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[facelessnamelessanarchist]

✨ Intro Post ✨

Editor's Note: We need to make a new intro at some point, but I&'m gonna throw this in here :: we consider ourselves a plural constellation, rather than a system.

Hi! I'm Vyphyr, or Vy. I'm kenochoric, mechaneve, alterhuman/otherkin, voidpunk, anarcha-queer, & generally queer. I'm the host of a dualiten endogenic constellation, and I believe in respecting beliefs and choices, unless it's at the cost of respecting another person, or their safety.

I like to think of myself as a database for queer/MOGAI/LIOM, and alterhuman & plural terminology. Please send me any asks you have in those areas; anything from basic "why/what is it?" questions, to comparisons between terms, or "hey, is there a term for this?" Also, if you have any questions about me or the terms I use, you can add me on Discord or send me an ask about it <:

(I'm Thane, the other fronter in our system. I'm an caligian, anderdoe, draconic demon. I use kyr/kyrim, dræ/dræm, ke/kym, ve/vym, thon/thons, and feminine terms. My sign-off is ☄️)

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About Me

AH+: Angel, Auxlian Synthetic

Pronouns: vae/vaem, sofae/sofaer, ae/aem, softself

Gender: Parakenoxen (Obscurian, dymalic, nocenic)

Terms: Mg./Mx., Hex/Haze, Omen/Leer

Affiliation: Anarchist/Socialist

Religion: Spiritual Agnotistic

Sign-Off: 🪶

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Links an' Stuff:

pronouns.cc

Discord

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DNI:

We don't have a defined DNI. We are perfectly okay with debates and disagreements, as long as everyone can show respect. We support good-faith identities, and believe that fiction ≠ reality or morals, but tags are real, and they should be used and respected. Tl;dr: we do not support harmful actions. Otherwise, do whatever you want forever.

[stephexmachina]

real talk tho ive seen ppl talk abt how long hair on men isn't intrinsically feminine & assuming so is racist can we get the same convo going for Black women w short hair can we start talking abt how short hair isn't intrinsically masculine or is that a step too far

[cluster-a-culture]

suspected stpd culture is having a hard time working on your paranoia of being watched and followed because you live in an overbearing conservative state in the US and the police keep stopping you for doing mundane things like hanging out in a park at night or walking around. Also there's flock cameras everywhere. Like dude how do I convince myself nobody is watching me with malicious intent. my government like objectively does that. And then theres the paranoia of how the police handle mental health calls here like what if one day i go through full psychosis and I get hurt :(. acab forever

(sorry if this is too political and off topic you don't have to post if you don't feel comfortable)

[positivitygenic]

it is entirely reasonable to want to avoid unreality triggers. the impact it has on you and the people you care about matters the most, and you are absolutely within your right to not engage with people and what they make. your feelings and your safety are truly important and is inherently worthy of being taken seriously.

[i-suggest-otherlinking]

"I want to 'link, but I'm not sure what to choose as a linktype"

[PT: "I want to 'link, but I'm not sure what to choose as a linktype" /PT end]

You want to 'link, but you're not sure what to choose? Here's some questions and suggestions, that maybe will help you.

Do you have an animal/a character/an object/a concept/etc. that you feel connected with in some way? If you feel a connection to something, maybe try 'linking this.

What's your reason for 'linking? E.g. if you wanna become more brave, try 'linking something that you associate with being brave (e.g. a lion), or a character that is brave in their source. Or maybe if you wanna 'link in order to cope with something, you can look for characters that went through similar experiences as you and found a way to cope, and you could 'link them.

If you have any other alterhuman identity already, maybe you could 'link something related to that. E.g. If you're an otherflicker and miss some of your 'flickers or want to make them permanent, you could 'link them! If you have a hearthome, you could 'link something related to it (e.g. if any species/characters live in the place that's your hearthome, you could 'link them).

Did you want to be a specific animal/character/object/concept/etc. when you were younger? Maybe you could 'link that, if you still feel some connection to that!

Or maybe there were characters or animals that you used to roleplay as? You could 'link them, too!

Interact with some media, and maybe you'll find some ideas for linktypes.

You can also read some encyclopedias. Maybe they will give you some ideas for a linktype. And even if after reading you wouldn't get any ideas, you still would have learnt something new!

Look around. Maybe at your home, or somewhere in your area, there's something that you could 'link!

You can read about experiences of other otherlinkers to learn about what made them choose their linktypes.

These are only a few ideas. I hope these will help somebody! If you have your own ideas or suggestions, feel free to share them in the reblogs! And if you already chose a linktype/linktypes, feel free to share what made you choose them.

Also, for everyone interested in 'linking, don't feel afraid to experiment with your identity. Don't feel afraid to drop and change linktypes. There's nothing wrong with dropping and changing linktypes. If you feel like you don't need a linktype anymore, or the linktype is bringing you harm, drop it or change it. If there's anything that you think would be a better linktype for you than your current linktype, feel free to change it!

[frameacloud]

Word otherkin will be 22 years old

An upcoming anniversary in the otherkin community: On July 9, 2012, the word “otherkin” will have been coined 22 years ago. It was coined in the Elfinkind Digest, a mailing list which is active to this day. On that date in 1990, one participant, Torin, used the word “otherkin” as a variation on the earlier word “otherkind.” Both phrases were casually improvised as an abbreviated way of referring to people who identify as other kinds of creatures.  

(Source: Elfinkind Digest #71. The archive of this document is still extant, and I have read it. Thanks to the mailing list moderator R’ykandar Korra’ti for making this primary source available to me while I was researching our community’s history book, the Otherkin Timeline. Thanks to Torin for permission to share this information.) 

Right now, the word “otherkin” is nearly 22 years old. That means that any otherkin who are currently in their teens weren’t even born until after the word had been coined. There are lots of otherkin who have considered themselves to be otherkin, of a kind, even years before the word had been coined. Detractors sometimes claim that otherkin is merely a passing fad popular among youth, but this is evidently not the case. 

Any thoughts on the significance of this passage of time? Where were you at, as an otherkin, 22 years ago? Anybody want to make plans for the 9th, to set it aside as a day for thinking about otherkin things? Maybe a party for reminiscing, maybe even with costumes and artistic “glamour-bombs”? 

[frameacloud]

Here’s the anniversary again. Tomorrow, on July 9, 2015, the word “otherkin” will turn 25 years old.

[frameacloud]

This year, the word “otherkin” recently turned 32 years old on July 9, 2022.

The top post in this thread from 2012 is where I first proposed observing it as Otherkin Day, unless if anyone can find earlier references to that. The original post is gone, so I was grateful to find this particular post had been archived on someone else’s blog.

[arethinn]

And so did the word otherkind, being otherkin’s elder sibling by a a few months.

I’ve now got a page on my website titled A Brief(ish) History of the Word “Otherkind” based on my reading of the contemporary Elfinkind Digest, which talks a bit about the coining, trends in usage, whether it included elves at first, and whether it included animal folk (today’s therians).

[frameacloud]

Thanks! Folks, Arethinn’s essay is excellent, I highly recommend reading it.

Happy Otherkin Day once again! Now in 2024, the words “otherkin” and “otherkind” turn 34 years old.

[yevhen-irl]

And what if we started talking about psychological and spiritual therians in the same way they talk about us?

"Therians that think they're physically human."

"Therians that believe they can't shapeshift."

"Delusional therians that can't recognize their nonhuman biology."

"Therians making no effort to transition to their real form, socially or otherwise."

"Cultists that believe their soul is an animal, and that they'll be reincarnated as animals once they die."

Maybe then they'll get it, how annoying it is for others to dictate what you are just in the language they use.

[probuccalfat]

i know i’ve talked about this before but it’s really insane when you were passively suicidal for two decades and out of the blue you catch yourself saying shit like “i’ve been trying to eat a lot of fibre because i don’t want to risk colorectal cancer in my 40s” like okay … 40s are part of the plan now?

[chryza]

TikTok is a fundamentally evil app however the reason i use it is because you occasionally stumble across gems like the Chinese power transformer manufacturer who posts kawaii edits of their power transformers

[normal-with-adhd-is-a-joke]

Conservative beauty standards are back with a vengeance which means it's especially important to go out this summer with bellies out and bodies unshaved. Also be unapologetically disabled with mobility aids and wearable medical devices and stim toys and ear defenders and all that stuff. You need it. People need to see it. Everyone needs to be reminded that life is unquestioningly more enjoyable when you're not living inside an arbitrary set of rules created by people who are offended by all the wrong things.

[homunculus-argument]

Not book smart or street smart but a secret third thing.

[luckyletd0wn]

supid

[homunculus-argument]

supid.

[yokowan]

dont store a knife with the point facing down, it damages the blade. no, dont do that either. when you store it with the point facing up you might accidentally hurt yourself when you try to grab it. dont store a knife at all actually. your blade must never leave your hand, always ready, ruthless and waiting. you know deep down that ever since you learned the stench of blood you will never be able to cast it aside. or just get a sheath for it i guess.

[yorgen-sh]

The Chinese shoe manufacturer decided to demonstrate the indestructibility of their shoes

[scarlettohairdye]

And also the indestructibility of that woman's ankles

[ontopofgravity]

I asked one of my (male) friends to stop using the phrase “man up” and he has been using “fortify” for the past two weeks instead and it’s just a little thing but honestly it makes a difference

and tbh it’s also pretty funny when I start to deflate in the library and he leans over and goes “FORTIFY”

[teakayblog]

Dude, fortify is bangin’. That makes things like you’re some kind of RPG character. Fortify is way better than “man up.”

[auspiciousleader]

Happy 10th anniversary to Fortify

[halfmouse]

First time seeing the Fortify post!

[funstyle]

I saw someone spell it "whimsicle" today. Like popsicle

[sodomit]

Parents: "children should be taught that actions have consequences"

Okay, let them stay up till 5 in the morning and feel like shit for the next day, eat a bag of candy in one go and have a huge stomach ache, go out without an umbrella and catch a cold, watch a violent movie and get scared?

Parents: "actually, we mean screaming and beating the crap out of them when they try to do these things"

[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