Hi there!

I seee! I think that the Hidden sort of gives the critter a copinglink when they think they need it, like after trauma or abuse.
The Hidden sort of persuades their soul to create this part of them - their copinglink - and attach it to their soul.

Just opinions, remember, so please don’t get upset/offended by anything I’ve said and let me know if I have!

That is a very interesting viewpoint Aspen! It explains very well why people who are therian and/or fictionkin may feel "off" (dysphoria, homesickness, frequent or recurring dreams related to their theriotype and/or kintype) since basically, as early as they can remember. However, I noticed that it doesn't account for the people who... well... I guess these would be copinglinks et al., but the people who "become" therian and/or fictionkin after experiencing psychological trauma and whatnot, and as a member mentioned in a different thread (I will look for it after posting this and add the link) mentioned, physical trauma which alters the structure of the brain.

Hi there @LemLem!

I think that the Hidden knows what’s going to happen like what shows will exist - they’re basically all knowing. The Hidden would have already known the show would exist, the fictionkin would just need to awaken and learn who they are.

These are just my thoughts though!

How would that explain fictionkin whose 'types came into existence after they were born? I've seen quite a few Murder Drones around, even though that show didn't exist until a few years ago. How would the Hidden have known of the creatures? Or would you then believe someone can 'become' alterhuman because their soul gets tampered with while they're alive? Where does the original soul go?

This is how I think the alterhuman community came to being!

I think people are therian because what I believe is before you’re born, a hidden figure (aka the Hidden) decides where you’re gonna go, what kind of person you’re gonna be and all that and they got confused when putting you in animal form and made you into a human instead of your theriotype which is why you experience dysphoria because you are literally in the wrong body because of the Hidden.

I think people are otherhearted because the Hidden swapped their human heart and soul and swapped it with their kithtype’s making them have this rlly strong connection to your kithtype.

I think people are fictionkin because the Hidden as deciding who they were going to be and got mixed up with a fictional character and you thus making them a fictionkin.

And for otherkin it is the same theory as therianthropy.


Thoughts?

I don’t think microlabels are the best at times - trying to find the right one can be hard and make you feel unwelcome but when you do find it and find ur people- that feels good too so it’s a good and bad thing ig.

Don’t rely on them ig?

I don't think it really needs new labels or micro-labels, But I also don't think it's something that should be banned or that it's 100% harmful to the community.
Sometimes there are feelings that don't have a name, and knowing that there are others like you is comforting.
Currently, I think almost all of Theriathropy's classic labels already cover everything, but creating new labels wouldn't be a problem yet.
It would only be a problem if this label was created to establish superiority or to belittle someone in the community.

I like to think that if no one is being offended and someone is identifying with these micro-labels, then they will be valid.

(2026-06-14 21:31)aspen-woof Wrote:  Hi how do you remove your pin?

I realise that me answering this is pointless because you're just not going to read it again but:

(2025-08-09 22:08)DustWolf Wrote:  So, as you can see I have also finally added the requested functionality to remove a pin. Simply change your pin location to blank and click Lookup and after you click OK your pin will vanish.

LP,
Dusty

Hi how do you remove your pin?

Why would this be a bad idea? While I do not know a specific answer to what we should use after good introspective discussion here, the idea of having more specific words to describe the experience of spiritual and psychological therianthropy sounds appealing. What exactly does spiritual therianthropy entail? Or the other one? What can we derive from both instances? When we say we're psychological therians, for instance, we do have to talk about what it means to us to get our point across and to each, the response will differ. The problem I had with zoesthesia was that it'll eventually lead us into the same problem we've had before. It will eventually be ridiculed (or misused) anyway, same as with therianthropy nowadays. But I don't see that problem here, since we're talking about totally new terminology, not in exchange of already common terms. If we could have additional terms to help explain the more abstract ones better, then by all means, do. We could benefit from having a couple of terms extra if they are wisely and uniformly chosen. It's not like spiritual therianthropy is to disappear from existence all of a sudden. It's always going to have its users who stand by the idea.

I'm just thinking that broadening the terminology could lead to better acceptance/understanding of the ones already in use. Because saying you're a psychological therian doesn't make it easier necessarily to introduce yourself in front of people. You'll always have to elaborate on your stance if you want to be taken seriously. With newer terms, the advantage is we'll get shortcuts to describe that which takes so much time nowadays to describe. In the end, all new systems, ideas, initiatives have their advantages and disadvantages. Heck, even the ones already in existence do.

If this initiative's been thought out well, I would say give it a shot. There's no harm in trying.