#then that's just my norm; cool!

[autumnalmind]

    I don’t have all my tags worked out yet, but this is right in my wheelhouse! I’ll be putting all my thoughts/writing under the cut, as I will...likely end up rambling.

    So, yes! I do experience “multi-shifts”! (I’ll simplify it to that shorthand for now.) Now, I’ve never had them overlap before- maybe my wings with my cat tail a few times- but to the point of having horns with ears or my ears + tail with scale-like claws? No. (And even then, please note that my wings are connected to a past life that still effects me today; they’re quite different from my theriotypes.)

    And that’s helped keep things very clear cut for me, which I appreciate. When I’m feeling more wolfdog (wolf...? low/high content wolfdog? I’m still figuring out the details), I crave to run in the woods. The woods is something very specific I miss in a wolf-shift; as well as howling, snarling, barks, and so on.

    Compare that to, say, my cat-shifts. As a domestic cat, I crave typical domestic cat things: parallel play, treats, sitting/laying in the sun, headbutts, purrs, and so on.

    I also have phantom limbs I feel, which effect each shift differently; my wide paws of the wolf and thick tail, versus the lithe body I feel as a domestic cat, with my longer (but still fluffy!) tail. (Getting into feline cladotherian is a whole ‘nother thing...)

    There’s also my dragon-shift. I don’t get this one nearly as consistent as the other two, but it’s also distinct in the feelings. Horns unlike those I’m familiar with. (Someone in my system.) Wings, that are yet still distinct from others. (Wider than Sera’s [nickname for past life] and, although leathery like Quinzy’s [alter], are still different in ways I cannot put to words.) There’s also missing my dark scales, and the patches of fur I had. The urge to nest on eggs; curl around them and settle into a cavern. (Though I settle for making a den (denning?) or nesting.)  A lot of pining for flight, as well, though the way my body moves as a dragon- again- sets it apart from other theriotypes.

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   So! With all that said... Shapeshifting. I don’t consider myself to be one, as- in an ideal world- I would literally be able to shape-shift to my preferred form. (This carried over from my gender shenanigans; I would much prefer to get rid of and gain bits at will, rather than transition...)

    Now, could I be? Perhaps! I wouldn’t shoo off the idea immediately... However, I’d imagine that a shapeshifter feels more fluid in one identity to the next; wolf to dragon to cat, for example. They feel more “disjointed” to me, in the sense that... They’re very different headspaces, with few connecting tissue. I would feel like...from an outside view, perhaps, it’d be more like a fox befriending a dragon because they both live in dens and eat a variety of foods. Rather than the two being the same entity, viewing the same world from different perspectives.

   ...Does that make any sense?? Surprisingly, this got difficult to articulate. In short, I suppose it’s just they feel different in mindset.

    Anyways... On that note, on a hypothetical of being a shapeshifter...I don’t think so! Mostly because my current theriotypes have more or less settled in? I do believe there was a small stint as a horse- likely a loose, fic-link/copinglink with Epona [LoZ]- but considering how it didn’t stick...

    I feel like it could give me more insight on how certain species live! Find a new appreciation on their lives, and get a glimpse into it. Long term connections, however, I majorly doubt.

    (On a final system note, this got doubly hammered in with a potential bunny theriotype. Turns out, it seems an alter had that connection! Not me. And on the opposite side... An alter who has connections to hyenas doesn’t consider herself a therian; she is using them as a base for her fursona, however.)

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    So... Actually, yes! I do consider my “main” theriotype to be my cladotherian connection to felines. Something about them is entwined deep in who I am, humanoid or not. The biggest among these are tigers, snow leopards, and domestic cats (specifically siamese and ragdoll; I was also a calico queen in my previous life to this one).

    I still honor my persistent feelings as a wolfdog, fox, and dragon. They’re still important to me! I just fully acknowledge that- on some level- felines are the closest to my heart.

    Would I pass up this body and the other theriotypes to become a cat? Probably not, even still; if I cannot be all I am, I will live out this life as it is. (Besides, it’s not just “mine,” either. My system deserves equal footing.)

If you have multiple theriotypes, can you please tell me more about your experience?

I only have a single theriotype, and I come from a rather old-schooled part of the therian community that struggles a lot with the concept of polytherians. I thought that hearing more about it might help me understand fellow otherkin.

I would love to hear all you have to say, but if you have no ideas, then there are some questions below!

Do you experience phantom body parts/other shifts of different animals at once?

If yes, how would you differentiate it from a chimera or an animal you just don't know yet?

If no, how would you differentiate it from a shape-shifting creature? Do you consider yourself a shapeshifter? If you do, do you also think you could shapeshift into a new animal and would it then be a new theriotype for you?

Do you consider one of your theriotypes to be the "main one"?

[maskt]

every time someone around me makes a joke about "big back behavior" i genuinely get so mad i see red. it does nothing but shame people and their bodies. just stfu be a decent person PLEASE!!!!! get on tumblr and look at how furries lovingly draw and paint and render fat bodies. how can people fall into the mindset that fatness is something to fear.

[non-un-topo]

More cishet observations from the past month at work:

- They really fucking buzz off of the TERF wizard book series

- Their favourite place on Earth is Florida (why???)

- If you tell them you're an artist, they will ask you if you've ever "tried out AI"

- They will joke about OCD a lot

- They absolutely hate their bodies and will take any opportunity to talk about food in a toxic way (bonus points if they compare their body/food to yours)

- They hate their spouses and think that this is funny

- They. Do not. Have interests. (Besides the TERF wizard book series)

- They don't watch movies or TV??

- If they have kids, the way they talk about them makes it sound like it was genuinely the worst decision they ever made

- If they don't have kids, they will still fucking talk about having them

- They don't like cats??

In other weird news, I'm gendered correctly at work and I pass to the point that cishets actually talk to me like I'm a cishet guy.

[anonymouscuzwhynot001]

B99 S8 THOUGHTS

(B99 SPOILERS BELOW FOR THE LAST TIME 😭😭😭)

rosa babe you better not leave me i will hunt you down and handcuff you to your desk if i have to

oh good i was so scared after what happened to gina 😮‍💨

kevin and holt WHAT NOW????? (why did i know that five seconds before he said it 😭 i have a thing for guessing insane plot twists i guess 😌 it's thrice already)

not rosa cackling bc of her edibles while the rest of the gang is standing in awkward silence during the kevin/raymond stare-off

"i feel dirty. you feel dirty?" "i do. and i LOVE IT."

jake is so done with amy's 16 minute rant about their baby not pulling himself up bc he's STILL in the AGE RANGE to DO IT

NO BUT THAT LOOK AMY GIVES JAKE WHEN HE OFFERS TO STAY HOME WITH MAC AND LET HER GO TO THE PRESENTATION THING HAD MY HEART FUCKING MELTINGGGGGGGGGG

one last pb&j <3

WHY IS IT ALWAYS TERRY AND CHARLES BICKERING LIKE Y'ALL HAVE CHILDREN Y'ALL ARE THE OLDEST PARENTS IN THE PRECINCT LITERALLY SHUT UP

(nah but it's literally so fucking interesting though—)

damn we got to nine-drink amyyy

CHARLES BOYLE ISN'T A BOYLE???

"what would you do?" "i'm not sure. but i know that when things are hard, i talk them through with amy. and just being with her, looking into her eyes, everything that seemed so complicated becomes simple. and then . . . i just know." LAJKSHGSDKJGKJSDHFKJAKADJDKFSFSD PERALTIAGO DO I NEED TO SAY ANY MORE <3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

peraltiago will be the death of me

jake

shut

the

fuck

up

you're

not

leaving

FUCK YEAH GINA MY BESTIE

is pimento giving sirius black or is that just me

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK JAKE'S BEEN IN A COMA FOR SEVEN YEARS SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A FUCKING JOKE

WHAT THE FUCK TEDDY AMY CHARLES MAC IS SEVEN???

oh my fucking gods me heart fucking stopped for a second there but i gotta hand it to amy she's a fucking badass (SHE TOOK DOWN A PERP IN A FUCKING WEDDING GOWN AND EARNED MY PERMANENT RESPECT)

. . . damn hitchcock

the nine-nine's broken and so am i 😭

HE PULLED THE FUCKING "BEEP-BORP ZEEP FROM S1E1 HELPPPPP

ANOTHER HEIST FUCK YEAHHHHH

so imma go cry in a corner now toodles—

(so i can't put pictures in the tags so:

THE LITTLE bUmP

1 MINUTE AND 43 SECONDS IN WE KNOW IT

NAH WHAT AM I SAYING WE KNEW IT 15 SECONDS IN WHEN AMY SAID "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WEIRDO")

(also read the tags before you read this bc i ran out of tags

"yeah he seems cool i agree."

WHIPPED I TELL YOU. WHIPPED

anyways i should probably stop putting all my s1 thoughts in here—

why were the first reaction posts so short i'm crying 😭

WAIT SHIT THIS MEANS I CAN FINALLY GO THROUGH ALL THE B99 TAGS ON TUMBLR

FUCK YEAHHHHH

AWESOME BLOGS HERE I COMEEE)

[jrueships]

r u the grew up poor never being able to buy the little things in life u always wanted as a kid so now u buy whatever little thing u want as an adult and struggle with saving for the big mandatory thing,

or the grew up poor never being able to buy the little things in life u always wanted as a kid so now u just never buy anything small bcs u had to learn to live without it and constantly try to save for the next big thing in 500 yrs

[b4kuch1n]

langa special

[icewindandboringhorror]

examining a seemingly normal image only to slowly realize the clear signs of AI generated art.... i know what you are... you cannot hide your true nature from me... go back where you came from... out of my sight with haste, wretched and vile husk

[marimeeko]

As a multishipper I'm thinking about something. As a BKDK fan, I am, I guess preparing for a possibility?

I had a thought with this last chapter, and how this battle is literally about to end. That we are indeed at the very end of the line.

And I am thinking of the "Do your best, Izuku" theme and how everyone started chiming in on it, how it has become basically the closing motif to the battle. And how Tenya brought up the OG, ochako, who said the "Deku" seemed to her like "Do your best", and of course, ochako is seen saying the same.

So my thought is, if Hori is going for a Izu Ocha ending, this might be how it comes about.

(I am not saying it's one hundred percent satisfying, bc once again, Izuku has shown virtually no interest in her beyond friendship, and the relationship, to me, is still thematically and developmentally, one sided.)

So I don't know if hori is going to go with the idea that "do your best" bringing the relationship of Izu Ocha to the forefront after kicking it to the side for so long...but I guess I can see the thematic possibility he MAY be going for if that is the case.

Once again, I am hoping it's not a blatant thing, if anything I'd like no pairing to be outright "canon". Realistically I think that may be the case. Simply bc izu ocha just doesn't have enough reciprocity behind it and, bakudeku...well, obviously is highly unlikely due to the nature of Shonen/cultural precedence by very reason of it being Queer.

I am just thinking about the whole thing and it may be where Izu Ocha enters the Chat again.

As always I am letting Hori cook, and tempering expectations. I don't dislike Izu Ocha so I won't be terribly bummed out, I just wish there was a little more developed into it(namely, on izukus side)

As I always disclaim, it's Horis story to tell, and I am here to read it, and I'm not stopping now.

[ganondoodle]

(on a little sidenote!! i take people finding my character designs hot as a huge compliment, given that the characters in question are adults, which is pretty much always the case unless i mention someone being a minor or it being super obvious)

[butchviking]

if someone said some shit like "i love being butch i love that i dont have to shave or wear makeup or conform to femininity" and someone was like "um. you don't have to be butch to do any of that" and they were like "yeah but you will be punished for nonconformity as a woman so its freeing to me to have an identity that reminds me i dont have to be what im expected to be and i can have a community that accepts me for that" i think radblr would be like yeah fair enough.

so explain why i always see this with some snarky comments attached

[topicaltropic]

oops! all wips

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

We don’t talk enough about certified badass and number one best friend Norm Spellman, that man is LOYAL, HE IS RIDE OR FUCKING DIE. He not only gets shot in his avatar, which had to have sucked ass, but then he just gets a gun and goes back out to kEEP FIGHTING IN HUMAN FORM?? HE PUNCHES A MAN IN THE FACE FOR TRYING TO PUNCH JAKE OUT OF LINK. THEN AS HE’S GETTING HELD BACK BY LIKE THREE SOLDIERS HE’S SCREAMING “PUT HIM DOWN” AS THEY PICK UP JAKE. HE’S SO WORRIED ABOUT HIS BEST FRIEND. 

Not to mention just how cute all of his and Jake’s scenes are. When he’s teaching Jake Na’vi??? When he’s jealous and mocking Jake for not knowing what the Hallelujah Mountains are (’ever heard of them?’ fuck RIGHT off Norman)??? WHEN HE’S FUCKING AROUND BALANCING ON THE BACK TWO WHEELS OF JAKE’S WHEELCHAIR WHILE JAKE IS SITTING IN THE LINK EATING BREAKFAST???

I would die for Norm he’s an icon I want more of him and Jake in the rest of the movies. 

[itspileofgoodthings]

me on a walk with Nina reflecting on the nature of happiness every couple of feet like “and are THESE people happy?” [ gestures at the people eating and feeding bread to ducks and geese ] “and what about them?” [ gestures at people playing soccer in a field ] “and what about them?” [ nods at the couple several yards ahead of us holding hands ]

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

If there is at least one thing I can credit FE for doing better than Tales in localization, it's not trying to actively go out of their way for an entire game to avoid subtext or direct text between two men that is romantic or implied romantic. Funny when it's so present that the attempt doesn't even work; infuriating that it was attempted to begin with.

So as much as I often have issues with some of FE's localizations, at least they have a leg up on loc Tales for that.

[malleleothreesome]

YOUR MALLEUS POST IS JUST!!!!! AGDKFFLSVFL!!!! WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES I RE-READ THAT THING BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT!!!! 😫😭👌🖤💚

I'm so late to this but thank you so much Knight!! 🖤💚🖤💚 I'm so happy you enjoyed Blindfolded Malleus... I was so excited for you to read it, and I'm very happy it lived up to the hype and anticipation!!! Truly, I am so honored and grateful that you would re-read something so long 🥹 it amazes me how supportive you are!! I hope I can continue to write things that you enjoy! One day in the [regretfully] far future I swear to you that I will put out an Idia fic just for you hehehe. I'm so overwhelmed by the amount of things I am excited to write, but I guess that is a wonderful problem to have! I only wish I had more time in the day to write, but alas, such is life. Why the fUCk am I writing so formal right now daiohssadoi;hdSAO not me saying BUT ALAS. SUCH IS LIFE????? It is so.

I'm actually taking a TWELVE DAY vacation from work starting on the 22nd so I might actually do a little request event where people can send me like kink prompts or something. I think that'll be fun!

Okay and FINE I'll do some fluff prompts too for the fluff people but please don't judge my fluff too harshly, I'm still learning!!! For some reason smut just comes naturally dhaDSAHIDDASijdsan I'll start gathering some prompts and we will do a little ask game or something.

📣 By the way FELLOW HONEST THIGH RIDING ANON if you SEE this first of all, ONCE AGAIN: I wish to express my undying devotion to you and your exceptional thought process. I am positively frothing at the mouth over your request and I am PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE I am finally making good progress and it WILL be out soon. We WILL make him cum in his pants. We WILL make him cry, whimper, and moan.

[greekromann]

the version of tashigi that lives in my head is soooo much cooler than anything oda could ever hope to write about women. oda doesnt understand her I Do Though