sigil

he/him • 21 • 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 alterhuman blog, mostly pfp art by itsoddissey :)

[vaguelyvisceral]

⬦ intro post ⬦

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hello hello :) i'm sigil, i'm a 21 year old transmasc from the US!

i'm always open to making new friends, but preferably only with those of you who are 18 or over! come say hi in dms ^^

i've had this account for a while but kinda stopped using it. i deleted a bunch of posts and i'm hoping to be more active again.

more info under the cut!

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⬦ id stuff ⬦

☆ = high kin / strong feelings ♡ = hearttype △ = fictionkin ✧ = otherlink

kins: - grian (specifically watcher and avian versions of him) ☆△ - silken windhound / other sighthounds ☆ - ruby throated hummingbird - mourning dove - oliver (vocaloid) ✧△ - warm summer dusk ♡ - dappled light through tree leaves ♡

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⬦ about me ⬦

interests: - music!!! (vocaloid, alternative metal, synthpop, etc - i listen to just about anything, but these are my favorite genres!) - art (i'm best at digital lol) - video games (stardew valley, nier automata/replicant, undertale, night in the woods, and sea of stars to name a few!) - fleshcore and raw meat - embroidering - hermitcraft and the life series

dislikes/dni: - self-proclaimed "haters" (when all you're doing is bullying people) - lack of communication - styrofoam - bright overhead lights

other: - my rentry page: click here - i'm neurodivergent :)

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might add some more to this later...

[applestruda]

Dead weight

[vaguelyvisceral]

i think i need to be hunted

maybe its fucked up and maybe it's the mental illness talking but i've always really liked the trope where a character gets into a trap like a snare or something and is viciously trying to escape. like blind panic, thrashing to get out, each movement just making their situation worse or more painful. then character B comes in and either is the hunter or is trying to get them to Calm The Fuck Down so they can get them out. i think i need that done to me

[vaguelyvisceral]

drove home with the windows down while the sun was setting and it felt so euphoric

it was so nice. i felt the wind ruffling my feathers and it was the perfect time and temperature for my hearttype (warm summer dusk)

i want to do it again tomorrow

[ghetto-omega]

And I've talked a bit about nesting and denning, but I don't think I've talked about herding. For my verse, that would be the beta equivalent.

When I think of the three genders, I almost think of them as walls - if that makes sense. Omegas, being placed in the innermost wall, alphas being in the second, and betas being placed in the outer third wall. This is ofc, in a metaphorical sense. There are no actual walls separating them like some weird attack on Titan classism bs.

What I'm meaning to say is betas keep the pack in. They keep them together. No pups can stray with betas on duty, omegas in heat stay right in the nest with a beta nearby, aggravated alpha insisting on doing perimeter checks after the den was breached by a stranger - no worries, your betas are here to actually keep them within the perimeter instead of running after the intruder.

And just like any other instinct, this can have drawbacks. A lot of betas are prone to late night wandering and insomnia. Sometimes they herd packmates who are just "busy right now" and "are going to be late for work our other packmate already scented me please let me go". They're quicker to get stressed if someone isn't where they're supposed to be, or have a sudden change in schedule.

So tldr; omegas make a nest, alphas den around the nest, and betas keep everyone contained within the den. And just like nesting and denning, the other dynamics have this instinct too - just to a lesser extent. Everyone has a preference one way or the other.

[ghetto-omega]

Talking about scents*｡⁠.°𑁍

𑁍Long post incoming. This got way too long.

I have a lot of thoughts about scents in the omegaverse, but we'll start here. Specifically, with descriptions for scents in the omegaverse. Bc like a scent sweetening isn't indicative of heat by itself, but a cloying scent is, if that makes sense.

Sweetening; happens when you're in a good mood, or something particularly good is happening to you. You'll find it used a lot when people are getting scented by their packmates.

Souring; the opposite. A spoiled or rotten smell depending on scent. Someone with a coconut or milky smell might land more on the spoiled side, while someone with a woody or floral smell might end up on the rotten side.

Neutralizing; to go back to its blanket state, your scents base notes. Think when the Sims 4 says your Sim is "fine". Just neutral, often impersonal. What people smell like when their friend meets another friend in public and they don't have anything to add in conversation lol.

Heady; often associated with lust, specifically because heat and rut give off a very heady scent, but you'll find the same type of smell in a young alphas den for example. It's like leaving a candle going in a windowless room and when you come back a few hours later it's all you can smell.

Stale; the type of scent you'll find on old/unused nests, sealed nesting/baby blankets from childhood, old scent patches, sometimes on scent glands (especially children) if they haven't been groomed in a while. Not necessarily a bad smell, just old.

Warm; a distant antonym of neutralize. Pack dens will often smell warm. It's very personal, inviting. You'll often find pack omegas scents being described as warm, even if they have a minty or cool toned scent.

Bitter/acrid; anger or irritation. Something that makes you want to cover your nose, but it's not nausea inducing like a sour scent would be. At the most, it's annoying. This is the type of scent you'd find in a posturing match between two alphas.

But it wouldn't smell the same on everyone. Scents are like facial expressions imo. Like you can basically get the jist when you first meet someone (most of the time anyway, some people are hard to read) but if you want to get to really know what they mean, you need to actually befriend the person.

Examples: pine, moss, sage, lavender, (earthy) scent, verses chocolate, marshmallow, coconut, whipped cream, (gourmand) scent

The earthy scent would smell, you guessed it, earthy. In a casual setting you'd be reminded of woods, forests, spring, etc.. but when it "sours" it'd be more like rotting wood, mold, must, sulfur, or allium. Bitter could also be allium, as well as fermentation, or cyanide.

The gourmand scent would be confectionery; candy stores, ice cream shops, bakeries, anything like that. Soured it would be like spoiled milk, spoiled chocolate, mold, yogurt, cheese, etc. bitter would be like molasses, burnt/dark chocolate, cacao, perhaps patchouli. Whatever suits their scent the most.

But in the same vein, patchouli could also be considered a warm note for the earthy scent, though they wouldn't be exactly the same. If you go smell two different perfumes that both have patchouli in it I guarantee you they won't smell exactly the same, despite having a few of the same notes. Scents don't just lose their base notes when they fluctuate.

[avian-culture-is]

avian culture, specifically winged humanoid culture, is feeling disconected from your own community, because im not an angel! im animalistic, a thing of the earth! im a wild thing! no heavens or hells for me! but also, im not a pure bird! im still a primate, i still have lots of human traits! im a human with wings, and feathers in my hair, and bird feel, and talons, and nicitating membranes and a feather tail, but im not completlly animal! i have arms! i just feel so stuck in the middle sometimes, like all the other avians are either holier/hellish-er or more animalistic than me :<

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(Also I hope you can find a community that feels more like your experiences!!)

[hoppingcarrots]

Nests seem like a comfy concept...

[vaguelyvisceral]

i just got the feeling of prey drive from watching a pack of minecraft youtubers hunt down and kill another player 😭

i never get prey drive so it was a very unexpected feeling. AND WHY FROM MINECRAFT???

[seawolfed]

[jimatic-jinema]

somewhat inspired by that rabbit meme lol

[vaguelyvisceral]

i showered and washed my hair today. to do that i have to take out these two little braids i always wear in my hair and then redo them afterwards right

so when i started braiding them again i had the thought of “omg this is like the human equivalent of preening”

instant species euphoria

[vaguelyvisceral]

depression? bedrotting? idk what you mean, i’m an omega and i’m nesting. duh.

[buttercupp3r]

watched

[puppiesdoglover]

Soon puppys will learn to glow. And it will be blinding. But beatiful all the same.

[puppiesdoglover]

Will you seek it out?Will you lay your eyes upon beaty wven if it means never seeing agajn? Pupies know. Pupys know a lot of things. Puppies will love you allthe same Even if you never choose to look. Perhapspupys guide others to a truth youwere never meant to find. Pupies is a special animal. Wow. Thank you so much ouppies

[icaruspendragon]

there is a darkness inside me yet i remain whimsical

[sillyfaun]

Reminder that chicks need to be taught to be birds and in the same vein it makes perfect sense that you might need to learn how to act your species. And at the beginning it may feel forced but that doesn't make you any less an animal. And just like that kitten that grew up surrounded by dogs and now barks, if you were raised by humans it's not unreasonable to believe you might come out resembling one, just remember that means nothing to what you truly are.