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[indornaga]

I’m not as vocal in the community as I once was, but I feel compelled to share this. If you identify as alterhuman, it’s equally important to embrace both the aspects of the experience that align with societal norms and those that might seem strange or unconventional.

The ongoing debates about what is considered “normal” in human society—and using that as a standard to gatekeep alterhuman experiences—baffles me.

This is your own community that you’re undermining—a minority group of those who already somewhat exist outside the boundaries of human norms, yet you, as a fellow alterhuman, are filtering their experiences through a rigidly human perspective.

If you’re alterhuman but unwilling or uncomfortable to explore or express its full complexity, that’s your choice. However, it’s unfair to project that choice onto others who are open and willing to engage with every facet of their identity.

It takes deep introspection and courage to reflect on these things, come to terms with them, and actively share them with others. Without this process, our community wouldn’t be what it is today.

Pushing your insecurities onto others and shaming them for embracing the difficult parts of themselves that you’ve chosen to avoid is deeply harmful to the community. It’s 2024; we should be progressing, not regressing.

If someone is being genuine about their truth and isn’t causing harm to themselves or others, they shouldn’t be shamed for their alterhuman experiences. Life isn’t a flawless, polished narrative—it’s messy, chaotic, and sometimes uncomfortable. But that’s what makes it so profoundly and beautifully complex.

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Just a PSA it's totally ok to misidentify your theriotypes it can take a long time to realize oh maybe that wasn't quite it,it doesn't mean you're faking at all I misidentified what is now my main amd more focused theriotype for a few years and I'll discuss that specifically in a different post but point is you don't need to know it all at once you may really really want to but it's not wrong or fake of you not to nor is it the most realistic

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I tried that thing where you're casually open about your identity, without ever actually trying to explain otherkinity, and it fucking worked??

Went out for lunch with a guy I've only met twice, and he asked about my bison pendant. I just said that if I were an animal I'd be a bison, I relate to their resilience and stubbornness, it's kinda like a spiritual thing.

Later in the day, he commented about my not wearing a jacket in December and I jokingly asked if he'd ever seen a bison get cold (and then said something about my ADHD meds making me overheat).

And wouldn't you know it, a while later he himself made a joke about me being a bison, completely unprompted.

Incredible. I don't know what I was afraid of, I should've tried this way sooner!!

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I don't want to engage in discourse, but I've seen so many posts here lately talking about "Tik Tok Therians" and worries about them migrating to Tumblr.

I'm just imagining what it's like for them. Imagine coming to Tumblr for the first time and discovering all this hate and infighting. Your main way of seeing content of others like you has been taken away from you, so you turn to Tumblr, only to find hundreds of posts making assumptions and generalizations about you. Imagine coming from Tik Tok and the first post you see on here is someone calling you annoying.

Are we really as accepting as we claim to be? Now is the time to prove it.

Yes, I would absolutely be bullied off the face of Tik Tok if I ever ended up there, but that doesn't mean I will treat them the same if they ended up here. If you're scared of Tumblr turning as toxic and hostile as Tik Tok, maybe the answer is to simply avoid being toxic and hostile.

Also, a bit of a tangent, but sometimes the best way to go about things is just agreeing to disagree with those around you. I can't even count how many times I've changed my mind about something because I saw someone with a different opinion and had a civil discussion, or did proper research about something I was misinformed on because I befriended someone new. Of course we are all entitled to opinions, and we can't always see eye to eye, but that's life.

Personally, my blog will welcome these "Tik Tok Therians" with open arms. They will see that I'm weird, but most importantly they will also see that I am one of them, I am kind, and willing to educate without hate.

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Btw i made a pokemonkin symbol :3! btw i made a pokemonkin / pokemon kintype , pokemon fictionkin symbol :3! Feel free to use! Inspired by the otherkin symbol!

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I wish physical-nonhuman Tumblr would at least get better about posting broad “all these human coworkers/family/peers/complete strangers, I hate being the only nonhuman here” statements. Because I’ll say it again, and harsher this time: You. Don’t. Know. I don’t care if you feel like you’d be able to tell. You can’t. Even for other physical nonhumans, I'm not just referring to otherkin, for the record. You can’t look at the guy sitting on the bus next to you and know enough about him to think “ugh, this fucking human texting on his phone wouldn’t understand my experience.” It might be posting on Tumblr about being a coyote at this very moment. Or he is a human but has experiences of his own that you wouldn't understand, yet you're judging his depth. Vibes of a Redditor calling people NPCs except your word for thoughtless sheeple is "human."

Why are you making the same presumption about random people that you hate random people making about you anyway? It's like when people assume you're a human or you're shallow or one dimensional, it's their bigotry—but when you do it to them, it's... theirs again. I just have to go about my day knowing humans who see me think I’m a human and wondering if therians and zoanthropes who see me are assuming the same thing? How does the constant scorn for the outside appearances around you help your dysphoria? How does broadcasting these assertions to the one group you know are like you, help your dysphoria? Because it certainly doesn’t help mine. You're not the only being in the world. Be less openly judgmental at the very least

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I am once again fucking begging the community to stop writing everything other than identify-as identities out of the word alterhuman and now fictionfolk too

Alterhuman does not mean everyone who identifies as nonhuman on some level (oh and maybe otherhearted people too). Please for the love of all that is good and holy stop saying that. It means anyone whose identity falls outside of society’s idea of “normal human” - anyone with an identity alternative to humanity or that’s an alternative form of humanity. It includes nonhumanity, yes, but also otherheartedness, hearthomes, archetropy, plurality, daemonism, furry lifestylers, othervague folks, constelics, and so much more. Here’s the coiner’s words to prove it.

Fictionfolk does not mean anyone who identifies as a fictional character. It means anyone with an alterhuman connection to fiction of any kind. It includes fictionkin and fictives and such, yes, but also fictional hearthomes, fictionheartedness, soulbonders, fictional vaguetypes, fictional constelics, and much more. Here’s the coiner’s words to prove it.

To collapse these words down to basically be synonymous with otherkin and fictionkin is to utterly defeat their purpose. Please stop defining us out of our own communities. Please stop erasing the existence of everyone outside of “identifies as nonhuman and/or fictional”.

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We need more plural jokes out there. I'm talking real corny knee-slappers and puns that make you groan as you roll your eyes to the heavens. What's your best plural/system joke? I'll go first:

A system with a dozen headmates walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "What will you have?"

The system replies, "Just a regular beer, please."

The bartender writes down the order and then says, "And what will you have?"

Confused, the system says, again, "One beer, please."

The bartender writes down the order and then, again, says, "And what will you have?"

Starting to get frustrated now, the system says, once more, "I'll have a beer."

This continues on for a while until finally, the system – baffled and angry – asks the bartender why they keep asking the same question instead of getting them the beer they ordered.

"Well," the bartender answers, "it's bar policy to make sure all our customers get a chance to order, and you walked in with a party of twelve."

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Shout out to those of us who awakened as adults! I didn't realize I'm a bison until I was almost 18 and I didn't have my fictionkind awakening until I was 21

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I have been meaning to discuss this for a while, but I never managed to figure out how to construct all the thoughts I wanted to share. This post will not be well-organised and I apologise for that.

Being a falconry bird is not as inherent as my kestrel-ness. Sure, it’s integral to who I am, but I was not born for falconry.

That concept likely arose from my parents and our dynamic. I feel as though some principles of falconry align with how our relationship functions — there is a lot of emphasis on dependency and control. I have noticed parallels with casting/coping, telemetry, and flying to a lure, to name a few things. Although they do not perceive me as their bird, I perceive them as my falconers; I am tied to them in that way.

It’s an induced identification because I am not a falconry bird on my own. I would not be a falconry bird if not for this relationship: I could not belong to a falconer without a falconer.

Consequently, being a falconry bird is not something aesthetic to me. Yes, I enjoy gear related to falconry— I do not deny the act of wearing anklets and leather is visually appealing —but they mostly appeal to me due to what they symbolise. I depend on, belong to, my falconers no matter what, even when they do not consider themselves to be falconers; I presume having an obvious/direct association with falconry displayed twists it from something potentially upsetting into something species euphoric (positive).

However, because of this, my act of being a falconry bird is, in some ways, meant to be negative. Elements of falconry that may be undesirable are significant to my identification. I want to be hooded to limit my visual stimuli. I want to be tethered to a perch or a glove. I want to be equipped with bells that make it difficult for me to hide. I know it would restrict me, and I would dislike it, but it’d make an accurate representation; it’d feel right. To me, being a falconry bird is not just an idea.

This does not necessarily make me immune to romanticising the relationship dynamic. I love the thought of a mutual skill set exchange. I want to pledge the loyalty of my talons to someone, for their shelter and dedication. I want to play the role of bird to my loved one’s falconers. Being some centre’s species ambassador sounds like the ideal job.

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If you've never seen someone write about their experiences with a species or character or entity or object or concept that you identify as, or if you've never found traces of other people who have identified as the specific nonhuman or fictional thing that you identify as, consider this a sign for you to write about your experiences!

Leave tracks! Show that you were here! Share what you experience and how you feel and understand it! If not for your own future benefit, then for the benefit of those who come after and wonder if someone like you existed!

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Saw a tiktok of a guy saying he doesn’t feel comfortable talking to minors because he’s 19. And it’s just. I’m so fucking tired of this.

And like to be clear, I’m speaking as a victim of pedophilia when I say: We need to get over this collective fear of endangering children. Because holy shit, this stuff is getting out of hand.

The average person is not a threat to a child.

And also!!! It is actually really really good for kids to have friendships with adults that aren’t their family.

Having friendships with adults when you’re younger prepares you for adult life in a better way then only interacting with adults that are family members or teacher as well.

And also if there’s any sort of weird behavior happening with adults or teachers, it’s very helpful to have unrelated adults, you can go to, and also have a model for what normal adults are supposed to look like.

And also! You’re just making it way easier for pedophiles to prey on children when you completely avoid interacting with them as an adult. Because kids are naturally inquisitive and curious. They are going to want to interact with adults and they are going to want to ask questions. And if the only adult adults that are willing to interact and speak with them or adults who have ulterior motivations. Guess what’s gonna happen.

Also on a more general note. Having a model for what a normal healthy adult is supposed to look like makes it way easier for kids to be able to recognize and identify when adults in their personal life are being weird.

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hi, i'm a carnivorous dinosaur so im a similar size and build as a dragon, and i have a partner that doesnt like being bitten or scratched!

talon's suggestions are solid, and i highly suggest them as well. in my experience, my spouse is very tolerant if i DO nibble or nom, but i normally do it out of jest and put no real pressure behind it. when i DO bite bite, it's specifically in a spot that they designated okay (in our example, biting their back is massage-like, so im okay'd to do that whenever i want)

if i REALLY need to bite or scratch, like out of spontaneous instinct, i bite a pillow or blanket, or make the motion but not actually connect (but that might be the crocodile in me, able to just, threaten with my teeth)

these are just suggestions that we've worked out, but i highly suggest working out something with your partner that be better for yall!

since your another derg i wanted to ask how does one deal with animalistic urges when it comes intimacy when you know the other person might not like that, like should i just wait it out or say bite or scratch a object?

im not really the most qualified for answering that (aroace🤙🤙), but i think you really need to communicate with your partner about that. its healthier for you to not repress your urges, but you also need to respect their boundaries if theyre not okay with them. ask them about it, and if theyre not receptive, consider if thats a deal-breaker for you in your relationship.

fortunately there are alternatives for biting and scratching instincts, like chewelry, fidget toys, hell even pet toys like dog toys or those scratching cat thingies (i dont know how theyre called in english) could work. you can also use chewy food like beef jerky (ive personally never tried it, they dont sell it on my country, but ive tried similar stuff and its good!). could be worth a shot!

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Announcing the Centaurus Festival 🐴🌠

The Centaurus Festival is a free annual 3-day online gathering for alterhumans with a focus on mythical and folkloric identities. This gathering is held on Discord on the first weekend in March (March 7th-9th, 2025), and offers a full schedule of events for attendees to go wild over. Check out our website here! For past events, check out our YouTube here!

Registration Schedule 📅

Artists/Dealers Applications: November 1st - November 30th

Panelist Registration: December 1st - January 31st

Attendee Registration: January 1st - February 28th

Convention Dates: March 7th-9th

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being friends w systems is nuts cuz youll have a guy in the friend group that goes away for a bit and comes back like "i got out of the nightmare loop" or "sorry i was gone i got put in the torment nexus" and its not even an exaggeration they really were in the nightmare loop or the torment nexus for a week and are forced to be normal about it

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sure being a therian is about being an animal but sometimes it’s also about weird creature sex. i should be a dragon having sex with another dragon… dragonly