#types of alterhumanity

[radiomogai]

[Plain text start. Inhumanity. A flag for those who identify as nonhuman due to neurodivergency! This may be caused by a disconnect from humanity, being called 'inhuman' due to disorders, or any other reason. Requested by @/cheap jumpscares. The name is sort of a play on inhumane .Plain text end]

PT from under the cut.

　⟢　Inhuman(ity)　𓃉

A flag for those who identify as nonhuman due to neurodivergency. This may be caused by a disconnect from humanity, being called 'inhuman' due to disorders, or any other reason.

　— Requested by @cheap-jumpscare .

　— The name is sort of a play on inhumane .

[Plain text start. Inhumanity. A flag for those who identify as nonhuman due to neurodivergency! This may be caused by a disconnect from humanity, being called 'inhuman' due to disorders, or any other reason. Requested by @/cheap jumpscares. The name is sort of a play on inhumane .Plain text end]

[your-therian-parent-says]

Remember to take breaks.

Your paws are tired, little beast. Rest your legs.

Your claws have put in their work for today. Let them be idle if they must.

Your wings have carried you far, flying friend. They need to recharge.

Your teeth have brought you through tough times. Rest your jaws, as their job is never over.

Your eyes have shown you the world and beyond. Show them solace if just for a few minutes.

If not you, who will care for your body? And what of your soul? Your entire being needs its time. Don't deny it.

[mxmorbidmidnight]

I CANNOT argue with nonhumans like whatever you say gorgeous creature. Can I do a biology depth study on you/make a conspiracy theory commentary video on you/ take unnerving pictures of you sneaking around in the woods/ feed you a peace of cheese/study you under a microscope? Babes I cannot you guys are so cool.

[safaridays]

no, you don’t need to wear your mask/tail to school.

i wish young nonhumans didn’t feel compelled to be ‘out’ at school, especially when it’s a dangerous environment. i keep seeing posts along the lines of “wore my tail/mask to school! people berated/teased/put their hands on me, but it’s ok”.

no, it’s not.

like.. i understand a mask or a tail can be a very validating thing for some people. and i’m not saying NO ONE should wear them at schools. but i just keep watching this mounting trend of young therians insinuating you need some physical accessory or to do quads to be a ‘real’ nonhuman. and then it leads to things like this and it makes me incredibly sad.

i’d known i was alterhuman since late elementary school, actually. it’s a huge part of my life even now, years after graduation. there wasn’t a reason for it to be brought up, so i never did. it was a closely guarded secret to me, but it didn’t feel like a weight i was carrying. i always thought “no one needs to know i’m an animal if it jeopardizes my safety. so, oh well”.

“but, how will people know that i’m an animal?”

they probably will. they probably already do.

i was the designated ‘animal’ person my entire school career despite not ever handling animals in front of anyone. if there were pets, lost wild animals (baby rabbits, birds, lizards), or sometimes even loose livestock that got onto campus, it was always me who had to go tend to them.

everyone wanted me in their group in environmental science. if a project called for animal illustrations, the same thing would happen. it was certainly weird because i was also a ‘weird kid’ and not especially desired to be around outside of that, lol. but i was never harassed for it. it made me feel very validated, actually.

i had fun during gym running and fiercely destroying the opposing team in field hockey. i taught everyone which plants were okay to forage (and we snacked on them when we had to sit on the lower field for practice). every day i was hyperaware of the limbs i had that weren’t quite there. friends noticed my ears twitch and my nose wiggle at certain stimuli. i felt nice walking on two legs. i felt nice because i felt animal and i didn’t have to prove it to anyone.

really like… just do what makes you happy. i admire the bravery it takes to so earnestly wear your identity on your sleeve like that. that’s very impressive. however, there is NO obligation to do anything like that if you understand that there will be a reaction that poses a threat to you.

i want our kids to be safe, too. you don’t have to feel dysphoria over being discreet. sometimes it’s the safest option. and sometimes, that can be really fun, too.

study everything you can about your ‘type. wikipedia and animalia are good resources. ramble about them to anyone who will listen. jokingly refer to yourself as one in friend spaces. wear discreet clothes that remind you of your ‘type. find a nice private place outside where you can run and explore and look at plants and smell the air and feel like yourself. but by no means do you have to prove yourself. you know you.

[radiomogai]

[PT: I'm Fictionkin-ish? Coining: Imagithrope. End PT]

I'm Fictionkin-ish? Coining: Imagithrope.

@who-is-page and @frameacloud's panel at Othercon has gotten me thinking about writing essays about my own alterhuman experience... I was thinking maybe I should write something about why I write fiction, and how that relates to my own identity. But thinking about that made me realize that one of the reasons I write is because I identify as a fictional self-insert character that I created when I was a hatchling in make-believe games. Like, that's the way I view myself - not as a generic blue dragon, but as that specific character. Additionally, given that many of those games were based loosely in books I've read, it means that my identity is based in fiction as well. Though I don't identify as him, my name is even based on a fictional character's!

I've never really thought about calling myself fictionkin before now. When I joined the otherkin community initially, I had some bad reactions to talking about my identity in that way. And then some more bad reactions. My identity as a dragon is involuntary; I couldn't change it if I tried (and I have), and it isn't something I intentionally made into an identity. It's a bit of why I never really got why everyone insisted strongly on the distinction between otherkin and otherlinkers. Though I'm not opposed to the idea, I don't feel like my fictional identity was made by me channeling a past life either, which felt like it was the acceptable explanation for this back in 2016. Otherwise, creating a kintype wasn't "allowed."

For a while, I felt like I separated my identity into a dragon otherkin aspect, where I was just "a dragon", and had character me on the side as a fun thing - what I considered my "kinsona". But I think this is a false dichotomy. The two aren't really separable; who I am as a dragon was created through books and play. It wasn't really until @aestherians's posts in early 2021 - five years after I found the otherkin community - that I felt that the community had finally decided that the definitional line between kintype and linktype, voluntary and involuntary, didn't have to be such a strict line after all. (I'd been arguing that "involuntary identity" shouldn't be a part of the definition of otherkin for four years by that point, so yes, I'm still both smug and salty.)

So, though I didn't expect this to lead to me coining a new term when I started out writing out this post, I've decided to do it. I'm not sure if anyone except me is going to use it, but I think creating it as a concept gives it both a bit of legitimacy and permanence. I hope it will be of use to someone else, and if anyone else shares a similar experience, I welcome them to talk about it in more detail - at some point now, I think I definitely should describe mine.

Imagithrope - An alterhuman whose identity was created and/or formed, wholly or partially, through some form of imaginative play. This can include fantasy play, roleplay (tabletop, text, live action, etc), fanfiction, writing, art, and more.

[wizardsfang]

Ive seen a lot of therians n otherkin lately talk about how they want more content for their kins when they dont have a super common kintype

N like

Dude we gotta make that. The only reason the dogs, wolves, foxes etc. have so much content is because they are making it, requesting others to make it, or buying services from others to make it.

We gotta make our own cool shit, I encourage, I’m begging even- make something for you.

Make something unapologetically yourself.

It doesn’t need to be the highest quality in the world. Just create. I beg you. And support your creatives as you go if you can’t or don’t want to create- use the tools n services around. Be loud & annoying! Be SEEN.

Edit: a post about things you can do/create for your kintype

[abadbutsadcollective]

Anyway ignoring that trainwreck of a post!

I love created plurality. The tulpa community specifically has made so many guides that are helpful to systems of all types! Soulbonds were one of our main introductions to plurality and we have so many in our system. Daemonism is cool as hell and helps one of our headmates immensely. Any other created system of any type too--you're all so cool and it's amazing you share the plural community with us.

[forests-creatures]

I want to shoutout to otherkin who are of well known species

Shoutout to otherkin who are of uncommonly known species

Shoutout to otherkin that are of original species

Shoutout to other kin who are from popular media

Shoutout to kin who are from media not many people know about

Shoutout to otherkin who have kins impossible to describe

Shoutout to otherkin who are still figuring their kin out

Shoutout to otherkin who have only one kin

Shoutout to otherkin who have multiple kins

Shoutout to otherkin who keep on discovering new kins

Shoutout to otherkin who adore their kins

Shoutout to otherkin who wish they had a different kin

Shoutout to otherkin of common species

Shoutout to otherkin of endangered species

Shoutout to those who have a kin of a concept

Shoutout to otherkin who have a kin of an object

Everyone is welcome in the otherkin community, no matter what your kin is! Everyone is unique, including your kintype(s)

[identity-systems]

[pt: Icosahuman/Multialtertype /end pt]

Icosahuman / Multialtertype

A term for an alterhuman who identifies with their alterhuman identity in many or all of the possible ways.

Examples of identities which may be icosahuman:

Lacking personal distinction between types of alterhumanity.

Having multiple interpretations of one's alterhumanity.

Being both kin and copinglink due to clinging to one's kin as a coping mechanism.

Being a fictive or extranthrope who also identifies with other alterhuman terminology.

An alterhuman with fluidity in their type of identity, such as sometimes being kin and sometimes being hearted.

And more!

It is intended for those who are multiple kinds of alterhuman regarding a single identity (ex. being foxkin and a fox copinglink), rather than those who have multiple alterhuman identities of different types. Someone with multiple alterhuman identities who has singular identities of multiple types is also included.

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Please don't do alterhuman discourse on this post. People have varied experiences regarding their identity and restricting people to one category for the sake of protecting the label does no one favors.

[PT above: Please don't do alterhuman discourse on this post. /End]

[maybe-a-landmine]

i think it’s so beautiful how normalized calling yourself an angel is in jirai communities because i am an actual angel. i’m angelkin due to trauma and having so many people refer to themselves as an angel makes me feel safe enough to express that

[rot-the-polytherian]

Groups be like!!!!!

What are your kin types called in a group? Like dogs have packs, horses have herds, whales have pods... Cause like did you know a group of owls are called a parliament and a group of crows is called a murder. Meerkats are called a gang or a mob!!!

Here are some of mine

Monkey =troop

Polecat=skulk or chine

Mandrill = horde

Like horde sounds low key evil( all I can think is the horde from the she ra remake 😂😭) , skulk sounds like sulk and troop sounds like a right little squad 🤣🤣 love it!! 🐒🐒🐒

[mxmorbidmidnight]

I ❤️ being hyena kin and having a hyena laugh that is adamantly disliked by all those surrounding me.

[identity-systems]

symbols from carrd

from under the cut for archival

solidarity among endels: i used blue to represent solidarity between different sub-labels of endel (such as myth endel, terendel, fictendel, etc)! i chose sky blue specifically as it represents community and trust!

psychotic / delusional pride: i used lavender to represent psychotic / delusional pride to correspond with the schizo-spec flag! i couldn't find a delusional pride flag specifically so i just stuck with purple!

endel community: the middle stripe is color picked from the strawberry endel symbol!

being nonhuman / alterhuman: i chose salmon orange as i personally correspond orange with being nonhuman and alterhuman!

solidarity with adjacent communities: i chose light yellow as it is in the otherkin flag, as well as being within the same color family as the therian and alterhuman flags!

ID: 3 flags which have the same stripes as the flags mentioned above. the left flag has the black arrow endel symbol, which is a black arrow head pointing downwards, with a 4 pointed star symbol in the bottom right. the middle flag has the pink heart endel symbol, which is a pink heart outline with a white 4 pointed star symbol in the bottom right. the right flag has black text listing the color meaning of each stripes, with sky blue being 'solidarity among endels', lavender being 'psychotic / delusional pride', strawberry pink being 'endel community', salmon being 'being nonhuman / alterhuman', and light yellow being 'solidarity with adjacent communities'. ID OVER.

𖦹 ⦙ ENDEL: a nonhuman or alterhuman self-identifier to describe one’s identity being caused by, rooted in, or influenced by [a] delusion! ⊹ ⁺

ID: 2 flags with 5 stripes, with these colors from top to bottom: sky blue, lavender, strawberry pink, salmon, light yellow. the left flag has the endel symbol in the center, which is a strawberry with a white flower to the bottom left of it. ID OVER.

my proposal for an endel community flag! i + a lot of my headmates adore the term endel so i thought id come up with an idea for a community flag! color meanings + alt flags + more explanation under the cut!

DNI ID: a thin tealish blue banner with purple text which says “check my dni before interacting! do not redesign my flags or use my terms if you fit my dni!”; the banner has a periwinkle hydro element icon on the left, and a periwinkle double border. ID OVER.

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[spaceventrilo]

I vouch to see more insane nonhumans/alterhumans I want to see the grotesque disgusting looking creatures and beings I want to see fictional objects like where y'all at? We need more of you 🙏 where are the simple things like where's a literal grain of dirt from a dirt path, or a revolting folklore monsters, or a bolt from cyborg's body, or the fishbowl from amazing world of gumball? We need y'all

[hazyaltcare]

Typing Quirk Suggestions for a Robot kin

I hope it gives you a wonderful uptime! :3

Mod Vintage (⭐)

Letter replacements:

Replace "O" with zeroes "0"

Replace "i" or "L" with ones "1"

Replace "one" with "1", including "one" sounds like "any1", or "we 1 = we won" (the past tense of "win")

Replace "zero" with "0"

Frankly, you can just replace all sorts of letters with numbers, such as

R = 12

N = 17

B = 8

A = 4

E = 3

etc.

or maybe make all "A"s and "i"s capitalized, cause "A.I." (artificial intelligence

Prefixes and Suffixes:

Get inspired by programming languages!

Begin your text with "//" like a comment on C++

If you prefer other languages comment tags, you can use "< !--your text-- >"

Or maybe begin it with " int main () { std::cout << "your text"" and end with "return 0; }" like C++ too

Greet people with the classic "Hello world!"

Or greet people with "beep boop!" honestly, I have no idea where this comes from, but it's cute.

Or write down html stuff, like sandwiching your italicized text with "< em> "

The possibilities are endless!

Robot Lingo:

(under the cut because there's a LOT! maybe terabytes! ...just kidding >;3c)

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some of these are from the machinesoul.net robot server! (not sponsored) (we're not in there anymore, but we saw the robot lingo shared there when we were)

Fronting = logged in, connected

Not fronting = logged out, disconnected

Conscious = activated

Dormant = deactivated

Blurry = no signal

Upset, angry = hacked

Small = bits, bytes

Bite = byte

Huge = gigabytes, terabytes, etc.

Your intake of food, medicine, etc. = input

Your artwork, cooking, handiwork, handwriting, etc. = output

Body = chassis, unit

Brain = CPU, processor

Mind = program, code

Imagination = simulation

Purpose = directive

Nerves = wires

Skin = plating

Organs = (function) units

Limbs = actuators

Eyes = ocular sensors

Glasses = HUD (head's up display)

Hair = wires

Ears = antennae, audio sensors

Nose = olfactory sensors

Heart = core

Liver = detoxification unit

Circulatory system = circuits

Voice = speaker, voice module, voice box

Mouth = face port

Name = designation

Sleep = sleep mode, low power mode, charging

Eat = fuel, batteries

Energy = batteries

Tired = low on batteries

Translate = compile

Memory = data, database

Bed = recharge pod/charger

Dreaming = simulation

Birthday = day of manufacture

Talking = communicating

Thinking = processing

Transitioning = modifying your chassis

Depression = downtime

Joy = uptime

Trash = scrap metal

Fresh/Clean = polished

Keysmashing = random 1s and 0s

Self-care = system maintenance

Going to the doctor = trip to the mechanic

Group = network

Anyone = anybot

[rival-legacy]

Moth therian art! All the love to all our therian bug friends!! Y’all deserve more attention fs! Hope all the pretty moths out there like this!!