How did your expectations of the community compare to the reality of being part of it?
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What dream connected to your otherkin, therian, or nonhuman experiences has stayed with you the longest?
Knotted cord with K2 azurite stone and beads carved from European wolf bone, with a pendant featuring the therianthropy theta delta symbol with a wolf's face at the center. Made for wolf and dog therians. Natural materials such as fur and bone have long been used to assist a shapeshifter into achieving their shift or growing closer to their animal-nature.
greetings, havent posted in a bit due to things happening in everyday life; i come back to ask, what does a pack, a pride, a constellation or other have to be for you? who do you consider part of the group, is it strictly family-based, strictly alter/nonhuman, does it have to be a certain amount of folks, does everyone need to be the same 'type or clade, what do you do together (if anything), does everyone know eachother, etc etc. if you dont have a pack or are more on the solitary side, would you enjoy being in one anyway?
Personally, my constellation as of now consists of my mate and my biological little brother, all alterhuman and with 'types unrelated to mine. i would consider some irl/online human friends part of it as well, but in a more distant way if that makes sense. they may not be part of the core constellation but they are welcome anytime to join us for things.
Does your identity ask anything of you — impose any pull, obligation, or sense of responsibility that you didn't consciously choose?
I make things when I am bored and/or angsty.
Been a while. But I've been feeling more dog-like as of late. Some of it stems from spending time with my partner, and I love that so much. They amplify my experiences greatly, and I really want to tell them about how I feel identity wise.
One topic I had been meaning to write more on is the usage of natural materials (bones, skins, stones and etc) in the otherkin and therianthropy exploration process. This is a topic I and my system have decades of experience on, having utilized natural materials in our personal explorations, our art and our magic for almost three decades now. I am, however, out of practice with writing and producing long form content, something I used to be very good at. Time and covid have left me rusty, and I'm working on changing that.
I made a group for avians of various sorts: @Avianthropy
People often speak of many otherkin, therian or alterhuman "identities", but I never found that wording as something I could identify with, personally. For me, I have one single identity, as one single person. However, that identity has many facets. All those facets are interconnected parts of a whole. They all relate to and with each other, all share a single crystal lattice. Angel and dragon, goshawk and bear. Even the cyborg.
Recently set up an account with LibraryThing as a container for my years of reading and research as other and therian. It is forever in process; backing up 20+ years of books is no small task.
Often my experience as an "alterhuman" is one where the past, present and future converge into one. Pictured is my black bearskin cloak, with my Eurasian bear claw pendant. But the claw holds a strange secret.
Looking back, were there signs of your identity that you recognize now but overlooked at the time?
Bwoof!!
Rarely do I identify with anything mammalian. Usually it is (closer to) avian, or reptilian, if it is something that is "alive" and not android or replicant. But, when I do, it is the bear in particular. A common pattern that has stayed with me, to varying degrees, across multiple lifetimes.
Hello again!!
Finally back in a more nature-y area, and I feel so much better. I think being disconnected from any forest areas really makes me prone to lower moods.
Day 2 prompt:
Hello hello!!! First time poster here :D
I don't know how this works. I'm trying to connect with people like me and make friends. If y'all got any ideas for me to find my people, I'd like to hear them.