#polykin

[cosmicvisitor]

i know it's hard, but try this: look at yourself. look at the mirror. look within. just look. i want you to find one thing you love about yourself. maybe it's that weird fleck of gold in your left iris. maybe it's the way you can't fall asleep unless you're listening to rainstorm sounds. it could be your fashion sense or your crooked teeth or your fried pink hair. just look.

you can be happy in this human body, too.

[ungodlyangel2506]

i have "asthma" and "a fever" ?? no. there is dust in my fans and i am overheating

[rejectionofhumanity]

Since my last post about this kind of blew up, I’m going to take the opportunity and talk some more about red flag lists. Specifically, this red flag list posted in an otherkin community I’m part of. I’m not targeting this community specifically, I’m targeting red flag lists as a whole. This is just the one that was easiest for me to find.

Okay, let’s break this down, shall we?

-Claims to be an object: Objectkin exist. I know we exist because I am one. I’m a calculator. A calculator is typing this. Many of us are animists and believe in objects having souls (me included). And psychological objectkin exist too. You don’t get to pretend we’re all trolls because we don’t fit your idea of what otherkinity looks like.

-Size is unusual: I thought otherkin can be anything, including fictional creatures. If someone says, “My kintype is that I’m basically a wolf, but I’m the size of a house”, what right do I have to doubt that? Just because wolves that size don’t exist in real life doesn’t mean they can’t be a kintype. This point is just stupid.

-Claims a high number of kintypes with a majority fictional: Okay, what do you consider a high number? 10? 20? 30? Whatever number you pick is going to be completely arbitrary. What makes that number the number that should separate “valid” otherkin from “invalid” otherkin? Why do otherkin with high numbers of kintypes deserve to be separated? Tell me, in plain language, what is wrong with polykin. Oh, and why you hate fictionkin.

-Claims to be able to physically shift: This one I don’t know how much I can say on, because I don’t know much about the physically nonhuman community and am not a part of that community. But I do know that clinical lycanthropy and clinical zooanthropy exist. If any member of the physically nonhuman community wants to add anything, feel free.

-Implies wanting attention: Everyone wants attention. It’s how socializing works. You give someone attention and they give you attention in return. I clearly want attention. If I didn’t, I would keep all my alterhumanity thoughts inside my head instead of having a blog where other people can interact with my thoughts. And if need for attention becomes disordered, then you’re describing HPD. People with HPD can still be otherkin. Implying otherwise is ableist.

-Reacts defensively when questioned: Yes, otherkin should be able to calmly explain their kintypes. But what if you’re demanded to explain yourself day after day, and people still don’t believe you about your own experiences? Wouldn’t it be reasonable for you to get just a bit frustrated?! Are otherkin just expected to bottle up all that frustration?

-Mentions being unable to live in society: In what context do they mention this? There are many people with disabilities who are unable to live in our current society without a caregiver. Those disabled people… can be otherkin. Shocker. I myself don’t need a caregiver, but I do need many accommodations for me to be able to live in society the same way everyone else does. That’s just how being disabled is sometimes.

Anyway, rant over. I hope this cleared up why red flag lists are BS.

[cyxisreal]

gahhh. being called "good girl" or "good boy" is so kin affirming to me you don't understand. it's not even a sexual or romantic thing (as i am NOT a fan of those things,) it just makes me extremely Happy and makes my tail wag sosososo much. explodes

[occulture-king]

Tip for all Dragonkin!

There is a website called Flight Rising that is normally used to raise dragons and the like, BUT did you know that they have a generator on their site that is free to use that could help you depict what you look like (as a dragon)?

Here’s how to do it: Go to https://www1.flightrising.com/ and go down to where you see the Library section. What you want to do is select “Scrying Workshop”.

Once you click on Scrying Workshop, go to Predict Morphology.

This will take you to the generator. This was the easy part, now let’s get into specifics.

When it comes to the Morphology generator, it is typically on the site for users to depict what their future dragons will look like. However, you can just as easily use it to help you with figuring out what you look like (at least in specifics, that is).

The page for the Morphology generator should look something like this for you:

OPTIONAL: I recommend looking into some of the races of Flight Rising’s dragons as well as their behavior and feeding habits before selecting what may visually apply the most to you. As a former user of the site, I was already familiar with a few but I wanted to look into newer species to see if they reflected what I specifically felt with one of my kintypes.

I’ve found that not only do Obelisk Dragons feel the closest to me aesthetically, everything about them checks out for me minus their diets (I don’t particularly care for seafood, and I am very grossed out by most bugs). Thus, here we are:

If you don’t particularly care to do that when depicting yourself, then that’s fine too! Do what makes you most comfortable, just be sure to give credit to FR when using these depictions of your dragon kintype!

Hope this helps for some!

[your-rutherfurr]

[bizarreaizen]

being polykin is so bizarre, like yes i am an immortal being who has lived for millions of years, I'm a chaotic robot clown, and i'm a cute little cat ^-^

[theriancultureis]

polykin/therian culture is 🫵hey look it's me 🫵hey look it's me 🫵hey look it's me 🫵hey look

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[bappledilk]

me one minute:

I AMN JUST A CREACHER WHY AM I DOING ALL OF THIS… I AMN JUST A BABBY…

me the next minute:

I am a being of unearthly delight. The oceans part for my very presence and the planets quake beneath my feet. All shall fear and bow before me as I pave the way for a brighter tomorrow. No mere mortal can comprehend my true form.

[the-infinite-wilderness]

Therian / Otherkin / Alterhuman Friends??

Hey y'all!

If you ever need a therian / otherkin friend to talk to, we're here! Feel free to DM us anytime!!

We prefer to talk on Discord though!

- Ash + New Alter

[once-divine-beast]

✨about me✨

i thought i should make an introduction post telling you guys about who i am/was so here is some information about me :)

currently i am a 18 year old human but i used to be a fae god of animals (particularly "unwanted" animals [ex rats, mice, snakes, opossums]), music, theater, abandoned places, the fall and spring, androgyny, and anything whimsical and fun. i was a shapeshifting fae who could change into any animal, i could also shift what age i looked. The animal i shifted to the most was a wolfdog so i also identity as wolfdogkin.

i was not a very commonly worshipped god but my followers were very loyal and devoted, because i was a god of unwanted animals and abandoned places i tended to attract people who felt unwanted or abandoned. some of the offerings i was often given were sweets, perfume, pretty rocks, jewelry, bells, raw meat, and people would also perform for me (songs or plays and stuff like that).

unfortunately i haven't remembered my past name yet, but in the meantime feel free to call me Faegan.

:)

[cosmicvisitor]

a difficult aspect of possessing multiple kintypes is wanting to be one thing, to be whole, to be able to clearly define yourself. my advice when you're having these feelings? just throw it out the window.

[ungodlyangel2506]

having to "correct" myself when i write "as humans, they" rather than "as humans, we" in my school work

[koritheotherkin]

My mother was flabbergasted about me being a furry, imagine if she found out about therianthropy ✋🏽💀💀

[otherkin-therian-culture-is]

multiple theirotype culture is having two that are similar and being confused which one you feel more like at the moment

therian/otherkin culture is

[occulture-king]

Being otherkin and having a majority of friends who are nonkin (who know/accept your otherkinity) can be so funny in retrospect bc just imagine a lunch table full of regular degular people and then there’s just this Where The Wild Things Are ass dude smack dab in the middle