#Hearttype

[kitthefoxkin]

brown wolf therian moodboard!!

ive had so much fun making these! i might make a white wolf one next, then im thinking about doing some other animals that im currently questioning as hearttypes/linktypes :33

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[therihare]

just because someone has a lesser understood, rarer, or often mocked 'type does not mean they are faking or trolling.

someone who is an ant is not trying to get attention by "picking something uncommon" someone who is a character from a satirical media does not mean they are faking it someone who is starhearted is not trying to be special

and these are just a few examples. you cannot assume whether someone is being genuine or not through their 'type.

[wanderingcritter]

having a prey species theriotype that hasnt been deemed cute or desirable by humans (especially if they also happen to be a keystone species) really sucks sometimes because it's like "im in a really shifty mood rn, let me go look at some pictures or watch some documentaries about my theriotype to feel more in touch with it! :3" and then it's just

*theriotype being hunted*

*theriotype being mutilated by predators*

*theriotype being eaten alive*

*theriotype starving*

*theriotype carcasses*

*theriotype baby drowning*

*theriotype infected with disease*

*theriotype with half of face ripped off*

[otherkinpolls]

poll was inspired by this ask game by user froghearted- check it out too!

[abadbutsadcollective]

Questioning: Future Life? Kintype? Hearttype? Or Something Else?

Ok, weird new experience for me time. Hoping to get some feedback but also get my experience out there. No one in my system has ever felt this before, so I'm doing what we always do and writing about it. Gonna put this under a cut because it's long, but feel free as ever to read and give input.

Point is: do you ever feel like a character would have you as their kintype?

This character, Hawks from MHA for your information, is very very similar to me. Bird guy with red feathers, his backstory if you twist it lines up eerily well with Hunters (from The Owl House, the guy I'm a fictive of), his general outlook in a lot of ways matches up with me. But I'm not him.

Honestly it's like looking into a funhouse mirror. The reflection is similar to you, but definitely to the left, and if you saw that thing walking down the street you wouldn't call it you. Just something that looks like you. Something that was you, but got changed somehow, even if it still holds the pieces of what you were.

This would be all fine and good, no problems--he's just not something I identify as even though he's similar, right? Simple, problem solved! But the actual problem is... I feel closely intertwined with him to the point where I feel like he should have a me kintype. Instead of a sense of "I have experience of being this man and see myself as him", I feel like he would have experience being me, and that if anything he'd literally have me as a kintype.

Obviously this guy is a fictional character and can't have kintypes unless the source creators wrote it in there. So this isn't even about the source material itself, this is... A distinct feeling. Different to "haha he's like me, he'd probably have me as a kintype" too--it's deeper. It's not a joke or a fandom thing.

I've seen people talk about future lives around--rarely, but I've seen it. Never in-depth aside from "a life you believe you'll have in the future", so we never really learned about what it's like to have an identity that stems from that. I feel like maybe this could be related? It seems to fit the feelings well enough, I'm just not sure how that would work in a logical way. Not that it needs to be flawless in its logic--but I do prefer to have a satisfying explanation for things that concern me.

Hell, is it a parallel life maybe? We've seen more on those. It'd be confusing if Hawks-me in whatever other timeline had a me kintype and I didn't have him as one--though I guess it could work regardless? Maybe? Haven't got anything else pointing toward that explanation yet though--once again it's something I'm not entirely familiar with.

Could it be a hearttype? Never heard them described in this way, though. We've seen "this is like family to me"--not what I experience. I don't know him. We've seen "I should be this"--also not true. I should be me because that's who I am right now, I don't think I "should have" been Hawks. It just doesn't seem to fit, though in a pinch I guess I could describe it as one for a quick explanation?

In the end I could always go with vaguetype and call it a day. But I still don't think that's direct enough of a term--it's not vague, it's a distinct feeling that doesn't have a name. It's unclear on what this is, sure, but only because it doesn't have a name or explanation.

Not that I really need to put a name to it, but this isn't something we've heard of before. I'd like answers, or at least to put this out and maybe have some form of solidarity with someone over it--whether that be now, or a year or two in the future when someone else finds this and goes "wow, just like me!".

I'll keep thinking on it, I just needed to get this all down somewhere.

[helmetkeeper]

a stimboard/edit of your 'strangest' kin. all of my kins are relatively normal, so i picked a hearttype(?) instead! this is more conceptual, but i've always felt super connected to water!

row 1: starfruit, cliff, rain.

row 2: fountain, underwater, waves.

row 3: crystal, soil, dock.

divider by @/kodaswrld

[kthecritter]

*staring up at you with big ol pleading eyes*

May I request an otherhearted shark phone wallpaper with themes of old 90s/early 2000s tech?

[Also, can it please have nurse sharks? I love those guys so much (´ω｀)]

here you go, I hope you enjoy! I love nurse sharks too, sharks in general are amazing :p

[alterhuman-culture-is]

synpath/fictionheart/fictionkith culture is seeing an accessory for your kithtype and going "!!! its so subtle! its so perfect!" and wearing it literally every single day because it gives you some sort of euphoria that you don't the name of, but holy shit it feels so good to be wearing it!! because its. sjhgdhsd. it just feels really good to get closer to ur heart type like that!!

(sincerely, a naruto synpath who wears a sasuke necklace every day and just got itself a red/black tail like kurama chakra mode)

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[spinnysocks]

feelin extremely silly today :3

[rotmanlovesyou]

Can anyone explain the difference between a linktype and a hearttype or send a link to a post about it or smtg plsss

[spookedwerewolf]

I’m curious, how do you all with kin types and heart types differentiate them? Where do you draw the line between feeling like something and feeling as if you are something? Because to me those things can sound pretty similar… and the line between a really strong hearttype and a less strong kintype are kind of blurry to me. Anyone have input?

[kitthefoxkin]

hello all!

i believe after some intense research and personal thought, i am not a therian-- but i am copinglink! i also believe that i am otherhearted, with a red fox being both my c'link type and my hearttype. it's taken me a long time to figure this out, as i still experience phantom limbs and minor shifts at some points. however, these only happen when i think about them -- not just by themselves. it helps me cope with a lot of things to just be a little fox for a bit!

i will continue to post and would also like to start doing moodboards for other species upon request! i love moodboards lol and theyre just really fun for me to make

thank you all for reading!

[poplarbark]

i love being a dogy

[ask-an-alterhuman]

I recently figured out that I was otherhearted, does that still make me part of the therian or alterhuman community if I'm not a therian?

Hey!

As a refresher, therian means to identify as a nonhuman animal. Such as being able to say "I am a cat", and feeling as if in some aspect, you are literally a cat--even if not wholly.

Otherhearted means to identify with something. Such as saying "I feel as if cats are my family", or "I should have been a cat but I'm not", along with other things that don't mean you're literally a cat.

Alterhuman, on the other hand, can mean a lot of things. It is a big umbrella term that just means you don't fall within the societal definition of "normal humanity", which can absolutely include otherhearteds, as well as therians and many, many other things. Alterhumans can be completely human, they can be nonhuman, both at once, or even aspecies too.

You'd be included under the alterhuman umbrella and a welcome part of the community, but you wouldn't be a therian. That being said, otherhearted experiences can still be very adjacent to therian experiences and a lot of the time you won't be actively removed from therian communities if you're "only" otherhearted. You can still talk to therians and share similar experiences, and you're still absolutely welcome in the alterhuman community as a whole.

A lot of the time, otherhearted tags are crossposted into by therian blogs, which does make it pretty confusing when they're talking about therian/otherkin experiences in a tag meant for a different identity. It can be difficult, but if you're looking for more 'hearted blogs to follow, @otherhearted-culture-is is one we can personally vouch for, and they might have tips for finding community if you need them!

Merlin (Xe/He/They)

[starrytaill]

i havent posted in forever but here we go

my experience being otherhearted is so weird.

why am i a coyote but not?

am i just delusional?

my soul is a coyote, but i'm a human?

its not the same as therianthropy to me, it's like i am a coyote but only my heart and also i'm really a fox (and a lynx) but im human-

sometimes i hate being nonhuman :/

[yourlocal-therian]

SHOUTOUT TO NORTHERN GHOST BATS I LOVE THESE GRUMPY BABYS <3

I'm pretty sure I'm otherhearted and this is my hearttype <3 been researching for a bit and just feel extremely connected to these guys.