Therian stuff

Welcome, here I will be explaining different types of therians, so lets start with what a therian is.
A Therian is someone who identifies as an animal that once has, or still does, walk upon Earth. Now that you know what a therian is, I well touch on what a subcategory is before moving on to a main one. A subcategory of therianthropy would be something that describes a group of theriotypes, one example being the Paleotherian. Paleotherian are therian who identify as a creature that is extinct, such as a type of dinosaur or mammoth. Even if a closely related species of the creature is still alive and thriving, if the species is extinct, the therian is a paleotherian. Paleotherian aren't as common as other genres, and aren't that well-known as a result. Now I will move onto bigger categories of Therianthropy.
Shiftingtherian:
Someone who identifies as a single earthly animal, and can have various experiences around this type, including mental or phantom shifts. The "typical" therian.
Polytherian:
A therian possessing multiple theriotypes at the same time, and can experience anything possible for each of them. Some of these types may appear more important than others, but it's not always the case.
Nonshiftingtherian:
A therian who does not experience shifts under any condition, but still identifies as non-human through other means.
Contherian:
A kind of nonshifting therian that has similar experiences as other therians but who do not shift- rather, they are constantly shifted into an animal state, with no variation.
Suntherian:
A kind of therian who, similarly to the contherian, constantly experiences this nonhuman side and do not experience mental shifts; however, they can experience changes on a sliding scale, or combinations between human and animal mindsets, but generally in a manner that is not as extreme as with shifters. Also called "vacillant".
Cladotherian:
A therian who's theriotype is not one specific sub-species. For example, rather than a tiger specifically, they encompass all felines or a "clade". It is not a temporary or placeholder label for those who are uncertain or haven't yet narrowed down their species. A cladotherian does not think such a narrowing of species is possible or applicable for themselves.
Theriomythic:
A therian who's thereotype is not found on earth, also known as being mythological. otherkin is the term usually used for this, but some still label over therian.

These are the types of therians,and now I will talk about psychological therians and spirtual therians, two different types.
A psychological therian is someone who feels their identity is a result of a neurological abnormality or is a part of their personality. They do not feel that their identity has any correlation to a past life, but rather their identity is the result of who they are as a person in this life, on an emotional or psychological level.
A spiritual therian is someone who feels their identity is a result of spiritual attachment and interconnectedness on an ethereal level. They believe that their identity is formulated as a result of reincarnation, soul misplacement, or another means where they feel they are this being on a spiritual level. They do not feel that their identity is due to any neurological or (generally) personality-related factors.

Thank you for reading this topic! Feel free to let me know if I missed anything!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBYXdfwv1E Video to possibly help as well!
Any Therian Territory vids will help!

i still don't get how they figure out they're an animal
also wtf happens if someone doesn't WANT to be a therian??

>2 akusayang: if they didnt want to they would probably not be a therian like any sane person will be

im a freind to furrys and therians but im still hooman

They cant quit being a therian, its not possible

tbf, if u claim to be one, u technically chose to be one

besides theres probably people out there that qualify to being one but they just dont claim to be one

I didnt chose to be one! God i hate you so much!

you claim to be one so technically i mean like if u never knew about wtf a therian is then you wouldnt claim to be one

hard to explain

Ignoringgggg

>10 Randomz: Is this Therian-bashing?

>10 Randomz: Its an identity not belief

>12 Moicah: possibly but i already stated my opinion on this matter

so probably

*deep breath* Just so you know, not all therians have past lives, do quads, wear gear, do vocals, and have shifts

>3 Randomz: literally

>6 Randomz: yeah like there's no way someone who doesn't know wtf therianthropy is probably wouldn't identify themselves as an animal

>8 Randomz: yeeessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>15 Owltherian: YES I GET THAT BRO, im just saying even if they don't do those things its still weird as shit

also i find it funny how you defend therianthropy with your life yet whenever I type "therian" google marks it as wrong lmao

Omfg JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! YOU HAVE DONE MORE THAN ENOUGH DAMAGE

>21 Owltherian: THEN IGNORE US IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SUFFER
YOU QUITTING IS PROBABLY THE BEST DECISION UR GONNA MAKE IN A WHILE

YOU COULD JUST LEAVE ME ALONE- ITS THAT SIMPLE

Alright, I have found the correct words for what I was going to say in midnight, somehow.
Considering someone chose to identify as a therian, means that they chose to be one. Some people in the world probably do qualify to be one, but they just choose not too because they don't know about it/they think it's weird and don't want to associate it with their identity (didn't you mention that being therian is an identity?). Before you say something else, think about this for a second, if the term therian never existed, and the community never existed, that means you would've NEVER thought about it existing and never thought you were one, nor would've identified as one, which means it's not rocket science to figure out that it's a made up thing and that people just choose to say "Hey, I think that I am a therian!" because they believe and choose to be one, I'm literally thinking about this on a logical standpoint. So technically, yes, these guys indeed theoretically chose to be one (technically the term identify, but if you say you're one, then you chose to be it).

Kat's opinion on this:

>24 Randomz: But it does exist, and the reason for that is because someone had the confidence to say; Yes. I am a therian.

Also, following your reasoning, why does any original idea exist? At that point isn't everything a made up thing? What about homosexuality? That's similar. For lack of a better word, Furry-ism even more so. Sorry for opposition, btw. I just read that and wanted to state my personal views UwU...

my head is spinning so hard rn what is going on????

akusayang is gone for being 12 or younger?

not my words, these are wolfie's

also they edited just so i dont get sniped by mods

*starts to aggressively eat popcorn

>5 Owltherian: yesh

>12 Moicah: it is

>14 Randomz: then maybe u should leave :)

>15 Owltherian: thx!

>19 akusayang: fuck you

>22 akusayang: fuck you

>26 unlimitedgamer966: people are being bitches

help lol

idk how

>30 1hope: *gives 5 buckets of popcorn*

>36 Jynx_on_pawz: wild

>41 1hope: ?

>43 myfavcolorisred: haha...funny. the exit button is right over there.

:3

>43 myfavcolorisred: then y go to an apparently "mythical creature"'s chat, to argue with something "not real?"

Wow lol I was rly mean to them

>42 Jynx_on_pawz: wild, crazy, shocking

omg what happened here

>48 Jynx_on_pawz: they soo deserved it though

holy shishkabob-

huh

i have so many unread on dis one

>51 Sxkurablossom: ya they did

mhm~ mhm!

0_0

lol

god this is bad lol- it was just to inform people about therians too-

woops-

Its sad tbh

sorry

*pissed now owl noises*

please forgive meee

its not you. Its that overwatch dude

is there anything i can do?

hey