(2025-03-16 21:59)zip-bomb-dog Wrote:  

(2025-03-16 18:47)WanderingForests Wrote:  Excuse my ignorance, but what are 'green paws'? Is that a new TikTok term I've missed out on? Can someone fill me in on this? Again sorry if this is something I should know by now.

I believe it just means "new to therianthropy". "Green" as in fresh or new; like Avis said, similar to greenhorn.

Could have been the way Volchara's translator translated it. I haven't seen it online before.

yes, that's exactly how it's translated, I don't like the expression "therianthropy beginner"
It sounds weird

(2025-03-17 2:33)+Leafy~Raccoon+ Wrote:  

(2025-03-17 2:17)Avis Wrote:  

(2025-03-17 0:59)+Leafy~Raccoon+ Wrote:  

Volchara Wrote:when I hear "Therian mask", I immediately feel negative emotions towards the one who said this bullshit
Therian mask, Therian gear... no!

People only called gear "therian gear" because most therians use it.

Id like to point out that the vast majority of therians /dont/ have/use gear, its been a trend as of late.

I knew there was something I was forgetting!
Yes, I do realise that not all therians use gear. I meant to write that most people that are actually therians use gear but that doesnt mean they all do. (Something along the lines of that)
I think tails and masks being gear was hooked to therianthropy because of tiktok and therians on tiktok popularizing it, right?

far as I can tell

(2025-03-17 2:17)Avis Wrote:  

(2025-03-17 0:59)+Leafy~Raccoon+ Wrote:  

Volchara Wrote:when I hear "Therian mask", I immediately feel negative emotions towards the one who said this bullshit
Therian mask, Therian gear... no!

People only called gear "therian gear" because most therians use it.

Id like to point out that the vast majority of therians /dont/ have/use gear, its been a trend as of late.

I knew there was something I was forgetting!
Yes, I do realise that not all therians use gear. I meant to write that most people that are actually therians use gear but that doesnt mean they all do. (Something along the lines of that)
I think tails and masks being gear was hooked to therianthropy because of tiktok and therians on tiktok popularizing it, right?

(2025-03-17 0:59)+Leafy~Raccoon+ Wrote:  

Volchara Wrote:when I hear "Therian mask", I immediately feel negative emotions towards the one who said this bullshit
Therian mask, Therian gear... no!

People only called gear "therian gear" because most therians use it.

Id like to point out that the vast majority of therians /dont/ have/use gear, its been a trend as of late.

Im a little confused.
Spiritual therians are valid, as well as psychological therians, because (like Avis said) we dont actually know where therianthropy comes from.

Volchara Wrote:when I hear "Therian mask", I immediately feel negative emotions towards the one who said this bullshit
Therian mask, Therian gear... no!

People only called gear "therian gear" because most therians use it. Im not saying that I agree with it, but Im just neutral. If you are a therian and you use gear then it could be therian gear to you. But when twelve year olds who do quads and have a goblincre aesthetic tk they are therians use it, then its nit therian gear. Its just gear. A tail and a mask. But basically Im saying that I feel neutral about it but when kids that arent therians call it therian gear, thats when it makes me erk.

Also, I agree with what Honey said and I am personally a very naturey person and I love it. Being in touch with nature doesnt make you a therian. Most therians feel a connection to nature but that doesnt necessarily make them any more or less of a therian. Therians are also humans and what UniqueUsernameTADA said about them not liking the outside also okay. We are still human. Sorry if this is off topic or if it came off as harsh, its not meant to be. (Im also just really tired lol)

(2025-03-16 18:47)WanderingForests Wrote:  Excuse my ignorance, but what are 'green paws'? Is that a new TikTok term I've missed out on? Can someone fill me in on this? Again sorry if this is something I should know by now.

I believe it just means "new to therianthropy". "Green" as in fresh or new; like Avis said, similar to greenhorn.

Could have been the way Volchara's translator translated it. I haven't seen it online before.

(2025-03-16 19:46)Avis Wrote:  

(2025-03-16 18:47)WanderingForests Wrote:  Excuse my ignorance, but what are 'green paws'? Is that a new TikTok term I've missed out on? Can someone fill me in on this? Again sorry if this is something I should know by now.

I believe the term is similar to 'greenhorn' which refers to a person (or in this case critter ) which is new or inexperienced to an activty.

Oh, okay! Thanks Avis!

(2025-03-16 18:47)WanderingForests Wrote:  Excuse my ignorance, but what are 'green paws'? Is that a new TikTok term I've missed out on? Can someone fill me in on this? Again sorry if this is something I should know by now.

I believe the term is similar to 'greenhorn' which refers to a person (or in this case critter ) which is new or inexperienced to an activty.

Excuse my ignorance, but what are 'green paws'? Is that a new TikTok term I've missed out on? Can someone fill me in on this? Again sorry if this is something I should know by now.

(2025-03-16 13:44)zip-bomb-dog Wrote:  Part of the reason I hated/resisted the therian community for so many years was because largely what I'd heard was rumors of the children TikTok therians. I knew I was an animal, but I couldn't stand the idea of associating myself with this group of people who (from what I had been told at the time) ate cat food and turned being an animal into a fun hobby.

I also feel like therianthropy is used as an attention-seeker's tactic sometimes because it's so off the beaten trail. Sometimes I feel like younger therians/greenpaws over-exaggerate - or make up - their therianthropy to get the attention they want. It's like these people race to join as many obscure communities as possible to try to seem "unique" or (god, I hate this word) "quirky". It's a delicate balance because on the one hand, I hate to tell someone that they can't explore their identity or that they're not welcome in certain places. But when it's very obvious that they're not even questioning being a therian, that they are in no sense of the word a therian and are simply someone who likes nature-themed clothing and hiking and running around on all fours, it makes me want to pick them up and throw them against a wall when they continue to protest. It feels similar to me as people who clearly and continuously fake mental illness online.

I don't even mind the kids who never go into nature - I agree with the user "UniqueUsernameTADA" (...?) to some degree, though not entirely. Some people don't have access to nature, or can't go, or don't want to, and that doesn't make them less of a therian. And yelling at them, or beating them down, isn't going to get them to understand what they're doing. I mean, hell, even explaining calmly that from their behavior and understanding of therianthropy, they are not a true therian doesn't get them to listen.

I just hate seeing my identity turned into someone's hobby. I hate seeing the community, which other therians and weres struggled to express and to reconcile with society for decades, turned into a laughing matter because twelve year olds can't control themselves long enough in their endless search for adult attention to consider the people they might be hurting. Please, for the love of Christ, someone give these kids some self-awareness. Please.

I subscribe to every word you say, and I am disgusted by the current generation of new Therians, especially their explanations of therianthropy!
when I hear "Therian mask", I immediately feel negative emotions towards the one who said this bullshit
Therian mask, Therian gear... no!
That's not what it's called at all!
These are just attributes and they have nothing to do with Therians!
These kids don't understand the seriousness of the theme…