Friendly Local Deity

Normal blog, mostly reposts. She/They. Minors DNI.

[zetrystan]

I wonder if I liked it.

[latinodogg]

Value your feelings. Value yourself

Yesterday my therapist said something important about my alterhumanity. I asked them "How do you see me? Do you see me just as a human?", and they compared that question to the following situation: a painter creates a painting; he puts feelings into it. He exhibits the painting in an art gallery. People pass by that painting and describe exactly what they see, but logically, they cannot see the feelings behind that painting; they only see the surface of something much bigger. Now I know that my painting looks human, but that's just the surface. Now I know I don't have to worry so much about how people view my painting.

[romancerepulsed]

i keep seeing misinformation about this, so: queerplatonic relationships do not have a set definition. the name comes from the idea that it's "queering" the platonic relationship, tailoring it to the individual relationships' own desires. it isn't necessarily romance lite, but it also isn't necessarily whatever definition you want to impose on it. the point of queering the platonic relationship is to break away from strict allonormative views on friendship, romance, and sex, not to make a new categorical box to fit in.

the answer to "what is a qpr?" is "whatever you want it to be." sometimes that is romance lite. sometimes it's a deeply committed friendship. sometimes it's friends who have a sexual relationship. sometimes it's based on an entirely different mode of attraction. sometimes it's fluid and impossible to put into words. it's whatever you want it to be. it's queer.

[blankblankblanche]

Lost Wings

A close friend of mine said something recently that clicked some aspects of my angelkin experience into place for me. “God may clip our wings, but we can still fall so beautifully.”

I grew up with a really strong connection to the faith that I was raised it. It truly felt like my whole creation and purpose for being was to bring glory and pleasure to this being we worshiped. Choosing to sin was more than just disobedience, it was going directly against my purpose and sense of being. Growing out of that meant acknowledging that the purpose I lived for wasn’t real and that I was harming myself in the name of someone that wasn’t there. I feel like I lost a part of myself when that happened.

I miss my wings. I feel like they were a gift that I had to leave behind when I fell from His favor. I can understand how a divine construct turned deviant has no reason to be allowed to lift themself up to the heavens. Sometimes I still wonder “what if I’d stayed a good little Christian angel and hadn’t fallen?”

But I don’t need a reason to want to be me. I’ve learned and continue to affirm to myself that I don’t need permission to exist. I’d rather learn to live without my wings than be pinned in service to Him by them.

Maybe someday I’ll get my wings back. But when I do, I look forward to them being truly mine. Not a loan to be taken away as punishment for disobedience, but truly my own to tend to and use as I see fit. To be able to see the skies with my own eyes.

[bluemuffin-draws]

Based off this post by @7-inches-of-satanic-panic

Part 2

[digitalmyyth]

What is forcefem question

[galacticsabc]

The swagful Dr. Grace

[pokeblader3]

I'm serious when I say we gotta give Temmie Chang half the credit for Making Undertale (and Deltarune)

She's got an animation degree, I know the art in Undertale gets underappreciated sometimes because it's trying to evoke an older simpler style, but the art in Undertale is legit amazing and without Temmie, none of Toby's ideas would have been able to be realized (without finding some other artist and animator)

She deserves more flowers for being the one who made the vast majority of the art assets for an entire game that is one of the most commonly cited games as an influence on others (her style is so beloved and recognizeable, there's a fully complete Undertale fangame emulating it)

[otherkin-confessional]

im thinking of getting nail rings so i can put claws on and take them off easily but theyre kinda expensive sometimes :P

🌌

[daco-showman]

why can rockstar games institutionalise you for life like nikita kruschev for being autistic

[transhuman-priestess]

He didn't steal 10 million dollars. They made that number up as a loss, they never fucking had it. Rockstar has spent more than a billion fucking dollars on GTA VI and will likely make billions more when it gets released.

Uber is a fucking shell game of a company designed to leech investor capital and output bootleg cabs.

Nvidia posted a profit in 2023 of $4.37 billion. This is like someone stealing less than a penny from me.

And they lock this kid in a prison hospital for LIFE?

Capitalism is disgusting.

[fuckblast]

Nobody should buy GTA til they free Arion Kurtaj

[transhuman-priestess]

What with GTA VI going up for pre-order i'd just like to remind everyone that rockstar conspired with the UK government to lock an 18-year-old away for life for hacking them.

[rockets]

________

You will be remembered as a hero. ________

For those wondering about the fox. Grace has a subtle motif with this animal throughout the movie, but especially this shot where they pack this toy fox with his belongings on the Hail Mary. The pose of it looked a little haunting to me, thus prompting this illustration. __________ (Small/large prints are also available on my etsy ❤️)

[yevhen-irl]

Affirmations for the unsure alterhumans and maybehumans:

You can still be alterhuman even if you acknowledge parts or all of your humanity.

You can still be alterhuman even if you find comfort in human rituals, culture, etc.

You can still be alterhuman even if you display human behaviors and characteristics.

You can still be alterhuman if you look or act nothing like your 'type.

You can still be alterhuman without dysphoria, euphoria, or both.

You can still be alterhuman even if you never plan to transition or present physically or socially as alterhuman.

You can still be alterhuman without blowing hundreds of thousands of dollars on gear.

You can still be alterhuman even if you aren't queer (surprisingly common misconception by the way!)

You can still be alterhuman even if you don't find the furry community appealing.

You can still be alterhuman even if there weren't 'signs' of alterhumanity in your childhood.

You can still be alterhuman even if you find aspects of alter/nonhumanity uncomfortable or scary (and this may change as you discover yourself!)

You can still be 100% alterhuman and 100% human at the same time.

You can still be alterhuman without misanthropy.

You can still be alterhuman without a spiritual connection to nature or a religion pertaining to nature.

Even if you aren't alterhuman, it's okay to be human.

Even if you aren't alterhuman forever, it's okay to recognize your humanity afterwards.

No seriously, it's okay to be human in some aspects or all aspects.

You don't have to constantly strive to be the 'most nonhuman thing possible' and you don't have to try and reinvent the wheel coming up with a new term thats 'more nonhuman' or 'further than humanity' than the last.

There are infinite ways to be alterhuman and you may never find a term to define yourself. You might not even find a species to label yourself as.

On the same coin you may find that your experience is painfully common, or not 'original' enough to warrant a 'true' experience. You have to remember that it's okay to be one of the gazillion black wolf psychological therians out there and that it is functionally the same (and has the same moral weight) as having brown eyes.

It's okay to be unlabeled.

It's okay if you wouldn't be considered alterhuman by the old standards from the days when alterhumanity was mostly on independent forum boards.

Grills and grilling aren't relevant anymore and it's better to block people that try to bring that back.

But it is never okay to lie to yourself to fit into a box that's too small for you.

[anaphoraholic]

found this on reddit thought id post it here too 👍

[silyaspider]

I think this explains a lot of trans discourse on here, too. Well, a lot of queer culture generally. Realizing you’re personally trans doesn’t mean all the dumb gender stuff you were raised with goes “poof” and vanishes from your mind. Until you put in the work, you’ve still got all the old crap in there, it just has a big “but trans!” sticker slapped on it.

[saintjosie]

i need white people to understand that the reason that we are here in nazi america today is because many of you cannot comprehend liberation for all because of your distaste for some.

the lack of actively dismantling your anti-blackness means that you are passively participating in white supremecy.

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

what will it be, boss? the comfort of misery or the pain of change?

[wizard-of-interesting-failure]

[dietspam16]

[burgerdotcom]

reblogs were off

[khonsu-silver-fox666]

Fuck the norms

Be a wild fox and wear a collar

Be an indoor cat and have scars

Be a wolf and sleep in a dog bed

Be a rabbit and eat meat

It doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense to others, it only has to make sense to you

[saltwater-goldfishy]

ok I know everyone’s considered Ryland grace wearing an “I put the ace in space” t shirt but. have we considered the infinitely funnier option of putting this shirt on eva stratt

[raviolireptile]

I had to draw this