Animal identities; I identify as certain animals. These are the animals!
💗Snow Leopard
💗Calico Cat
💗Bunny
💗Some kind of canine/dog
💗Skunk
💗Deer
🌻Ferret
FICTIONKIN
Fictional Identities; most are from media
💗Fluttershy (MLP + EQ)
💗Parfait Cookie (CRK)
💗Enderman (Minecraft)
💗Chara (Undertale)
💗Amy Lee (I Love Amy)
💗Sprinkles (Blues Clues)
🌻Sylveon (Pokemon)
THE KINTYPES BELOW ARE DISCUSSED MORE ON @wr0ng-c0de
OTHERKIN (general)
A lot of these are creatures
💗Zombie
💗Alien
💗Robot (TV HEAD likely)
Honestly nothing makes me feel more regressed than sitting in the backseat of my friends cars like I get to have my own quiet space and then I get to hear conversations I can't fully understand or hear up front. Recently was in the backseat and my friends know how much I love firetrucks so while I was quiet in the back my friend went "Oh! Here comes a Firetruck!" And it went past us and I felt like. Five again.
The problem with trying to 'solve' therianthropy OR 'How can you be X if Y is true?' a useless discourse
Preface: Although my concentration is on therianthropy, a lot applies to general nonhumanity regardless of label.
It is often commented that it is difficult to define what a 'therian' is whilst being truly accurate. It is a source of frustration that this is so, as it makes it feel vaguer than it really is and yet, it cannot be accurately described at least not in a concise manner, whilst attempting to provide full information.
The most accurate definition to me is;
"A therian is someone who partially or fully identifies as a nonhuman animal in any way."
('identifies as' can be replaced with 'is' based on personal linguistic preferences)
Now wait - you might argue - shouldn't we explain about involuntariness? Origins? How it has to be real earthen animals? Theriomythics? What if someone asks 'how do you know if you're a therian' rather than 'what is a therian'? Shouldn't we talk about shifts and memories and instincts?
And my answer is no. The definition above can answer both questions. Further study is up to the individual, especially if they don't want to be bombarded with all possible information right away.
It can be as simple as 'some common experiences are...but that's not all' and 'there's many reasons why someone might see themselves as a therian such as...' if they want more information from you or you feel like giving it right away.
Because the annoying thing is any other definition with extra information baked in will always be both right and wrong at the same time especially if you only go on your own personal beliefs.
"A therian is someone who involuntarily identifies as a nonhuman animal on all levels except physical."
"A therian is someone who had a past life as an animal."
"A therian is someone who is an earthen animal on any level at least some of the time." etc etc
None of these are not true, but they aren't fully true either, and thus end up imperfect, giving incomplete information that gives rise to arguments and disagreements later on when someone is sure they are right and meets someone with a different interpretation of certain factors of therianthropy.
Today I saw a conversation between two therians which was not unlike many conversations I've seen.
Therian A: "Therians know what they are based on instincts and behaviours they display related to their theriotype."
Therian B: "That's not always true, for me I had no behaviours or instincts due to being raised as human in a human society, but I still know what I am."
Therian A: "If being raised in a human society got rid of nonhuman instincts them how come many therians still have them?"
The issue here is that B's attempt at educating A on different experiences of therianthropy by speaking of their own had A assuming that B was trying to apply it to all therianthropy.
And I suddenly twigged on to the fact that A, at least in part, was one of those therians who wants to 'solve' therianthropy.
They want a definite, uncomplicated, singular explaination of what a therian is, what they experience, how it works and why.
And I thought of all the different conversations and arguments and discourses I've seen that exist for basically that same reason. Butting heads about what therianthropy should be, could be, or would be if only a strict definition could be achieved.
This by and large is hurting therianthropy and actually hindering our understanding of it.
By accepting that therianthropy occurs in individuals for a plethora of reasons, than it can be voluntary and involuntary, that you can have one or a hundred theriotypes, that there are common experiences (e.g. shifts) but they're neither a requirement nor universally experienced, we can thrive a lot better.
Spend time wondering 'why' and 'how', but do so with the knowledge that your conclusions are just your own and might even only apply to you, and that will be infinitely more valuble than trying to cut out the 'fake therians' and pool together a more singular experience which time and time again has been proven to be impossible.
There may never be a conclusive explaination for why we feel as we do, and we don't need one. We know what we are, we know what it feels like to be what we are, we have history and community and a future...but it has to be one which is open to a more fluid definition of therianthropy and nonhumanity in general and a deeper understanding of the sheer diversity of experiences that do in fact 'count'.
i feel like what the world wants us to do is be silent.
once you gain the confidence to wear a tail outside the confines of your own home, you gain the threat of being recorded and posted as "cringe" by someone who never even asked your name, because it's been done to many before you. when you mention it to a friend, the first reaction you expect is confusion or ever disgust, because that's what you've seen from the therians around you. hide the otherkin symbol on your bio, or else some youtuber posts you in a cringe compilation. you watch a movie and it's sensationalizing stories of people you find a mirror in, but all the wrong ways, in all the ways that say their nonhumanity is strange. truthfully, what it all means is that they all want us to be silent. to stop talking.
Do not stop. For the sake of everyone, do not stop. Do not shut your mouth when they tell you to, do not put your hands down whenever they want you to. Bark louder. Louder. The only one who can confine you to a muzzle is yourself, and only if you wish to. Do not make this community smaller, and do not make it quieter.
Do not give them what they want. They do not want us.
ok everyone listen to me im getting up on my soapbox
I knowww i know im projecting onto him but i feel like Ryland Grace could be a fox therian. now LISTEN
i know his cardigan in the movie might have been dogs but they rlly looked like foxes 2 me.... and he had a fox mask in a few scenes and a lot of little fox things around and SURE he could just like foxes a lot but hes my blorbo bleebus and i am projecting onto him
hes also just giving fox. hes curious etc etc idk what else to say but fox therian grace
even if he doesnt know it !!!!!!! he is a fox 2 me and im allowed to make my blorbos therians cuz im the woke final boss and they get 2 be like me
A lot of therians have already spoken in about this, me included, but my blood is boiling.
For everyone, especially Spanish people, DO NOT GO, ORGANISE OR HYPE ALTERHUMAN MEETUPS.
The Spanish community, both in Latin America countries and Spain, has been getting a lot of media attention. TV, radio, content creators are all talking about us. Definitely not in a good light.
The content that went viral was created by teens, and it was simply doing quads in full streets, Barking at people and following them... , and while most of us are annoyed at that image, because in the end people confused content with reality, it's been the media that has blown this up.
THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN SHIT TO HIDE THE REAL PROBLEMS: Epstein files, job issues in Argentina or money, housing issues in Spain between others.
The therian community has gotten extreme attention. And it's generated fake therian meetups.
DO NOT GO, ORGANISE OR HYPE THEM UP.
These are the consequences that are happening. This might be a hard watch.
The next images are from BARCELONA, Spain, from 21/feb. DISGUSTING.
I cannot share more videos here and I believe the one from Latin America is the most important one (since it shows the violence) but feel free to ask for any video, I will try to provide all I have!
You can see everything on my Instagram account stories. (@corvidaestar)
THE MEETUPS
These meetups can easily be recognised by shitty posters:
THIS IS DANGEROUS, DUSGUSTING BEHAVIOUR FROM PEOPLE. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AND SCARY.
Please, DON'T go out with gear, please DON'T go to meets.
Please STAY SAFE.
(sorry for adding so many hashtags. I hope you all understand the urgency and danger. I'm sorry for coming back with this.)
EDIT:
It seems it's extending to other countries. Some of which are not spanish-spoken such as Portugal, Italy or France.
Please, BE CAREFUL.
Do not go to PUBLIC therian meetups, even if they're made by a friend or someone you know. Don't wear gear in public unless you're sure it's safe to do so.
