Musings on Animality
“Being Blutpir” (April 14, 2021) It occurred to me after reading parts from my past vampirekin and monstrosity writings that I have never written a more straight-forward piece about what it is like for me to be vampirekin and that’s something I want to do (so thus this writing). Specifically,
“On Being Monster-Hearted” (5/28/2018) I haven’t yet used the term “-kith/-hearted” for myself, maybe because I didn’t know what connection of mine was personally fitting of the term/concept. There are numerous animals which I hold deep, lasting connections with that aren’t theriotypes: crows, antelopes, red canids (dholes, Ethiopian wolves), among
“Deconstructing the Raptor” by Nomad, written 1/9/2011 My theriotype is Deinonychus antirrhopus, a brand of raptor dinosaurs. Needless to say, it’s not the most common one amongst therians, so I want to share some thoughts on how it feels in the inside, and try to discover which things are similar
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“On Extinction” by Nomad, written 10/5/2009 It’s strange how having an extinct theriotype doesn’t seem to have any effect on the experience of my animality. Whenever I think about how I feel during the times I’m in a “raptorish” mood, or during shifts of any kind, it’s always a living
“Snake Eyes: Living as a Cobra Therian” by SerpentineZebra, written 2/27/2009 I realize that I am rather lonesome in the therian community, because even though I would say my secondary theriotype is a jaguar – which is not too uncommon – my main one is undoubtedly a cobra of some
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“The Dao of Duiker” by Sondu, written 8/4/2008 “That thing is a WHAT?” “Eww, that’s ugly! What is it, some sort of retarded cow?” “I’ve never even heard of those things before. Why are you so crazy over them?” These, as you can probably imagine, are just a few of
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“Wild Dog”, essay by Teja, written 12/10/2007 There is fascinating research out there that suggests wild canids actually helped to domesticate themselves. The theory, in a simplified form, is thus: fearless wolves drifted toward human settlements, scavenging food scraps and breeding amongst themselves, therefore enhancing those traits. Eventually these semi-tame
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“A Lurking Predator and a Playful Beauty” by Tamuril, written on 10/2/2007 This is incredibly disconcerting. I’m shifted to both animals again. Its very, very strange…horse is playful, goofygiddy, FWOOMenergetic, happy, prancing, headtossing, maneflying, tail flagging, playfully rearbucking, ears pricking, trotting and sniffing, wanting and looking for a playmate, curious and
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“Fear and Boldness” by Tamuril, written on 11/26/2007 I often say that I get my boldness from my cat. Or, I used to often say that. I’ve stopped since the majority of the time I do, I’m reminded that wildcats are *not* bold, nor territorial, nor defensive. They’re timid, fearful
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“Possible Vampire Fictionkin” (5/1/2012) I only started to think about this sometime after I began to consider if I might have a vampire ‘kintype and my external searching about that (both in trying to find other vampire’kin and in comparing/contrasting my vampire-aspect to different versions of vampires in myth, folkore,