Embry. @birdbrain-embry - Tumblr Blog

My name is Embry.

I am a Canada Jay therian. I'm ghosthearted (otherhearted for ghosts and ghostly imagery and themes), and fictionhearted for Nice Cream Guy/Blue Ears from Undertale and Deltarune. If you wanna know any more about any of my identities/labels, shoot me an ask! I love answering questions :>

In addition to therian and otherkin stuff, I post about Deltarune and the Decemberists, as well as just random daily thoughts and happenings.

#otherkin #alterhuman #ghostkin #pinned intro #intro post #undeadkin #birdkin #bird therian #avian therian #aviankin #therian #fictionhearted #fictionlink

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I think its so funny when humans try to use Birdbrained as an insult. First of all, thank you, i am, second of all, many birds are very smart? Like corvids and parrots are famous for having the intelligence of young human children.

Honestly kind of euphoric for me

As someone who's used to a very dry climate, humidity just feels REALLY weird. Like, you always feel like you took a shower half an hour ago, and your drinks taste watered down when you drink them outdoors. The frogs and geckos everywhere are cool, though!

I'm on vacation at my grandparents' place on the east coast, and my home state doesn't have barred owls, so imagine the confusion and fear I felt upon waking up to this while backyard camping at one in the morning ._.

It was really cool once I figured out what it was, though. Owl friend :>

#barred owl #birds #owls #Youtube

Hello! Recently I discovered the alterhuman subculture and some of what I am reading resonates with me. I would like to, if you're comfortable with answering these questions, both get a better understanding of it as well as compare others experiences with my own.

Do you have any experiences that, in hindsight, made your identity as a Canadian Jay obvious?

What does being therian mean to you, how would you describe it?

Similarly, is being therian for you more of a total rejection of humanity, or an alternate way of being human? (Apologies if I phrased this poorly).

-- From, a... maybe parrot(?)

Hiya! Thank you for the ask, I'll do my best to answer your questions.

1. I think from my first exposure to Canada Jays, on a camping trip in ninth grade, I felt very connected to them. I would find excuses to sneak off from the group so I could spend time alone around them, and would give them bits of food from my backpack to lure them closer to me (I'm not condoning that, feeding wild birds is never a good idea). I remember finding them really cute and appealing, and I think there was a book I found at one point about the birds in the area, which I immediately went to locate Canada Jays in. Looking back, I think the then-indescribable draw I felt just looking at them was recognition, like I saw myself or an ideal self. I would pretend to be a bird a lot as a kid, too, and spent a lot of my childhood acting like I was a bird or like I could communicate with them.

2. To me, being a therian is about having an identity that involves perceiving oneself as a nonhuman animal, in any aspect. I think some beings would have a narrower definition, but I like to cast a wide net with it, because I believe that there are many ways to be a therian and we should welcome all of them. Of course, there are also otherhearted, otherlink, etc. beings, whose identities could be affected by a nonhuman animal without actually perceiving themselves as one. I think there are other labels I'm forgetting, it's been a little while since I've refreshed myself on the terms.

3. I believe that therianthropy can involve being human, but doesn't have to. Specifically, I think that humans are of course animals, and a therian can of course have multiple theriotypes/species. Therefore, if a therian identifies as both a nonhuman species and the human species simultaneously, they're still a therian (if they want to label themselves that way). Personally, I don't tend to use the human label for myself, but still identify alongside the human race and have no desire to reject the parts of my life and personality that are shaped by being born into a human body. Some therians say their body is not a human body, either because they're a biological therian or because they believe that something can only be called a human body if it belongs to a human, but I personally see myself as a nonhuman being inhabiting a human body and living a human life. It's different for everyone, of course.

I hope this helps you, anon! The way I see it, therianthropy is a label you can freely opt into and experiment with to see if it feels right. I've learned that the best way to see if a label is right for me is to start using it confidently for myself, and keep doing so until it feels wrong or inaccurate. The labels I stick with are the ones that stick with me. I wish you the best, and if you are a parrot, I'm really happy to know there's one more avian therian in the world :>

#asks #therian #avian therian #bird therian

I'm modding the discord server for my graduating class, which means I get to see who all the furries are based on pfps. I went to school with a lot more furries than I thought

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canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit

hey, tag this with a food people get really upset about you not liking

#meat in general. people get so pissed about others being vegetarian by choice #i don't judge what other people eat. i don't think it's immoral.#i just hate the smell of meat and feel no desire to eat it #also ketchup #and fizzy drinks

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give me jellybeans you fuckhead

#orange deltarune

Dreamed my brothers and I were trying to track down a guy that we thought was extorting our dad and we went to this creepy house with a bunch of closed doors and long hallways and dirty stuffed animals all over the floors of every room and I pointed at one door and went "What do you think's in there" and my brother went "Oh, that's God's Without." We didn't open the door but it keeps creeping me out to think about it. "God's Without." Scariest name for a place that my subconscious could've come up with. Looking back I wish dream-me had given in to the curiosity and opened it because what could possibly have been in there

#dreams

My partner was telling me about a feature in GTA where you can add custom music files to play on the radio in-game (as a selling point to get me to play gta) and she went "So you could, like, load up some songs by The Mariners and drive around the city" and it took me a good minute to realize that she meant the decemberists. I didn't correct her because it was cute :>

#but i feel like if she isn't interested in listening to my music she shouldn't be pushing so hard for me to play her game lol #the decemberists