beyond just guiding me to the right label(s), nothing much. i didnt feel like i belonged either so i stayed in my corner for the longest time haha, so it was a lot of introspection and very little actual interaction with the community at large
I feel the two are intertwined. my gender is my kintype and my kintype is my gender. im just beast. im not supposed to have reproductive organs either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. i dont tend to label my gender identity due to this, but if i do have to for the sake of humanity's incessant urge to put things into boxes, i just say genderqueer. it's not accurate, but it is close enough. > "a gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender" also I really love how this is worded, and i think i'll steal this whenever the time comes. thank you for sharing this
hmm, i definitely love meat (unfortunately i cant eat a lot of red meat), but i'm not under the impression that it's due to what "species" i am if that makes sense. there are times yes where prey drive is very present but it's less the urge to eat meat and more the urge to hunt. i like meat how i like other things like salads and such. i didnt crave animal products more after awakening either. think im just a beast with a wide palate :p
as for how i eat... i definitely tend to tear into things and i like eating with my hands/paws when possible
as someone who's been moderately obsessed with dragons since forever, i'd love to hear about your experiences :O I'll be there to read about it if you get around to writing
Thank you! And I'm glad you liked the quick mention, i actually saved your site due to how much of a massive source of info and links it is, i love it a lot
While awakening a few years ago, I fully thought i was an earthen large cat due to a very intense connection since youth, similarities as well as love for them; I'd later realize this was wrong, but not fully so All the signs pointed to me being one and yet nothing fully clicked, I thought i mustve been wrong entirely about my identity until i just decided to sit down and scribble how my body felt: definitely feline, but definitely NOT normal. Turns out I'm some weird cryptid-ish giant cat. For a while (and occasionally to this day) I just wished I could be a "normal" common animal so I could connect more easily with others, but I've accepted what I am and I'm mostly happy with it.
I've always felt a sort of kinship with felines, as a cub I would carry my plushies by the scruff with my teeth, keep my hair very long like a mane (which i still do today), climb furniture, bare my teeth when upset/excited, bite things and people, the list goes on... I also vividly remember feeling my phantom ears on the side of my head even back then, and this remains my most common shift today. I was later forced to "give up" or hide some of these behaviours when school began, but even then I think most people could figure out there was something not quite right with me. Whether that was the autism/adhd or the poorly masked animal behaviour, I'll probably never know. When I awakened around 2022 I immediately figured I was a big cat as I've felt like one my whole life, but something didnt quite click. Later on I realised i was something a lot more out there, still feline but more like a cryptid? And here i am today. While I was heavily bullied for well, whatever reasons bullies could find, I dont hold any sort of hard feelings towards humans and I'm rather happy to be around them.
beautiful work
very pretty, where'd you get the pendant?
beyond just guiding me to the right label(s), nothing much. i didnt feel like i belonged either so i stayed in my corner for the longest time haha, so it was a lot of introspection and very little actual interaction with the community at large
I feel the two are intertwined. my gender is my kintype and my kintype is my gender. im just beast. im not supposed to have reproductive organs either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. i dont tend to label my gender identity due to this, but if i do have to for the sake of humanity's incessant urge to put things into boxes, i just say genderqueer. it's not accurate, but it is close enough.
> "a gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender"
also I really love how this is worded, and i think i'll steal this whenever the time comes. thank you for sharing this
hmm, i definitely love meat (unfortunately i cant eat a lot of red meat), but i'm not under the impression that it's due to what "species" i am if that makes sense. there are times yes where prey drive is very present but it's less the urge to eat meat and more the urge to hunt. i like meat how i like other things like salads and such. i didnt crave animal products more after awakening either. think im just a beast with a wide palate :p
as for how i eat... i definitely tend to tear into things and i like eating with my hands/paws when possible
Hi welcome!! can't wait to see you around
When you put it that way, it definitely is a plus :0
as someone who's been moderately obsessed with dragons since forever, i'd love to hear about your experiences :O
I'll be there to read about it if you get around to writing
Thank you! And I'm glad you liked the quick mention, i actually saved your site due to how much of a massive source of info and links it is, i love it a lot
I guess that's true. The mention of spreadsheets did give me a small idea though so thanks :v
While awakening a few years ago, I fully thought i was an earthen large cat due to a very intense connection since youth, similarities as well as love for them; I'd later realize this was wrong, but not fully so
All the signs pointed to me being one and yet nothing fully clicked, I thought i mustve been wrong entirely about my identity until i just decided to sit down and scribble how my body felt: definitely feline, but definitely NOT normal. Turns out I'm some weird cryptid-ish giant cat. For a while (and occasionally to this day) I just wished I could be a "normal" common animal so I could connect more easily with others, but I've accepted what I am and I'm mostly happy with it.
I've always felt a sort of kinship with felines, as a cub I would carry my plushies by the scruff with my teeth, keep my hair very long like a mane (which i still do today), climb furniture, bare my teeth when upset/excited, bite things and people, the list goes on... I also vividly remember feeling my phantom ears on the side of my head even back then, and this remains my most common shift today. I was later forced to "give up" or hide some of these behaviours when school began, but even then I think most people could figure out there was something not quite right with me. Whether that was the autism/adhd or the poorly masked animal behaviour, I'll probably never know. When I awakened around 2022 I immediately figured I was a big cat as I've felt like one my whole life, but something didnt quite click. Later on I realised i was something a lot more out there, still feline but more like a cryptid? And here i am today. While I was heavily bullied for well, whatever reasons bullies could find, I dont hold any sort of hard feelings towards humans and I'm rather happy to be around them.