#copinglinking

[otherlink-memes]

[infinite-curses]

More people should really at least consider otherlinking to be a thing they themselves can do. The community is quiet and the tags tend to be overrun with crossposting, but I think it'd be a lot louder if people actually considered it as a genuine possibility a little more often. 'Linking is usually seen as an afterthought you tack onto the end of a list of alterhuman terms and not usually discussed too much more than that from what we can see. Which is sad because it really can be beneficial and it absolutely has a place in the broader alterhuman community.

You really want to be an animal, or your favourite character, but you know you're not? You can do that--you can just.. become them.

You have a hearttype but it feels kinda weird and it feels like you should have been that thing, but you're not? You could always 'link it if you're dysphoric about not being that thing.

You have something that was--or you thought was--a kintype, but now it's not, and you miss it? Just link it back into yourself.

You think [thing] is really cool and it'd be cool to be one? You can!

You want to incorporate an aesthetic of [thing] into your identity and it'd work best if you just became that thing? That's absolutely a thing you can do.

You think it'd be fun to identify as something other than what your body is? You can make that happen.

Being [thing] would help with something in your life? Go ahead, you can do that.

You can mold your own sense of self an identity however you see fit, and that's really cool. Honestly it comes across as a power move. You get to make your own self, no matter what came before it.

[i-suggest-otherlinking]

"I want to 'link, but I'm not sure what to choose as a linktype"

[PT: "I want to 'link, but I'm not sure what to choose as a linktype" /PT end]

You want to 'link, but you're not sure what to choose? Here's some questions and suggestions, that maybe will help you.

Do you have an animal/a character/an object/a concept/etc. that you feel connected with in some way? If you feel a connection to something, maybe try 'linking this.

What's your reason for 'linking? E.g. if you wanna become more brave, try 'linking something that you associate with being brave (e.g. a lion), or a character that is brave in their source. Or maybe if you wanna 'link in order to cope with something, you can look for characters that went through similar experiences as you and found a way to cope, and you could 'link them.

If you have any other alterhuman identity already, maybe you could 'link something related to that. E.g. If you're an otherflicker and miss some of your 'flickers or want to make them permanent, you could 'link them! If you have a hearthome, you could 'link something related to it (e.g. if any species/characters live in the place that's your hearthome, you could 'link them).

Did you want to be a specific animal/character/object/concept/etc. when you were younger? Maybe you could 'link that, if you still feel some connection to that!

Or maybe there were characters or animals that you used to roleplay as? You could 'link them, too!

Interact with some media, and maybe you'll find some ideas for linktypes.

You can also read some encyclopedias. Maybe they will give you some ideas for a linktype. And even if after reading you wouldn't get any ideas, you still would have learnt something new!

Look around. Maybe at your home, or somewhere in your area, there's something that you could 'link!

You can read about experiences of other otherlinkers to learn about what made them choose their linktypes.

These are only a few ideas. I hope these will help somebody! If you have your own ideas or suggestions, feel free to share them in the reblogs! And if you already chose a linktype/linktypes, feel free to share what made you choose them.

Also, for everyone interested in 'linking, don't feel afraid to experiment with your identity. Don't feel afraid to drop and change linktypes. There's nothing wrong with dropping and changing linktypes. If you feel like you don't need a linktype anymore, or the linktype is bringing you harm, drop it or change it. If there's anything that you think would be a better linktype for you than your current linktype, feel free to change it!

[alterhumanity-positivity]

Otherlinkers, you're valid. You deserve the place in the alterhuman community. Don't listen to haters who tell you otherwise. You're great, amazing and you definitely deserve the place in the alterhuman community.

[otherlink--culture--is]

otherlink culture is my linktype started out as completely voluntary and sloooowly became also involuntary. but still being partially voluntary. so now i consider it both a link and a kin, in different ways. i <3 being otherlink

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[deltoradecay]

Happy aromantic spectrum awareness week to any and all arospec alterhumans!

💚🤍🩶🖤

Shoutout to all:

Arospec plural systems and headmates.

Arospec tulpas, daemons/daemians, soulbonds, thoughtforms, walk-ins and other headmate (-adjacent) beings.

Arospec otherkin, therians and fictionkin.

Arospec alterhumans with factbased identities.

Arospec archetropers.

Arospec otherhearteds or otherkith.

Arospec otherlinkers or copinglinkers.

Arospec godshards.

Arospec furries and furry lifestylers.

Arospec alterhumans whose alterhumanity comes from a disorder/disability.

Any and all arospec alterhumans!

If your arospec identity intersects with your alterhuman identity, that's cool as hell. If your arospec identity doesn't intersect with your alterhuman identity and you just so happen to be both, that's also cool. Have a wonderful week!

You're cool as fuck, keep on being you.

[interstellarsystem]

I swear we've seen a poll like this before (maybe we've even made one before) but I'm making it again now anyway! We've been seeing not much rep for human-identifying alterhumans so we wanted to throw out a little poll to see how many are out there.

Alterhumans, which of these applies most to you personally?

I'm alterhuman and fully human.

I'm alterhuman and partially human, partially something else.

I'm alterhuman and fully nonhuman.

I'm alterhuman and neither nonhuman nor human. (Aspecies, etc)

I'm alterhuman and it depends on the day whether I'm a human or not!

I'm alterhuman and a system/plural, and we can't pick just one of the above.

I'm just alterhuman, I don't think more in-depth about it.

I'm alterhuman but (nuance/other).

Voting ended onMay 27, 2025

No orthohuman/non-alterhuman option to not skew the results.

Also, "fully nonhuman" means whatever you'd define it as--it can include physical nonhuman identity, or it can include simply fully identifying as a nonhuman in a human body. Up to you!