#better than getting angry at kids in the comments of yt vids

[crown-jay]

People spreading misinformation about therianthropy in/on tiktok compilations really ruffles my feathers (A rant by a therian who likes people to have correct information)

Surely it isn't that hard to do even a little bit of a research to find the actual definition. All of this "therians are people who were animals in a past life and have a spiritual connection to that animal." No! If you only have a past life or a connection to animal, but do not identify as that animal, you are not a therian. It's okay to have a past life and be proud of that, but only having a past life is just that, a past life. And a connection isn't therianthropy. If you have a deep connection to an animal, you might be animalhearted, but you are not a therian.

And quadrobics≠therianthropy! It is a sport, a hobby. You're allowed to do quadrobics as a nontherian and therians do not have to do quadrobics.

Seriously, it is not difficult to find correct information, it is all over the internet, tailor made by people who know what they're talking about. I know a lot of these people are kids but it is so frustrating to see just how many people don't understand the fundamental definition of what therianthropy is. Therians identify as a non-human animal on a non-physical level. That's it! If you identify as an animal on a non-physical level, you're a therian. If you don't, you're not. Simple as that (I say that, there are probably situations where it might be more complicated, but I digress).

This isn't me saying that "people aren't allowed to make mistakes", I'm just baffled by the sheer amount of times I've seen this under tiktok compilations or even in the tiktoks themselves. I want this community to be understood and I want people to know what their experiences are actually called. I can't imagine how many of these kids have joined therian spaces, only to find out that they're not actually therians. And that just makes me sad.

It may not be my place to say all this, afterall I only "awakened" (kinda hate that term) a few months ago, but I am also a sucker for knowing things and gathering information (I blame my Doctor fictotype)(and also, I have the 'tism) and I am always looking to provide people with correct info about the topics in passionate about.

Sorry for the rant, I needed to get that out. If there is any misinformation in this post, please tell me so I can correct it, it would be kind of hypocritical for me to rant about the spread of misinformation while knowingly spreading misinformation, now wouldn't it?