... I really do have to thank you dorks on Tumblr for being as positive about being fat as you are. I've told a lot of my friends and loved ones that them being thicker is never something to be seen as a mark of shame, but it's taken me until seeing so goddamn much positivity that isn't fetishized to begin actively looking down at myself and... not hating what I see.
I've always kind of preferred those with a rounder form. Some people have lean builds that are healthier for them and others have metabolisms that work on overdrive, and I'd never call them unhealthy. But people who hold fat, who have slower metabolisms or mental or physical issues that make the body retain weight... or just fucking love to eat because that isn't a crime? That also doesn't immediately make you unhealthy. And it doesn't fucking make you unattractive!
Yes! That fucking includes people who actively want and seek to be fat! Because it's a state they actually WANT to be in!
It doesn't make ME unattractive! I see a lot of fetish art as a furry who enjoys the wider ranges of the fandom's artistry, and while it's fun and fine to look at that and go "oh hey, someone likes those body types like that, cool", it doesn't feel the same as someone taking pride in their OCs being thick or chubby or fat or obese! I'm ace. I don't like being objectified. I don't like the idea of objectifying people.
But then I see people like Fey or Kris or Cake or Ripley or Cy just RELISHING in it! Casually telling you "fuck it, go make a fat OC, you'll feel better", drawing so many, if not almost all of their OCs as round and soft as they do! Sharing it all with the world as a mark of fucking PRIDE.
God.
It does fucking wonders. Seriously, thank you.
