I’m opening up a search for models for the Fringe. If you have a look, style, or personality and a story to share contact me in world, Taber.Heron, or leave me a message here with your SL name and I’ll get in touch with you. I’m opening this up to all denizens of SL, be it furry, human, alien, demon, etc
Thanks in advance,
Taber
Hello again readers.
Back again with another post showing off some of the beauty in fur here in Second Life. But first today I must make a very public apology to today’s model. I took her pictures almost two months ago, and due to my hectic RL, I had forgot about even taking them. After the last post I was messaged asking about them and I was embarrassed for forgetting, so to Felicia Melody I must say I’m sorry.
Now, on to the good stuff….
Species: Shapeshifter (Doberman,Lioness, Mare, Neko, Shark, Doe….a deer…a female deer)
Gender: Female
Age: Forever 29
I am terrible at talking about myself. Though anyone who knows me well enough would laugh about such a statement. I love doing all the usual things in sl such as hanging out with friends, exploring and dancing.
I have an addictioin to browsing the sl marketplace and a bit of OCD with hair. Currently, I love a good game of Greedy, and I’m taking building classes in the hopes of someday of making something awesome.
I can be found not only in the furry community but in other communities as well. I love to people watch and thus feel comfortable just about anywhere inworld.
OK all that was the lovely Felicia Melody. As always comments are welcome and encouraged here, twitter (@Cult_of_Taber), or in-world. And don’t be afraid to volunteer to have your pictures put up here in the Fringe as well.
Until next time,
Taber
“There fiery mare smiles demurely as she blows a kiss to the bewildered male “Oh Sugar did your mother never tell you not to play with fire?…you -will- get burnt..”
Well hello,My name is Blaze Moonshadow,but you can just call me Blaze,or if the situation calls for it Miss Moonshadow. lol.
Been on Secondlife a bit over four years and always been a fur,and Blaze has always been an equine,various types but mostly a roan of some sort.
I met Taber in Yiff spot as everyone seems to and agreed to have some photos taken,this guys a whizz with the camera and was a real gent.
So a little about me,well equine,female,and a little unique as I happen to be a flame mare,not to be confused with a nightmare as they are born in the fires of hell,where as I was not.
My time on SL is pretty busy ,I am the general manager of Furlesque which is a furry burlesque style club,as well as model for a Furry busty magazine called Furoque,but despite all this I still find time to stand around Idle at YS lol.
RL,well I work in the finance sector and am a avid online gamer preferring MMORPG mostly and playing about on Steam once in a while,I love anime and manga and cars..yes cars.
I asked my friends to help me out a little as i wanted a couple of key words to describe me..they came up with too many and honestly I felt too shy to write them here I dont do well with flattery ,so lets just say sassy,fun loving,reliable and a little on the smoldering side..but meh who am I to say?
I want to thank Blaze for taking the time to do these pictures, and thank you all for reading the blog. As always if you have any comments, suggestions, or would like to volunteer to be a part of The Fringe, leave a comment, drop me a line in world, or even hit me up on twitter at @cult_of_taber.
Until next time,
Taber
Sorry about the lack of posts lately. I’ve been swamped with RL work, often 60+ hours a week. I will try to make a post this week.
Taber
Some of the questions I get asked often about The Fringe is “Why?”, “Why are you doing this?”, “What do you hope to get out of it?”, “What is your real agenda behind it?”, and “What’s the catch?”
To be honest, those are some fair questions, I am after all, a human writing a blog and photography members of the furry community in a very mainstream setting. To be honest, Taber Heron started out as a furry avatar way back in 2007, only spent a few months like that before I switched and ultimately left SL for 3 years. Before I left SL though I do remember times where many sims wouldn’t allow furs there, or nekkos for that fact. Slowly you started to see more and more nekkos as more people started to find them “cool” and suddenly it was turning into the “In” thing to have a tail and a set of ears, yet to have a non-human body or traits was “weird”. That still doesn’t bring things around to the blog.
A few months ago a few friends of mine Phinneas Vella and Jacks Rhys started to play as a couple of deer. These two gentlemen, no, these two loving partners have been close friends of mine for years now on SL and a comment was made on a Facebook post that was the equivalent of “Ewwww…..why furries?” it kind of bothered me. The two amazing people that are so open and supportive of everything, who have themselves had to overcome obstacles in their RL as well as their SL due to their lifestyle would still be victim to any kind of discrimination or comments about something they choose to do for fun in a virtual environment. It was 2013 for God’s sake….why would I walk around the grid and still see signs saying “No Non-Human Avatars” allowed? Yet to walk inside and seeing it acceptable for people to walk around with tails and ears, or robotic parts, asses the size of 100 pounds of potatoes, tits that look like hot air balloons, or penises the size of a third leg? Because non of those scream “Human” to me.
So it struck me….why not change the direction of my blog to showcase the furs to the world, to show people how sexy, stunning, amazing, creative, and unique that community can be? Why not let them share their own stories about who they are and let people get a peek and realize that behind the digital pixels and parts we are all human, and that’s all that matters. So with that I relaunched The Fringe with this new direction, and must say I’ve been happily surprised with the success of the page since the change in direction and the amount of positive feedback from it as well.
Yes I tend to still get those looks and comments when hanging out in a Fur establishment….”What are you here for pinky?” or “Why are you hanging around here? Not many humans come around.” but that is just going to come with the territory I guess.
Now to answer a few questions I have been asked that I’ll address here:
1. Do you only look for people at Yiff places or others as well? – No, I started to go to yiff places at first because frankly….I could find people there, and find people that are often open enough that they liked to show off their bodies already, thus making my search just so much easier.
2. Do you do shoots of men as well? — I have, just not for the blog, mainly for private portrait shoots. I am not above doing blog posts about males. Some of the people featured so far have been recommended or have come to me, so I’m open to any and all (male, female, herm, etc) who would like to participate.
3. Are you making anything from the pictures? — No, I don’t get paid for anything and in fact often give my “models” (for lack of a better term) copies of their photos when I am done, free of charge.
4. I’m not comfortable being seen naked on the web, do I have to be? — Not at all, in fact I tell anybody who comes to do a photo shoot to bring what they feel they look best in, and it can be several outfits, and that they can wear as much or as little as they feel comfortable doing. This is all about them after all.
I’m glad you have all taken the time to check out The Fringe, and I do enjoy the comments made and try to reply to each one. As always I do encourage you to make comments, whether good or bad about the blog, recommendations for places to visit, people to photograph, etc I love hearing back from you all.
In closing, to Jacks and Phinn, I’d like to thank you two for being the inspiration for this blog, you are two of my dearest friends in SL and I love you both to death. Many happy years to you both. You are truly both amazing and talented people. And that is all that matters.
Jacks and Phinn
Taber.
Another trip to Yiff Lounge, another volunteer for a blog post. I have to say that the patrons and staff at Yiff Lounge are more than happy to get their pictures up on the site. Today’s volunteer is a little blue bombshell that was more than happy to have her image added to the others on The Fringe.
Hello, I’m Sapphire but you can call me Saph or Sapphy. I am 24 turning 25 on June 15. I do my best to look pleasing and i am very kind to those who approach me but I am shy as well till I get to know you some. I am a gamer fur I like FPS games mostly but you can catch me up on Eve by the name Sasami Zwilling. Along with me like FPS game I am also in a military here in SL in the SLMC (Second Life Military Combat) so you might catch me looking my best in my gear, you might catch me walking around with a revolver every now and then but don’t worry, I wont pull the trigger 😛
For RL wise I am currently doing martial arts and i recently got out of the US Marine Corps with a Honorable Discharged. My first car I got is a 1987 Fiero and I actually been trying to find one in SL but no luck still. I do ride a motorcycle as well, the bike i have is a 2011 Yamaha FZ6R and I have taken it to the Tail of the Dragon which is 318 turns in 11 miles.
I am a fun loving fur that is kind and tend to lounge around but that does not mean you cant approach me and say hi, I wont bite your head off or anything. ♥
So there is the lovely Sapphire. As usual drop a line or two to me in the comments or on twitter (@cult_of_taber), or even in world and tell me what you think, or even to volunteer for a shoot yourself. If you see Sapphire wandering around the grid tell her hello and that you saw her pictures here.
See you all again soon,
Taber
The Fringe 