In a manner of speaking. The idea for the Fur Feather and Scale Act, like many of my other ideas, came from real life. My father was a very fuzzy man. His legs in particular were quite hairy and one thing that stood out to me as a child was how he didn’t like to wear long socks. He would complain that after wearing long socks for a long time, it would cause his legs to start hurting- a result of muffing up his leg hairs against their natural direction for too long. I remembered this when I started getting into furries. If socks could cause discomfort to a human that was a little fuzzy, what would happen if a creature absolutely covered in fur was forced to wear tight clothing? It could be quite uncomfortable for them! So I decided that one of the early furry rights victories would be the Fur Feather and Scale Act which no longer forced anthros to wear clothing when it was physically uncomfortable or painful.

But as I mulled how that would effect this world in my head, the results were a little different than expected. Many furries saw it as a godsend; that they were no longer required to wear clothes that put them in constant pain. Others began to use it as a political statement. Some furries began walking around completely nude as a matter of principal, rebellion against the human laws that once required them to bundle up. Many humans in turn used sexuality to to condemn these furries and paint them as evil. It certainly brings the question of sexuality to the forefront in the story though I admit that it wasn’t my original intention. I was just taking a personal experience of mine and melding it into this fantasy world. Everything else just sort of built up from there.