Listen To Me Nonhumans Of All Ages And Experiences. You Must Not Let Your Species Dysphoria Lead You

damn tail won't even stick around

Being a psychological alterhuman is like "It's not that I was a dragon/any of my other kintypes in the past and yearn to be one again, it's that I am all of them right this minute and yearn to be in the correct body"

(I mean absolutely no disrespect to spiritual alterhumans with this post, yall are totally cool)

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.

like this post to HUG a dragon. reblog this post to SMOOCH a dragon

Phantom limbs.

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There's is such a duality to therianthropy, or at least my experience with therianthropy. I love being a bear, I love expressing myself beyond being human. Calling myself a therian is like putting a name to the face. The Thing that claws and snarls in my chest is the real me. But there is also a sense of captivity. The light gets so easily snuffed out by needing to fit a standard. The beast in trapped in a bipedal, fur-less, tail-less, claw-less cage.

It's not always easy to play pretend, to act like you're just like everyone else. Even though there are rough moments, where your feel like an imposter, like you're in a costume that doesn't fit right, you're still a wonderful being. A creature, a critter, an otherworldly being, or whatever you really are. You are valid and loved.

a cute but disastrous old habit between a dragon and her foster knight

absolutely me as well (though maybe I'm a little bigger) oh gosh

obscure nonhuman culture is every dragonkin talking about being big but this is me

Dude. I’m doggy sized.

(Art by me :3)

Obscure nonhuman culture is

happy pride month! the dragons are gay