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Therian products!!
I've gathered all the therian symbols I've made and thrown them into RedBubble, so now YOU can get them for yourself and show off your own theriotypes!
And it's great timing to get them as well cuz RedBubble currently has a sale on!
https://www.redbubble.com/people/f10atingbubbles/shop?artistUserName=F10atingBubbles&collections=3795926&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=relevant
Any amount of support would mean the world to me and help me continue making other free art for you here as well! <3
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we love dat birb representation!
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still accepting requests for other species! ^^
and a reminder, you can use these for basically whatever, pfps, moodboards, all that, but credit is preferred!
Tangible wings would solve so many of my problems
How did you discover you were a kingfisher?
Okay, that might sound a bit weird but even now I am questioning whether I truly am a Kingfisher.
I knew it was a bird because of small shifts and some habits of mine that can be interpreted as kin related. But that was step one.
Then (when I realised it was most probably therian related) I tried different types of birds : small birds or bigger ones, predator or not. So the steps were something like : "okay so I might be a hummingbird wait no more like a Pelican, no that's too big, oh ! Maybe it's an hawk !"
(To this day I still think that my theriotype is hawk (or related) and kingfisher)
Then I picked up a book about birds and looked at all of them, and did some research, then gave up.
A month later, I was chilling on my sofa, watching a documentary on the science chanel (as you do) and then a Kingfisher came on screen and as the voice was describing their habits and their habitat I was left wondering.
Am I just empathising with this bird in a "haha" way or am I empathising with them because not only we have a lot in common but because I have a sense of "kinship" towards them?
I picked up this idea and took it to my computer and resumed my researches.
There it was, small bird that lives near the water and who fish. Sounds like my dream life honestly.
But more seriously, it was trials and errors (I am still questioning my theriotype) and I feel comfortable with this identity but maybe that is just because I haven't found the exact bird yet. It takes time and I won't lie I was tempted to just give up and never acknowledge my needs and yearnings. But not only does it make sense (for the bird therian situation) but it also feels good to finally put explanations and names on quirks that you could never understand before.
I don't know if that is a satisfactory answer to your question but I found it nice to write about it fir you anon ! Have a great day and a merry Christmas or Hanukkah or any holiday you might celebrate!
Hi bird therians! I'd like to present the following list of definitions of avian terminology; instincts and anatomy. Specifically, terms for things that many birdkin may already be aware of due to their own shifts, but not know the word for or even that it's a real and normal thing. Why do I make that assumption? Because my own mind was blown every time I discovered one of these words, the way things I would do or phantom parts I would feel suddenly made sense. So I hope to induce the same reaction in at least someone.
Behaviors
Mantling is mostly a bird of prey thing, the action of leaning over a kill and shielding the spoils with your wings so as to defend it from thieves. I can do no better of a description than a photo, included at the bottom of this post and for raptors it will probably spark recognition.
Rousing is the word for that "slowly fluff up the feathers and then shake the whole body" thing that birds do. Yes, it does have a name! Birds do it when relaxed or just chilly. It is not a threat display. I experience this as like an near-involuntary action -- like scratching an itch or sneezing -- and because I'm not actually raising physical feathers it feels kind of like shivering. But it sort of feels frustrating that I can't seem to achieve it. Like when a sneeze goes away.
Feather-plucking (pterotillomania) is a maladaptive habit birds in captivity develop when they are stressed. You see it most often with parrots, because they're kept as pets more than other birds and are also extremely intelligent so more easily understimulated. Sometimes this does feel like being a bird in captivity and a lot of you might experience this instinct without knowing what it is your brain's asking to do because you have no feathers. Calling it pterotillomania is helpful to me because I have actual dermotillomania and if my body had feathers I'd be plucking them.
Anatomy
Nictitating membrane. Starting with this because you may already know it by now. The third eyelid of birds, translucent, drawn sideways across the eye so that you can keep it moist while still being able to see. Also, as you may know, relevant to cat therians!
Crop. Part of the digestive tract of a bird in the throat where food is temporarily stored before being digested. If you had these shifts it would feel like, according to Wikipedia, basically an enlarged portion of the esophagus.
Keel. An extension of the sternum, the structure to which flight muscles are attached. If you had these shifts it would feel like a thin bone going beneath (or I guess on a humanoid body plan, in front of) your ribcage.
Cloaca. In the interest of not having to mark this post mature, I will not define or describe this one. I encourage you to look it up. Mammals are already working to reduce the stigma surrounding these types of shifts and instincts; we can do the same. There is no shame in it. You're a bird and birds have these. Accept it.
Birds do have sensation in our beaks. There are nerve endings in the beak. Not as much as, say, human skin, but yes, birds can feel touch on their beaks. If you can feel your beak, great! That is anatomically correct, and it certainly does not make you fake!
And now for your enjoyment, a mantling eagle:
anyways the reason i can't recommend being birdkin is because my boyfriend will touch my back and i'll get horny off of it like a fucking dumbass
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honestly.
I feel like I'm a shapeshifter, and would definitely be a shapeshifter.
Sometimes and some days,, I'd feel like a certain creature, feline, a mutt, cryptid, dragon, and a bird, and it just goes all over.
uncomfortably scrunching up my wings to fit in a small space but then remembering I don't have wings anymore
How I be lookin at mfs when they say “you're only human”
I just set this as my phone background cause it makes me feel like the cryptid forest creature I am >:3
I've been having such strong wing shifts lately 😭 and they're my main shift throughout the many I have.
I just wanna flap my wings.
This is me this past week.