I think I'm gonna start using this :3
I forgot to post this here but some months ago me n my friends created the term adopthing/adothing (ado(pt) · adopt + thing) which stands for "term for something you feel that belongs to you (as something adopted/offspring/child of yours) in a nonhuman way".
For example, an adopthing could be a plushie you treat as a pup of yours, like a wolf plushie. Or a doll or object you really like; even an animal or something similar.
You know when someone says that a character is “their child”? I feel like that's adopthing, but for nonhumans™.
Feel free to use this term :)
might create a flag in the future. Not decided yet.
I'm not a human, I've never been a human and probably never will be one. I've known this for as long as I knew I didn't fit in "correctly" but the annoying thing is I grew up in a human world which cared a LOT about manners
so when I try to be wild and free it just, doesn't work. my brain tells me it wants to eat with its mouth and on all fours but my muscle memory and conscience says that's wrong bc I grew up in a completely opposite way
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I want to be wild and free and feel comfortable being animalistic and sometimes I can, but sometimes due to my nurture I just can't
it's frustrating
is there any water bird kin out there? I'm questioning sandhill cranes due to a few reasons but I wanted to talk to folk who could be the same as me !!