Catkin - Blog Posts
molly | sam | tom
molly - flags for female cats; can also be used as general girl/gal/woman/etc cat flags.
sam - flags for nonbinary cats; can also be used as general enby/enban/etc cat flags.
tom - flags for male cats; can also be used as general boy/guy/man/etc cat flags.
made with cat alterhumans & nonhumans in mind, but not exclusive. symbol from here.
made by us. tagging @radiomogai & @daybreakflags.
Cat waiting for food
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So many aspects of my identity are used as insults it's funny, I am literally a gay autistic pussy
Uhmmm anyways watch my swag
Creature of Light lithograph
Gear experts: Do you know if there is such a thing as a cat ear headband that don't give you a headache if you wear it for too long or does that only exist in my dreams?
Cat therians (and cats in general) will be like: I wanna run wild and free and feel the grass on my paws!!!! *goes outside* OUCH OOF TOO COLD time to go home and take a long nap. Eat a snack maybe
follow my art on insta
you know what’s a good feeling? a real good feeling?
when sunbeams do this.
that is all.
Life of a cat in the other side
"I collected" but in present tense
For therians and other animal alterhumans:
As a kid, did you collect animal figures, and were they your kintype?
I ONLY collected animal figures of my kintype.
I collected animal figures including my kintype and other animals.
I collected animal figures, but not of my kintype.
I didn't collect animal figures at all.
I don't remember.
Different answers for different kintypes.
It's complicated / other answer
See results
Tiktok therians: Therians don't ACTUALLY believe they're animals!!
The observable universe:
eat drink sleep play
We were so busy going "no, MY experience is different" that we didn't notice that we don't have a collectively agreed-upon umbrella term for otherkinity/alterhumanity/nonhumanity
Hellour
1. I mainly identify as alterhuman, otherspin (so I'm my special interest, basically) and voidpunk
2. I am a cat and an extraterrestrial (maybe even extradimensional?) being of light. Fun fact: I also used to be a reptile cladotherian
3. I experience plenty of phantom limb shifts, mostly of having a tail, pointed cat ears or ethereal tentacles. Lately I've been having a lot of paw shifts, too. Due to my amorphous nature, I experience a lot of cameo shifts: I've already been a snake, a river otter, a gryphon, etc.
4. Oooh this is such a huge giant question... Well, to sum things up, it is an experience that is melancholy yet very refreshing and exciting... It means having to sit for hours at school when I really want to be pouncing and playing and zooming about, but it also means that when I do something as mundane as, say, eating chocolate, I am experiencing it as a human who likes chocolate, as a cat who usually wouldn't be able to eat candy, and as an energy being who wouldn't be able to eat material food simultaneously. If I wrote any more, this would quickly venture into essay territory
5. The otherkin community (I'm using "otherkin" as an umbrella term to make the text less cluttered and because I've seen it used that way before) has a lot of similar dynamics and issues to the furry fandom and the wider LGBT+ community (gee I wonder why). On the one hand, it is very accepting and welcoming and holds space for beings from all walks of life, on the other hand it has a lot of petty high-school-esque drama, which isn't surprising for a community consisting largely of high schoolers. Guess the elder otherkind are out there doing their own thing *shrug*
6. Being a cat and an energy being means I'm very... Well... Energetic. That means a lot of delightful zoomies. My parents even bought me an indoor trampoline so I'll stop bouncing on furniture and breaking it :3 I'm also an infovore, so learning is yummy. That's why I actually don't hate going to school. I still have a lazy side that likes napping and sunning, though. Additionally I like hiking and exploring this beautiful planet, taking in all its sights and sounds and smells...
7. As a shapeshifter, I usually don't experience species dysphoria, this is just another form that I have to adapt to. And since cats can be found almost anywhere in the world and my alien species is nomadic, everywhere is my hearthome! Still, I occasionally experience episodes of dysphoria. One time, for instance, I didn't wear my cat ear headband to a youth club I go to and I had a mini-panic attack because my friends wouldn't perceive me as a cat
8. Don't feel pressured to put on a show in order to prove your alterhumanity (unless you want to, putting on a show is fun!). You are not the ambassador of your kintype. And like a snake sheds its skin, don't be afraid to shed parts of your identity that no longer serve you
9. I have the aforementioned black cat ear headband and a small collection of collars. I guess you can can count my fur coats and my obnoxiously brightly-colored clothing, too
10. Maybe I am in my larval stage and will hatch into my proper form after I die, maybe I'm here to collect information for my hive, maybe I had past lives, maybe I'm just an autistic girl who was ostracized in the past and deeply identifies with cats and incorporeal aliens. In this crazy universe, who knows what may be possible?
11. @kitsuneechoes @pocketsizedking @cosmicwolfdog @fr0g-0bzz3z3d tell me your SEEEECRETS (or don't, it's up to you)
If you are a alterhuman, reblog and answer these questions!
(don't be afraid to write a lot, do what you want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
1/ Which category of alterhumanity do you belong to?
2/ What/who is/are your type(s)? (if you have any)
3/ Do you experience shifts? If so, can you tell us your most common shifts and your strangest cameo shift (if you've ever had a cameo shift)?
4/ How do you experience your alterhumanity in everyday life?
5/ What do you think of the community?
6/ What are the things that make you most comfortable and euphoric in your alterhumanity?
7/ Are you experiencing species dysphoria?
8/ What advice would you like to say to a young alterhuman who has just awakened?
9/ Do you have/want to have gears?
10/ Do you know/have any theories about the origin of your alterhumanity? If so, tell us! (all beliefs are legitimate)
11/ Tag someone/a creature to answer these questions!ㅤᵕ̈
does anybody have that cat poem, you know the one. not mary oliver's poem. the one about a cat growing up with you like brothers but him still being small whereas you've grown tall. i need a good cry
Some creatures might bite me for saying this, but I think that us having human bodies is cool, actually, because it allows a lot of different species to have common ground and interact peacefully when they would otherwise have to fight for survival, eat each other, drive each other to madness, etc.
So the "every species is sentient" dilemma isn't as bad in this case as it would be if, say, humans existed along with sentient bio-tapeworms or sentient bio-wolves existed along with sentient bio-deer. And by this I mean human-like sentience, since I believe that most species are already sentient to some degree
Otherkinity and therianthropy make a lot of otherwise hypothetical moral dilemmas a lot more real, such as "what if every single species on earth was sentient and sapient" and "what if fictional characters could see what kind of art people share of them on the internet"
baby's first tumblr post
Optimistic ☮️
Idk man I'm just sitting
Otherkinity and therianthropy make a lot of otherwise hypothetical moral dilemmas a lot more real, such as "what if every single species on earth was sentient and sapient" and "what if fictional characters could see what kind of art people share of them on the internet"