#ape kin

[delta-kong]

he/him ▸ ΘΔ ▸ 1997 ▸ western USA

Part personal blog, part therianthropy journal. Expect to see art, wildlife, natural sciences, some memes, some fandom content, and more. Check under the cut for more info!

Feel free to shoot me an ask any time :) I love to chit-chat!

For some lore:

I realized I was a therian about 15 years ago when I stumbled across a wiki article for therianthropy over a decade ago. It put a name to thoughts and feelings I had had for as long as I could remember.

I've explored various possible theriotypes over the years--including mule deer, lion, and wolverine--but nowadays, I best understand myself as a mountain gorilla (primarily) and a red-tailed hawk (secondarily). Understanding myself and my experiences is a never-ending journey!

In my "human life", I work in an environmental-related field. I'm also neurodivergent and a trans man. I do find my trans-ness and neurodiversity plays a part in my therianthropy, and you may see me ramble here and there about how those three things intersect in my own life.

[bumbl3mind]

Nooooo wet beast Wednesday.....

[monkey-mischief-moved]

Some more 'this is me' memes for my ape friends since i saw some interest :3

Might do prosimians next

[otherkinotd]

Today's otherkin of the day is Orla, who is monkeykin 🐵

-requested by anon

[delta-kong]

Wishing my main theriotype had a wearable tail or ears so I could alleviate a bit of species dysphoria. Alas!

[delta-kong]

i was camping last week and had what i might consider a "shift", and i've been thinking about it ever since

i got this very visceral mental image of my entire body growing medium-length brown fur and my nose becoming dark and slightly damp, like how most caniform's noses are. it honestly seemed like the typical sasquatch or really oldschool werewolf portrayals

it felt like i had stepped away from human society and "unleashed the real me", even if only in my mind's eye. this is not the first time this particular shift has happened to me, and this form is one of my earliest shifting memories back in childhood

so now i'm considering if this is some novel way my gorilla theriotype manifested (since it does share many characteristics with my gorilla 'type) or if this is a different 'type entirely. one of the first 'types I thought I was was a werewolf - and I'm wondering if this is still true, but perhaps mine is a different form than most werewolf otherkin seem to be (which tends to be much more wolf-like than the classic "wolfman" archetype)

[bumbl3mind]

No no NOOO STOP IT STOOOPP NOOOO

[otherkinotd]

Today's otherkin of the day is the Librarian, who is orangutankin 🦧

-requested by @/ingridskogstad