I'm a wholly inclusive therian--feel free to ask me about therian history! Thought crimes arent real, real life animals can't consent, anyone who says they're plural is plural, being dehumanized is not good nor beneficial to ANY nonhuman, and "identifying as" is part of otherkin & therian's definitions! 😊✌️
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I love being a “stubborn” fictionkin that corrects people when they refer to me in the 3rd person when I’m right there. I love treating my memories like events that shaped me as a person because they are exactly that. I love telling other alterhumans I really am a character and seeing their reactions. I love being “too deep” and “annoying” about the aspect of myself I take seriously :) I love being me
It really does suck as a little how you're typically treated:
Being expected to never go on the internet, never have actual opinions, never EXIST in front of anyone that isn't extremely close to the system.
Being banned/excluded from spaces, whether it be without exceptions or with rules requiring littles to have older headmates co-fronting with them.
Being criticized for doing "adult things" like you're unable to comprehend the risks they have.
Having your feelings for someone be ignored and pushed aside purely because you're a little.
People automatically baby talking to you once they know you're a little.
Being condemned and/or stopped from fronting by the system because of a minor mistake that they would've ignored for anyone else.
Being expected and pushed into being really naive and childish.
Feel free to talk about experiences and/or stuff I didn't mention, more beings need to acknowledge that young headmates are their own individuals too and should be able to choose how they are treated by others like anyone else.
We wish more spaces would allow each system to decide what's best for their syskids/littles. We have some that we watch over when they're in front, and others who perfectly capable of handling adult situations.
I understand not wanting syskids to be around swearing, but maybe let the system decide! Some may not care! Some may be able to mentally filter it out so it doesn't actually get processed by the syskid!
Our young ones get really frustrated that so few servers allow them to talk in the main channels. Some have a locked channel or thread that all littles/syskids are supposed to stay in, built specifically for just systems. But those channels/threads don't often get used, so when our littles/syskids want to talk to someone, there often isn't anyone else on who has access to that channel. Not all of them can mask their age, either, so not all of them can just pretend to be older and talk in the rest of the server.
Our kids are really lonely a lot of the time, because when they front, they basically are forbidden from talking to anyone or from being social. We think that might be why they don't front very often.
A not-so-friendly reminder to stop applying human concepts and morals to animals.
They have no concept of the human idea of "freedom" no matter how much you keep saying it. No concept of laws or right and wrong. No, that animal isn't "evil" you're just ascribing morals to a creature that has no idea what evil even is.
Projecting any of this onto an animal is just anthropomorphism, which is dangerous in so many ways.
And don't get me started on so called "animal rights activists", projecting their own wants onto the animals, deciding they know what they need. Because of course they do. "If I want it it's something this animal wants as well." Can you not hear yourself? God just stop.
Animals are sentient and intelligent creatures. Clever in ways humans cannot understand. Just as they cannot understand human concepts.
a lot of girls go like "i think i could be plural but idk i could just be making it up" until they get an alter that's self-assured and kind of cunty and she goes "What? Of course we're plural. Good grief; the girl could use some rest for once..." it's kind of like being singletbroken by your own headmate
We didn't actually know plural pride day was a thing, somehow (it's every 3rd Saturday of July).
So, happy plural pride day to systems and plurals of all kinds. Systems of all origins, structures, member counts, disorders or lack thereof; you are real, you are valid, and you have a place in this world just as anyone else. People will not always be accepting, but that goes for any identity. Their perception of you does not define you or your reality.
Shoutout to all the alterhumans who aren’t white. To all the alterhumans who are disabled. To all the neurodivergent alterhumans. To all the queer alterhumans. To all the alterhumans who aren’t schoolkids. To all the alterhumans who don’t speak English. To all the alterhumans who come from somewhere other than the US. To all the alterhumans who aren’t sure what they are yet. To all the alterhumans who aren’t out to their families and/or friends. To all the alterhumans who don’t fit in with the TikTok stereotype of what an alterhuman is “supposed” to be like.
we've collected twenty prompts to inspire reflection upon different aspects of animal identity that investigate how it relates to and interacts with other ideas of selfhood and existence. these prompts are flexible, and we encourage you to explore them in more abstract ways than just question-and-answer. jot down your thoughts on a prompt and then compose a poem in response to it. write a creative nonfiction piece or draw something that communicates how you feel to engage with your creative side. have fun with it!
the questions following each prompt are meant to provide a way into interpreting them, but are not the end-all-be-all of a prompt. there are no rules and no set order, just pick what resonates with you and have fun writing or creating art about what being animal means to you.
breathing - what does your body map look/feel like? what does it mean to be alive, to be an animal?
stillness - time stops and you feel yourself for what you truly are. what do you see and feel?
belief (spiritual / religious / philosophical) - does being animal relate to any spiritual, religious, or philosophical beliefs you have?
childhood - many of us report being animal from the very beginning. what were some of these experiences? did events in childhood further shape your being animal?
thunderstorm - the natural world is often especially important to those who are animal. write about a natural phenomenon that moves you in a way nothing else does.
predator / prey - are you traditionally classified as a predator or prey animal, or does your identity span both? why does one or the other feel right for you?
daylight - how do the sun and the waking world influence your identity?
night - how do the moon and world at night influence your identity?
biome - many of us have hearthomes all over the world and across different times. do you have one? have you been there? how do you know that this is where you truly belong?
weighty - what do you think has the strongest influence on your perception of self? is this something you can control? why is it so important to you?
love - what do you love about being animal? have you or would you like to forge close bonds with others like you? what makes being animal such a unique experience, and one that's worth having?
balance - being animal usually involves delicately balancing human life alongside it. how do you achieve this? do you think you've nailed it, or are there other methods you could try?
healing - has being animal helped you recover from past stress or trauma? does it make you feel safe? how has being animal improved your life?
patience / impatience - write about something you're waiting for.
discovery - we're always growing and changing, and thus always discovering something new about ourselves. take a moment to consider anything new you've learnt or are learning about yourself recently, and write how you feel about it.
a story - write your life story, as accurately or inaccurately as you want. try to fill a page. this could be creative nonfiction, a bulleted timeline, or a metaphorical creation myth for yourself. just have fun with it
softness - how has being animal made you see the world differently/has it taught you something? do you find it easier to relate to the land and fellow creatures? why or why not?
courage - we've all faced difficult things throughout our lives. describe a challenge you faced, and what it took to overcome it.
leaping - what is something you'd like to change about yourself? this could range from wanting to escape old patterns of behaviour to pursuing HRT. create a realistic plan for yourself to achieve such a change.
presence - you are here and you are alive. what are you thankful for in this world?
Not liking the food that your theriotype eats doesn't negate your identity. You're in a different body right now, and you feel taste differently than theriform animals of your species. It's okay to like different food.
I think many people on this app really struggle to identify when someone is clearly in a crisis. There have been multiple blogs over the years where someone is actually in a horrible spot and instead of just blocking, many of you keep provoking and provoking them until they eventually have a full breakdown. I have gotten multiple hate asks because I was not outwardly hostile towards someone in a crisis. or because i said it was fucked up to try and push people you don't personally like into psychosis. And it just keeps happening. I know half of the population here is either 14 or autistic enough to lack the awareness or context necessary to pick up on these tells but for the love of god. If someone is not directly harassing you, then just block them and move on. it's the same way people purposefully make animals pissed off for a laugh. it's not cute, it's not funny, and no matter how hateful someone is (assuming they are not harassing you), if they are in crisis and you poke at them for fun, I think you are disgusting. actually. You aren't pwning the bigots, it's not funny to watch you bully people. you just want to punch down on someone and feel powerful. And many of you do it on very fragile people already in crisis. It's disgusting.
¹ submitter's note: This might be a hard one to explain so bear with me. This doesn't mean how meaningful or *real* your experiences are there, your headspace can be 100% imagination/your minds eye and everything there *is* real, so please still vote accordingly. Also "minds eye" can mean a lot of things, but I'm mostly using that word because "imagination" feels demeaning, it can also be your minds hands, etc if you have aphantasia (like us).
edits:
1) changed "Don't have a headspace" into "Don't have a headspace / see results"
half chatting on discord, half simon working on his fic, simon's hit on an awful idea to torture "himself" in his fanfic, and is trying to piece together how he wants to do this, super focused.
daski, on discord: i need to find the barbie movie for us to watch, i owe the girls still XD
IRL friend, on discord: we own it, feel free to come over to watch it XD
we read this response.
allie fucking KOOLAID MANS into the sitting room shouting "IRL WATCH PARTYYYYY"
simon jumps a FOOT.
🤣 he goes to call her by her full name in frustration, and because he wasnt here when she was named, and only really calls her by allie, it took him a second to call up her full name from front memory and he goes "ALLIE…CEVIUS--"
then she comes up to apologize, but instead sticks her whole huge head in against his chest, playfully begging for forgiveness and also pets LOL
and he DOES start to give her pets, then realizes and is like "why am i giving you pets when you're trying to apologize to ME and im the one upset at you??"
