let there be monsters

alterhuman sideblog, follows from @mechdeer

[swarmofravens]

Memory loss doesn't look like what I thought it would. I spent several years convinced I could have a dissociative disorder primarily because I "didn't experience memory loss". I wasn't waking up in a strange place unaware of how I got there. I wasn't having people I'd never met come up to me and call me by a different name. I wasn't finding things I'd bought unintentionally or projects I'd done with no recollection of doing them. But I was, not remembering why I was upset in the middle of crying. Finding journal entries I didn't write. Suddenly not liking music I saved on a playlist named 'my favorite songs ever'. Randomly wanting to make drastic changes to my appearance and then forgetting why I wanted to look like that. Not knowing what day of the week it was, or how many days it had been since I did something (was that this morning or 3 days ago). Having friends tell me I was acting differently when I thought that was how I always acted.

[irradiatedpup]

if you're an alterhuman, therian/otherkin or fictionfolk and haven't disillusioned yourself with the concept of delusions and fantastical thinking as defined by psychiatry, to the point of refusing to call any belief "delusional" at face value, then I am here to remind you that there is nothing, absolutely nothing standing between a person diagnosed with delusions of grandeur for believing they are a wizard, and you, who sincerely believes that you are an animal or fictional character on a spiritual level. unless you are 'kin but "don't actually believe it", in which case you are not. you need to dismantle the idea of a psychotic "other", who's beliefs and experiences should not be believed/respected once they pass a certain threshold of crazy, immediately. YOU are that other to orthohumans who believe in it

[smiggles]

Since this has been asked a LOT and it's been about 3-4 years since I first got them done. Mine were done using composite bonding (the stuff they use for fillings) that was shaped and cured to my real teeth

Call dentists around you and see if theyre comfortable doing it I had to call at least 10 different clinics until I found someone

More below the cut

If no one around you does it you can look for a fangsmith

I recommend ratprincefangs He did my touch ups that shaped them to be more aesthetic rather than purely for function however ratprince will work with your bite to custom fit your fangs so they dont impede your mouth while still looking good

Warnings: You should get your teeth cleaned before doing this

If you dont a cavity can form under the bonding or they may break easier

Make sure the dentist seals the edges properly. If not bacteria can get inside and cause a cavity (I know someone this happened to)

Ask them to colour match your teeth. If you plan on whitening them do that before you get fangs because your fangs wont change shades but your real teeth can

Wear a nightguard. Ive chipped mine 2 times and had to get touch ups when I forgot to wear it

These dont last FOREVER but they last a long time

Same as a tooth filling they need to be maintained/touched up/replaced at some point

Prices range DRAMATICALLY between dentists (mine did it for 100 a tooth but Ive seen others pay thousands and was quoted 3k by one dentist)

Thats all

[rosieandthemoon]

Guillaume de Machaut, Dit du Lion, Paris 1350-1355 ,BnF, Français 1586, fol. 103r

[enchantedbook]

From Friedrich Wilhelm Carové’s 'The Story Without End'. Illustration by Frank Cheyne Papé, 1912.

[enchantedbook]

White dragon by Natalya Mosyagina

[urban-fleabag]

I love being a grown ass adult and a therian. I love being nearly 30 and otherkin. I love being successful in my adult life and alterhuman.

Nonhuman experiences aren't something you grow out of. They aren't an indicator of an unfulfilled or boring life- they're just part of the diverse spectrum of it.

[ewaneneollav]

i love people so much that im trying to be one myself. its a bit crazy, i know…

[pluriwinklepaints]

guy(s) who don't know they're plural yet voice:

"Yeah I just really like possession stories. Specifically one where the possessor isn't just completely evil and maybe didn't even intend to possess the other guy and/or can't leave the body, I extra like when the possessions become a reocurring thing to the point of it just being normal and the characters compromise and share a life together, and all of the character's friends also become friends with the possessor and everyone's happy"

[medleyofmind]

i’m sure it’s not just us that experience it like this, but i haven’t really seen it online yet while looking at resources. hope i explained it well

[birdbutchcloaca]

you know the more i've interacted with therian online the less i actually care about. the actual label. draconic communities had it right its like. a fucking spectrum from guy who is very into their fursona to actively trying to find a way to species transition and i think making false walls between them reduces the richness of being speciesweird

[assasynth]

i want more alterhuman friends (doesn't do that)

[sed-victa-catoni]

I always want to talk to people more, completely fail to respond to DMs, and then wonder why I don't have more individual friendships in the community.

[sundragon]

Same, maybe this can be a follow thread for us wishy washy mfs.

[kitten-of-bast]

[prayingmaggots]

we’re gonna grow old for all the queer, trans, plural, and alterhuman kids who don’t know if it’s possible

[fjellove]

I think the more I’ve matured and the longer I ruminate on my own alterhuman identity the less I feel the need to post on this account. An alterhuman identity— for me— can be closely compared to my transgender identity.

Not many people have a whole account dedicated to being transgender, but if they have a different account they might bring it up. I posted here when I didn’t really know who I was, and I wanted fellowship and community to help me understand myself. It did work, but I realised I didn’t need it much anymore because I was comfortable not feeling the need to label myself as much anymore.

Sometimes I am just an animal and I feel at peace going to sleep with only that and nothing else, and the same goes for gender identity.

I hope in the future I may just as comfortable casually addressing my transgender identity in other spaces as I could my alterhuman identity. I strive for acceptance of my identity and my person.

[aceofblades222]

This is so so incredibly important

[coyoteofthewest]

pine marten!!

[strangledplanet]