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most unimportant god of our time chat

i bring a sort of "i used to be a god but i was put here as a divine punishment" vibe to the function that the ppl dont vibe with ig

The more I see confusion about what words like "therian" mean, the more I resent the community's switch to using the censored phrase "identify as" to describe people's experiences.

"I identify as" does not feel like a statement of fact to me, it is a statement that you purposely align yourself with a concept in social settings. I don't mind saying I identify as a therian because that's a label I opt in to, but no matter what words I use to talk about myself I am a snow leopard. It is a truth about me that does not rely on language. "Therian" is a community word for that truth.

"Identify as" was a way to soften and add deniability to "is". The community started using this phrasing because outsiders are more comfortable with the idea that you're claiming a personal label than the idea that you genuinely think you are something. If I say "I identify as a snow leopard" it carries the implication that I've made a semantic choice, and that someone else respecting this part of me is optional. If I say "I am a snow leopard" there is no room for uncertainty or debate, and that challenges people to see me for who I am. The trans community has pushed back against "identify as" phrasing for this exact reason.

The modern online landscape has turned the concept of "identity" into a badge of sorts. Your personal essence is expected to be displayed as a set of words and symbols that announce which groups you align with, as though the self can be distilled into a marketable aesthetic. And with this trend the difference between "identity" as in "I align myself with this label/group" and "identity" as in "this is what it feels like to be me" has gotten lost.

Who you are is not what you call yourself, it's what you see when you look inward.

Therians and otherkin should not have to say we "identify as" nonhuman, we are nonhuman.

when people don't look at me - i feel nonexistent then

when cats stare at me and spend time with me - due to all these rumors that cats see supernatural things, it feels like im one of them, and thats why cats like me

when i go to some place and people look at me weirdly - im a void, they shouldnt see me. they have a reason to be weirded out

wearing plain clothes - even better if they are in grayscale

walking when it's dark

walking quietly - and scaring people when i talk out of nowhere

not talking

There always was a thing in my little self that thought I was a God, so I'm not really sure when the thought of it came. But I can happily say that when I first accepted being a God was when I first saw the Godkin community!~ The community and some Gods on it helped me a lot accept my divinity as someone that used to have an inferiority complex!!~ The feeling about being a God among mortal humans for me personally isn't that different? I think? From being a human? I'm a Minor God so I don't see myself as that much of a being above humans, the only thing I think I really feel from it is either me being upset because there aren't as much people worshipping as there originally were, and sadness because I can't communicate with other deities as a deity. Sure, I treated them with respect and still do, but it's kind of hard to be all friendly with a deity that you know you could have talked to normally before,, But thinking about it, it's also nice to be able to communicate with humans in a better aspect, even if it's not the way I'd prefer, it's really nice.

shout out to the deities/gods/etc on tumblr that dont talk fancy

Feeling like I am rejected from this world and feeling like I am going to fade out of existence.

Possible connection to being low-energy.

Feeling everything in the world and not feeling like you are accepted in it.

Vacuuming everything around you energetically.

Feeling empty internally no matter what I do.

Having to siphon things or myself before I do spells/healing.

Using my vitality for energy work and having to feed. -_-

Because I realized as I was talking to my dad no one could see me and I was still entierly understood.

On so many levels I just wish I weren't attatched to a visual form of a vessel. But in the dark no one can tell. And thats really comforting. I was one with the shadows.