When did you realise?

I saw a topic about favorite cubs, but what was/were the cub(s) that made you consciously go “Oh I might be into cubs/cub art”? It doesn’t have to be about the NSFW side, but I won’t hide that it is the case for me.

I am a “late bloomer” probably, I only had that realisation with Tulin from Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (so only 2023!), he’s just so adorable, and he follows you around for most of the game even if it’s in a spirit form, so I had ample time to look at him. Since then, I’ve kinda fallen into the rabbithole, though I like to think I am a fan of most ages in gay-oriented furry content.

Funnily enough, I think my furry realisation was also Kass from Breath of the Wild haha. Maybe I just have a thing for avian designs.

I think it was just kind of always around for me, in weird now-forgotten cartoons and comics. I think the first explicitly child-like characters that really made me go bananas were the Tiny Toons, but i’ve probably forgot something from earlier.