#this also applies to literally every other therian too

[lycanm00n]

caninekin culture is just saying "the canine urge to-" before doing literally anything

[hazyaltcare]

If it aint too much trouble, could I get some positivity for a Bro Strider fictive? I understand why Daves dont want anything to do with me but I miss my lil man so much it hurts, and I feel like I have to hide who I am because of my canon selves actions. Im too scared to reach out to hopefully find my Dave because theres always the chance I could send one whos not mine spiralling, and the absolute last thing I want to do is hurt any version of my family. Thanks for reading even if you dont respond

Hey man, as someone who is Bro kin myself, I get how you feel. I don't deserve to be treated based on who I was in another timeline, just like you don't deserve to be treated based off who your source self is. You are your own person.

It's not fair to you or anyone else who had a "problematic" source self to be treated poorly. Your canon self's actions do not say anything about you.

Some people take the origins of alterhumanity as too literal when it comes to "problematic" sources specifically; thinking that if you did something terrible in another timeline, you'll do that same thing now.

See, this clearly isn't true and if they applied that logic to every other alterhuman, they'd expect dog therians to eat dog food and superhero kins to attempt flying.

They only apply that logic to so-called "problematic" sources because of their own internalized fears and prejudices. It says a lot more about them than you.

I'm sorry you feel like you gotta hide who you are. I'm hoping this blog can provide a safe space for you away from that.

Oh and fwiw the Dave Strider kin here also wants to add smth

Mod Haze (🫁Rob)

Yeah uh I just wanted to say not all Daves see all Bros as fucked up, and it kinda weirds me out when I see Bro Strider on so many server dnis and stuff. My life w/ Bro was pretty fucked up but the actions of one guy doesn't define a gigantic, diverse group of alterhumans, so yeah uh, i got ur back bro 👍

Mod Haze (🎮Greyson - Dave Strider shift)

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[nattikay]

Hey, can I ask for your advice on something? I'm writing an "article" for my college's parody newspaper about a furry student who disguised themself as a therapy pet for a friend in order to get free room/board. Do you have any tips on tropes/stereotypes/etc. to avoid about furries? Thanks!

Hmm…that’s a good question. Since this is a parody you’ll have to use your own discretion, but here’s some common false tropes/stereotypes and the corrections:

1.) “It’s a fetish” / “It’s all about sex”

Ah yes, the big one. While adult content does exist in the furry fandom (as it does in literally all fandoms), it is not the main point of the fandom as a whole. There are some individuals who are super into it, but most are either indifferent to “that” side or sometimes may like it but like, casually–they don’t consider it their primary reason for being part of the fandom. There are also folks like me who avoid “that” side entirely or even actively oppose it.

….you know, like literally every fandom.

2.) “It’s basically zoophilia”

Alright full stop NO. I mean I’m sure there’s a few gross nutcases out there who are into those things and are furries, but they are people who are gross and also happen to be furries, not people who are gross because they are furries. A vast majority of furries find zoophilia etc. as thoroughly wrong and disgusting as non-furries do, yes even the ones who are into the adult side.

These two, especially the latter, are the biggest misconceptions that give the fandom such a nasty reputation and inspires such vitriol–and hey, I can’t blame ‘em, if I genuinely thought these tropes were true I’d hate furries too. As such, while the other ones I list you can take or leave for your article, these two in particular I’d definitely advise avoiding with a 10-foot pole else every furry reader will be bashing their heads into the wall (especially us clean furs who just want to draw cute talking animals and not be associated with the gross stuff :P).

3.) “Furries want to be animals” / “Furries think they are animals”

This one is conflating the furry community with therians/otherkin. While there is naturally some overlap between the three groups, being one does not at all imply being the other. Most furries are 100% aware of and content with being human, and know that their fursonas are fictional.

The most basic definition of a furry is a person who is a fan of anthropomorphic animals, ie animals with human personalities and characteristics. That’s literally the only description that can apply to every furry ever, as it is the defining characteristic. There are other things that are common in the fandom but with pretty much anything more specific beyond that there are bound to be at least a few exceptions. 

4.) “Furries are people who wear animal costumes”

Fursuits are probably the most visible and recognizable aspect of the furry fandom, but only about 20% of us actually own one. This is because they are difficult to make and very expensive to commission (a full-body suit from an established maker often costs at least around $2000). They are not something that is typically mass-produced–each one is hand-crafted and unique. 

Those are the main ones that I see a lot. Here are also a few that are actually true if you wanna include ‘em:

-Usually have an animal character they use to represent themselves like an online avatar, called a “fursona” (“furry persona”)-Fursonas can be any species, but the most popular are canines, esp. wolves, foxes, and huskies-Generally into art, be it making or just viewing – it’s a very creative community-Statistically mostly male (though there are plenty of females too, like me :) )-Often into other nerdy things, including but not limited to cartoons, anime, sci-fi, computers/technology, etc-Original Character Do Not Steal™-Drama is a thing tbh-Many use it as a coping mechanism for depression/anxiety, esp. fursuiters (not all of course but in my experience it does seem to be pretty common)

Hope this helps! ^^

[wendybyday]

So a long and rambly post about that “not-cat not-person” thing from like a week ago.

(I knew this was going to be long and then it got even longer, whoops)

I don’t really know how it started/what set it off?  At first it was just a normal “shift” for me (quotation marks because experiences are weird and I basically feel like a cat all the time, the strength/amount just fluctuates) but then it flipped and I was just hyper-aware of every way I’m Not A Cat.  Like the obvious, yeah, I’m a human in a human body.  But down to specifics too:  I don’t have fur or claws, I can’t purr (even though I can growl and mimic various other cat sounds), I can’t really move or even just position my body in ways cats do (vague estimations, sure, but sheer anatomy gets in the way), I have to live and interact with other people as a person and not as a pet cat, in a home, with a Person, and more things but listing them out feels sucky, so.

And then there’s a whole other layer where I feel disconnected from the “community” of kin and therian.  I mean I never really integrated myself into it in the first place, because talking to people = ha no, and I know there’s not a monolithic community in the first place.  But there’s a couple topics that crop up time and time again that just don’t apply to me and feel instantly othering (regardless really of how people are talking about them).

One of those is the whole “reason” for being kin/therian.  No matter how many theories there are out there, and how many people explain their experiences with them, none fit me.  I wasn’t a cat in a past life, or in another reality, or otherwise meant to be a cat and ended up a human.  None of the psychological theories fit either, like there’s no root cause that made me a cat, I just am one.  (Also just pointing out that I’m not discounting these things for anyone else, just... that’s not how it works for me.)

And the other big thing is the whole concept of “kin selves” because like how??? do you know???  (No seriously, please.)  I’ve seen people talk about using meditation, or magic and astral-related things, or dreams, and none of that works for me.  I cannot for the life of me separate out an identity that’s me that doesn’t include my current human body.  I mean I know a few things, but those are all directly related to phantom shifts, because I can feel my long tail and I can feel my tall ears, and I can feel my fluffy fur.  But I can’t feel color.

There are colors I love, that I’m drawn to, that are aesthetically pleasing.  Solid grays of any shade or wide varieties of calicoes and tortoiseshells (the absolute Best is very mottled/little-to-no-white torbies).  But I can’t tell whether there’s some “that’s me” attraction to those colors, or its just because I like how those colors look on cats.  Nearly a decade of having cat OCs is a major part of that, but even the most self-inserty characters never looked the same, so there isn’t even some trend I could try and study there.

I was thinking about this a little further the other day (after getting my ears actually) that along with this/part of this/because of this, I see literally everything cat-like as “me” or close enough to that that it illicits the same response.  Pictures or art of cats of all shapes and sizes and colors are me.  Even non-domestic cats because they’re just some “wild” version of me.  (Exceptions being cats I actually know because they can’t be me if they’re already them.  I see a picture of Marty and its Marty, not some version of/relation to me.)  I take in any and all cat media I can find because it all gives me that “that’s me!” feeling regardless of how realistic it is or how relatable it actually is to me.  Which just makes it more difficult to figure out what is actually me or even what my “kin self” could look like.  (This is actually why I like the ears I bought so much, because they’re distinctly cat ears without being any distinct kind, breed, or color.)

And I think that disconnect when people talk about “kin selves” is mostly because of jealousy?  Because I wish I knew.  I want to know.  I feel like I’m missing some vital part of who I am by not knowing what I would look/be like if I actually had the body of a cat.

So basically that’s a really really long way of explaining the disconnect I was/am having with being a cat and kin/therian...

And then to compound that, the mental illness came marching in and said I’m not good enough at being a person to be a person.  The simple fact that I feel like a cat (and the conflict over feeling like not-a-cat) meant I couldn’t be a person.  And I don’t funciton in a way a person should (ie neurotypically).  And various other feelings that I’ve probably talked about a lot already, but all smushed together.  And if I’m not a cat and not a person, what am I?  And it just led to a weird lethargic slump over the last week that I think I’m kinda getting over, but all this is still rolling around in my head, so... now its also sitting on my blog I guess.