Tiktok nonhumans have to be ragebait at this point.
Where do they get their information from? Like seriously. Do they do no research at all?
Physical therians obviously exist. Being a therian IS BEING AN ANIMAL. IT IS BEING NON HUMAN. You can’t ostracize anyone who’s just… being a genuine therian? Using the label the way they’re supposed to?
I think it has to do with the fact tiktok likes to take communities and water them down to just an aesthetic. I’ve noticed a trend where people on tiktok seem to only care about the looks of these communities, and not about the actual meaning or lifestyles of them. They’ll refuse to do actual research and put any effort into understanding it, and then have the gall to police and shun the people who use the labels and ACTUALLY know what they mean. I’m tires of seeing “therians KNOW they aren’t animals!!” “People who say they’re not actually human are so weird!!” type of content everywhere on that side of tiktok. It’s so frustrating and so tiring to be searching for nonhuman content and only coming across these types. 90% of nonhuman tiktok just a watered down aestheticized roleplay-adjacent version of it full of people who refuse to research and treat anyone who’s a genuine nonhuman like they’re crazy or weird.
Maybe I’m being too harsh. I dunno. I’m just upset about this.
(Also yes! I know there are plenty of therians/otherkins there who know what they’re talking about! I don’t mean every nonhuman on tiktok, just these specific kinds.)