So what actually makes someone a therian? I know what I used to be aware of them as from back in the day but I see soooo many folks now calling themselves such. So, therians, what makes you identify as such? :3
Follow
@Tana At risk of sounding too clinical: having a weird set of highly specific set of interests, desires, and needs that overlap almost completely with others of similar species identity, and that don't seem to correspond to shared heritage or culture.
I had a lot of weird specific feelings that I didn't understand and came into mostly in isolation, and it was simultaneously relieving and very surprising how much they were shared. Easier to explain as there being something to that.
@Tana At least, that's my own experience. Mileage varies, especially with better tools to explore and find communities now.
(Also minorly botched my editing above because I'm sleepy, but I think my meaning is legible there.)