bang, bang, bang!

pull my devil trigger…

[deviltriigger]

myers, tyler, AK-47 or nero. it/kie/him

bat, dog, skunk and gun primarily. see more

sourced 01 02 03 04. copinglink 05 06.

schizotistic, frequently double bookkeeping

21yo. interacts from @rabidbatboy

physically nonhuman, objectum, selfshipper

transalpha mated miscecanid

[deviltriigger]

lycantooth -> deviltriigger and on that note. I hope to start posting a bit more from this retheme. I’ve neglected this account a little for a few reasons but one being that I always felt I masked a lot on here? or at least was putting up a bit of a personality that I don’t feel was super accurate. I’m going to start trying to be more comfortable just being myself

[alleesaur]

doodling a bunny vs doodling a hare

[claypigeonpottery]

I fell in love with this hare and made one out of clay

[claypigeonpottery]

hare painted ✅

[claypigeonpottery]

hare finished! the ear broke off, but I glazed them separately and used kintsugi to rejoin them

[alleesaur]

they've got a cool kintsugi earring!

[skyhounds]

happy therianthropy day

[bohem-prens]

[cyber-therian]

could i get a loser older brother core [monster cans, cds, etc.] coyote or werewolf moodboard

Older Brother Werewolf Moodboard 🐺 🎮

[animarums-deactivated20251115]

I Am Thalassophobia: On Archetropy

It's interesting, being the literal embodiment of a common fear. Not in the sense that I enjoy people being afraid or seeing people react with fear on r/thalassophobia, but in the sense that whatever I am... It seems to be things that trigger people's fear response.

Not just one thing, either. Not a specific entity or specific species or just one concept. Not just the deep sea itself or a specific leviathan in mythology, though I do literally identify as a Subnautica leviathan too.

Under a cut because this got. Really long!

The Bloop. El Gran Maja. Julia. The reason distant seas were marked with dragons and serpents and leviathans on old maps. The primal confusion and fear of the unknown that has people reacting the way they do to early footage of bigfin squids.

Sea cryptids. Sirens. Drunken sailors spotting oarfish and mistaking them for sea serpents that could crush their boats. The idea that being deep enough underwater can crush you like a tin can and not even out of spite, just because that's how pressure works.

The fish in Dredge. Games like Iron Lung and of course, Subnautica.

The idea that there's always a bigger fish. The idea of there being something incomprehensibly large and alien in our ocean's deepest trenches. Morbid curiousity that has people listening to the mysterious sounds that have been recorded underwater at night in a dark room.

I was listening to them last night and it struck me that none of them are actually frightening to me. There is not a situation where the 'upsweep' or 'train' sound makes me afraid of what's down there.

They're affirming. They spark my curiousity and make me euphoric. They sound calming and like 'home', even. It's not that nothing scares me, it's just that the ocean and its mystery is not one of those things.

But to go back to the idea of it not being malicious... The idea that these creatures aren't out to get us. The idea that we are so small and insignificant to them, they could swim right by our largest ships and not even notice they did.

I'm the Subnautica protagonist, for context. This very well could be a paratype, too. I could identify like this in some subconscious way as a means to reclaim my experiences with being afraid of being eaten in an alien ocean full of territorial, hungry creatures.

But the important thing is, to me, the distinction is where said creatures were not malicious or trying to torment me or actively trying to kill me because they're 'mean'. I was just intruding on their territory. I certainly wouldn't like it if somebody randomly walked into my house.

Not malice. Indifference. The indifference of drowning in a cold abyss, knowing that there are bigger things out there, and potentially worse ways to go. The indifference something like the Bloop would likely have for us.

There's always a bigger fish. And that's not frightening to me.

It's affirming.

- Ryley

[deviltriigger]

Going to get the new bat build-a-bear today on a date and I am BEYOND ecstatic. this will be the twelfth instalment of my colony :-)

[deviltriigger]

hello! you mentioned a while back you might be an older brother archetrope. this resonated with me, if you don't mind me asking, is there something else you have figured out with this identity, or something youd like to share? tysm! ~ 🎈

ooo hello anon thank you for the question! sorry this might be a long yap

so I determined pretty quickly that I definitely identify with the concept of older brotherhood in some way, I wasn’t just sure of WHAT way. but I’ve pretty much determined that it is an archetrope of mine!

i am an archetroper of a few different kinds, so this wasn’t new to me. but with older brother i was tossing around the idea of it potentially being conceptkin, or something different. while i have determined im an older brother archetroper ive also decided that I generally identify as an older brother in a nondescript way.

for a bit of context, I’m technically an older brother, and technically not. I’m a middle child, of two other brothers, to be exact. what made me realise my identification as an older brother was mainly actually younger brothers. or specifically, people who identify with them, archetrope or not. I am quite frequently a year or so older at least than people I am friends with, and even when i am not, a sense of familial protection is invoked very easily in me.

I’ve had people refer to me as their older sibling multiple times throughout my life, as I’m very quick to form a brotherly-like relationship — i.e I’m protective and close, but likely to tease and bully in good faith. I like to help and tutor people, and to present myself as a role model

another fairly straight forward part of it is that as a trans guy, encapsulating an older brother has kind of always intentionally and unintentionally been a part of my transition. the clothes i wear and the music i listen to all contribute to this image.

as for what made me determine that it was an archetrope specifically, i determined that i am specifically connected to being a somewhat stereotypical archetype of an older brother. rather than generally being the sibling of a person who happens to be older, i feel that i embody the kind of older brother you’d see in a 2000s movie, or the kind of person you would instantly think of at the words older brother.

i get a lot of euphoria from both visually presenting myself in a way that i think invokes that image and also by interacting, protecting and teasing younger sibling archetropers (or conceptkin, or people who have established that dynamic with me)

I hope that makes sense anon! lmk if you have any more questions or you’d like me to elaborate

[mmuttboy-deactivated20251113]

[gafftaxidermy]

I decided to make my own therian4therian flag!

the colors don’t have any specific meanings I was just inspired by those cute lovebats in the middle

transparent therian4therian symbols below the cut

[yesterdaysprint]

Evansville Press, Indiana, January 14, 1909

[kathy-rah]

I hope this vampire bat running on a treadmill will make your day better

[bathappybat]

LMAO

[taumarturg]

my first blender creation. A low poly eastern red bat

what should I name him

[losergendered]

id wanna be more active in ah/archetrope etc communities but so many seem to hate the acts of making flags or microlabels lmao

[deviltriigger]

archetrope w me oomf

[deviltriigger]

older brother archetrope is perhaps me. I’ve been kind of throwing around what specifically is clicking that thing in my brain and I think I’m going to have to do some introspection. if anyone else is a [family role] archetrope or embodies a family member in any way I’d love to hear about it. might help me out with this one..

[deviltriigger]

I have had a lot of archetrope thoughts lately, I’ve had some essays cooking up but I feel a little discouraged I think? I wish there was more discussion, sharing, engagement. I’m scared to kind of break out of tumblr, reach out. I want to share my life and my experience, and while I don’t care for popularity or notes, I wish it was recieved and understood. not so much a vent or an angry fist shake but I am just tentative. sad that tumblr is becoming less about community. I want to share, I also want to be heard