Season 6, Episode 5 - On Dragoneer's Passing & What it Means For Artists

Welcome to the fifth episode of season 6 of the TFTuesday Podcast! In this episode, we pause our usual episodic format to remember Dragoneer, the owner of FurAffinity (FA) who tragically passed last Tuesday. We extend our condolences to those who he knew and his family (in all senses of the term), and emphasize that no one should *ever* suffer in the way that he did. We discuss the impact he had on the fandom, both the good and the bad, before talking about what this may mean for artists who rely on FA and how the admin team has handled things so far. We focus in particular on the healthcare system and how discussions around it have been silenced within the FA discord, as well as talk about how we as a community can continue to fight to preserve a space that's meant so much to so many of us. Please consider donating to Surrii, who was mentioned in this video as being someone in medical distress: https://ko-fi.com/surriiarts Journal documenting their situation: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10927721/ Special thanks to LagoVirt for consenting to us using portions of his past work documenting Dragoneer. He can be found here: https://linktr.ee/LagoVirt Chapters 00:00 - Intro 04:18 - Dragoneer's Passing, & His Positive Impacts 12:36 - His Less-Than-Positive Impacts 23:23 - What Does the Future Hold for FA & Artists? 44:03 - The Medical System & FA's Response to It 55:31 - "No Politics" 1:02:21 - FA May Course Correct, but We Can Still Act 1:09:13 - Closing Thoughts - - - A podcast for all your TF-ey needs! Featuring in-depth discussions amongst longtime TF artists. The TFTuesday podcast focuses on transformation, mainly in the niche of the furry community. Content warning: This podcast occasionally touches on NSFW topics. This episode features discussions about death, the US healthcare system, illness, murder, C.P., harassment, stalking, h@te groups, sexual assault, and racism. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/tftuesdaypod Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFTuesdayPod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1cYhqNGb4033ucISNdxaIk Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tftuesday-podcast/id1599438910 - - - Hosted by Zil: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Zilepo_Opeliz BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/zilepo.bsky.social Furaffinity - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/zilepo Co-hosted by K-Libra: Twitter - https://twitter.com/The_K_Libra BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/k-libra.bsky.social Mastodon - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/k-libra Art by HoneyBear and K-Libra: https://bsky.app/profile/honey-bear.bsky.social , https://bsky.app/profile/k-libra.bsky.social & https://bsky.app/profile/wheatart.bsky.social Thumbnail by Dragoneer: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/dragoneer/ - - - The music used for the intro and outro is [Ambient soundscape with drums by Erokia]; Sounds provided by Erokia/Jordan Powell from Freesound.org