#Pawtendo: The Furry Fandom's Resident Ball of Abuse and Anger

     A Furry that goes by the name of "Pawtendo" has a long-standing history of generally being to other furries what furries are to regular people. Pawtendo has quite a history of being abusive, with a lot of controversy surrounding him that is documented in his WikiFur article, as well as an Encyclopedia Dramatica page that covers a lot more but in an equally abusive manner, so we'll ignore that for the purposes of this article. He has been banned from major furry websites numerous times, as well as appeared on Artists Beware frequently. He has had to change his Twitter handler (which is at the time of writing @PawtendoPlays) frequently as he can not seem to stop abusing people to the point where he gets a hate mob on his trail. I personally have seen him harass people for saying "feet" instead of "paws", attempt to get others to harass on his behalf to circumvent preemptive social media blocks, and attempt to con artists in to giving him free art (and when it doesn't work he resorts to more harassment). This person is already well-known for being extremely abusive so it should come as no surprise that he is now targeting a 14 year old artist.
     As documented here, Pawtendo has set his sights on trying to con a 14 year old out a measly $10 by insinuating that the artist (who isn't even old enough to legally receive payments) request payment for free art, which did not happen. In addition to this, Pawtendo was actually hitting on the kid claiming that he has a crush on them and trying to guilt trip them when they didn't express the same feelings back. It's a sad day indeed when a 14 year old is being the mature one when a 24 year old expresses romantic feelings. Of course, Pawtendo is desperately trying to deny all of this, but given that he has a history of lying and trying to cheat people out of money, as well as has been caught numerous times in the past flirting and trying to roleplay with underage kids (and subsequently throwing a fit when they reject him), most people are on the side of the young artist. I personally find it quite sad that this is even happening. The Furry Fandom prides itself on being inclusive and understanding to anybody that associates with the community, but unfortunately that means that a few bad eggs can and will show up every once in a while. Sometimes...it's the same bad egg multiple times. The fandom tries to police its own however, but sadly that can just result in a harassment war (which reminds me, please do not go and try to harass Pawtendo because you read this article. That just makes matters worse. This article is meant as a signal boost, so that people know to avoid this highly toxic individual, it's not meant to start a flame war. So please, be the bigger person.)
      This is all just one more mark on the list of shitty things that Pawtendo has done, and it certainly won't be the last. If you're part of the furry community or just on twitter in general...do yourself a favor and block Pawtendo. Even the people close to him have admitted multiple times that they tolerate him out of pity more than anything, and he attacks anybody for trivial things (I mean really...getting pissy over somebody saying feet and not paws? This is why people think furries have mental disorders). Keep him out of your life, and you will have a much more positive time. Trust me.