So many people disregard therianthropy/otherkinity as people needing to feel more confident and associating with an animal to do so.

But here’s the problem. We don’t just “associate” with them. We feel that we ARE them, in some nonphysical manner. Not only is it not a choice, and the vast majority of the whole community could tell you so, but not all of us have “positive” theriotypes.

Today I saw a video of a doe attacking a dog because her fawn was near by. The comment section was filled with “deer are the rats of the forest!” to “I would *describes brutal method of killing* that deer!” to many “she wasn’t protecting her fawn because the dog didn’t attack it!” And multiple “deer are wild senseless, stupid animals that should be killed!”

Yeah, total ego boost on top of the multiple “otherkin are inferior and should kill themselves!” comments. Right.

1. Being a therian is often not a pleasurable experience for a large amount of people.

2. No one takes us seriously anyway, which does nothing for our “egos.”

3. Most people don’t like wild animals, especially prey species, in comparison to the fondness of domesticated animals. And most therians I know are wild animals therians.