#response for batty

[nabbit-unmasked]

Hello there! Apologies for asking but is there any asks from me in your inbox? I cannot quite remember if I sent anything recently or if Tumblr has been eating my asks.

Secondly, I come to you with a question. How do you avoid/disengage in discourse within the alterhuman community? I am asking because, as of recently, the amount of discourse has gotten to me and I want to be able to take a step back from everything before I have to leave like I did with other communities I am in. Apologies if this isn't something you can answer, but I thought it would be worth the shot.

- @batty-babbles

Hi batty! I do have something, here it is:

I took a little break from answering asks because I needed to recover my mental health before giving any detailed responses. Instead of making a whole new post, I'll just answer it here and say thank you for the kind words ^^ I'm gonna go ahead and delete the ask since I pretty much addressed it here.

As for your second question, I've definently been there before. Discourse sucks, and the are three ways I've been able to deal with it:

• Laugh to yourself about recurrent gatekeepers or bullies.

- If there's one person that keeps getting on your nerves, you could try to laugh when you read their posts. What kind of a clown would have a take like that?

• Take a break or step away.

-If the discourse is happening on a specific platform, try exploring the community on another platform. I stepped away from Reddit after discourse and debating and gatekeeping because popular, and I cane to tumblr where I'm having a good time.

-Also, from what I've noticed, Tumblrs algorithm will show you content related to whatever you've previously searched or interacted with, or it will even reccomend new blogs from other blogs you already follow. If you want to stop seeing so much discourse on your Tumblr feed, search up other things your interested in or interact a lot with the blogs you can trust.

• Know that you're mindset is all that matters.

I'm not sure if its personally affecting your identity or not, but I think this is helpful advice anyways.

You know yourself best, more than anyone else does. Only you know what's going on inside your head. Therefore, only you can know what you identify as, and only you can define alterhumanity for yourself. If you don't fit the mainstream-gatekeeping-antifake definition of whatever you are, no one will know, nor will they care. They can't see inside your mind, remember? We all identify ourselves, and no one can tell us what we are or aren't. That makes us all valid on the basis of alterhuman identities. It doesn't matter if you aren't mainstream---thats the whole point of alterhuman, unique experiences that aren't like any other.

Even if you aren't feeling this way about yourself, it applies to everyone. If you see someone you disagree with and they're spreading discourse, keep this in mind for whoever they're targeting.

I hope this was helpful :) let me know if you need anything else ^^

[nabbit-unmasked]

I am so sorry if this is an intrusive question but I happened to see one of the tags, are you a bat regressor? I hope that didn't sound mean to ask, I am just surprised as I am a pet regressor as well, I also happen to regress to a bat but it isn't something I talk about much. I find it intriguing since I am also a bat therian, that I happen to regress to a bat. I suppose it's because I find such great comfort in being a bat ^^

- @batty-babbles

o my gosh yes!! I thought I was the only one :0

I thought I was a bat therian at first, and then thought I had a bat headmate instead, and then thought I was a bat petregressor.

Turns out, all three of those are somewhat true! Although, I feel better using the term "bat alterhuman" rather than "bat therian" just out of personal preference :3

My bat space is mixed with it's own unique littlespace, so it's always a huge mood booster to regress :)

[nabbit-unmasked]

I find it very interesting, everything youve said! I also like the fact that you are a little brown bat with a leaf nose :3

For me since I am a bat cladotherian I don't necessarily have a specific look. However I imagine my looks will depend? Sometimes I feel more connected to more species than others, the main three being the Eastern Red Bat, Common Vampire Bat, and Townsend's Big-eared bat, however I always feel like I would have blue-grey eyes. When I am regressed through I am most likely either a fruit bat or a vampire bat as mentioned before. I don't do much when I am regressed, mainly cuddle with my colony (I collect bat plushies!! A group of bats is a colony :>) or sleep. Do you have any activities you like to do while regressed? I've never really talked to other regressors before so I would love to hear.

- @batty-babbles

I've actually questioned Townsends Big-Eared bat before!! It's a small world, I guess!

Also, having a collection of bat plushies is really cute. I have 2 myself, but I don't know where one of them are :')

When I'm regressed, blankets are my favorites thing. When I'm regressed to a puppy, I could just sleep in comfy blankies allll day. When I'm a bat, I'm too hyper to just sleep, but I like to take blankets and pretend they're wings! I also like to peek my head out and pretend like I'm being mischievous and sneaky, even though I'd never hurt a soul :3

I'm very vocal and can find joy in pretty much anything, especially my stuffed bear Muffin :3 Really, I'm just a bubbly little batty!!

I also find it funny that when I'm a puppy, I really do feel like I'm a pet, but when I'm a bat, I have zero interest in being owned by anyone. I appreciate being taken care of, but I can do just fine without any human intervention!

[nabbit-unmasked]

Hello again my friend (I hope you do not mind me calling you that), first of all, congratulations on coming out to your therapist! It is good that they are supportive, I recently also told someone working with me about my nonhumanity and I just say it is an encouraging experience to be able to tell someone outside of the internet.

Secondly, a question I would love to ask for fun. With your kintypes (any of them you would like to answer for), do you have specific foods and drinks that you like to have during mental shifts, or remind you of your kintypes? I am curious about that and would love to hear about it if you would like to share. Do not hesitate to take your time in answering if you do not feel up to it at the moment, I understand how that is and I would be more than happy to be patient for a response even if I accidentally forget I sent anything in. It is fun for me to interact with you, hope that does not sound weird /gen, lh

- @batty-babbles

Hi batty!!! I have no problems with that at all ^^ Thank you so much for the supportive words!!

Hmm..foods and drinks? Well, I know that as a horse, I love to eat things that I'm able to dig my head into. For example, popcorn or dry cereal in a bowl. I also love apples! And for a drink, water is a gimme :3

Thank you for your patience and kind words, as always! Again, no problem. I always enjoy your asks ^^

[nabbit-unmasked]

Oh goodness, that is.. Embarrassing (not what you said, but the ask I had left.) I think I was very tired and when that happens my ability to communicate isn't too well, I hope you did not mind that. (That and it was possible I was partially regressed ^^") Thank you for the response, I will definitely try doing that. Usually I tend to block those who I am particularly not willing to interact with, especially those who end up being problematic. It is no fun to keep constantly engaging in discourse and I realize my reactions to it isn't always the best especially with my rampant anger issues.

- @batty-babbles

No worries, I didn't have any bad impressions! Communicate in whatever way works best for you :)

Hope the tips work well for you! Good luck <3

[nabbit-unmasked]

Thats all very interesting to hear /gen, I get the last part, oftentimes the monster high characters get sexualized and it often grosses me out to no end, even if my kins were adults, the canonical characters are still minors.

And thank you! Honestly letting you in on a little thing, Frankie was just my nickname, my name was actually Francesca. As much as others dont know much about monster high I swear everyone can recognise draculaura from a distance. I get a little envious about that but hey, I don't mind. I mean why would I get upset my wife gets recognition? (Yeah, the wife mention in my previous ask was about Draculaura dhdg) There's def more layers, I actually have a headshot drawing of how I looked as Frankie that I submitted to a kinhelp blog.

Not knowing the other monsters was.. Something I didnt really care about I guess? Because I didn't really care that I didn't know anyone besides like, Drac. Fun fact, her name wasn't Draculaura either.

- @batty-babbles

That's interesting to hear ^^

Sorry this isn't a super detailed response, I feel a bit overwhelmed today :')

[nabbit-unmasked]

To talk about being a monster high kin is hard for me, but I'm more than happy to share about one of my two MH fictypes; Frankie Stein.

As Frankie, I believe I was the generation one iteration? However I'm an AU kin, I'm not from the same universe as g1 monster high. I shared a lot with my canon self appearance wise, except for the fact my skin was various shades of green, my eyes were a different color, and I wasn't scrawny, I believe I was toned if that makes sense? Personality wise I assume I was also close to my canon self. I was built in the 1800s, during the Victorian era. By the 21st century I was an adult and married my wife, we lived in either a mansion or a Victorian architectured home. She was wealthy, her father (she refused to call him that, I dont blame her) was a noble and an influential figure. As Frankie I actually didn't know most of the other monster high characters, I don't even think ones like Clawdeen or Cleo or Deuce existed, or even Jackson who I believe canonically dates my canon self. I'm not opposed to seeing ship art of him and the canon Frankie, unlike with my other MH kintype who I'll get repulsed with if I see them with their canon partner.

- @batty-babbles

I know next to nothing about Monster High, so I'm hearing the name Frankie Stein for the first time. That's such a cute name :3 /p

I always find it interesting how we tend to be different from our source in some way. In my source, which is a game/OC universe (not created by me), I live in a place called Sunshinefields Hospital. You can see the outside of the hospital in the game, but in my mind, it looks totally different. I also know exactly how it smells (like mildew, I think) and i get sensory shifts of it, so if my creator woke up one day and said it smelled like apples or something, I'd immediately know something was off.

I can also relate to not knowing most of the other characters. I'm literally a drawing, so I know a total of 4 people, and only 2 out of the 9+ characters throughout the game that aren't directly related to Mystery. (I am the drawn form of him, so I know everyone he knows. Maybe even less so than him.)

Shipping feels kind of weird for me, especially the sexualization from my blue version, but it is a canonical part of who I am. I don't hate anyone who does it, but I try to stay away from any of that material if it isn't directly from my creator.

[nabbit-unmasked]

Aa I saw the mention and got so confused 😭 thank you, thats very sweet! /pos, gen

I sent an info dump with one of my fictkins, apparently tumblr has been eating my asks so I wanted to ask if you got it? If you didn't I can send it again, I have a copy paste thing for it now because I also info dumped to another creature and apparently tumblr ate my ask for that too.

- @batty-babbles

Yeah, sorry about that!!

I did get the ask but never got around to answering it. I was actually about to do that just now! ^^