Introduce yourself

Seasoned adventurer Posts : 149 Join date : 2015-08-22

Hello all. I am a general fan of fantasy, with a proclivity towards trying to come up with interesting and useful ways to either apply magic or combine magic, science, and technology. I've been looking through Felarya stuff for about two months or so, and what made me join the community is the fact that it actually seems decently large and active, something which most unified fantasy settings don't seem to be able to claim.

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:48 am

Greetings, Gamma. I'm Stabs; I'll be one of the moderators during your stay.

Please make yourself at home.

Veteran knight Posts : 290 Join date : 2014-10-10

And a warm welcome from me as well. I too think that worldbuilding is wonderful.

Tasty morsel Posts : 3 Join date : 2015-08-25

Hello! I'm a little late to post here but as they say,"Better late than never", yea? :3

Well! My name is Syronael, and I am a mer~ I'm not sure whether or not there's anything like what Syronael is on Felarya or not, but those of you that are well-versed in the lore of Felarya can probably determine whether or not that's true at first glance.

Anyways, I'm happy to be here! I've known about Felarya for a while but I've been far too shy to really indulge myself in the community and social aspect of it.. 'til now! Stabs offered me a very warm welcome and a good bit of chatting yesterday when I first logged on, and I look forward to chatting with the rest of you!

Survivor Posts : 751 Join date : 2015-02-11

Welcome

Felarya cartographer Posts : 1694 Join date : 2014-11-10

Welcome to all, who are new here - and feel Yourself at Home!

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:15 am

Hello, technically new here since I've been away from here for around 3-5 years or so, and was never a really active member, had a different account then. Anyways thought I'd come back and see how things go, got a lot of catching up to do and lots of new people to meet.

Great warrior Posts : 470 Join date : 2008-07-19 Age : 36

Why dont you use your old account then? ^^

Otherwise, welcome (back)!

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Thu Aug 27, 2015 1:38 am

Amaroq wrote:: Why dont you use your old account then? ^^

Otherwise, welcome (back)!

I can't seem to log back into it plus thought if have a fresh start

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:53 am

The Sketch Knight wrote:: I can't seem to log back into it plus thought if have a fresh start

You thought if you had a fresh start...?

At any rate, welcome to the forum. I'm Stabs, and I'll be one of the moderators during your stay. Please make yourself at home.

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:09 am

Stabs wrote:

The Sketch Knight wrote:: I can't seem to log back into it plus thought if have a fresh start

You thought if you had a fresh start...?

At any rate, welcome to the forum. I'm Stabs, and I'll be one of the moderators during your stay. Please make yourself at home.

Thanks and oops my bad that was suppose to be an "I'd"

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:27 pm

Syronael wrote:: Hello! I'm a little late to post here but as they say,"Better late than never", yea? :3

Well! My name is Syronael, and I am a mer~ I'm not sure whether or not there's anything like what Syronael is on Felarya or not, but those of you that are well-versed in the lore of Felarya can probably determine whether or not that's true at first glance.

Anyways, I'm happy to be here! I've known about Felarya for a while but I've been far too shy to really indulge myself in the community and social aspect of it.. 'til now! Stabs offered me a very warm welcome and a good bit of chatting yesterday when I first logged on, and I look forward to chatting with the rest of you!

A mysterious n00b? Alright! That sounds like fun. X3 Hello there, Syronael (Sigh-Roh-Nail?). I am jedi or as some know me, David Dent. I'll be but one of your guides to this fantastic and fantastically horrifying place known as F E L A R Y A As is my new custom as of late I'm going to give you a gift basket containing the following starter items:

Syronael's Gift Basket:

With that I say welcome and good luck, Syron!

Mysterious Returner? wrote:: Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:15 am
Hello, technically new here since I've been away from here for around 3-5 years or so, and was never a really active member, had a different account then. Anyways thought I'd come back and see how things go, got a lot of catching up to do and lots of new people to meet.

Hello there! Three to five years? Wow is this forum that old already? WOnder how long I've been here....Hmm anywho re-welcome back, Sir Sketch! As is my new custom of late I'm gifting you this Gift Basket of Survival + 1

Sir Sketch's Gift Basket:

Seasoned adventurer Posts : 149 Join date : 2015-08-22

What, no gift basket for me? Razz

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:33 pm

Gamma wrote:: What, no gift basket for me?

Oh sorry didn't see you there. ^^; Too many n00bs for me to track. XD

Hello, Gamma! Welcome to the forums and Felarya in general! As is my custom lately let me present you with this gift basket:

Gamma's Gift Basket:

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:08 pm

jedi-explorer wrote:: [spoiler="Sir Sketch's Gift Basket"]X1 Swordquil: Literally a sword than can turn into a stylish quil! At any moment. Usually when the user is in greatist peril and may need to jot down a message to warn the next guy to find the quil never to shop at Gunther's!

You know what they say: the pen is mightier than the sword. XD

Welcome to all the new people. I hope we get to have plenty of fun conversations! You'll likely come to know me well, as I am a pretty prominent figure in this community, on top of being an all together swell fellow. ;D Also don't believe anything hhhat09 says about me!! (Unless it's something good.)

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:16 am

Guten Tag, stellen Sie sicher, Sie packen für das Überleben.
[Добрый день, убедитесь, что вы упаковать для выживания .
Good day, make sure you pack up for survival.
Καλή σας μέρα , φροντίστε να πακετάρω για την επιβίωση .
良い一日、あなたは生存のために梱包を確認してください。
Magandang araw, siguraduhin na mag pack up para sa kaligtasan ng buhay.
Goede dag, zorg ervoor dat je te pakken om te overleven .
Bonne journée , assurez-vous de plier bagage pour la survie .
Bene fac stipant salutem .

Newbie adventurer Posts : 71 Join date : 2015-09-11

Alright, so I'm Xion. No relation to the Kingdom Hearts character, the name actually comes from a hunter pet I had back when I played World of Warcraft (the pet was itself named after the mountain of Zion in Jerusalem, because I had just returned from an Ash Wednesday mass when I tamed her and it was fresh on my head). The full name, "XionGaTaosenai", means "Xion will not die" a name that I'm sure reaches the peak of irony in a place like this. It is also based on the name of a song I liked back when I chose the name for myself. The name was designed to be one that would never be taken, on any site or service, so that I could use it everywhere and have no need to warp or add numbers to it. The XionGaTaosenai on DeviantArt, the XionGaTaosenai on Tumblr, the XionGaTaosenai on Youtube, the XionGaTaosenai on Steam, etc. are all the same Xion - me! I am taking classes on Video Game design, and I used to play games a lot, but nowadays I spend much more time talking about games than I do actually playing them. My interests mainly focus on Nintendo games and Indie games, and I tend to dislike most Triple-A and competitively focused titles.

I have a fascination with Giantesses and Monster Girls. I would hesitate to call it a fetish, as it largely lacks a truly sexual component to it. In fact, I'm pretty much devoid of sexual desires entirely, and identify myself as asexual. Vore is not exactly my cup of tea, but I've been following Felarya long enough to become more or less acclimated to it. I've had Felarya on my periphery for years now, but with the recent surge in the Monster Musume manga/anime, I found myself very interested in the premise of that manga but generally disappointed in what actually results. After a while, I came to the realization that Felarya actually does right all of the things I thought Monster Musume did wrong, so out of curiosity I bought the main Tomes and I wasn't disappointed. The main things that impress me about Felarya:

It's actually a lot less sexualized than almost everything else revolving around monster girls, at least from the perspective of someone who doesn't find the vore arousing. Yes, over half of the girls are nude and no one has any qualms with drawing a vulva, but that makes sense given the setting and the story for the most part doesn't draw attention to it. Once the plot and action get rolling, you just kind of forget about how no one's wearing clothes and it stops being something you pay attention to, at least that's been my experience. This is in sharp contrast to MM, which goes out of its way to throw sex at you as much as it can while still getting past the sensors, and I must say I appreciate Felarya's approach far more.
It passes the Bechdel Test. Okay, MM does as well, but Felarya holds to the spirit of the test; the notion that women can have lives that don't revolve around men, romance, or motherhood. Out of all of the almost entirely female cast of Felarya, have either of those three subjects come up even once in the 5 main tomes? Again, contrast with MM, pretty much the quintessential "harem" anime. Really, as someone who's wholly unconcerned with sex, Felarya has been absolutely refreshing not just compared to MM, but to media in general.

I also get along well with Felarya on a philosophical level. For those who don't recoil at the setting, Felarya provides an excellent context in which to question the role and the place of humanity in the universe, not just in Felarya but out here as well. All my life I've called bullshit on the notion that humans are "god's children" or otherwise hold an elevated position over other life. We're just a bunch of monkeys who learned how to cook food and tame dogs, and if we're going to stick around on this planet we need to accept that we're a part of it and not above it. Felarya is a world where humans are denied the privileges they gave themselves in this world by right of having the biggest guns, and I think it's a better world than ours for it.

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Sat Sep 12, 2015 7:28 am

Welcome, Xion! That's quite an interesting first post here on the forum. I agree with you on how the Felarya mangas treat the character's nakedness as something natural and unremarkable, with the result that it's not (for the most part) presented as overtly sexualised. Likewise the Bechdel test, indeed! Speaking as someone who writes Felarya stories (not mangas, because I'm no good at drawing…), I like the idea that the women of Felarya are just getting on with their ordinary lives, doing things their own way, as they like.

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:57 am

welcome in. I agree with almost everything you said! Quite the bravado but the last part, but welcome in, hope you have fun looking around.

Great warrior Posts : 470 Join date : 2008-07-19 Age : 36

Welcome here!

and know, in fact, not every felaryan artist insists on drawing vagoos and utter nakedness. there are some few scattered inbetween (like me) who keep the decensy of their felaryan inhabitants, even for human standards, intact. Razz

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:46 pm

Spoiler:

XionGaTaosenai wrote:

Alright, so I'm Xion. No relation to the Kingdom Hearts character, the name actually comes from a hunter pet I had back when I played World of Warcraft (the pet was itself named after the mountain of Zion in Jerusalem, because I had just returned from an Ash Wednesday mass when I tamed her and it was fresh on my head). The full name, "XionGaTaosenai", means "Xion will not die" a name that I'm sure reaches the peak of irony in a place like this. It is also based on the name of a song I liked back when I chose the name for myself. The name was designed to be one that would never be taken, on any site or service, so that I could use it everywhere and have no need to warp or add numbers to it. The XionGaTaosenai on DeviantArt, the XionGaTaosenai on Tumblr, the XionGaTaosenai on Youtube, the XionGaTaosenai on Steam, etc. are all the same Xion - me! I am taking classes on Video Game design, and I used to play games a lot, but nowadays I spend much more time talking about games than I do actually playing them. My interests mainly focus on Nintendo games and Indie games, and I tend to dislike most Triple-A and competitively focused titles.

I have a fascination with Giantesses and Monster Girls. I would hesitate to call it a fetish, as it largely lacks a truly sexual component to it. In fact, I'm pretty much devoid of sexual desires entirely, and identify myself as asexual. Vore is not exactly my cup of tea, but I've been following Felarya long enough to become more or less acclimated to it. I've had Felarya on my periphery for years now, but with the recent surge in the Monster Musume manga/anime, I found myself very interested in the premise of that manga but generally disappointed in what actually results. After a while, I came to the realization that Felarya actually does right all of the things I thought Monster Musume did wrong, so out of curiosity I bought the main Tomes and I wasn't disappointed. The main things that impress me about Felarya:

It's actually a lot less sexualized than almost everything else revolving around monster girls, at least from the perspective of someone who doesn't find the vore arousing. Yes, over half of the girls are nude and no one has any qualms with drawing a vulva, but that makes sense given the setting and the story for the most part doesn't draw attention to it. Once the plot and action get rolling, you just kind of forget about how no one's wearing clothes and it stops being something you pay attention to, at least that's been my experience. This is in sharp contrast to MM, which goes out of its way to throw sex at you as much as it can while still getting past the sensors, and I must say I appreciate Felarya's approach far more.
It passes the Bechdel Test. Okay, MM does as well, but Felarya holds to the spirit of the test; the notion that women can have lives that don't revolve around men, romance, or motherhood. Out of all of the almost entirely female cast of Felarya, have either of those three subjects come up even once in the 5 main tomes? Again, contrast with MM, pretty much the quintessential "harem" anime. Really, as someone who's wholly unconcerned with sex, Felarya has been absolutely refreshing not just compared to MM, but to media in general.

I also get along well with Felarya on a philosophical level. For those who don't recoil at the setting, Felarya provides an excellent context in which to question the role and the place of humanity in the universe, not just in Felarya but out here as well. All my life I've called bullshit on the notion that humans are "god's children" or otherwise hold an elevated position over other life. We're just a bunch of monkeys who learned how to cook food and tame dogs, and if we're going to stick around on this planet we need to accept that we're a part of it and not above it. Felarya is a world where humans are denied the privileges they gave themselves in this world by right of having the biggest guns, and I think it's a better world than ours for it.

Me too comrade... I identify myself as a person without a sexuality at most times.

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Sat Nov 28, 2015 5:23 pm

Hello world! o/ My name's Syb, and.. here I am!

-nervousness ensues-

Felarya cartographer Posts : 1694 Join date : 2014-11-10

Well... here am I - and I say Hello. lol!

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:15 pm

Hellos to you too! Everyone certainly is friendly here, appreciate the warm welcomes here and in advance, including welcomes in chat! Thanks all! Smile

Subject: Re: Introduce yourself Sun Nov 29, 2015 3:43 am

Welcome to the forums, Sybiro! Every time I read your name, my mind screams of "Spyro", so I hope you don't mind if my fingers slip and I call you that from time to time XD Please enjoy your time around here.

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