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Calling all living fossils! Looking for a community of fellow prehistoric, paleolithic, or extinct therians and other nonhumans? Then enter The Stomping Grounds! We are a brand new, welcoming community for those who come from eons past.
Ages 15 and up
Designated NSFW, voice, and general discussion channels, as well as spaces provided for non-paleo identities
Designated channels for discussion of paleontology and what’s happening in the field
Hobby channels for art, music, writing, and more
No activity requirement
Open to suggestions
Discourse free!
If you’re looking for a tight-knit community of the ancient and obscure, we’d love to have you! Just DM for an invite!
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allosaurian · 4 years
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would there be any interest in a discord server specifically for paleotherians? please interact with feedback!
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allosaurian · 4 years
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Happy October to all the non-humans, used-to-be-humans, barely-humans, and not-really-humans out there ! Let your true self be observed on this wonderful time of year.
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allosaurian · 5 years
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“human-passing”
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Mary A. Turzillo, from “When Gretchen Was Human,” publ. c November 2001
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allosaurian · 5 years
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bro, we are therians. its ok to shift around me . im ur packmate . i love you . … bro, we are howl ing now.. no dont stop bro .. bro …
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A finished commission of a happy female allosaurus at the beach.
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allosaurian · 5 years
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hir·aeth
/‘hir,āeth/
noun a homesickness for a home you can not return to or a home that never was.
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The Boston Globe, Massachusetts, February 28, 1940
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A gift for a dude Darksoul, his cool female Allosaurus.
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allosaurian · 5 years
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Otherkin =/= Past Lives
Reposting this because I keep seeing people saying “Otherkin is believing you were [x] in a past life and now you’re human!” because no! no, it isn’t!
Because something I’ve seen more and more recently is people asking if it’s okay to be otherkin without having past life memories, or otherwise freaking out over trying to retrieve past life memories, and I’ve had an unnerving number of people outright say that they didn’t know this, I feel like it needs to be said:
Otherkin just means “identifying nonphysically as something other than human.” Not all otherkin believe in past lives or believe their kintype(s) came from a past life!
There are a ton of explanations for why someone might be otherkin. Generally those fall into the categories of “spiritual” or “psychological,” but within each of those broad categories are dozens of more specific explanations. Some believe they were a misplaced soul, meant for the body of their kintype but mistakenly placed into a human body instead by some error. Others believe they are walk-ins, souls that weren’t the original inhabitants of the body but who essentially took over after the original soul vacated the premises somehow. Others don’t feel they ever were or were even supposed to live a life as their kintype in a literal sense, but instead identify as the archetype of that being. Still others believe they unconsciously imprinted on their kintype at a young age, to the point of it becoming an integral part of their identity. Still others believe their otherkinity is caused by psychological activity in their brains causing them to identify as nonhuman.
The point is, your kintype may not come from a past life, and you don’t even have to believe in past lives to be otherkin. There is no one “right” way to be otherkin. So don’t freak out too much if you don’t seem to have any of these “memories” that the ‘kin community on Tumblr loves to chat about.
For that matter, even if your kintype does stem from a past life, past life memories are really hard to access for most people. Don’t stress too much about it. If you worry about it too much, odds are you’ll just end up manufacturing “memories” because the human brain is remarkably good at that if you’re not careful. It’ll be all right. You don’t need to remember anything to be otherkin.
Furthermore, not all past lives are kintypes!
One can have a past life as something, and remember living as that thing, without that thing being a kintype. For something to be a kintype, the criteria is that you still identify as that thing currently, in this life. Say you do a past life regression and remember being a sheep, but you don’t still feel connected to that in any relevant or important way in this life. If that’s the case, you’re probably not a sheep therian. If you believe in past lives, then all of us have lived as many different things - but if we still identified as all those things on an integral level, our identities would be chaos, and odds are it would be almost impossible for most of us to function. Otherkinity is a function of current identity, not just a way of saying “I used to be this in a past life” with no impact on today’s life.
If I sound a little frustrated, that’s honestly because I am - I keep seeing this said, and it’s a complete misunderstanding of what otherkinity is. It’s okay if you didn’t know, don’t get me wrong! We’ve all made mistakes and been misled and not known things. But please don’t keep saying “otherkin is about past lives,” because ultimately, even for those who do believe their kintypes come from a past life, that’s not the point of the otherkin label - that’s just the explanation, the “why” you’re otherkin in the first place.
Thank you for your patience and time! Bright Blessings!
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allosaurian · 5 years
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“Dinosaurs walk among us. Long gone though they are, the continue forward. With pasts surrounded by mystery and unknowing. They are a varied folk, from carnivores to herbivores and everything in between. Large and small alike they fight on.”
— http://angels-may-fall.tumblr.com/post/151168265154/angels-walk-among-us-with-crooked-halos-and
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