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[dinocanid]

Making this a chain so I can keep track of them easier, there's another entry up now:

I have a lot of memories as Beastpup that I really wanna start writing down so I remember them better. Sometimes they're vague and short, but other times they're detailed like this one.

I'm just now realizing I posted this originally in one of the community tabs months ago and nowhere else, so here it is now lol. It feels a bit too long for Tumblr, so it's available on my Dreamwidth (no account required).

[dinocanid]

Honestly the differences are like splitting hairs, they're by and large functionally the same thing. The otherkin and therian communities themselves are different for historical reasons, but when it comes to experiences themselves like "what's the difference between a wolf therian and a wolfkin?" the answer is uh...basically nothing lmao.

hi cans someone explain the difference between a therian and an animal kin? im not sure and i wanna understand other non-humans better

[dinocanid]

There's multiple possibilities, although here's a few common ones:

1. They've never heard of it. Even if they do later on, it doesn't mean they're gonna suddenly swap labels

2. "Transspecies" can imply transition in some way. It doesn't always, but it's understandable why some may feel it's not entirely accurate

3. They assume "transspecies" is a "transID" thing. It's not, for the record. Transspecies is much much older and did not originate in transID spaces, but not everyone knows this so they might steer clear from it in precaution.

4. Personal preference

this stuff be talked about reminds me... how come physical therians dont call themselves transspecies? wouldnt that be more accurate? /genq

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[dinocanid]

Although be aware that this isn't like, guaranteed to make you feel anything.

(Video by @nova-dracomon , forgot to tag)

Are there meditations I can do to experience phantom limbs please please guys please

[dinocanid]

I am, but I just don't bring it up because there's like...nothing I can say about it lol. It's not much of a conversation piece

Any alterhumans who are human but more? Not alterhuman as in not human. But alterhuman as in human, but also animal. Like the kin version of multi gender. 100% human and 100% other. All in one body. Idk. I’ve just never heard anyone talk about this before.

[dinocanid]

To everyone talking about the “dire wolves” being back, sorry to disappoint, but those are not dire wolves. They do not have dire wolf genes. They are gray wolves (Canis lupus) with a handful of gene edits. Real dire wolves are actually not wolves at all, and are more closely related to jackals (except for golden jackals, which actually are wolves).

The modified gray wolves are cool, I will not deny that, but they are not a de-extinct species. However, they are an amazing example of what gene editing can accomplish and that is incredible.

I am posting this in alterhuman tags for the sake of those who read the article title and did not read the whole thing.

[dinocanid]

I have a lot of memories as Beastpup that I really wanna start writing down so I remember them better. Sometimes they're vague and short, but other times they're detailed like this one.

I'm just now realizing I posted this originally in one of the community tabs months ago and nowhere else, so here it is now lol. It feels a bit too long for Tumblr, so it's available on my Dreamwidth (no account required).

[dinocanid]

That's @dromaeochorus ! They're probably open for chatting if you want

Drom's going to be a scarecrow for Halloween, but probably shouldn't be trusted with a pitchfork

(Also hey, new tag for system stuff)

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(None of those musicians are actually my absolute favs, but were the only ones I'm familiar with)

Found this picrew and thought its cute

Here is me atm

Npts: @t3mpest98 @varpusvaras @tinyduckies @insertmeaningfulusername @ihaventpiickedausername @cookiemonsterv3 & anyone who wants to do this (u also dun have to if u don’t want to kdkdkdk)

[dinocanid]

There is an issue in the community that comes from outside of it that we need to address.

Hermaphroditic =/= Intersex.

But, Daski, you say, we know that!

Except there's this nagging part of people's brains that involves itself with respectability politics to the point that they forget this fact.

People hear "hermaphrodite" and get their feathers in a ruffle on behalf of the intersex community due to it's historic use as a slur. But they also forget that hermaphrodite is a legitimate biological description of genital configurations.

We're a community that talks a lot about blurring that of being animal and being person. We're also a community that is on the cutting edge of understanding parts of human psyche that science hasnt caught up to studying on a large scale yet.

Thus, when someone in our community mentions they (as a kintype) had or currently wish to have hermaphroditic genitals they're not saying they want to be intersex. You cant become intersex, and intersex is a human diagnostic criteria. Conflating ANY USAGE of the words deriving from "hermaphrodite" to intersex is doing an enormous disservice to the intersex community by muddying the waters of their terms and definitions.

Humans have wonderful terms such as salmacian and bigenital to describe the current technology level of having more than one genital attached to a body. However, remember we're talking about being animal people. Not everyone's wants or goals or dysphoria can be described by these terms. So we turn to the correct word of Hermaphroditic: having two complete and fully functioning sets of genitals. (Which I must remind readers: intersex does not include this definition. This is not a possible genital configuration in humans by birth.)

Hermaphrodite and it's derivatives are not bad words worthy of knee-jerk reactions. Think critically before policing others' terminology usage, especially if you're not a part of the perceived aggrieved group.

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Please, for the love of everything, istg, stop equating alterhuman and nonhuman; they're not synonymous whatsoever. In that same vein, human fictionkin are not the edge of the community. Alterhumanity is not only identify-as labels.

Doing this only contributes to the erasure of entire sections of the community.

[dinocanid]

* Snowed in.

[dinocanid]

Outside of Othercon (which I'm obligated to run), most probably haven't heard from me in a while. I've been going through a lot and haven't had the spoons to do much of anything besides live day-to-day. I'm in a constant state of extreme anxiety and just barely holding it together. This isn't really something I can remedy or get help for either, I just have to weather it, and there's no telling at all how long that will take.

I've mentioned it before elsewhere, but I'm not sure if there will be more Othercons. Not that I don't want to, but because I don't know if I'll be able to, and I hate saying this after seeing how excited everyone is for the next one. It's just been a rough and scary time, and unfortunately I have to think about things like this.

Currently I'm trying to finish all of my queued commissions that have been backlogged for close to a year, after which I won't be taking any more for the foreseeable future. I need to focus on myself so I can finish a project or two. I don't want to have not finished anything of my own.

Anyway, this was a depressing update post, sorry it couldn't be more promising

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Painted a skrunkly guy ( @dinocanid ) ! Pls get some rest!

[dinocanid]

Special thanks to everyone that participated in Othercon 2024, we had a great convention this year!

Our peak member count was 593 members, that's a lot, almost 40% more than last year! We were also able to raise a grand total of $605.93 USD for the charities! Congratulations gang!

[dinocanid]

I feel like a dog with old bones

[dinocanid]

To anyone wondering if this is actually a thing people do and not a hypothetical, it legit happened to me last night lmao. Exclusionists are wild

Hey, Lets Talk About Therian Gatekeeping.

If you've ever seen my work, you know that I'm a very inclusionist therian. People & creatures who have read my work or been to one of my presentations of Therian: Dispelling the Earthen Animal Myth have been very receptive of the information and have passed it on to others in the community that havent been so fortunate as to have experienced and learned along side me. There's still a lot of work to be done in this venture, and every person & creature who shares it is a crucial part of history.

So why does the "therian = earthen animal" belief exist and persist? My favorite theory is that there's a pervasive need to be seen as legitimate. Fictional and mythical animals arent seen as real, in their therian-worldview. Not real enough for exclusionists, and that theory is constantly reinforced by exclusionists who insist that inclusionists are the ones trying to rewrite the term's history.

Let me show you what I mean.

Here's a link to where I got this screenshot. Please note the date in the upper right hand corner of the screenshot. For context, this is from a thread on the community's originating website, Alt.Horror.WereWolves. This is the thread that originates our current usage of Therian/thrope/y. (The censored info is the members' real names. You can see them uncensored at the link, unfortunately. I've censored them here for privacy.)

As I see it, therianthropy applies to *any* human/animal form, regardless of history, powers, or other attributes.

The original defining discussion thread of therianthropy includes "any human/animal form". Gatekeepers are the ones in the wrong here.

There's an argument amongst exclusionists, "if therianthropy can extend to include non-earthen animals, what's the point of therianthropy as a concept?" For those who arent aware, although therianthropy and otherkinity significantly overlap in their experiences and the way those experiences are described, the two communities developed separately, with overlap in experience and terms used, depending on which of the two a member found first. It's so deeply ingrained in these exclusionists that therians can only be real animals, that they choose a narrow inclusion or non-existence.

On top of this, it's incredibly disturbing that these people & creatures are encouraging revisionist history by completely denying original, first hand sources that tell them they're wrong. They delete messages that inclusionists reply with, giving them these primary sources. So I'm here showing you the truth.

If you've been led to believe, threatened even, that you're "not a real therian" if you believe therians can be non-earthen animals, then I'm here holding your paw, telling you that your inclusion in a term/experience doesnt hinge on how well you uphold the standards of a few.

If you would like more reading about this, I have a whole essay, linked at the beginning of the post, with dozens of citations to primary sources about this issue. If you agree that "therian = earthen animal only", I challenge you to read the essay. Read and really analyze the sources linked there. Engage with your history in it's purest form, not from others telling you things. Learning and expanding your worldview is the most powerful way to grow as a person.