#nonanthro

[godbirdart]

「 Oh, my dear… Though you've endured, your spirit is frayed. It is time now. Take pause. Set aside the hilt, and turn to the threads come unraveled. 」 🌤️

[koshice]

hehe adopts

/1, 2 - open; 3, 4 - sold

[odonarta]

Vulture Studies

I'm sure it's no surprise but I love black vultures! We have a mated pair that live around my house, and every year they bring their babies here. They're so cool! What is your favorite bird? 

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[overcaffeinated-paranoia]

Rat Snake

ehehehe "rat" snake, get it? like a rat snake, the kind of snake 

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[desperatepleasures]

y'all talk about wanting a monster gf but ryan kkm really went out there and lived his dream. inspirational tbh

[armorabs]

am personally against the krabby patties being exclusively vegetarian unless contextually relevant to be so because 1. otherwise pearl turning them into "salads" is way less funny imho 2. trying to hold fictional cartoon anthropomorphic animals to consistent, exact 1:1 standards analogous to humans is stupid 3. frankly i tire of the way people get worked up about the continuity or lack-thereof regarding gag cartoons that focus on comedy so having the answer be something consistent and always definitely true is something ive come to believe is boring 4. there are so many nonsapient, nonanthro animals in spongebob that frankly i dont buy the idea and 5. krabby patties using seacow meat is really funny. but thats besides the point

[nabbit-unmasked]

Oh, that's interesting! (In response to my last ask)

My identity as a bat and the fact I regress to a bat is not really connected? As a bat I am myself, but when regressed, my pet self is somewhat different from me? She (we even use different pronouns!) is a bat who seems to moreso resemble an anthropomorphic depiction of a bat (for example a fursuit :3). She doesn't have a set species but I assume she may be a vampire bat or flying fox? Do you have a set species when you're regressed? I would love to hear about it if you're willing to share :> /nf, pos

- @batty-babbles

Oh my gosh we are so similar...

Like I mentioned, there's like, 3 bat sides to me. However, with me, my alterhuman identity as a bat definently stemmed from the other two.

When I first discovered I was a bat (I identified as a bat therian at the time), I would change my name (thought slightly) and pronouns during shifts. Instead of Sage, I went by Sageyz, and used It/Its pronouns (something I didn't use as a preferred pronoun at the time). This was also always accompanied by a littlespace type of regression, just how it is now.

I found a friend group with a lot of systems in it and thought I was one myself. At the time, I thought I had OSDD-1b, but that didn't turn out to be true. I have a post explaining it a bit here:

Anyways, I assumed Sageyz was a headmate of mine and treated it as such. I figured that instead of shifts, it was probably switches. Sageyz was (and is) also some sort of anthro-nonanthro mix and, evidently, a little. I'm not exactly sure of its species or appearance either, but when I was I therian, I was certain that I was a Myotis microbat, so I assume it is too.

It was very special to me, but once I realized I wasn't an OSDD system, I felt guilty and totally disbanded the system. I chalked it up to me just being a therian again, but realized the term pet regressor probably fit better. I still felt like I identified as a bat thought, so I started identifying as a bat alterhuman instead of therian.

Recently, after questioning what really happened with my plutal experience 2 years ago, I learned about the term "Imagian", a pluralhood where someone feels that their imaginary friends make them plural. I'm currently experimenting with this label and finally allowed myself to connect with Sageyz again. Two days ago, we even did a coloring page together! I felt bad for leaving it for so long, but itz always very happy. I know my other Imagis could take care of it while I was gone.

As for me, I am still a Myotis microbat (both identity wise and when regressed), but I am technically a hybrid because I have a leaf nose.

I look something like this!

(The color is kind of off in the first one, I'm a darker brown like the other two :3)

For a while I've just used the term "myotis" because I couldn't pinpoint a specific species, but I think I might be a Little Brown Bat.

Funnily enough, when I was a toddler, a Little Brown Bat flew into my room and we had to get someone to safely release it. I think this could even be the cause of my alterhumanity/littlespace as a bat, especially since I only found out the species of that bat in my room after I discovered my alterhumanity. Plus, it's a Little Brown Bat. I mean, it just makes sense doesn't it?

Sorry for such a late response, too! I headed off to bed after I answered the last ask.

[bojackandherb]

In an au where anthro and nonanthro animals exist, I think it would be funny if Bojack was afraid of (non-anthro) mice

Like. Screams and jumps a little when he sees one. Tries to get somewhere he thinks the mouse can’t reach or hides behind Herb if he’s there

[goatlingsvent]

Foe is gross for flirting with basically staff roleplaying as graveyard groom.

That's gross and creepy behavior.

1. That's staff roleplaying as a fictional "feral bodied" (nonanthro) character. I'm sure many would assume that flirting with such an creature would be gross.

2. Your flirting with staff on a kids site in the public on site chat. Gross inappropriate behavior.

Just no. I would keep a closer eye on them in the future if that's how disrespectful to boundaries they are. For all they know that staff could have been a minor.

🦤

[godbirdart]

「 Until Then 」 🕯️

we are old friends, you and I. you knew me before you arrived here, and though you will know me still throughout your journey, for a time we shall be fated to pass as ships in the night. you are wrought with sorrow now, yes. but this is but the close of one chapter. be courageous, turn the page. there are many more ahead. share with me your wonderful story when I meet you again at the epilogue.

[typhin-hoofbun]

I will say, for the record, that it is SUPER WEIRD to find out your MOM is reading your stories on FurAffinity. (She doesn't have an account that I know of.)

She reads a TON of books, 90% of which are your basic dime-a-dozen "romance" novels. (No hate, just sayin'.) She told me my stuff is "really good, and she's not just saying that because she's my mother" and "You've really got something here that should be published, this is professional-quality stuff". Meanwhile, I write non-human protagonist (mostly) post-transformation fiction. All three of the main characters are based on me (some more than others), which means being transgender/transspecies (even if they don't know it at the start). Princess the dragon lays eggs, the implications of which I really thought might weird mom out, but NOPE. So, I guess I come by it honestly?

About 50% of my feedback has come from people I know, who initially read my stuff to be kind. My readership is hard to gauge the size of, but fairly small. The number of people who comment is even smaller. All but one person has said they were immediately hooked. I don't expect my stuff to be everyone's cup of tea, but even if it's not something that the reader can completely vibe with, I like to think I have enough stuff that there's something in their experience that can still resonate with the reader. I guess it's because of the core emotion for each series is something that's pretty universal. (Summaries after the break.)

Princess the dragon (dog-sized, nonanthro) focuses on issues from low self-esteem, as well as the desire for unfiltered love and affection. She constantly feels like she is a "burden" because of her inhuman body, no longer having things like "thumbs" or "bipedal stance" or "the ability to talk to people without them freaking out". She always feels like she's "not doing enough", like what she does "doesn't count". I think that resonates with a lot of people, who like how she's found someone who accepts her for who she is. Who tells her it's okay to want to be a pet. Who treats her as an equal partner. Learning to do what she can now, instead of obsessing over what she can't.

Flopsy the Hoofbun (horse/rabbit hybrid) focuses on the feeling of "I have to be useful to be liked/tolerated/allowed to exist", which is similar to Princess's low self-esteem but a bit different. Prior to the start of her story, she has a clearly-defined "role" for herself: She is a Living Construct, or "Like a golem but better". She exists to follow orders and serve her Master. This isn't a bad relationship, her Master treated her well, almost like a daughter. He was greatly surprised to find just how intelligent and capable she turned out to be, and he wants her to be happy and fulfilled. It's just she never really thought of any desires beyond "Helping the people of the village with their farm work, pulling the plow and hauling boulders/logs, defending Master from threats on the road". Now that he's dead and she's trapped on Earth, she finds herself fighting crime while trying to wrap her head around these "independent" and "person" things she's told to learn to be. And trying to wrap her head around why her "human form"'s friends like her when they don't know she's fighting crime as "The Superbunny". So the story is about finding her innate worth in her own self, instead of purely in the acts of service she's previously defined herself with.

Vayryn the Yinglet (fictional species from the webcomic "Out of Placers" by Valsalia) focuses on the feeling of being "Tiny helpless creature being kicked around by uncaring/hateful bastard giants". She's been kicked down a lot by her transformation: she's now three feet tall, covered in fur, has little stick legs/arms, her feet are now hands, her shelltooth makes her look like she's rat-faced, has a long tail with a thick poof of fur, she's lost 80-90% of her body mass and correspondingly most of her strength, and she can't say "th" sounds anymore. Nobody takes her seriously, even on the phone where she sounds like a 10-year-old kid. But in the calamity is also opportunity: The autoimmune condition that wrecked her body has been completely cured by being rebuilt at the cellular/genetic level, she doesn't have to deal with HRT pills or opiate pain meds or any of her other medications, she's finally been able to get back into programming, and her unique situation means she's getting a heck of a following on Twitter. Where Princess focuses on the low self-esteem side of things, Vayryn focuses heavily on the "Learning to do what you can do, instead of focusing on what you used to be able to do" aspect. It's both escapism for someone with disability, as well as learning to deal with it. (In Vayryn's case, she's trading one disability for another, though she's trying not to have "being a yinglet" officially ruled a disability, due to fears any potential future transformees will be stigmatized. There's still a huge learning curve involved in any drastic change in abilities, though.) Vayryn is the most closely "based on me" of the three: All three have my personality and backstories based on things I've experienced, but Vayryn starts off in a carbon-copy of my specific situation minus a couple factors. She starts with the same condition I have, the same meds, the same IV port implanted in her chest, and so on.

Writing is like drawing.

You can words together good put however you want, and it is not inherently bad or wrong. You should just do it if you enjoy it. And not if you don't.

You might fuck up the grammar of your language or something, or write about a subject that someone finds cringy.

But asking yourself whether your writing is good or bad, or thinking it must be bad because no one is reading it, is a fruitless and needlessly self destructive activity you should abandon immediately.

The real truth is that no one reads anything. Statistically.

The books and stories that get read a lot are outliers and shouldn't be counted.

It's also generally harder to read the works of someone you know. It feels too intimate, and too risky. And doesn't come with professional or popular recommendation.

Most people only have time and bravery to read best sellers, whether that's on the New York list or by ranking of kudos on AO3.

So, for those of us without the power of a huge publishing house or a rabidly active fandom behind us, getting readers is really grim. Super slim pickings. And does not reflect on the quality of our writing.

But again, there's no such thing as "quality of writing".

And, as per a previous post, it's perfectly fine to want to show it off and to ask people to read your work.

Just, don't take it personally if they don't. Or, at least, don't blame your writing. Blame them.

[odonarta]

The Boys

This is a lockscreen I drew for myself of my four cats!

[agent-a]

I’m trying to make a non anthro octonauts OC but I don’t know what design to choose. What do you guys think??

[beeforonipossum]

I am very serious about getting the job.

[pillbugpaints]

my silly world building is that their dolls etc are anthro horses to parallel how kids play with mlps etc. I was originally going to have horses be the only nonanthro animal because that seemed funny at the time but. what if I want to add a horse character. in the future... M.

inevitably whenever you make a funny animal world the question "so what do they eat? how do they make cheese etc" comes up and my answer options I'm debating are 1)the funny animals are a completely different evolutionary path and all of our creatures exist 2) they are all adapted to only eat plants (no beastars type stuff going down here) (although there IS organ selling) 3) they're just standins for human characters, that's all (my answer is 3)

[cosinusialcoatl]