"Pathetic King" has a nice ring to it.

it's finally here!!! after 6 months of hard work, I can present to you my microchipping zine:

Microchipping your pet is one of the easiest ways to keep them safe and prevent them from getting lost! The procedure is cheap, quick, and maybe even a bit fun ... so why wouldn't you microchip your pet puppygirl? This 30 page informative booklet is a guide to the basics of RFID pet microchipping as a body modification for humans. Whether your pet is alterhuman, transgender, kinky, or just interested in a unique experience, microchipping could be for you and How to Microchip Your Pet Puppygirl by Lucia Fur will explain how!

like with most of my zines, this is a PWYW booklet you can download for free (or with a tip, if you're so inclined). In addition to compiling much of my research on microchipping, in this zine I also speak to my own experiences with getting microchipped. I'm very proud of this project, and can't wait for you all to read it! download it here:

There's an argument to be made that humans, being animals and existing in an abusive and high-stress society, are experiencing a form of zoochosis in the form of increased rates of depression, anxiety, psychosis, self aggression, etc. Zoochosis is said to be the nonhuman animal equivalent to mental illness, and most often comes in the form of stereotypy - repetitive behaviors that serve no apparent purpose. Those held captive in zoos are at the highest risk, but domesticated animals also experience it.

As an extremely mentally ill alterhuman, I can relate. I've spent most of my life in neglect, confined to my desk in my bedroom for over a decade. As a teenager and young adult I would move from my desk to my bed, to my desk to my bed, back and forth searching for comfort and stimulation. I began to experience increased psychosis, delusion paranoia and hallucinations, living the same 3x4ft day over and over for years.

Eventually I did leave that environment, but the effects stay with me to this day - just like animals with zoochosis sometimes never recover from a lifetime of confinement.

I relate so much to the experience, in fact, that I've decided to start using the term to describe my own mental health struggles, as a traumatized psychotic alterhuman.

And now I encourage other alterhumans to do the same!

Zoochosis, as used by myself and others, refers to mental illness and maladaption of any form as caused by societal stressors, unsuitable environment, neglect - any reasoning one can think that would negatively impact their mental health or preexisting psychological condition. Zoochosis is, adjacently or similarly, the alterhuman equivalent or alternative to orthohuman mental illness.

Here is the PNG of the symbol. The flag is complimentary to the symbol, but the symbol of zoochosis itself is the focus - similarly to how symbols for psychosis, autism, and general neurodivergency are primary while their associated flags are secondary.

When used on a flag, the paw overlaying the stripes would invert the colors. The spirals on the brain and within the paw overlaying the brain represent mental illness and psychosis, and the imperfect nature of the symbol overall is meant to convey feelings of unease, discontent, etc. The flag was an afterthought - mostly meant to be dreamlike and difficult to look at. To me, a dissociative atmosphere and harsh sensory input are representative of psychosis.

Feel free to make variations on the symbol and flag as much as you see fit! If the flag doesn't speak to you or you'd prefer a cleaner look to the symbol or a different shaped paw or a different footprint entirely, feel more than free to make your own! Though as the "coiner" / re-interpreter of the term and creator of the symbol, I'd like for the paw with the spiral overlaying the brain to be the main symbol for zoochosis used in this way.

Beneath the cut you'll find a blank flag and all of the symbol pieces! Have fun!

[PT: Undeadachronal]

[ID: a rectangular flag with 8 equally-sized symmetrical horizontal lines and a thicker one in the middle. colors innermost outwards are: silver, grey, dark grey, faded yellow and faded green. in the center of the flag is a dark grey symbol outlined and filled with light grey. the symbol is a clock with 2 half circles with arrows on the end, and a X in the middle. End ID].

Undeadachronal / Undeadchronoless; a chronosian (& achronal/chronoless) term for when one perceives one’s age as ageless due to being undead.

[ID: A red line divider with dark red devil horns on either side outlined in red. Orange text outlined in red reads “Team Villains.” End ID].

Attack on @theadorableundead! Worth 9 points!

Stimboard for our alter (me), Branzy