Hubble+Koda!

YOUR KID MAY NOT GROW OUT OF THIS.

there is a good chance they will be like this forever and you have to be prepared to support this part of them even when they're no longer what you view as an 'acceptable age' for therianthropy

please hear me out

expressing nonhumanity is (or at the very least can be) a very alternative, counter culture move. normative society limits people's self-expression, and one of the many things it prohibits is being animalistic. normative society puts humans on a pedestal and does everything it can to separate them from nature. being alterhuman is fundamentally going against that system by blurring those very lines it constructed

now, for involuntary alterhumans, expressing oneself is often a need, not a want

but there really are just mfs out there who choose to be unapologetically feral, not because they feel it in their core, necessarily, but because they want to

they actively aid the broader alterhuman community in propagating nonhuman self-expression and help us challenge the system, not because it's their only option, but because they saw it as an option and thought it was interesting enough to dedicate themselves to it

and that's so fucking punk!!!

we should be more thankful for our otherlinker, otherpaw, furry, and all our siblings in adjacent communities for popularizing our way of living, not because they needed to, but because they wanted to

When I lived with my parents I would sometimes take photos of my gear (masks, tails and such) in our back yard, one day (I was around 22 at the time) I heard someone calling to me. It was my back door neighbor, a 9 year old little girl. She was waving a cat mask in excitement at me

Her mom was watching her practice quads when they noticed me doing the same thing. I sat and talked to this kid and her mom for a while that day. She told me how she had never met another therian before. She told me that the older kids would laugh at her when she wore her tail

When she would wait for the bus in the morning kids would bark and make fun of her. But she did it anyway.

While this kid mainly talked about doing the big quad jumps and making masks, and was surprised to find out I didn’t even use TikTok, I think just seeing me made an impact. Maybe she is a therian, maybe she’s a 9 year old kid who saw a fun little trend, maybe she’s a furry. At that time, it was real for her. And that is what mattered.

What mattered is that her mom cared about her. What mattered is that she saw an adult being open about their life. Who dressed the way she liked to dress. Who was proud to be themselves. She wasn’t alone. There is a future for someone like us

Your homework for the day: find something about your current form that you like. Speak positively about it. Be kind. Maybe you've got long eyelashes or a cool scar. Maybe you have dark eyes or a nice smile. There's something. It may not be you, but it's yours. Treat what's yours with love, kindness, and respect.

Paw pads, bitches.

By heredity. I believe that one of my ancestors was a weremarten and therefore I got some of these genes activated.

In the past, people have had different stories about earthquakes. They have different explanations for the same thing.

Present day, we know how it physically happens, though some argue that there's still a metaphysical element to it.

The point is, even though people didn't know what physically happened, and no matter what the story is, the earthquake *did still happen*. You can't refute that the ground did shake.

I used to be very "evidence" focused, and I still am, but no one else can measure how you feel your instincts directly. You are the only person who can feel your feelings. You are your own best instrument.

So? Maybe it did happen. Maybe it didn't. Maybe it's half right.

Until we can have other measurable results, this is the best we can do. Try your best to explain what has happened. Your theory is just as valid as mine.

Get up and stretch your paws, talons, claws etc

Drink some water! All creatures gotta drink

Eat some yummy food and fill your stomach!

Rest when you need, all creatures need to rest

It’s okay to have bad days!

Take your meds if needed!

You are your kin/theriotype!

If you need a break, Take it!!!