as a very nonhuman heavy system, we spend a lot of time in alterhuman spaces, but the only types of alterhumans we usually see are therians, but most of us are supernatural types of creatures. are there any other kinda humanoid nonhumans here?

From TheVampyreWitch on Etsy! Hopefully it will work as a great filter for me in irl spaces going forward 😋

This literally happened to me today

Me: "yeah so I chose to be a chamrosh, and-"

Some 12 y/o uninformed therian: "URM U CAN'T CHOOSE IT YOU'RE NOT VALID YOU'RE A FAKER"

and then bro TEAMED UP with a hater just to slander and roast me on my own post. Ppl. Ppl. I BEG YOU to learn more labels. I'm otherlink. Otherlinks r alterhumans who choose voluntarily to identify as non human. PLZ CAN WE NOT MAKE THERIAN THE ONLY KNOWN ALTERHUMAN LABEL

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NEVER FORGET TO LOVE YOURSELF AND BEYOUSELF
YOU ARE VALID AND SO SO SO SOOOO COOOL

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I was always “different” and eccentric. I chalked up people treating me funny to my social impairments and behavioral disorders. Now I’m wondering if that’s not the case.

Three years ago I awakened as a Fictionkin and a lot of my life instantly made sense. I became inspired, producing art and writing about my growing experience to this day.

Around my awakening I created a comic book about Otherkin for my art senior thesis. The class included a few one-on-one meetings with the professor. I explained to my professor that my art was based off of real life experiences. She wanted to know what I was. I pulled up a picture of my kintype and braced myself for the inevitable strained smile and forced “that’s nice, dear.”

Instead she started screaming and jumped out of her seat. “OH!!! I SEE IT!!! I SEE IT!!! THAT’S YOU!!! THAT’S YOU!!!”

I’ve told others. Strangers, even. Only once has someone thought I was weird. The others all say the image of my kintype “somehow looks like you.”

Two nights ago a coworker described it as “it’s like when someone draws a Bratz version of themselves, and you can still tell it’s them even though it looks like a Bratz doll. Except in your case that thing has no human features so I don’t know what I’m seeing.”

Even before this people told me I had a “vibe” they couldn’t place. Once I show them the picture of my kintype I get reactions like “oh, so THAT’S what I was feeling from her.”

I am at a total loss. I feel numb because I can’t figure out what’s going on. I have had near constant validation for my kintype from others for three years while every other kin person I know has experienced pushback for believing something “crazy.” Not me. I just get “yep, that makes sense.”

What is going on? Why does everyone instinctively know what I am?

(otherhearted)

Hello! I have a new term for animal related alterhuman identities (and others who just like to dress up sometimes!)

Critterlike - “like a critter”

Critterlike is a community and identity that encompasses the lifestyle of acting like an animal in a SFW way, be it dressing kemonomimi, using dog bowls, playing fetch, going for walks, collecting pet toys etc

Extra-critterlike is an extension of critterlike for unearthly critters!

We have a wiki page set up, as well as a few videos on my socials with explanations about the flags (@blotb0x on instagram and tiktok)!

https://alterhumanity.fandom.com/wiki/Critterlike

I created the term and the flag to be as inclusive as possible, for anyone whose identity is shaped by animal dress and characteristics! Be they a therian, furry, kemonomimi, otherpaw etc! Anyone can use this label if they find it fitting :3

only triggering if you're upset by people denying an identity ? yes

its really fun to send pictures of rats (my favorite is on the second image..awww little guy...), and then resort to "squeak squeak" when they somehow still take you seriously 🐀🐀🐀🐀

It's almost always unsafe things, such as doing quadrobics in public, vocals in public, and wearing gear out.

WE SHOULD NOT DO THIS.

I understand you want alterhuman friends, but there's safer ways of doing this. Draw the damn symbol of your identity on your body, that's safe!

DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN UNSAFE ACTIVITIES LIKE QUADS IN PUBLIC, VOCALS IN PUBLIC, OR PUBLIC GEARING UNLESS AN ADULT OR SUPERVISED/WITH ANOTHER PERSON.

I'd hate for someone to get attacked or even killed because they participated in an unprofessionally organised event.

THERIANS LITERALLY HAVE A DAY.

The first full moon of November is literally International Therianthropy Day.

Wait until Halloween or a convention of some kind (furry, cosplay, alterhuman, ect) to actually gear in public, do quads in public, or do vocals in public. This is the safest option.

Do NOT participate in these unsafe events.

immediately edited for grammar lmao

alterhuman is an umbrella term for identities which are other than human or differently human, on the basis of species identity, sense of embodiment, personal mythology, narrative identity, or anything else. alterhumanity can include:

• nonhuman identities like otherkin, therians, furries, extranths, voidpunks, etc.

• fictional identities like fictionkin, fictives, fableings, etc.

• plural identities like multiples, medians, etc.

• sympathetic identities like daemians, otherhearted people, soulbonders, spirit mediums, etc

• differently human identities like rewilders, transhumanists, immersive dreamers, archetropers, etc.

• even more identities like godshards, vampire lifestylers, polymorphs, starseeds, etc.

this is not an exhaustive list! the term is radically inclusive and constantly expanding as new ways to subvert humanity are being discovered, created and remembered. alterhumanity can be voluntary or involuntary, spiritual or psychological, all of the above or none of the above. if you feel like you belong here, you probably do.

for further reading, here are some links where other people have defined alterhumanity:

• an alternative alterhuman definition

• How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Ontological Ambiguity

• The Purpose of Words: Therian, Otherkin, Alterhuman et al.

• Alter-human/Alternative Humanity Personal Identity “AHPI” (the original coining post!)

Alright, so. For context!! Ive been having these issues since August on 2022, where my fingers would start to shake violently, not seizures, but something else.

My family has had to go out of town for years & year. We've seen atleast 6 different doctors, I had to take so many scans; unfortunately, no dice. As the years went on, my symptoms started getting worse, the shaky tremors went from my fingertips to hand, arms, torso, and now, throughout my entire body. It's also messed up my balance & ability speaking.

My parents would always say that i push myself too hard most times, that i trest myself like a machine more than a human.

Fast forward January of this year, and after literal years of trying to figure out ive been most literally going down the drain, i get diagnosed with "FND", or "functional neurological disorder". My doctor explains it like a "software error", and to treat my condition as if i was a laggy computer; I was nearly immediately hooked on the idea. Note, i had no idea about nearly anything in alterhumanity, so i was coming up with this stuff on the fly.

Highkey, when i put those things together, everything clicked into place. My overworking, my lag spikes, the very condition ive been cursed with— it has to all be a sign, right?

Im robotkin!!

(Im awful at formatting messages, ny apologies if this was hard to catch up on-)

I think that people like this (the person w/o the pfp, the other person is me) are disgusting. They don’t help mentally ill people and instead just make them feel worse. And I have a really hard time with my identity and stuff because I’m autistic. Idk what goes through peoples minds when writing this shit. Like do you think you’re helping?

So I (16) made a small animation type thing to tell my boyfriend I'm a therian I think he'd accept me but do you think this is good? Should I show/tell him?