#therian tiktok

[dogs-have-fallen]

do yall think i’ll get shit on for posting this?

ALSO!!! IMPORTANT!! if anything on here is wrong pls correct me so i can post with the right information :))

[sable-dream]

this might be a bad take, however: The reason why therianthropy feels 'fake' and 'like a trend' is not because of masks/tails/quadrobics it's because of the way content creation and social media erode identities into an easily marketable and consumable list of things to do.

[your-rutherfurr]

How I look at them therian tiktoks saying "therians are people who identify as animals but we don't ACTUALLY think we're animals we know we're humans haha" :

Like get yo ass outta here

(PSA: I'm not hating on these creators it's just annoying folks trying to change people's experiences and the definition of therian or otherkin to conform to non-therians/otherkins, to be 'digestible' and 'normal')

[queer-otherkin]

I hate theriantok

No, not bc of the gear, the """"fakers""", kids, or anything of the sorts.

But because of the fucking amount of humans who can't mind their business. Like, I can't go to one comment section without being BOMBARDED with therian hate. I simply cannot find our community in these comments.

I can't go through like, 3 videos, without seeing either outsiders straight up hating on us, or a video being like "look at these weirddd humans who think they're animals oooo so weird!! Point and laugh guys" treating us like zoo animals. And that's so upsetting to me. We're just living our lives.

Leave us alone!! Go away!! These are our safe spaces.

[harper-on-pawz]

! Not mine!

[thatqueersteer]

Ya'll I just saw a tiktok of what I assume is a teenager expressing immense frustration over the fact that people think therians identity as animals HONEY THATS LITERALLY WHAT IT IS 😭

The caption said "We don't identify as animals" baby yes we do I'm so sick of this new age of theriothropy because of tiktok and seeing such misinformation and self hatred

The core meaning of theriothropy is non purposely identifying as an animal always has been yes I do identify as multiple animals I'm literally a Yak I'm genuinely a vulture ect.

This is something I've only seen recently and on tiktok,I awakened in 2013 so I'm pretty damn sure I know what I'm talking about I've been like this openly for SO long that I have hardly any shame in admitting who amd what I feel I am.

[rareblackcat]

I see a lot of people worried or talking about Therians moving here from Tiktok and guys, I don't think it's going to be that big of a deal.

I know I come on here and bitch and moan about the way Therianthropy is treated on TT and all the misinformation but some of this is do to the app itself and the culture of it.

I might get angry on here but like, nothing a civil conversation can't fix really lol

[canineadversary]

i have started posting on tiktok today,, if anyone wants to follow me it’s canineadversary on there too :3

[dogs-have-fallen]

EDIT:: my opinion has changed , but i’m leaving this up as a conversation starter !! i also explained my opinion wrong , i did mean to talk about long form content not short form like reels :)

long form content >>>> short form content

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i really wish tumblr would come out with a short form video content section like how insta has a tab for reels ,, especially with the upcoming tiktok ban in the US .

i feel like all of the other video platforms with a therian population has been watered down to people genuinely considering therianthropy as a hobby or something you just ‘connect with’ . sure , be otherhearted , that’s great . but don’t get it confused .

i’d just love to see some of the content we post here as video content since most other platforms people basically equivalent to quadropics and if you ‘actually identify as an animal you’re crazy/a lycanthrope/not a therian” as if that’s not essentially what it means .

ESPECIALLY for otherkin content ! i want to see vids on otherkin thats not just people cross tagging and it just being quads . genuinely that is why i avoided therian tiktok like the plague because i’m getting to a point that i simply have quad content because thats what people have boiled down therianthropy to . yeah i walk around on all fours around my house occasionally but im not a therian BECAUSE i do that . it is a method of transportation .

[sable-dream]

seriously can we cool it with the whole

'every fake therian does <thing>'

'fake therians act like THIS'

'people just want to be therians because it's a cool trend!'

'only a fake therian would dress like that!'

nonsense? at this point we're just reinventing transtrenders but for therianthropy ffs

[deer-dear-doeboy]

I just joined TikTok and since I'm headed to a furry con in march (furnal equinox) I'm considering making one of those therian masks to wear there! Or buying one...not sure.

[bat-p0sting]

i have a tiktok now. :) @batp0sting

[harper-on-pawz]

Festival honoring the last sovereign queen of Hawaii.

Some pics I took there

[wolfbon3z]

I do agree with you on that! This reblog is not meant as hate is disapproval of your statements, simply an addition, even though unrelated to the actual point of your post :,3

One of my issues with this is, that these are kind of „requirements“ for getting attention on tiktok, which kind of ruins the idea of, well, self expression.

If you are alterhuman and u don’t show exactly this type of creativity or flexibility/endurance, then you won’t get attention, which on tumblr is completely fine, but on tiktok it’s just kind of not how that works.

Yes many creators make posts talking about how these things aren’t requirements nor do these make you a therian, but every time I stumble upon posts that say these things, show self expression in another way or simply aren’t „good“ enough at the things, they do not get to be seen for their actual skills.

Even though this isn’t really criticizing tiktok therians, I feel it is absolutely to complain about tiktok as a platform, which I could get into an entire rant about. To put it as simply as possible; on tiktok, for anyone who does not use it, you can either be famous and made into a content machine, or you are simply, a consumer.

If you are famous, it is either because you slowly built your audience through constantly joining trends and appealing to your general audience, or one of your videos accidentally blew up and got a bunch of attention, gaining you followers and people who do find interest in your content. Either way, you need to become a content machine thst posts regularly in a similar style or else you will lose interaction, which again, as stated, removed the entire point of SELF expression and rather puts you into this little cage like in a zoo, doing only tje tricks that the platform wants you to do (trust me, I was a small-ish content creator for a while and my neurodivergent ass decided to analyze this stuff)

The issue is that your creativity isn’t yours anymore once put out to the public cuz either you are unique but unseen, or you are mass-printing into trends but then really popular, to extend this metaphor even further. With this in mind, remember that if you are famous, people will listen to YOUR opinion, which causes issues involving drama, which spreads quite regularly on there. This also means that if you use labels and you give the definition, people will use that instead of actually looking things up before believing what they read on the internet (isn’t internet safety ironic).

Linking back to my statement about personal creativity being taken away from you; many people (especially on here) have made the statement that therian tiktok is ableist, which may seem confusing to many; here’s why. When you think of tiktok therians, you probably imagine people aged 14-18 doing VERY realistic quadrobics with the cat-base masks, wearing hippie or „fairycore grunge“ outfits, most being feminine presenting. This image often messes with any therians who are either older, have physical disadvantages either through disability, body shape or other physical factors, not getting them the reach they want, even if they try just as hard. This also goes for people who live in urban areas or live in a very violent/judgmental environment, making it unable to get time for yourself to try out this fun sport, which, again, means you aren’t getting any views on social media.

I coukd honestly do a whole study on the retention rate of therian tiktok and seeing what factors make what videos blow up more just to prove this, but I think my point is clear enough.

With all this 'tiktok therian' argument going on, let's say what we appreciate about the community despite the negatives- i'll go first I love seeing how creative tiktok therians are. Gear tutorials are readily available, and I love looking at how artistic folks can be. I love the POV quad videos, it's like i'm running through nature!! Its quite impressive how well folks can do quads, they're a pretty good workout! And quad tutorials that prioritize correct form and comfort so you dont get injured! I love seeing how brave folks are to go out in public with gear or do quads, unapologetically. I'm too nervous to do that.

I love my fellow therians, no matter what platform, and you should too.

[ashinafl4sh]

My TikTok if you want it!

@ollieandemberonpaws

Mostly just quad videos with me and my friend, ember

[emotional-fox]

I saw a TikTok the other day with several million likes that said something along the lines of “my little sister is a therian and wearing cat ears to school and im so scared for her” and like. Weird video obviously but what really did me in was a comment that said “my younger sister was also a therian, im glad I bullied her out of it, it was for her own good :(“ and it had like several thousand likes. are you people okay. that is such a miserable way of living your life. bullying someone out of doing something is already disgusting but for it to be your younger sister, someone who looks up to you? and for what? because you’re afraid they might get bullied? congratulations! you’ve just become their first bully! you have just mocked and scared them out of a passion or something that brings them joy most likely because YOU’RE embarrassed. what an awful way to live and treat others