So @vagabondsun wrote some stuff and it make me want to write some stuff and all of a sudden I had my first Dreamwidth post in three years!

indicoyote.dreamwidth.org/5377

I call myself 'otherkin' a lot, because it feels like a broad term, easily encompassing experiences of being multispecies and synthetic and such. And yet, 'therian' is still a term that resonates for me, and one I still use in some contexts. Here's a stab at explaining why.

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@indi @vagabondsun I gotta admit, I feel like I really sidestepped the whole "therian/otherkin" thing by hanging around alt.fan.dragons and just saying "yeah I'm a dragon." XD (of course nowdays I have to qualify that somewhat, but "yeah I'm a dragon" is close enough for most situations really)

@green @vagabondsun @indi Same here. "I'm a dragon. No, not physically. Just in all the ways that matter."

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