Furry biography

Children and adults dress up in animal costumes and build large -scale fan movements around their hobby. The editorial office of Yamal-Media dealt with an expert psychologist, where it came from, what are the nuances of two fandoms, why teenagers are so delighted and whether the hobby will prohibit. Who are Furri and Quadrobies and where did they come from if they were briefly, fans of both subcultures like to change into animals and build their own circle of communication on this.

It is difficult to name the exact dates when the movements originated, but the approximate point of reference can be considered the years of the XX century, and the place - the USA. Actually, their names are Anglicisms: Furry translates as “fluffy”, and Quadrobics is nothing more than a Latin Quattuor hybrid “four” and English Aerobics. However, despite the approximately the same orientation, the differences between them are still significant.

What is the difference between Furry subcultures and quadroes about this, we asked Anastasia Valuev, a psychologist, a hypnotherapist and a specialist in working with the subconscious. Modern Furri are those who, in childhood, stared at films with talking animals and made this hobby for adulthood, ”says Anastasia. Fans of the subculture gather at the events where they communicate with like -minded people, show their costumes, discuss their favorite characters and generally have fun.

Quadrobica makes a bias in the direction of sports: in fact, this is a kind of hobbihorsing, whose lovers arrange a “riding riding” competition on sticks with horse heads. Here, participants go on four limbs and perform gymnastic elements, often quite complex. Typically, children aged 10-15 years are engaged in this. According to the expert, Furri is rather a theater, and quadroes are sports discipline, and neither those nor others usually believe that in their souls are conditional wolves or foxes.

This is how a typical quadrobik lover looks. Most often, their “totem beast” is more precisely, a wolf-werewolf, they believe in reincarnation and can behave inappropriately: for example, there is from a bowl or bite an outsider. According to Anastasia Valueva, until Teriandropy is considered a real mental diagnosis, but there is a chance that sooner or later it will become one.

Why do teenagers change into animals according to a psychologist, in the movement of Furri still more adult people who carried the image of their beloved character through years and nurtured him with themselves. As for quadrobica, children under 12-13 years old can be forgiven for imitation of animal habits, justifying this with a game. But if the child develops this age, parents need to carry out explanatory work with him and explain that this is incorrect behavior.

At the same time, it is absolutely not recommended to punish the child in public - you need to get to the bottom of the reasons: perhaps he expresses suppressed anger or aggression, because it cannot express it in the usual form. Roughly speaking, it is important to understand in which fairy tale the child was stuck. When Furri and Quadroberes ban the exact forecast in Russia on this subject: the conversations of worried adults about subcultures have been going on for several years.

The children's ombudsman of Tatarstan Irina Volynets called their distribution of sabotage, shaking the children's psyche. Maria Lvov-Belova, Federal Commissioner for Child Rights, also spoke negatively to Furry subculture, proposing to take appropriate measures. The head of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy, Alexei Didenko, in turn, called the Furri subculture one of the newly -minted threats to traditional values.

He emphasized the need to develop mechanisms to quickly identify and punish the “organizers” of such movements. However, there is a premature to talk about specific measures against Furri and quadrobics. The most important and operational news is in our Yamal-Media telegram channel.