#nonhuman shapeshifter

You have. For years, I am different than the other kids on the playground, I like to read and draw, I probably barked or meowed once or twice as a kid, I may have even hissed at you when you upset me. Why did I do all of those things? Because, I was a little neurodivergent kid who hadn't learned how to act in public when I was little. Middle school hits, and I have only slightly changed, I won't hiss at you anymore but I am still weird, I'm too much for most people, I start to trail behind people like a lost dog, I start to get rewarded when I do something they like but yelled at when something I do upsets them, And even then I would take the blame even if it was their fault. It's high school now. I'm loud. I'm mean, I'm different than the others, I'm neurodivergent and I'm alternative and I don't take shit from most people,

So I became the animal that bites.

But while you were watching me become the mean dog, I was already there. I told my entire family that I was a cat. I had family who treated me like a cat! I had a cousin who would pet me, not in a weird way, she never did anything bad. But I would get cradled and I was given different foods that resembled cat food or dog food, take those Scooby cracker things for example! I loved those, while you were bullying me I was imagining what it would be like to run around in the woods as a wolf, Or what it would be like if I was a little cat, and sometimes when you would startle me I would hiss at you, lost in thought and terrified of human interaction. I had my grandmother ask if I was still gonna do this when I was older, an what would my husband think? Well... I'm dating another alterhuman now. Which is what I told her I'd do anyway, so! Here I am!

My point is, no matter how hard I've tried I've never felt human. So much so that as a kid I recognized, "I'm not like these people." my alterhumanity stems from Neurodivergence, My trauma, My not fitting in with people, and honestly I love being able to slap this label on. I loved knowing there were people like me! I wish I would've learned about it sooner. I remember seeing the "on all levels except physical, I am a wolf" vine and Being like. That's SO COOL!!?

And I will always chuckle at the "Well! .. You don't have to become an animal because of that stuff!" like no fuck off you're so anti fun and coping and you're just boring!!! The community has its flaws, but It certainly has its perks. I wouldn't have met some really amazing people if I hadn't learned about it!

I love being an animal and expressing myself

⛓️🌀Captishifter/Fellshifter🧬⛓️ 🌕 Definition: A term for shapeshifters who have lost their ability to transform, whether entirely or partially. This may refer to physical, mental, metaphysical etc. transformation. 🌑 This was coined to describe my own experience as a werewolf, it's thus intended for alter/nonhumans and to be considered an alter/nonhuman term. However, it is not exclusive. Use with credit, ask before reposting to any wikis 🌙 Example usages: - Identifying physically as a shapshifter but not experiencing physical shifts - Identifying as a nonhuman who is in a constant state of or doesn't experience mental shifts, however feel as if they should be able to change their mental state. - Having a past life where one could transform and still viewing it as integral to one's identity, despite not possesing those abilities anymore.

🍂 Flag colour meaning: The colours from rainbow express the wide range of experiences and forms shapeshifters may have, they're desaturated to reflect how the identity describes a loss of these forms and the disconnect it may bring to one's internal/external identity. The fact it's a vauge gradient is also supposed to represent the transformation and fluidity. 🍁 Symbol meaning: The triangle/delta in the middle is meant to represent transformation, the dot within the triangle represents the nonhumanity within. The circle "around" it symbolizes how one's sense of self and identity is interlocked with transformation. And the "shattered" circle around it all represets how one can't transform, and how that leads to feeling "not whole", "incomplete" or not entirely like "yourself". 🐾🍄 Flag, banner and symbol ID in alt text ^ ^ 🪵 Tags: @kin-flags, @liom-archive,

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