Be at ease

𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦

[dustonthescabbard]

Boromir, Son of Gondor

They/them | bpd | Bodily 18+ |

Blog for me to post my thoughts, woes, and interact with other lotr kins! I yearn to reconnect with friends, and, rather - anyone who relates to lotr really-- please do not hesitate to reach out by interacting or dm-ing, I do not bite...

Pronouns.cc

Discord: common0sense

I like The Crane Wives and The Amazing Devil, if anyone is interested :)

Other main kintypes: Fëanor [Silm], Astarion [BG3], Wilford [Snowpiercer]

(Go look at this amazing mood board my friend made that is Literally Me)

[atdawn]

SEAN BEAN as RICHARD SHARPE Sharpe’s Regiment (1996)

[raetil]

Sharpe and Boromir, but 1992 Sheffield United ver. Took me 10hrs to do this I need sleep...

Ahhhh! Sean Bean you bastard you mesmerized me!!! 😭😭😭

[dustonthescabbard]

[alyrictoasongbythecranewives]

You're a sweetheart

You're a curse

You're a passing grade on a low, low bar

You've got your eyes open

I know your worth

But I've got so many things in my hungry, hungry heart

[knifeofvenus]

geneva l haley

[alyrictoasongbythecranewives]

I am not brave

I am not brave

I blind my eyes to what won't stay

You kissed my mouth

You pushed me out

And now I'm struggling to free myself

[aomitois]

rb and tag your favorite song that's not in english, japanese or korean

[girltown420]

me before talking to anyone: plz be weird plz be weird plz be weird plz be weird plz be weird plz be weird plz be weird plz be weird

[shamebats]

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

sorry to be a broken record every month but christ menstruation is a stupid concept. oooooh excuse me for not getting pregnant, why the fuck is there goo falling out of me about it? grow the fuck up and reabsorb that shit for nutrients.

[maachine-deactivated20250630]

fun facg if you all cashaop me 500 bucks i can literally help you reach salvation and bring you to the light

[faolkin]

I feel like there’s too much focus on being open about your therianthropy, or coming out as a therian. Truthfully, I’ve rarely come out explicitly to anyone irl, because it’s such a deep and spiritual experience for me that anyone I tell won’t fully understand it.

You don’t owe anyone a name and reason for your identity. Hell, I get more positive responses just dressing like a guy poorly hiding that he’s a werewolf than I would if I was more openly nonhuman.

Honestly, just be you, don’t put yourself in humanity’s boxes, because it’ll inadvertently bring attention to the fact that you’re biologically human.

[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!

[dustonthescabbard]

i have bought tickets to my first ren faire........ i feel this is tumblr worthy

[borom1r]

we are fast approaching 4/12 when I’m gonna start *officially* advertising the discord openly so hey!! I have a discord now! it’s for anyone interested in Norse Paganism/Heathenry and/or viking historical reenactment! primarily focused on the MN area + there will be some in-person events, but open to anyone! we’re slowly organizing a virtual book club!

if you’d like to come hang out, here’s the invite link

[nelladlaen]

this is my server.. come hang out..

[railroadreverie]

every time i see a picture of a coyote i am immediately like "omg my friend Cable Ties!"

[railroadreverie]

My friend Cable Ties

[nelladlaen]

@dustonthescabbard