#jesterkin

my submission for @oceaniccourt 's alterhuman zine jam :>

based on some ways people have both knowing and unknowingly validated my alterhuman identities

my alterhuman blog is @fish-forcibly-removed-from-water

printable version below the cut vvv

　⸝　it ❜ s tv time　!　~　~

　⸝　silly jester prone

　a x-prone (link) term　…

for when one is prone to being a silly jester ,

colors taken from my silly jester adjective flag (link)

　⸝　taglist　!　 @radiomogai　 @manifoldgai　 @friend-device　 @everchanges

　⸝　bonus　 @clownssick

　self - indulgent term

What would you say defines alterhuman and/or therian culture?

Would/do you refer to alterhumans [or humans] as human-born, creatures, beings, alterbeings, or something else?

What’s something about the community that you think we should pay more attention to?

What’s your favorite way to express your alterhumanity?

thanks in advance for reading and responding! Let me know your answers in reblogs and comments my friends :3

Original Poem by M&rryTh3J3st3r

Ah, to be loved by the king and his court— to be seen, to be heard, to be touched by their grace. To be shoved, and thrown, and kicked through laughter’s roar; to be mocked and made to mock, a mirror for their cruel delight.

I exist for insult and applause alike— for the sting of their jeers, for the trembling art of pleasure. When the curtains fall and the torches dim,my craft does not end upon the stage.It slips beneath the silk and sweat, where the jester becomes confessor, and the art of laughter turns to sighs.

And yet—how I love these talents of mine:the body’s play, the voice’s grace,the sacred service of the fool.

The court may use me as it wills, but he—oh, he, the king— he is the sun for which I burn. His hand may strike or linger, his gaze may sear or bless, yet I am undone beneath it.

I love him still. With heart and flesh and foolish soul, I love him still.He calls for joy, and I am joy incarnate; he calls for sin, and I am the sin made flesh.

(ID 1: "This user is jesterkin"

ID 2: "This user is a jester"

ID 3: "This user is a fool" in smaller text "(/pos)"

ID 4: "This user is just a silly little guy"

ID 5: "This user is busy entertaining the masses")