#alterhuman ally

[mopni9051]

Dog with a job

This is me at work.

I can do vocals here without judgment. I don’t do it intentionally they happen compulsively when I’m anxious. My boss is cool. He gave me his cake pop. I wish the whole world was accepting as this place is.

Also my knees are turning backwards and don’t bend like a humans anymore so I had to quad to clean my space and no one batted an eye. Again. Solid workplace very accepting and lovely. Everyone calls me a wolf and does their best to respect my pronouns. :)

[quadrobist-who-bites]

I don't consider myself a therian/alterhuman but I do relate to this community so much.

All my life I have been fascinated with animals while lacking interest in human beings. In my childhood I used to drew only animals and play with only animal figurines. I also enjoyed monsters and cars (thanks to the movie of the same name) - basically everything non-human.

When I was 6-10 y.o. I was a big dog fan and wanted to have a dog so bad. Also I LOVED miming dogs. I have learnt how to bark (I still can) and ran around on all fours.

Once I said in presence of the whole family that I would like to have claws and fangs if such genetic modification existed. And then dad said to me in a condescending tone "What for, are you a dog???" I still feel bitter honestly, I still do think that claws and fangs would look really aesthetic on me.

Around when I was 10 orthodontic problems occured - I had what's called "dystopic canines". I LOVED them. The thought of being ashamed of my sharky smile never even crossed my mind. When other people/doctors assumed I wanted orthodontic treatment in aesthetic purpose, I was even surprised at first - never before thought others may find such look ugly/uncomfortable etc.

A dentist: Do you want to have such beautiful smile? *points at a model on an advertisement*

Me: Nah, my smile is way better but I'm here only bc it's uncomfortable to eat with a gap under my slay fangs.

But I started wearing braces only around 16 y.o so I had time to enjoy my vampire fangs and for them to be immortalized on multiple photos. Still miss that look(

I love the look and smell of raw meat and may only dream to eat it like that. I also love the smell from fish shops.

I enjoy doing quads but sadly do it so seldom bc 1) knee trauma 2) no safe space. It's a good exercise for me and my back loves it + it trains arms.

I have no therian gear but honestly would like to dress like that! I find it hella aesthetic.

Also I'm way more comfortable being around animals and bonding with them on a deep level rather than with humans. Also I find it difficult to express affection in human ways - animal affection feels way more sincere and satisfying.

But I honestly do not view myself as an animal in human body/non-human. I feel it on a furry level, hehe. I love to portray myself as an animal/creature being and find those versions of me more aesthetic/beautiful than my human body, but won't call that my identity.

P.S. I'm something close to otherhearted probably?

Side note: I'm non-binary and aroace)

[the-fictive-haven]

Hey, note to neopronoun users we may interact with in the future:

We respect you. We respect what you identify with and want to be called. Our system even has some neos users (KAngel for example uses ten/tenshis tenself).

We are also collectively autistic/ADHD and struggle with memory, particularly when it comes to names and, unfortunately, learning new pronouns.

We will do our absolute best to avoid misgendering you. That might mean we ask for your pronouns multiple times because we genuinely forgot. If we use the wrong pronouns for you by accident, please gently correct us. We will try to remember to write them down somewhere but even that slips our mind half the time.

This applies to it/its users as well. We will absolutely use these for you! We don't understand people who say it's "dehumanizing", like, it's asking you to use them and that's the point oftentimes anyway?

Anyways thanks for coming to my TED talk I'll stop rambling now /silly

[the-fictive-haven]

Smol update for anyone who likes our art/remembers that this was originally our system's art blog (lol): We will be doing more art! More fanart, more art of systemmates, and whatever else we might feel like doing, we WILL be doing it.

The tablet we ordered is on its way, finally, after a loooot of jumping through hoops because of technical issues. It'll take us a bit to get used to drawing with entirely new hardware + software but once we get the hang of it we're doing a lot of art dammit!

... That being said would anyone be interested if we started trying to do commissions? (More info/rambling below the break)

Mostly geared towards plurals, nonhumans, etc. Because I feel like sometimes you just want to see a good artistic representation of yourself (or your headmates), but it can be hard to find people who just Don't Give A Fuck (/pos) about why you are who or what you are.

Like. If someone's willing to compensate us fairly for our time, we could not care LESS if they're a furry or a fictive from a 'problematic' source or part of an endogenic system or whatever else, fuck yeah we'll do our best. I think it'd be so affirming to a lot of people/beings and just love the idea of making someone's day with our art.