No, not bc of the gear, the """"fakers""", kids, or anything of the sorts.
But because of the fucking amount of humans who can't mind their business. Like, I can't go to one comment section without being BOMBARDED with therian hate. I simply cannot find our community in these comments.
I can't go through like, 3 videos, without seeing either outsiders straight up hating on us, or a video being like "look at these weirddd humans who think they're animals oooo so weird!! Point and laugh guys" treating us like zoo animals. And that's so upsetting to me. We're just living our lives.
Leave us alone!! Go away!! These are our safe spaces.
not that I feel any need or pressure to "come out" about this necessarily, but I would like to say-- the alterhuman/otherkin community is so kind and lovely !!!
I'm so glad I've started reconnecting with my alterhumanity and I really want to start reconnecting with the community again, you guys are all so accepting and otherkinblr is such a peaceful place to be.
that all being said, if any other alienkin folk wanna hang out and chat, feel free to send a hello <3
A lot of posts on otherkinblr where ppl are making defenses against common antikin talking points really fall short for me because frankly I think we try too hard to "prove them wrong" and end up conceding a lot.
Like, an example, when I see "'otherkin only identify as cool animals so its a choice' oh yeah well here's a list of times they didn't" I think well, yeah it seems like most otherkin do identify as traditionally cool animals... so what? So what if it's a choice even? And by responding to such garbage criticism in such a lazy way, what posts like this end up saying is "being nonhuman by choice is less valid than otherwise."
We shouldn't really have to play defense like this anyways. We don't actually need to justify our identities to anyone, and if doing so results in us making bad assumptions and coming up with weird exclusionary ideas, thats kind of not great. If when the best response to antikin silliness is "okay who cares" we can say that.
Dude, I just found out my friend is ALSO WOLFKIN??????????
We really are out in the wild, we fr never know who is or isn't actually human. They can be under our snouts! We can be interacting with them everyday.
That upper classmate? Could actually be a seal! That one "person" who you always pass by in the hallway? A cat!! That one co-worker? An angel!! Your teacher? A dear!!
The "people" who you pass by everyday could be anything!! You never know!! So don't lose hope on finding other critter friends!!
The problem with having dissociative amnesia and be in the non human community is that I see all of these other beings saying, like, "I awakened in 20xx"
and I'm like I- I don't remember. I cannot remember . And then I don't feel valid, and I know it's stupid, but.
*explodes :(*
Like, idk if anyone can relate, but I don't even remember when I discovered what being non human/therian meant!!
Sometimes I feel like I just spawned here and it sucks!! I can't remember anything about me or my past.
...Anyway *eats little snack
(idk, I hope at least one of y'all can feel a bit less alone bc I wrote this)
-Running with the wolves by AURORA is so therian /otherkin coded. Go listen to it!! 🌿✩ ͙˚˖⨺⃝⋆˚˖°⭒
☄︎. *. ⋆ ⋆🌙·˚ ༘ * 🔭 •°. *🌿
-You, amazing being talented at arts (editing/animation/ drawing/photographers/etc)
Make my dream of seeing (more) nonhuman art based of this song come to life. or idk, just non human art in general (pls tag me in this sort of artwork. Spam me. IDC)
My local conventions start happening in a few months, and I really want to make more non human friendos
But I don't want to be like, HEY YOU, YOU THERE. ARE YOU A THERIAN??? bc i am a coward who's afraid of bullying.
So I was thinking of using those convention signs/plates (y'know, those little cheap writing board signs that come with the stapled handle) to find some!!
The question that I'm thinking on would be:
"Do you support therians?
Yes // no // idk what that is"
Y'all can steal my idea if you want!! Just tell me if you do (so I can be happy and not feel stupid about my idea)