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let's all hold hands and paws and whatever else and stop policing other beings' identities ok?

"you can't choose!" "it's always spiritual!" "you need to use X label instead of Y!" "it's always this, and it's actually that!"

shhhh. we are holding hands and paws and whatever else and realizing experiences vary and alterhumanity doesn't always look a certain specific way. ok?

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the amount of therians and "supporters" ive seen lately trying to claim that "therians don't identify as animals" is genuinely concerning

like actually how did misinformation spread get this bad ?? that is the entire fucking point of therianthropy what are you talking about my dog in christ

yes, i identify as an animal. no, not in an ironic or metaphorical or satirical or for funsies way. i am an animal. i am a therianthrope. stop watering down our labels so that you can appeal to judgmental humans who don't give a shit about us i am begging you

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lets normalize alterhumans/nonhumans who are having trouble explaining and talking about their experiences. its not easy to pinpoint at experiences, its so hard to describe what i feel.

when someone asks me what my experiences as a therian are i am simply not able to give an answer, i cannot describe it properly without thinking abt it for hours.

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Therians be like

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African Leopard | Liliya Polevoy

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All the same.

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fuuuck my stupid gay tail all the ideal dogs point at laugh at my dumb faggy tail

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YOU THERE

HALT !!!

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It's so incredibly refreshing to come from tiktok where people are only talking about drama or purely doing quads to finding Tumblr where people are actually talking about their alterhumanity and how it affects them and how it makes them feel.

I know tiktok is mostly for gaining a following but it is still so nice especially when you can see something new in each post instead of just quads quads quads, talks about therianthropy, quads quads quads. I feel like I can connect to others experiences more on here and find out more about myself through more alterhuman talk.

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I honestly do not care that the animal packers have knots or sheeths. The whole point of them is to be realistic in order to help with dysphoria, kinda defeats the point if they aren't. It's a personal item that no one but people close to the person who bought it will see. And I'm not looking between peoples fucking legs all day.

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On Identifying as VS Being

Now and again a being will ask if there is a label that describes being alterhuman that isn't defined by identifying as. I'm not especially interested in the distinction. Arguably there isn't one. Nonetheless it's a thread of thought I'm interested in pulling.

Because identifying as and being does feel different, doesn't it? Identification is what one does, being is what one is; Identification is an act, being is a state.

In most alterhumans the act and the state are congruous. We identify because we are, we are because we identify. It isn't hard to conceive there is someone for whom this is incongruent.

I am a dragonborn, but identify as dragonkin. For whatever reason, these feel distinct to me.

Input and experience sharing is very welcome. I am very interested in hearing what people have to say.

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mantis mouthparts source

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People who like mantises but aren't that into entomology are always "orchid mantises" this and "orchid mantises" that. Overrated. Can we talk about Toxodera integrifolia for a minute:

(Image links because as much as it pains me I've never seen one of these beauties irl: 1 2 3)

Like how are these things real. Girl what is that thorax shape. Why are you wearing eyeliner. And the colors? Absolutely fire. This is a 10/10 insect if you ask me.

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Badgers and coyotes hunt together. It's a thing. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service explains that “studies have shown that this unusual relationship is beneficial for both species. The coyote can chase down prey if it runs and the badger can dig after prey if it heads underground into its burrow systems.”

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please reblog (or just int) if youre on therian / otherkin / alterhuman tumblr im so desperate for more mutuals. pspsps. reveal yourselves