Musings on Animality
“Fragments” (6/21/21 & 12/2/21) I’ve written previously years ago about how my otherkinity manifests through “fragmented” ‘kintypes (link) in the sense that I only experience ‘fragments’ (pieces or parts) of the whole creature for each of my ‘types–I don’t experience a fuller, more whole sense of each creature. Recently I’ve
“Vogel” Feeling the stretch and spread of wingsAs they unfurl from my sides.Strong quills expand and contract,Like extra digits from my clawed hands.Crest rises and lowers with the ebb and flow.Iridescence shimmers across feathers;Catching and reflecting light to unveil a spectrum.Colors swim and swirl like oil in sunlight. Feet raise,
“Mongoose: Sentry and Subtlety” (5/1/2021) Outside of my writings regarding figuring out my mongoose theriotype as such, I haven’t really written much about it; for whatever reason, the words just never really came to me to make another writing about being mongoose. As with my other therio-/’kintypes, I haven’t felt
“About Changes & Growth in the Therian & ‘Kin Communities” (12/5/2013) So I think that maybe I at some point should eventually make a writing that sort of ‘revisits’ my “Therian Community: Status Quo & Development” essay and update it with some additional related views, thoughts, and experiences I have
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“The Fall of the Therian and Otherkin Communities” (5/5/2021) The idea that just because some or even many people desire within a given community to have a litmus test of sorts to ‘prove’ or officially ‘become’ a *personal* identity (that, of course, can have social identity aspects due to there
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“The Plasticity of Otherkin” (6/7/ 2021) To clarify, in this writing I’m using “plasticity” to refer to changes that can occur, particularly psychologically, in the experience and/or identity of being otherkin (and related identities). This does not mean that such changes are by conscious choice (though maybe they can be
“Humanimality” (7/9/2021) So I’ve been watching various shows lately, skipping between different ones or different episodes or seasons, to the whims of my mind, but they generally have some element of human animality in them, and it’s interesting to me to compare and contrast how that theme is handled in
“Emerging from the Desert” (4/10/2021) For about a decade I have chronically struggled with progressively worsening depression. I was initially diagnosed with depression in fall of 2009 and was put on Zoloft shortly after which allowed me to feel like myself again and function normally, including having a notable bout
“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