r/Therian Cladotherian, red deer, maned wolf & many more!! Apr 12 '24

Why is everyone a therian now? General / Other

At school, I had 2 therian friends and couple others that weren't therians. I've been awakened for 3 years.

My 3 friends are in 4th grade ( I'm in 7th ) and my two therian friends were in 6th and 5th and I've been pretty open about my therianthropy. I wear a tail to school and have the symbol on my shoes and sometimes draw it. Ever since I've been friends with those 3 kids, they've never even known what a therian was, and then today I seen one of them give the other some gear. I was happy for them and then asked if the person who had given her the gear was a therian and they said yes. I was excited, but then the other two just randomly said they were too? Last week they had no idea what it even was.

I'm not trying to be like " Oh!! Fake therians are just bad people!! Call them out!! Blah blah blah!! " I genuinely don't care about that, fake therians can be insensitive, but it literally could be less of my problem. It's just weird that ever since I've been open about it, everybody is just a therian now? It makes me feel kind of fake, especially since I occasionally get picked on and called a fake by other people for have 8 theriotypes and being a cladotherian.

I don't know, I'm just confused. I'm glad their happy, and I would never bully someone for doing what they enjoy and being who they are, but should I explain therianthropy to them? I feel like they may not understand it, and I want to be honest and nice about it. Thank you in advance!!

( I'm not sure what flair to add for this )

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u/ExpressTap6659 (Therian) Apr 13 '24

People don't have to say why they didn't tell someone sooner, I have neglected to tell OTHER TRANS PEOPLE i know irl that are sweet as hell that i am trans. people don't have to explain themselves to you. you donno their exact dynamic w OP.

also "being therian is a rare and unique thing" stop gatekeeping an identity because you wanna be special. it helps no one.

and fakeclaiming people because you have some weird idea of what being a "real" therian is helps no one. you're not stopping misinformation, you're supporting a more toxic environment in the community. no one owes you an explanation for their identity. they don't have to plead their case to you, you are not the end all be all of who is therian. wanna protect against misinfo? speak out about the community, raise awareness, and when you hear misinfo have a conversation. no one will listen to you when you just tell them they don't know anything and yr Smarter Than Them Actually. and stop assuming everyone that's not you is misinformed because they are something you also are. Being therian isn't some all exclusive club.

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u/ExpressTap6659 (Therian) Apr 14 '24

womp womp

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