🔅 𓆩⟡𓆪 atreyu/apollo 𓆩⟡𓆪 🔅

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okay, we are making this post so we can pin it to avoid any confusion.

lets make it clear,

therianthropy is an internal identity and has never included physical nonhumanity. from its origin in the 1990s through communities like alt.horror.werewolves, The Werelist, and Project Shift, therianthropy has always described a psychological or spiritual identification with a nonhuman animal. therians understand they are physically human. this is not optional or up for interpretation- it is a core part of what the word means.

Project Shift's guide (archived): "Therians are not delusional. We do not believe we are physically nonhuman."

Therian Guide: "Being a therian does not mean you believe you are physically an animal."

The Werelist FAQ: "Therians recognize they are human beings in body, even if they identify as animals in some internal sense."

claims of being physically nonhuman contradict the fundamental definition of therianthropy. they are not valid within the community and cannot be reconciled with the term. no matter how someone feels, it is not possible to be physically nonhuman and a therian at the same time. allowing that belief under the therian label misrepresents our identity and disrespects the decades of meaning built around it.

for these reasons, we do not consider "physical therians" part of the therian community, and we do not allow those beliefs in our spaces. there are so many other labels out there, and nobody is stopping anyone from coining a new one. obviously we can't stop anyone from calling themself a physical therian, but this is OUR PAGE and we do not validate that here. so respect our dni and keep out. thank you

SIGN OFFS﹕ 🫎 — jonah (owner!) @sablesaur 🐕‍🦺 — atreyu @eekapollo 🦇 — devin @smoovedvn ݁ . ︵ ｡ . ︵ ｡ ˚ ⸙ ݁ 𖠰 ݁ ⸙ ˚ ｡ ︵ . ｡ ︵ . ݁

in which one’s primary attraction is toward nonbinary people but also have the capacity to be attracted to some kinds of men. experiencing near exclusive attraction to nonbinary people but sometimes men.

a REVISED therian microlabel, (now) meaning ' a therian whose therianthropy is naturally woven into their baseline personality. while they might have small mood fluctuations that feel a bit more or less animal, they typically do NOT experience shifts. ' coined by WordWolf, revised by me, @sablesaur .

the original definition is stated as: "A SUNTHERIAN is a therian whose therioside (primary or sole therioside) is integrated into his baseline personality. HOWEVER, that integration does not prevent him/her from having minor fluctuations of mood that feel slightly more animal, or slightly less animal. He/she can feel them both at the same time, human and animal. He/she can NOT m-shift into his/her base theriotype (whether primary or sole.)" i felt this couldve been represented and worded better in modern day, so i decided to give it a lil glow up! feel free to identify with/use, i appreciate credit for the flag but its not mandatory :) term coined by WordWolf in 2005 revised definition by me

˝ flag by @sablesaur ⸝⸝.ᐟ⋆

ANTIALLZOO !!

a custom flag (made by me) for people who do NOT support ANY ZOOPH1L3S. it doesn't matter if youre anti-contact, "only romantic", "recovering", etc. you're not valid. edit: "RECOVERING ZOOPHILES" and why i included them:

i am AGAINST those who have accepted themself as a zoophile, and validated their own gross feelings. zoophilia is defined as "experiences a sexual fixation". a fixation is "an obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something."

this means that if someone identifies as a zoophile, they are not just experiencing an unwanted thought- they are actively embracing and validating their attraction. that is a huge difference. intrusive thoughts are unwanted and distressing, while a fixation is something a person latches onto and accepts.