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“Species Dysphoria” (2021)

I’ve been waiting to post this one for a little while now! This comic was made for the Inky Paws Zine, a collaborative fiction zine created by nonhumans and alterhumans!

In hindsight, I should’ve probably leaned a little bit more into making this a fictional piece to better fit the zine’s theme…nevertheless, I’m still happy with it! This was something I created to try and articulate some of my personal feelings about my species dysphoria through the lens of someone who’s also trans, and maybe feels that those two identities are really the same.

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I've seen anti-kins claiming that all therians are just felines and canines more than once and it is just so funny to me because they fail to see how diverse we actually are as a community because they never actually... yk... look. They just judge based on what they see on the surface.

We were pioneered by elves like myself. I've met dragons, armadillos, pangolins, horses, possums, stoats, kangaroos, monkeys, crows, angels, zombies, ant-eaters, dinosaurs, hedgehogs, owls, hamsters, hell, I've met bugs. There is so much diversity within the therian community that close-minded people refuse to see.

So basically... Shoutout if you have a common kintype! Shoutout if you have an uncommon kintype! And a special shoutout to celestials, infernals, elves, dragons and paleos because y'all are metal. Love you all!

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mermaid tail

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annie steg gerard

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do any other otherkins ever feel like they’re undercover in a way? like omg my coworkers don’t even know they’re working with an angel………

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Sirène by Gaston Hoffmann (1926)

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i know we all love to overthink stuff but its important to remember not to lose yourself in the process. sometimes you just are, and thats okay.

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Mermaid at the brink of death, and a gathering of hungry small fish.

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Mer alterhuman moodboard

based on my merfolk archetrope post

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doodle page

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forgot how much i love drawing fish

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Mermaid Bruno sketches

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tired: mermaids are all women

wired: much like elves, merfolk are mistaken by sailors for being all women because they have long hair and are very pretty

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rock pools

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ツバキとラン flat color digital version