Little Fang

🌲Wolvie - 28 - Wolfdog Therian 🌲

[wolven-fang]

↟ Welcome ↟

WORK IN PROGRESS

↟ My Therianthropy Journey ↟

Although I experienced shifts and feelings of “otherness” throughout my life and childhood, I properly awakened in 2011 upon first discovering the community. This was the “golden age” of teen werewolves and vampires as a subculture, as well as a lot of overlap between therians and furries. The community back then had a lot more skeptics and “grilling” new members was very common - harshly quizzing them about their theriotype to make sure it was “accurate” and fit the accepted idea of what made a therian correct.

Over the years I’ve watched the community ebb and flow, and in my opinion become a lot more accepting of a diverse set of identities and beliefs about non-human identities and expressions. I thoroughly enjoy being a part of the community, especially in the canine-specific circles as an educator and guide for newly awakened canine siblings.

↟ Theriotypes ↟

My personal identity is one that continues to grow and change as I learn more about myself and allow myself the time and patience to get in tune with my non-humanity. But, there are my current thoughts:

Gray Wolf/high-content wolfdog, with a darker mask/eye circles and yellow-amber eyes. I have memories of living around humans and seeing them frequently, I believe in Alaska around the time of the gold rush.

Black Wolfdog, with the look of an Alaskan Noble Companion Dog with a white chest spot and orange eyes. I have a few memories of wearing a muzzle and growling at people from within a cage or crate.

Blue Bay Shepherd (low-content wolfdog) with a solid blue coat and greyish eyes. I have a ton of memories of hiking and running around in the woods, wearing a brown leather collar.

[aukionpaw]

I'll just bite you because I love you… okey?

[aukionpaw]

me at work

[khonsu-silver-fox666]

Fuck the norms

Be a wild fox and wear a collar

Be an indoor cat and have scars

Be a wolf and sleep in a dog bed

Be a rabbit and eat meat

It doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense to others, it only has to make sense to you

[fangz4vian]

i don't hate humanity. i just wasn't meant to experience the world this way. i was meant to be a wolf, running with my pack.

[gone-fish-mode]

i will always be a fan of people describing themselves however they want, do not take this as me shitting on any label in any way.

i do think that it is very telling how i see a lot of folks saying that they have "outgrown" the therian label and taken up holothere instead, saying that it feels more real and legitimate.

something about it wigs me out. and i think that it has to do with perceived seriousness and a bid for legitimacy. linguistic shift is normal and expected, it's not like this is really avoidable. but the difference between holothere and therian is not the same as therianthropy vs. therianism.

therianthropy vs. therianism is really just people using the wrong term. it's not intentional. it's what happens when "therianthrope" has been shortened so much that the original tenses and forms of the word are just forgotten. it's an arguably pretty normal linguistical shift. im a little annoyed by it, mind you. "therianthrope" and "therianthropy" are some kickass words that I think should be used more. but i can't really be shocked or even upset that it's happened.

holothere is different. while the coining of the word + the way many use it can be very genuine, there is undoubtedly a growing population that uses it because of its perceived to be more serious than therian. it's adopted as a way to been seen as a more legitimate identity. and i can't really be mad at that, either. to say that therian has lost some of its.... idk.... power? due to it being picked up by certain demographics is not wrong. like there is nothing in the reasoning or the desire that is bad or wrong with any of this.

but it does make me a bit squemish, I think? Because it introduces therianthropy as something lesser within the community. You have an internal conflict with legitimacy, here. And it's based off the label you use. In the past, the community has negotiated legitimacy through grilling. And I am not calling for a return to grilling, I don't think it was a great thing, but... it is something I'm noticing.

How we are changing the way we assert our identity's seriousness is now based off of the initial words we use, as opposed to the understanding of that word.

I could talk more about this. as I said before, this is not an attempt to convince anyone to stop using holothere. I know it has a lot of differences to it and it's deeper to most people. I'm not going to sit here and try to combat this very natural shift in behavior. This is just something I've noticed in the way people talk about the term. It's 7:51 am, I have a final exam at 8:00. So I will be going now. But I would love to hear if anyone has more thoughts on this. I will probably come back around and amend some of what I've said here, I've only been thinking about this topic specifically for like. 15 mins. Give me a day and I'll figure out how to say this a better way.

[seawolfed]

"Wildform"

A depiction of what it feels to be in-between shapes, and where I like to imagine myself in this awkward form.

Most days I feel like a weird amalgamation of body parts that don't fit into the body I have. An ever changing mass of limbs, shifting and distorting, trying to shape itself into something it physically cannot. I overcompensate for my movements, lowering my posture as if ready to drop on all fours, I duck my head an extra depth to fit my ears below an obstacle, adjust the way I sit to make space for my tail or walk on my toes to acclimate to the feeling of paws.

Some days my phantom sensations are so strong that I feel it in my entire body. It is so physically distressing to viewing a body does not match the sensation or move in the way that it should. It can be emotionally difficult to move my body and sometimes | feel stuck, unable to move at all. It is an uncomfortable disconnection between mind and body.

Lately l've found drawing the physical sensations of my phantom shifts to be quite therapeutic and healing - especially in those moments I feel stuck. I feel as though this is a big jump in my digital art capability too, I'm very proud of this one! 🐾

[pokewolfey]

A moodboard inspired by wolves, damp coastal forests, rain, fishing, and foraging

Fully free to use personally, and free to use publicly/repost as long as you credit me @pokewolfey on tumblr!

[fangz4vian]

"you're like a dog"

thank you!! i AM one!! :3

[aukionpaw]

//not mine

[your-local-feral-mutt]

Alterhumanity rooted in disablity (zooanthropia, psychosis, delusions, neurodivergence, etc.) deserves to be seen and validated. Shoutout to my disabled aletrhumans ! You're cool and legit.

- 🐺🍂

[southern-skies-southern-dust]

Shenandoah National Park. Greene, Virginia. Photo by Andrea Moscato.

[ecotherian]

I refuse to allow my identity to be erased by misinformation online.

“Therians don’t actually identify as animals” “Therianthropy is only a spiritual connection” “If you identify as an animal you aren’t an actual Therian”

Some people think that commenting these things are helping our community “find themselves”. They are not. They are actively harming the therian community and its members.

We cannot allow the spread of misinformation like this, unless we want our identities to be watered down and erased to a “connection”.

[t3eth-n-p4wzz]

"Real animals" theriform

"Therian type" THERIOTYPE.

"Therian mask" ANIMAL MASKS. CAT MASKS. PLEASE

"Therianism" Ŏ___Ŏ Therianthropy. Therianthrope. THERIANTHROPY THERIANTHROPY THERIANTHROPY PLEASE YOU GUYS jfc

[kimiko24]

Wolves in West Yellowstone, Montana [x]

[kilncreatures]

forest dogy

[foxpawbz]

wear cat ear headbands. go shopping at a pet store. sleep in a dog bed. run on all fours. roll around in the grass. get fang-shaped dental implants. growl and hiss at people. wear a collar. file your nails into claws. get species-affirming tattoos and piercings. eat your food out of a pet bowl. purr when you're happy. be truly yourself, no matter what.

GET MORE NONHUMAN NOW !!!!!!