Genie of the Glass Door

@elamarth-calmagol Boy am I glad you asked! (genuine) A quick, non-exhaustive list off the top of my head:

Otherhearted: identifying strongly with, but not as, something nonhuman or fictional. The thing you identify with is your hearttype. Hearttypes are often described as feeling "like family," a strong connection and resonance, etc. See also: kith, synpath (both usually defined identically; all three arose separately at around the same time and otherhearted became the most commonly seen).

Hearthome: a place, real or fictional, that feels "like home" to you, typically despite you never having lived or spent a significant amount of time there. I did a panel on this at Othercon 2024!

Archetrope: an alterhuman label for identifying with and/or as an archetype, trope, stock character, etc., often an archetype that you aspire to embody in your daily life. Vyt did a panel on this at Othercon 2023!

Paratype: an identity facet that only exists in relation to a preestablished identity. (For example, feeling a strong connection to dinosaurs because they evoke your draconity.)

Furry lifestyler: a person whose involvement in the furry fandom significantly affects their life and lifestyle and who deliberately embodies it in their daily life, such as by practicing walking in a faux-digitigrade stance or spending a lot of time doing activities their fursona would do. (See also this link.)

They enjoy animal-coded activities and would happily say they are {fursona animal}. Some even believe their fursona species to be involuntary. Alterhumanity sure is varied and interesting.

I mean it, I know someone who is a furry lifestyler and everyone knows her as and refers to her as the species of her fursona, which she seeks to embody not just in personality but in actions of that species. She just is a chinchilla.

I would honestly have a hard time telling the difference between a furry lifestyler and a therian who is also a furry if they didn't display any labels and I was just observing them acting animalistic whilst suited up or not and when asked they said 'yeah I'm a wolf 24/7 basically' when asked.

Does it even matter if the lifestyler chose their fursona? No. Does it matter that they still might experience a separation between themselves and the fursona in some way? No. Would it be my right to say 'well if you in any way identify as an animal you're therian/otherkin!' also no.

No matter how close I think their identity is to such.

Boy, I admit I don't have much in the way of resources onhand for that specifically; it's a bit out of my scope. I probably can't tell you anything Google can't. It sums up to, starseeds are a New Age concept proposing that certain people are extraterrestrial souls sent to Earth to guide humanity to some kind of ascension. It purports that certain people are born inherently "higher" while others are more "primitive" spiritually speaking, which is already a pretty yikes concept even before you get into the history of this movement and ones like it being deeply steeped in racism and eugenics. Suspiciously, whenever you see physical descriptions of these "higher races," the ones who aren't just bog-standard "greys" always seem to be pale-skinned and often blonde, at least from what I've seen (Pleiadians, one of the most well-known and "highest" races, are literally described as "Nordic aliens" or "indistinguishable from Nordic people").

It's also heavily linked to the idea of aliens "seeding" earth in the past, which is itself a concept steeped in racism and the ideas that a) different peoples are literally different species (some of which are of course "higher" than others) and b) historical people of color of course couldn't actually accomplish anything impressive or significant, it must have been aliens. It's also linked to the idea that Someday Soon™ there will be a great purge, I mean ascension, where the enlightened and spiritual starseeds will rise to a New Earth and everyone else will be left behind (which doesn't sound like the Rapture or like every dream of the Grand Revolution which conveniently doesn't care how many people it leaves behind or kills in the process of creating its new dream).

So. yeah. There's more to it, but that's about all I know off the top of my head and with minimal research (all of which comes up in the first few links of google results for various starseed-related searches). I don't really have any spectacular resources that have all this information in one place, but it's not hard to turn up with a little searching.

No of *course* my child isn't autistic, they are a special new form of humanity meant to lead us to a higher state of being ect ect ect

and yeah it’s very frequently both white supremecist and ableist. Physical “signs” of bei g a starseed/indigo child/earth angel are often being blonde, having blue eyes, being pale, being very empathetic, being very passive, facing persistent cruelty, and being able to easily “read rooms/intentions”. You might notice that these might also raise red flags for a kid being abused.

often comes with a lore background of being an alien or future being or spirit inhabiting a human body for the purpose of protecting/saving/educating/guiding humanity. They’re seen as paragons of kindness, gentility, and virtue. This often leads adults around them who believe this shit to outsource morality and decision making, use kids to vent to, and punish them for failing at these things.

adults who believe theyre one of these archetypes often have a savior/superiority complex around it and see themselves as above those around them.

Devotional jewelry, or jewelry worn in expression of faith. This can be anything from a necklace you resonate with, handmade or otherwise, all the way down to keychains presenting your image, whatever that may mean for you.

The burning of a candle that corresponds to who or what you are. A step further would be sigils carved into the wax, color symbolism, and (safely) added herbs.

An altar. Doesn't have to be a big production, pocket altars and shoebox altars are common. Even digital altars, which can be a picture collage, a document with your writing, or even a playlist.

Offerings. Can be as simple as buying yourself a treat or as elaborate as creating a ritual of passing something over to yourself. Making food for yourself can also be a part of this. Creating art for or of yourself can be a part of this.

If you have a color that's tied to your identity, you could try adding it to your wardrobe or your space. The same could be said for a shape or symbol.

If you're into forms of divination, you could try tuning into yourself as a source of information. Even if you don't particularly care for those things, it might be an interesting test of self reflection.

Journaling and scrapbooking are always a good start for developing a more stable relationship with yourself. It could be about your divinity, it could be about other things.

Create a blog that's all about you. Post art, poems, whatever it is your heart desires as a form of devotional action for yourself.

If a specific object like crystals, rocks, fossils, pens, etc, is something you find connected to yourself, start a collection.

Theriomythics are awesome

Therians are awesome

Divinekin are awesome

Holotheres are awesome

Plurality is awesome

You are awesome

I am awesome