I need to curl up in a ball of warm please and thank u
Hi, nonhumans of Tumblr.
I'm an adult therian; legally, anyways. I'm 18, still figuring life out, but I have some things to say to any younger creatures that may follow me or see this.
Middle school and highschool both suck. Everyone knows this. The kids there are cruel and outspoken about their beliefs and bullying is at an all-time high right now. However, college isn't the same as either of those. Neither is the real, working world.
You may be called names now, told you're weird for certain interests, but it gets better. Life gets easier, people get nicer, you get stronger.
Someday in the near future, you'll wear that tail with confidence. You won't be hesitant about wearing that collar you're attached to. That pair of ears won't sit on your dresser collecting dust.
It gets easier. Keep going, ignore every bigot. You've got this.
Hi, I'm 10 years your senior. When I was your age, I didn't have the language to identify with what I was. It took me 8 of those years coming to terms with trauma and rekindling the spark of my inhumanity through spirituality.
The cruelties of the world are easier to feel in a closed system like public school. I was bullied extensively in middle school, which culminated in detailed death threats. Despite the fact that they were likely trolling, my parents got the police involved.
Because of that, I was left alone in high school. The bullying all but ended, but the damage was still done. I had learned my place, and becoming invisible and avoiding the trials of life became automatic and involuntary.
Even then, the suffering is temporary. I still found my way, I've made a home and a pack, I've forged my own path, and I have seen nothing but positivity and acceptance from my community.
Learn to read the room, learn where alternative lifestyles and expressions are acceptable, learn to navigate the complexities of human society, and I promise that you can have your cake and eat it, too!
Hi, nonhumans of Tumblr.
I'm an adult therian; legally, anyways. I'm 18, still figuring life out, but I have some things to say to any younger creatures that may follow me or see this.
Middle school and highschool both suck. Everyone knows this. The kids there are cruel and outspoken about their beliefs and bullying is at an all-time high right now. However, college isn't the same as either of those. Neither is the real, working world.
You may be called names now, told you're weird for certain interests, but it gets better. Life gets easier, people get nicer, you get stronger.
Someday in the near future, you'll wear that tail with confidence. You won't be hesitant about wearing that collar you're attached to. That pair of ears won't sit on your dresser collecting dust.
It gets easier. Keep going, ignore every bigot. You've got this.
While I'm not a therian (folklorekin specifically) I just want to say thanks for letting non-offending zoos on your page.
It's rare that someone doesn't dismiss us as disgusting creeps for having less than savory thoughts.
Thought crimes do not exist. If you do not harm real animals, children, or corpses, you are welcome on my page. My account may be SFW, but it is kink friendly. :)
hi! as someone accepting/questioning being a wolf, I’d love to hear about how you discovered it for yourself and how you knew that it was physical and biological rather than mental. I want to live in the taiga, raise pups, have a mate, hunt, etc as a wolf. I am also miscecanis and plural. I feel like I exist in my head on some level beyond physical body lol. although it’s been hard to accept, I think it means I am a wolf rather than otherhearted. anyway. I’ve also been thinking about the label “werewolf” not as in human -> wolf/beast transformation, but like.. By society I am classified as human biologically and look human, but I am a wolf. also since sometimes my feelings of being a wolf grow stronger or lesser. sometimes I am more so other animals. I’m not sure if it makes sense! idk I’m rambling. do u have any thoughts?
It definitely makes sense! I appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me. I apologize if my answer isn't exactly up to par, it's early here and I'm not very good with my words in the mornings.
I do believe a lot of what you're feeling could be related to your plurality, but you could also be polytherian. Maybe both. Perhaps different alters have different theriotypes.
Regardless, I'll answer your original questions.
When I was younger (as young as six years old, if I recall correctly), I always had more nonhuman traits than humanly ones. As I grew, I learned to mask these traits to avoid being bullied by my peers.
One day, while I was in a Discord server with some friends, I met a creature named Icarus. He was an older elk therian, probably around twenty to twenty two years old. He told me his story and I related to it. Heavily.
So, I did some research. I learned about therians, the different terms, and the community. After a month of self reflection, I came to the conclusion that all of my traits and behaviors mirrored that of wolves.
The next struggle was figuring out how exactly I identified with wolves. For a while, I chalked it up to delusion and mentality, but, with time, I learned about physical therianthropy. That felt right. I was always a wolf, physically, mentally, and biologically. It just took me a great deal of time to realize it.
I hope this helps in some way. Send me another ask if you have any more questions. 🐺
Are you color-blind (Or well, for what a creature with a human body like me would see as color-blind) like other wolves? Or are you a trichromat? (I think it is possible that there are trichromatic wolves, as there are tetrachromatic humans)
I am dichromatic whenever I fully shift. Otherwise, I am trichromatic. 🐾