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Alterhuman sideblog of @spiritofmoonbeams | he/him, hy/hymn | I think if I bit someone they wouldn't turn into a werewolf. They'd definitely turn gay though.

[arctic-whatever]

Howl and you might get a reply!

I’m the kinblogger arctic-whatever, but you can call me Atlas. If you’re trying to interact with this blog specifically rather than my larger tumblr presence, feel free to call me Arctic as a blog/kinmunity specific nickname.

my pronouns are he/him or hy/hymn. I’m bisexual and a trans guy.

I am an alterhuman, a being who understands the human body they inhabit, but feels nonhuman regardless. Specifically, I am both a therian and otherkin, my theriotype being an arctic wolf (canis lupus arctos), and my kintype being a werewolf (no scientific name). I am a spiritual alterhuman only by that I am not a psychological one. The following linked posts are why I feel like an arctic wolf, a werewolf and the other thing with wings and such. (If said posts aren’t linked, they haven’t been made yet).

Apart and mildly seperate from my wolf and lycanthrope identities is my feelings of being something else. I won’t go into detail here, but this gives me phantom wings, phantom scarring and pseudomemories. Yes, this gets annoying.

Disclaimer; I do not experience clinical lycanthropy, clinical zoanthropy, or any delusions. I do not physically shift, nor will I ever claim to. I hold nothing against all the delusional alterhumans/nonhumans out there, you are what you say you are and your experience is just as real as mine.

I hold no formal DNI, I’d just like bigots, antikin, proana and pro-contact harmful paraphiles to leave me be.

I will be using the #Arctic howls in a wolf-like manner tag for original posts. Please be aware some of my posts and reblogs will contain graphic images or descriptions of meat, blood, (prey) animal death, and imagery that some may find disturbing.

tl;dr

Wolf

Werewolf

Winged thing

Not delusional (no hate to y’all though)

Shinies collection under cut

[gavran-vrani]

[grubthebugdog]

Turning this guy into stickers for my next market

[this-is-alterhuman-joy]

Happy pride to all my fellow queer alterhumans out there! Whether you feel your queerness and alterhumanity are connected or not, hope you all have a great month!

- 🐾🪶📦

this is queer alterhuman pride!! <333

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[medkitphightingirl]

fuck human expressions of anger. bring back growling. bring back snarling. lets snarl at each other.

[mossyforestfox]

Raw meat has no business looking that appetising

[ghostibean]

Vermin

A piece I made for my printmaking class that ended up not getting screen printed, at least for this first project. I might end up using it for the next one cuz its prettyyy

[kitten-of-bast]

Maybe I'm mistaken but it feels like these days in the tumblr therian community its much more common to be 0% human.

Feel like a bit of an outsider now. Somecreature posted a more poetic version of this sentiment a few days ago: something like too beastly to be human, too human to be beast.

[t3eth-n-p4wzz]

Warning: i get kind of way off topic in this and start talking about something that was not actually at all the point of this post, sorry

For me it's this: I am nonhuman, but i appear human, do human things, speak human language, live a human life... so can i really say that i am not one at all? Inherently, i am 100% canine and 0% primate. But in the sense that you become what you are raised as, that you are what you do, not just what you think, then i AM a human after all. It's a question of nature vs nurture when you get down to it. Even though my brain is made of canine cells, it's wired like a human's. The way something is shaped has at least as much impact as the material it's made of, doesn't it? Usually more.

Basically, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, and thinks mostly like a duck, does it really matter if it's actually a pigeon? which one is it really? both? Or maybe neither? I don't know.

[stinkyf4ggot]

I wish I had a tail and ears so I could do shit like this

Oh to have a tail to tuck between my legs and ears to pin down when I'm sad

[deafsnake]

I'm alive!

FOR MY T-GIRLS AND T-BOYS! YOU MATTER! YOU ARE PERFECT! BLAZE UP! LOVE YOU 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

[literaryvein]

L. V., exhumed writings

[thetadelta]

"Identify as" vs "is"

The more I see confusion about what words like "therian" mean, the more I resent the community's switch to using the censored phrase "identify as" to describe people's experiences.

"I identify as" does not feel like a statement of fact to me, it is a statement that you purposely align yourself with a concept in social settings. I don't mind saying I identify as a therian because that's a label I opt in to, but no matter what words I use to talk about myself I am a snow leopard. It is a truth about me that does not rely on language. "Therian" is a community word for that truth.

"Identify as" was a way to soften and add deniability to "is". The community started using this phrasing because outsiders are more comfortable with the idea that you're claiming a personal label than the idea that you genuinely think you are something. If I say "I identify as a snow leopard" it carries the implication that I've made a semantic choice, and that someone else respecting this part of me is optional. If I say "I am a snow leopard" there is no room for uncertainty or debate, and that challenges people to see me for who I am. The trans community has pushed back against "identify as" phrasing for this exact reason.

The modern online landscape has turned the concept of "identity" into a badge of sorts. Your personal essence is expected to be displayed as a set of words and symbols that announce which groups you align with, as though the self can be distilled into a marketable aesthetic. And with this trend the difference between "identity" as in "I align myself with this label/group" and "identity" as in "this is what it feels like to be me" has gotten lost.

Who you are is not what you call yourself, it's what you see when you look inward.

Therians and otherkin should not have to say we "identify as" nonhuman, we are nonhuman.

EDIT: Moving this out of the tags since people are taking this the wrong way: This post is me venting my personal feelings on this subject. If someone else prefers "identify as" or is not bothered by using it to mean "is" that's absolutely fine, there is no "wrong" way to talk about yourself. Just be aware that some people are uncomfortable being referred to this way because it feels minimizing to them.

[oursystemblog]

[laplaces-angelkin]

“your posture is so bad!”

it’s my wings. they’re really heavy

[two-facedgod]

Alterhumanity really is an iceberg. Like at the surface you have your wolf therians, otherhearted, angelkin, etc., which people are generally aware of... but if you dig deep enough and long enough you'll find blogs for people who don't exist, unknown gods with two faces and too many eyes, and tropical centipedes in human form.

I mean I just love it.

[k1tty-sp34ks]

I hate when people downplay animal death so fucking much.

can we NOT brag about killing birds with your car??? can we NOT play around with the specimens in a practical exam???

maybe its just me but animals need to be respected so much more than humans give them credit for.

this is one of the reasons im so misanthropic. you're telling me you have NO respect for the dead? at all? I get that accidents happen but when I see people making fun of anything dead I get pissed the fuck off.

when you hit something with your giant human death machine, you SHOULD feel bad. idgaf if it was "just a bird".

when you say a frog "deserved to die" because it was "disgusting", you need to get a grip on reality.

you're not better than a frog or a bird, you're the same if not worse. we are ALL animals. I hate that some humans think they are better than the creatures around them.

nature is a connecting and driving force that is not to be underestimated or assulted, its beauty is to be appreciated.

human impatience not being able to stop for two seconds to let an animal cross the road is baffling. the same with human INCOMPETENCE not understanding the simple rules of being respectful of the dead.

[whimsy-flags]

You’re werewolf is amazing! Any chance you could do a trans flag color werewolf?

I actually have a full set in the queue right now! But here's the trans one as a little teaser~