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[deckardcanine]

I may help give out candy this year. I wanted to do so wearing the mask in this icon, but my mom thinks it's too scary for children. What do you guys think? Is a foxman scarier than a vampire?

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[duke-otterland.livejournal.com]

While I've seen masks that look scarier to me, I'd probably go with your mom on this one and settle for the vampire.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Actually, the vampire outfit was hypothetical. I won't have one.

[richardf8]

I think the fox mask is cool. Pair it with a green doublet and tights and a feathered cap for a Robin Hood look.

I don't think it's too scary for children; it's Halloween fercryinoutloud, they're going to EXPECT costuming.

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

Any kid who possibly could be frightened by that should not be out on Halloween.

[stevenroy.livejournal.com]

You'd probably be just as scary without the mask. :P Just kidding.

If there's anyone that mask is likely to really scare, it'd probably be the very few parents (if any) who are the paranoid and overly-conservative kind; the kind who, after listening to too much Rush Limbaugh, need only see one little fox mask to freak out at the idea of there being a "furry" in the area who's soon gonna corrupt others and eventually lead all of the town's little children into lives of perversion and "doing anything to anything"... but I don't think that's a likely reaction. Most folks know either too much or too little to be that paranoid over a simple mask at Halloween.

Unless the town has actually had problems with foxes eating the local children, I'm sure your mask will be fine. It's actually sorta cute. Where'd you get it?

[eaglesf.livejournal.com]

I'm the "overly conservative" kind...always have been...and I worry more about the single 40+ man living down the street handing out candy, than anyone wearing any kinda of mask/costume/fursuit.

Heck, most "conservative" parents are dressing their under-3 children in fursuits bc of Anne Geddes and her calendars.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

My town has had some fox sightings, but I haven't heard of any attacks on children or pets. Coyotes are a more imminent threat for that.

I bought the mask in Venice. That city has so many Renaissance-style mask vendors, I wonder how they stay in business. Only a few fox masks, tho. Lots more felines.

[eaglesf.livejournal.com]

I've seen people answer the door in a full fursuit without any problems. If you don't know a furry, you usually don't think about someone in a fursuit as being a furry...I don't think a mask is a problem.

I hate to say this, but it sounds like mom might by doing a little "projecting".
How cool is she about the whole furry thing?

DISCLAIMER: Not trying to judge...not possible for me to make a total observation through my monitor. Just the opinion of one VERY opinionated wolf.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

She's cool enough with it that she went to Anthrocon without my invitation. :-)

My city isn't "conservative" in the modern political sense -- Bush got only 9% of our vote in 2004 -- but people here aren't as accustomed to the extraordinary as in, say, NYC.

[eaglesf.livejournal.com]

Kewl on moms at AC :D

I live in the Deep South (IE: "The Bible Belt"), and I haven't seen anyone really react "badly" or violently or even give a "second glance" toward anyone of any-type, not even a Furry in a suit.

[-fairest.livejournal.com]

Gosh! Wear the mask & hand out bullion cubes! j/k :P