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Re: Desensitization

In regards to http://deviantartsucks.tumblr.com/post/3932403140/desensitization-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and:

Rage. My esteemed colleague may certainly be desensitized to this crime against nature, but I assure you I am not. I first saw only the title as it was passed along, and the title is of course the first the wrong with it. “I found the ball.” Really? That’s what you’re going with? Because that sick babyfur isn’t making a fucking “I found the ball” face from what I can see. It’s making a “this man told me he’ll give me lots of candy if I would make this pose and get in his van” face. So right off the bat, the artist looses points for simply being completely unable to choose a title. Or a pose that doesn’t make the viewer want to call child services.

Let’s just talk about the babyfur phenomenon in general here. Furry fandom in general is a source of frustration for me because those who consider themselves as part of it tend to be the most whiny, easily-offended drama seekers on all of the internets. The whole reason that cartoonists began drawing anthropomorphic animals in the first place is because they were either poor artists or lazy and found it easier to avoid uncanny valley by making their characters animals instead, but that’s not even the main problem with this piece. The problem is the furries see their characters one of two ways (actually from what I’ve seen the see them both ways simultaneously): as “fursonas”, in essence what is meant to be a representation of themselves, of course as Mary Sue as possible, or as sexual devices. So. SOMEBODY out there either feels that their personality is that of an anthropomorphic baby Growlithe, showing that they really have no idea how babies work (hint: from actually having seen a baby myself for more than five seconds I can tell you they find the world very confusing and frequently frustrating), OR they see the babyfur as sexual. Based on the amount of clothing involved here I’m guessing the latter. ATTN: ARTIST: HAVE YOU EVER ACTUALLY SEEN A REAL BABY OUTSIDE OF DIAPER ADS? THEY ARE NORMALLY CLOTHED. This is a picture of a baby, furry aside at the moment, naked, posing like it’s Jessica fucking Rabbit. NO, you’re DEFINITELY not a paedophile.

The worst part is, I did a little research and discovered that this. Was. A. Request. So somebody out there actually asked this person to draw a baby anthropomorphic Growlithe posing like Betty Boop, and the artist thought NOTHING of doing it. That or the requester just wanted a normal picture of a furry Growlithe and got this.

And of course there’s all that’s wrong with the actual drawing itself. I won’t bother going into that since I am actually willing to admit that I can’t draw for shit so am not an authority on art, and Mr. Deviantartsucks touched on it as well. The point is, everything about this picture fills me with rage. I find myself calming down as I write but every time I go back to review this travesty again it completely renews my anger. From the paedophilia to the lazy drawing to the bullshit title everything about this picture is wrong. In short, your babyfur is bad and you should feel bad.