Bear In Mind

♧| You can call me Haisole :) |♧ ♧| She/Her + He/Him |♧ ♧| Simply a Bearkin blog, probably just a lot of reblogs and things that make me feel more like myself! |♧ ♧| Icon drawn by @PrinceOfRams, Thank You!!!|♧ ♧|Make yourself at home in my meadow, send me stuff. I promise I don't bite, or gnaw, or scratch... |♧

[sunfl0wersapphic]

Minecrafter Alterhumans and Nonhumans!!

Consider this my official interest data collection post to determine if I should move forward with possibly hosting an Alterhuman aimed modded Java (possibly bedrock in future) Minecraft server!

It would be survival but with the help of added mods and the creative minds of others, I believe it could be a really fun and active social space!

My main goal? Biodiversity! Letting players have access to as many species, creatures, and their natural habitats as possible- including more endangered and lesser known ones! While we can't be exact to everyone's preferences when it comes to morphing into creatures, we hope to provide Origins as well so those who maybe want to have their own skin/remain humanoid can still part take in the nonhuman abilities!

^This would help you vampires, werewolves, fairies, and other humanoid creatures out there!

Below are but a sliver of some of the mobs that are planned to be added! I've highlighted some of our more unique ones! (Pine marten, white fruit bat, frilled shark, orca, maned wolf, stag beetle, mantis shrimp, and chupacabra!)

I'm still looking into how to run it, if I'd hae to start off with a small group at first, and how much a port would be if the mods simply can't run well without one. I have a pretty cheap laptop and I'm doing alright! but adding multiplayer is where things get iffy!

So what do you say, are you interested? If it's not for you that's okay! just making sure this is something enough would really like to see! Feel free to hit me up with questions, I may have answers or at least a direction in mind!

Are you interested in joining? If so would you consider donating in the future?

Yes I am! And I'd consider donating in the future!

Yes I am! But I likely would not donate in the future!

No thank you! ( its not for me)

No thank you! ( i'm unable to! )

Remaining time: 1 day 6 hours

Reblog for reach appreciated!! Even if you yourself aren't interested <3

[sunfl0wersapphic]

Hope you don't mind if I reply here, @shining-meadow , but I'd love for others to get to see and hear this!

As someone who's been a loyal bedrock player since they were 9, I certainly get the switch over to Java is a daunting one in fear of if a laptop can handle it! I'm hoping to keep mods small and not worldbreaking to make sure its playability is more accessible! (also why it'll be on an older version for increased combatability)

Any mod added thus far adds mobs and drop which in turn means new items, but the only "heavy" mod so far is Biomes O' Plenty, and that just changes terrain!

Donations would go towards a membership to aid in the server's player capacity and function, which may allow for more mods! But overall the only mods I wish to ensure are added are more morphable creatures, more player customization, more habitat immersion and general server mods!

As for bugs ands bearsss I most definitely have those! Two of the mods I added actually both had bears, so now there’s a Grizzly Bear and “Brown Bear”! And boy do we have bugs!!

I can’t do specifics here since I’m unsure which ones count as “entities” you can morph into, but there’s;

fireflies, tarantulas, beetles, butterflies, dragonflies, leaf bugs, caterpillars, snails, aaand ants to name a few!

here’s a peak at the bears and ants for ya, friend! thank you for your questions and interest!!

[otherconvention]

Attendee Queue and Schedule

The schedule for Othercon 2026 is now available! While it is currently considered complete, some time slots may change as presenters make adjustments ahead of the con: https://othercon.zohobackstage.com/Othercon2026#/agenda

By default the timezone may be in UTC -05:00 (America/New York). On desktop/large screens this can be changed near the top of the schedule, right above where the days are selected. On mobile/small screens it can be changed by opening the side menu (the 3 bars in the top-left corner).

Aaaaannnd... The Queue!

It is now possible to enter the join queue for the con from our website here: https://othercon.org/

It is very important to note that there is a deadline for entry! The invite will be deleted after Day 1 (Friday) of the con. This means that on Day 2 (Saturday, August 15th) the link will no longer exist and entry will be closed. Please enter the queue before that time, this is to lessen the workload for our staff.

[frederickchiltonsdivacup]

"You're gaining weight" Yeah bro there's only a few more months until Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week 2026. Aren't you fucking preparing??? You're gonna lose!!!!

[sayuupi]

Sketching some bears from the bear cam! 🐻🐟

[primulasystem]

Spiritual or Psychological: Otherlink and Therianthropy

Some nonhumans like to explain the origins of their nonhumanity, to put it into the Spiritual Box or the Psychological Box. But for me it's... both?

I believe that I have had many nonhuman past lives. Do I know this objectively through empirical means? Of course not - it's merely a Belief based on gut feelings and noema. But I also believe that not all of those animal species are theriotypes - most of them I have no relevant attachment to.

The ones I do have an attachment to are theriotypes because as I have learned more about myself and evolved as a person over many years, I have discovered the things that "stick" and put time and mental energy into them. This is all mostly subconscious workings deep in my mind, the process of "awakening", researching, having it settle for a while on the back burner, percolating. It's also sometimes feeling like "I want to emphasize this more in my life" because Being Animal brings me joy and fulfillment. Inducing shifts, wearing gear, doing animal behaviors of various sorts, claiming the identity both to myself and to others. I often do not realize this processing is happening, but I am aware of how mental, how "in my brain" it can feel. For me, what makes something a theriotype and not a kardiatype or "just" a past life is a psychological phenomenon.

I'm beginning to think that, strangely enough, my linktypes may originally be past lives as well. When I go to form a link, I decide that I want the linktype to be in a certain category (a bug, a fish, any broad type of animal) and then research different species until one "feels right". Why do some ideas not click at all, even a little bit, while I take to others like a fish to water, needing only a bit of conscious encouragement before it feels like my species? Why did I link a moth when I initially wanted to be a beetle? Why a shark, when I would have preferred to be a bony fish? Why the plain looking spider instead of one of the more colorful ones, just because the appearance "felt like me"? It seems to not have anything to do with whether or not I like the animal, or be motivated by the human appeal of its attributes.

Maybe there's something inherent there beneath the surface, something that says "this is a thing I have been before" or "this is not a thing I have been before". While all of this blurs lines, it does not negate the voluntariness of my otherlink identities - it only means there's a seed already there, able to be consciously cultivated.

My past life theory about my otherlinking is, however, just a theory, and one I'm still playing with, turning it around in my mind to see if it rings true. All of this is, in the end, unverifiable. But if I ever research possible theriotypes or linktypes in the future I'll know to go with what feels right, no matter why it feels right.

[t3eth-n-p4wzz]

Come to the conclusion that I'm dragonhearted, rather than dragonkin. Anyways.

[localkittycat]

i want to preface this by saying I don't see transspecies and transgender as equal in weight, but as parallels. as someone who is both, they overlap in certain aspects but are widely different communities. that said,

otherpaw reminds me alot of gender nonconformity. i think, as a trans man, anyone should be able to express themselves in gender presentation as they like. femininity, androgyny, masculinity (etc) without it directly dictating your gender identity. GNC does not make you transgender. right? makes sense. in a similar sense, presenting as a nonhuman animal without being a therian is fine. doing quads, wearing gear, making moodboards, collecting things related to that species. these things should be completely normal. the same way gender nonconformity should be completely normal.

anyway. otherpaw, copinglink, pet regressors too. anyone who feels their alterhumanity is in any way voluntary.

you're welcome here.

[worrywyrms]

brown bear

[divisferno]

Dysphoria

[animalmagazine]

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[agnesmontague]

ive invented (note: dubious claim) something i call the bear diet which is mostly fruits and vegetables with fish as the main protein source and something like once a month you eat a few hyperprocessed foods of your liking because that is when you, the bear, raid a dumpster in the suburbs

[stellarskyes]

after the hyperprocessed foods, do you take tranquilizers to simulate getting captured by animal control and returned to the wild?

[agnesmontague]

i would settle for melatonin gummies but well. knock yourself out

[cutecipher]

99% of users on tumblr are some sort of gay as fuck animal

[importantdogimages]

[elodieunderglass]

I can’t believe if the universe had aligned slightly differently that I would’ve missed seeing this

[duckwithdeviousintent]

I wanna refresh my alterhuman knowledge, if you see this please feel free to yap and/or rant/vent about your alterhuman identity to me, I am accepting of all identities so please don’t be scared of judgement if you wanna share

[godoflosership]

i'm gonna yap about otherlinking for a bit since you said you didn't know a ton about that one!

otherlink is pretty much just otherkin but voluntary. How does it work? The identities are very intentionally created. Those who are linking a particular type have to reinforce the identity until it sticks. it's a sort of "fake it til you make it" approach!

I linked my fictomere in this way, although it's become partially involuntary, so i currently identify both with the label "fictionlink" and "fictionkin". I'm inspekta, a fictional character from the game great god grove. I formed my identity intentionally by telling myself that i was him, making a sona, taking on his name, and imagining myself as him. eventually, i wasn't pretending anymore. the identity became very integral to who i am. there's no me without him.

I chose to link inspekta mostly because of dysphoria. i used to be otherhearted. i saw myself as having a close bond to inspekta while still being distinct from him. unfortunately, i was part of the unlucky bunch that consistently experienced a very intense longing to be my fictomere. it felt unfair. i felt like i should have been him, but i just wasn't. i felt like i was partially him at most- and the prospect of changing myself so much as to become him frightened me (although it didn't end up being so bad!) it was making me genuinely depressed. luckily, that dysphoria ended up fading away as my identity began to take hold.

despite common belief that otherlink identities are inherently psychological, it can be spiritual as well. mine is both- the way i view it, the spirits of me and my fictomere were once separate, but we merged, intigrating into one person. at the same time, i think this process was influenced by various psychological factors such as hyperfixation, relating very hard, and, of course, the reinforcement.

there's a common misconception that otherlink identities are less serious than otherkin identity but it's not the case at all. this is a massive part of who i am, i simply wouldn't be me without my linktype- and i AM my linktype!

I hope this was an interesting read! i really love talking about this stuff haha

[theplant-system]

I'm not a therian but pls reblog or something if youre an adult therian. I need to find more nonhuman blogs, a lot of people on here who identify as animals are children.

[thememedaddy]

[holespoles]

Barbara Firth (1928 - 2013)