I personally only identify with one kintype as well. I am grizzly bearhearted but I wouldn’t say that I identify as one, I just identify with them! I’ll always be a Honeymala at heart.

I am a bit curious of polytherians, I wonder how you can identify as multiple species at once. I do see traits of myself in other animals like brown bats and binturongs and hares, but I wouldn’t say they’re part of my identity. Not trying to invalidate polytherians, I’m just intrigued

Well, I have only one theriotype! Also one of my friends has only one, and I also watch videos of therians with one theriotype. But I really can't say if there are more therians or polytherians ahah.

As I browse the forums, I notice lots of people have multiple theriotypes. It got me thinking, am I in the minority being that I only have a single theriotype? What do you think, is it more common to have just one or multiple theriotypes?

I think to some extent, it is an aesthetic at the moment. I recently got together with an old friend, whom I have known since elementary school (we're both in our 30's now), and she really surprised me when she said her kid was in to therian stuff. I was like "whoa, you know what therians are!?" I didn't mention anything about being one, or my experiences in the community, but instead asked what animal her daughter was. I was initially thinking and expecting the community to be more like how it was when I first found it. She replied that her daughter was just really into wearing tails and making masks. So maybe her daughter is a therian, maybe she isn't, it doesn't really matter. However, it's mainstream enough now that my friend is aware of the community.

I say its fine to put TW/CWs on things, and things such as graphic descriptions of suicide, self harm, gun violence, just stuff that's extremely intense should be expected. I'm personally not triggered by these, but I know people who are very triggered by talk of graphic self harm.

while there is no such thing as a therian hunter, there are people who will harass and bully you in public for wearing gear, so be careful.

thanks for this! I'm thinking of starting a therian journal, and all of this makes a lot of sense.

the amount of misinformation on tiktok is honestly putting actually newly awakened therian to shame. I don't think quads or gear are very linked to it, and I honestly think that its less of a problem than some people act like it is, but its still really upsetting.

(2022-08-11 16:33)-SERVALCAT- Wrote:  personally, I think that the word "therian" is used simply to describe the more animal parts of us.

I think its used to describe when someone identifies as an animal involuntarily on any level, and in my opinion, this is something that can be confirmed. Although sometimes I doubt myself (and that's a good thing, it's good to question your beliefs from time to time), I remind myself that "normal" people don't feel wings or get zoomies in a way that could only be described as cat-like.
Either way, I know for sure that I am a therian. At the very least, I know for sure that I am aligned with what I consider to be a therian - and that is enough for me.

I used to be obsessed with a youtuber by the name of Wolf Girl. She claims to have spells that allow Shapeshifting. I was utterly dissapointed when I found out, none of them even work.