#therian care guide

[big-coyote]

[from twitter]

[obstructed-birdsong]

Everyday therianthropy

I’ve put together a survey, the information from which will go toward an elaborate therian care guide on my Youtube channel. I hope to also present this at Othercon next year.

The focus is on small ways to express your therianthropy in everyday life. This can be used to help ease species dysphoria and feel a little more animalistic in your daily life.

[thefailedexperiment]

Attention all aquatic kins!

I found some deep underwater ambience that actually sound realistic. It really helped me shift on land so this is perfect for anyone who doesn’t have access to a pool or the ocean.

Deep Ocean (No background music)

Deep Ocean (subtle background music)

Shallow ocean (No background music)

[clowncarfullofrats]

Umh could we please have a glitch/malware kin one and/or a jerboa one? :D

So...

Theriotype/Otherkin care guides

I'm making them

For free

You want one?

(I'll just to theriotype and otherkin ones for now bc I don't know how to make fictionkin ones, if you have some times I'm grateful)

[buboloboogie]

I turned Void, Pepper, and Pickles into Kindred !! :D

HURAYYY THEY'RE ALL KINDRED!!

Essentially in this AU, the PCs are swapped with their companions! Their story lines are similar, pepper and pickles are still twins / daughters of the queen, and Void is a secluded lone wolf trying to find something. HERE ARE THEIR BLERBS BECAUSE I'VE PUT TOO MUCH EFFORT INTO IT vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

Miss Void Bennett. Generally, Void's backstory is the same as Arthur's. BUT!! Because we know basically nothing about Void, where she came from, how long she's been with Arthur, etc. My concept for her is that she has lost almost all of her memories of her human life, and the first few days after her embrace. All she remembers is Vanya's face, and having this feeling of deep rage and heartbreak. She sets out to the Americas after the war, where she meets Mary Davis and Edward. There, she gets help recovering only some of her memories, though only the memories of the beast. Whenever she'd frenzy, kill mortals, and most unfortunately ripping what she knows to be her family to death. After this discovery is when she starts out on her journey to find Vanya. She tells herself its to find out more about her missing memories, but deep down she is motivated completely by revenge. Void is a shy and tentative person at first, though as she gets comfortable she is bright and bubbly. She is very motherly to the few people she does care about, but it is very difficult for her to create that sort of trust in any sort of relationship. She tries to keep most people at an arms length, but there are a few who sneak through the cracks. Triva!: (SPOILERS AHEAD!!!) - Instead of a book with names, she sketches down every face she remembers tearing apart. - At the midnight circle, her form becomes more of a crazy old were-cat lady - Her tenabris form takes the shape of a writhing cat, with piercing red eyes. - She has Celerity dots instead of Fortitude dots - Her guilt manifests as a need to 'make up for it' by helping kindred and mortals worse off than her, another reason she mothers and guides the two Princesses. - Akin to Arthur, she feels as if taking care of the two twins is how she will atone, but she also will get flashes of warm memories of her younger twin siblings during calm and quiet moments. - When she diablorizes the winged kindred in the Cullen Games, her wings are those of a bat, but the arm bones are covered with a matted black fur. She also has retractable claws on the tips of the bat wing fingers.

Pepper Tucker. Pepper is a Vet tech who lives with her deadbeat father, who's failing car repair shop gets by on her paychecks. In her free time, she's helping The Demons strategize their next move against the Fangs, or smoking delirious amounts of pot ( The only strain she smokes is one called 'Cat Nip' ). Some say she has nine lines, for how many times she's almost knocked on deaths door. She her personality is indifferent. She seems tired, and like her head is somewhere up in the clouds. But even with this, she is someone almost paranoid of her surroundings. She is blunt, with no filter, and is not afraid to rip your ego to shreds without even raising an eyebrow. Pepper is always around - its a little weird honestly - and she is always willing to offer a helping hand to those she cares about. Trivia!: (SPOILERS AHEAD!!!) - Because Slimecicle references Pepper as a boy, and as Salem, while Condi references Pepper as a girl; She is MTF, Salem is her deadname while Pepper is her chosen name. - She is a Gangrel rather than a Brujah - She is a cat therian - Pepper seems to be unnaturally good at anything on the first try. It is kind of annoying - Her interactions with the twins are more Vex: NUH UH Pepper: uh huh Vex: NUH UH!!! Pepper: Uh huh Vex: NUH UUUHH!! Pepper: Stupidsayswhat? Vex: What? Viv: Brother I believe that she fucking got yo- Vex: CURSE YOU SHAMIASHAMAIII!!!! Pepper: lol - She has dots in Potence rather than Protean - She is a very dirty fighter, nut shots, pocket sand, its the only way she knows how to fight. - She nursed a near-death Fisher (type of wild weasel) back to health when she was little, and keeps him around as a pet. She names the Fisher Emezil, and he is the source of her 9 lives. - Instead of Adam Sandler movies, she is locked in her little pool of blood for hours watching Nick Cage movies. - Her battles with Gabriel (who is a coyote themed Gangrel) are the only time where she really raises her voice. I like to think instead of gay jokes, she is always twisting Gabriel's jokes into transphobic remarks, which he stumbles over his words and they go into a fuck you back and forth

Princess Pullette (Pickles) Bathroy Princess Pullette is a ball of energy that cannot be contained. Being cooped up inside the castle all her life, she has become a prank master. Playing silly pranks on the important vampires, and getting a slap on the wrist from her uncle each time, she is inching to get the hell OUT. Then one day, when loosing guards chasing her from putting a fake snake toy in the washroom, she comes across some papers that seems to be documentation of one "No Breaks Car Repair" shop in LA. After getting the iron fist from her mother, getting grounded indefinitely to the room she's been stuck in since... forever. Seething with rage, she dominates a few guards to escort her to the dark door, where she leaves the castle for the first time and spawns in at "No Breaks Car Repair." The Princess of the Ventrue clan gets her name Pickles from Pepper in their first interaction; Pep: Soo.. whats you're name supposed to be? Pick: Princess p-..... what do you think it is..? >:3c Pep: uhh.... idk Princess Pickles? Pick: It's Pickles now >:3c Pickles is the extrovert of an extrovert. She lives the thrill of adrenaline, doing whatever she deems is fun or funny in the moment. She is a yapper, most DEFINITELY doesn't know how to control her volume, and has the ability to talk about absolutely nothing for hours on end. She is ditsy and definitely does not think of the people around her, or what their opinion of her might be, at first. She truly is a caring person, who at the end of the day wants to do what's right, and make her mother proud. Trivia!: (SPOILERS!!) - Pickles still has the same flaws as Shilo, ex. Needing blood to be fed to her, needing to wear 'traditional vampire attire', and believing in the old folk lore - When the twins talk to uncle lazy in the old folk's home bathroom, Pickles is given Shilo, in which rains her in a bit because she thinks the bird is broken because of how timid it seems. She embraces the bird when he finally slept one night, thinking he died & the only way to save him was to turn him. (Pepper just helped calm down the anxious bird) Shilo afterwards is more energetic and warm towards pickles. - Whenever Pickles tries to talk about what her mother barred her from telling, she honks like a goose - Pickles has dots in celerity rather than presence - Edward gets under her skin, and truly spawns this unbridled fire of rage inside of her, which motivates her to yell "SUCK IT, ZOOLANDER!" at Elysium, and tunnel visions as she vows to 'dethrone him' if its the last thing she does - Pickles is so glad to have a sister. Genuinely probably the best thing that ever happened to her THATS MY SHPEAL!!!! If you have any more questions about them, throw them in my ask box!!! Here's some more concept / doodles for their designs, thank you so much if you read all that rambling :,,) (SPOILERS BELOW 2ND SKETCH!!) also yes Sunshine is the Sheriff rather than Deacon >:3c

Here's the link to Void's OG design !!!

[goldmanguyperson]

a little message to my therian friends: Do not use the Therian Guide Forums.

The owner of the site, Dustwolf, is transphobic and supports it under the guise of “allowing free speech” as well as supposedly defending biology. Specifically, he is against and tacitly supports people who are against especially genders based around species, or who are otherwise outside of the binary and whatever could be considered in between. He did nothing about people arguing to me that they do not need to respect a person’s gender because of culture or (bad) biology.

He essentially told me that they deserve to have “free speech”. Told me that he was doing what he was to “protect the community”. Like, protect who? The bigots? Your small little bigoted group of therians? Really?

Other things—Sysmedicalism was endorsed by the previous owner (and also literal child predator and bestiality committer. he has since been banned but co owner Dustwolf remains as sole owner) LycanTheory. The wording he uses includes rejecting self diagnoses of disorders that go under the label of plurality, and asks way too much personal, even confidential information of systems—“why should we accept anybody’s claims of ‘plurality’ without a professional diagnosis or history of treatment”. r/systemcringe talking points get regurgitated there as well.

The forums also allow discussion of zoophilia while at the same time banning mention of consent, and i really hope i do not have to explain why this is pretty gross and dangerous.

Rejected and banned members on the forum get labeled as “human”. Disrespecting somebody’s identity for any reason is pretty disgusting. Don’t particularly care what theyve done to make people believe they should be treated that way.

Dustwolf and previous co-owner LycanTheory have advocated for therian seperatism and clearly look down on non-therians under the alterhuman umbrella. Dustwolf does so while simultaneously trying to dunk on feminism and “identity politics”.

I saw kids applying to be on these forums when i was first trying to learn about my otherkinity and found this website (it is considerably high up in search results relating to therian information). I am worried for them. Please warn people against using this website as best you can. The sense of community you might get there is just not worth the potential damage to your identity journey and emotional state.

A deeper look can be found at this link: https://invisibleotherkin.neocities.org/Resource-Masterlist/Therian-Guide-Beware

[lycanthropyreturned]

My experiences with alterhumanity and therianthropy, and why I'm here now.

I have always been nonhuman, and I have always known that. However as time goes on, so does my identity. When I was a child, I simply didn't discuss or worry about it. I knew who I was and that's all that mattered. In around 2014 I "awakened" into the therian and alterhuman community. Back then, the therian community was rather small, and focused on things such as aesthetics or care guides. Truly simpler times.

As I went through school, I distanced myself from the therian community, more focused on excelling in school and personal life struggles. When things finally died down I was left to have time to rediscover myself. I reentered the therian community around 2020, created a tiktok- and saw how much things had changed.

Therianthropy was now all about presentation, labels, quadrobics, views and likes. Now there's nothing wrong with that, every community evolves over time. My issue personally was the amount of misinformation. At first, I merely interacted with the surface of therianthropy and its social aspects, doing the occasional post, etc.

As my life and identity continued to evolve, I continued to delve into not just the therian community- but the alterhuman community as a whole. I strived to learn more about myself and my identities, and I wanted others to learn too. Back in 2022, I started spreading alterhuman and therian education. To this day, it's something I deeply enjoy doing. Nowadays, it's rare to find someone spreading education on the topic, especially accurate information. I wanted to be that person. However, I realized that in my pursuit to help and teach others, social media had overtaken my identity.

Therianthropy and alterhumanity is inherently rooted deep in nature. The identities themselves that so many people identify as are naturalistic. Even so, we find that the community is mostly online, and with that, comes drama and discourse.

For a term so broad in nature, it's astonishing how split the community can be. Drama, discourse, infighting, name-calling, shaming, and more is rampant. I began to realize that more and more as I became a semi-popular creator on tiktok. I was being pulled into the "trends" and not truly listening to my inner self.

Alterhumanity is best experienced offline. With your true self, and not for the self you put up for others. I believe that a lot of people need to hear that and learn from it. With an identity so rooted in nature, depriving oneself from it can be a pain.

And as I learned this, I distanced myself. I had a few run-ins with some nasty folks, and that taught me that I don't want to turn into that.

So I spent time to myself. Reevaluating my identity and what it really meant to me. I spent time offline and outside, with the people I love and doing the things I loved. And in this time I realized that I didn't need the approval of others on my identity. As long as I knew who I was, that's all that mattered to me.

After being offline in the therian and alterhuman community, I began to realize that if I did return, I could do it how I wanted to. Post whatever I wanted, when I wanted to, and not worry about other people.

I could be myself, and that's all that mattered. So now I'm here. While I still use the term therian for myself, I have changed and grown with it. I now use more broad terms for myself, and have begun to not worry about mirco-managing my identity. Some people find comfort in labels, and that is entirely valid! But some folks can find them restrictive as well, and that's also a valid opinion and experience.

That is one thing I value so much about therianthropy and alterhumanity. The terms are both so broad that you may not meet a single other nonhuman who has the same experience. I love and cherish the diversity of this community, and I think that people need to realize that a bit more.

So this blog here is for me. For me to journal about my experiences, to occasionally post education- whatever I want. I made this blog for myself, and that's how it most likely is going to stay. I hope you enjoy the future for this blog, and join me on this journey.

[zephyrnz-bl0g]

coyote therian guide

(from my experience)

(to be updated when needed)

so territory marking In a hygienic way.

personally I use a perfume I like or a fragranced oil or incense.

just find one that you like. if it’s a perfume or deodorant use the one that you wear most.

chewing urges.

so I usually use either a shirt I don’t care about that I dedicated to this purpose or a chewing necklace.

some people use clean sticks but I don’t personally use them.

urges for meat.

i personally eat steak when I can but any meat should work. If you are vegan/vegetarian you can get stuff that tastes like meat.

sensory shifts and how to cope.

so when I shift my hearing is usually more sensitive so I tend to wear ear defenders because my family is extremely loud.

When I used to get shifts where my smell got more sensitive I’d avoid fish and stuff like that. (Basically avoid smells you don’t like normally)

however because of long Covid I can’t really smell unless I’m shifted so I don’t need to worry about that.

[lupi-usque-ad-finem]

✦☾ welcome home, cubs! ☾✦

pleased to have you! i’m Yré, your favorite wulver this side of the river :)

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info ab me!

i have been a part of this community/kinning for over a decade now, hence i created this blog to give help, advice, encouragement, and support to any of those who need it! my inbox & messages are always open to help with any kind of kin related matters. this space is for my kintype and will be filled with caninekin adjacent posts if that is up your alley.

Therianthopy and it’s components have been a huge part of me as long as I’ve been alive. It’s an essential part of explaining how I behave put into language, as the feelings and experiences of how I feel inwardly cannot be fully communicated verbally, but can be spoken about in common level and specific terms to guide to a general understanding. I learned early on that I always acted more animalistic than others—especially as a child. I favoured running on all fours, yipping and barking when I became happy or excited, howling as a greeting or whistling for communicating over long distances (creds to dad for that one), growling, biting, or clawing as a means of displaying anger, annoyance, or rage, learning how to climb before I could walk, etc. These behaviours have been a part of me as long as I can remember, and will continue to be as long as I live. Though years of bullying put me in shame about it, I could not nor would not ignore how it always felt natural to communicate and behave this way, and luckily my family and friends have always been accepting and accommodating of my behavior, never forbidding me from how I express myself as they understand I am most comfortable through it. I’ve learned I can exist happily this way.

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Muscogee-Irish

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Growing up I never understood gender rules or stereotypes. All the “rules” felt so convoluted and made up as I never felt I identified with either side of the gender binary. I always felt the body I have is just one I happen to inhabit. I understood the concept of ‘social gender’ as learned behaviour and displays, one that I nor my family cared much for obeying. I was raised in thought of modern day femininity and masculinity to not be a personal necessity, but that it was simply a social aspect of adherence. Instead, the individuality of masculinity and femininity became important in my development of forming an inward balance between the two, grappling with how the world taught me to be and how I knew I truly was, and my parents had the very same sense. They had far more important things to worry about than socially gendering their little ones, they were busy raising us cubs! With this in mind, my family instead taught us to embrace ourselves and everything we entail. I remember watching my mother’s uncanny ability to be a whisperer to every animal taught me true empathy, to understand the everything has a soul, feelings, and heart. My father’s unwavering love for his lifemate and cubs taught us to love our inner children and gave me the ability to understand myself, knowing I would have support from them. When I discovered how I felt inside had words to it, it felt like my eyes were opened for the first time, and knowing they would accept my innermost self has been all I need to know. My relationship towards my physical form and my emotions have become deeper and more spiritual as I grow, but the word ‘therian’ is as close as I can get to identifying my inner state verbally. It is outside ‘human’. *kinning is not always inherently related to one’s spiritual journey/gender identity, but can be for many. my kinship and two spirituality are separate whilst being shared through language expression. free to ask any questions!

all therians, otherkin, alterhumans, nonhumans, lycanthropes, endels, extranths, polymorphs, vampires, werekin, paleokin, fictionkin, plantkin, objectkin, conceptkin, voidkin, othervague, hybrids, otherhearted, fictionhearted, furries, and those that are questioning are more than welcome here!

[i-am-a-multiple-choice-question]

INTRO !!

WELCOME TO THE WICKED CLOWNZ COLLECTIVE !! :3

BOUNDRIES

:33 < HIIII !! MY NAME IS NEPETA !! BUT YOU CAN ALSO CALL ME "NEP" !! I AM APART OF THE WICKED CLOWNS COLLECTIVE !! I RECENTLY DISCOVERED WE'RE PLURAL BY FINDING THE CREATORS PLURAL BLOG :3 IDIDNT REALISE I WAS ACTUALLY PLURAL :P

:33 < MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY/IT/MEOW/PAW/MEW/CLAW/CAT/FLUFF/SCRATCH/NEP/NEPETA/NEPETASELF !! YOU CAN ALSO THROW IN A "SHE" SOMETIMES IF IM COMFORTABLE !! IM TRANSFEM, NYANBINARY, AND CATGENDER !! I DONT LABEL MY SEXUALITY, BUT I AM QUEER !! I ALSO USE 1PP PRONOUNS WHICH ARE MEW/MEOW AND OCCASIONALLY NEP/NEPETA !!

:33 < I AM A FICTIVE/FICTIONKIN (I USE BOTH TERMS) OF NEPETA FROM HOMESTUCK !! IF YOU ARE A DOUBLE, PLEASE DNII !! THIS IDENTITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MEOW AND MEOW IS NOT COMFORTABLE INTERACTING WITH "OTHER MES" !! ALSO, IM A THERIAN !! I AM A CAT AMBITHERIAN QUESTIONING PUP AMBITHERIAN, GOLDEN RETRIEVER THERIAN AND PITBULL THERIAN !! :3c

:33 < I AM DATING TEREZI, WHO IS ANOTHER SYSTEM MEMBER !! PLEASE DNI IF YOU SELFSHIP WITH HER OR ME !! I AM NOT LOOKING TO DATE ANYONE ELSE !! >:/ ME AND TEREZI ARE MATESPRITES, BUT IM CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR MY EQUIUS MEOWRAIL !!

:33 < MEW IS ALSO A PETRE AND AGERE !! MY AGE RANGE IS FURROM 5-8 (BUT POSSIBLY CAN CHANGE :3c) AND I PETRE TO A SMALL PUP/KITTEN ! :3

:33 < I TYPE IN ALL CAPS, AND WITH A ":33 <" AT THE BEGINNING OF MY SENTENCES !! I USED TO DO A LOT OF CAT PURRNS, BUT NOT SO OFTEN NOW !! I ALSO SOMETIMEZ REPLACE THE "S" WITH A "Z"

:33 < I AM JUST VERY VERY SILLY, PURRL33SE BE NICE TO ME !! :33 READ THE IMPORTANT STUFFZ BELOWZ !!!!

DNI

YOU ARE RACIST/SEXIST/HOMOPHOBIC/TRANSPHOBIC ECT BASIC STUFFZ

YOU POST SWEARS/SLURS/WORDS THAT TRIGGER ME UNBLURRED (CHECK BOTTOM FOR TRIGGER TAG)

YOU GET MAD AT ME FOR USING MY TQ/TRY MAKE ME NOT USE IT, OR YOU TRY SEPARATING ME FURROM MY SOURCE

YOU ARE ANTI PLURALS/DONT BELIEVE IN THEM !!

YOU ARE AGAINST PETRE/AGERE/ALTERHUMANS/XENOS/HARMLESS IDENTITIES SILLY !!!!

YOU SHIP ILLEGAL RELATIONSHIPS !! PURROSHIPURR

AGGRESSIVE ANTI ENDOS. MY HOST MAY NOT GET INTO SYSCOURSE, BUT ME PURRSONYALLY, I AM NEUTRAL LEANING TO PRO ENDO. IF THE HOST IS FURRENDS WITH ANTI ENDOS, MEOW DONT CARE BUT MY BOUNDARIES ARE: AGGRESSIVE ANTI ENDOS PLEASE DNI. NEUTRALZ, PROS, ENDOS AND RESPECTFUL ANTIZ CANT INTERACTZ. ALSO WE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME OPINION, BECAUSE WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE

SELFSHIPPERS/DOUBLES OF ME OR TEREZI

PEOPLE WHO ARENT NORMAL ABOUT FICTIVES/FACTIVES :P

REALITY CHECKERSSSS !!!! I HATE YOUUUU !!!!

WHATEVER THE DNI SAYS ON MY HOST'S BLOG @aftonsparv-bugzz BECAUSE I AGR33 WITH ALL OF IT

HOMESTUCK HATERZ

TRIGGER TAG FOR THE COLLECTIVE IS "tag for the wicked clownz" TRIGGER TAGS FOR THE CREATOR ARE "tesco don't look" AND "tagging for clown"

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PLEASE INTERACT !!

ALTERHUMANS

CRINGE KIDZ

SCENE KIDZ

(ACTUALLY) DELUSIONAL PEOPLE AND SCHIZOSPECS !!

FICTIVES/FICTKINS

SOURCEMATES !!

AGE/PETRES

NICE PEOPLEZ !!

FURRIEZ !!

PLURALZ !!

WARRIOR CATZ FANZ AND INVADER ZIM FANZ !! I WANT TO GET IN THOSE FANDOMZ !!

HOMESTUCKZ

ECT !!

BYI/BYF

I AM A VERY CRINGEY SCENE KID/ALTERHUMAN/AGEPETRE/QUEER !!

I ALWAYS USE A TQ, AND ALWAYS TYPE IN GREEN !! (WITH AN OCCASIONAL RAINBOW !!

I AM SOSO SENSITIVE !!!! PLEASE BE NICIEZ !!!!

MY OPINIONS, THOUGHTS, F33LINGZ, ECT ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE CREATOR'S, AND WE ARE NOT THE SAME PURRSON

COLLECTIVELY DELUSIONAL. COLLECTIVELY "PROBLEMATICLY" DELUSIONAL TOO. IF YOU FIND ANY DELUSIONS "PROBLEMATIC" "RACIST" "ABELIST" ECT DNI. DELUSIONS CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. DELUSIONAL FOLKS ARENT PROBLEMATIC FOR THEIR "BAD" DELUSIONS.

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO ADD RIGHT NOW, I'LL ADD MORE LATER !! :3

CREDITZ !!

:33 < BANNER + WHOLE BLOG THEME

:33 < BLINKIEZ, BLINKIEZ, BLINKIEZ, BLINKIEZ, BLINKIEZ !!

TAG GUIDE !!

"⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ *ac twiches her friendly whiskers at ct* ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ " - TALKING !! :3

"⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ nep's repaws and claws ! :3⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ " - REBLOGZ :3

"⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ did you ever have someone nice back on earth who you loved?⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ " - VENTZ

"⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ i miss pounce a lot :((⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ " - MISSING SOURCEMATEZ

"⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ i am very purrturbed by this⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ " - ASKS

:33 < THIS MAY BE UPDATED LATER !!

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SIDEBLOGGIEZ !!

:33 < AGE/PETRE SIDEBLOG:

@little-nepz

:33 < PLURAL BLOG WHERE WE ALL POST FURROM:

@i-am-a-multiple-choice-question

:33 < THE CREATOR/ORIGINAL'S BLOG:

@aftonsparv-bugzz

:33 < OK IDONT KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW UH

:33 < BLINKIE ATTACK !!!!

[unetherian]

hi i’m very very new to the community and just trying to figure myself out! do you have any general resources for people new to the therian/alterhuman community?

also, do you have tips for a mourning dove, whitetail deer, or general feline and canine tips? sorry if that’s too much you can just do one if you want

thank you and no pressure!

(from @it-might-be-a-creature)

Hi and welcome to our community! 𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓋼𖤣

To find reliable information on alter/nonhumanity, I recommend the Youtube channel of therian territory and pink dolphin, I find it very interesting.

You can also search the therian wiki/otherkin wiki/alterhuman wiki, but take this information with a grain of salt, as some information may be wrong, missing, or even completely invented. But generally it's pretty decent.

Therian guide is also a nice source.

For tips, know that I'm a feline therian, so I have more tips for felines, but I'll do my best for the rest :3

⚝Tips for mourning dove :

Put a blanket on your back and hold the ends with your hands to simulate wings (a classic)

Make or buy a shawl with feather patterns, I've already seen some crocheted ones on tumblr, it's gorgeous.

If you can, try to climb a tree (be careful though) or something high up.

Try vocals! You can try making bird calls(There are many tutorials on YouTube)!

Listen to nature sounds (especially bird chirping) by going outside, or indoors by listening to nature soundtracks on Spotify, for example.

Go outside to a windy place, close your eyes and imagine yourself flying.

Wears clothes with wide sleeves, which can resemble wings.

⚝Tips for whitetail deer:

Try deer vocals!

Focus on your sense of smell, and smell all the little odors that are barely visible in your environment (to be done in nature, if possible)

Learn the body language of white-tailed deer!

Gently tap your fingers on a hard surface to imitate a hoof sound

White-tailed deer are most active at dawn and dusk, you may be able to walk during these hours, if you can (be careful, be accompanied if possible). They usually rest during the day, so you could take advantage of this time to have a little nap!

⚝Tips for felines:

Practice purring, growling, meowing, (yes, even big cats can purr, although it's a little different than for cats)

Hunt for stuffed animals before eating and imagine eating what you hunted.

Create your own paper claws, it's easy to do and you'll find various tutorials everywhere.

Do your makeup to look like a feline (you don't have to cover your whole face, a little eye shadow under your nose, a line in the small hollow that connects your nose to your mouth and black on the the lower lip can be really euphoric)

Take care of your hair! Don't forget it's your fur.

Climb high (without putting yourself in danger and without doing things your body can't handle), because cats generally feel safer up high.

"claim" your territory! It can be in your garden/house or in a public place (just don't forget that in the latter case this land does not officially belong to you), It is very effective in satisfying one's territorial instincts.

⚝Tips for canines:

Makes canine vocals.

Canines often live in packs or groups, so try to spend more time with loved ones.

Try quadrobics if you can, but be sure to hydrate well and especially not to overdo it if you have arm, leg, heart, ect problems. It's normal that it hurts your fingers and joints a little and that it's difficult to find your balance, but it will pass with time. But if you really suffer a lot every time you try, don't insist, it's okay.

Wrap yourself in a blanket and imagine sleeping with your pack.

Take a nap outside if it's hot, it always feels good.

You can watch the movie "Wolves Walker", I haven't watched it myself yet but apparently it's very popular with canine therians (and many alterhumans in general).

I hope this helped you :3 I posted a list of things to do when you're a newly awakened alter/nonhuman, if you're interested, This might be useful to you. (no forcing)

https://www.tumblr.com/unetherian/760241665074233344/things-to-do-when-youre-a-newly-awakened?source=share

Have a great day/night! Bye!

[big-coyote]

Canine Therian/otherkin culture is just hitting people with the intense side eye

[canis-latranz]

I'm low-key so tired of having to settle for guides/care kits/ whatever else made for wolf therians (even though I love you guys ) bc it feels like everyone sorta forgets about us coyotes unless you are one LOL

[gothic-puppyboy]

Hello there!! can i pls have a list of activities to do as a (domestic) sheltie therian? tysm <33

Shelties are known for being intelligent and athletic! In addition to leading you here (my guide for all domestic canines) heres a few activities just for your kind of canine!

==Sheltie activities==

Make an obstacle course!

Go on a run (and maybe do a bit of squirrel chasing)

Volunteer at a farm, or visit a farm that's open to the public (most of them have petting zoos! just try not to freak out the sheep, being a herding dog and all)

Give yourself a blow out

Take care of your hair in general!

Sit around your favorite people and just enjoy them. They're your people!

==🐶==

Thank you so much for the ask!

[obstructed-birdsong]

Video games for therians?

What type of video games to you play to feel connected to your theriotype/kintype? This can be simulator type games where you play as your kintype, games that mimic your kintype’s behaviors like hunting, fishing, foraging, swimming or wilderness survival type games, games with good graphics of your kintype’s habitat, or any games that make you feel more like yourself.

This can be larger games for console or pc, mobile games, things you found on itch.io, self made games, etc.

I’m compiling info both for my survey and for a large therian care guide type project I’m putting on youtube this summer. Any and all responses are appreciated, and can be added in tags, reblogs, comments or even DMs if you have a long list.

[mountain-lion-gremlin]

a good reason to leave for me:

i honestly think it would be safer for me and therians to not be in the same space sometimes haha. P-shifting isn't safe for many and it can really hurt others.

Although I would love to stay, I know that it's probably safer for everyone to no longer teach it and keep to myself about things that involve how to shift and such.

P-shifting isn't a joke and can harm people who suffer from mental issues and other things of that sort. Its just not safe to teach in a large public space. It's something only some can stomach and be safe while doing. Plus some communities that are too unregulated exist and may mess with people's reality and how they perceive it. Some are too open to allow people to start p-shifting right off the bat and it's just too dangerous that way. (including those that say "oh just wait you will shift eventually but you cant control it at all" those are even worse.)

Theres a very good reason why newer communities are very apprehensive about teaching, or telling, or allowing new people who know nothing about it just hop in and start shifting. Usually if you are coming to the "learning" community (as in, you are following steps laid out by others to understand your identity) there is guidelines, there are warnings, etc. It's just too risky to not follow these guidelines and not listen to the warnings.

Dont start p-shifting right when you find out. Take the time to start a journal. Understand that what you are getting into isn't something that will make you cool or quirky. You risk your mental health if you are not careful. You have to be born to be a p-shifter. You must first mental shift before you can even think about p-shifting. P-shifting is not easy and will take years to even get to a point where you start getting somewhere physically.

The list goes on. When someone who is teaching shifting slacks in saying these things, you can harm someone. It takes a very long time to even get to the point where you may be ready to p-shift. Some never will p-shift. You have to accept these realities too. Not to mention how some older guides, although effective, can be so incredibly risky. (Such as completely shutting out the world and being an animal 24/7. Some people just take it too far and do it too early and ruin themselves.) Its just not worth it sometimes.

Thats why I'm leaving Tumblr. Too open, not safe for neither me nor others looking in. I know I usually don't have these sorts of posts, but I just saw someone in an anon saying how unstable their reality and they were after lurking in the community and it just.... its just so hard to see. Nobody deserves that sort of mental torture. Sometimes I forget that p-shifting actually can be dangerous to some if nobody teaches how important it is to regulate yourself, check in on yourself, and remember that p-shifting isn't for the faint of heart.

It's only for those who have spent so much time over years of their journey, exploring themselves, askong questions, taking breaks, questioning themselves so many times, and checking in, to finally be able to claim that they are able to p-shift. (There is so much more to it than that obviously.) My fourth year of shifting is coming up, and after so long I might be ready to leave the online community permanently and start my journey. (of physically shifting i mean. I spend more time teaching others rather than doing the practice itself right now lol. When i say p-shifting im trying to refer to the whole process, but really talking about the mental shifting and phantom shifting etc. Sorry if its been unclear, many know the whole community as "p-shifters" when in reality "p-shifters" are only those who havw actually preformed a p-shift. I havent yet in my conscious memory so i just call myself a shifter or nonhuman.)

Please be safe. Please, if you are curious about the p-shifting community, remember that it is a mixed bag and not for everyone. As always any community can be a mixed bag, but p-shifting "learning" communities can spiral and be too lax on the warnings and importance of these warnings.

Thats all. (make sure to read all tags fully too.)