#therianthropy

[wanderingcritter]

I think we need to normalize using "people" as a species neutral word.

Like idk in my brain the word people just doesn't automatically = human. To me it's just a way to signify intelligence and individuality, and to emphasize the need for respect towards another creature, not specific to any one species.

Dogs can be people, mice can be people, dragons can be people, humans can be people, birds can be people, elves can be people, robots can be people, and so on.

It's also (in my opinion) just much easier than always saying "beings" or "individuals" when referring to varying assortments of creatures.

[beepshroom]

people saying that they’d harm their child if they ever start identifying as an animal is so fucking concerning.

therianthropy aside, that’s such a Normal child phase to go though. running around and roleplaying as a wolf is fun and so common. i pray those parents never have kids, let alone therian kids.

just say you’d make an awful parent and move on

[sunnydogthing]

incorporating “everypuppy” into my everyday vernacular to scare off boring people

[sillylittleraccoon]

growing up my mom would tell me, “don’t play with the dogs, their gonna think that your a dog too and not listen or respect you like they do humans!”

and well- my dogs understand that im not a human. they understand that im one of them. we chase each other and cuddle in a dog pile. they understand, always have.

that’s why they don’t respect me like a human, they respect me like a dog.

[purring-io]

✶ DRACONIC GLORY ✶

[ * ARHRRGRGHJRGHRGH this is finally DOOOONEEEEE ]

[ * I've never done such rendering with this method before (painted it and picked the colors by hand in a layer above the sketch/lineart and base color layer) and it turned out SO SO WELL ]

[ * I also wanted to give it a touch of computer-screen-ish-look because that just adds so nicely ]

[ * Took 8 hours in total, drawn on Krita along with a Wacom Intuos S tablet ]

[ * Feels nice to draw my dragon kintype :} i haven't really done a fully-rendered drawing of myself in a while ]

[ * Also a small attempt at poetry... alterhuman poetry.... i don't really write poetry so apologies if it's wonky :P but i'm personally happy about it! ]

[canis-latranz]

this is how it be sometimes

[cyber-therian]

* bark bark bark *

[theriancultureis]

Canine therian culture is shaking your leg when you’re happy because you don’t have a visible tail to wag

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[stranger-from-beyond]

[No Moodboard requests at the time]˚☽˚.⋆

A very self indulgent Moodboard.‧₊˚✩彡

I couldn't describe it, but it certainly hits my vibes just right. I haven't really seen any other - medival space drawing - enjoyers on the Spacekin side of the alterhuman community, though I certainly can't doubt that you are out there!

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Just wanted to share this with all of you fellow friends and strangers! :)

[felis-obscurus]

Need to be around others who are physically nonhuman.’Not putting up with it anymore. I’m lonely. Not necessarily seeking friendship. just refuge from all that is human. My prey drive is ‘bad’ and ‘gross’. my rage is weaponized against me. i flounder within human confines because it isn’t where i should be. zoochosis set in swiftly. Come talk to me if you’re tired of being misunderstood.

[cityan1mal]

It's rlly angering when ppl don't take my alter humanity srsly. I'm not a roleplayer this is my identity. I'm genuinely a fox dog werewolf thing. you think for a group of fellow queers and systems you would take my identity seriously

[bearwithextrapickles]

Bear in a supermarket? Would cause mass panic.

Me in a supermarket? The sneakiest bear around :0

[bugsb1te]

Canine moodboard *ੈ✩‧ +

[tempestgnostic]

i think the greatest and most unfortunate parallel i see in the therian community that i also saw in the trans community is a certain level of identifying with the pain of species dysphoria instead of identifying with what makes you a therian. species dysphoria can fucking suck but it’s not required to be a therian, it’s never been required, it never will be, and even those who know this will still lash out at the idea that some of us find joy in also being human. i could never share my art with the world otherwise. i’m part of this badass species that builds upon technology and preserves knowledge from over a thousand years ago. we have an incredible wealth of culture and experience available to us and that’s fucking magical!!

grieve as much as you need to. grieve the fact that you’ll never quite have the life you want. if you experience this pain, it’s very real, and you need to process it. and at some point, on the other side of grief, you need to let go. let go of wishing for the life you’ll never have, and figure out what you can do with the one you’re living, to bring it more in line with your authentic animal self. don’t take this chance for granted. this body is capable of many wonderful things. i felt the same joy about being trans when i recognized that this experience gives me a unique perspective on the world—and i realized that, had i gone through a different puberty, been raised as the other binary gender, i still would’ve been trans. i would’ve gone on estrogen. i would’ve pushed myself through the black morass of grief, discovering along the way that i’m in charge of becoming who i want to be. i would’ve found joy.

your pain is not all that you are.

[beepshroom]

not all kin are spiritual.

not all kin are connected to past lives.

not all kin have kin memories.

not all kin have phantom shifts.

not all kin have mental shifts.

not all kin have species dysphoria.

we’re all different and that’s ok :)

[a-vampire-moth]

Don't let wanting to dress in bright cute stuff stop you from being a being of the darkness