/tes/ - The Elder Scrolls Discussion

Were furries a major presence back in the time Redguard was being developed, when Khajiit were changed from humans with some feline features to full on bipedal cats?

>>4014
I don't think furries have ever had a major presence outside of internet porn circles.

>>4017
Well circa 2007 they were invading random message boards and communities. Not unlike the way bronies behave nowadays

Furries have existed at least since the Egyptians.

>>4027
>>4014

>Street Sharks
>Battletoads
>SWAT Kats
>TMNT
>Biker Mice From Mars
>Denver the Last Dinosaur
>Sonic the Hedgehog
>Hello Kitty’s Furry Tale Theater
>My Little Pony
>Dinosaucers
>A whole fuckload more from the 80s/90s

It could have been anything. the "Furry" community/fandom/whatever is a lot different now than it was in the late 90s when these design decisions were probably being made. Anthropomorphic animals were just trendy at the time.

>>4030
Well anthropomorphism is one thing in the contest of children's stories. It's something completely different when a furfag tries to write and edgy anime drama based off a fucking sonic character

**context of children's stories

>>4034
Sure, but what does that have to do with OP's question?

>>4034
Which is certainly not what TES is, right?

Anyway, most likely, it was more because lizardmen and cat people have been in fantasy for a very long time, and while not always prevalent, they aren't exactly rare either.
Of course, being different is often a goal anyway, so they could be taken just for that regardless.

>>4013
Khajit's in Arena and Daggerfall were just humans with weird tattoo's.

>>4088
IMO it was just shit luck. They wanted a unique race, but low and behold they unwittingly chose one about a decade before furries became known to the mainstream

>>4116
Aren't there different kinds of khajiits, and one of the kinds is a normal looking person with tattoos?

>>4134
Yes, the "Ohmes" breed.

>>4134
I think there's sixteen different breeds for phases of the moon. Some of them look like more or less cat girls, some look like house cats, some look like lions or tigers.

Deserts of Annequia deals with that lore well.

Somehow I doubt that, OP. While the furry fandom is old its shaping into what it is now came after the existence of The Elder Scrolls. Perhaps its the other way around and khajiits where one of the things molding what is the modern furry since from what I know about furries they where molded from an interest in anthro animals stemming back to the golden age of cartoons and pretty much everything like than going from then to the 80s/90s when they started to gain recognition. Not much and increasingly negative going into the 2000s where the term "furry" was becoming a thing. But that didnt stop furry fandom from growing increasingly popular and likewise TES was gaining fame slolwy but surely as we left the 90s head first into the 2000s to a whole new level of success that is the Skyrim era of the 2010s. Say what you want about what that interest is. Some say roleplaying, some just like the look, others want a humanoid animal to wank to and get payed money for the general public to wank to and create one big wank hugbox or circlejerk if you will. Then there is me. I just so happen to be a big cat person. Regardless still going to say no but then I could see why could someone thinks that. TES appeals to what was once and somewhat still is "geeks" and a"nerds" and generally people with non conventional and niche taste. Especially in the 90s where gaming was still seen as nerdy and childish even if slightly less than the 90s. So as far as im concerned I could agree with that notion as far as the idea of "nerds appealing to other nerds". One set of "nerds" being the D&D and rpg fans that would create the series appealing to the "nerds" who like antro animals for whatever reasons I just stated. Sorry about making this big, poorly organized paragraph. I was bored, missing Skyrim, missed this board(and the flags which seem to be missing) and have had a little bit of vodka(the fucking lightweight cunt). Its nice to be back, /tes/. Hope my pointlessly long summary entertains you.

>>6357
welcome back!

flags still work by the way, you just need to press "Show post options & limits"

>>6358
Thank you.

>>4013
It never hit me as such until Oblivion. Although the fact that you can't marry any in Skyrim suggests otherwise.

Argonians turned me into a scalie

>>6495
youre not alone

>>6495
Argonians don't have penises

>>6478
From memory I think you can marry Kharjo the caravan khajiit. I may be wrong though.

>>6506

You can't marry any Khajiit or Bosmer without CC.