Disclaimer: Therians are still human. We know we are human. Therian is only a part of us, most of ourselves is human characteristics. Not all Therians believe they have a past life Therian is not always a belief but it basically is just having animalistic traits instead of normal human traits. Example: So behaviorally, a Wolf therian might have an urge to eat meat more than an average person. (You need to have multiple inhuman traits to claim yourself as therian.) If you don’t experience inhuman behaviors you might just be otherhearted, which I’ll explain later. ~ Therians. ~ Furries are people that DRESS as animals. Therians are people that BELIEVE they are animals and sometimes dress as one. There’s nothing wrong with that. Otherkins are almost the same as Therians but instead they have a connection to non-animals like mythical creatures or creatures not from Earth. Stop making fun of Trans, Therians, and otherkins by saying “I wAs sUPpOsED tO Be BOrN a heLicOPtEr” ^v^v^v^V^V^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ Think of it as this. A person who is mentally associated with animals. Some Therians believe that they are currently part animal or involving a past life. Therians can still be Christian or have whatever faith they practice and still be therian. There’s a confusion people have with Therians tho... do we always walk on all fours? Do we bark at people? Do we howl in public? THE ANSWER IS NO. Some people might or they just cannot help it and shift unwillingly. We do practice quads but not always in public! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is shifting? Shifting is when the animal side of us takes over and we can’t control ourselves. For some people it’s rare and others it’s not. Some people have seasonal shifting. There are specific different types of shifts. However not all Therians get shifts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is Other-Hearted? This is when you do not identify as Therian but you have a strong connection to an specific animal. It’s not like having a favorite animal but more like feeling like it’s your best friend. This is known as your kithtype! The difference and how to define if you are therian or other hearted is that finding your theriotype takes weeks to MONTHS! Maybe even years and it’s a very very deep feeling that you see yourself as that species and that is a part of you. With an otherhearted relationship, it’s not that you are that animal but instead it’s like you are best friends with it at you feel that you could get along very well with that species. Personally I’m Canine hearted, therefore I feel like they are family to me but I do not identify as that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is vocals practice? Sometimes we go outside or just chill out and need to practice animal sounds. Some people are very Impressive at it! We just sit and make whatever animal we feel connected to sounds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s not a choice. Some people say “Oh, I WANT to be a....” it’s not a choice what we are. We don’t just say “oh I’m a cat so I’m just gonna start meowing!” We actually research what animal we feel connected to. And if we don’t find anything then we don’t consider ourselves therian. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What are quads? Quadrobics, the “cringe” of being therian. It’s not weird to us but it is to those who don’t understand. We walk on all fours sometimes to express ourselves. We feel more connected to our animal by doing this. It’s very fun and healthy! Some people even learn to jump over 4 feet on all fours! Impressive isn’t it? To haters: Stop eating your crusty Cheetos and get off your screen. Get up and do something active, We’re actually doing healthy things and making accomplishments!! >:( Please be kind towards everyone even if you disagree with them or have a different belief. <3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for reading and I hope you all have an amazing day!!
