#heartlink

[linaotherpaw]

• Quadrobics pov: Explore mountains/hills with me ! :3 part 1/2

We were driving back from an excursion to an abandoned factory, and I asked my dad to stop near that mountains. The sea was near, so it was a very beautiful place and no one was here so I could explore it on all fours and record videos!!

[that-dreaming-dragon]

How linking hearttype works for me

Dropping this on tumblr for others purposes. Unedited.

I think in a way, I'm defining the distance.

I say "no, I want this to be something held dear, but it will not come closer to become a linked kintype". Like slaming a mental barrier that the connection cannot cross? If I'm making sense.

I set the perimeter I want in my head using the feelings I had with my preexisting hearttype, and aim for that instead.

It may or may not help that I'm using two paratype as foundation of the heartlink.

The vaguetype link does have hearted component too, but we did intentionally link that to be vague. I think that's a big part of it--to link is to want, so if you want your link to be a certain way, you need to change your mindset and intent for it to be that way too.

We aren't sure how much there needs to be understanding of the intended identity type you want to make linktype of, but we think it helps

So like, to link a hearttype, you might want to understand more intimately what a hearttype feels like, so you can aim for that instead of a kintype link. Or, you need to define where you want the connection to stop at, and maintain that instead of just maintaining the linktype itself, a added self-conditioning. At the base it all, is a perception shift, and mentality shift.

"I'm not trying to make this into me, I'm trying to make this into something that I feel connected to, something that I'd held dear, I'm making them my found family, my bond brother (neutral)"

[alterhumannerdygoat]

Rambles about new 'type :D

Ok so lionblaze is very alterhuman for me right now :3 (I'm still reading the warrior cats books though so idk his full plot agsjs)

He's really silly and kind of relatable, pluuuus he leaves a lot of space for me to project onto him >:3 (compared to like ivypool for example who's emotions on a similar plot thing are shown more in depth)

I've just decided to try using constellic terms, but also he in particular feels more identify-with than identify-as to me, and I'm too lazy to research how that would fit in with him being a constel (and the term is even more niche than otherlink TT^TT)

If i did some linking (actually putting in effort to make myself identify as him) with him i could easily identify AS him I'm pretty sure, buuut I'm enjoying the identify-with identity with him :3

A while back i REALLY hyperfocused on him, and while that's now gone, (ughh christmas break is over can't watch the same 3 pmvs over and over while copy and pasting every one of his scenes into my notepad), i still feel the connection.

I could call him a hearttype, but also likeee i want to keep it more casual. Same with calling him a heartlink, plus the fact that I didn't do any conscious linking, and that's important for me personally when calling something a linktype.

I am also aware that this is something normal (/neu) humans could experience with characters buuut i think viewing him through an alterhuman lens is just better

Oh and also another possible term would be copinglink, because of the nature of my projection. Lol "copingheartlink" would be accurate XDD

But yeahh I'll be sticking with trying out calling him a constel :D and if i decide another term suits better, I'll makea post about in anyways XD

[that-dreaming-dragon]

Three-Tailed Enfield, my para-heartlink

Personal alterhuman art, do not repost. Do not use.

Art by me (c) @sognodrago

[that-dreaming-dragon]

Intentional Connection - the Linking Process

Sometimes I like to refer to my linktype shorthanded. Sometimes as either just heartlink, vaguelink, or if I really want, para-linked hearttype, and collectively linked vaguetype.

I like the extra denotation, because near everyone else is talking about linking as if only identify-as. The community does generally put more focus on identify-as identities.

Both our linktypes are important for different reasons. One is to bridge the different paratype feelings, and the other is for bonds with friends (and for general shenanigan).

How we go about linking the two are slightly different because of that.

For the three-tailed enfield, there's already something there, the paratype element from both myself and my hearttype makes for a good foundation, I didn't have much work but to build on top of whatever was already there, all I needed to do was to link them together.

The way we did it was taking more interest in fox related stuff, or more in particular multi-tailed kitsune. We plan to watch some kitsune focused anime eventually, and make a art for our heartlink. At the moment, we have a number of fox and spirit foxes pins around.

Honestly, we aren't sure if the linking started the process or if it was already a thing, and linking just strengthens the connection, which is probably due to the paratypes.

But I think a large part of it was just simply engaging it with a "I have this feeling of a spark, I want to retain that feeling, and fan it to make it large". It's sort of how it happens with a number of my shapeshifter forms. I go around, holding this thing close to my heart, and whenever something pops up that reminds me of the enfield, I will perk up. That sort of feedback loop is what makes the linking stick. I make it happen more via me actively engaging or seeking these reminder. I feel like it trains the brain to hold onto it that much longer, and eventually you just let it be, and it will be fine on its own.

Now I'm not actively looking for stuff, but I don't need to, I can probably take away the link suffix and the three-tailed enfield is there to stay as a parahearttype. But I like it, I like the reminder of where it came from, and I like being in that community, and exist as a reminder to other questioning alterhuman that yes, my way of linking exist.

With a linktype that came from a preexisting fictional source, you'd think all I had to do was to engage with said fiction. I mean, I could, but this whole thing happened after I long left the source environment. Or perhaps not quite.

I still retain the knowledge of the source. And because of this, when others within the alterhuman community engages with it, I took special interest towards the happening. What pretty much started the linking process, was the want to connect to others who are from that same source. Perhaps we previously held fondness towards the source, or the character in specific. We know we have things going on with what the character's "element" is--stars and cosmos. So that had helped our desire to link.

It's definitely not enough to help maintain the link. The failed dragonite hearttype link was also made happen due to the desire to form stronger bonds with other pokemon alterhuman.

I suppose when put side-by-side like this, my successful linktype are due to either paratype element, or other factors to reinforce the overall linktype structure.

Furthermore, the Aurelion Sol vaguelink was a collective decision, something both Akumu and I(Ryuu) are interested in linking. The linking could have fade without both of us there at the same time, and Akumu tends to disappear to places half the time. It made linking this specific identity a little trickier.

What made it start to grow and "stick" properly was perhaps when I put it on as a proxy, for a bit of a joke. It felt wrong without Akumu there during that time, but trying to be Aurelion Sol for a day has done wonders for the linktype. It felt right, it felt like it could really work.

We kept the proxy.

After that, it's like a little tug at the back of our mind, telling us that it's still there, all we need to do is pick it back up. We also aren't really active with this linktype. We never are all that active with our alterhumanity. But at the same time, it's like a tab opened on the browser, whenever draconity or prompt topic came that we can talk about our relationship with Aurelion Sol in, it's like another boost to the linking process--active discussion with the alterhuman community while keeping in mind of this connection. It makes sense, we wanted to link this 'type because of connections to others, so to make it stronger, we need to connect more with others.

Maybe that's how our method works, going in full circles. Start the desire to link, try around for other stuff, and then go back to what first prompted the linking desire.

The fact that we are gaining noemata for this vaguetype tells me that, like the enfield, this one is here to stay. Because when thinking and talking about it, and the rare noemata, the link became self-sustaining.

I feel a bit uncertain to call this linktype done, but it seem to be doing alright. Perhaps more writing and pondering will help more.

[that-dreaming-dragon]

The Birdness in Me, a Bird-Like Dragon

by Yumemoto, Ryuu ~ 480 words, estimated 4 minutes read.

Prior to knowing the alterhuman community and all the terms under its umbrella, I had a strong interest in all things birds. Now, with more knowledge of various forms of alterhumanity, I’m never sure if that is because of paratype feelings or perhaps familial, as my sort of caretaker growing up was my younger sibling, who has something going on that I would categorize as alterhumanity with phoenix.

Maybe I could call birds a special interest. But I don’t actually know what counts as an autism brand of spin. I really need help with that, masked as much and as long as I have.

Now, onto the paratype feeling.

Appearance-wise, the only bird part of me is my feathers, sometimes wings, sometimes quill. But I have a lot of birdness in me like there are catness or fishiness or any sort of animal components in other dragons. I connect certain behaviors and instincts to birdness. The desire to build nests high up on some cliff face, perhaps overlooking the ocean. "Preening" as a word that feels right. Chirping and screeching, though those arguably can just as easily be considered purely draconic behavior. I don't migrate according to the season, my sibling does though, lending more my feeling on them being somewhat alterhuman.

And I took that paratype and put it into the enfield heartlink.

An enfield is “a mythological creature made up of body parts of other animals. They are known to generally have the head of a fox, the body and forelegs of an eagle and the hind and rear legs of a wolf (some variations also add lion and greyhound parts into the mix).” -> quoted from An Irish Mythical Creature – The Enfield.

Art by William O'Connor

My version of enfield so far contains the paratype feeling of birds from me, and the paratype feeling of a three-tailed kitsune from my fictohearttype. As for the wolfness that may or may not be there in my enfield 'type, well, my partner is a wolf.

It all kind of strengthened my connection towards birdness, however sideways it is.

My partner also joked about me being, or at least hearted with, a rupicola rupicola, aka the Guianan cock-of-the-rock.

Image from Flickr, by Johannes Pfleiderer

Very pretty, also Very Orange ("and very derpy!"). Kinda why they thought of me. While it didn’t evoke much strong feeling in an alterhuman sense, it is still something that I held some importance with, because of this connection and memories. It is being drawn onto my alterhuman/queer identity heraldry.

Ultimately, I’m tangled with birds a lot because of my alterhumanity and general strong passion and interests. Often, I have to turn to bird-related things to gain actual kinfeels as a feathered dragon, like picking up feather-themed merch or searching for bird-specific games or shows. It’s hard to tell if that’s due to being a dragon with bird-like traits, or purely because of this paratype connection to birds.

[that-dreaming-dragon]

First Enfield Heartlink Shift

A couple of days ago, I had my first experience of the phantom shift from my enfield heartlink. A faint outline on the limbs, the three fluffy tails, the wings on the elbow, and two too-long ears (which I suspect have influence from Kurama from Naruto).

It was a crowded experience, but novel nonetheless. I was rather excited and had a boost of perhaps endorphin. I don't get new alterhuman shifts much, my own dragon body is a constant that often overpower everything else.

Having the enfield shift tells me that it was a successful link. That is a cause for celebration.

There is something intriguing about having the distinct feeling that differs between two sets of limbs--ones where it's more vivid, stronger, persistent, and mine; versus the other which is faint, lighter in mass and as if fainted as I visualized in my minds eye, a lot floatier than my weighty draconic set, and very much not me.

I end up with a day of chaotic energy bursting within me from the exhilaration.

Image Description: a dragon with fur and feathered wings standing on their hind legs, with the faint outlines of long triangular ears on top of their head, feathery wings jutting out of their elbows, and three fluffy fox tails right above the base of their tail.

Personal alterhuman art, do not repost. Do not use.

Art by me (c) @sognodrago

[that-dreaming-dragon]

Contemplating Kitsune: Electric Boogaloo

I have a couple paratype that branched out from several of my preestablished identitype.

As I'd written before on my relationship with birds, I think there is some sort of paratype feeling with birds in general due to me being a bird like sort of dragon, and probably compounded by the vague-flicker as well. Thought it's hard to tell if Flammie came first or the birdness, probably the birdness. Does that make Flammie a paratype of the paratype? Likely. A lot of my alterhuman identitype are intertwined. I feel like a broken record to keep repeating the same thing a thousand time and I don't remember or just keep rambling about the same thing. It's hard to keep track of myself at times. Anyways, since I already talk about the bird paratype feeling, I might as well talk about the kitsune feeling from Naruto hearttype.

Like mentioned "last day", my Naruto has gotten a lot more kitsune in him, probably more than canon does. He's definite AU version. I pondered upon my relationship with foxes for a while, there was something funny going on there. It sort of pinged my conscious, like a "ah-ha!" moment, when I encounter a three-tailed kitsune, and why I attribute that perhaps there is some significance of the three-tailed fox with my Naruto. You could say I kind of hand waved it away by combining the paratype of bird with this likely paratype of three-tailed kitsune, but I feel like I'm still discovering new things as I go. The base "ingredients" of what made up of my para-heartlink (paratype connection of linked hearttype) of the three-tailed enfield are still there, and obviously I'm still discovering things separated. They are part of the enfield, just like they are all part of me. It's like making kinsona doesn't make your various kintype disappeared, you just have a easier time to talk wholesale about your various kintype as a polykind.

Did I essentially created a.... alterhuman sona? Doesn't really roll of the tongue, but the idea is probably there. I'm not sure. I do like calling it a heartlink though, there is just something heartwarming and unique about it, both in experience and in the whole concept idea.

I do wonder why it stopped at three. Perhaps that life of that Naruto stopped at the third tail. Whatever that might mean.

I'd asked around to see if people with multiple tail still gains them (in this life), it was quite a long while ago, I can't really recall the detail or know what keyword to use to search for those conversation. I do recall that there were answers that is positive, yes, they do still grow the number of tails. It makes sense, the skill and experience you honed is still yours and present, if tail on a magic fox signifies age or experience, that requirement should transfer over regardless the body you are inhibiting.

I think my enfield, or specifically, my paratype of kitsune stopped growing tail and is a static number is because it's a sort of captured moment, a screenshot if you will. I am alive to live it, but it is not alive. It's a bit confusing. It's like me as the dream dragon is a living being, and I am living my experience, growing and learning my draconity, and my ability (of shapeshifting) grew with me. But the kitsune? That which is again, likely solely tied to my Naruto hearttype, is like a extra degree of separation, it doesn't grow with me.

I'm still learning more about it though, this little bit of writing here is proof of that.