by Timon the great » July 24th, 2020, 7:41 am
@ Stormy
"Furry", in its objective and simplest form and for the aspect of this topic, is meant to define someone who likes stuff that has fur, or specifically in this case, characters that have fur (which this no doubt includes LK characters). Hence, (fur)ry. The anthro or humanoid part on this is debatable because that doesn't have a clear connection to the term.
The "self classification" thing from what I've seen out there is something that people eventually conjured up after the furry fandom exploded online to let the world know that they don't associate themselves with them or the community. Most likely because of the stigma it consistently gets now that was also mentioned in this topic. That aspect of this is understandable and valid because you can like and express interest in something (or character) and not necessarily be involved in the fandom it's a part of.
Since you.. brought it up, Timon actually does in fact walk, stand, and run on two legs. They're all clearly shown numerous times in 1 1/2 with absolutely no room for doubt or debate here at least on that film's logic for him.
As far as everything else goes that you wrote in your last paragraph, like MeerkatOnTheMoon hinted, the artist intent was to definitely also make the characters look like, AND be people (that's what a character is, regardless of their design even if they look like an animal).
If not, then we wouldn't be able to connect to the character because we'd essentially have zero ways to understand, feel or be moved by their own expressions, thoughts, dialogue, etc. that have to purely look and be like that of a human in order for this to happen. And when it comes to Timon here, he's definitely Much more of a person than a meerkat himself. In fact, the traits of him to that of real life meerkats are actually minimal. Especially when compared to those that he has of a person. So I think it's quite safe to say that he just "looks" like a meerkat because even his visual features in his original 2D form also don't connect much to how a real life meerkat looks like.
@ SimbasGuard
Thanks bro : D
"I found a place that was beyond my wildest dreams. But..., it still wasn't home." - Timon; Lion King 1 1/2 (3)
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