So I want to highlight why this is a lot more impressive than it looks on the aurface.
gonna preface this with I am more Furry Adjacent than anything. I mostly went to the local con because a bunch of my friends did and the Chaotic Adorable energy of most suiters is my vibe. Still, I have several friends and acquaintances who suit.
For those unaware: Fursuits are best described as wearing an extra 15-20lbs of carpet sewn to wire mesh with zero ventilation beyond maybe a small fan in the "head".
They're genuinely the best dancer there, because they were locked on the beat and their movements were expressive and sharp under 15lbs of carpet sewn to wire mesh.
All my respect to suiters man. They're a different type.
i just wanna add that most suits are not built off wire mesh. most are actually stuffed with poly fill or built on foam. which is much heavier. the fur itself is heavy, and the foam and polyfil make it even heavier
bc it’s so heavy, fursuit dancers have to GREATLY exaggerate every movement. so this person is moving more and faster than it looks on the surface
I've actually worn a fur suit before (I lost a bet from a friend.) It's basically like that bullshit military training where they'd place bricks into your bag and force you to march for a stupid distance.
For civ context, ever moved your weight with your arms before? Imagine that, but that force is applied to your entire body.
Literally 1/8 of your body mass is on each ligament of your body constantly. Just imagine the force on your limbs and tell me that isn't impressive.
watching this and our main take on it wasn't the weight of the suit but how hot it's got to be in there already before you start dancing your arse off too - very beautiful, very powerful
