Post by Mars on Nov 17, 2018 12:29:51 GMT -6
Hey there, I'm Mars. I'm a lion were. Panthera leo to be specific, although the extinct panthera spelaea has given me a lot of cause for research in the past. I'm a guy, 26 years; and I must say it is a relief to be on a site where the first people I see aren't a decade or more younger than I am and already "experts". X) I recently made a Tumblr account to interact with the community there, and I haven't had much success. It's only been a couple of days, but it's hard to know where to start.
I never did much community interaction due to leading a very busy life, but I learned about therianthropy and otherkin early on in my teens and always knew it applied to me. I thought of myself as an animal as far back as 6 years old, when I was just developing my sense of self. I latched onto dragons for a long time, but as I grew, I drifted more and more towards lion. Often wishing otherwise. If it weren't for my shifts being so clearly feline, I might have been able to ignore it forever, and lived a long unhappy life.
Recently, I felt the urge to branch out and meet some folks properly for the first time. I always had therian friends on the fringe of my social circles, but that was it. Hopefully by registering in a few places I can make a comfortable niche for myself. Pleased to meet you all, whoever is still here!
(Edit: Of course I realized minutes later that this is technically in the wrong area. My apologies for that.)