Orca. Filmed In The Sea Of Cortez, Mexico. From Planet Earth III - Ocean (2023).

i’ve had this idea in my head fir a while now….

you know how queer people do the limp wrist to discreetly ask others if they’re gay?

WHAT IF there’s a therian version of this where we do the paw hand!

Like THIS! It’s discreet enough that other people won’t pick up on it, but other therians can see that it’s a paw! Can we make this a thing pls????

recorded clips from this game because i believe the original website was deleted

+ extra gay whale

orcas

Orca hunting herring. Filmed in Norway. From The Norwegian Fjords: Life in the Twilights (2018).

I think a lot of therian discourse would go away if we all adopted the idea that It’s Not Up To You. how someone identifies is really not up to you. And i know that can really suck because yeah, sometimes people Do get it really Really wrong, and they might not be a therian at all but listen to me. It’s not up to you. You can yell at someone all you want for being a therian the “wrong” way, you can insult them, you can suggest other terms if you really think it would benefit, but if they reject all of that there’s nothing more you can do but ignore them. You won’t convince them of anything, and you 🫵 don’t know Someone Else’s identity more than they do. You just don’t. So it’s not up to you. All you can do is exist as yourself.

Maybe I am stupid to think this way, who knows.

Every once in a while, I have this fantasy where suddenly, magically, every single person in the world is made into their exact, idealized form.

For the majority of people, itd be small changes. Maybe thinner, maybe larger, taller, shorter, curvier, ect.

For some folks, it'd be as simple as an instant gender change.

But then, for probably a larger group than you'd expect, things would get wild. There would be giants and tinies, anthro animal folk, kaiju, slimes, robots, plushes, mythical creatures, ect.

And I specifically think about that point, where everyone in the world realizes that they're seeing each other's "true" forms, no matter how strange or subtle. And I think about the understanding between everyone, where they'd know that even if you've become a completely different creature, you're happy. And it's you.

I'd like to think that everyone would respect each other's new forms. That feels hopeful, but I'd want it to be true.

Then I imagine the feeling of being myself. A short, roundish, fluffy pigeon. I can probably still talk, but making coos is much more comfortable. Maybe I still have hands at the ends of my wings, maybe i use my feet for things.

But people would look at me, and no matter how strange i seem, they'd know it was truly, actually me.

Keiko breaching in Iceland

Pod.

I often enjoy making up a family in my mind. My mother, grandmother, and my siblings. While at first it can be quite embarrassing to admit one has "imaginary friends", honestly... It's one of the only few things that help me nowadays.

I enjoy imagining them swimming around me—swimming with me—staying close to me whenever I have a hard time.

I think of them before sleep, and I think of them whenever I cry.

I do not know if my real pod is still out there, if they're alive... So, I make up substitutes. I felt guilty at first, but then remembered that my actual pod would like for me to be happy, especially my mother.

Also, among all of this, I always wished to have something akin to a brother figure—which is why I drew myself (the freckled male) close with the other adult male in the drawing, with what could be my mother on the bottom of the drawing, and my grandmother in the front, with the calf.

It's a good way to cope with my feelings, imagining a pod constantly being by my side... It helps by a lot. I don't think I'll ever stop.

Btw if you are a winged being and you REALLY want to fly, you should look into paramotoring!

Paramotoring is one of the cheapest, easiest, and most accessible forms of aviation!

It is where you take a paraglider, and attach it to a propeller you wear on your back. This allows you to take off right from the ground!

There are two ways to do it:

By foot, where you wear the motor like a backpack and run, then slide into your seat (which is attached to the motor) once you're up in the air!

And by a Trike, a 3 wheeled frame that attaches to your motor/paraglider, allowing you to sit as you take off!

This is one of the most accessible sports, as you don't need all too much strength or mobility to do it! It is pretty expensive to get into, but once you have your whole set together, and some training, its pretty easy to maintain!

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I get a lot of behavioral shifts/urges, and very strong wing shifts as a Trico, and it makes me feel really dysphoric knowing I can't fly. I'm really hoping one day I'll be able to afford a trike set, and training. I cannot wait to be in the sky one day!

I can't wait to feel the wind on my feathers, being face to face with the sun as it sets. I can't wait to feel weightless for a while, like I have no troubles. I can't wait to feel free!