Latest Posts by digirat - Page 2
Trying to stay normal about the physical nonhumanity symbol and not give in to the urge to immediately get it tattooed.
i was alone on friday since the colleague that usually sticks by me at uni was absent, and by god was it the most peaceful, blissfull uni day
I like the colleague but god i'm not that social of a species, i don't need to belong, i don't need to feel included in the human game of let's be social for the sake of it or to be "understood" or "seen", i don't care, i just want to be alone. They are not my kin and i do not see them as fellow hares to casually hang around to graze.
I want to read my books and do my reaserch, draw, post, draft my thoughts, get lost in whatever corner of wilderness i can find, headphones in and let the veil drop for at least a second. The human's need for socialising for no real reaon or else you'll be asked "what's wrong????" is so so suffocating.
Δ⚓︎ Anchor Delta ⚓︎Δ
• symbol for physical nonhumanity regardless of preffered label.
( combined image version; soft and sharp edges)
The delta symbolises difference, and to quote; the anchor symbolises and is: ""an anchor"(a nonhuman/supernatural) "is a heavy object attached to a vessel"(who is attached to physical inhumanity) "by a cable, rope, or chain" (by endelity, holothery, pshifting, or more)."
The idea for the symbol itself was created by @/einaobject and @/harloqui, with me just combining the character versions into one.
Interesting! I think that’s similar to how I am. Outwardly people see a human form, but in reality I am (sometimes) an anthropomorphized snake. I have the ability to shift around between fully snake to something more anthro.
hello!! I was curious: how do you personally define werebat? I love hearing different creature’s descriptions of themselves!
Hello! For me, being a werebat is essentially like being a werewolf. However I don't have a "human" form so to speak. My human form is the outward appearance that eyes perceive. However I am still a werebat, to myself and to those who know me.
As for a descriptor, I would say imagine a fursuit of a bat. My wings are usually in one of two states; they are attached to the underside of my arms, allowing me to have paws, or they are my arms themselves. The first example with the paws being like this image here.
(Image source is in the source part of the post!)
i need to be out in the woods so bad im gonna explode
I want climb the tree climb the tree now climb it climb the tree tree climbing time please time to climb tree it’s time to climb
A note on terms: I do not use the terms therian or otherkin. I may technically fit into these categories, but I do not like these labels (nothing against people who do use them though). I am a physically nonhuman shapeshifting changeling fae creature, and I am a holothere.
I may occasionally use other tags, but these are the only nonhuman labels I feel really suit me.
Little moodboard for myself featuring brown treesnakes. (None of these pictures are mine)
This body's weight sometimes bothers me but not in a eating disorder or appearance way. I get annoyed that this disguise is too heavy to climb smaller trees and thinner branches.
funny that I’ve always been attracted to mythology, and my favorite stories/deities have always been ones of transformation and shapeshifting. makes sense now that I know I am a shapeshifter lol
there’s a lot of odd things humans do, but right now I’m very hung up on parades. I do not understand them whatsoever??? they are gaudy and overwhelming and very very strange to me
love being a snake shapeshifter because like…there are literally thousands of species, and I could be any of them at any given point. it’s like a huge game of species roulette.
i wonder, since you're also fae+changeling; have you also had that interest and ease in learning languages just because it would be easier to either hide or blend in somewhere else? It makes sense to me but i'm not sure if would be a thing for others.
I've been trilingual since i was a kid, french and english posed no problem but it seems that i have a taste for certain languages over others; german was hard for me to learn even if i studied it since i was in pre-k, for example. Spanish and other heavily romance languages are eqally hard. I much prefer learning slavic languages personally, since they're also close to home phonetically to my native language.
Oh that does make sense. Other than English, I’ve never had much luck with learning languages personally. I have always been extremely proficient with English, however I’ve never really tried to learn anything else. I think for me it’s due to the fact that I’ve never been motivated enough to stick to learning one. I learned some French in middle school, but just never saw the point in learning it when I never intended on going any place that required me to know French. I think if given the proper motivation I could learn another language, but since I grew up in America where everything is very English-centered I never found myself needing any other language. Apologies for the wordy response, this was an interesting question. I’d love to hear from other changelings to see if they’re skilled in learning languages.
the urge to get my canines done is growing stronger by the minute.
Physical Nonhumanity
A physical nonhuman is anyone who is physically nonhuman, inhuman, or dishuman. Nonhumanity is the state of which one is not human. Inhumanity is the state of which one is not ordinarily human. Dishumanity is when someone is dis-human, excluding or the opposite of humanity. This includes;
Holotheres
https://holothere.carrd.co/
Endels
https://endel.carrd.co/
Clinicals
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_lycanthropy
(If you have another source OTHER than a wiki or medical web, made by clinicals, i would be so happy to change the link.)
Shifters
https://spiritshifter.wixsite.com/harloqui
Most of these listed above are the most common reasons for being physically nonhuman and has nothing to do with being the only way to be physically nonhuman.
Outsiders tend to separate these into boxes, which is what we don't want to do when talking about identity. But the degrees of physical are not boxes, but they are describing the degree between physical, somatic, and metaphysical.
In general, Shifters can encompass all three at the same time. Clinicals and Endels usually encompass the somatic area, but can blend into the others with possible metaphysical/spiritual influences. Holotheres, like Shifters, can encompass all three. At the end of the day, it is very easy to break out of these three and simply be physically nonhuman in whatever way you want.
Hello, have question regarding changelings. What qualify as one? Have be fae? Am not human, am dragon winter spirit, made look like human and raised by, but know not real parents. Resonate lot with last post, and even other things read about changelings, so made wonder if can be called one, if is "broad term" for nonhuman creatures exchanged/replaced at birth, or if is more specific to species or something similar.
@winter-cub
I don’t think there is an exact definition to changeling. We’re not exactly a species but more of a category of creatures swapped for human young. For me personally the fae aspect is a big part of my changeling identity. However, I don’t see why another creature switched at birth couldn’t be considered a changeling. I think if the stories of changelings really resonate with you, then you could use the word to identify yourself.
Wondering if other fae (or fae adjacent) can relate to this notion: we don’t seem to be social creatures. Maybe this has more to do with my particular clade, but from what I’ve observed and heard us fae don’t seem to be terribly social.
I have one companion who I seriously talk to and many more friends (I suppose they would be called) who I interact with by observing. I engage with people, but it’s always through this veil of humanity. I never interact as my real self. And I don’t really feel the need to.
I have a theory that changelings don’t require the companionship of humans since we’re something else, but that we might enjoy it since we have to blend in to some extent. However I only have my own experience to go off of, so I can’t ever be certain that this applies to others.
I’m not sure if this is purely due to the fact that I’m a changeling or if other types of fae experience this or if it’s simply my personality. Regardless of the reason, I am quite content alone. I enjoy being around people and observing as a way of entertaining myself, but I don’t seem to have the same social needs as the humans I’m surrounded by.
The struggle to act right in public when you really want to act like the creature you are
Hello! I am curious as a phys nonhuman to another, do you have any plans to get permanent or non-permanent body mods?
I plan on getting tattoos of my species, and various tails, muzzles, etc etc. ^__^
Hello! I would like to get some permanent body mods. I also want a tattoo (or maybe several) of my species. I also would like fangs whether they be implants or just costume ones.
Thanks for asking!
alright y'all buckle up i got another rant incoming.
unless you have prior consent from the psychotic person, do NOT reality check them. it may be helpful for some people, but for the rest of us, it is agitating and (at least in my case) makes our psychosis worse.
if curing psychosis (not that curing psychosis is the goal) was as simple as "believe me when i say, what you see/hear/believe is untrue" i would NOT be taking 80mg of antipsychotics each day. i would just believe you. but when you tell me that the belief that is as true as day is wrong, i just feel stupid and angry. i feel stupid (especially if it was said in a patronizing tone) for believing what i believe and i feel angry that you would violate my beliefs like that.
case in point, a couple of days ago my dad and i were having a conversation and he mentioned that i am, whether i like it or not, i am human. he damn well knows that one of my strongest delusions to this day is that i have canine dna that is expressing human proteins, that's why i have a human body. scoffing and telling me that i am human and i'll realize it one day just makes me angry and reinforces my delusion. it doesn't make me believe you.
you can call yourself neurodivergent, but if you ain't normal about psychotic folks, i'll see you in autism hell, bitch.
geez the heart attack this hawk just gave me. all it did was fly overhead, but all my muscles tensed for impact…
this is schizo (I am not creative with names) and his head is full of rocks!
your art is super cool btw!!
this is damian doom and xe is Trying his best
I guess I could be considered a shapeshifter since my body changes between different species of snakes. right now (and for the past few days) I’m a California kingsnake. no idea what causes me to change or if I can control it, but it’s a neat quirk of this body.
I’m curious any shapeshifters out there able to control their shifts? were you always able to? how do you do it now?
(me if you even care)
also this point is a bit unrelated, but I find it funny that I keep rats when I’m a snake. whenever I play with them all I can of think is the phrase “playing with your food”. despite the fact that they are technically my prey, I have no urges towards them. again, I see them more as children than anything else.
I don’t know if it has to do with the neurodivergence or the nonhumanity but my relationship with pets is a bit odd. they are more siblings or children than anything else. we are both creatures which is something humans often fail to recognize/respect.
the rats I take care of are my friends. not mine through ownership, but mine through relationship.
I doubt this view is really all that uncommon in the nonhuman community, but I have yet to see much talk about it.