Twilight may be trash but at least they cast actual native americans to play natives
(Ignore how long this reply took to make)
Btw, in case you didn't realize, our post was not an "attack" or hate to you. We are also autistic (and adhd).
We get where you are coming from, and we once again mostly agree with you.
This is coming from beings that don't use therian or otherkin as our labels, btw. We mostly use nonhuman (as well as alterhuman and transspecies).
We also want body mods and social transition in more than just wearing "gear." (We can't get that yet, just as we can't get that with us being under the trans umbrella cause of our family). And we would love to see social transition talked about way more as well!
We just also wanted to point at that while species transition isn't all about gear, that it also can be about gear for some.
(We do, in a way, consider anything that affirms our gender and species "transitional" to us, although not everyone would. So clothes to us is a way to "transition").
Once again, no hate to op. Sorry if it ever came off that way.
- Shay đž
just to clarify species transition =/= buy a bunch of stuff off etsy or amazon.
This is (mostly) true.
But also it can be gear. [Also, a reminder, technically, anything can be considered "gear".]
Like we find certain gear to be very species affirming/euphoric, and that doesn't make us any less nonhuman.
Species transition is very personal in a way, just as gender transition is. It's never gonna be a "one size fits all" kinda thing, and that's ok.
Transition how you want to. If that's just gear, that's great! If that's not any "gear," that's great! If it's a mix, that's great! It's your transition. Do what you want (as long as no one gets hurt, please).
- Shay đž
just to clarify species transition =/= buy a bunch of stuff off etsy or amazon.
We get what op means, but still, if beings don't like a term for themself/themselves, leave them be.
We personally don't use therian or otherkin for ourselves, the terms just don't click for us. Like, they technically fit, but we don't like to use them and would prefer others not to use them for us.
We much prefer alterhuman, nonhuman, or just being called our "types/kins."
We don't think we are "better" than those who use those terms. We just don't like the terms for us.
None of this is an "attack" or anything on op, just a little reminder that beings not liking specific terms for themself/themselves doesn't mean that they think that term is "less than".
- Shay đž
putting this on main actually;
it annoys me to death when folks say stuff like âiâm not a therian, im a [xyz animal]â
because hey thatâs what a therian is!
to say you donât identify as a therian because you just ARE that animal is to say that therians ARENâT really the animal they claim to be. which is so wrong. to say you donât like the term therian because itâs âtoo humanâ is so insensitive.
therians are not necessarily human! someone calling themself a therian in no way makes them human! equating therians with humans is weird!
stop treating us like we are human, stop trying to separate âreally being an animalâ from being a therian. they are the same thing. youâre not superior or different to us because you âreally are that animalâ. we all are.