#shifty therian cat

[amr-alterhuman]

Okay this song makes me so fucking happy (and shifty) 🎶 [🐈‍⬛️ΘΔ✨️]

[raventhewolf9]

THIS IS NOT A SEXUAL POST!!! I AM APOTHISEXUAL (sex-repulsed) AND A MINOR, PLEASE DO NOT SEXUALIZE THIS POST.

When I'm feeling shifty I really wish people would just treat me more like a cat. Like. Pet me when I want to be petted. Throw things for me to chase. Even better if there's another cat therian/catkin/feline nonhuman to act like a cat with me (play-fighting and stuff)

that would be SO euphoric

I wish treating alter/nonhumans like their kintype when they shift was more normalized; I don't want to ask people to do it because it may come off as weird or something :(

Can anyone relate to this?

[canines-crown]

Therian Journal

November 7th

-I felt the pointy ears again

-I really wanted to jump onto a bed on all fours (I did and then made bisquits before laying down)

-I believe I had another mental shift!! This time it was way longer! I played with a stuffed animal, biting it and launching it into the air with my teeth!!! It was so cool!! All my thoughts just disappeared!!

-I felt very shifty after reading about serval cats

[puponwheels]

Omg, I'm so frustrated! I wanna tell my bf that I'm a therian. but i know hes kinda judgemental about like spiritual stuff, so I'm afraid he'll be like "wtf?"

I really need him to stop calling me a bunny or a cat cause that's not what i am! I am a dog! A Canine!

I wanna be able to say that I'm feeling doggy or tell him that he makes my tail wag!

He already kinda treats me like a dog here and there, Wich i absolutely adore! He holds my face and pets it and sometimes pets my tummy and both of them make me feel so shifty it's awesome! But I can't tell him :(

If anyone has any advice please do tell me!!!

[wolfbon3z]

CW Vent

This!!! This is so true and it bothers me honestly. It’s also the reason why I’m only on tumblr now. This isn’t hate but the more I see or interact with the tiktok/instagram/YouTube therian community, the more it feels.. foreign. Yes, it’s people who consider themselves in some way or another nonhuman, but the standards and stuff are so limited. THOSE cat mask bases are now only associated with us. I also feel like people are feeling this sort of pressure to need to out themselves as therians in the tiktok community, or wear gear in public because people are filming content in public. I don’t really know what I’m trying to get out of this but ever since switching over to tumblr, something has been kin of icking me about tiktok therians as they don’t represent all nonhumans, especially those who are not explicitly spiritual quadrobists who label themselves therians but are actually otherhearted. I am physically nonhuman and probably trans species and feel a bit uncomfortable when people say that therians/otherkin strictly non physically identify as their type. Additionally, when I’m shifty, I don’t get these flashbacks and I don’t meditate, I just have phantom limbs and and sometimes, more often recently what I think are mental shifts too.

They feel oddly.. human. Even though they say they identify as alterhuman, they always have this need to specify that they know they are human and do not physically identify as such, which is contradictory to the whole idea of alterhumanity if I'm not mistaken.?

Ever since l've awakened up until now I've been part of the tiktok therian community and now I just feel so much more free, that it makes me feel bad when interacting with therian tiktok. This is mainly just a rant but if yk what this could be or if it's just me being weird then pls Imk. Anyways I'm glad I'm able to share this on here, I was going to send this in a group chat l'm in but I was too scared since many people there are on tiktok and idk their view points on this stuff as a whole.

Yea okay, coming back to this a couple hours later:

I was just on YouTube for a bit and it somehow just makes me feel.. weird. Even disgusted in some way but thst may also just be my stomache ache that I have rn xD anyways; dysphoria's getting worse and I think my social battery's just empty now so idk

Hope this isn’t too random :,3

I love how tumblr is so over the top compared to other platforms, in everything else alterhumanity feels so watered down.

In other platforms, I see otherlinks constantly being shat on, nonhuman traits that aren't just vocals being considered a bad thing, physical therians being erased or any discussion regarding them becoming a forest fire , and the only alterhuman content around just ends up being quads and masks with a dash of 'remember, therians know they're physically human and many/most therians only partially identify as an animal, not fully'

Tumblr?? I see people making long text posts about how everything is valid! Physical therians run wild! People are proud to bite, scare people, and be fully nonhuman! You see the terms transspecies , holothere ,nonhuman thrown around without much argument against it!! There are multigenic nonhuman collectives all over the place!! You can post about whatever the heck you want, you can be fully nonhuman, your alterhumanity can be a kink, your alterhumanity can be related to pet regression, your alterhumanity can be whatever the heck you want!! You're a creature!!

I dunno. I love tumblr it's the only place I've really managed to be nonhuman properly.

[mechacringekitty]

I posted 324 times in 2022

That's 324 more posts than 2021!

126 posts created (39%)

198 posts reblogged (61%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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@sootandfangdiary

@creaturethatcries

@alex-the-polykin

@smol-paw

I tagged 197 of my posts in 2022

Only 39% of my posts had no tags

#☼ afternoon walk ☼ - 37 posts

#ᗢ sharing tongues ᗢ - 30 posts

#therian - 23 posts

#ꕥ chasing butterflies ꕥ - 23 posts

#otherkin - 18 posts

#the path to take - 14 posts

#nonhuman - 13 posts

#maine coon kin - 9 posts

#maine coon therian - 9 posts

#catkin - 7 posts

Longest Tag: 109 characters

#everyone knows about my dragon special interest but very few people know snakes are also my special interests

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

When you eat, sleep, and breathe dragons 24/7 but WHY AM I NOT A DRAGON YET???

25 notes - Posted September 24, 2022

#4

Reblog to give your mutuals a hug with your wings

27 notes - Posted July 31, 2022

#3

When I was just all shifty and now have to go interact with people: BREAKING NEWS: Cat Googles "How to english"

30 notes - Posted July 30, 2022

#2

How do you guys with antlers not hit them on doorframes all the times?

39 notes - Posted August 19, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Does anyone want to chase butterflies in a meadow full of daisies with me? Long grass under our feet, sunshine on our backs...

52 notes - Posted August 17, 2022

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[kitdeecat]

absolute most favorite question asked for attendance today in my art class for attendance - what animal would you want to be? everyone frantically answering something majestic or completely unexpected. nonetheless i think i found another; i found a honey badger. extremely tempted to private message him - but i think my teacher can see our private messages...

also GOD someone else randomly suggesting to our teacher that he just let us vocalize “our animal noises” instead of talking for the rest of the school year. you guys have no idea - no idea how sad i am that this cannot be a reality since it’s too “weird.”

[tarablackfluke]

To all Therians and Otherkins

Hey everybody, I'm Tara,

Welcome to my blog ^^

My Theriotyps are:

Timberwolf

Killer whale

Japanese Dragon

Big cat Cladotherian

My favorite activities are to go out into my territory with my gear, and just spend hours in mother nature. I feel so free like that.

The sea is also one of my homes so I love to be at the beach and go swimming. my favorite human sport is Surfing! the feeling of being in these powerful waves means so much to me!

When I'm feeling dragon-shifty, I create my self a den and just curl up in my blankets! I also love sitting in front of the fireplace and just stare into the flames for hours🔥😂.

My favorite food is meat! I love beef, chicken, lamb, pig just every kind of meat :) I also love fish and spicy Ramen nudels ^^

If you ever want to talk with me about Therian stuff you can always send me an ask! I love questions.

I mainly post things about Therianthropy, so if you can't cope with that or if you are a Therian hater, this blog is not suited for you.

I also create Moodboards! On my sideblog, here is the link:

Have a great day :)

[whitewolfstracks]

I noticed this post got a bunch of likes, so I thought I might share a list of the tips I got from all of you, maybe it could help someone else too ^^

The main point is that you might be looking at the things you can't do, and that's bringing you down.

Like watching all the quadrobics videos and wishing you could do that too. Or wanting to run through the forest as your theriotype.

And hey, I've been there! It's completely understandable ♡

Give yourself the time to mourn that if you need to. But then we turn our attention to what we can do.

(Obviously, not all of these may apply to everyone, just pick and choose what suits you, as I did.)

practice vocals

watch video edits, documentaries, movies about your theriotype (If you wanted any recommendations, don't hesitate to ask ^^)

play games with your theriotype (There's a lot of animal games, you can find posts with tips, or just ask me, and I'll share them too)

make video edits of your theriotype (there's a lot of apps for that that make it quite easy)

read books, articles, research about your theriotype

read about other's experiences with therianthropy

write about your own experiences, either on your blog or in your journal

talk to other therians, join a therian community or a discord, or just make one! (perhaps for disabled therians ♡)

act like your theriotype (if you can't walk on all fours, maybe you can at least stand or sit, curl in a ball, chew things, play with toys, it did wonders for me tbh)

watch nature (I can't go outside, but whenever I can I sit on my balcony, or birdwatch through the window with my cat, that makes me very shifty xD)

make therian art (write stories, poems, make music, draw, paint, finger paint, find what suits you)

learn to sing your favourite songs about animals

make moodboards of your theriotype, or pinterest boards, learn to make scrap books

make spotify playlists with songs that make you shifty

listen to podcasts about nature, animals or alterhumanity

listen to nature sounds as ambience noise

draw paws on your skin

surround yourself with things that remind you of your theriotype (natural themes, plushies, gear, merch, if you're short on money, you can buy stickers of your theriotype and put them anywhere you can see them)

Hope this helps! If I find more tips, I'll add them to the list ^^

Remember, therian is what you are, and no one can take that away from you. It might not present the same way for you as it does for others, but that doesn't mean it's less valid. Everybody's experience is unique. Just find what works for you and take care of yourself, love ♡

Hey, any idea what species affirming things one can do as a physically disabled therian?

I love doing quads, I used to be really good at it, but that's completely out of question rn. Even nature walks.

I used to draw my theriotype, but because of wrist pain I can't hold a pen, plus my tablet is broken rn.

I only came up with practicing vocals, eating meat and maybe watching wolf videos?

Is there anything else? I'm confined to my room with almost no energy (can't do most chores or self-care) and I'm honestly getting bored out of my wits 😅

Any tips greatly appreciated! 🐺❤️

[amr-alterhuman]

Something that helps me feel more shifty is wearing my gear, of course, but then walking/running and seeing it in my shadow, blending the two into one being in my outline.

This helps with my envisage and phantom shifts.

[safaridays]

extremely embarrassing therian blogging goin on on this blog today, but as a kid (elementary school aged?) i would always get so excited going to assemblies because in my head i felt like an apprentice going to a gathering lmao. i would always get super strong mental and phantom shifts as well

it happened again today and i simultaneously felt so old and so young because i have no right going into college and feeling like this 😭. my friend has been secretly slipping away during lunch to go to the GSA meetings because a childhood friend of ours is very weird and homophobic. today she let me sneak away with her and i guess the shiftiness of it all and knowing i’d be heading to a safe space to socialize with so many others i knew would accept me just threw me into cat mode

anyways. that’s my ‘kin post that knocks me down a few pegs’ for the day

[spiritus-sonne]

"Humanimality"

July 9, 2021; Explores themes of animality & monstrosity in numerous media stories and within my own self

So I’ve been watching various shows lately, skipping between different ones or different episodes or seasons, to the whims of my mind, but they generally have some element of human animality in them, and it’s interesting to me to compare and contrast how that theme is handled in the different series and even more interesting is how I personally respond to watching them in regards to that theme. I rewatched the anime series “Claymore” since I hadn’t watched it in a long time and honestly didn’t remember much from it beyond there being women in it that could shapeshift to monstrous forms. “Claymore” handles the contrast between human and nonhuman through themes of monstrosity and heavily blurs the line that supposedly separates human from monster, including showing that some of the claymores (the half-monster women) can surpass that line into physical monstrosity beyond what others believe are their limits (to which they wouldn’t be able to retain, let alone return to, being human in mind), but they still manage to come back to their human side. Although the show doesn’t instill any ‘shifty’ feelings in me despite the large amount of nonhuman shifting it shows, my reception of it is overall positive in how they handled the themes of humanity and monstrosity, though I think it could have used a bit more emphasis on human not necessarily being an “opposite of monstrosity” kind of thing since humans can very much act monstrous to extents Earthly nonhuman animals don’t or can’t.

Then there’s the CW’s “Beauty and the Beast” series, which I vary as to how much I like how the show is handled depending on the episode and season. Part of season 3 was leaving me feeling tired and annoyed at the over-glorifying and romanticizing of the concept of “being human” and acting like there is some hard line between human and animal and if someone (such as the main character, Vincent) passes that line they are forever a monster and can’t return to ‘being human’ no matter what. By the end of the season they loosened that hard line and heavily implied that even if such a line is crossed the individual can still return to being more human rather than being “doomed to forever be a monster” (in the bad, derogatory sense). So my response to how they handled the human verses animality theme improved as the season went on. I have a special fondness for most of the first season, though, especially since Vincent’s animality was front-and-center for much of it and it was something he was much more learning to control and handle as being part of how he was and how to live with being more animalistic at times. As opposed to some parts of the series in which he tries to live as ‘human’ as he can, shifting to his animal side as little as possible, and leaving that shifting or the use of his heightened senses to basically being a tool uncommonly used to fight off some foe or to help ‘solve’ a case. I do wish the show included a stronger sense of Vincent embracing instead of rejecting or hiding his animality, and that the line between human and animal was treated as being much more blurry instead of a bold, solid line. Maybe some therians would be better at writing something like that. Heck, I’d write fanfiction like that if I was actually any good at writing fiction--which I’m totally not.

I’ve tried to get into Freeform’s “Siren” series about mermaids--I watched the first season but kind of slowly got through it and barely managed to watch through the 2nd season’s first episode. Which is unfortunate because I rather like the design of the mermaids--their physical design with fangs, claws, and gills, but also their mentality as predators and pack animals. Yet there’s just something about the characters or how the story is told or something else that just makes it difficult for me to really get into the series and enjoy it. I do kind of dislike that parts of it focus on making the merfolk more “human”, including there being one that’s basically lived decades of her life out of the water being essentially totally human and out of touch with her roots of being a mermaid. I feel like they took a great concept of merfolk that are animalistic humanoids and tried to ‘humanize’ it too much for the sake of a longer story (whereas if it was a shorter story like a single movie, maybe they could better leave the merfolk more animalistic--though hopefully not as the villains).

The anime series “Vampire Knight” is another I recently have started rewatching. Despite the number of vampires in it, the only one I really connect with is one of the main characters, Zero. The story in part deals with him coming to terms with slowly transitioning into a vampire, a more feral type than the other recurring vampire characters in the show, and there’s something about him and his story that I connect with and gets me a bit vampire-shifty. Most of the vampires in it are just “too human” feeling to me. Which is kind of funny because my own kind of vampire, blutpirs, are still overall rather human in form and mentality, though they can do minor shapeshifting (eyes, teeth, nails) and do have more cat-like mental aspects at times, but I think it comes down to me personally experiencing being a blutpir, non-physically, through times in which I feel not “just human”--the shiftyness is an important aspect of how I experience my vampire ‘type.

When it comes to the game "Prototype" I love that it allows the player to be a humanoid monster that can fight and consume others. It blurs the line between human and monster and is morally grey about the main character's position as a monster that needs to consume others (be the prey human or monster, civilian or military--it's kind of left to the player as to who or what to consume) in order to survive and heal, and even potentially be a hero of sorts. I enjoy being able to play as an animalistic, monstrous predator and maybe I'll go back to replaying it sometime as it's been a long time since I've played it. But I do have a strong fondness of the protagonist that goes into teratophilia.

Another TV show, MTV's "Teen Wolf", can make me feel kind of shifty, as well. I do like that, at least in the seasons I watched, there was a lot of embracing of the characters' nonhumanity, that being nonhuman or partially human didn't automatically mean "bad" or "evil", with the villains being human or nonhuman but it really came down to the individual's personality instead of their species. And I rather like that approach but it's uncommon for me to come across.

Lastly, a somewhat odd one is the 2000 Syfy series "Invisible Man" which can get me a little shifty at times. I said odd because it may seem a story about an invisible man wouldn't deal much with themes of animality and monstrosity but it really depends on the angle in which it's approached (I've seen and heard of other invisible man stories exploring monstrous themes, though, but this one in particular really stands out to me). The protagonist is fully human but due to certain factors, he has times of basically ferality and a predatory mindset that I kind of relate to with my vampire 'type, possibly more so because ultimately my own animality isn't something that's physical, it's a mental and behavioral thing despite me of course being fully physically human. I also like that the transition in mentality is preceded by severe pain, which kind of feels like a parallel with the pain of physical transformation that many shapeshifters are depicted going through.

I do have a soft spot for numerous stories that involve a person just coming into a new power or aspect of themselves that is animalistic in some form and them learning to control and/or embrace it. It's just something that I tend to connect with and enjoy both from a monstrous and animalistic otherkin/therian perspective and from a monster-hearted perspective. These stories leave me kind of empathizing with the character, feeling myself in their place and connecting with their struggle to balance human and nonhuman in their life and selves. But when/if the story turns toward fully rejecting that animality or being “saved” by becoming fully human, then my interest vastly wanes and the connection is lost. I’m so tired of stories about how being human is “the best thing ever” and is infinitely better than being nonhuman, especially animalistic, despite the fact that humans ourselves are animals and animalistic. It’s a stupid dichotomy that I’m bored and annoyed at hearing throughout my life.

My mind scrapes around various media--pictures, TV shows, movies, books, etc.--to find stories and characters that don’t give into that tiring theme of “humans are best”, media that I can relate to more in the fact I’m nonhuman and human--blended and fluid, animal and monstrous--because it’s just such a rarity, such a gem, to find those little scraps of this stuff, and unfortunately it sometimes ends up being in the form of a villainous or antagonistic character. I’ve sought out this media since my early childhood, though I’ve tended toward hiding away that kind of thing from others, privately enjoying it because of fear for how others may react to me finding such satiation in the monstrous and the nonhuman humanoids rather than in the ‘glorious solely human’ stuff. I still hide it most of the time from my partner, not really anymore for fear of what they may think but rather out of habit and because privately partaking in it is more comfortable for me, especially if it does get me feeling shifty, and I’m overall okay with that.

I also relate to these fictional 'monsters' in that I feel like I live a "split" life between human and nonhuman, that my nonhumanity is something that remains hidden from most people--albeit, because it has to in that it is so highly non-physical, just mildly behavioral, that others can't be aware of it, rather than it being a physical thing. But there's still that empathy I feel of "I'm hiding my animality and monstrosity from other people for fear of consequences and them not understanding". I feel a deep sense of familiarity and sameness with these animalistic or monstrous humanoid beings. And that's where my monster-heartedness and otherkinity really meet. I know that unfortunately I'm limited my whole life to these nonhuman aspects being so strictly internal and subjective, even though I came to terms about that a long time ago and generally don't have species dysphoria, there's still part of me that wishes I could live this, or part of it, physically and to be loved and cared for by someone else (be they fully human or not) despite this or maybe in part *because* of my nonhumanity. To be loved so much even though the other person can clearly see my monstrosity and animality--that would speak volumes to me.

[coastaldragon]

kin asks #1 - 5!

1. What is your favorite animal/creature? Does it have anything to do with your kintype?

This is difficult...I love so many animals! But above all I have to say my favorites are cats, domestic or wild. I do have at least one feline kintype [leopard] and have considered domestic cat as one as well, though it’s hard to tell if that’s just a -hearted thing or just being I love the buggers so much~!

Dragons can be fairly cat-like depending on their nature, too. And I’ve been told more than once that I come across like one hehe.

2. Favorite shifty story?

I’m not sure if this [and #3] are referring to fiction or personal stories, so because I can’t think of any fictional ones I’ll tell some personal anecdotes!

Honestly my favorite shift so far was the one I had when I was first awakening. A week or so in while looking inward I experienced my first [and so far only] size shift. I felt physically much larger than I actually was. I can’t explain it in a way that makes sense. It just felt...amazing.

Being shifty at the beach is always a treat, too.

3. Least favorite shifty story?

Before I even awoke, I was playing a version of Super Mario Bros Lost Levels on my hacked PSP. It...is not an easy game. Kaizo before Kaizo was a thing. I was getting gradually more and more frustrated with one specific jump and eventually just snapped to all hell and...bit my PSP. Straight chomped it as hard as I could. It hurt for sure but it also left some permanent teethmarks on the edge of the screen where I bit it.

I am not proud of this. :’)

4. Are there any colors that make you feel shifty? If so, why?

Ocean colors for obvious reasons. But also sunset colors. I’m pretty sure my home was in a near-permanent state of sunset, so that time of day and the colors of the sky during one make me feel very me.

5. When did you learn about the therian/otherkin community? How did you learn about it?

Ah, here’s the part of my history I’m most ashamed of.

I was introduced to 4chan as a freshman in high school. That is, unfortunately, where I first learned of otherkin and therian folk. At first it was just a “haha that’s weird” sorta thing. But I was...curious. And the more I looked into otherkinity [and draconity] I felt something in me stir a little.

I made the mistake of mentioning these feelings to my boyfriend at the time, the same person who got me on 4chan, and...it went about as poorly as you’d expect. I felt ashamed for even thinking such a stupid, childish thing could be real. And I turned this shame and self-hatred onto others, mostly other dragons and fictionkin. Full-blown brigade-style trolling.

The work I do now to help others who may be awakening, and to dispel misinfo and turn antikin around, is my attempt to atone for the hurt I caused in those days.

[an-orca-on]

Therian Q’s ... 2!!!

I did this questionnaire several years ago, and thought it might be fun to do again! I know some of my answers are gonna be different, and it’s a neat way for any new followers to learn a bit about me. Let’s go!

What animal do you identify as?

Orcinus orca, the "killer whale".

Where does it live?

Orcas live all over the world! There are several types, but the most well known are probably the Southern Resident Killer Whales of the Puget Sound area. I think that I was a Northern Resident Killer Whale, but I’m not entirely sure. The icy stark landscape of the Antarctic still feels really familiar too.

Are you social or more of a lone wolf?

Orcas live in pods, and are social. I am so social. Please talk to me. Aaaa.

Are you in a pack,herd,pride,clan,etc? If not, did you consider joining one?

I’ve wanted this for awhile, but getting out is hard for me. I’m in a couple Discord servers for kin stuff, but nothing specifically orca related.

Is your kintype also your favourite animal?

One of them, yes!

Is your kintype being hunted? If yes, how does it affect you emotionally?

Currently, no. They have been in the past, and there are still orcas in captivity, which I hate. Cetaceans are extremely intelligent and keeping them in captivity is torture. Literally.

Do you have anything from your kintype? Like, fur, teeth, etc?

That’s SUPER ILLEGAL, so no. I do have a Free Willy pendant, though.

Do you have astral limbs?

Sometimes! They’re not as strong as with some other kintypes, and I suspect that it’s because the astral limbs don’t translate very well to a human body plan. A whale’s tail is not from the legs, it’s an extension of the spine. So instead of tacking that feeling onto the human shape, my brain sort of shuffles the feeling off to the side.

Do you experience shifts?

Not as much for this kintype. I think the strongest “shifty” feelings I get are actually emotional - relating to love of places, my pod, the water, the feeling of being “me” in that form.

What triggers your ‘wild side’ the most?

Being in water. Water and whale sounds. The feel of cold air on my skin. The smell of salty ocean air.

What is your opinion on the buttloads of wolves and big cats out here?

They’re easy and accessible. Most of us know what a wolf and a cat are. We can imagine what they look like, and feel like, and what their life is like. There’s tons of media out there of both, they’re popular in spiritual work, people can identify common archetypal traits with them that they have themselves. I think it’s silly to look down on someone for having a “common” kintype like wolf or lynx or whatever. Even if they find out later that they’re not that kintype, it gave them a jumping off point to explore themselves and dig deeper into what otherkinity means for them. tldr; it’s none of my beeswax and y’all should chill about this.

How does your kintype affect your day-to-day-life?

I’m staunchly anti-cetacean-captivity. I would love to get more involved in local action to protect the ocean, I try to be environmentally conscious. I care deeply about my chosen people.

Do you share any traits generally associated with your theriotype?

I adore swimming and being in the water. I’m very sensitive to sounds. I have sort of a restrictive diet for health reasons. I’m very social.

Worst example of fluff you ever encountered, either in IRL or Online?

Sttoooopp asking this quesstiiiooonnnnnn seriously, seriously, get over yourselves if “fluff” bothers you I promise you will be a happier person if you just let other people lives their own lives when it doesn’t affect you at ALL.

Is therianthropy important in your life?

Yes and no. Is it important enough to affect (some) of my life goals and dreams? Yes. Is it important enough that I have to tell absolutely everyone I meet? No.

Imagine you could shift into your theriotype. There’s just one downside; the shift is forever. Would you still do it and abandon your human life?

I would need some time to think about it, but it sure is tempting.

Is there anything you consider a treat? Like, fruits, dog treats, etc.

For the whale? S a l m o n.

Do you have contacts with therians IRL?

Y...es? I think so. But the line between IRL and Online friends is a lot more blurry than it used to be, I think.

Do you think someone of your family is a therian?

Probably Not.

What is your opinion on those otherkin documentaries? Do you think they’re accurate?

I think that even if they are accurate to the people that are in the show, you’re never going to get the whole picture of what being otherkin is like. I’ve always heard, and said myself, that if you ask 10 people what otherkin is you’re going to get 15 answers because everyone’s internal concept of the phenomenon is different. Plus, positivity and joy doesn’t sell the same way cringe and angst does. [shrug emoji]

Do you actively work to preserve or otherwise care for your species?

Hard to do, living in a really landlocked area and being poor - but I would love to be more active this way.

What do you think your purpose is here? Do you think you have one?

I hate this question. Is it not enough to just Be?

Do you think having an animal soul is an advantage or a disadvantage?

Neither. I think it’s just an interesting experience on the enormously varied spectrum of being an incarnated being.

Any physical activity that reminds you of your theriotype?

Being in the water and swimming. But this can be frustrating more than a fun and joyful experience. As I mentioned earlier, a whales tail is not formed from legs - it’s the spine. So trying to swim “mermaid style” is NOT the same motion as a whale swimming, and it’s a really awkward and uncomfortable movement when my body feels like it should be a smooth and graceful one.

Does weather influence you in your non-human perception?

Cold feels very familiar. Cold and dark, driving rain.

Day or Night?

Still night.

Summer or Winter?

Winter.

If you had kids, would you tell them you’re a therian or would you keep it a secret?

I don’t think I’d keep it a secret, but I don’t know if I’d approach it as “moddy is a therian.” I struggled for a good couple minutes searching to come up with a gender neutral parent term and I still don’t know if I like that one, sheesh.

Would you make a presentation in your school/work/office about therianthropy?

Sure! I think it’s a lot less “taboo” now than it used to be, and there’s likely more kin out there than you’re aware of.

If you have any questions about my answers here or just questions in general about me, therianthropy, orcas, etc...send me an ask! <3

[liongoatsnake]

Therianthropic Short Stories

Back when we were in high school and into our first year of college we attempted a small personal writing project. It was an attempt at writing a series of therianthropic focused short stories with various kinds of therianthropes having various shifting or otherwise kinds of therianthropic related experiences. The “finale” was going to be a short story of them all meeting up for a howl. We never finished the project as we moved on to writing mostly nonfiction but we still kept them along with our notes on characters and what their story was supposed to be about encase we were wanted to pick it up again. Just for a few giggles here are a few experts: From “Driving White Shifted,” featuring a cougar therianthrope -

The traffic on the road was fairly clear and few cars seemed to be out as far as I could see in either direct which wasn‘t surprising consider this was the slower part of town and it was during the week. After a few blocks, I came to a stop by the command of a red light. As I sat there waiting for cars that were not there, I felt the sensation of phantom paws overtake my actual hands. The feeling of large feline paws as big as my real hands even though the digit part of my paws were shorter then my fingers. Soft fur and thick pawpads. I momentarily gripped the steering wheel tightly and felt the short digits of my phantom paws grasp at the wheel as the sharp imaginary claws from their sheaths to grip and dig into the wheel. When I relaxed my grip, my claws released their tight hold and retracted back on to my paws.

My phantom tail flicked once as the light ahead of me finally turned green without a single car having driven past me. Even with the sensation of phantom paws on my hands, turning and streaming the wheel was not actually difficult thought it did feel strange. I felt the hard vinyl of the wheel scrap along the hard paw pads of my phantom paws as I let the wheel slide back to center after the turn.  I quickly squeezed the steering wheel again, feeling all four of my phantom digits grip into the vinyl as picked up speed again.

From “Phantom Lupine,” featuring a wolf therianthrope -

I felt the numb and disembodied presence of a phantom sensation come around me, but it was not just ears, tail, or muzzle; it was everything. My whole physical human body was suddenly shadowed by a phantom wolf body.

I felt my muzzle in front of my face and the fur that covered my phantom body. I still felt my tail curled beside me and my ears on my head. I slowly glanced about the room calmly, feeling my phantom wolf head turn along with my physical human head.

My phantom wolf body sat on its – my – haunches in my seat. My right arm lay in my lap and my left one lay on the desk beside my book and folder. Similarly, my phantom wolf body appeared to be trying to mimic and match my physical body as best could be done. My right foreleg set upright on the seat of the desk supporting my weight while my left foreleg lay on my desk table. My phantom body was trying to do what my physical body was doing to the best of what my brain thought wolf anatomy would allow. My phantom wolf body was sitting fully like a wolf in a school desk that was uncomfortable for a human body any day of the year and even more so for a wolf. Despite that, I liked it. I liked the feel of my phantom wolf body being there over me.

With acute questioning interest I lifted my arm off the table slightly only to feel my front leg mimic it. My phantom ears twitched forward and the lips of my phantom muzzle part slightly as I felt both bodies relax. I laid my arm down then and set my other arm on the desk beside it, my phantom limbs acting accordingly.

At that moment, the bell let out its sudden shrill ring at that moment signaling the end of the hour causing my ears to perk-up in attention. There was a rush of sound: books closing, shoes pushing against the floor, books sliding off the desks, people beginning to talk to one another, and all of that noise headed for the door.

Automatically, I physically stood up from my desk, my folder and math book held propped up at my chest. However my phantom body landed on all fours to the ground in my place. I felt my wolf body standing straight where I was along with feeling my physical body. I felt all four paws against cold, hard, smooth concrete besides just the feel of my real two feet surrounded by the warm confinement of my own shoes and the pressure of gravity against the soles of my feet. Without missing a beat I began to walk for the door, wolf paws silently tapping on the floor as I went.

Sometimes we want to start up the project again, but we have yet to do so yet. Other stories included things like a domestic cat therian getting shifty while working his job at being a waiter at a restaurant and a tiger therianthrope enjoying a solo hike in the woods, to name just two others.

[p-atrox]

i’ve always had primate/primate-like shifts but i still really can’t tell if they’re ACTUALLY primate or just.. maybe my brain trying to reconcile being in a lion shift by finding something “half-way” between human and a quadrupedal mammal??? i fairly frequently get pretty intense facial/jaw/teeth shifts that are absolutely non-human primate in origin, but i don’t get particularly shifty when i see videos of primates moving like i do with big cats, and while i do feel connected to other anthropoid primates and do feel some kind of “oh hey that’s me” when i see them, i can’t tell if its a therian thing or just recognizing myself as physically, actually being part of that primate family tree as a human. i feel like having an academic background heavy in primate behaviour and anatomy makes this even HARDER because like, i have essentially been trained to view myself, as a human, as fundamentally primate and to view non-human primates as part of my close evolutionary family. we all carry pieces of a great many of them, its hard not to see ourselves in monkeys and apes. but like, do i get these shifts because of THAT, or are they completely unrelated because i’ve had them before i even liked other primates, they’re just more frequent now that i think of them more?