Because I would never be able to pull off the look with my body shape.

But I might be able to pull off a voluptuous tavern wench with the help some shapewear and forms.

Yes

But what about forcing the computer to do something via bootable ASM?

To be fair, if Metaverse did integrate something like this they would definitely record telemetry data “for development purposes”.

Small brain: Wearing a fursuit for trick-or-treating

Large brain: Wearing a costume with your fursuit for trick-or-treating

Galaxy brain: Wearing a costume based around your fursuit for trick-or-treating. (For example, wearing a Starfleet uniform with a feline partial suit for a Caitian Starfleet officer).

Depends on the dragon. I know a lot of metallics from D&D are willing to share or trade. One of the chromatics as well, though said chromatic hoards jokes, novelty items, comedians and prank gear.

In the case of dragons, those are synonymous.

When a dragon decides to hoard knowledge rather than wealth.

Not all aliens are furries and not all furries are aliens.

My point is that the inverse is true as well - some aliens can be furries and some furries are aliens. It’s just a matter of whether the particular species has animalistic traits or not.

Even if the alien is straight-up an anthropomorphic animal, like a Caitian from Star Trek?

“Aliens aren’t furry”

Are you seriously going to say that when Chewbacca is one of the most well known sci-fi aliens and is a literally walking carpet of floof? And in a similar Star Warsy vein, what about all the Bothans that died to get the Death Star plans before Disney decided to retcon that and say that there was a defector on the engineering team instead?

Anyway, what about servals? As in the adorable spotty leggy jumpy cats that have kinda gone viral in the cat memes scene recently?

The power of fluffyboys compels you!

I’ve got three current fursonas with different stories as to how I picked their species.

Tofu (Zenko Kitsune): I actually had a lot of trouble narrowing this one down, and the final decision literally came down to being on a discord server about foxes and what I could do with DazStudio. The character that became Tofu could have been a Kobold, a Land Form Shaymin, a Sphinx (as in the Greek/Egyptian mythical creature, not a Bingus) or even a “scrap yard special” protogen with cybernetics made from recycled and/or repurposed parts, but eventually I decided on a Zenko Kitsune with five tails, who’s tails represent her age in centuries.

Sloan (Serval): If you can’t tell, Sloan’s my main. Tofu is very much not like me at all but rather more of a way to self-explore, so I decided I wanted to make a fursona that could act as my mascot. I thought about what traits are typically associated with various fursona species and settled on “lesser” wildcat, and then went with a serval because I’m tall and so are servals.

Amara (Land Form Shaymin): I liked the Land Form Shaymin concept I had when trying to decide on Tofu’s species, so I decided to use it as a separate character/'sona.

Eh, I think “de-skunking” sounds funnier.

You can keep skunks as pets in a lot of places, but they have to be de-skunked (as in have the scent glands removed). They’re not the worst exotic pet out there (heck, I can think of a few non-exotics that can be more problematic) but they can get themselves into trouble pretty easily and it can be difficult to provide for their dietary needs. They’re also stubborn and have high enrichment requirements, and they don’t like being kept in a cage or other enclosed space even part time so you basically have to make your entire house skunk-proof. My opinion on exotic pets isn’t a hard yes or no, but rather “if you can provide the necessary care”. Skunks are one of the ones where it’s not that big of an if, but due to the dietary concerns they’re definitely not a pet for everyone. I’d put them on the same tier as some of the bigger parrots, large constrictors, large predatory freshwater fish (Arrowana) and fennecs in terms of care requirements.

As for what I like about them, I love their huge, fluffy tails. I just wish the fandom didn’t always associate them with musk and fart fetishes, you almost never see a skunk 'sona that isn’t uncontrollably stinking up the place. IRL skunks don’t do that, they only spray if their defensive display dance doesn’t do the trick. And yet I have yet to see a breakdancing skunk fursona. To each their own, I just wish people would think of skunks as more than just a living chemical weapon.

Border Collie

It’s a regular collie

Good way to save money on gas or electricity.

For a biomechanical designer species of space explorers meant to travel to all sorts of planets, you’d think waterproofing would have been a standard feature rather than something exclusive to aquatic protogens.

Kinda surprised no one mentioned Krystal from Star Fox yet. I mean, seriously, there is no way either Rare or Namco didn’t know what they were doing with their promotional art for their respective installments in the series.

Also, Wolf from the same series might count, although I don’t think Nintendo was originally going for that with him, he just kinda naturally developed that way.