#kincringe

I’m doing this thing again, haha. This is for those that are skeptical of therianthropy, or just have questions about it!

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I’m a therian myself, and I’ll try my best to answer any questions that you have for me, or for the community.

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I wanted to make another post directed towards the younger members of our community! If you’re a younger therian and you’re reading this, I just want to let you know that you’ll always be welcome in our community, and we accept you no matter what, don’t worry :”)

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however, I can’t say that Tumblr is the best place to start exploring your therianthropy and experiences, due to the rules (or lack of them) here on tumblr. Don’t get me wrong, it can be brilliant, but not for the younger people here. So, I wanted to reccomend some great websites for y’all that I found definatley helped me when I first joined!

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Therian Amino

it’s honestly brilliant, there are always other therians and otherkin there that are ready to give you advice and teach you all the stuff you need to know at the beginning. It’s pretty relaxed, but there are relatively strict rules on what’s acceptable - it’s kept “pg 13” so to speak, but it’s definatley sometning for everyone. You can debate there without being yelled at about it, and it’s genuinely a really nice place to be :”0

(thanks to kitchi, who mentioned that amino is 13+! I forgot that for a moment)

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Garden Of Therianthropes (amino)

This is made specifically to help and teach younger therians, so that in itself is enough to reccomend it - but, it’s ran by a good friend of mine so I can say for sure it’s a great place to be!

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Instagram

this is great if you get in with the right people! It’s great for learning once you’ve got the basics, and there are more and more people to contact. I’d reccomend keeping your account private until you feel more comfortable, but It’s definatley a great sense of community there!

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a small informational post for those who believe all otherkin/therians are insane, and genuinely believe that we think we are an animal. More specifically, this is a post aimed towards anti-kin, or whatever you'd like to call yourselves. Please bear in mind that this isn't supposed to come off as rude, and I'm always open for friendly debate if you'd be up for it :)

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For me, therianthropy is a spiritual belief, and nothing more. Reincarnation comes into it, too, as I think I was an animal in a past life, and that is still a part of me, and I identify as it. It's no more and no less valid than any other belief, and it cannot be proven or disproven.

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I do not growl at people, bark at people, harass people, or do anything that would disturb people's day. I made a post on therian territory that shows my thoughts on it, if you'd like to check that out :)

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This is less of a question and more of a statement, but hey, I’ll do my best to give you my input on it, haha.

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“Therianthropy is the mythological ability of human beings to metamorphose into other animals by means of shapeshifting. It is possible that cave drawings found at Les Trois Frères, in France, depict ancient beliefs in the concept. The most well known form of therianthropy is found in stories concerning werewolves”

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I actually hadn’t heard of this until now, thank you! The term “therian” originally started being used for the comminity back in 1993, on the site ‘alt horror : werewolves’ (don’t quote me on that, though, as I’m not completley sure) and it probably did have something to do with this original definition. Maybe a better word to describe us would be “alterhuman” but that could suggest that we believe we are something other than human, which we do not.

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As for the “long debunked and delusional trappings” part, I want to bring up what I actually believe in, and see how different it actually is from other beleifs (although if you believe they are also long debunked and dilusional, then there isn’t much point and you can just scroll on by, haha)

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This isn’t the same for all therians, but as the question (well, sort of) was aimed at me, I’ll answer it from my point of view. I believe in reincarnation, and that I was my theriotype/s in a past life, and that as a human, I feel as though they are still a part of me and I identify as it, if that makes sense. The key word there is ‘believe’ - I do not think that it is fact, and I cannot prove it to you, but it is just what I believe in, as some people believe in gods, or in other things.

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Thank you for asking! I hope I answered your question, but feel free to ask more if you feel you have more questions :)

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Edit - please have a look at ulfrvif’s comment, they describe and explain it better than I did here!