𓃮 werelion lair 𓃬

Hey there,

Name's Essa, female, 26 years old.

A physical lioness therianthrope, a werelion if you wish. (of the Asiatic lion subspecies)

Also I am a puma, but it's less pronounced.

I made this blog to share my worldview, experiences with those who are interested in such. Also English isn't my native language, in case I make some mistakes, I'm still learning and practising.

DNI: those who love imposing their opinion on others, teaching how to live. I hate it, go somewhere else.

It's a safe space for alterhumans and nonhumans, also for the ally orthohumans if you came here with nice intentions.

Welcome to my werelion lair.

also if you knew the account @leonanthropy that's me too, it's my sideblog, no longer active.

"The physical therianthropy isn't therianthropy", "Call yourself physical alterhumans/nonhumans/transspecies but not therians, which is strictly non-physical, you can't claim and shouldn't use this term", "Stop envading therian spaces, this isn't your community you contradictory physical ThErIaNs" I don't even want to ping the users here, iykyk.

Where the hell do I, a born werelion with some lion genes, belong then?! Do I need to create a mini micro nano label for myself and only myself now?

Let's just keep a simple 'identifying as an animal' definition for therianthropy! So all animal identity experiences fall there, mental, spiritual, physical, biological and more.

And now some people take our shared term away from some of us.

I'm very angry and disgusted right now, don't touch me.

Look at your pride. To your lionesses and cubs, you’re not a monster. To them, you’re the scent of safety, a familiar roar, and a big, warm mane they can snuggle up to. Stranger creatures may fear you. But your own love you.

I still want a Sekhmet route for the June LD event

I'm kind of ashamed right now that I once donated to our animal rights organization when they were collecting funds to help lions.

Because of their worldview I found about recently. Why do big animal rights organizations love to follow the example of that damn PETA so much? I found a major organization (the largest one in our country) and it seemed like they were reasonable. But no, they’re pushing PETA’s ideas.

Where can I now find sensible animal rights people here whom I can comfortably help and support, when so many have been infected by this radical PETA virus? I think that sensible animal rights activists shouldn’t follow their example.

PETA considered itself part of the animal rights movement, but animal rights activists threw it right back out. The same with vegans: PETA thinks it advocates for vegans yet many vegans strongly dislike them, and not without reason.

subspecies post #1

I’m currently studying African and Asiatic lions.

What makes me happy with Asiatic lions (and I’ll remind you that I’m exactly that subspecies) is that they’re more cautious and laid-back, I guess? That’s my personal lifestyle. That’s why the traditional image of lions as "wow, so aggressive, bold, brave, ready to tear everyone apart" always threw me off. I’m just a different kind :) Closer to humans, observing them from the undergrowth, being more chilled.

Look, let me compare here!

In many parts of Africa, lions constantly live among rivals: hyenas can gather in packs of 20-50, neighboring lion prides, coalitions of rival males etc. That’s why they develop a style of this assertive bold defense, attacking, food guarding and territorial behaviors.

So they roar, they attack, they fight. This strength display is constant. They constantly have to prove their rights.

The situation is different for Asiatic lions. They simply do not have to spend most of their lives in a state of that "iconic" constant power display!

There aren’t huge packs of hyenas regularly trying to steal prey. There isn’t such a dense concentration of major competitors. There are leopards, yes, but they’re usually active at different times and prefer denser thickets. In short, they don’t really run into each other. So a lion can kill prey and enjoy relative peace. That’s why they don’t need to prove to everyone around it every other day that they're the lion kings of this area :)

Indian villagers have adapted to Asiatic lions, just as lions have adapted to them. Lions are strictly protected by the government, and if a lion kills livestock, the owner can receive compensation. This reduces the desire for revenge. So humans and lions are simply cautious neighbors! Meanwhile, in some African regions, the relations are more strained, and compensation - if it’s offered at all - is incomparable.

So the Asiatic lion rests peacefully in the thickets, watches villagers, is in no hurry, just hunting medium prey, often alone or in much smaller groups. That's the dream life!

I just recently thought that I was disconnected from this identity to then tear up from simply reading lion info. Still, I am a lion to the core, even when I doubt it. I shouldn't forget this and brush aside the truth.