#nonhuman

[dreamdropsystem]

ya'll who's up for group meowing

[hobgobknowsbest]

hah, this is almost entirely the inverse of my own theories growing up

even the idea that humans can turn into vampires is based upon hair and nail growth in the deceased's coffins, which has been well disproven as simple skin shrinkage after death

and a vampire's need to count rice if thrown on the ground? tell me that's not some fae behaviour

no, my own theory has always been that vampires were their own variety of fae, and that humans made up their own stories about them due to their ability to use glamour to look like loved ones

Stuck on the idea of vampires as a kind of reverse fae, or like someone's twisted, perverse attempt at moulding humans into fae.

They're repelled by liminal spaces.

A vampire could never enter fairyland, not just because they'd never be welcomed, but because most of the usual entry-ways are naturally barred to them.

They can't cross running water. They can't be seen in mirrors. They will wait forever at a crossroads, unable to pick a direction to go in. They can't even step over a thresh-hold unless there is absolutely no ambiguity about whether they are welcome inside.

They crave human blood, iron and salt, but are repelled by herbs and plants. They are supernaturally prevented from harming you unless the rules of hospitality have been invoked.

A fairy may replace your newborn child with something unnatural and ever-hungry. A vampire will do the same, but with your grandmother's corpse.

The fae are typically associated, even in stories where they're the bad guys, with flourishing and purity. Vampires, even in stories where they're the good guys, are typically associated with decay and corruption.

The fae turn ancient human burial mounds into fancy halls for their courts. Vampires take ancient human castles and let them grow mildewed and cobwebbed, exchanging the beds for coffins, turning them into burial places.

Fae don't tend to live among humans, but can generally pass for them with relative ease if they so choose. Vampires nearly always live among humans, but tend to find not revealing themselves a huge struggle.

I can't think of many stories I've read where fae and vampires even exist in the same universe, let alone ones where they actively interact. I feel like their enmity is almost more inevitable than that between vampires and werewolves, however.

The rivalry between vampires and werewolves is, essentially, the rivalry between two apex predator species who share a territory. (Even in stories where the werewolves aren't actually hunting humans.)

The vampires hate the werewolves because the werewolves interfere with their access to prey. The werewolves hate the vampires either because they consider themselves aligned with humans (the prey species), or because they are also predators and the vampires are competing with them.

By comparison, I think there's some story potential in the fae finding something genuinely creepy and uncanny valley about vampires.

They're immortal, like them, but also dead. They can be beautiful, like them, but that beauty is something they actively require humans to sustain. They like to inhabit beautiful and ancient ex-human dwellings, like them, but they actively work to make those places dark, damp and empty.

Fairies who are unflappable in the face of all sorts of Otherworldly monsters, can look an eldritch horror in the eye(s) without blinking, and have never been phased yet by any human, but will recoil from even the weakest vampire.

Vampires who hate fairies just as much, but in a more envious way. The way that the creature for whom immortality is a curse is bound to hate the creatures for whom immortality is an eternity of sunlight and laughter.

Maybe their touches burn each other. Maybe vampires can't stand physical contact with anything so alive and vital. Maybe immortal fairies become ill from too much exposure to the undead.

Maybe they fight over the human population when their territories overlap. The fairy need for servants and people to make deals with, competing with the vampire need for thralls and blood to drink.

Just… fairies and vampires. We need more stories about them interacting.

[stones-enjoyer]

[taxidermycanine]

YOU THERE

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[strawberrylemongrass]

"you have an anxiety disorder" it's actually called being a bunny and it is perfectly normal and healthy for me to be like This !!

[archaeopteryxbird]

Relatable content.

Definitely.

[feathersamongthestars]

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Can you tell we like rain? XD

[trisynine]

I redesigned an old OC from 2013. It's so cathartic to breathe life back into something gone for so long and from my childhood. The 2nd picture is the original drawing and photo I took of him when I drew it. I can't find the original sketchbook so consider it LOST MEDIA. Idk what 11 year old me was smoking but the old design still kicks ass, I didn't change a lot. Also got some lore about him: https://toyhou.se/32698636.devist-atio

[d0gbite]

i love looking at pictures of cheetahs because some of them are just the most beautiful breathtaking majestic-looking animals

and some of them are her

[pineforestfox]

DING DING DING DING‼️

Reminder!:

Not all Alterhumans are nonhuman

Not all Alterhumans are fully nonhuman

Some Alterhumans are partially nonhuman

Some Alterhumans are human

Otherheartedness is a deep rooted identity, just as otherkinity is

Otherlinks are valid

P-shifters, biological Therians and delusional Therians are valid

Therianthropy is the experience of identifying as an animal in ANY way

Alterhumanity is an umbrella term for all beings who aren't fully human in any way

Alterhumanity isn't just Therians, otherkins and otherhearteds

Therianthropy is not masks and tails and quadrobics

Edit: [the label otherpaw isn't actually harmful]

Quadrobics does not make you a therian

Some nonhumans don't like the label therian

Physical Therians and biological Therians do not make the community look bad

Alot 'therians' on yt and TikTok are just misinformed kids who do not deserve hate for a mistake

YOUR EXPERIENCE IS VALID‼️

[canines-crown]

My toxic trait is thinking I'd totally survive alone in the wild

[defrostedvertebrae]

Happy Bunny Day to fellow lagomorphs!

[kyntypes]

Someone, please let me know if this take is bad or flawed. I'd love to learn more.

Something that bothers me a tad is how some otherkin or therians will post photos of their kintype or theriotype, but it's clear the theriforms depicted are in some sort of distress or are uncomfortable. Like no, that canid isn't "being silly." It's scared and feels threatened!

This isn't directed at all, but I have noticed some images of theriforms that just don't look comfortable to describe emotions or feelings. I see it, especially with canids. I think as a result of anthropomorphization. I sorta wish it weren't so common in the nonhuman community.

Be mindful about your theriform counterparts, nonhumans!! While we are kin to them, we still should hold ourselves accountable for misusing animalistic body language in a way humans perceive them (i.e. a wild canine in captivity showing very frightful and submissive behavior, but using the video or image as a way to joke about a minor issue).

[dyslexic-canine]

Me on my way to the alterhuman meetup

[im-not-just-physical]

the adult humans in my surroundings when they see someone with alt clothes or gear: ew what is it 😬😶‍🌫️🙄😒😠🤬

their kids: HOLY FFF THAT'S SO COOL *STARES ON IT FOR ETERNITY* 🤩😲🫢