hey Tumblr, settle an argument I’m having with my girlfriend: were the dudes in Dr. Moreau the first furries in literature? She suggests that the Minotaur would be the first furry, but I’d say that that the Minotaur is an ANTHRO, not a furry. If there were somebody in the myths who wanted to bone the Minotaur, THEY would be a furry.
Bestiality doesn’t count. These have to be anthropomorphized animals that are textually seen in a sexual light. Mythical creatures like mermaids and centaurs also don’t count. Those aren’t anthros, they’re their own thing.
did gulliver want to fuck those horse people in gulliver’s travels? I feel like maybe he did. it’s admittedly been a while.
doctor moreau came out like thirty years after the origin of species, which obviously was the moment furries became possible, but like….did it really take three decades for mankind to imagine a hot cheetah girl it could stick its dick inside? that seems to undersell our species’ sexual depravity in a pretty serious way.
I’m reading the comments, and no, damn it, satyrs and fauns don’t count. The animal head is like, a key part of what makes an anthro an anthro. Come on people, take this seriously.
Edit: Anubis? No, man, come on. That’s just a human with an animal head. Anubis wasn’t an animal. The Minotaur counts because he was covered in fur and had hoof hands and stuff. Probably a weird furry dick, too, but that was never addressed in canon, which is why he doesn’t count.
The Minotaur’s mom wore the first FURSUIT, but was not a furry. She just wanted to bang a steer.