-It might seem silly to ask, but I was banned from the Lemmy Digital Art community for a very unfair decision, and before posting anything here, I want to know if my type of art would be accepted. I don’t post anything explicit or considered offensive; it’s just character art and my own fantasy.
Kemonomini are simply humans with ears and tails. “Beastmen” are people who can transform into creatures depending on the abilities the creator gives them (for example, a kitsune or my avatar, a werewolf). Furry refers to anthropomorphic animals, and even within furry communities, this distinction is made. So the ban was unjustified.
I’m not sure if I should post my social media links here because of spam, but you can find me on DeviantArt as “Usser-Chan”.
In the english-speaking world, all of those categories are subcategories of “furry.”
You don’t have to be part of the community to know the differences. It’s even made clear in other languages. People joke that anything with animal characteristics is furry, but they’re not.
It’s not a joke, that’s just a definitional thing. In English, if it’s ambiguous enough to argue about it, it’s automatically furry.
hell, it’s “furry” even if it’s scales, feathers, or a fourth thing
As someone who likes “furry” art, but isn’t deeply part of the community, I think these are in-group vs. out-group issues: within the community, people understand the lines between each, but outside, people lump all of these together under the furry umbrella. I understand the differences you’re talking about, but as mostly an outsider, at a glance I wouldn’t have considered them “not part of the greater umbrella of furry art”.
Yes, the confusion is common. What I mean is that even if I were “furry,” there were no rules about that. I always read the rules before joining an art community. I think the moderator made it up out of dislike or they never put it in writing lol.
The sidebar of digitalart@lemmy.world (not federated here) does currently say:
But what I’m into isn’t furry by any definition.
I get that you see there’s a difference - but the way people from outside the relevant communities see it, there isn’t.