Now, before you make a hate comment, just pause. Imagine how scared I am posting this. Not knowing how those who know me irl will react. Please. Ok, so, I’m pretty sure I’m a Therian. Irls- feel free to read this, but don’t bring this up irl. I’ll probably start crying :D I’ve known this for longer than I’ve been on scratch. But I’ve been terrified. And I’m finally addressing this. First, what is a Therian? A Therian is someone who mentally or spiritually identifies with an animal. I’m not sure which I am- I’m inclined to say mental, as I’m not religious (irespectallreligeonsdonotworry) but idk. By “identifies with” I don’t mean identifies as. It’s hard to explain. Edit- I now identify as a spiritual Therian for mental reasons <3 aka I have all the ‘signs’ ospreys spiritual therianthropy (aura shifts, etc) however don’t actually believe in anything spiritual I’m a polytherian, meaning I have multiple theriotypes (animals I’m connected with). These are: jagurundi, white ermine moth, and I’m questioning labrador retriever! It feels great to get all this off of my chest. Please don’t cyberbully me over this And to ppl I know irl: thank you for not bringing this up irl. Thank you. just. Thank you. You do not know how much it means to me. I’ve been thinking about how to say this for a long time. I think, when I first joined scratch, I was just like “I’m never going to tell them. Why would I think about it?” And left it. But like.. two months ago? It started to get on my nerves. Like.. a week ago, I thought “if I just say I like doing quads and making masks but I’m not a Therian? I can do that, yeah!”. But I felt too species disphoric to post the project. So I rethought. Snd I thought “if I have to hide this and I get pain from hiding it, if I get pain from /not/ hiding it it won’t be any different. I’ve got nothing to lose.” So, here we are. I’m near tears. But. I’ve done it. I’m not going to unshare this. Because it’s true. I’m a Therian. To all my frens who I told I wasn’t a Therian: I’m sorry, I was scared and didn’t want my IRLs to find out.
Art by me, @addkewuni Please do your own research about therians! (Only use resources FROM THERIANS to do this <3) I think all my scratch friends support :)
