This is a post for nonhumans, alterhumans, otherkin, therians, etc. Please read.
A list of shout outs to people who experiences things that are often looked down upon by the community.
Shout out to those with violent urges
Shout out to those who actually hunt/want to
Shout out to those with delusions or other mental illnesses
Shout out to those who want to attack something/someone
Shout out to those who feel more comfortable nude
Shout out to those who want to live in the wild
Shout out to those with kinks/fetishes related to their identity
Shout out to those who want to live/be treated like an animal
Shout out to those with "ugly", "gross", or "nasty" 'types
Shout out to those who want to sh because of their identity
Shout out to those who want raw meat
Shout out to those who like gore
Shout out to any "negative" experiences I've missed
Shout out to those who feel guilty for some/all these things
Shout out to those who don't.
Being alterhuman, nonhuman, etc. isn't just identifying as a cute little creature. When your identity leaves you often outcast by society, it can carry some pretty dark and/or negative traits. It's simply our nature as alter-beings, and we should learn to except ourselves and others for having these experiences.
I understand some of you may be triggered by dark, gorey, or generally morbid things, but that doesn't mean you should look down on or discriminate against those who deal with those experiences. There is a dark side to being alterhuman. Always has been.
My message here is that no matter how gross, violent, or otherwise your experiences may be, you are still loved and valid. Imbrace being a monster if that's what you'd like. As long as you're not hurting anyone you shouldn't hide from these feelings.
"The Palestine Red Crescent Society released an audio recording of one of the phone calls made by 5-year-old Hind Rajab to the society. In the recording, a member of the society read the Quran with Hind in an attempt to calm her fear.
Hind Rajab was found dead last week nearly two weeks after she was trapped in a car with her dead relatives and surrounded by Israeli forces"
Becoming an avatar would be so tempting not because I love instilling fear into people but just because i won't need to do Basic Human Things™ to stay alive anymore
Like yes i'll jump off a plane every once in a while if it means i don't have to make dinner every single day
I found myself falling into misanthropic ideology almost a decade ago. I tried to repress it since then, but after seeing people justify children being fucking murdered because “oh don’t blame the israeli diaper forces even though they were the ones who fired at this child” the misanthrope in me is out and here to stay
I swear to god if I keep seeing political comments under stuff like urban exploration or kind hearted moments or other light hearted non political things on YouTube I will make laser sharks and they will be trained to go after wires and I will shut down the entire internet infrastructure because I am so sick of looking at something cool or lighthearted and then there’s some comment about being gay with homophobic replies or some Palestine vs Isreal shit like god damn this is my escape leave me alone this has nothing to do with politics it’s just a video of a modern cowboy stopping a robbery god dammit
It's SHOUTY THURSDAY where we SCREAM AT THE VOID for the SHEER HELL OF IT
I'll start... I work with kids, and ONE OF MY STUDENTS LIVED IN A TENT FOR MOST OF THE YEAR AND ANOTHER IS AFRAID OF CONDIMENTS BECAUSE HE THINKS WE ARE TRYING TO DRUG HIM...LIKE HIS PARENTS DID. THEY ARE FOUR.
The Mass Effect series was originally released to widespread acclaim, with praise heaped on its story of intergalactic war and survival against all odds. However, Mass Effect also tells a story about human colonisation and expansion across the galaxy – a far more complex and fraught topic.
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It’s important to note that Mass Effect’s whole narrative discussion of colonisation is explored through a colonial lens – and one that represents the act with positivity. For players that do not treat the idea of colonisation with kindness, this narrative can be distinctly alienating.
Aside from Ashley, people were also noticing how dated the dialogue and story felt by today’s standards, and just how problematic it had been. (…)
She’s an incredibly uncomfortable character whose views represent most of the human colonists that are expanding their reach through the galaxy. In some respect, it makes the option of leaving her out of your story so much more meaningful – but that decision also comes with its own issues.
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But where the portrayal of each side differs is in how the aliens are depicted: as the problem.
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For me, in exploring and saving these human colonists I began to wonder: ‘Are these the people I really want to save?’ For the most part, the answer was ‘no’.
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Playing Mass Effect years later, I’m irritated with how this series constantly wants you to go along with the actions and dialogue of racist, xenophobic behaviour in order to mine depth and meaning from the plot.
The game keeps illustrating the expansion of the human colonies across the galaxy as a good thing, despite those human colonies being filled with racists who want Aliens dead. It makes it hard to root for the humanity portrayed in Mass Effect to survive.
I feel as though Mass Effect would have a far more interesting story to tell if we were anything but human. Though it does dabble in the ideas, Mass Effect as a series struggles to portray any meaningful anti-colonialist, anti-expansion narrative, because it simply does not want to.
Mass Effect champions a colonial struggle against the threats of an expansive galaxy, and in returning to the game, I realise just how little room there is in this story to find myself and my values.
—Mass Effect’s colonisation narrative isn’t pretty, ten years later by Nich Richie, GamesHub.com (8 Nov 2022)