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confused-gay-alien · 2 years

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"nooo you can't use it/its pronouns!! i wont use those for you, they're dehumanizing!!" bold of you to assume im human

#proud it/its pronoun enjoyer #dehumanizing? bonus points!#otherkind #otherkin #alterhuman #therian #kinning #nonhuman #kin #otherkin community #alienkin #otherhearted #theriotype #therianthropy #the path to take

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betomad · 1 year

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Winter approaching Finland. 📸 Photo by: @jukkapaa

#winter #finland #solitude #the path to take #sunlight #snow

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lulavamp · 1 year

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are u a blood (tomato juice) vampire or a blood (cranberry juice) vampire

#vampirekin #vampire #vampire girl #therian #otherkin #kintype #the path to take #therianthropy

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scottish-wolf · 2 years

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Dear Fellow Canines,

What is your relationship with chocolate?

We all know canines can’t eat chocolate. Chocolate is poisonous to dogs mostly because of its theobromine content, which dogs are unable to metabolize effectively. So that begs the question for canine therians: what is your relationship with chocolate?

Personally, I can’t digest chocolate easily. I can eat it, but in small amounts (like two bites of a Hershey bar and that’s it). If I eat a full chocolate candy bar or a slice of chocolate cake, I have extreme stomach pain for hours. It’s miserable. I never really connected it to being a canine therian until recently and now I’m curious if it’s the same with all other canine therians out there; dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, etc.

Can you eat chocolate?

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carnivorepuppy · 2 years

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Animals that look like my kintype (My kin shifts but stays a canine)!!🐾

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frameacloud · 1 year

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Hello! I was wondering if you or your followers have any recommendations of draconic resources? I’m mainly looking for writings / websites on what it’s like to be a dragon or guides to help questioning dragonkin, but anything would help tremendously, thank you.

Hi, Vergil (@falconiforme),

Thanks for the ask. Here are some writings and other information that I recommend for dragon otherkin. I hope to see other readers add more.

As you read these, keep in mind that dragons are very different from one to the next. We don't need to all have the same beliefs, opinions, and experiences as one another to be dragons. Dragons come from all walks of life, and are members of different religions. Some of them believe in magic or supernatural phenomena, some don't. I chose writings here that reflect some of that diversity in the history of our community, rather than pushing a particular view. These do tend to be older articles, because they are the ones I've gotten to know the best.

First, what are dragons? Or what are dragons to you? Rene's essay from 2005 "What is your definition of a dragon?" in the Draconity Resource Project site talks about how dragons are diverse to the point of being undefinable.

Another article on that site, Avatara Raki's "An Introduction to Draconity" from 2006, talks more about the experiences of dragons living as humans.

Some call themselves dragon otherkin. There have always been some dragons in the otherkin community. The otherkin community proper started in 1990 in an online mailing list for elves and others. (The Internet made it easier for unusual kinds of people to find one another, but that's not the only place where we are. We know that there were people like otherkin for decades before the 1990s, at the least. Community historians such as myself and @liongoatsnake have researched those.) Realizing that you're otherkin is called Awakening in that community. Guides for questioning or Awakening otherkin of all kinds should be useful for dragons. I recommend these:

Sprite Rêvenchate's "Identifying your Otherkin Species," from 2004. This covers a variety of methods and ideas to think about.

Tiernan's "From the Heart Out," from 2002.

Miniar's "The Scientific Approach," from about 2012.

Tirl's "The Shadow of Myth," from 2001. This says that when you're questioning and choosing a label, it's important to get to know the actual myths that your kintype (dragon) is based on.

Some call themselves dragon therianthropes. There have always been some dragons in the therianthrope community, too. The therianthrope community started in about 1994 in an Internet fan group for werewolves in movies and folklore. Apparently it sprang up independently of the otherkin community, not as an offshoot from it, so they have different words and ideas about similar experiences. An article about therianthropy written by Jakkal in 2001-- who is one of the most influential writers of the therianthrope community in the 1990s-- talks about dragons and other mythical creatures as not so different from real-world animal therianthropes. That community used to call realizing that you're a therianthrope "awereness," which is a pun on "werewolf." Guides for questioning therianthropes of all kinds can also be useful for dragons. Such as:

Katmandu's "InstaWeres," from 2001. This is about how only you can know who and what you are.

Jakkal's "Introduction to the Newbies' Guide," from 2001. About common mistakes to watch out for.

Quil's "Know thyself, know thy animal," from 2006. About how to discover yourself through doing things, not just sitting and thinking.

Mokele's "Spirituality and data sets," from about 2002. About how to apply the scientific method to questioning your therianthropy.

Dragons also have their own subculture, which started in the 1990s in an Internet fan group for dragons in fantasy and folklore. In 1998, Baxil the dragon wrote "The Draconity FAQ" as a guide for such dragons in alt.fan.dragons. Some of this article is just about the culture in that group at that time, so it's a bit dated, but it is about what it's like to be a dragon.

A dragon called KaniS has been continuously running the Draconic.com forum for dragons since 1998. That site's FAQ talks about not only the site itself, but what it's like to be a dragon, and some of KaniS's personal views about that.

Otherkin and therianthropy are not religions. I've known of dragons whose religious/spiritual paths are Pagan, Christian, Hindu, practitioners of Santería, irreligious/atheist, and others. DrakeLightBearer's article "Am I a dragon?" offers advice specifically for Christians who are questioning whether they might be dragons in spirit. The otherkin community started in connection with Paganism, so a lot of its early writings assume you have that background. At the moment I'm not finding any handy articles that say they're specifically for questioning dragons or other 'kin who are Pagan or of other religious/spiritual paths.

I hope this helps. I'm interested in any other resources that readers might add.

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priestgoric · 2 years

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IM GONNA GO BUY FANGS 2DAY!!!! I ALSO HAVE CONTACTS THE COLOR OF MY KINS BUT I CANT PUT THEM ON :(((

#therian #wolfdogkin #catkin #otherkin #alterhuman #wolfdog #wolfdog therian #vampirekin #cryptidkin #zombiekin #werewolfkin #vampire otherkin #therianthropy #the path to take

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alex-the-polykin · 2 years

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I use my antlers as both a sign of affection and as lethal weapons

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mandatorykinblog · 2 years

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To polykins and those questioning your kintype:

You are not only valid in the community, you are necessary for the growth of our support networks.

Without people "in between" there would be so many gaps between individual kintypes. It's you who ties it all together. Who reminds those who are veterans in the community that we don't have to have everything figured out, we don't have to pick certain defining traits.

Otherkin is about being who you are, and y'all hold that statement up perfectly.

#otherkin #otherkin community #nonhuman #otherhearted #alterhuman #otherkinity #the path to take

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friendofcrowsandcats · 1 year

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Alright catkins, now that it's getting colder:

If you have the money, get yourself a heating pad. Just sit on it. It's incredibly nice and substitutes sunbathing quite lovely.

#catkin #felinekin #cat kin #feline kin #cat therian #feline therian #the path to take #meowling

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xxsecretlykinxx · 2 years

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It's time for a lil demonkin moodboard! When I was a demon, I had 7 ravens that I would talk to often. I think fondly of them ♡

#the path to take #therianthropy #therian #otherkin community #otherkith #otherkin #otherkinity #otherhearted #demonkin #divinekin #alterhumanity #alterhuman #moodboard #aesthetic #grimm's moodboard tag

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confused-gay-alien · 2 years

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things they don't tell you about being a therian:

fighting the constant urge to run on all fours

fighting th

#otherkind #otherkin #otherkin community #alterhuman #therian #nonhuman #kinning #kin #otherhearted #therianthropy #theriotype #therian community #otherkith #the path to take

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lulavamp · 1 year

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pls turn the fan off cuz when i turn into a bat i get stuck flying in circles with it :(

#vampirekin #vampire #vampire girl #otherkin #the path to take #therian #therianthropy #vampyr #batkin

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scottish-wolf · 2 years

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Made a Fox Autumn Moodboard/Kinboard for my fox therian brother :)

#canine therians #canine therian #fox therian #foxkin #therian #therianthropy #moodboard #kinboard #therian moodboard #therian mood board #the path to take #wolf therian #wolfkin #autumn

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carnivorepuppy · 2 years

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Finally showing my tail off! (Taken in a Taco Bell bathroom stall😀)

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frameacloud · 1 year

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“Are you were? I don’t expect an answer to that. I really don’t care. That’s the question you must ask yourself, and that only you can answer. No one else can tell you what you are; they can only tell you what they think you are, and they can be wrong more often than right. This doesn’t mean you should discount their advice, only that you must consider it along with all the things that make you you. I can’t tell you who you are, or whether or not you’re a were. I can’t even define the concept for someone else, as my concept of ‘wereness’ is is based on my own experiences, feelings, and inner dialogues.”

- Excerpt from “InstaWeres” by Katmandu. No date, circa 2001. You can read the full article here. (Or read it in French here.)

(Some community history context: In the 1990s, therianthropes often called themselves “weres,” from “werewolves.” In December 1994, Katmandu was one of several weres who first supported our community taking up the word “therianthrope” for ourselves, which you can read about in @liongoatsnake’s A Timeline of the Therianthrope Community.)

#therianthrope #therian #therianthropy #the path to take #//#self discovery #history #only you can know who you are #rated G #about words #alterhuman history

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