We did!
And yeah, we get that. That's kinda also why we thought to ask if there was a word for the "human" version.
Thanks for the answer btw!!
- Shay đž
Theriform Adjective (can applied as a noun in certain phrasing, see examples)
From θΡĎίον (thÄrĂon) [diminutive of Î¸ÎŽĎ thá¸r, âwild beastâ] and ΟοĎĎÎŽ (morphe) ["shape"/"figure"/"look"].
A theriform animal is one which was born into a body that is typical/expected of it's species and observable as such by everyone, with species-typical levels of sapience/intelligence and whose behaviour is unaltered by being born into a human body/raised in a form perceived as human.
It is not the 'opposite' of therian despite similar etymology but is instead to be viewed as a complimentary term to therian, nonhuman, alterhuman, otherkin etc as it exists to specify certain details of a species whilst not invalidating the identities of those who are not theriform. It is made to replace potentially invalidating phrases like 'bio(logical) animal' or 'real animal'.
It is not an identity label and therefore has no flag or symbol and does not need one. Do not create these things please, or use the term to describe yourself on a personal level.
Alternative versions for non-animals could include: floraform, nat(ur)form, techform, fictoform, feyform, voidform, starform, divineform etc
"Lol it's so funny being a cat and having a theriform cat as a pet we're both just kitties vibing but with different body shapes."
"Just because they're the same species are you does not mean you are able to take care of wild theriforms."
"The fact that there aren't that many theriforms of my species is so saddening."
"I wanna do quads alongside a pack of theriform wolves so bad!"
"I am transspecies, here is what I do/what I want to do to look more theriform."
"I wonder if theriforms get species dysphoria?"
We are probably being very dumb right now, but what do you mean? (To Icky/ @leashme )
- Shay
putting this on main actually;
it annoys me to death when folks say stuff like âiâm not a therian, im a [xyz animal]â
because hey thatâs what a therian is!
to say you donât identify as a therian because you just ARE that animal is to say that therians ARENâT really the animal they claim to be. which is so wrong. to say you donât like the term therian because itâs âtoo humanâ is so insensitive.
therians are not necessarily human! someone calling themself a therian in no way makes them human! equating therians with humans is weird!
stop treating us like we are human, stop trying to separate âreally being an animalâ from being a therian. they are the same thing. youâre not superior or different to us because you âreally are that animalâ. we all are.