#alterhuman positivity

[tranquilwilds]

I like to think about non/alterhumans in their everyday lives.

There is a rabbit who made your sandwich.

An elderich being teaches a math course.

The local werewolf takes care of the elderly.

Rams make up the staff at a pub nearby.

Dragons make excellent library workers.

Your favorite cashier happens to be a lion.

Your overly punctual classmate is a moth, and your less than punctual classmate is a hummingbird.

A goldfinch shops at a gift shop.

A catfish tours you through a historical site.

Across the street is a banshee who is walking their dog.

Cats work on their computers in small cafes.

And you move through your life as you are.

We are unique but certainly not alone. Your community is around you, even if you do not see it outright.

Happy Howling!

[atlas-sys]

As a young teen I was hesitant to identify as otherkin because I was worried it was a phase. Almost ten years, a degree, and a so-called "real world" job later, I'm still otherkin. In fact, I'm more comfortable with my alterhuman identity than ever. But even if it had been a phase? That would be okay. It doesn't make what I was experiencing at the time any less real.

[taxidermycanine]

a reminder to all therians, alterhumans, otherkin, or anyone else reading this.

go outside today. just for a while, sit in the grass, look at the trees and the sky and the birds on powerlines or on branches or flying just below the clouds. listen to critters smaller than yourselves running amongst the same grass you're resting on. make sure to drink water and say hydrated even if it hurts to think about, you need it to survive and survival is necessary.

if you can't go outside today then it's alright, nobody blames you for that, you have your own reasons and those reasons matter so much to you, to me. open a window, sit by it and look. if you can't do that, try again tomorrow.

you have to keep living, you have to keep living and you cannot be the one to stop that from happening because you are far too loved and far too important to die. you need to live, i don't care what you think you've done wrong in life, you MUST keep going. i love you. you will love yourselves someday, i swear on my life.

keep love in your lungs, my sweet.

[strawberrylemongrass]

breed stereotypes are still really weird to me, especially when they get applied to canine therians. like

"Oh your a German Shepherd, you must be a badass, all american, guard-police-bomb sniffing-military dog!!!"

and then this is me on the daily:

and this goes for all kins! "oh your an angel you must..." "oh your a demon you must..." "oh your a robot you must..." no shut up, everycreature is different, there's no monolith for a kin type!!

[zith-ipeth]

Chrysocyon

I howled with a boy last night, under the stars at college, he said first that he was scared to be loud, but he was simply scared of how people would perceive him being loud, we sat on old adirondack chairs over looking the pond, and I howled at the sky, he looked at me in awe, a woman so loud, not scared of the world, I said that if he howled I would be there too, two tones at once, but before I could even ask if he wanted that, he howled deep and loud into the sky, we did this, together.

Afterward he was full of adrenaline, I was too, we ran around deep at night, streetlights providing the light the shy moon could not.

We sat by the bell tower, on fours, and talked, he kicked a pine cone my way and I picked it up with my teeth, and set it by him. He told me somthing about love, somthing I lost in the chill of the wind.

Sometime were going to church point, to howl again, to see if the dogs on the other side of the river would howl back

Language cannot describe the experience of therianthropy, all it does is muddle it

That night I figured out what its definition was

It’s stories and poetry and love

Run fast, bite hard, bark loud

Peace, love, and gratitude

-Zith Ipeth

[hermaphrodog]

being an alterhuman in adulthood is awesome, actually.

Finding out you're some flavor of nonhuman in your 20s, 30s, 40s, etc is awesome, finding that piece of yourself is awesome and is worthy of celebration, not shame.

Having feelings of nonhumanity persist from childhood to adulthood isn't something to be ashamed of, it's merely a part of you and your identity and deserves respect and acceptance.

Being otherkin isn't something that should be frowned upon, not at any age. Even as it's branded as some teenage fad, adult otherkin, therians, etc exist and have always existed.

[pawsthatcausechaos]

I try to pretend that this body is a disguise to trick humans into thinking I'm also a human, but like, I'm also really bad at acting human

[dire-wolf-days]

"I found these flowers for you"

"Don't ask where they came from..."

[rareblackcat]

Happy Halloween to all the critters using this day as a chance to wear gear >:3

[alterhuman-positivity]

People with alterhuman identities that aren't strictly nonhuman have just as much place in the community as anyone else. If you're entirely human, or human as well as nonhuman, or even aspecies or something more nuanced--you're important, you're valued, and you're still alterhuman.

Share your experiences more often, if you'd like. The tags might be mainly filled with posts about nonhumanity, but that doesn't mean that your identity should be kept quiet! Be proud of who you are, humanity and all included.

[tranquilwilds]

I have recently seen a few posts hating on those who spiritually connect to their kintypes/theriotypes/etc. Addressing this felt important.

We are meant to be an inclusive community. Do not allow a false sense of superiority allow you to feel as if you are above people in the same community as you. Everyone here is hated on by outside people enough, we have to stick together and stop trying to tear our community apart. It is only achieving infighting and spreading our community far too thin.

Physical therians/otherkin/nonhumans are valid and belong here. Spiritual therians/otherkin/nonhumans are valid and belong here. Those who identify in all sorts of ways belong here and are valid.

Stop distancing yourself from the only ones that will truly have your back.

[deidad-de-garras-y-colmillos]

Nonhuvalper

a term for those who feel like they can't be perceived as anything but nonhuman; or need to be perceived as nonhuman to feel valid.

xvalper term system by @puriette

[pineneedlesandfeathers]

Reasons someone may identify as alterhuman/otherkin:

They believe they are spiritually anchored to their 'kintype

They believe they have been reincarnated and were their 'kintype in a past life

They feel like they are a part of their 'kintype in a familial way

They feel as if part of their soul is their 'kintype

They have been dehumanized in the past and now their 'kintype has attached to their identity

They have non-human system members/headmates

Their neurodivergence causes them to associate themselves with their 'kintype

They experience clinical lycanthropy

They find peace when they ID as their 'kintype

All of these are valid and important parts of our community. Spiritual and psychological alterhumans are important and the reasons for your identity as alterhuman are often complex! They are equally welcome here. :)

[taxidermycanine]

remember that being an alterhuman is not a bad thing and that it never will be

[zith-ipeth]

I Wonder

If the world can see the fur hiding just beneath my skin, if the girls in the bathroom can see through my lips and straight at my fangs, if the lady at lunch called me “sir” because she saw through my glasses into deep solid brown eyes and feared for her life?

Broken mirrors

My partner told me that they sometimes can see my fur, my paws, my tail. The boy who told me they would “love my body enough for the two of us” yet somehow I still worry that my body will become unlovable.

A dog across the water

Something in their eyes must be off, the changes my body are going through do not show on my skin they show only to my mind and my soul. My fangs, fur, claws and ears are water vapor

Mist coming off a lake

Maybe as my mind changes the shape of my soul, others eyes change to see it too, maybe the way I can see my friends animality, they too can see mine, maybe it’s not just my friends who can see it

I wonder

Do they know what I am, do they know what rests beneath my skin, do they know and love me anyway.

Or do they love me because they can just make out, a tuft of fur poking out from under my sleeve

Run fast, bite hard, bark loud.

Peace, love, and gratitude

-Zith Ipeth

[kiruliom]

faiel (pronounced fey-el)

a species term describing a hybrid, chimera, or otherwise mix between a fae/fairy and an angel

from the word "fae" and the suffix "iel", usually the suffix for angel names.

meant for nonhumans/alterhumans, but can be used for anything else.

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