( indefinite hiatus )

Dune ✦ 25 ✦ western coyote zoanthrope ✦ it/its ✦ transspecies (anti-radq)

[autisticcoyote]

Defiant songdog of the West

( blog currently not active , headmate dormant , hiatus until further notice )

You can call me Dune, im part of a DID system that is fully nonhuman. I am a clinical zoanthrope.

I am bodily an adult (25) and use it/its pronouns.

I am fully nonhuman, please don't call me human. i dont mind being called a person tho.

I use the terms holothere, physically nonhuman, and nonhuman to describe myself. I also call myself a werecoyote.

I am also transspecies. i do not support radqueers or transID.

transspecies has existed long before radqueers tried to make it part of their group. transspecies is not radqueer.

I am not the main host of our system, the host prefers to keep his blog separate from this. I am the secondary host and am usually around.

BYF:

- no dni. i block freely.

- i think internet discourse is stupid and pointless. the only stances i will share is that i am pro-endo/non traumagenic systems and anti-radqueer + anti-transID

Dune's Forms

I am in all aspects:

✦ Mearns' Coyote

✧ Werecoyote

(experiences transformations)

✦ Undead

I experience physical and mental shifts:

✦ alien parasite (similar to parasitic worms)

✦ scolopendra polymorpha (common desert centipede) (posts related will be tagged #bug post)

✦ hercules beetle (posts will be tagged with #bug post)

Fictotypes:

✦ Yellow Chocobo (FF)

✦ Pikachu (PKMN)

Archetropes:

✦ Doomed Protagonist

✦ Doomed by the Narrative

✦ Living Weapon

I am otherhearted with:

✦ Tailless Whip Scorpions

✦ Equine

✦ Horseshoe Crabs

✦ Cicadas

✦ Wild boar

✦ Parrots

topics i want to cover

[weare-foxes]

”SPECIES TRANSITION”

(full thread below)

[lambsprout]

I guess space and time, Takes violent things, angry things. And makes them kind.

[venustapolis]

Unicorn (Maerten de Vos, 1572)

[godbirdart]

「 boys don't cry 」

about suppressed emotions, downplayed heartaches, and the expectations to remain stoically self reliant without the community and connection needed to help open the paths away from isolated self destruction.

[albertnatural]

what if instead of “awoooo” wolves said “Yahoooooooo”, because they love to e-mail?

[dogcrate]

i do go back and forth on whether or not to call myself transspecies bc im not really transitioning from one species to another. i am and always have been a dog bodily, i just got experimented on so i dont look like one to people anymore. but also i dont look like one and my goal is to change my current form back into one more recognizable as a dog and transspecies is the term that conveys that goal the best i think.

[seacanine]

me

[qremlin]

Two seconds later:

[asmeesh]

I love the coyotes that show up on our trailcam

[sennamaticart]

I know you are a very busy artist with plenty on your plate, but i wanted to ask if you could draw 2 unicorns in love?

You have such tenderness in how you draw critters interacting, im really fascinated with it!

Thanks! It's been a minute since I've drawn any unicorns so here's a pair <3

[coyotebrained]

Tagged and tracked

[ramshacklegear]

WIP, leather, based off this 16th century ‘shame’ mask.

[mechanical-sunchild]

Theriform [Official Coining Post]

Theriform Adjective (can applied as a noun in certain phrasing, see examples)

From θηρίον (thēríon) [diminutive of θήρ thḗr, “wild beast”] and μορφή (morphe) ["shape"/"figure"/"look"].

Definition:

A theriform animal is one which was born into a body that is typical/expected of it's species and observable as such by everyone, with species-typical levels of sapience/intelligence and whose behaviour is unaltered by being born into a human body/raised in a form perceived as human.

It is not the 'opposite' of therian despite similar etymology but is instead to be viewed as a complimentary term to therian, nonhuman, alterhuman, otherkin etc as it exists to specify certain details of a species whilst not invalidating the identities of those who are not theriform. It is made to replace potentially invalidating phrases like 'bio(logical) animal' or 'real animal'.

It is not an identity label and therefore has no flag or symbol and does not need one. Do not create these things please, or use the term to describe yourself on a personal level.

Alternative versions for non-animals could include: floraform, nat(ur)form, techform, fictoform, feyform, voidform, starform, divineform etc

Examples:

"Lol it's so funny being a cat and having a theriform cat as a pet we're both just kitties vibing but with different body shapes."

"Just because they're the same species are you does not mean you are able to take care of wild theriforms."

"The fact that there aren't that many theriforms of my species is so saddening."

"I wanna do quads alongside a pack of theriform wolves so bad!"

"I am transspecies, here is what I do/what I want to do to look more theriform."

"I wonder if theriforms get species dysphoria?"

[cyanocoraxx]

video

[unicornoftheday]

people liked the last ones, so heres some more!

[sweetsanguinekitty]

to nonhumans who struggle with hygiene, especially individuals who have difficulty with the sensory aspects or the activity due to trauma or depression / mental health:

- toothbrush can be thought of as dental stick instead!

- showers can be: going to the groomer's/(insert species) bath time, being under a waterfall, rain, being in the clouds, playing in puddles, encountering water while hunting, grooming yourself (which lots of critters do!)

- brushing and maintaining your fur can also be grooming (the tooth comb on lemuriformes; dogs, cats, and birds nibbling and licking their fur; maybe hair coming out into the brush [which is normal if it's a little bit] can be like a hairball or shedding some skin for a snake or reptile)

- using species-appropriate terms helps! (fur or pelt instead of hair, dentition instead of teeth because it's more zoological, paws instead of hands, digits instead of fingers)

- being patient and gentle with yourself

- if you procrastinate with hygiene, you can always just start. rather than thinking "i am going to do the thing," you can get the towels, turn the shower on... step by step. before you know it, muscle memory will kick in and you'll be showering!

- listening to music, on a speaker, your phone, or in your head if you can't have a speaker or your phone

- closing your eyes if you have to

- using your imagination to see your kintype in your mind's eye instead!

- scrolling tumblr while brushing my teeth helps me because i hate the sensation of brushing, so it's also helpful to distract yourself!

- having a low stress or fun activity you plan to do after the hygiene maintenance (playing a game, using social media, putting gear on)

- making sure to only use the chosen words to refer to the activity you are doing if the activity is stressful to you

[yipyapyote]

Joseph Kostoss