoops! I got
carried away with this comment. :) Well, there ya go!

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[info]skuffcoyote
2009-08-09 09:18 pm UTC (link)
ahhh, that makes perfect sense. I'm mostly the same way myself. I feel a bit awkward because my personality does not match someone who is performing in suit. Ya know? Like you wouldn't expect a big nerd to feel socially comfortable with the captain of the football team talking interacting with them.

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