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i heard that youre a good resource on therianthropy/otherkinity so uh

i know that you can be a therian for animals, real or otherwise (im a cat therian) but can i be, like, a scoutbot tf2 therian? is that allowed?

also can you have multiple theriotypes (i think thats the term) at once?

There's a longstanding history of therians who have had multiple theriotypes at one time, so you don't need to worry there. The idea that therians could only ever have one theriotype arouse around the mid-2000's, and was propagated largely due to the grilling and gatekeeping culture that was ongoing at the time-- the circles you will mainly see parroting that language nowadays usually are similar in the ways they micromanage the ideas around what does and doesn't count in terms of someone's personal therianthropy.

The Scoutbot TF2 question is trickier to answer. In terms of "is this a thing you're allowed to do," the answer is yes (as the saying goes, you can do whatever you want forever) but you might run into an issue where people assume your experiences are different than you may intend to represent them as.

The therian community traces its roots back to the were community of the 1990's, specifically to alt.horror.werewolves (which is often shortened to AHWw). On AHWw, there was a were-Pontiac who went by the name Ponty. I've seen arguments for and against the legitimacy of this user, but there's still the fact that they were an active participant in the community, and they specifically identified as a Pontiac car. There have also been other inanimate objects within the community, such as a broom who was on the Werelist forum for a brief period of time (and I think I've heard talk of a violin on a different forum elsewhere, too-- but take that one with a grain of salt, since I can't remember exactly where or when it was, and I could be misremembering).

So is there historical basis for non-animal therians? The answer is, absolutely, yes! However, when people use the term therian or reference their theriotype, there is an underlying assumption that there is an inherent form of animality connected to their identity because of the history and culture around the community and term. For some non-animal therians, that works perfectly into their paradigm and is exactly why the term therian appeals to them so much-- they may not be an animal, but they still experience that animality and ferality that is so often closely associated with therianthropy and which is often assumed to be a relevant part of the concept, so the term perfectly encapsulates everything they hope for people to understand about their identity and its experiences.

For other non-animal identified folks, they don't experience anything they'd want to label as animality, and so they don't find the term therian useful to apply to themselves. If they were to use it, they would end up in a situation where they would be presenting their identity in a way that implies importance on specific things that aren't actually relevant to them.

What terms someone uses are going to come down largely to personal preference, how accurate they feel the term is in application to their experiences, and how well that term conveys their experiences to others on a surface level. Therian isn't necessarily a term everyone will find applicable, but for those who do resonate with it, it's perfect for what it needs to do.

I hope this made sense!

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what does it mean to be a “were[animal]” in therianthropy? ive seen a lot of folks using the term & im not educated on such aspects of therianthropy. ^^

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hey so cringe culture is dead applies to therians and otherkin bitches and all the like too. You Cannot Pick and Choose

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BLINKIE REQUEST #7 … OTHERKIN!

Requested by this lovely anon!

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Shoutouts to less common alterhumans! Shoutout to plantkin! Shoutout to objectkin! Shoutout to conceptkin! Shoutout to those with extinct kintypes! Shoutout to those with unique/rarely known kintypes! Shoutout to bug therians! Shoutout to marsupial therians! Shoutout to invertebrates!

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I hope you all have a place where you feel safe.

Where you can wear your ears and your tail without judgment. Where you can shift in public and your friends just smile and shake their head because they love you and they're so glad they know the real you.

You know?

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˖ ࣪ . 🌱 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .

☆ normalise alterhumans that don’t fit the “therian” stereotype

☆ normalise alterhumans that don’t experience shifts

☆ normalise alterhumans that have common kintypes; or kintypes that are considered unusual

☆ normalise alterhumans that don’t wear “gear”

☆ normalise alterhumans that awakened later in life

☆ normalise alterhumans that keep their identity a secret

☆ normalise alterhumans that don’t yet know their kintype; or have mistaken kintypes

alterhumanity is a personal identity. it is a unique, individual experience for everyone.

our community is so important; your alterhuman identity is valid. ‹𝟹

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stop saying “there’s nobody identifying as animals” to shut down transphobes. you should be able to defend who you are without putting down other experiences that you don’t personally understand.

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The therian urge to walk in all fours.

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i learned of “Box beds” – cabinets with beds in them and, sometimes, lockable doors – were used for privacy and safety in parts of rural medieval Europe before individual bedrooms were common. They became fashionable even in homes with bedrooms and remained in use in Scotland into the 1900s (x)

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nothing that says a boy can't be bioluminescent

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How to dragon your train shenanigans.

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I keep wanting to blog. That's why I finally made this. I want to journal about myself and give myself a space to be goofy and whatever else, but open, about my identity.

I just haven't had time. I happened to make this blog in the middle of a slow peroid but not slow enough to actually sit down and make the posts I want to. Multitasking with other things isn't the identity diving experience I wanted.

But I have a moment so I'm at least making this.

Yes I do consider myself Were, term that predated therian, train. Specifically of the L0 series. I had signs of the identity since 2011 but only four years ago did I feel I finally awoken and accepted it.

Though not enough to ever feel aloud to be public about it. Especially in communities.

I know my chose of terms would annoy some. Cause people to insist one over another for me. But specifically a WereTrain is what I feel I am.

It was finding out about back in history another Were who was a vehicle in the recent year that's given me push to be public and let myself be apart of community even with the expected "backlash" of sorts.

I am running out of time tk type so I will add one more detail to this before I am off.

What is Were and therian but identities that often can symbolism and talk about of primal nature's and wild feelings. Of shifts of different kinds in and around your nonhuman identity.

Though my identity is of an object, a vehicle, my identity is animistic in nature. Wild. Primal. While people post of canines wishing to run, so do I feel the need to run fast and true like the wolves or cheetah.

I desire pets and care by companions like a pack.

Not all my Were feelings are similar to canine but they are easiest to quickly speak on.

🚄 シュワーっ 🚆

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Happy disability pride month to; -Angels with canes -Predators that don't like the texture of meat due to sensory issues -Cats who can't do quads due to chronic pain or some other issue -Werewolves who have clinical lycanthropy/zoanthropy -Ghosts with wheelchairs -Invisible disability foxes -Plural ravens -Zombies with walkers -Autistic dragons -Cluster B personality disorder concepts -Plants with anxiety -Objects with PTSD and every other disabled nonhuman that you can think of.

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You have no idea.

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if i got possessed demonically i wouldn’t even notice it. with everything else i’ve got going on

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Reminder that you’re alterhuman even without any physical representations of it. No ears, tail, collar, the recent trend of masks, and so on? You’re still alterhuman. The gear you have does not dictate that. It’s who you are psychologically or spiritually.