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gusty (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} gusty) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2010-05-10 12:03:00 |
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| Entry tags: | cosplay, furries, persecution |
The Wonderful Adventures of JessKitt!
I suppose the best way to preface this entry is to explain about the fursuiting aspect of the furry fandom for those unfamiliar. To put it simply, it's cosplaying. Only instead of pre-existing anime characters, one usually wears an animal costume based on an original character of their creation. Unlike cosplayers, the vast majority of fursuiters commission their suits from fursuit makers. As one would imagine, there is quite a bit of money to be made from this, as full suits of decent quality often cost over $1,000. As a result, there are bound to be some commissioners that try and get things done the cheapest they can so as to reap a large profit.
This brings us to the subject of this post, a fursuit maker known as Jesskitt. Now, while the inspiration for this post was new wank from this week, the fact is that Jesskitt's dramatic and sloppy ways have been making her the subject of furry drama communities for a couple years now. Some of the things she's infamous for include demanding someone return a suit she made them (with no refund) because it was reported the person did not wear it at Anthrocon. Said suit had pawpads made out of construction paper rather than felt or another fabric and was all around shoddy. This sets the tone for the quality of her work in general. There is also her habit of getting puppies, getting tired of them when they're grown up and giving them away only to obtain new puppies, but our focus today is on the fursuit making aspect.
This week, she appeared twice in the fursuitauctions community. The first was a post on the 6th to sell some suit parts. The interesting part here is her disclaimer:
"Warning this may affect your focus on this post, please do not let it mentally disrupt your train of thought:
For the record my name is Jess. My nickname is Kitt. It would be fabulously awesome if you people (aka everyone/anyone) could call me one or the other. JessKitt-08 (Jess Kitt Oh Eight) is a screen/pen-name, but is not something I should be called if you're addressing me personally. If you're looking to address me as an artist then it's JessKitt-08. Your silly and retarded sounding "JessKitt" craze is by far grammatically incorrect and makes you sound like you can't even call a person by their own name. Jess is a totally different character than Kitt. There has never been a combination of the two and will never be. (Jess- my husky/wolf hybrid *and also draft horse- I let them both have the same name* Kitt- my liger). You wanna know what my biggest pet-peeve in the world is? You keep hitting it right on the spot. Get it right! I don't call any of you by something I 'think' you should be called. Thank you."
When people respond to comment that the note is unprofessional, she replies to them with varying degrees of irritation:
"Then we didn't need you as a buyer and or customer. It is quite obvious that you let little things like someone correcting a group of people affect you. Your focus shifted from the products themselves to 'omg drama'. You should buy the product because you like IT- key word IT meaning the product itself. You should not let myself nor my 'boss' affect that in any way. We want people to buy our products based on the product itself- not the person who made it. I guess you are one of the many who buy products based on OMG I LOVE YOU MAN."
The second post was for something she calls 'The Fursuit Challenge', which basically boils down to her trading her own creations for those of others and then her selling what she's sent:
" Since 'so many' furries sit here and baww about our stuff when they haven't even seen it in person, nor held onto it, inspected it, and so on, we all thought that it would be a great idea to share a little challenge with you...."
As you might imagine, the responders find a few flaws in this plan. There's also the minor detail that the person who is listed as the 'neutral' party in judging which suit is better, mursa_artdragon, apparently never agreed this contest:
"Thats how I got all those page views! Take my fucking name off there god damn it I did not sign off on you posting my shit up. I said I'd take a look at some peoples stuff for you."
ETA: Also of interest, a post on her DA journal about the debt she's racked up. She explains she can't get a part-time job to make more money because she has too many fursuits to make. Think about that for a second.
