#sun bear otherkin

[starscatteredsky]

Hihii !! Do you have any tips for sun bears ?? Thank you !! :DD

tips for sun bears!

pt: tips for sun bears! end pt

practice quadrobics!

get a large/thick/chunky gold,tan,or yellow coloured neck accessory! a necklace, a scarf, a choker, a collared shirt, anything that youd like to use to make that sun bear marking!

learn rockclimbing or tree climbing!

wear lots of dark colours!

relax in the sun (use sun protection)!!

keep things like nuts, honey, salads, and other foods/snacks/ingredients around that sun bears eat!

get some claw "digging" gloves, or just a shovel, and have fun digging/foraging!

make/commission a therian mask!

take naps/rest when you want!

hope these help!

-🩸

[ID in alt!]

[uncommon-alterhuman]

Shout at to all the alterhumans who don’t fit the norm

slime kin I love you

daemon kin I love you

(non ball jointed) doll kin I love you

thunderstorm kin I love you

grass kin I love you

sun kin I love you

moon kin I love you

space kin I love you

rain kin I love you

cloud kin I love you

tree kin I love you

flower kin I love you

plant kin I love you

bird therians I love you

ostrich therians I love you

flamingo therians I love you

owl therians I love you

penguin therians I love you

great eared nightjar therians I love you

alligator therians I love you

Crocodile therians I love you

lemur therians I love you

Fish therians I love you

whale therians I love you

shark therians I love you

bear therians I love you

sheep therians I love you

pig therians I love you

cow therians I love you

chicken therians I love you

otherkin that are contradictory (because for some reason I’ve seen this be an issue?) I love you

otherkin who only have one kin I love you

otherkin who have a lot of kin I love you

otherkin who had to make up their own species and their own world from scratch I love you and I love the effort you put in

otherkin who can’t/don’t do quads for any reason at all I love you

otherkin who can’t/don’t get gear for any reason at all I love you

otherkin who don’t know what they are I love you and remember that it’s not needed to know to be valid

otherkin who can’t do things relating to their kin for any reason at all I love you and you are still valid

otherkin who are only fictionkin I love you

otherkin who are different alters in a system leading to a struggle finding who is what and if that’s an alter or an alterhuman thing I love you

otherkin who don’t experience shifts I love you

otherkin who always experience shifts I love you

otherkin with memories I love you

otherkin without memories I love you

otherkin I love you

[driftwood-draws]

reconnecting to therianthropy ideas

hello y'all! first post! so recently i had a friend ask me how they can get reconnected to therianthropy, so i made a list and i thought i'd post it here!

-take walks in the woods or wild space -listen to a stream running while sleeping -sometimes when i sleep, i curl up into a ball on top of my covers -watch documentaries about your theriotype -go swimming in a lake and play on the shore if you have an aquatic theriotype -listen to your theriotype’s vocals -eat meat, if you’re a carnivore, or eat a salad if you’re a herbivore -take a cold shower and pretend it’s a waterfall -i’m dragonkin and being on the prow of a boat feels an awful lot like flying, but other options are standing facing the wind with arms outstretched, watching flying POVs with a fan pointed at you, and daydreaming, i guess -make a mask out of cardboard or buy a base (it’s okay if you can’t!) -lay in the sun outside -play with a pet, if you have one -if you have a lupine theriotype, play Wolfquest 3 Anniversary Edition on Steam. i’ve heard it has amazing graphics and hunting! -chew on something rubbery. i have an inflated rubber egg that i love to chew on -make a tail out if yarn. it takes a LOT of time and effort, but it feels good once completed -put glow-in-the-dark stars on your ceiling to simulate the night sky -watch Wolfwalkers, Brother Bear, Nimona (all relate to shapeshifting into a creature) -read Warriors if you have a feline theriotype -read Nat. Geo. magazines and articles -i like wearing sunglasses on my head because it feels like i have ears, but you could also wear a hat or a headband -draw your theriotype -if you have a nocturnal theriotype, try pulling an all nighter (if your parents will let you) -try hunting one of your stuffed animals (close the door in case you shift -climb a tree! -look up videos on how to get a shift by meditating (i personally don’t meditate but i’ve heard it works) -if you’re home alone, put a bowl of water or soup on the floor and eat/drink it like your theriotype would -if you can, try to get a tag to hunt something for real! when i hunt, it really connects me to nature (if you can’t, don’t sweat it) -go on a hike and try to act like your theriotype -make a den in your room or backyard -paint rocks or shells -decorate your room to match your theriotype -do quads, if your body allows. don’t worry about having the perfect form or jumping high, just have fun! you feel more natural the more you do it (i find going up stairs or uphill to be easiest) -find alterhumans in your area and make a pack -look at therian boards and concept art on pinterest -make a paw imprint in clay then hang it up -make a hidden therian/otherkin symbol in your room

thanks for reading my ramble! if you have more ideas, please feel free to comment!

stay wild 🐾 -drifty

[cassiopeacollective]

The Cassiopea Collective

We are a self diagnosed polyfragmented DID system

We are Anti endos (and any non trauma "systems") and would kindly ask endos and pro endos to go argue/harass/whatever the fuck you want on @mangles-cove , as it's Mangle's blog and they are an anger holder craving to argue with people

We also make sysboxes and banners on @antiendosysboxes

Our subsystem has their own blog ( @thejavamultiverse )

Our Tommyinnit introject decided to make his own blog

( @tommys-confusion )

Our DNI, About us and other stuff is under the cut

Dni

Endos/Proendos

Pro contact paraphiles

People who claim source trauma isn't real trauma

Ableists, Homophobes, Transphobes, Aphobes, and any other queerphobes.

Fakeclaimers

Israel supporters

Nsfw blogs

Anti furries, anti therians/otherkin, anti age regression/pet regression, anti paper dragons

CG5 haters

About us

Bodily 17

(French) Canadian

Bilingual

Introject heavy, non-human heavy and queer heavy

Androack (go see the link)

Unknown amount of alters

Alternates between I/Me and We/Us

Diagnosed with ADHD, Anxiety, SPD and Dyspraxia

Not completely diagnosed with autism (not sure how to explain it)

Collectively pan, arospike, asexual and polyromantic

Like to think we're funny but we make dad jokes. (Our only funny jokes are flipping off inanimate objects and threatening each others)

Other stuff

Alter list that could/will post

THIS WILL NOT BE UPDATED ANYMORE FUCK THAT SHIT WE'RE TOO MANY

( ) or parenthesis He/Him sign off is -()

(( )) or double He/She/They sign off is -(())

((( ))) or triple He/Him sign off is -((()))

Alec or Dream He/Smile/Green sign off is -🎭🗡️

Alex any masculine pronouns sign off is -🟢🔴

Ares She/They sign off is not set

Asher He/They/She/Love/♥️ sign off is -♥️

Asmodeus He/They/Dem sign off is -🟣🟠

Bee slime They/Them sign off is -🍯😁

Branzy He/Him sign off is -🟣🗡️ (Host)

Carmilla carmine She/They sign off is -🔫

Cassidy She/They/It sign off is -🔋👻

Cedric He/She sign off is -🦊

Circus baby or Elisabeth She/It sign off is -🎪🔧

Clay He/Bear sign off is his name or -🐻

Clownpierce He/It sign off is -🃏(Host)

Cyrus He/Him sign off is -🎸👓

Eret She/Her sign off is her name

Eret #1

Eret #5

Eret #6

Erkas He/Him sign off is -🐦⚫

Ezrael He/Him sign off is -⚫⚪

Flora She/They sign off is -🌸

Fred He/It sign off is his name

Gryf He/Roar/Claw/Griffe sign off is -🦁

Icarius He/They sign off is -🗡️🩸

Jake He/Him sign off is -🐎

Jigmose He/Him sign off is -🚒

Kaboodle She/Her sign off is -🐰(Host)

King He/They sign off is not set

Kristina She/Her sign off is -🎮🩸

Lucien He/Duck sign off is -🦆

Marc He/They sign off is -🕶️👑

Marshall She/They sign off is -🌈

Matpat He/Him sign off is -🔍

Music man He/It/Radio sign off is -🎵

Mysticat or Mysty any pronouns sign off is -🟠🟢

Oliver cumbucket He/Fox sign off is -🦊🍷

Pancake cat or Pancat Meow/Pancake/🥞/It/They sign off is -🥞

Ranboo He/End sign off is -🖤🤍

Sam bucket He/It/Bucket sign off is -🪣

Sandy or Wilbur ask pronouns sign off is -🥀

Sherbert They/He sign off is -🟣🟡

Slime They/Goop/Sad sign off is -💧

Sun They/It sign off is -🌞

Tommyinnit He/Him sign off is -💿

Tulin He/She/They/Bird sign off is -🕊️

Urus He/She sign off is -🐉

Wolf He/They/🐾 sign off is -🐺

XXRBWATASLRB or Flabor Void/It/He sign off is -🕳️

[a-vampire-moth]

Now that I've started to explore my therian/otherkin sides, I've started to notice things.

For one, why I have a strong aversion to the sun but also strongly desire to be outside.

Why I have a yearning for meat but actively disliking it.

Wing shifts.

2nd pair of arms shifts (very rarely, only felt once so far).

Fang shifts.

My sleep not actually being shitty, it's just me trying to be nocturnal.

My thirst captivation with blood.

The (attempt of) ruffling of my wings.

Bearing my teeth/growling (both in negative and positive connotations).

[solarwavejuice]

🍋

tryna kill us with the 4 separate asks /j,lh, answering them all here for our sanity(energy preservtion)

🍋 — If you have an inner world, has it always been there? Or did you have to work to create it?

Always been there! Seems to be there before even knew abt it's syshood

🌻 — If you use emojis (or other symbols) to indicate headmates, have there ever been fights over who gets what?

Not really, usually bc we do combos of emojis. The only real conflict is when moon uses a moon emoji instead of their usally comet emoji they use while texting ppl, similar to Lunars emoji which is a full moon

💐 — Are there any headmates who can do something IRL that the rest can't? (i.e. sing, use chopsticks, dance, do math, etc)

Honestly we share are skills often. Sun is prob the best at cooking and singing compared to us. They wouldn't admit it though.

🤎 — Is your system collectively any form of otherkin or therian? If so how did you figure out you were that collectively? And do any individual headmates not identify with it?

Absolutely. Came with the package. Though the whole body is a werewolf, then usally we have our own identities. Usally physical Though (ex; Sunny can shift into a bear when feeling shifts)

[chillinlikeavillain811]

╭──────────.★..─╮ Andrew's Intro 🔪 ╰─..★.──────────╯

🐇୨୧⸝⸝˙˳⑅˙⋆꒰ 🧺 ꒱⋆˙⑅˙˳⸜⸜୨୧🐇

🍫I go by whatever my current kinshift name is🍫

🐇×°•★What's in your easter basket? Let's see!★•°×🐇

Fictionkin and therian!

NOT an rp account!!

19!

Has chronic illness and is most likely neurodivergent, also struggles with mental health, may not be quick to respond to stuff

Certified silly creature

Asks and DM's open, DM's 17+ Only though

Note: I may refer to myself as two/using we/us pronouns. I am not a system. I may refer to myself like this when kinshifted to: Bloodmoon and Webber. All due to kin reasons.

Ao3 author! Ao3 is https://archiveofourown.org/users/BloodyConstellation/profile

🌦️୨୧⸝⸝˙˳⑅˙⋆꒰ 🌷 ꒱⋆˙⑅˙˳⸜⸜୨୧🌦️

╭────── · · ⭐ · · ──────╮ My Fictionkin/Otherkin List! ╰────── · · ⭐ · · ──────╯

★The Security Breach Shows★

V4 Eclipse (The Villain Show AU, Eaps)

FC (Eaps)

Earth (Tlaes)

Swap!Sun (Created by The-Ultimate-Tsbs-Kin)

Bloodmoon/AI 2 (Mgafs/Tsams/Eaps)

Pollux (Tlaes)

Mona/Monty (Eaps, new dimension Monty)

Solar (Tsams/Tlaes)

Puppet (Tsams/Eaps. Note: not Charlie)

Sunshine (Eaps Sun)

Dazzle (Laes)

Servant Sun (Sams)

Andrew (Eaps)

★Other Fictionkin Of Mine★

BlackHole (TC/V)

Wind (WW/LU)

Lucifer (Hazbin Hotel)

Moondrop (Fnaf: SB)

Faye (Cult of the lamb) (A fawn follower)

Stolas (Helluva Boss)

Hoppy Hopscotch (SC)

Bingo (Bluey)

Kiros (Mufasa: The Lion King)

Mufasa (Mufasa: The Lion King)

Link (Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom)

Sunny (Omori, Pursuit AU/You're back, Mari/I'll Find Him)

Allister Gator (Nightmare Critters)

╭────── · · 🧸 · · ──────╮ 💚💚💚 ╰────── · · 🧸 · · ──────╯

👑★°•Interests•°★👑

The Legend of Zelda, Linked Universe, Five Night's at Freddy's, The Security Breach Shows, Sally Face, Omori, The Amazing Digital Circus, The Umbrella Academy, Ponyo, Cult of the Lamb, Bluey.

Build A Bear, Dinosaurs, Stuffed animals, Psychology, Medical care.

💚★°•Hobbies•°★💚

Writing, Digital Drawing, Singing, Speedrunning video games, Baking, Cooking.

⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ◜ ͡ ͡ ◝ 　 ૮ ﾉ ྀི 𓏼 ˊ͈ ˔ ) Have a nice day/night! 　 ╭◜◝ ͡ ʿʿ 𝜗𝜚 ˒　　　　　　 　 ૮' 　　　 ꒱ 　 　　 )　ﾉ,,_、 ﾉヽ) 　 　　し'し'　l ﾉ ໒꒰ྀི´ ˘ ꒱ྀིა໒꒰ྀི´ ˘ ꒱ྀིა

[polytherianism]

WIP INTRO POST

hello all my name is polytherianism or pandora, i am alterhuman in many ways including being a polytherian and being a nonhuman system member. my main pronouns are he/they/aer/xe/zombz and i use masculine terms.

main nonhuman labels;

other-hearted

polytherian

nonhuman system member

otherkin + fictionkin

funlink + copinglink

more about me;

bodily 19

t4t + likes queer men

intersex / FTM / GNC

on T — planning top surgery

CDD system — trait specific PD

tagging system;

pandora.txt = text posts

pandora.img = images

pandora.ids = identities

pandora.vents = vents and rants

pandora.rbs = reblogs

more info under the cut~

otherhearted; 16

puppy hearted; 6

dalmation, german shepherd, great dane, australian shepherd, saint bernard, belgian malinois

rabbit hearted; 2

lop eared rabbit, pygmy rabbit

otter hearted; 2

sea otter, giant otter

bat hearted; 6

fruit bat, canyon bat, giant golden-crowned flying fox, common vampire bat, painted bat, northern ghost bat

theriotypes; 19

feline; 8

lion, panther, lynx, domestic cat, wild cat, cheetah, tiger, sand cat

canine; 6

bat eared fox, island fox, true fox, red fox, arctic fox, african wild dog

ursine; 4

sun bear, brown bear, giant panda, sloth bear

procyon; 1

raccoon

funlinks; 4

macaque monkey, spider monkey, lioness, poison dart frog

copinglinks; 3

dragon, humanoid, advanced AI tv head

otherkins; 10

AI, angel, bat, lemur, owl, goat, python, seal, frog, dinosaur

fictionkins; 26

1. musicfluid troll (trolls)

2. cheshire cat (alice in wonderland)

3. eeyore (winnie the pooh)

4. fizzarolli (HH/HB)

5. robotic fizzarolli (HH/HB)

6. max (max n ruby)

7. spike (MLP)

8. ellisabat (MH)

9. twyla boogieman (MH)

10. venus mcflytrap (MH)

11. wydowna spider (MH)

12. frankie stein (MH)

13. ghoulia yelps (MH)

14. scarah screams (MH)

15. rochelle goyle (MH)

16. abbey bominable (MH)

17. cerise hood (EAH)

18. C.A. cupid (MH/EAH)

19. gigi grant (MH)

20. kitty cheshire (EAH)

21. madeline hatter (EAH)

22. raven queen (EAH)

23. luci (disenchantment)

24. mora (disenchantment)

25. shiny umbreon (pokemon)

26. enderman (minecraft)

all nonhuman identities unorganized; 104

dalmation, great dane, german shepherd, australian shepherd, saint bernard, melgian malinois, lop eared rabbit, pygmy rabbit, sea otter, giant otter, fruit bat, canyon bat, giant golden-crowned flying fox, common vampire bat, painted bat, northern ghost bat, ring railed lemur, barn owl, snowy owl, true owl, fainting goat, kamori goat, american pygmy goat, dutch landrace goat, green tree python, classic python, earless seal, poison dart frog, pacman frog, glass frog, red eyed tree frog, rain frog, indian bullfrog, fire bellied toad, triceratops, stegosaurus, apatosaurus, archaeopteryx, transvaal lion, barbary lion, black panther, snow leopard, malayan tiger, canadian lynx, bobcat, african wild cat, cheetah, bat eared fox, island fox, true fox, red fox, arctic fox, african wild dog, sun bear, brown bear, giant panda, raccoon, macaque monkey, spider monkey, siamese cat, british shorthair cat, maine coon cat, ragdoll cat, sphinx cat, scottish fold cat, bombay cat, siberian cat, norwegian forest cat, russian blue cat, munchkin cat, oriental shorthair cat, egyptian mau cat, selkirk rex cat, havana brown cat, showshoe cat, lykoi cat, bengal cat, cornish rex cat, scottish fold cat, toyger cat, persian cat, singapura cat, mosaic axolotl, chimera axolotl, albino axolotl, raven, phoenix, sand cat, sloth bear, indian giant squirrel, platypus, giant glider, necrocat, humanoid, dragon, tv head advanced AI, angel, skulldog, skullcat, skullbat, manokit, dumbo octopus, ocelot, calico critter, luna moth, betta fish

[fairytalefragments]

༄ | anonymous requested...

➳ moodboard for a Sun Bear therian

[rarmeowz]

Aesthetic for a sun bear who loves flowers and putting too much honey in their tea!

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[post-punk-revival]

If anyone remembers way back at the beginning of this blog when I posted that list of MyNoise sound generators for otherkin, I recently (within the last year) discovered how to access the full list of composite generators, which are user-made and feature sounds compiled from other generators made into something new. So here’s a few of my favorites of those as suggestions:

“AI Dreams”: might be nice for an AI or other computer being; I actually made this one myself during a very strong AI flicker that I mistakenly thought was a kintype.

“Wasteland Radio”: maybe for fictionkin whose source is post-apocalyptic. I listened to this a lot during a Fallout fictionflicker. Also “Nuclear Ruins” is similar but, imo, much creepier, and I elected not to listen to it during my flicker, but it is very cool.

“Starport Terminal”: really really good for anyone from space. It really sounds like a realistic spaceport from a sci-fi universe full of aliens just living normal lives. I’m alienkind myself and I love this one more than any whimsical galactic-sounding soundscape. (Personally this is my favorite on MyNoise in general.)

“Glacier”: amazing for any arctic critters, especially aquatic ones because it really sounds like you’re swimming under the ice. Orcas, seals and polar bears are the main ones I can think of who might be interested in this but if there’s any Greenland shark or arctic shrimp therians out there, you should check this out too.

“Whispering Pines”: this one really takes me away and puts me in a raven’s happy place. Probably nice for other animals too, if your habitat is more northern; wolves, mountain lions, bears, etc.

“Sinister Ethereal Plane” is an interesting one that I think might be helpful to more incomprehensibly-inclined folk; fae, gods, benign eldritch beings, more traditional angels, etc. I find it soothing but I guess it could be more weird.

Now for a comprehensive list of every mermaid-themed custom generator. Mermaids On the Shore, Mermaids In a Cave, Mermaids Dance Under the Moon, Sirens Calling, Mermaids In the Sun, Enchanted Waters, Mermaid Lullaby, Mermaids In the Storm, Mermaids Among the Reef, Sirens and Dolphins, Siren, and of course, Mermaids

[baremyfangsandsing]

I'm Camor, nice to meet you! I use they/he pronouns as well as neopronouns (Cloud/cloudself, Moon/moonself, Sun/sunself, Star/starself, Kit/kitself, royal/royalself)

I'm 25, autistic, disabled, and the host of a DID system (not that I'll post much about that. I have a space for my DID stuff)

I'm a polytherian, otherkin, and fictionkin. I've been awakened for 7 years now and it's been a ride.

For theriotypes, I'm an African Serval, an Alaskan Tundra wolf, a horse, and a polar bear.

For my other kin types, I've confirmed:

ghostkin

vampirekin

sirenkin/mermaidkin (still trying to find the specifics)

angelkin

Chloe Price (Life is Strange)

Blue (Blues Clues)

Applejack (MLP)

Pacifist Chara (Undertale)

Virgil Sanders (Sanders Sides)

Ballora (Sister Location)

Periwinkle (Disney Fairies)

Harley Quinn (Unsure of which, Definitely animated)

Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)

Susie Salmon (The Lovely Bones)

For kintypes I'm questioning or unsure about:

Spacekin/Nebulaekin/Alienkin

Glitchkin?

Dragonkin

Ib (Ib)

Darkiplier

Raven (Teen Titans)

Onto my DNIs

Do Not Interact if:

You're a troll/anti

You're transphobic, ableist, terf, etc. If you're hateful, gtfo.

If you're under 16. I'm 25 and I feel uncomfortable with that. If you're under 18, I won't dm you but you're free to interact with my posts.

You're a MAP/support MAPs

You support Autism $peaks

[butyouvealwaysbeenthecaretaker]

Seriously though, we just had a total hoot designing a queer flag heraldry system in the car, and I absolutely cannot show anybody it because I daren't face my inbox.

Some of the better ones include:

Lesbians - big cats. 2 crossed axes. A fist. Scissors.

Gay men - a background of yellow brick pattern, or red glitter. Cockrels, bears, swords. Two bears spooning.

Bisexuals - a hand grasping many spears. Unicorn. A horn. A pan or other cookware. Gay or lesbian symbols as appropriate.

Trans - moth, Butterfly, seahorse. Special symbols such as a syringe, scissor, phoenix or flames to denote some sort of physical transition.

Non binary - hippogryphs, chimeras etc. The mercury symbol. Patterns with waves for those who are in some way fluid.

Queer - the chameleon. Any use of glitter.

Androgyny - lightning bolt.

Questioning - the anvil, the key

Butch - tools, ie a hammer

Femme - flowers, or draped fabrics

Crowns - metal crown for queens, laurel crown for muscle daddies, knights helmet for size queens, flower crown for femmes

Fairies - dragonfly

Poly - net. Trident. Three hands grasped. A number of animals (ditto for bi people). Infinity symbol

Intersex - a ring. A column.

Ace & aro - a leaf. Dragons.

Kink - triskelion. Crossed flogger. Baton, coiled whip.

Top - a hand. Sub - a cup, or a pelican. Vers - a hand holding a cup.

Sex work - a cross hatch pattern

HIV - red stripe, equal armed cross

Survival - black stripe (surviving anything the owner of the shield deems important)

POC - brown stripe

Symbols - faith symbols, political symbols etc as desired.

Otherkin/furry -otherkin star, a paw, a claw

Male/masc and female/fem - sun and moon, as well as planetary symbols. Possibly more planetary symbols assigned to other groups.

Other symbols may be used, or assigned meanings, as make sense to the individual;

Colours are taken off pride flags, flagging traditions etc and combined as preferred.

To design a shield, decide what are the most essential parts of your identity, and combine. Don't forget a motto. You can place symbols above, on, or either side of the shield. Don't over clutter. Consider combining flag A with symbol B to communicate a whole identity. Consider using a pride flag but enhancing the size of the strip representing you (ie, use the trans pride flag but with a huge pink stripe to communicate "trans woman" specifically)

Don't inbox me to squabble. Do inbox with more suggestions. I made this for fun. Please use it. Please adapt/extend. Please also have fun when interacting with it.

[a-dragons-explanations]

I see you uh, take questions? I have a similar question to the previous one, about dragonkin. Like the other anon, I've always loved dragons. I've even done dragonlike things, like lying in the sun for warmth, and other actions, and I often feel like a dragon. Would I be valid for being dragonkin, even if I don't have any phantom wings, or past life memories?

This is kind of a two-part answer, so bear with me.

First part: there’s no set of minimum criteria you have to fulfill to be “valid” in identifying as otherkin. The only criterion you need to meet is “identifying nonphysically as something other than human (partially or wholly).” Not all otherkin experience supernumerary phantom limbs. Not all otherkin experience past life memories (or even believe their kintype came from a past life). Not all otherkin experience species dysphoria. None of those things make them any less otherkin. If you feel that you are nonhuman in some regard, you can call yourself otherkin, full stop.

Second part: on that note, there is such a thing as healthy skepticism. I feel that it’s good to take time to think about your experiences and different explanations of them - and what you feel explains them best. Do you feel the explanation that fits you and your experiences the best is that you are a dragon? Or does that not quite sit right with you?

As always, my eternal advice is to read and research. Read the experiences of otherkin, especially dragons (and not just on Tumblr - go to forums, go to sites like tomorrowlands.org). See what resonates and what doesn’t.

(My opinions on how exactly questioning should be handled and which processes should be recommended are also sort of under review right now, so apologies if this isn’t quite as helpful as you’d hoped.)

Happy hunting! May you find the answers you seek

[venniekocsis]

She gives until the aching becomes giddiness. Once, when the pyramids were being built, she buried her feet into the sand. The grains soaked into her skin pockets as she became a sun. There is never a moment of unfeeling, even when the seas go flat. Like skewers into her back, she is pierced by the essence of everything she foresees, belonging to the others as she fights for mirrors to reveal her own future. One night as she lay with a Phoenix, they had eye gazing conversation, two Otherkin arrested in the moment. You cannot know the footprints retraced or the caverns replaced with service, to become a slave to both kindness and intolerance. There is no cross to bear or pin to wear, shining on the lapel so others can recognize your soul. There's just the hope, that one day it gleams so bright it becomes a lighthouse. In the mean time there are words to write and lives to help survive, isolated grief for the missing things and lace napkins dusty from lack of use. @venniekocsis ⚔️ #survivorvoices #memories #writersofinstagram #writer #writerscommunity #cultchild #holographic #soulsearching #artistsofinstagram #venniekocsis #digitalart #spilledink #mysoul #feel #introspection #youareenough #youarebeautiful #interdimensional #universe #multiverse https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn0nFTql3Vh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1if7l78u82icg

[dontletthishappentoyou]

god will be happy with you

Religion has always been weird. I’ve enjoyed studying the psychology of it and getting to know different cultures of it, especially through Abby’s piano jobs. I think I lost concentration after the dogs died, so I don’t remember caring much about the symbolism of the ferns.  But my perspective of religion has changed in various directions in the past few years. I remember in 2013 watching vlogbrother videos answering the question “do you believe in god?” and being somewhat disappointed in the lack of straightforward answer. I’m closer to where they are nowadays. There’s a bunch of different gods, and some prayer-answering ones are square circle level disprovable, some (guider of random genetic mutations who wanted humans to exist and makes heaven or whatever) are teapots in space levels believable, and some (the literal sun, who created and could destroy us) are proveable.  My time at the UU church kind of showed me how people can get something out of stories of all religions, and they’d talk about Jesus and whatever near Christmas, and other things near other religions’ holidays, but usually just kind of random stuff that people tend to find meaningful. It was helpful, and kind of gave me a better perspective on my own enjoyment of Five Iron Frenzy. I like what they feel, but can only relate to it metaphorically, but that’s okay.  The freaking otherkin also helped. I think I’ve posted about them here, but tldr: • some believe they’re other animals in a parallel world • some believe they were other animals in a past life • some relate to the traits they associate with certain animals • some believe they are possessed by the spirit of those animals The fun part is that they get along and rarely if ever argue in the facebook groups I’m a part of. I was expecting breathairian level irrationality, and kinda found it, but didn’t find anyone making themselves or others die, they were just supporting each other. They’d have epiphanies and understand themselves better than they did before using language that I couldn’t relate to to express feelings I could. Some Baha’ists say that all religions are different languages expressing the same truths. Dating a passively Christian person living in a country that still practices a variety of folk religions, uses spiritual language to talk about psychological phenomena, and gets something out of the Bible, it’s been kind of helpful to see things this way. I sort of agree with the language analagy, and have been getting better over the years at focusing on the point of what people are saying, even if the language has an element to it that I think is stupid and implies unrelated incorrect facts that aren’t actually important. Being possessed by a spirit is a rational way to see depression if you don’t assume the spirit is conscious and basically define spirit as what we define mental illness as now.  The otherkin/therians are great at this. Some guy will be like “I’m sad because my bear-kin is going through a hard time on the other plane,” and nobody corrects the fact that there’s no reason to believe that there’s another plane with a bear. The person is sad, likes bears, and needs support right now. I’ve gotten a bit more understanding of and patient people who believe stupid things, and less caring toward people who believe terrible things.  The epiphanies that Five Iron Frenzy dudes have when they realize that god still loves them is the same kind of thing as the guy who realizes he’s inhabited by the soul of a deer. FIF learned self compassion, which is awesome. They also believe in some weird stuff. I’ll be happy for the first bit. Guy now believes that gentleness is an essential part of his identity and he should aspire to live life as the person he feels most comfortable as. He also believes in some weird stuff. I’m happy for the first part.  So I think I’m better equipped to actually enjoy the ending of WtRFG than I was before. Partly because sadness doesn’t distract me anymore in the same way (lots to unpack there, but we’ll ignore that for now), but partly because I can see a message like “god will be happy with you” and interpret it in a way that parses out the good stuff I can be happy for and the weird stuff. I’ll interpret it metaphorically and ignore the rest, with whatever amount of spite my god-hating self feels inclined to have that day.