I have a disorder that makes me want to headcanon every nonhuman character with the ability to purr regardless if it makes sense for their kind or not. It's called being right. With enough research i could justify a tree purring if i wanted to

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ok anyways. post this beast

anybody else in the club feeling this one

good morning to fairies elves gnomes sprites and other mischievous beings

i can't do this shit bro im supposed to be a dog

you're nonhuman in ways you've never even thought about. remember how you stalk around in the darkness instead of fumbling about like a night-blind creature? remember the weird eating habits, the cravings for raw meat? i'm sure you remember trying to mimic the speech mannerisms of your friends in conversation. how could you forget? you're not just "weird." you're not human. and that's okay.

I think we need to normalize using "people" as a species neutral word.

Like idk in my brain the word people just doesn't automatically = human. To me it's just a way to signify intelligence and individuality, and to emphasize the need for respect towards another creature, not specific to any one species.

Dogs can be people, mice can be people, dragons can be people, humans can be people, birds can be people, elves can be people, robots can be people, and so on.

It's also (in my opinion) just much easier than always saying "beings" or "individuals" when referring to varying assortments of creatures.

it’s also ok if you weren’t confused and it just changes sometimes 👍

In case anyone needs it:

It is ok to be wrong. It is ok to realize you aren't a therian. It is ok that you had a 'therian phase'. You didn't hurt anyone by being confused. You didn't hurt anyone trying to discover yourself. It's ok to love a community you realized you don't belong to. It's ok. It's ok. It's ok. I promise it's ok.

i think the greatest and most unfortunate parallel i see in the therian community that i also saw in the trans community is a certain level of identifying with the pain of species dysphoria instead of identifying with what makes you a therian. species dysphoria can fucking suck but it’s not required to be a therian, it’s never been required, it never will be, and even those who know this will still lash out at the idea that some of us find joy in also being human. i could never share my art with the world otherwise. i’m part of this badass species that builds upon technology and preserves knowledge from over a thousand years ago. we have an incredible wealth of culture and experience available to us and that’s fucking magical!!

grieve as much as you need to. grieve the fact that you’ll never quite have the life you want. if you experience this pain, it’s very real, and you need to process it. and at some point, on the other side of grief, you need to let go. let go of wishing for the life you’ll never have, and figure out what you can do with the one you’re living, to bring it more in line with your authentic animal self. don’t take this chance for granted. this body is capable of many wonderful things. i felt the same joy about being trans when i recognized that this experience gives me a unique perspective on the world—and i realized that, had i gone through a different puberty, been raised as the other binary gender, i still would’ve been trans. i would’ve gone on estrogen. i would’ve pushed myself through the black morass of grief, discovering along the way that i’m in charge of becoming who i want to be. i would’ve found joy.

your pain is not all that you are.

it’s crazy how much diversity there can be in one species…these are all pictures of the same bird species (red-tailed hawk)

Animals + family