PTN-001 Mel

Don't worry about your diet not fully mimicing the theriform animal's diet. You're an animal, and it's your food.

You can eat fruit salads as a tiger - it's tiger food. You can eat vanilla cupcakes as a wolf - it's wolf food. I can eat fried chicken as a hare - it's hare food.

(Orca Network via KWW)

lummi was a ~98 year old orca who thought to be the oldest southern resident at the time of her death. she was born in 1910 and was the matriarch of the K7s. lummi was the likely mother of K2, born in 1953, and taku, born in 1955. K2 passed away in 1974, and taku passed away in 1977. for a time lummi was thought to be mother to georgia, as the two were often seen together, though genetic testing disproved this.

onyx, a former L pod orca, joined K pod after his mother’s passing in 2005, and began traveling with older females, especially lummi and georgia. he continued to travel with lummi until she died in 2008.

lummi was known to often take “cat naps” where she’d log at the surface for several minutes at a time. she was recognizable for the two moon-shaped notches in her dorsal fin.

(Cindy Hansen)

If you don’t know me, I was @cetadose. I, of course, am not surprised. This is probably the third time I have been terminated by Tumblr for no reason (again, they did not give me any) and I think we all know why.

It’s because I’m a person of colour, that’s it. That’s literally it.

like i swear too many of of them will say they support nonhumanity, they support nonhumans who aren’t human at all, they support physical nonhumans… but then they’ll turn around and go “but therians still know on some level they are human” or “but holotheres still recognize they have human bodies” or “but you can’t behave and act like an actual animal” or “but you can’t call yourself the same thing as the theriform animal because you’re actually human(-bodied, -socialized)”.

it’s all the same. “but you have to actually separate yourself from theriform animals still, right? right???? you know you’re not actually the same as an animal, right????? you know you’re human, right??”

pisses me off. why are we constantly trying to separate nonhumans from the animals they identify as. why are we constantly trying to drive a divide between them and their species identity. why are we constantly insisting they are different than “real” animals. it’s inherently anti-nonhuman to me, especially anti-physical nonhuman, and borderline ableist.

reminds me wayyy too much of transphobes who pretend to be trans allies whilst snidely going “but you still know your body is female, right? you still know you can’t change your biological sex even if you say your gender is different, right?” STFU!!!

It’s where you pretend to be supportive while hiding your feelings behind questions that seem sincere on the surface.

This was surely made by someone who wants to learn more about the community, who is new to therianism therianthropy and still trying to discover their kintype.

Surely all these bullshit questions are just from a very confused ally! Because people don’t know much about us anyways! Surely they haven’t found the right resources and..

It’s a troll.

And a very convincing one at first, since it isn’t as obvious as other methods which involve disruption such as saying bullshit, insulting people, vandalising and just being a massive dick in general.

Because of this, they end up watering down the term to a point it doesn’t reflect the original meaning anymore. And they’re a little aggressive about them, too.

It’s how we got “therians don’t identify as non-human animals” actually. Same goes with kinning meaning “to relate to” instead of “to identify as”.

“Therians don’t actually identify as animals” “Therianthropy is only a spiritual connection” “If you identify as an animal you aren’t an actual Therian”

Some people think that commenting these things are helping our community “find themselves”. They are not. They are actively harming the therian community and its members.

like i swear too many of of them will say they support nonhumanity, they support nonhumans who aren’t human at all, they support physical nonhumans… but then they’ll turn around and go “but therians still know on some level they are human” or “but holotheres still recognize they have human bodies” or “but you can’t behave and act like an actual animal” or “but you can’t call yourself the same thing as the theriform animal because you’re actually human(-bodied, -socialized)”.

it’s all the same. “but you have to actually separate yourself from theriform animals still, right? right???? you know you’re not actually the same as an animal, right????? you know you’re human, right??”

pisses me off. why are we constantly trying to separate nonhumans from the animals they identify as. why are we constantly trying to drive a divide between them and their species identity. why are we constantly insisting they are different than “real” animals. it’s inherently anti-nonhuman to me, especially anti-physical nonhuman, and borderline ableist.

reminds me wayyy too much of transphobes who pretend to be trans allies whilst snidely going “but you still know your body is female, right? you still know you can’t change your biological sex even if you say your gender is different, right?” STFU!!!

It’s where you pretend to be supportive while hiding your feelings behind questions that seem sincere on the surface.

This was surely made by someone who wants to learn more about the community, who is new to therianism therianthropy and still trying to discover their kintype.

Surely all these bullshit questions are just from a very confused ally! Because people don’t know much about us anyways! Surely they haven’t found the right resources and..

It’s a troll.

And a very convincing one at first, since it isn’t as obvious as other methods which involve disruption such as saying bullshit, insulting people, vandalising and just being a massive dick in general.

I'm the orca on the top, Ky is the white orca, and Tal is the one at the bottom.