#real winged person

[aphelion-alifer]

to my fellow nonhumans, you know it's okay to express yourself, right?

I understand how scary it is to be yourself in a world that condemns anyone that is considered different. I understand that it may be for the best to hide away, even life saving for some. and I see you all who are struggling with these experiences and these pains of being unable to express who you are.

there are folks who will not like you no matter what you do, how nice you are, etc. it sucks, but they will not go away. the good news? you're not going away either. chances are that you are probably so much stronger than the negativity that is out there, and never forget it.

regardless if you can express yourself outwardly or not, it's always good to embrace your identity or identities. i go about my days thinking to myself "oh wow, there's a werewolf/avian/creature amongst the regular humans.. and it's me!" as a way to show myself self love in a unique way. it also feels reassuring and affirming to be in touch with my nonhumanity on a daily basis even if i don't outwardly appear nonhuman.

never forget where you come from or what/who you are. you deserve to exist too, and that is a beautiful thing.

[aphelion-alifer]

long, very long. big feathers and a wingspan that spans somewhere around 18-26 ft (going off of my phantom wing length), and they look like a cross between a black kite and a red tailed hawk in terms of colors but in terms of their shape they look like a black kite's/a turkey vulture type of shape due to their large size, and i like to think that my wings may have a slight goldeny brown glow under sunlight.

p.s - im going based off of my experiences/instincts and what i connect to the most, not that i physically have wings (yet) or on an astral level exactly know what they look like, but i have a pretty good idea.

answer me this, if you would

you've got wings

no, no, don't question it, just keep looking at me

you've got wings

what do they look like?

[imminent-danger-came]

2x02 // 3x01 // 3x03 // 3x13 // 4x12

Team huddle!

[the-darkestminds]

One of the reasons why I instantly loved Emerie:

[sysig]

Two big softies(?) (Patreon)

[aphelion-alifer]

this is exactly why I started this blog, as well as nonhumanity: a history! I felt a need for more connections, to bring folks together, to educate, and to give more physical nonhumans a safe space to be themselves.

the physical nonhuman community, from what I've seen, has been decreasing and disconnecting over the years, and I wanted to create a space that I would like to be a part of here on this blog, especially since there aren't any active avian or winged individuals running blogs these days that are physically nonhuman from what I can tell.

over the years, I've been a part of countless now inactive or forgotten forums, servers, and groups, and all I've ever wanted was connection to a community that understood me and my experiences. isolation is a very real thing when it comes to being nonhuman, and I hope to lessen those feelings amongst other nonhumans, as well as the fact that I wanted to give avians or other physically winged beings someone or something to relate to in their journey, because that's something I've needed for a long time myself.

Be active in the things you care about!

Upset about misinformation spread by younger therians on tiktok? Instead of just reposting and being upset about it, go make a tiktok account and start posting informationally about therianthropy, try to include sources!

Want more alterhuman buddies on tumblr? Go interact with your community!! Reply in length to posts, and not just in tags, comment your thoughts, send in asks to blogs you think are cool saying hello! I do hope I speak for most when I say that everyone would be overjoyed to chat! Don’t be embarrassed or intimidated, we’re all in this together!

Want to help stop alterhumans aiding the fur farm industry? Post a list of resources and shops that sell actually humane fur and bones, and update it occasionally!

Tired of having no otherkin meetups in your area? Organize one! Start small, just a meetup and a few activities, you’ve got this!

Want alterhuman books? Congrats you’re a writer now! Want fictionkin music? Check out that cool musician right there, on the other side of the screen! Stained glass pieces, website building, art, woodworking, games, embroidery, streaming, and on and on! You can do whatever you put your mind to! Don’t wait for others to pick up the slack, you can be the first!

Good luck everycreature, and happy howling!

[thatsrightice]

Before the war, Harry Crosby had started school for his master’s degree in literature at the University of Iowa. He was regarded as a very smart guy, “borderline genius” by some of the others he served with and yet infuriatingly humble.

On one particular training mission with the Just-a-Snappin’ crew, the weather was good and Crosby knew where they were at every second of the fight, so he pretended to be a tour guide of sorts.

"Navigator to crew, if you look out the right window you can see The Wash."

“Waist, here. What's The Wash?"

I told him. "It's that huge inlet on the coast." In a few minutes I hit the button again. "Now if you look on the port side you can see Robin Hood's hometown, Nottingham. That's Sherwood Forest right by it."

A string of Rogers.

And later on in that same flight…

I tried to keep the crew entertained. I pointed out some places with funny English names, like "Ribble" and "Barrow-in-Furness." I showed them Balmoral Castle, Gretna Green, and Newcastle.

The best part is, only Crosby was allowed to do such a thing during the flight. Blakely would get rather miffed if anyone else tried to initiate any funny business over open-mic.

[dailysquiddo]

but what if she was a superhero-ish guy. what then. what would you do then

[arrowheadedbitch]

Hermes, rushing into the classroom like an over excited puppy that can fly, surprising everyone: Hey, did you get my letter :D it's really important, I gotta take you now

Kaminari: You mean the one you left on my desk while I was out of the classroom less than three minutes ago? Yes, I read it and for the last time, I have SCHOOL

Hermes: That lame thing? Just tell them it's important or whatever!

Kaminari: I can't just ditch school anytime you wanna start a fight or get icecream or whatever!

Hermes: No, it's fine! I'll just talk to your school's king-

Kaminari: Principal.

Hermes: Principal, and tell him you have to leave!

Kaminari: How about you just wait outside the building and I can tell you why this is a horrible idea then, kay?

Hermes: No time! I'm a busy guy, you know that, Denks!

Kaminari: THEN DO YOU'RE OTHER JOBS FIRST!

Hermes: Come on! It's a matter of life or death!

Kamimari: Maybe for me! I have a feeling you're not in any danger and won't be in the near future.

Hermes: Exactly! You could die! All the more reason to come!

Kaminari: No! No, it isn't! The fact that going with you means I might die is absolutely not a good argument!

Hermes: Oh, please, like you don't have buddies down there anyway. Come on, we gotta goooo!! I don't want to be in this boring room any longer!

Kaminari: It is truly bone-chilling that I'M the responsible one around you.

Hermes: I know, right? I hate it, I like you more when you're reckless.

Kaminari: Of course you do, now GO AWAY! Go wait in the dorm's lounge or something. Just don't get me in trouble.

Hermes: Oh, we both know I'm not capable of that.

Aizawa: What the fuck is going on here? And you, get OUT of my classroom!

Hermes: Jeez, touchy much? Fine, I'll wait outside, and you have to deal with this guy every day?

Aizawa and Kaminari: GO!

Hermes: Okay, fine! Geez, way to make a guy feel welcome!

The rest of the class: 👁👄👁

[kuroo-hitsuji]

I somehow only Just noticed how Lucifer's wings move when he laughs in Surprise Guest interactions and I'm. Kind of obsessed? Like that's inexplicably adorable what

I've been due for some wings brainrot for a while now, hoping this one sticks around for a while afhsfjsf the tails got more than their fair share of my attention i Need to be spinning the concept of wings around in my brain at all times for the next three months At Least--

(Bonus hc infodump in the tags bc I have minimal self restraint)

[anthonycrowley]

if you’re talking to people on a dating app and want to meet a long term partner from experience my honest advice is to send them thee ugliest non-touched up pictures of yourself you have and also tell them all the weird shit you’re doing. if they match your freak it will work out.

[aphelion-alifer]

blog thoughts

the therian convention idea, something that I see passed around every now and then. while we have othercon, and shifter northeast for physical shifters/nonhumans, wouldn't it be amazing to have a real life physical space? before the whole "furry conventions exist" topic gets brought up, while they are obviously cosplay and "be yourself" type of friendly spaces, they aren't geared towards nonhumans.

wouldn't it be amazing to have a real life safe space for nonhumans of all kinds, physical and nonphysical? where none of us are judged for who or what we are, how we express ourselves? where if we're physically nonhuman, we don't have to hide the physical traits that we keep a secret?

we could let mental shifts out, panels about nonhumanity and what it means to be nonhuman, tips and advice for new or old shifters, learn about the history of our community (probably something I would host ngl), express ourselves in the ways that make us most comfortable, perhaps have well known members of the physical nonhuman community as guests.. and honestly, I think that something like this could potentially bring the community together as well as keep it growing. of course, there's risks to it, being an exposed physical nonhuman to the public is not something that is considered safe, but still a fun idea to think about. as long as there's security and safety precautions, I would love to attend a convention like this!

I can only dream at the moment and maybe in the future we wont need to hide, I hope for some kind of physical convention space like this to exist one day.

[in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene]

Husk having once been an Overlord makes so much sense when you look at his character design. The Overlords are the sinners who own the most souls. They also have visual theming that communicates what their entire "deal" is. Carmilla is made of steel and points and she sells weapons. Valentino looks like a pimp and works in the porn industry. Alastor is a radio host. Presumably their jobs and specialties (or simple conquest) is also where they get most of the souls they own, like Valentino with Angel Dust.

But there's a gap in the line-up. Gambling. There's no Overlord with an obvious gambling motif like Husk has. Out of all the exploitative industries where people could end up signing their very souls away, gambling seems like the most obvious. So as the only character who looks like they could be running a bunch of casinos where people go so broke they end up betting their souls, which Hell has to have, it fits Husk very well.

[satanfemme]

here's more toxic alter yaoi (self-indulgent). take it or leave it

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

Obi-wan: You can de-escalate nearly every situation by asking ‘Are we about to kiss?’

Obi-wan: Doesn't work with getting your arch nemesis to stop murdering the mother of your children solely to hurt you, though.

[utilitycaster]

Hi again! Thanks for taking the time to answer, it honestly was very helpful!

For the first point, the thing I had in mind was the last 4-sided dive from 43:23. To your point, it's honestly less explicitly mentioned that I remembered; but what I had in mind is Matt saying: "He's watched it [...] There's a lot of broken information [...] He's had time to sit with it, to find something that is very important to him and is now showing it to you for reasons he has."

And about the last point, it's not condescending at all! "Wait for it" is something I tell people a lot and I am told a lot when watching something with a lot of excitement, it happens! But my problem isn't really that I can't see them making horrible decisions in the next episode (I'll sure they will, they don't really have non-horrible options and I'm looking forward to it!); my problem is that the set up to whatever is going to happen has been so sympathetic and understanding that even if Luds manages to prove that are problems here with the gods, it will be kinda impossible to then follow it up with "therefore I think they should all die actually!"

However, to your second point, I do think I need to sit with this a bit longer and maybe go into the main tag to read some bad takes to make it more understandable lol, so feel free to not publish this at all if you don't want!

No worries and glad it didn't come off as condescending!

I really do think the situation is that Ludinus does think the gods should all die for this. For what it's worth I think this is what makes him a great villain and a very compelling and real one. I really do believe there are people who see an impossible life-threatening situation and judge those who act imperfectly out of self-preservation and terror more than those who lie down and let themselves be killed.

For of lack of a better way to put it, and deliberately avoiding any specific irl political positions, I think it is always a good exercise to consider why someone may hold political views that are entirely batshit fucking nuts to you. I think of Brennan's "personality pre-dates ideology" line a lot because a lot of political views I find hateful or lacking in empathy or lazy or stupid are based in either valid but not objective emotions; or in good intentions lacking a firm grounding in reality. One will never get anywhere invalidating their feelings, because they do really feel them; the only way forward is to say "just because you feel these real feelings does not mean you can take these harmful actions." So I do think, for example, that Ludinus is genuinely hurt and traumatized. It's just that I don't think he understands that other people's response to hurt and trauma isn't "so kill everyone who caused this" and indeed they might think that's just as bad if not worse. And again, very intelligent people can still fall into this trap.