#dragonkin thoughts

[zezzydergy]

I see a lot of posts listing experiences we have as alterhuman/therian/otherkin/nonhuman folk and exclaim that every one of them is valid.

Which they are.

Why does it bother me? Because I hate to see that this is needed at all. That we need to slap a “valid” sticker on our experiences.

It doesn’t matter whether or not we, (as individuals), decide they are or aren’t valid.

it doesn’t matter. What happens will happen regardless of whether or not you have an opinion on how “valid” it is.

So what if you’re nonhuman but also human? That’s an experience, it won’t magically stop happening because someone goes “nyeeeh”. (Just an example. You can insert whatever gatekeepers like to complain about and it would still work).

It’s saddening, more than anything. The fact gatekeepers think they can push people out for having different events happen to them ended up making us feel the need to say “hey, your experiences are real and they don’t make you lesser than those who have more common experiences”.

Imagine saying to someone that is crying that it’s okay to cry even though you and/or others aren’t. Of course it is. It should go without saying.

But these are just some Kxena thoughts, hopefully I was able to put them clearly into words heheh

I don’t believe uplifting posts are bad in the slightest, it’s just saddening to see we need them at all. Keep on lifting each other up! We all deserve to feel accepted and respected in this community. Write some words of kindness today!

[vvalllerie]

there’s something missing

[talon-dragonbeast]

❗a tip

you can always make a boring task more interesting by imagining yourself as a creature while doing it

[mxmorbidmidnight]

Hey…hey bro….lets compare wing sizes… no homo though…

[skansennow-arghans]

dear fellow dragonkins: "queztel" is not a dragon species. He is a Mexica deity. Calling yourself a queztel is racist. Because he is not a dragon, but a very important deity from a people that have been genocided and colonised for hundreds of years. If you see someone calling themselves that, call it out.

also, the Amphithere is a historical winged heraldric dragon/serpent! It's much more realistic than calling yourself a mesoamerican god!

[astridlikesmythology]

My back aches and I yearn for the sky. I wish to fly away from this mortal shell.

-something with wings and depression

[sorensolsikke]

recently as i discovered that i am an alterhuman, i came to the realization that i have SO MANY SHIFTS, day by day. okay i admit, i knew that not everyone "feels like an animal", because if they did, it would be discussed a lot more. but knowing the term 'shifting' and 'otherkin' would have helped me like. not feeling like an outcast for so many years. i genuienly hope that the times when alterhumanity will be at least a wildly known - if not accepted - phenomenon are coming.

like how could i have known i am not the only one, when i was nine, threatened and bullied by my classmates, getting startled easily and feeling like some animal, long neck, eyes wide open, smells and vision getting neater. i thought i was broken, therefore worthy of the bullying, the beatings, the loneliness, because i was something less than a 'sophisticated human'.

after i've got hurt, i imagined/saw myself as a big blue firebreathing dragon, landing on the middle of the school's backyard, catching and scaring my bullies, roaring very very loud. afterwards, i felt bad, guilty, sinful for imagining that i hurt people like an animal.

while on car rides, i imagined a dragon looking like the real me running outside the car, jumping around obstacles, sometimes getting off. sometimes, i felt the wind on my face and under my wings and i felt the soil under my paws and the grass touching my sides. i thought i was getting obsessed and i am abnormal.

my phantom thorns and wings had weight, even when i was twelve. i was afraid i've been sensing that someone is watching me behind my back, the way the characters of books can sense it. when i realized i can feel the shape of the things i am sensing, i was shocked.

i've been disliking my body for so long, without knowing what's wrong with it. it wasn't at all about my genderfluidity, as i thought for years, no. i've been passing for both a girl and a boy since i was very very small. no, i hated how the muscles wrap around my arms and how my legs are formed and i couldn't raise my ankle high, like it is with dogs. i hated my teeth not being pointy enough and my skin not growing scales. i had so many phantom shifts through all my life that it made me self conscious. the understanding that i am a pretty human AND a miserable dragon came to me so late, that i had already been struggling with ed for years.

my point is. no matter if alterhumanity is formed by delusions, coping mechanisms or other psychological reasons. up until it ceases to be a taboo to talk about for a literal CHILD, my case can happen over and over. alterhuman communities are needed and are comforting and supportive for people with similar experience. i deeply hope we will get at least as known as furries, so to provide answers for people in need of it.

[stranger-from-beyond]

A Stranger from the stars.𖥔 ݁ ˖ִ ࣪⚝₊ ⊹˚

A rather simplified depiction of me✩࿐

A rather old piece of artistic display, though I thought it might serve well on my blog. I originally designed it as profile picture, for my instagram channel; @/stranger_from_beyond :).𖥔 ˖

[fallowyrm]

That Fearful Worm 🐉🌿🏰 moodboard I made for the cover of my alterhuman playlist!

image sources: 🏰🌿🐉⭐; all other images are sourced from public domain engravings and illustrations

[talon-dragonbeast]

was crossing the street when a car came towards me really quickly and my dragon ass' only thought was to showing my teeth at it to make it stop.

a normal person would run or even just stop walking, but no, i just stared at the car without blinking and growled.

[mxmorbidmidnight]

As a nonhuman I feel the instinct to protect humans. My forms are very often creatures such as dragons, wolves and other powerful beings, while my human body can’t do much, there’s still this idea in my mind that I must protect humans because I’m bigger and I’m stronger (even though my body is the same as theirs). It’s like when a cat chooses someone as “their person”. When I care for someone enough they become one of my humans. I want to take care of them, make sure they’re warm and well fed and protect them from anyone that hurts them. I’m always very aware of how vulnerable humans are. I make myself like a guard dog, a hovering spirit to defend them as much as I can.

[dragonzart03]

I love my friends so much. They genuinely want to listen to me yap about being a therian/otherkin and the shifts I get and they actually think it's cool. They may not understand it entirely, but they try their best to learn about it because it makes me happy to talk about my identity and actually be myself around them. Sorry if this positive vent is a bit weird, but I just wanna gush about how much I love my friends !!!

I LOVE YOU M, M, L, D, & Z!!

[disabled-battlekukku]

Call of the Dragonkins

[kleeradragon]

Yes I'm a terrifying monster, I may growl but you can pet me. I will only bite sometimes. Or a lot of the time.

[arriathedragon]

I am screaming, sobbing, BEGGING the world to take me OUT of this STUPID body.

I am not human I am not human I am NOT person this isn't ME.

You don't UNDERSTAND I can FEEL them there are wings IN my back they are BURSTING out they are writhing against my skin and when they finally free themselves they flap and are uncomfy because this world wasn't made for them. They're ALWAYS unkept and never properly preened because I CANT TOUCH THEM.

And YOU can't see them. AND I can't see them but they're THERE BY GOD THEY ARE THERE Please I am Begging you give. Them. Back. Make them REAL. I don't want these phantom feathers these shifting wings no one can see I want to FLY I want to SOAR. I want to preen them and male a nest and protect my shiny things and sleep with them curled around me.

I feel talons at my feet and fingertips and I try, I try SO HARD to use them, to claw off this stupid flesh and rip my wings free and become M E.

But all I get is dull red marks and angry red crescents.

And the worst part? I'm here. I'm here because I can't say this in real life because either no one cares or they think I'm insane. I'm crazy. And I need to be heard and felt and for someone to SEE these feathers and claws and talons and horns so BADLY I'm on TUMBLR ranting to the public praying someone understands because no one I love will.

Dear God I need HELP SOMEONE LET ME OUT. IM BEGGING YOU.

[mossy-morg]

*starts foaming at mouth*

I need to go feral.

Anyways I'm gonna go sit on the bathroom because I feel like I might actually throw up my guts.