#nothuman

i dont know if i still identify with my own term, as i have discarded using most labels at all for myself, but identities are fluid and ever changing. whether you have considered that you were an omnitherian and changed your mind, or if you have been using the label since you found it, you are valid and wonderful. i am just glad that people don’t have to feel alone in their identity.

This was not a good idea.

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You gaze up at the manor, teeth gnawing at your lower lip, wondering why you agreed to come.

"This is a bad idea," you tell your cousin Yumi who merely shrugs her shoulders, switches on her flashlight and tugs you -now unwillingly- into the manor.

There's this old tale surrounding the manor.

Seven men or more akin to unnamed creatures that looked like men lived here; they were happy for a while at least.

One day, a group of teenagers thought it was a good idea to break in and either surprise the men or do something even more dumb, if that was even possible.

Perhaps they were curious, perhaps dumb or both but the point of the tale.

They were found dead by the river east outside of town; but there were no signs on how they died.

Three weeks after that, the men just vanished never to be seen or heard from again.

You have heard this story over and over, growing tired of it; but you wouldn't set foot into the manor either.

At least until Yumi dragged you here, wanting to see if the tale is true.

There's another side to the rumor or just a story made up for fun.

If you enter the manor and you're found unworthy of being the final Mate of the men, then you vanish and won't be found.

If you are then well...

Either way, you will never leave the manor. 

Yumi wanders upstairs as you walk around the first floor, things looked untouched but dust covers every inch of it drawing small sneezes from you.

After a few minutes you notice that it's quiet, too quiet.

Which is unusual for Yumi, you step to the staircase, unease coiling in your stomach.

"Yumi, you alright up there?" you call up something telling you to get out of the manor.

"She's not there anymore darling," a deep baritone voice speaks from behind you.

Jolting in surprise, you turn on your heel, shoulders stiffening as your eyes lock on a blond-haired male, his skin as pale as snow and eyes as blue as the sky.

personally, i still feel the same that i did last year. to quote my exact words from last year, “i am simply lesser than everyone else on a fundamental level that cannot be changed.” i feel a bit better about it though. no, i may not be as emotionally intelligent, or observant, or anything else that may “define” the human experience. and sometimes it feels like lacking those traits is an unfair tragedy to me and how i am able to communicate with others. but i have come to accept my feelings. my life is simple. my feelings, desires, and thoughts are simple. but in the same way that they are simple, they are also incredibly unique. im glad i am the way i am. im glad i am an animal. wether i feel like a rabbit, a wolf, a horse, or any other animal, i get to experience the world in a way that is distinctly beautiful and appreciative. there are no worries for the future with me. the present moment. my current happiness. the happiness of my closest companions. those are what i value most as an animal. and what i will never allow to be taken away from me.

Hi all. I'm glad you guys seem to like Omnitherian. Initially I thought that it would be kinda overlooked. But I am so glad people resonate with the term. It's nice knowing that you aren't alone!

Anyways. I thought I could follow up on the coining post by describing my personal journey that lead up to me identifying as all animals. Perhaps it will help others who might be questioning such an identity.

I've been seeing new terms come up here and there in the greater alterhuman community, and I wanted to perhaps coin my own term that might resonate with certain people.

Omnitherian: A therian experience where one identifies as all earthly animals simultaneously.

The identity can be fluid in that therian connections can fluctuate in intensity, but the connections themselves cannot disappear.

The identity can be broad in that animals that do not currently exist (extinct or mythical) do not have to be included within an omnitherian experience.

The only requirement is that you at least partially identify as every living species of earthly animal at once.