I'm your only friend i'm not your only friend but i'm a little glowing friend but really i'm not actually your friend but i am (the painting in my cover photo is "Visitors From the Past" by Andrew Stewart)
Edit: I should have probably said this earlier, but I will not be sharing donation asks. I have trust issues due to being scammed and intimidated by beggars IRL. Sorry!
I interact from @nameanot
I am a 20-something autistic alterhuman and i use she/it (sounds like "shit" hehe) pronouns. My kin- and hearttypes are:
cat therian
song star otherspin (song stars are a type of extraterrestrial/extradimensional energy being)
reptile vaguetype
angelhearted
faehearted
celestialhearted (that kind of comes with being a song star though)
All kintypes are psychological and spiritual. I additionally identify with the voidpunk label.
In this blog I will post about my alterhumanity and occasionally about other spiritual topics. Special interests will now mostly go on main.
I actually don't care that much about who interacts with my posts unless they're extremely bigoted. If you're uncomfortable with my opinions then feel free to block me.
and that's all! I am looking forward to finding new creature friends :)
Not just the typical "therian masks" either. Carnival masks, BDSM masks, fursuit heads, medical masks, the ability to change your face quickly and effortlessly without health risks nor expensive cosmetic surgery. Masks ^_^ 💖
You can't really do voluntary/involuntary identity discourse without addressing the question of free will and we've been hopping around that for too long
(last edited march 11, 2026: added cryptid category, minor reorganization, and a bunch of small additions to a bunch of different categories)
Please suggest anything if you want to add anything! I've tried to include a ton of different creatures and things, and I want to add as many as I can to this list!
Table of contents (in order): birds, mammals, herps, aquatic, insect/arachnid, divine, without solid form, cryptid, plants, objects
First of all, let's get the well-known stuff out of the way:
Vocals
Quads
Masks, tails, wings, ears, paw gloves, collars, whatever other common gear items
Artistic expression (makeup, drawing, etc)
And now, for the more unique ideas (many ideas are repeated for different creatures):
Birds
Sing. join a singing group or take lessons
Wear long jackets that flow in a breeze
Find high places to sit
Build nests
Feather boas as decoration and part of outfits
Wear colorful clothes if applicable to species
Birds of prey
Apple bobbing (simulating hunting fish)
Flamingo
Practice standing on one foot
Drink lots of water (filter feeding)
Mammals
Sharpen long nails
Avoid shaving
Grow a mustache as whiskers (if possible)
Wear furry jackets, leg and arm warmers, furry anything. The world is your oyster.
One of the most common types of shifts I get are phantom tentacle shifts. They tend to replace/overlay my arms and legs which is not that out there, but I frequently get a phantom tentacle tongue too, which could mean one of three things:
- Song stars have a tasting organ that looks identical to their arms (What do we eat though?...)
- My mind simply registers the tongue as a tentacle/arm because it's a muscular grabby thing
- Song stars can taste with their arms like octopuses can
The third option has many fun implications. If I shake hands with someone, then am I licking them at the same time?
I want to be more open about my song star identity, but in pop culture energy beings are always shown to be "superior" and "more evolved" (which doesn't make sense if you understand even basic evolutionary biology), and I don't want others to see me that way because it could lead to some very toxic relationships.
Do any other advanced aliens/gods/powerful entities have this problem?
A tip for animals that want to mimic scenting behaviors and scent glands: spray a liberal amount of perfume/cologne/fragrance mist around the areas where your glands would be (or where non-functional glands are), then practice scenting against things like wall corners, doorways, the legs of beds/desks, plushies, even other people if they consent, by rubbing those areas against said object or person. You should do this about 30 seconds to 2 or 3 minutes after applying the spray.
In some cases you can find concentrated pheromone oils/sprays for game animals. These are meant for hunters but nothing is stopping you from using it as a casual outing scent, other than some people being irritated by the smell. I wouldn't recommend putting them directly on the skin, I've gotten some on my hand and had mild irritation afterwards, but you can do roughly the same act by spraying it on clothing and rubbing the clothing against objects.
I also would recommend sticking to cheaper sprays for this since you'll have to spray *more than average* for anything to transfer, unless you're doing it seconds after applying which could feel unnatural. Theres also always the alternative of just spraying it directly on the object which takes less sprays for any scent to stay, I think thats what most people already do, but again it'll feel less natural doing it that way.
As always you can research where your species' scent glands are and their scenting rituals if you're unsure, or you can stick to the most efficient glands spots and rituals. I do a mix of both depending on what I'm scenting and where I am.
I wanna say this is a good idea but perfume and fragrance is literally so toxic please don’t. Just having perfume in the same room as a dog or cat can cause them to be temporarily blinded. Not only that it deadens your actual olfactory receptors so you’re pretty much nerfing your own senses and for me that’s more dysphoric then not having strong Oder to put on things. Fun fact humans have a natural smell. When you mark on things other animals can actually smell you. You don’t need to blind every other animal in the area just to have some euphoria. Not even only talking about therioform animals, when I quit perfume for my cat’s sakes it began having negative affects on me noticeably. They were probably there the whole time but I didn’t notice but now I feelso nauseous whenever I’m around even a slight pinch of fragrance it gives me an instant migraine and my lungs contract. This stuff is dangerous. It’s hard to believe but it’s true. Please please please do not apply “liberally” for any reason, especially since it’s dangerous to other animals.
Maybe I just want to shapeshift into a fictional character to do funny impressions. Or subtly change something small, like hue shifting my eye color veeerry slowly to make others question if they are imagining it, and how long it takes for them to realize it is changing. Perhaps I want to see how many pairs of wings I can have until I look ridiculous.
Involuntary shifts help me connect with and express myself. But the voluntary shapeshifting is also important to me, and I just *shakes this limited human body*
