Rebel

otherkin/alterhuman sideblog • flag in pfp is dogpunk • main is @lemonlegendsblog

[w3r3wolfboyfri3nd]

Hey, I'm Rebel! I'm 24 years old, use he/him pronouns, and I'm the leader of the Wildheart Pack here on tumblr.

I'm polykin, but I am primarily a werewolf, a wolfdog mutt, and a German Shepherd/American Akita mix. Although I'll often just post any animals/beasts that I vibe with.

Objectkin, fictionkin, clinical lycanthropes, and other physical nonhumans are welcome!

Occasional lewd reblogs are untagged.

♡ TERFs, radfems, cop-lovers, nazi-punks, and bootlickers eat shit and die. ♡

[mellum]

[chaozmuttz-deactivated20260403]

white alterhumans and non humans need to listen more to POC non humans/alterhumans more, this whole police dog debate is proving we dont listen to POC enough you need to be aware that youre identity can hurt people, dogs are used as tools by police, it nothing you should be proud of, you should not be using it as a aesthetic i beg you to move away from this, look into service animals, protection animals, guard animals. anything besides police/military dogs as it stands these kinds of dogs who glorify/romanticize this will not be welcome to my blog

[w3r3wolfboyfri3nd]

Species win! My sister's dog and I have the same anxiety prescription.

[214-deadboy-deactivated20250501]

you're in her DMs i'm eating her dog's pain pills

[beastlybardou]

Swallowed Whole: On Being Cosumed by Predatory Need

Warnings: Discussion of psychedelic use and predatory instincts

Lately, I have been experimenting with psychedelics as a way to explore my subconscious and my animality. I use it as a way to tear off the human filter and experience the full breadth of my animality without being limited by learned human responses and shame. It doesn't always work to the fullest extent, but not once have I tripped without experiencing a strong shift. I feel that not only does this make my shifts stronger, but it also brings to the surface my unmet animal needs.

When analyzing the themes that have popped up across all of my trips, the strongest answer, the one that is everpresent, no matter what other themes pop up each time, is without a doubt, predation. The deep seated and primal need to consume.

I've always had close ties to the darker sides of my animal experiences. I know what it is to hunt and to kill, as I have done both. I have done them up close and personal, without the emotional distancing of a gun. I have peace with that as part of what it means to be a wolverine. But normally I feel like that is a part of myself that I have difficulty unleashing, because, not to be edgy or anything, but I have let that out in the past and it has scared people I care about, and ever since I have had a hard time really acting on my shifts. I am a creature of action, and I have found ways to actionably indulge in lots of my animal needs, but some still linger in the realm of theory and introspection.

During my trips, though, the need for action on my instincts becomes almost unbearable. My mind is filled with images of prey, hunting, and mental journeys revolving around consumption, both literal and more metaphorical. It's an imagery that resurfaces again and again. Consuming. Being consumed by my own need. Teeth snapping shut. Animals locked together in death's dance, too intertwined to tell where one begins and the other ends. Writhing meat. I feel my snout and fangs, and at times, my whole jaw locks up with the need to bite. I've tried pulling apart my blanket with my teeth because it feels like deer's fur. I stalk my mate on all fours, moving far more adeptly in this way than I ever can sober. My body crashes into his, teeth wrapping around his soft belly. Snarls and pants echo off the walls, and once again, I can't tell us apart. Frequently, when I come down from the high, my jaws are tired for the next few days from how hard I clench my teeth when they ache to crack bone.

Beyond predation, there are lots of other parts of my animal experiences that become more powerful. I often hallucinate my full animal body draped over me like a skin, down to being able to feel the texture of my fur. I feel like it is slowly changing me, turning my body more animalistic by the minute. I want to run out into the woods, and sometimes I have. Nature feels more vibrant, and I feel the way I am connected to everything that lives. Technology begins to feel dull and confusing. When my mate turned on a YouTube video, I couldn't even understand what it was, and got scared by the voice of a person I couldn't see, I am somewhat ashamed to admit.

But the way the predation presents itself feels different. It feels like it is the most deeply unmet need, and I wonder what I can do to feed that hungry side of myself in shifts again so that maybe my animal mind can settle and consumption not dominate my subconscious the way it must be currently.

[while-i-kiss-the-sky]

Mama cat gargoyle

Cat with a kitten statue on the roof of the castle of Château de Pierrefonds, France. It was built between 1393-1407.

[that-house]

lets endure for 618-632 years with mama…

[nordicsublime]

[weare-foxes]

”SPECIES TRANSITION”

(full thread below)

[skippydogwags]

My friend got me doggie candy molds!! Time for Illegal Dog Treats

(they're full of Skippy peanut butter ofc)

[blueboyluca]

So to summarise my experience of reading How Stella Learned to Talk by Christina Hunger: if it’s not clear, I hated this book. It’s trash. It belongs on the dog edition of If Books Could Kill. There is nothing of substance in it, nothing of value. My major issues with dog buttons remain the same and are now in fact more pronounced. Those issues are:

Dog buttons replace existing communication dogs use with human-centric communication, which only devalues humans learning real dog behaviour

All dog use of buttons is assumed deliberate and meaningful

All dog use of buttons is explained away with creative storytelling

Supporters of dog buttons rely heavily on harmful anthropomorphism

The novelty of dog buttons is considered more important than existing research of dog behaviour and practice of dog training

People like Hunger are either lying to themselves or lying to everybody else and it doesn’t really matter which because functionally the result is the same

I went on the Hunger for Words Instagram page to see what they are up to today. I recognise that Stella seems to use her buttons in a way that suggests familiarity with them, but that doesn’t equate to language use. She also still displays calming signals like yawning, stretching, flat ears, pacing and looking away while using her buttons.

The videos are all short and without much context within the footage. The captions are complete storytelling. There is no way to know that what is happening in the video is valuable because it’s surrounded by unverifiable storytelling and commentary from Hunger.

The Instagram also features videos from other laypeople who think their dogs can talk. One recent video shows a golden retriever repeatedly pressing a button that says "car". The owner attributes this behaviour to the dog "throwing a tantrum about the car". In another featured video, a Pekingese mix presses "chew" then "come" and then puts his lifted paw down on "get it" which is also taken as deliberate communication.

One of Hunger’s tips in the book is to wait for your dog to respond after you have talked to them. Think about how this looks from the dog’s perspective. You have stopped talking, you are making eye contact, you are waiting expectantly. What do dogs normally do when confronted with this kind of body language? They throw out appeasement signals and they offer behaviours that might lead to reinforcement. This is what is recommended as language breakthrough, and that any button pressing that may result from it is deliberate linguistic communication and not instead meaningful communication about the dog’s emotional state and response to your own body language.

My emotional state after finishing this book? Exasperated and sad. The most important thing you can take away from this story is that your dog is always communicating with you, and you don’t need a plastic button to learn what they are saying.

[sparrowlucero]

the "dire wolves are no longer extinct" stuff is gonna be the most annoyingly persistent science misinformation for the next decade at least

[sparrowlucero]

my theory is they went with dire wolves because it's the easiest pop culture-famous extinct animal to evoke. anything people would see as cool or notable enough to care about, like a dinosaur or a woolly mammoth or a dodo, is really hard to genetically edit into existence; the exception being dire wolves, which people both think of as an epic game of thrones fantasy creature that also looks exactly like a normal wolf (as opposed to a large bush dog that isn't that closely related to grey wolves)

[crassjellyfish]

No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction

Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make

here's a good article from New Scientist for anyone who wants it!

[ponycamp]

fag enabler dog

[vamonkea-art]

Drawing werewolves with weird digits! Let's give it for drawing werewolves with weird digits! WOOOOOO!

[vintagewildlife]

Wolf with cubs By: Russ Kinne From: The Order of Wolves 1976

[lap-wolf]

honestly now that you mention it, i sure am.

[caspianhypno]

Ok i def get rough werewolf partner but consider soft werewolf partner.

They just Flop ontop of you wanting pets, their fur is very soft and nice feeling in bed, if they think your ignoring them they start wining from a corner.