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Deitykin/Godkin Question List ᯓ★

Do you have memories of being a deity? If so, what are they like?

Do you remember what your divine form looked like? If so, describe it!

Did you have a specific domain or aspect you ruled over (e.g., love, war, nature)?

Did mortals or other beings worship you? How does that memory feel?

Do you feel a connection to specific myths, cultures, or religions in this life?

Are there particular symbols, rituals, or practices that resonate with you as a deitykin?

Were you considered benevolent, neutral, or malevolent in your divine role?

How do you view mortals and humanity now compared to your past divine role?

Did you have a specific way of manifesting to mortals, such as dreams, visions, or physical apparitions?

Did you grant blessings, curses, or other forms of divine influence?

Were you revered or feared more than loved by mortals?

What song do you associate with yourself?

If you had a shrine today and were worshipped on a large-scale level, what items would people leave as offerings?

What offerings would you demand in today’s world?

What place would mortals associate with you (e.g., beaches, forests, mountains)?

Did you have a specific way of manifesting to mortals, such as dreams, visions, or physical apparitions?

Did you have relationships with other deities, mortals, or beings?

Do you remember what your divine form looked like?

Do you feel like you still have a purpose or role tied to your divine identity?

Did you reside in a specific realm or plane of existence as a deity?

These questions were inspired by @/courtroom-confession. Feel free to reblog and share your own questions, I encourage you to do so as I am curious as well.

I am also always open to answer any questions to those who seek knowledge, my friend, as I am open to all that you wish to know.

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Nonhumans deserve to exist in public. We deserve to be able to wear gear if we want. To not have to tone ourselves down for humans. We deserve to be treated with respect and dignity just like everyone else.

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I wish physical-nonhuman Tumblr would at least get better about posting broad “all these human coworkers/family/peers/complete strangers, I hate being the only nonhuman here” statements. Because I’ll say it again, and harsher this time: You. Don’t. Know. I don’t care if you feel like you’d be able to tell. You can’t. Even for other physical nonhumans, I'm not just referring to otherkin, for the record. You can’t look at the guy sitting on the bus next to you and know enough about him to think “ugh, this fucking human texting on his phone wouldn’t understand my experience.” It might be posting on Tumblr about being a coyote at this very moment. Or he is a human but has experiences of his own that you wouldn't understand, yet you're judging his depth. Vibes of a Redditor calling people NPCs except your word for thoughtless sheeple is "human."

Why are you making the same presumption about random people that you hate random people making about you anyway? It's like when people assume you're a human or you're shallow or one dimensional, it's their bigotry—but when you do it to them, it's... theirs again. I just have to go about my day knowing humans who see me think I’m a human and wondering if therians and zoanthropes who see me are assuming the same thing? How does the constant scorn for the outside appearances around you help your dysphoria? How does broadcasting these assertions to the one group you know are like you, help your dysphoria? Because it certainly doesn’t help mine. You're not the only being in the world. Be less openly judgmental at the very least

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Masterpost about the meaning and origin of the word alterhuman

Folks have been getting confused about the meaning and purpose of the umbrella term and identity label "alterhuman." Often, people wrongly claim it doesn't include groups that it was originally created to let in. Another common wrong idea is that folks think they're personally being opted into it against their will (which is contrary to the word's design). I've even seen the word's coinage attributed to several surprised people who say they didn't invent it! This masterpost will stop this misinformation by linking to primary sources with dates and attribution. These links explain a lot about its meaning, so I recommend that you open and read each of them.

The word "alterhuman" was coined by Lio (it/its). At the time, it was writing under the name Malchior (username Phasmovore), which you'll still see on the original post. Lio is a member of the Crossroads System (XRDS or X-RDS). This is a link to the post where Lio originally coined the word on September 26, 2014, explaining about how the word does and doesn't relate to furries and plural systems. If you read no other link in this post, read that one!

Here are a couple more posts where the coiner of "alterhuman" explains the meaning of the word.

In this post from February 19, 2023, Lio explains about the intracommunity tensions that brought about the need to unite under this umbrella term.

In this post from May 27, 2023, Lio explains that the word does not equal nonhuman.

The group that popularized the word the most was Alt+H, an organization for alterhuman advocacy that was active from 2016 to 2023. Alt+H wrote this post on September 21, 2017, in which they explain about how "alterhuman" does not equal "nonhuman," and that it includes voluntary identities.

One of the former writers for Alt+H was Aster, the Flock of Changes. In this post from October 21, 2020, Aster explains that alterhuman is not simply another word for "otherkin," but instead is an umbrella term that includes many more sorts of identities and experiences than otherkin.

To make sure that we don't forget our history, so we quit getting confused about where the word came from, and so we have an occasion to celebrate being our authentic alterhuman selves in whatever creative ways we can, and solidarity with others who do too, I suggest that we start celebrating the date it was coined-- September 26, 2014-- as Alterhuman Day. This one coming up in 2023 will mark the ninth anniversary since Lio coined it. In 2024, the word will be a decade old!

- This masterpost is by Orion Scribner on September 3, 2023.

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