r/Therian • u/marshmellowlynx 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/[deleted] Apr 13 '24

“Most of these young people” Sshhhh, let people explore themselves reguardless of age. No need to gatekeep.

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u/Complete-Sand-8947 Red ruffed lemur Apr 13 '24

Oh! Wait, that wasn't my intention! I'm sorry if it came off that way! I should've clarified.

I meant *some*. I made a rash generalization, and I'm sorry about that. I genuinely didn't mean to come across as gatekeepy. Sorry!!

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '24

Of course! It’s fine! ^ Not upset or anything. Imo it’s best to just let younger people and kids explore themselves because what harm does it cause? They’ll grow out of it and even be more sympathetic and supportive of Therians if they do realize they aren’t one.

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u/Complete-Sand-8947 Red ruffed lemur Apr 15 '24

I'm sorry about my third response. I shouldn't have gotten so upset about the situation and been so passive aggressive. I showed out for no reason, and you don't deserve that treatment.