2018-05-24, 18:25
Hello friends,
Many of our members feel a strong sense of belonging for our community. But some of you may have asked yourself: "Who are we?" ...or maybe: "What do I stand for if I associate with Therian Guide?". Allow me to try and help answer that question.
Therian Guide has been founded by Euipoi, with the intention of providing a useful resource to therians who are new to the concept of therianthropy, with a Guide on what Therianthropy really is. Our website may give some information about that, but our community with many old therians has always been our greatest asset. Who you are as a Therian is best explored in conversation with others who understand what you are going trough.
Throughout the early days of Therian Guide, this community was constantly threatened to shatter because of constant Internet Drama that kept being brought up again and again. Our founder Euipoi writes about it in her post titled "Why TG is here and why TG may close". To tell the truth, Internet Drama has been a constant companion to many Therian websites from this timeframe; as well as most communities in social media. This has also been the main reason why so many Therian websites never grew in size beyond just a few key players and their friends.
I myself have learned from an early age, that I do not live in a world where everybody would share my views -- even ones I feel very strongly about. But I also learned that this was not necessary: our views could be different, but we are still coworkers, or maybe friends. Therians are from all corners of the world, of all walks of life, all faiths, and all kinds of moral perspectives. We are different and we need to be able to respect our differences, if we are to work together.
At Therian Guide we proved that we could do better than most of the other communities. We put our differences aside and managed to build what is now the biggest online Therian community in the world. We worked together to not only coexist, but to build a thriving community with a family-like atmosphere where everybody feels welcome and with so many people, who we don't mind sharing our deepest secrets with, because we know we can trust eachother.
As members of Therian Guide, we created a place free from those who may wish to manipulate and exclude (in exchange for a sense of power over others, attention or personal gain). Players, if you will, who hold so many other therian communities in their strangle-hold.
We beat the odds and created something greater through sheer force of will. We created a place where all Therians are safe and welcome. We created something that many of our friends are proud to be a part of. We created a place where scientists now continue to research our common experience -- Therianthropy. And we created a place that keeps us coming back for more. We created a home for all Therians.
That is who we are! That is what we stand for.
LP,
Dusty
Many of our members feel a strong sense of belonging for our community. But some of you may have asked yourself: "Who are we?" ...or maybe: "What do I stand for if I associate with Therian Guide?". Allow me to try and help answer that question.
Therian Guide has been founded by Euipoi, with the intention of providing a useful resource to therians who are new to the concept of therianthropy, with a Guide on what Therianthropy really is. Our website may give some information about that, but our community with many old therians has always been our greatest asset. Who you are as a Therian is best explored in conversation with others who understand what you are going trough.
Throughout the early days of Therian Guide, this community was constantly threatened to shatter because of constant Internet Drama that kept being brought up again and again. Our founder Euipoi writes about it in her post titled "Why TG is here and why TG may close". To tell the truth, Internet Drama has been a constant companion to many Therian websites from this timeframe; as well as most communities in social media. This has also been the main reason why so many Therian websites never grew in size beyond just a few key players and their friends.
I myself have learned from an early age, that I do not live in a world where everybody would share my views -- even ones I feel very strongly about. But I also learned that this was not necessary: our views could be different, but we are still coworkers, or maybe friends. Therians are from all corners of the world, of all walks of life, all faiths, and all kinds of moral perspectives. We are different and we need to be able to respect our differences, if we are to work together.
At Therian Guide we proved that we could do better than most of the other communities. We put our differences aside and managed to build what is now the biggest online Therian community in the world. We worked together to not only coexist, but to build a thriving community with a family-like atmosphere where everybody feels welcome and with so many people, who we don't mind sharing our deepest secrets with, because we know we can trust eachother.
As members of Therian Guide, we created a place free from those who may wish to manipulate and exclude (in exchange for a sense of power over others, attention or personal gain). Players, if you will, who hold so many other therian communities in their strangle-hold.
We beat the odds and created something greater through sheer force of will. We created a place where all Therians are safe and welcome. We created something that many of our friends are proud to be a part of. We created a place where scientists now continue to research our common experience -- Therianthropy. And we created a place that keeps us coming back for more. We created a home for all Therians.
That is who we are! That is what we stand for.
LP,
Dusty