#preykin

[neighhhh]

um i don't have "anxiety" it's called Being A Horse and There Are Predators In The Area

[canines-crown]

Moodboards for different kinds of deer! I don't see a lot of diverse content for them, and since I love making these, I decided to provide ⋆˚꩜｡𖤓

They're based on the esthetics I associate with the specific species the most ♡

(from the upper left to the lower right)

red deer - whitetail deer - elk - fallow deer - sika deer - axis deer - moose - caribou/reindeer - roe deer - marsh deer

[watcherwingedcat]

it's funny because I never felt like a predator in the alterhuman community anyways. I always felt like prey. my whole life I've felt like prey. hence The Prey archetrope thing. maybe it's deeply influenced by my social anxiety and my panic and fear of everything in general... but predator urges were never my thing, not that much. I mean, I have some prey drive, some predator urges (to chomp, to bite, to snarl and show teeth), but I've always been The Prey at heart. always hiding, always alert, like a hare in its burrow.

the only reason I'm a feline it's because of literally warrior cats and because I've identified as a cat for so long I can't just undo it. it's part of who I am. it's a very important part of who I am. I act like a cat, I communicate with cats, I get cats. cats are kin. and same thing for magpies, that's why I'm a winged cat, a hybrid of the two. too magpie to be truly cat, too cat to be truly magpie. a winged cat. I'm a bit magpie, but full cat.

and dogs... it's part of who I was. in my past. I acted like a dog as a child, I was obsessed with them, I dressed up as them, I literally thought I was a dog in a human skin. maybe I don't wanna be a dog anymore. the community is so canine-oriented already. and I know in this blog 99% of the time I talk about being a watcher because it's my main identity... but my past is so important to me that I can't just... ignore it. I was a dog and still am a dog.

do y'all get what I'm saying? my whole childhood, I was a dog. my whole adolescence/teenage years, I was a cat. now I'm a watcher and sometimes I wish I was just a watcher, because I'm a watcher in body, mind, heart, soul (watchers are another beast entirely that aren't defined by being predator or prey, because they are neither but I won't talk about it right now). but the dog and the winged cat, both are super important parts of myself, of my past, my childhood, my teenage years, my early adulthood, even now.

it doesn't matter to me that both cats and dogs are predators. the main reason I “adopted” the archetropal identity of The Prey in the first place it's because I have all these urges of prey animals that don't really belong to a specific species, but are part of myself and they're still traits I get and I embody. I'm The Prey in a bit of a fucked up way, I'm almost a hundred percent sure that it's because of anxiety and trauma. because I'm an anxious mess for more reason, and what better way to explain that irrational fear than with an alterhuman identity? /hjk

maybe it is because of my mental health problems. maybe not. but The Prey is much more than just anxiety, or just fear.

I don't really remember where I was going with this. this is more like a personal ramble on The Prey archetrope more than anything. maybe to see of there are more alterhumans that relate to these experiences. to take all my kins and archetropal identities in this mess of a brain and put them out in the open to try to understand them.

[preykin-culture-is]

preykin culture is hearing a noise and immediately freezing and holding my breath until it seems safe again

Preykin culture is

[otherkin-confessional]

The idea of being prey to a carnivorous therian or nonhuman overall is very species-affirming.

🌌

[stars-and-scribbles]

One thing not a lot of people will mention about therianthropy

It can be Terrifying

You're a prey kin

You take your dog outside at night

You (stupidly) decide to crouch on the ground and be a lil critter while you're outside, enjoy the night air

You sort of stop feeling human at all, you still think like you always do but something's shifted

In this moment you're effectively just a prey animal, as far as processing and instincts go

You hear a sound

The dog is coming, getting closer, you watch it

Your heart is beating fast, you're genuinely scared

You want to run but it will catch you if you do, it has a straight path to you

Trembling, you wait with bated breath till the dog is behind a tree, it can't see you

Finally you let into your instincts and sprint for the door of your house

and after that you have to remember to let the little guy in after you lol

[theriancultureis]

Prey therian culture is always winning staring contests

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[goomywoomy111]

beepboop here's a wip of my fursona Avery, who is also lowk one of my headmates >:P he's a pudu, abysmally lonely feeling, and drowns out his bad memories in late night walks and drug addictions