bi☣hazard

29, male, not cis, he/him, lovequeer aro, radically inclusive (except for when it comes to cripplepunk <3) | voidpunk, xenogender, alterhuman, kin (cat, void, fae, eldritch horror, glitch) | about me

[fyresnow]

my voidsona! like my fursona but make it ✨weird✨. He’s not quite as monstrous as in my head, but I would have had to animate it bc faer form shifts and changes like mist or smoke or ~space dust~. So this is the closest approximation. (I think this is my biggest/most complete art piece in a while so that’s neat) I’m actually really proud of this! (esp since I’m new to furry art) I hope some people out there enjoy this :3

Lumi, he/faer

[biohazardousvoidwithfangs]

I posted this to my (brand new) art blog, but check out my voidsona!

[canislupuslatrans]

This might be kind of a hot take but I feel like the community has shifted away from identifying as animals to identifying with animals. I'm not a big fan of how many folks don't understand their own species behavior or know a lot about their species, it has led to me feeling very isolated around other canines due to how many of them don't present their species behavior (or even understand a single thing about how packs or canine behavior even works)

This is just my own personal take, but it feels weird to try to socialize with most folks in the community because most of the time its seen as "taking it too far" when you actually act as your species. (coughcough wolves are not friendly social creatures to strangers and can actually be quite shy, and growling is not always a form of aggression, on a similar note a wagging tail isn't always a sign of friendliness either)

Now, this isn't to say that those who don't show behaviors like their species are "faking it" (because thats a whole load of shit), it just feels like the community has gotten a lot more anthropomorphized (or humanized) from when I first discovered it

[thetadelta]

My suspicion is that this is exactly why more and more people who don't seem to actually physically identify as their theriotype have been using labels like "holothere". A lot of mainstream "therian" content has gotten focused on activities/aesthetics that aren't inherent to therianthropy– like masks and quads– so people who have intense animal instincts and phantom shifts (which are very normal and common!) feel alienated and need to assert that, no, they're really an animal. Which has lead to terms like "physical therian" getting watered down and misused.

The TikTok "therian" culture seems like it's largely to blame for this, but it's also a side effect of people moving from forums to public social media platforms. It isn't really possible to post on social media about genuinely "weird" experiences without the risk of bad actors seeing it and harassing you, so people (intentionally or not) downplay or cute-ify their experiences to make them more palatable for a public audience. It's part of the same trend as people self-censoring swears when there isn't actually any evidence that that has any effect– there's been an increasing push toward toning down anything someone might find objectionable, to the point where I don't think most people realize they're doing it. And people doing that leads to outsiders seeing "therian" stuff and going "that looks like fun! I want to do that!" because there aren't any immediately available resources to explain to them that therianthropy isn't a roleplaying trend– which is how we've ended up with people on TikTok saying stuff like "therians don't really think they're animals".

People co-opting community terms, toning them down, and calling the original community "taking it too far" happened already with fictionkin, and it seems like therians are next. The best thing we can do is to just hold the line, correct misinformation, and keep being loudly authentic.

EDIT: And to be clear I am the number one encourager of having fun and being silly with your theriotype! I do it constantly! There's just a difference between that and having fun with the aesthetic of an animal you don't actually know much about. If you identify as something it's a baseline respect to yourself and to that animal to know basic facts about it. It's also a baseline level of respect to accept that others in the community will experience therianthropy differently than you.

[thetadelta]

Thinking about this more, and I feel like this is also the result of an overcorrection in response to the old grilling/fakeclaiming culture that used to define the therian community. People used to oppressively gatekeep therianthropy and most of us got sick of it, but because of that community history I think a lot of people now have the idea that encouraging someone to do more introspection or suggesting that they might be misattributing their experiences to the wrong animal/creature is "invalidating" someone's identity instead of a good-faith attempt to help them feel more self-actualized and confident.

The whole questioning process seems to have fallen by the wayside in a lot of places, so you get people who, for example, feel a canine-shaped tail or a connection to werewolves and immediately go "I'm a wolf!" without considering other options, and nobody encourages them to question that assumption because they're worried about coming across as gatekeeping– even though that person would be happier and more secure in their identity if they took the time to introspect and learn about other animals before settling on something.

"You can be whatever you want forever" is a mostly true statement, but self-discovery is a long and personal process, and I absolutely believe that other people asking you (polite, good-faith) questions like "so why do you think you're X and not Y?" is a helpful bordering on necessary part of that process. Helping people figure out what they are used to be half of what we socialized about in the community! It's how we shared experiences and bonded and welcomed people! But I feel like now, asking questions like "you seem to act a lot like a dog, so what lead you to identify as a wolf and not another type of canid?" is often seen as rude or as an attempt to invalidate that person's identity. And it shouldn't be! Answering questions like that is how other people learn about what therianthropy is like for you, and if you're secure in your identity being asked these things won't make you feel defensive or invalidated, they'll make you excited to talk about your experiences with others. "I express my wolf theriotype in a doglike way because I was raised by humans like dogs are" is a perfectly valid and interesting answer to that question, for example.

Too much questioning is bad, but so is too little questioning. I would love to see more introspection posts by newer, questioning community members. Seeing and helping other people do self-discovery used to be my favorite part of being here!

[aplatonic-stuff]

I’ve been thinking a lot about when people say “we’re still human” as a way to validate aro or loveless or aplatonic or anything experiences, and why it bothers me

In part, it’s because I don’t quite feel human. ‘human’ feels like an ideology than it does a species. It feels like it’s about morality more than biology. It feels so complicated an vast that I don’t know where I fit into it. And it’s been used so much to hurt and other people that I don’t know how comfortably I can align myself with it 

But more than that, I realised that that statement, “we’re still human”, is truly no different from “we can still love” It portrays that we are something to excuse, that we are valid because of our similarities in spite of our differences, and throws everyone who is too different under the bus. “we’re just like you, and that is the reason we deserve respect”. We aren’t deserving of respect in spite of being different. in some ways, it’s because of being different that we are just as valid and deserving as anyone else. I’m not like ‘everyone else’. I experience life vastly differently, I am vastly different in many ways. It’s inaccurate and unhelpful to say I’m the same as everyone else, that I’m no different, that I’m ‘normal’. to say that that is why I am valid, that is why my existence is okay, because I’m ‘normal’. As if my existence is something to excuse.

We aren’t valid because “we’re still human”. Some of us aren’t human, or may have complicated relationships to humanity, or don’t want their worth determined by humanity, or for whatever other reason, don’t feel included in that phrase, and are still just as valid. 

People’s validity isn’t determined by their capacity for love People’s validity isn’t determined by their humanity People’s validity isn’t determined by any arbitrary metric of the sort People’s validity cannot be determined on a large scale.

There’s over 7 billion people in the world. No one person will ever know every experience. No one metric for worth will ever include all it should. No universality will ever be universal. Everyone is different. 

I’m tired of seeing positivity that tells me that I’m still valid because I experience things that I don’t. I’m tired of seeing positivity that excuses my existence rather than celebrates it. I’m tired of inclusivity being exclusive.

It’s okay to be different. No ifs or buts, no standards to live up to, nothing to prove yourself to. You exist as you are, and sometimes that’s all there is to it.

[dr-gaytorius]

Can I curl around you sweetly in bed like a cat while you pet me and then I start biting you

[toothfairyfemme]

a really key part of any healthy relationships is nonsexual biting. it’s really important to just bite each other sometimes. it will keep your relationship alive biting is the stuff love is made of

[mechanical-sunchild]

Reminder! Animal packers no matter how realistic aren't promoting harmful zoophilic practices and don't count as beastiality. A human being sexual with a therian, whether they're using a realistic animal toy of some kind or not is not 'making someone into a zoophile' or beastiality. Drop it and leave it alone. Other people's dysphoria relief and/or sex lives don't concern you.

[transfemme-shelterdog]

Yep. Intimacy with a therian isn't bestiality.

[arienettewolfe]

[schizoidvision]

👽 5 Reasons Why Schizoids May Not Feel “Human” (And Why That Can Make Sense)

For some of us, the word “human” starts to lose its meaning over time. It can feel like a label that was never quite right, or one that gradually stops applying. If we live with schizoid traits, this reaction might not be strange at all... it might be accurate.

Here are five ways this feeling can play out, and why it may actually reflect something real about how we’re built.

1. Our Inner World Feels More Real Than the Outer One... We may spend most of our time in thought, memory, ideas, or abstract systems. These places often feel more coherent and responsive than the external world. In that setup, the emotional and social protocols usually associated with being “human” can seem peripheral or even irrelevant.

2. We Don’t Always Feel Present in Our Bodies... For some of us, the body is something we manage more than something we feel connected to. Physical needs might be addressed as tasks, not desires. With time, this distance can create the sense that we’re operating through a shell rather than living as a body, which changes how “human” feels as a word.

3. Our Emotional Life Plays Out Differently... We may experience emotions quietly, selectively, or internally. If we’re surrounded by people who see emotional expressiveness as a basic part of being human, it can lead to confusion or mis-recognition. Our emotional depth still exists… it just doesn’t always look like the version others are used to.

4. Social Norms Often Feel Foreign... A lot of what’s called “normal human behavior” may feel like performance or coding we never fully downloaded. Things like small talk, group enthusiasm, or shared rituals might seem forced or empty. In those situations, not relating to the word “human” might simply mean: we’ve noticed we’re playing by different rules.

5. We Sometimes Feel Like Observers More Than Participants... Some of us live with the sense of watching life happen rather than moving through it as participants. This isn’t always a problem... it can feel calm, precise, or safe… but it can shift our reference point. We may start to see ourselves more as witness or interface than as someone “in” the human experience.

Final Thought: If the word “human” doesn’t feel right, it may be because it points to a way of being that doesn’t match how we function. That doesn’t mean we’re broken. It might just mean we’re describing ourselves more accurately now.

Schizoid Education Videos

[homunculus-argument]

yeah golden retreiver boyfriends are great and I've met several personally, but personally I have a house cat boyfriend

extremely affectionate despite of seeming aloof and politely distant to unfamiliar people

my friends have seen him irl less than 5 times in the five years I've had him - if I invited people over he would hide under furniture until they're gone

haha you got up from your work desk, time for unskippable 35 minutes of kisses and cuddles

can and will throw up out of sheer anxiety because Things And Events Are Happening that do not even involve him in any way

can instinctively sense exactly when I am going to decide I'm done bedrotting and will climb on top of me to cuddle exactly 3 minutes before I was just about to get up

can be placed sideways on any soft surface at any time of the day and immediately takes a five hour nap

cannot eat or drink in unfamilair places. can and will go 16 hours without food or water if the situation is uncomfy.

unhelpful but valiant efforts to try to protect and rescue you from things and situations that he would personally hate being in, out of not understanding of Why Are You In There Voluntarily

will come show me incomprehensible memes the same way a cat will bring you a random bug. thank you. I do not understand it but I know you brought it to me because you love me.

[syzygy-yzygy]

So sick of dog motif what about cat motif.

I love you but we don't love the same. I can't be near you when you want me to be. Your love is smothering and your need to keep me safe is trapping me. I'm my own person but I don't know how to show you that. I lash out and hurt you even though I don't mean to. I need you to move slowly around me or I'll bolt. I love you, even though I don't say it. If you stay still I'll sit next to you, and even though we don't understand each other we can be together like that.

[syzygy-yzygy]

@aspengrown this is the rawest possible addition to this post thank you

[mylordshesacactus]

and also:

cat love as in I am small and scared and all of my instincts and my experience and your vast power say you're a threat but I am choosing to trust in your kindness despite my fear. you could kill me with one hand but I know you won't.

cat love as in I can tell you are upset and I don't understand why so I will sit stiffly beside you and awkwardly provide the only reassurance I know how to give. I am uncomfortable with every single moment of this but it is what you would do for me.

cat love as in I am small and powerless but I will curl up back to back with you and stand guard while you sleep and I will mean it with every fiber of my being.

my cat Nepenthe was a former stray behavior case at risk of euthanasia because she kept mauling potential adopters. on her second week in my apartment--having already attacked me multiple times without provocation, I will add, I wasn't special, she needed genuine help--she slinked out of the bedroom yowling at me. when I went to check on her she kept walking back and forth until I followed her, where she insistently paced between my feet and her hidey-hole in the back of my dresser, increasingly distressed. about three seconds after she gave up and hid, an absolutely torrential rain front hit. she didn't understand yet that we couldn't get wet inside. she'd been trying to warn me.

she didn't know me yet, but she knew I hadn't yelled at her when she hurt me. she knew I hadn't tried to hurt her back. she didn't understand why she was attacking me; those episodes probably scared her more than me. she knew I "shared" food with her, and that I asked before touching her. and she went out of her way to bring me into her safe space, to protect her friend.

cat love as stiff hesitant uncertain acts of service that are devastating in their sincerity, as well.

[naamahdarling]

I'm sorry, I had a response to add on, but now I'm crying over your cat. Oh my god.

[glorioustidalwavedefendor]

cat love as stiff hesitant uncertain acts of service that are devastating in their sincerity, as well.

He had the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise.

Isabel Allende, from The House of The Spirits

[rottenwhimsy]

x

[wenamedthedogkylo]

Cat love as in, it’s taken me a while to get to this point. You’ve been so patient with me all this time, dealing with every mess I make out of anxiety or fear. I see that it bothers you sometimes, but you still do it. And you still feed me and offer me love whenever you can. So I’m happy to finally let my guard down some more—to come poke you hesitantly when I’m craving your attention and affection. To jump up on your lap and get right up in your face, no walls or barriers, and show you my love as best I can. It doesn’t look like your love, but you seem to understand. And if you stay still long enough, I will entrust my body to your protection for a while, laying myself across you and finally, FINALLY, letting myself relax into slumber. I might still bolt up immediately at the sound of someone approaching. But for a while, it will just be us, you and me, bodies sharing warmth with one another in languid, blissfully adoring silence.

And when my stomach inevitably churns again, or I break something I didn’t understand was important, I will trust you to still be gentle with me. And that alone is more love than I’ve ever known how to give.

[kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd]

sickens me to my stomach. how dare this guy get to live my dream.

[acutelathos]

Some clarifications and an update

[biglawbear]

This person has more emotional intelligence and healthier skills in navigating relationships than most people

[markrosewater]

With all of the threats to the worlds like Tarkir or Mirrodin or the War of the Spark, wouldn't it be prudent to NOT include anything about race/gender/identity? Nobody was worried about their own gender during WWII because they were worried about survival. I feel it cheapens the threats that characters like Bolas or the Eldrazi present when you stick identity politics like Daretti or Ashiok because those characters seem more occupied with identity than with saving the day.

If you think no one was worried about their gender in World War II, that simply means you’re unaware of history. People will literally put in concentration camps and killed because of it.

[dungeonmastersconsortium]

absolutely based Maro here

[dailyadventureprompts]

Hilariously all the threats mr.thanos simp listed are specifically ones where the villains have a thing about erasing an individual's choice, identity, and agency through assimilation and/or the threat of overwhelming force.

It's almost like a fantasy deckbuilding game based around customization and exploring the wonders of an infinite universe would place in people's right to self expression.

[dungeonmastersconsortium]

I also love the way it sounds like he's saying that if Ashiok wasn't a genderless being, they'd actually be a hero instead of, like... a sinister villain lmao

[dailyadventureprompts]

I was going to make a joke about how in conservative worldview the only two genders were male and androgynous nightmare being (political) but when you get into the manosphere it might as well be.

[tpup]

a rare bit of sweetness amongst insta comments

[animentality]

[hesgomorrah]

[audyssey55]

[asteroidtroglodyte]

BESTIES

[shushututu]

People seriously underestimate the long term effects of constant loneliness

"why are you so weird?" Idk, maybe because being completely isolated while growing up has destroyed my brain and now I'm nothing more than a human-mimicking creature that bases all of my actions on what I think is normal human behavior rather than just doing things naturally

[ouroya]

[rakdos-dogdyke]

Crop top that says "i love biting" paired with booty shorts that say "i love biting" paired with a baseball cap that says "i love biting" paired with long socks that each say "i love biting" paired with some flip flops

[rakdos-dogdyke]

YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON WHO GETS ME

[trashdogpenultimate]

i am NOT a bite risk. do not listen to them

[calcium-supplement]

im a bite guarantee