TW: caps PLEASE IM CRASHING OUT. THERIANTHROPY IS NOT JUST A CONNECTION, THERIANTHROPY CAN BE PHYSICAL. THERIANTHROPY IS NOT INHERENTLY RELATED TO PAST LIVES. THERIANS DO IN FACT IDENTIFY AS ANIMALS. PHYSICAL THERIANTHROPY IS NOT THE SAME AS CLINICAL ZOANTHROPY. DELUSIONAL THERIANS ARE VALID TOO AND SHOULD BE WELCOME IN THE ALTERHUMAN COMMUNITY. ANYONE CAN WEAR GEAR AND IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE AN ALTERHUMAN. HOLOTHERES IDENTIFY AS AN ANIMALS IN EVERY WAY AND ARE VALID. Z00PH!LES ARE NOT VALID AND WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTED IN THE ALTERHUMAN COMMUNITY. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OF THERIOTYPES SOMEONE CAN HAVE, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS A COMMON THERIOTYPE DOESNT MEAN THEYRE FAKING. WE SHOULD BE INFORMING "FAKE" THERIANS INSTEAD OF HARASSING THEM. IF SOMEONE IS CONSCIOUSLY FAKING THERIANTHROPY DESPITE BEING INFORMED, THEY ARE PROBABLY YOUNG AND WILL EVENTUALLY GROW OUT OF IT. FAKE THERIANS ARE NOT "DESTROYING THE COMMUNITY". NOT ALL THERIANS EXPERIENCE SHIFTS OR SPECIES DYSPHORIA AND IT IS OKAY TO ENJOY BEING A THERIAN. THERIANTHROPY/ALTERHUMANITY IS NOT A RELIGION, AND ALTERHUMANS CAN STILL BELIEVE IN GOD/GODS. THERIANTHROPY IS NOT AN AESTHETIC AND NOT ALL THERIANS/ALTERHUMANS DRESS NATURECORE. I LITERALLY CAN'T WITH ALL THE MISINFO, AND I'VE NOTICED IT'S ESPECIALLY BAD IN THE SCRATCH ALTERHUMAN COMMUNITY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH AND NOT JUST ON GOOGLE. THIS HAS BEEN A CAPS LOCK PSA. THANK YOU FOR READING AND PLEASE SPREAD THIS
seriously guys, how did we lose the plot THIS bad?? "therians don't actually identify as animals! It's just a spiritual connection/nonphysical identity!" STOP TRYING TO MAKE THERIANTHROPY PALATABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IDENTIFYING AS AN ANIMAL IS THE LITERAL TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF THERIANTHROPY AND IT ISN'T ALWAYS NONPHYSICAL!!!!!!!!
