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I would love to have a tail and all the inconveniences that would come with it

I would brush it every day, find ways of sitting that don't squish it, be careful of closing doors behind me, hold it close to me in crowded spaces, etc, I wouldn't care if it was "inconvenient", I would love it

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Fictionfolk Experiences Ask Game

Yeah, you. Fictionkin, fictive, fictionhearted, fictionlinker, fictionflicker--whatever else you may be in the tags. I wanna get some potentially positivity and experience sharing going because there's some Stuff that isn't great in the tags right now but ALSO I think fictionfolk as a whole (and not just identify-as fictionfolk but yes those too) deserve a nice little platform to share their experiences. So, use this ask game. Or just reblog and answer the questions. Or post the answers yourself. Be free.

1. What's your fictional identity (hearttype, kintype, etc)?

2. If you have multiple, do you have one you're closer to than the others, or is more important to your identity overall?

3. How many fictional identities do you have?

4. What's your favourite part about being fictionfolk?

5. What's a positivie interaction that's happened as a result of your fictional identity?

6. Have you told any people in your offline life about your fictional identity and gotten a positive reaction?

7. Have you told any people in your online life about your fictional identity and gotten a positive reaction?

8. Is there anyone you've met as a result of your interactions in the community who's very important to you now?

9. What's your favourite thing about the fictionfolk community?

10. Tell us about a time you've experienced species/identity euphoria as a result of one of your fictional identities.

11. Do you experience any shifts (mental, phantom, dream, etc) of your fictional identity? Share a bit about those and how they feel!

12. Do you have any canonmates (if applicable)?

13. Do you have any sourcemates (if applicable)?

14. Do you wish to seek out canonmates/sourcemates? Why/why not?

15. Do you have a favourite piece of fanart/fanfic/etc that ties into your identity? Share it (with credit)!

16. Do you have any art/fic/etc specifically made for you as a fictionfolk of your specific identity (made by yourself or someone else)? Share it!

17. Does your fictional identity differ from source in any way/is it canon divergent? Explain a bit about that!

18. Are there aspects of your fictional identity that you previously questioned, decided weren't a part of your identity, but you still look fondly upon? (Past 'types, etc).

19. Do you have any spiritual identities? Explain a bit about that!

20. Do you have any psychological identies? Explain a bit about that!

21. How old were you when you discovered/chose your first fictional identity?

22. Did you ever take a break from the community, but came back later? What made you come back?

23. Have you ever considered fictionlinking? If you already have, what made you decide to do it?

24. If you decided to 'link a fictional character, who would it be and why?

25. If you decided to 'link a fictional species, what would it be and why?

26. Have you ever questioned being fictionhearted? If you already are, what started your questioning into that connection?

27. Do you have any fictional hearthomes? What are your favourite things about them?

28. Have you ever questioned being a fictionbased archetrope? If you already are, what's your archetropal identity?

29. Have you ever questioned being fictionkin? If you already are, what started your discovery of that connection?

30. Have you ever had a fictotype turn out to be a fictionflicker or vice versa? What was that like?

31. Do you have any fictionflickers? What are they, and how do they make you feel?

32. If you're a system, do you have any collective fictional identities?

33. If you're a system, how many fictional identities do you have across all of your headmates?

34. Do you have any soulbonds from a fictional source? Share a bit about that!

35. Do you have any memories/noemata around your fictional identity? Share some if you'd like!

36. If you do have memories/noemata, what's your favourite?

37. Does your identity intersect with your gender in any way? Share a bit about that!

38. Does your identity intersect with your sexuality in any way? Share a bit about that!

39. Is there anything you'd have loved to hear back when you were first questioning your identity?

40. Is there anything you'd like to share toward fictionfolk who may just be starting to look into the community?

41. Free space! Share anything about your identity/ies that you'd like to!

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haha yeah. yeah i don't actually believe i'm an animal. haha that'd be so stupid right. haha. um

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I believe that therianthropic culture became materialistic partially because most of its media moved to visual-based platforms sometimes around 2020: TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

These platforms encourage you to upload videos and images as a way to connect with the other users. Typically these are videos and images of yourself. And since gear is a way to visually represent your theriotype, creators will want to wear their gear in their posts. This signals to others that they are therian and what their theriotype is.

Having gear then becomes the norm, since you only see therians with at least one or two types of gear on them. It doesn't matter how many times you say "you don't need gear to be therian" because actions speak louder than words; the action of only showing yourself in gear tells others that gear is a norm, a necessity.

Its also in part of pre-existing consumerism, likely because a lot of therian influencers (if we can call them that) tend to be from western and more capitalistic countries. Theres the belief that having stuff in general will alleviate your discomfort, in this case it's owning gear to alleviate species dysphoria. You could very well just spend time doing something that connects you to your theriotype for free, but since theres a decline in those skills (and the willpower to learn those skills), people feel the need to instead buy something to avoid the learning curve it takes to learn those skills and do those activities.

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(DA means delusional attachment, this is being used in the context of being delusionally attached to a character to the point you believe you are them)

“People with DA’s dni”

“People with DA’s are against the rules”

“If you have a DA, leave”

SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP

I cant control my fucking delusions!! I cant just decide to stop being fucking delusional???? most my delusions are non persecutory btw!! And i can live just fine believing them and would actually prefer to keep it this way!! I only need and want help for the delusions that are inherently harmful!!

istfg “we arent gonna enable delusions” congratu fucking lations!! Fun fact, it can actually be ableist to be on either extreme of always enabling all delusions or never allowing anything but reality checking and forced “help”! My DA’s dont affect me negatively and im in fact happier this way, i am happier as this character

“oh but hows it a delusion if you know its one?” Cus im self aware!! Im able to, most the time, tell when an experience of mine is atypical and work from there!! I might be able to slap the label “delusion” over it and just be detached from that fact while i still truly believe in it but if someone else told me its just a delusion or im not actually that character, that would be distressing

please, for the love of whoever, stop telling people with delusions to fuck off. We cant help it. Its not a choice. We cant just decide to stop. And if someone can live pretty well adjusted and be fine with their delusions and thats what decide to do, let them.

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why would you not want to be friends with a character or a critter or a concept or a song or a cryptid or an alien or a robot. why would you not want to hang out with an alterhuman. youre missing out on the dopest shit of your life

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local fictionkin gets upset upon remembering people legitimately saying "(source) is problematic so i will stop kinning from it and you guys should too"

sighhhhh .

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My pawsies they go tippy tap tippy tappy tip tip tip tap tippy tap o tip

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"not looking at someone when they're talking to you is rude"

okkaaayy welll i cocked my imaginary ears in your direction to communicate that i was listening so whose fault is it really

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Big chomping mouthful of fucking soils

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ARTFIGHT USER IS OARF1SH (HITLIST🔗 in replies)

LET'S ALL BEAT EACH OTHER UP!!!

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self indulgent (were)wolf stimboard

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run run run run run run run howl run run run bark bark run jump pounce bite bite bite bite bite howl tear tear eat eat eat eat

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bleh. Rambling in the tags might delete later. Nothing concerning just disorder stuff I try to avoid being too public about haha

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I am sorry, I am not a warrior cat fan, but I love your art, nd I was hoping,,, could u do. A silly littol harbor seal? 🦭 no pressure! I’m not in ur fandom n I get that you’ve got a specific thing going here!

Sorry, I've never drawn a seal before. Hope it looks nice!

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What it feels like to be silly with a group of other sillies

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happy wolp wednesday to all who celebrate