Lol, the furry-ness may contribute, but I think he's cool enough that he intrigues a lot of "non-furry's" too--or at least people who wouldn't typically identify themselves as a furry (like, does shipping Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps from Zootopia make me a furry? Like, it's not that I find anthropomorphic animals especially sexy, but I think relationships between them can be interesting? But it's on the same level of interest that I hold human couples or alien/fantasy couples. Does that make me a furry?? I don't know!)
Heh, I'm interested in the Howl route more because I like the fact that he's a police officer who is also the subject of discrimination from what I read? Which could prove to be an interesting storyline. I just hope that me getting the complete physical pack just now helps push it to or over the goal!
Yes, you hit the nail on the head about what's so interesting about him! He's definitely feared by members of the community for being mostly "beast," and is thus fairly mysterious--like, he doesn't appear to have any friends or anyone who knows him well. Also, the police thing is pretty cool--I was pretty stoked when we got Ginger as a Route Character too :). But the fact that he's such an enigma and feared entity in the community but still became the chief of police says he's definitely got a strong character and goes for what he wants, which is admirable :)