Hey everybody, Ace of Hearts Fox here and welcome to another Fursuit Friday video. So in today's video we're talking about younger furries. That's right. One thing I've noticed over the past couple years is that there's been a huge influx of younger furries in this fandom. And by younger furries, I'm mostly talking about furries that are in their teenage years or younger. So if I really had to summarize my feelings on this topic, I would just say younger furries get a bad rep. And I don't think it's entirely fair. So I myself am 23 years old, I'm definitely not the oldest demographic in the fandom, but I'm for sure not the youngest. I've seen people being incredibly mean to younger furries and I think that's not okay. Like I've seen people complain about, oh, younger furries, they steal art. And honestly, they're probably just a kid taking a picture off the Google and they don't know any better. For instance, I had someone use my persona as a picture on their profile one time. And one of my friends sent me a really low-hung angry message about, dude, this person is stealing your character. And basically, I set the person a nice message saying, hey, by the way, that character belongs to me and I didn't give you permission to use it. Can I please ask you to take it down? And they did. It turns out it was just a 13-year-old kid who googled the word pursue on the internet and they decided to take the picture as their character. It really wasn't that big a deal. And this is where I think older furries need to ease up on younger furries. Most of the time when a younger furry does something that's considered not okay by the community, they probably don't know any better. So rather than berate them and be mean to them, educate them, be nice to them, teach them. And this was one of the next things I want to bring up in this video. Encourage younger furries. With the internet becoming a huge thing, especially with apps like furry amino that aren't geared towards younger furries, you see kids posting art on the internet a lot more now. And of course, that art isn't going to be as perfect or complicated as the older artists that have been doing this for years. But please, be encouraging of the younger people who are still starting out. If you see they want to practice coloring, send them some links to free line art so they can practice coloring. If you see they're having trouble with something, send them to a tutorial. If they're making their first pursue, encourage them to finish it. I always see kids at furry conventions now that have made their first pursue and you know, it obviously looks subpar compared to a big fursuit maker. But you know what I really see when I see a kid with a fursuit that they just made for the first time? I see tomorrow's big fursuit makers. I see tomorrow's big artists. And if you discourage them from the very beginning, we might be missing out on whatever amazing creation they're going to make in a few years. So please encourage younger furries, make them enthusiastic about this fandom, make them passionate about what they want to create. If you see a young fursuit dancer that's auditioning for a dance competition and they don't make it in, encourage them, let them know, hey, there's always next year or there's always the next convention. Make them want to work harder to improve their skills. And this encouragement isn't just limited to people who create art. If you see a younger furry at a convention and they look lost or they look scared or they look like they don't know what to do, all it takes is reaching out to them and saying, hey, you have in a good time and if they're not, ask them why, maybe you could fix it. Maybe if they're bored and they don't know what to do, you could look over the convention schedule with them and find a panel for them to go to. So please, older furries, be a friend to the younger furries. I've seen so much constant growth in this fandom and it's amazing how large the numbers have gotten. And the only way this fandom will keep on growing is if we encourage the young people that are coming into it. And what I see younger furries, I honestly see some of the most talented, most creative individuals that I've seen and there are a million times more creative than I was when I was their age. But I don't want this video to just be some meaningless ramp. So I have an idea. I want you guys to go ahead and leave a comment down below and give your best words of encouragement or advice to someone who's just getting started in this fandom. I do read every single comment and I try to reply to as many as possible. So I would love to hear what you guys have to say to the artists and first suit makers of tomorrow. That's all I really got for you guys today, but this is a topic I really wanted to discuss. So thank you all so much for watching. If you enjoyed this video, go ahead and hit like and subscribe down below. And until next time, I'm Ace of Hearts Fox and I will see you all in the next video.