--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scrapper Black Dragon
<scrapperbd_at_y...> wrote:
> > Desiree _does_ wear shoes. In fact, most, if not all,
> > of the staff members wear some sort of shoe (the trio
> >prefers to wear sandals). Celeste wears tennis shoes or
> >hiking boots, and most of the others wear tennis shoes
> >or boots of some sort. When they are
> > posing for a photo-shoot, they may choose to discard
> > their footwear.
>
> Hmmm, in light of this information, I'll have to update a
> few of my references in the stories I'm working on. I
> think many furs (such as this dragon) go barefoot, but
> apparently not in the SAMA universe.
Footwear is a good idea in any place where idiots still break glass
bottles in public areas. Just because my paws are pretty tough from
running around in the desert without shoes doesn't mean I will go
bearpawed into the river.
> You'll have to post a few more pics with shod characters,
> so we can update our mental images, as the footware I'm
> imagining is not too attractive (with feet as big as mine,
> no surprise). Digitigrade also results in strange designs.
> Very high heels? But I bet you've a more elegant solution.
> :-)
>
> Sandals would be implemented in a different method to
> humans, as furs generally don't have a 'big toe' to loop
> sandals or thongs (flip-flops for you Americans) over.
> Does this mean they don't need left or right foot shoes?
I have spaces between my toes and yes, digitigrade footies do make for
some odd looking, from a hyooman purrspective, footwear. But thongs
work fine. And as a construction worker steel-toed foorwear is even
more interesting...
> Scrapper, Black Dragon, who always thought furs relied on
> bare feet and claws for grip.
>
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Received on Fri Apr 09 2004 - 08:52:41 CDT