#deerkind

The further the species strays from each other, the less they understand each other.

Members of cervidae family understand each other no problem. Bovidae/moschidae/giraffidae/antilocapridae start to have weirdass dialects, but there's still a chance a normal, not language-savvy deer could understand the gist of the conversation if they really pinch their ears. Step a subfamily further and it's getting mushy.

This works for all GS animals. But again remember that all animals in GS are fictional and there might not exist something you can find in our world.

making actual pages on Tumblr is.. hard, so here’s a pinned post instead!!!

my name is Cecil, and i use it/its pronouns, among others! do not use they/them for me, please

i am a fictive in a plural system; i am Cecil from Welcome To Night Vale. i’m fine with you treating me like the character, but know that things ended for me at episode 113, and we have not listened much further than that. also in regards to the plural system, it’s called Petrichor Voices, and i am the host of it

also also in regards to the plural system, i am a nonhuman headmate. i am a carnivorous shapeshifter called an errantery. this is important to me but won’t be discussed on this blog, as this blog is for my otherkind identity

and speaking of that otherkind identity!

i call myself otherkind, were, therian, theriomythic, or fictionkind. these are my preferred terms, though i will not get upset if i’m called otherkin or fictionkin

i am psychologically catkin!! 

i am also psychologically deerkin!! while psychological, this does have some spiritual aspects to it, and it’s also connected to my fictive source

i am (likely spiritual) dragonkin as well!!

semi-lastly, my plural system as a whole is kin and/or hearted with Perchkit, Mistystar’s son, from the Warriors series. for me, this is a spiritual kin, although the nature of that spiritual connection i am still figuring out

i am glitchhearted, computerhearted, and ball-jointed dollhearted

i have two copinglinks that will rarely be spoken about here (they are Firestar and Briarlight, both from Warriors, for the curious)

my system has been involved in otherkind spaces since 2016. i myself have only been in the system for 2 years, but i’ve had my otherkind identity, at least vaguely, the entire time

This page names the most common ones. Then there's fielders, coastians, stonekrovn, mixed... and plenty of others that won't get screen time because I'd die.

Also I was wondering, does every individual in the world of Golden Shrike have unique antlers? 👀 I've noticed that all the characters you draw have a very distinct crown that doesn't appear to follow a specific design or pattern (like the ones that are characteristic of the different sub categories that exist irl).

I just really like that detail and the fact that, much like their coats, they're never quite the same from one deer to another. :3

Thanks! Each species do have spesific antler designs though.

Woodlanders:

Fielders:

Stonekrovn:

Marshlanders (older):

Marshlanders (younger):

And every other species not listed too, except for mixed deer who can have whatever patterns. The size and numbers of tines differ depending on the age, but you'd never have a fielder with five tines no matter how old they were. There's a thought process and designs I follow behind every rack, believe me.

Marshlanders are a bit different since when I started drawing the comic, I didn't give much thought into how the antlers would grow from those simple spikes into such complicated crowns. But in the end GS is fantasy and the antlers are already not realistic at all, so they can also sprout tines and twist in ways real deer's can't.

I've answered this so many times pn different platforms so I'll make this the ultimate reply:

Accessories are 100% optional. Some like to wear them, some don't. Many like to match them with their loved ones, being lovers or family, or friends, just like us humans.

There's no marriage in GS. There's nothing official about becoming mates, including accessory wearing. Some simply choose to do it. The lovers shown during Iralee's speech are a good example. They're in love and do it with style.

Another example of fasionable mates are Riptail and Cutlass, who wear matching scars because they're metal and into such things instead of accessories.

Iralee wears her three necklaces to feel closer to her three sweethearts, who she sees very rarely. I know I sometimes refer to them as deer wives but it's because I find it endearing. There's no wifes or husbands in GS.

Natural death is off the cards with Loss gone, death by violence, accidents, and things that will prematurely cut off your life are still on the table.