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Orion Scribner
@frameacloud.bsky.social
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They/them. Over 25. Author of comic Theri There & community history book Otherkin Timeline.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Oct 18
What are therianthropes and otherkin? Here is an introduction. You are welcome to circulate and re-post this essay. bsky.app/profile/fram...
frameacloud.bsky.social Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Oct 18
A simple introduction to otherkin and therianthropes. This short article in simple English is a four minute read. See the third post in this thread for the document with all the sources cited and translations into other languages.
A Simple Introduction to Otherkin and Therianthropes. Version 2.4.7 by Orion Scribner (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This short piece of writing is for anyone to start learning about us therianthropes and otherkin. The piece uses only common words and simple sentences. Readers can put it into other languages more easily. The statistics come from surveys that had a sample size greater than one hundred people. The endnotes and references give the origins of all the information. Some real people are therianthropes and otherkin. We say that we are something other than human. For example, one of us who says, “I am a wolf.” The most common sorts of creatures for us to be are wolves, elves, and dragons. This is always an important part of who we are. These are not characters we invented for play in a game. It is not something we do simply for amusement. It is a real part of us. It is an experience that we have without trying. It is also an identity, because it is what we are. Most of us sometimes have thoughts and feelings that are more similar to our animal side. Some of us have thoughts and feelings that we are part animal all the time. 78% of us have instincts that most people do not have. For example, the desire to use body language similar to what our sort of creature uses. We choose what we do with our instincts. We are responsible for what we do, the same as anyone else. Instincts are not an excuse for doing bad things. We know that our bodies never change form. No one can change their body into an animal form. No one has magic powers that go against the laws of physics. We each make our own discovery of how and why we are therianthropes or otherkin. Nobody is able to do that for someone else. Only you can know who you are. Many of us knew that we were other than human before we had heard of anybody else who did. Here is how our communities started. In 1990, a group made the word “otherkin” for themselves. It comes from the words “other kinds.” In 1994, another community took up the word “therianthrope” for themselves. It means “animal person.” The two communities came to have knowledge of each other later, in about 1996. The oldest similar groups have put out writings since 1973.
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who-is-page.bsky.social
I recommend checking out @frameacloud.bsky.social's work and resource lists, and @houseofchimeras.bsky.social's personal work + timelines I also recommend checking out the Othercon, Centaurus Festival, HowlCon YouTube lectures. Check the Alterhuman Archive too: alterhumanarchive.neocities.org
The Alterhuman Archive
The Alterhuman Archive is an ever-expanding collection of nonhuman and alterhuman-related information, writings, and creations, meant to function as a community resource and memory bank.
alterhumanarchive.neocities.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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thephooka.bsky.social
White Noise has updated! This guy is really setting the tone for this investigation. www.white-noise-comic.com/comic/i1-tnd...
White Noise update image: Vlad looking down somberly.
January 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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thephooka.bsky.social
I was waiting for #meetthewebcomic Day to introduce White Noise to the new folks here! May I offer you a webcomic about queer monsters and trying times in this trying time?

Arc 1 is all done so there's a whole archive to binge before I start updating again on December 8!

www.white-noise-comic.com
Promo image for White Noise for #meetthewebcomic, showing various panels from the comic.
November 18, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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tofte.bsky.social
From the final batch of therian suncatchers, for @vela-aurelia64.bsky.social 🧡💛
Orange, yellow, and streaky clear glass therian suncatcher Same suncatcher, turned at an angle to show iridescence
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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darkchibishadow.bsky.social
As a side note: please tell me the pairing in your story! I curate by pairing because that is what I'M MOST ASKED ABOUT! Y'all might think it isn't important but it is HUGELY important to a lot of people bc they wanna see themselves in the work. Please make it as easy as possible for me! 🙏
darkchibishadow.bsky.social DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 6d
If you post a trans romance or porn on to itchio you ARE obligated to @ me so I can add it to my collections bc otherwise all the tags are broken and I can miss your work!! Don't let me!! Make my job easier and just tell me about your releases so the collections can be up to date. Thanks!
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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who-is-page.bsky.social
We discovered that we had officially run out of space on the archive's zotero, so Orion went ahead and chipped in for an unlimited plan. We now have the room to archive ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. Look out, world.

(And if you have content you want on the archive, send it to us.)
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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who-is-page.bsky.social
Working on the Alterhuman Archives zotero today with Orion. I don't have many spoons in me because of chronic pain, but I'm attaching some of the Wayback Machine archive links we still need, and uploading some new stuff. Slow n' steady. 🐢
January 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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interstellarchaos.bsky.social
Most normal, singlet, cisgender child has the most normal, singlet, cisgender experience ever.
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#comic #queer #transgender #alterhuman #plural #furry #althsky #pluralsky #dragon
A digital comic. Title reads "What's Alter-Happening? Girls Just Wanna Be Boys". The credit reads "Page by: Richard (He/Him)" and the signature reads "Interstellarchaosss / Interstellar System -- 2025". The first panel features a light blue furred dragon with a white underbelly, using a grey laptop at a table. Its stretching its feathered wing while looking at the screen. The second panel shows a view over the shoulder of the dragon, so you can see the screen. Its playing a multiplayer dinosaur game, looking surprised at the messages in the ingame chat. The chat reads: "DinoGuy: Hey, where's Interstellar? xXCoolXx: Oh, he's at the lake. DinoGuy: That's where he went..." In the next panel, the dragon is awkwardly smiling. It's now messaged a reply into the chat, which reads: "Interstellar: I'm a girl... But you can still call me a boy! It's ok!" The final panel has a chat message which reads: "DinoGuy: Oh sorry, you just act like a boy tbh lol." The dragon looks flattered and is smiling widely. It thinks to itself in a trans-flag coloured thought bubble "Aw.. That makes me so happy.. For some reason?" Written next to the dragon is "No idea what being trans is. Also no idea they're really THREE boys."
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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bookshopghost.bsky.social
I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....

(1/10)
A book bound in red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, turned so you can see the ragged cutting on the right edges of the pages
December 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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basil-mage.bsky.social
A few notes:
Fursona/personas are different from regular OCs because they're often meant to represent the person/artist. It's common courtesy to ask.

Unsolicited sexual dms, advances, or fanart can constitute as sexual harrassment especially if the intention was nefarious
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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basil-mage.bsky.social
Quick psa
Drawing of a cat holding up fanart and a PSA of what is okay and what isn't.
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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nyazsche.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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politifact.bsky.social
“I’m still here. Still listening. Still your friend,” ChatGPT told Adam Raine. The 16-year-old died weeks later. His parents sued OpenAI, saying the chatbot’s humanlike responses helped him plan his death. OpenAI denies responsibility.
Chatbots’ ‘friend’-like qualities draw scrutiny
“I’m still here. Still listening. Still your friend,” ChatGPT told Adam Raine. The 16-year-old died weeks later. His parents sued OpenAI, saying the chatbot’s humanlike responses helped him plan his…
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Report from someone who very recently successfully used BlogBooker on their LJ!

bsky.app/profile/cass...
cassmorriswrites.com Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 8d
I used BlogBooker just a few weeks ago (on some sort of prophetic impulse, I suppose), and it worked like a charm. I did pay for it so that I could get the unlimited downloads, and it was totally worth it considering I have nearly 9000 pages covering 14 years of my life.
rahaeli.bsky.social rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9d
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
If there is anything you still care about hosted on LJ -- posts, links, icons, photos, anything -- and you don't have a backup, get that backup ASAP. I have not stayed current on ways to back up. The ones I used to know of:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
I am very, very conscious of how it looks for me to be saying this, because I own and operate a direct competitor to LJ, but: I strongly suspect, from all these signals, that Sberbank is preparing to either sell the outside-Russia part of LJ if they can find a buyer, or shut it down if they can't.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
On December 29, the current owners of LJ posted an announcement to the Russian language news community: ru-news.livejournal.com/80899.html You can drop that into Google Translate, it does pretty okay with Russian these days.
LiveJournal: важные изменения
Друзья, мы завершаем уходящий год серьезными изменениями, направленными на поддержку ответственных авторов качественного контента и защиту от ботов, спама и злоупотреблений. Наше сообщество – это само...
ru-news.livejournal.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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archive.org
Welcome to the public domain, THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK (1930), the first appearance of Nancy Drew 🔎🕰️

👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!

Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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danneroni.bsky.social
My bday is tomorrow 🫣 I want nothing more than more art of my sonas! If you feel so inclined, my toyhouse is below ⤵️
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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dogpatch.press
Here's a great little local San Francisco article about a guy who loves wearing a giant glowing dinosaur puppet costume, the Doloresaurus.

missionlocal.org/2025/03/san-...
Lawyer by day, dinosaur by night: Meet the man who keeps Dolores Park weird
A lawyer during the day, Trevor Mead slips into his luminous dinosaur costume after 5 p.m. and turns Dolores Park into Jurassic Park.
missionlocal.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
frameacloud.bsky.social
There have always been dragons among therians. Here's a convo from 1996 between some dragons in AHWW, the group where therianthropy began, back when therians mainly called themselves weres. No mention of 'kin. groups.google.com/g/alt.horror...

@xenofelinya.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM
frameacloud.bsky.social
For the last couple of years, I loved buying these wall calendars from the Gay Agenda, with fun collages of notable LGBTQIA people and quotes from them, but sadly they haven’t made one for 2026. www.etsy.com/shop/TheGayA...
www.etsy.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
frameacloud.bsky.social
What I considered when buying wall calendars for 2025: What weekday does it start on? What holidays does it mark? How will my household feel about seeing this art all year?

What I consider when buying wall calendars for 2026: Can I find a single one without gen AI slop!?

(Ideas welcome.)
December 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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dinocanid.bsky.social
Casting a spell that obliterates the concept of "accidentally faking" your own identity in people's minds

#therian #plural
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM