#therianthropy

[spac3-pup]

Me eating!!!

You’ve seen those photos of dogs snapped through catching a treat, with just the silliest faces? I see those and raise you: a tiger catching meatballs.

This is Kali, a Sumatran tigress at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma.

[ancientspaceraccoon]

WET BEAST WEDNESDAY!!!

[snackpony]

doing a spin! :3

[d0gbite]

i used to have a 30-something coworker who would make jokes that were both kinda anti-therian and transphobic, like “people can identify as anything these days. like, im a dolphin. i identify as a dolphin”. at first i didn’t realize he was joking (the tism) and i was like hell yeah that’s sick. until he was like “hahaha not really, obviously”.

he did this on multiple occasions, and i remember one time after he said that i told him “you know, deep down, i think i’m really genuinely a dog.” and you know what he said?? “aw, no! don’t say that about yourself! :(” as if he was genuinely concerned about my self esteem

this was like 2 years ago. and i’m STILL offended lol. what’s so wrong about dogs??????? i would KILL to be an actual physical dog

[zacks-pawz]

My thoughts are give it here

have therians discovered these digging gloves yet

i feel like they’d like them……

therians what are your thoughts

[dogs-have-fallen]

i hate to bring tiktok discourse to tumblr but how do you guys feel about species dysphoria packers?

there’s a cw for sexual talk but nothing graphic

the current debate is that one side thinks it’s gross and sexual while the other thinks that it’s a good idea that people could have species dysphoria about their .parts.

important information is that these specific packers that the creator was making had knot and tip options and also just a sheath option.

i don’t want to start an argument i just want to know how people feel and it’s an interesting debate

[snackpony]

another of my many fursonas, wolfe ❀₊⚘⋆˚

[rareblackcat]

It is very clear that people do not think that species dysphoria can be distressing or weigh on a person. They see it as a slight sadness, a small thought. They do not understand that species dysphoria can make a person want to be an animal FULLY including wanting the sex characteristics of their type. They do not understand the pain that it can cause. They do no understand the longing, the emptiness it can cause. Like reaching for a star millions of miles away.

You are not nasty or disgusting for wanting to actually physically be what you are and you are not gross for using animal packers to do that.

[indornaga]

The Animality of Humanity

i finally got a chance to sit down and listen to the new Nightwish album, and it hits the animal part of me just as hard as their other albums.

what is it about nightwish that makes me feral?

if you listen closely to their lyrics (especially these last three albums, but it applies to all of their albums) they talk a lot about the Human Experience(tm). but its not the human experience that we usually think of when we think of humans today--it's a lot of primal humanity, historic, from a simpler time and simpler way of life, from when humans struggled daily against the fickle whims of nature, against our fellow animals also trying to survive, and against their own instincts.

it took me a while to really listen to Human :|i: Nature because it sounds *so* human focused. every song is about human nature, as the title suggests, which put me off of it because it didnt feel like i could relate at all. but upon listening deeper, it tells the story of how humans are just as animal as any other. their music emphasizes the animality OF human nature, the capability of reverting to baser instincts in each human, of the human place in nature.

it took a few listens to really recognize it, but as a human with extra animal instincts, i was able to finally catch it: is it not animal nature to enjoy a good meal? for a social species to gather for a good cuddle and grooming? to come to the aid of a group member when in trouble? to scuffle with a threat, even if that threat is one's own species? to want progeny that carry on one's genes? it's certainly human nature to crave being in a natural environment, to see the trees and ground coverings, to see flowing water, the sky overhead. humans have a few extra instincts that dont seem it, but i also attribute to being animal; the love of music and song, and being storytellers. music and song is nearly universally loved. it awakens some sort of primal instinct in humans to move, clap, or sing along. storytelling has been used as a passtime for time immemorial, and again is nearly universally enjoyed. both of these are done with sounds; nonhuman animals use sound to communicate, and have been recorded to do sounds for fun as well. is that not what song and story telling are? communication?

early therian writings talk of doing totally human things to connect with their animality: taking hikes in nature, communing at gatherings, and most importantly, recognizing the animality in their human instincts.

we're lucky enough to be closer to the animal spectrum than most humans. but i think it gets forgotten about that humans are animals, and we tread a very fine line between the "sophistication" of humanity, and the ferality of animality. but that's the beauty of it; we're uniquely animal. we're something that our ancestors revered: how much of folklore is being in awe of or fearing nonhuman animals for their unique abilities?

i feel like that's what Nightwish's music really touches on, and why it's so good at awakening the ferality in me. also just the heavy guitar, drums, and the cadance of the songs hype up my primal predator brain lol i highly suggest giving them a listen. if only because the music is very feral.

[sagetheblackcat]

REAL and you should not be watering down your identity. *cough cough* therianthropy *cough cough*

Dear alterhumans and nonhumans,

Don't try and appeal to people who don't understand you. People are always going to think we're strange, cringe, and delusional. There's nothing you can do about it. Just let them. You know who you are, and you accept you. In the grand scheme of things, thats all that matters :]

There IS a community that accepts you and wants to understand you, so stop obessing over the ones who never will.

[seerschaos]

adventurous little ferret moodboard :^) (no images belong to me!)

[sagetheblackcat]

THIS IS SO REAL AND THE WHOLE THERIANTHROPY IS NON PHYSICAL

the amount of therians and "supporters" ive seen lately trying to claim that "therians don't identify as animals" is genuinely concerning

like actually how did misinformation spread get this bad ?? that is the entire fucking point of therianthropy what are you talking about my dog in christ

yes, i identify as an animal. no, not in an ironic or metaphorical or satirical or for funsies way. i am an animal. i am a therianthrope. stop watering down our labels so that you can appeal to judgmental humans who don't give a shit about us i am begging you

[theriancultureis]

therian culture is wanting to make the sounds so badly but you feel like ur vocal cords are built too wrong and you'll get frustrated if you even try so you just freeze with a face like this :c

vocal shifts are weird

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[f3nn3c-r1ot]

The urge to dance around like a little succubus but also the urge to devour society in the most gruesome way possible with my fangs and never look back

[askthelostandfoundcrew]

ZOOCHOSIS

{I posted this on my main blog but I thought it fit to post this here as well}-❤️🧚