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☀️ . What are your dynamics? How do you define them?

🌙 . What is your scent? Why do you think that's your scent?

⭐️ . Are you a system? Does being misces influence you a lot?

🌺 . Do you buy perfumes / scented candles / other scented objects to try and match your scent?

🌸 . Scents that you like or dislike?

🍄 . What do you enjoy most about your dynamic?

💕 . Do you have a mate(s)? If so, what is your mate's dynamic and scent? If not, do you want one? What's your ideal mate?

👥️️ . Are you in a pack / flock / colony? If yes, describe the way your pack works and who is in it! If not, do you want to be in a pack? What's you dream pack?

🔊 . What subvocals do you do? How do you communicate and what do your subvocals mean?

🐾 . Does your personal misce identify align with specific verses? What are your behaviors and how does it work?

↗️ . Are you alterhuman? How does being alterhuman affect your miscecanis identity?

👾 . Do you have friends who are also misces?

😶‍🌫️ . Are you open about being misces in real life? Or do you prefer to keep your identity online?

✨️ . What are some ways you express being misces?

🎨 . What's your favorite miscecanis activity to do? (ex: scenting, nesting, defining verse specific terms, etc)

🫂 . What do you like about the misces community?

🪶 . If you nest, what are things you like to have or include in your nest?

🌱 . Do you have particularly strong nesting instincts / habits? Why do you nest?

🏠 . If you den, what's your personal den aesthetic and what things / objects would make up your ideal perfect den?

🌪 . Do you have strong denning instincts? Why do you den?

💰 . Do you have any misces specific items or want any items on a wishlist that would make you feel closer to your misce identify?

🎆 . What would you like to see more of in the misces community?

💛 . What aspects of being misces do you enjoy the most? What about being misces makes you happy?

☁️ . How did you come to find out about misceverse?

🍼 . Do you regress? Does being misces influence your regression?

🦋 . Any specific misces habits / urges you have?

🎈 . Are there certain places / things that make you feel more in tune with your dynamic(s)?

Beta Behaviour in Misceanimalis/Misceverse

As many others I have noticed that Betas tend to get ignored in this community, and are just labelled as “normal” or essentially dynamic-less or at best as neutral soothers. If you identify this way all power to you, however I have decided to establish my own headcanon of behaviour that personally resonates for the Betas in our system, and seemingly another Beta outside of it. If this resonates for you too, I would love to know. :) I hope this brings you joy and affirms your identity.

General Temperament

Like the current understanding, I also believe there is a level of cool-headedness and deep focus to be at the core of a Beta’s instincts. However one of the most important aspects about Betas in terms of pack dynamics is their desire to establish wider territory. Alphas and Omegas have been established in the past as homemakers, homebodies that stay indoors and den and nest and create one safe haven. However I believe that Betas are very different in that they crave going outdoors and being aware of who is in their surroundings and the territory that they have set in their mind. Betas are prone to cabin fever levels of annoyance at being indoors but doing things like opening windows can improve their overall mood.

What Betas do instead of Nesting or Denning

Typically Betas do not nest or den but instead do an activity known as “Sprucing” where they will go into established pack homes (or their own if they do not have a pack) and adjust things. Unlike Omegas whose main goal in nesting is comfort and Alphas whose main priority is security when denning, Beta sprucing behaviour is based around ease of access and maintaining order amongst the chaos.

Sensory Seeking Behaviour and Beta Senses

Betas in general crave a specific type of contact known as deep pressure, and have particular parts on their body which are more sensitive to this contact or that they like to be squished. In one specific spot it can help a Beta get into headspace and it is similar to scruffing but not quite as scruffing is about going loose and unaware. However Beta headspace is focused in and is cool and calm. Betas love weighted blankets and any sort of soft weighted object with which they can comfort themselves with. A Beta's sense of smell is not as strong but they are more sensitive visually and hearing wise, which aids them with their outside and wider territory protection and maintenance instincts.

Beta to Beta Interactions

Betas are great together and often tend to go in groups. While it is unusual to see a pack formed purely of one dynamic, it is possible for Betas to form a cohesive pack. One of the most important behaviours that Betas do with each other is called linking where Betas will get in a very tight hug with each other so every body part is touching. They will then gently squeeze each other and hum to each other to express their joy. It is a social taboo to separate Betas during this time as they are both vulnerable and protective of each other. Betas also enjoy holding parts of other’s body parts in their mouth such as an arm, a hand or a finger and lightly bite down. It helps them feel secure and is a soothing behaviour. This is not Beta to Beta exclusive but is often performed with other Betas.

Beta Cycle