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I wish alterhuman and nonhuman identities were taken seriously. I want literally any good representation in media, I want people to realize we're not just kids playing pretend, I don't want to be seen as something to laugh at, I want to be able to come out to my family, I want to see documentaries and news articles about us that don't boil down to "wow haha look at these weirdos" or "stupid liberals want litterboxes in schools"

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Am I the only one who prefers ‘Alterhuman’ over ‘Therian’? Absolutely NO HATE to those that use that label, I just feel like it’s not really.. me? Even though I technically ‘qualify’ as a Therian. (Canadian lynx, I believe, still figuring it out)

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Someone shared an Instagram post from a nature photographer who claimed that “the single biggest you can do to support them [killer whales] is to NOT visit marine parks like Sea World which are responsible for so much death, detection, and misinformation” (direct quote by the way, emphasis added).

Whether or not you’re personally comfortable with killer whales in captivity, if you genuinely think (and share with others on your platform) that the SINGLE BIGGEST thing you can do to support wild orcas is to simply not visit a park (a literal non-action), then you are the one peddling “misinformation.”

Cutting back on single use plastic, purchasing sustainably sourced seafood, and electing governmental officials who support environmental protection may be incredibly small actions in the grand scheme of things, but they’re at least more meaningful for aiding wild orca populations than boycotting a park which hasn’t collected whales in 40-plus years.

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important psa

autumn j uses AI to generate her "music" 🤢 uhh so yeah guys don't support her stinkyyyy ewwwww ai stinkyyy

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raccoon therians, PLEASE stop abbreviating raccoon to coon. THAT IS A SLUR, coming from a black alterhuman, its always really scary to see that esp bc of how white centered alterhuman communities are

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✦ feline alterhuman flags ...

pt: feline alterhuman flags. end pt.

otherkin | alterhuman | therian

fictionkin | copinglink | otherlink

otherhearted | transspecies | nonhuman

quoiian | endel | synpath

a variety of alterhuman flags for felines .

pt: a variety of alterhuman flags for felines. end pt.

credits : @daybreakthing for the flag template.

tagging : @radiomogai, @omiag-esp, @catgai-archive, @kin-flags , @faunagender

flag ids in alt text & under cut.

[otherkin flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is a cream circle with a very dark brown outline, with the otherkin symbol in light brown in the middle of the circle. the symbol looks like a seven-pointed star; otherwise known as a heptagram or elven star. end id.]

[alterhuman flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is the alt key symbol in light brown with a cream outline. the symbol looks like an arrow pointing to the right, which moves up diagonally in the middle to go over a smaller straight horizontal line. end id.]

[therian flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is a theta-delta in light brown with a cream outline. the symbol looks like a a circle overlapped with a triangle with a small straight horizontal line in the middle, or the greek letters theta and delta overlapped. end id.]

[fictionkin flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is the fictionkin symbol in light brown with a cream outline. the symbol looks like two large circles overlapped with one another horizontally with a smaller circle overlapping with the bottom of both. In the overlapping space between the large circles is the letter F, aligned with the small circle to look like a key. end id.]

[copinglink flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is the copinglink symbol in light brown with a cream outline. the symbol looks like a diamond with a chain link in the middle. end id.]

[otherlink flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is a cream circle with a very dark brown outline, with the otherlink symbol in light brown in the middle of the circle. the symbol looks like a chain link. end id.]

[otherhearted flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is a cream circle with a very dark brown outline, with the otherhearted symbol in light brown in the middle of the circle. the symbol looks like a heart and a circle overlapping, the heart having a small diamond shape inside it touching the top. end id.]

[transspecies flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is a cream circle with a very dark brown outline, with the transspecies symbol in light brown in the middle of the circle. the symbol looks like a small four-pointed star, outlined by a larger four-pointed star with a circle behind it. end id.]

[nonhuman flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is a cream circle with a very dark brown outline, with the nonhuman symbol in light brown in the middle of the circle. the symbol looks like a circle with a square rotated 45º in the middle, the points touching the outside of the circle. on the inside of the square is a small circle with a dot inside it; small vertical straight lines poke out of the top and bottom of the circle. end id.]

[quoiian flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is the quoiian symbol in light brown with a cream outline. the symbol looks like a question mark without the dot at the bottom, with a small five-pointed star next to it on the right. end id.]

[endel flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is a cream circle with a very dark brown outline, with the endel symbol in light brown in the middle of the circle. the symbol looks like an arrowhead pointing down with a four-pointed sparkle touching the bottom right. end id.]

[synpath flag id: a rectangular flag with seven straight horizontal stripes. all stripes are equal-width except for the second, fourth, and sixth stripes which are half as thick as the others. from top to bottom, the flag colours are very dark brown, dark brown, brown, light brown, brown, dark brown and very dark brown. in the middle of the flag is a cream circle with a very dark brown outline, with the synpath symbol in light brown in the middle of the circle. the symbol looks like two diamond shapes overlapped with one another horizontally to create a smaller diamond shape in the middle, with a straight horizontal line passing through the middle. end id.]

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I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could shapeshift I wish I could

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— HUMANSPiKE —

PT: humanspike. END PT.

── ˙× ̟for those who are not normally human, but sometimes experience rare and sudden bursts of humanity for a period of time that can range from a day to a couple of months before stopping⸝⸝.ᐟ⋆゛.

Addition:

{🐛}... English is not my native language, I apologize if there are any mistakes.

{🪲} If this has been coined previously, please consider this as an alt.

{🪲} invented and created by me.

{🪲} please indicate the author (me) if you will post this somewhere, or something else.

Mentions / Tags: @radiomogai @acronym-chaos @imoga-pride @obscurian

💤 @kin-flags

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Seeing quadrobics videos makes me so sad because I want to walk on all fours and run like a snow leopard, but I have a physical disability that makes even walking difficult for me.

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My favourite form of self-indulgence as a bird and fictionkin is wing AUs.

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what if the feeling of being nonhuman isn't because i'm fundamentally nonhuman but because the experience of being aro/ace/neurodivergent/any other label makes me feel "off" from everyone else?

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the therian urge to join the monsters in where the wild things are

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*raises hand... i mean paw... i mean wing... i mean*

im an orca, jackdaw and banded linsang :D (along with canine and feline theriotypes too)

WHERE ARE MY FELLOW NON-CANINES AT???

this community is VERY canine and feline heavy. (I'm a feline and canine aswell, among other things) low-key no shame to my fellow cats and canidae <33

anyway, WHERE ARE MY FELLOW SEALS, SNAKES, BIRDS, ALIGATORS, CONCEPTS, ETC ETC!!

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this dog does not support zoophiles or those who participate in beastiality.

this dog does not support pedophiles or self proclaimed maps.

this dog does not support necrophiles or any other harmful paraphiles.

seek help!

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while i do appreciate non-'kin and non-therian trying to make positive posts about/that include us, it rubs me such the wrong way when it ends up just being a "its okay to do this childish thing" like. from posts that are like "let teenagers be teenagers" to "its okay if you're an adult but do this."

and like, im not confusing posts that are trying to say "this is not something that is childish even though it is sometimes viewed as such, keep doing your thing." i mean that there are posts out there trying to be positive posts and end up further adding to the idea/concept that our identity is a weird, childish thing. i understand the point is to say these things are okay, and i do seriously appreciate people outside of our communities trying to support us, but i wish people would be a little more mindful about how they go about it. like, yes, do encourage people to do what they want, including things that are often seen as childish behavior, but dont try to continue to add to the idea that theriantrophy, otherkindity, fictionkinity, etc. is "childish but okay." its not childish, period.

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I HAD TWO OF THOSE TOYS AS A KID!! Theyre both out of battery now and likely have been thrown out... but they were rlly fun to play with tho!

New recommendation for aquatic animals: robotic fish

I got this wee robot fish the other day, and I decided to bring it swimming with me. It was so fun! I tried all these different methods to catch it. I liked herding it like a norwegian orca. I found pushing it to the bottom of the tank or a corner of the tank cornered it so it was easier to catch.

I will definitely be getting more, hopefully bigger, fish and other animals in the future

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do you prefer to be called one term over another ?

mod note: this excludes hurtful/harmful terms, of course :]