How My Brain Picks A New Favorite Character Who Sucks

Actually, I now see why that turned into such an argument

Glad to get out of that thing fucking hell

Man I make one post that doesn't go into an entire essay and people assume I've seen the things they've seen, which I have not

anyways the reason i can't recommend being birdkin is because my boyfriend will touch my back and i'll get horny off of it like a fucking dumbass

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Raccoon therian culture is layering in way too many blankets. Must keep warm. Must hide my shinies from the light. Must hide from sunlight.

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How many of you guys are realizing you are chickens / hens????

I keep seeing people questioning this very specific thing and I'm just... How many of you are there???

when will the clown sightings happen again that was fun

Let me run around and do a little jig

A little raccoon jig if you will

*places these in front of you as if they were a religious offering* i made these for you!!!!

I can't do stuff like quadrobics for many reasons, but I just wanna crawl around and be pet or have someone join me being a creature on the ground

I think they should be welcomed here but they should (and I mean the general tiktok side of the community) mature a little? I think the culture shock will help a little, but both of us can see that there are bad parts specifically of the tiktok branch that should be shed off over time

Like the demonizing of certain dysphorias or how to deal it, or how they handle disabled and disordered people in their community

With all my complaints I have with that side of the community, I don't hate them nor do I want them to stay away, I want to mature though so they can be kinder to each other and themselves, as the discourse they have over there has hurt people

okay, ive seen way too many posts on the community tags talking about the tiktok ban and saying stuff like "i hope tiktok therians dont come in here theyre so awful and i hate them lol". and... i dont know what to tell you guys, i think thats mean as hell.

imagine, just for a second, that youre a therian on tiktok. at 13 years old, youve found a friendly community where people express themselves with masks, tails, and a type of movement called quadrobics. they seem to be having fun, so you decide to join in. and for a while, youre having fun too! you start practicing quadrobics, which is tough at first but you work hard to get better. you ask your parents for some cat masks, which you decorate with paint and faux fur. you make videos of yourself and your friends, wearing cat masks and dancing on all fours to some bland indie song.

then, out of nowhere, one of your posts goes viral. and suddenly, youre not having fun anymore.

"therians are crazy", "if you identify as a dog you should be chained and made to sleep naked outside", "my little brother came out as a therian and i bullied him until he stopped lol", "if i see a therian in the woods im shooting them", "if you want to be an animal, ill treat you like one".

again, YOURE 13. so you get defensive, because people you dont know are attacking you online and as a young teen, you dont know what to do to make it stop. so instead of confronting them, you try to please them instead. "im not crazy, im just having fun" turns into "i dont identify as an animal, only crazy people do that!" and then to "therians dont actually think were animals; thats lycanthropy and its wrong". this is what others in your community are saying, so it must be true, right? it helps slow down the criticism at least, if only for a little while; even if it never fully goes away. so you keep saying it, even to others in your community, because if it protects you from judgment, why not?

but now youre dealing with the possibility of your platform disappearing. youll lose your friends, the community youve worked so hard to be a part of. you heard some friends say they might switch to instagram if tiktok gets banned, while others prefer reddit or tumblr. Feeling curious (you didnt realize there were therians on other sites!), you decide to check out tumblr to see what that community is like there. the first post you come across at the top of the tag? "i hope tiktok therians dont come here theyre so awful and i hate them lol".

so yeah. thats the problem with making blanket statements like these; it only pushes away members of our own community. shame is not a motivator, and your aggressiveness gets us nowhere. remember, one catches more flies with honey than with vinegar. so be kind.

raccoon moodboard

this board belongs to tumblr user rriverranger (also found on ig as @obbercore and @rriverranger)

Just recently did I realize I had a raccoon theriotype. I knew I had a seperate identity for the shifts I got associated with raccoons but not until around March or April did it finally click! night time, junk food, abandoned areas, being rowdy and messy, are some things I like to associate with this type. I feel so complete after discovering this kintype, it’s like the puzzle is finally complete

board by me, images found on pinterest