Characters being put in situations is fun until you are characters.

You know that book series Tumblr raves about? The Locked Tomb? I've only met two others with TLT fictotypes, and never another Harrowhark.

I would love to hear about everyone’s “uncommon” kin/theriotypes!

A rare species? An uncommon breed? A super niche cryptid? I want to hear alllll about it!

Please take breaks from quads.

Pls take care of yourself.

I've been doing quads more often lately, I've been making a lot of progress and feeling much freer. I was pretty sore this morning but figured I wasn't THAT sore, some quads would be fine.

So, I did some quads. I walked, I ran, even tried jumping for the first time. "I didn't do too much," I thought. "My body feels great!"

That was just the euphoria of doing it, though. I did too much when my body was too exhausted. I tried pushing myself because I wanted to work through the soreness and be strong.

But now I'm laying in my bed in pain. Everything hurts. My shoulders, my arms, my legs, my back, my ankles- everything. I did too much. My body told me I needed a day to heal and I didn't listen, now I have to take even longer time away from quads because I ignored the signs.

Don't make the same mistake. Take breaks when your body is sore. Don't push yourself too much.

The Alterhumans in Relationships Survey is collecting data on alterhumans and queerplatonic, sexual, and romantic relationships. This survey asks questions about your current and past relationships, and how you feel about relationships and alterhumanity. This survey was made for otherkin, therians, fictionkin, systems, and other people who may call themself alterhuman. But even if you don't use any of those terms, you can take still this survey.

This survey is being organized by Who-is-Page, an alterhuman scholar who has been in the community since 2014. The data collected in this survey will be used for research purposes and may be presented at an online convention (OtherCon 2024) later this year. Depending on how much you write in the write-in questions, this survey takes about 15 minutes.

Survey Link

Your physical body must at least 18 years old to participate in this survey. The survey will close on July 6th.

Plus,. uhhm... Forgive me for saying, I haven't seen these servers for myself, but The Vibes are there.

Is it just me or is this the new promise of p-shifting?

Does anyone feel very uncomfortable when other nonhumans bring up “genetic engineering” as a way to physically turn us into our nonhuman forms? I got sent an invite to a server that is apparently dedicated to researching ways to analyze and alter DNA. I don’t know how we would even do that in a discord server, since we don’t have a laboratory or anything. I don’t like seeing it. Because I don’t believe it will work. I know a couple things about biology, and this just sounds implausible. But some part of me wants it to work. I don’t want to get my hopes up. That always triggers my species dysphoria. Curious to see if anyone feels the same.

...what the--

Okay. So I don't consider myself songkin, though songs have given me kin feelings.

I never really felt a big kinship to "realistic" spec scifi. Like, "cool stories and I connect with the themes here but I am glad I am not Of That Universe."

Well.

I saw a post about what a solar eclipse looks like on Mars. And the post was like "Another big W for Earth!" And I got a weird blast of kin-adjacent feelings for that like "Yeah, Earth IS the better planet!"

Like, an intrinsic internal part of me felt like There Were Other Options.

It's not a feeling I get from my gemtypes, and I don't think it's H|arrowh|ark related???

And now I'm like... "fuck. Shit. Is there another kintype lurking in my identity pile?"

I've been getting really obsessed with a band (really it's more like a multimedia experience) called S|tarset. And I'm wondering if there's a hearthome or something entwined in it. I've been wondering if I was going to get kinfeels in some way for awhile, because Something About It feels Home-y.

I have the first book on the way. I saw a demonstration Monday. I have the graphic novel of the first book. I have an (autographed!) copy of the second book.

I have not read a single one of those yet. I am both madly curious about it and apprehensive to dive too deeply because Something About It Feels Different, and not just in the fandomatic sense.

I'm bracing for impact from another identity perspective shift.

The purpose of this survey is to collect data about the experiences of people who feel sensations of nonhuman body parts, for example, wings or a tail. Some call these supernumerary phantom limbs, otherlimbs, or astral limbs, though you may have other preferences for the words you use for your own experiences. If you haven't had those experiences, you can participate in this survey too. This survey was made for people who call themselves otherkin, therianthrope, furry, or any other potentially alterhuman or nonhuman identity. If you don't describe yourself with any of those words, you can participate in this survey too.

The survey will take you about 6 to 15 minutes. Everyone age 18 and up is welcome to fill out the survey at the below link, until it closes on July 6, 2024:

Survey Link

Who is running this survey and why: The person running this survey is Orion Scribner (they/them), an otherkin/therianthrope who has been making projects about these communities since 2005. I will use the results in my panel at an Internet-based convention later this year (OtherCon 2024), and in other future research projects.

Fictionfolk doesn't include just fictionkin. It doesn't include just fictionkin and fictives. Lots of "fictionfolk isn't just fictionkin, fictives are valid too!" but I never see:

Fictionflickerers are fictionfolk, even if they don't have a permanent identity. People with fictional world hearthomes are fictionfolk, even if they're never a specific character. Fictherians are fictionfolk, even if they're a member of a species and not a specific animal character.

hi otherkins im curious. how do you see yourself in terms of being non/alterhuman?

[*] Applicable to all nonhumans/alterhumans- otherkith, systems, voidpunk, etc.!

[**] Not when you found out about the terms. But when you first started to relate to things other than humans

My own experience (feel free to share your own in the comments/reblogs! id love to see it!):

Ever since I was young, I almost only consumed content about inhuman things. Robots, zombies, animals, nature… you name it. Warriors Cats, Transformers, My Little Pony, basically anything David Attenborough was in.

When I watched Pokemon as a kid; I didn’t want to be a trainer, I wanted to be a Pokemon. When I read about animals from the books in the library; I mimicked what they did, imagining myself as a cardinal flying through the trees or a serval stalking through the grasslands. A sundew curling around its prey, a werewolf’s painful transformation.

And well, I always had an active imagination. When I was in elementary school and preschool, you weren’t allowed to go back inside during recess if you were cold. So I just sorta taught myself how to perceive things differently! I could make my body warmer just by thinking of it. Then, later I could manifest the feeling of wings, animalistic legs, sharper teeth, horns… yeah.

This definitely led to where I am now. A both spiritual and psychological connection to who I am deep down. I am human, yes. But over a lifetime of being unable to relate to others led me to find kinship in unlikely places.

decided to make some silly little alterhuman memes for april fools! a couple are more specific to my own experiences than others.

and finally…

I'm so frustrated with my human body lately. I want to rest on a tree completely naked and just feel the sun on my skin. being in a human body wouldn't be so agonizing if I could just enjoy the nature around me. I HATE the heat but only because I'm forced to wear something over my body. humans are very good at adapting but society just wants to take away all that evolution and progress to seem better than nature itself. body hair? seen as unhygienic despite actively helping humans. breasts and hell even bare feet in some cases? over sexualized to all hell. I love being naked, I love being natural, I love reconnecting with the body I can only have in another life. why can't I enjoy my body without being judged for not having insignificant things like bras on. it's so goddamn frustrating, I'm not your doll to play with I'm a grown lion and I need my skin freed. just like it's inhumane to keep a dog in clothing for too long why is id perfectly fine to keep other humans in clothing for HOURS of the day? It's tiresome.

Normality as Otherkin

Being otherkin for me right now is, I suppose calm. It isn't all gnashing teeth and rushing blood. It isn't all quadrobics and vocals.

When I discovered myself about two years ago, there was a period of intense self expression. Suddenly, after years of burying this side of myself- I remembered who I was. And I had a community to share that with (you guys).

It was constant quadrobics, vocal practice, buying gear, and moodboards galore.

Things are different now.

I still know who I am, but it's not an adventure anymore. I've reclaimed what I am. And while I have a lot to figure out, my identity is more hollistic now. My kinself is just part of my everyday life.

I growl and bark around friends, I climb the stairs on all fours, I wear my collars in public, I dress in ways that remind me of myself, I chose an academic subject where I can bring my experiences to the table in a meaningful way.

I've normalized my identity as an otherkin. I've become more whole, the way I was as a kid.

And in the process, things are more calm.

In some ways it feels like a loss, but I think its more of a transformation. Fitting for me as a shapeshifter.

I still get those periods of intensity where the tension between my two sides reemerges. But now those periods are the outliers.

This is where I am in my journey. Thank you for reading.

just had a very profound moment of being nonhuman

hello! this is steven universe demayo, from, well, steven universe. i’m looking for really anyone. any of the gems, connie, dad, any of the humans, mom. (i’m okay with the diamonds too, just understand if i /am/ a little on guard while talking to you.)

i’m 19, so i’d prefer no one -18.

please dm @mybrotherinkin (preferred), reblog(preferred), like or comment and i’ll get in touch with you!

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