' i want to feel like me. ' - a tiger srp [ tw: blood and violence ] tiger sat outside, breathing in the refreshing night air. he listened as the cicadas chirped away. something felt off today. today didn't feel particularly smile worthy. not even today, but the past week hadn't felt very smile worthy either. something was off, he felt empty and incomplete. he didn't really feel like himself. tigs wasn't sure what exactly it was causing this feeling. he'd tried literally everything to make himself feel whole again. he had started playing his favourite games, tried terrorising animals, practiced smiling and a ton of other things. none of those had cured this strange feeling. it frustrated him, causing him to feel sad. trying to figure it out just made his mind a blurry mess. he hated it. it made him want to frown, yell and cry all at once. regardless, he kept smiling, just a little. it really felt as if he wasn't really himself. strange that doing the things he loved wouldn't cure it. perhaps... it was something to do with himself! sure, he was perfect. he loved how he was. but, maybe there was something he could change? what was it? pronouns. a small voice in the back of his head would speak up. tigs paused, lifting his head to the sky to think. his pronouns were the only things that he hadn't personalised. they'd been given to him at birth, alongside his gender. both of them, pronouns and gender didn't really feel like they belonged to /him/. ugh. him. he didn't want to be just a him. he didn't exactly feel like just a him. part of him felt like a her. he wanted to represent that part! scrap that, she wanted to represent that part of her. he didn't want to abandon his original pronouns all together. he still felt like a him as well. he/she? that was nearing perfection. it just needed one final touch. something to make that set truly his. tiggy had always liked neopronouns, you could personalise them! he wanted something to reflect him, his nature and name. let's see... tigers had claws didn't they. so did he. claws could always be used for violence and literally anything. they could be used to sharpen his teeth for grinning. claw. he/she/claw? a grin split his face. yes! yes! that was it. that was so it! tigs got up and spun around, taking a couple bounds through the dimly lit forest, desperately trying to contain his excitement. he/she/claw! he/she/claw! tigerkit is so awesome, claw's smiles are the best. she is also very good at fighting, his hermit crab's name is tigger. oh my gosh! that sounded so much like him. it suited him /so/ perfectly. he ran back inside through the smashed doors of the smile cult. he sprung up into his porcelain nest, curling up beneath the tap. [ erp ] tiger now goes by he/she/claw pronouns! he/him/his she/her/hers claw/claws
