Thank you! I'm really glad it was thought-provoking for someone; it was one of those things that I just had to get out, and I was hoping it would do something for someone else.
I have a feeling that it is the outline of a much deeper cache of useful tools for survival and expression.
If you find something and are willing to share, please let me know!
Discovering what was latent (in the case of therians), or building what needs to be restored (in the case of your furry self), are structurally similar acts.
I think they are not only structurally similar, but not fully distinguishable. I don't think every therian has deep trauma that pushed them to build an animal self, or that my foxness is purely a reaction to abuse; but even if the animal nature is inherent in some way, the shape of mine is a result of the life I've lived, and even when that animal nature isn't inherent, the structure it produces becomes something intrinsic? I feel like there's a logicknot here and the point is that you can't unravel it but I can't words it.
Akhila's essay is awesome and thank you for linking me to it! We're definitely looking at similar things.
He found it was not in his nature to be a Man, but an Elf, an archetype that only seemed outside the realm of possibility until he met other real elves.
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Date: 2013-09-03 02:12 am (UTC)Thank you! I'm really glad it was thought-provoking for someone; it was one of those things that I just had to get out, and I was hoping it would do something for someone else.
I have a feeling that it is the outline of a much deeper cache of useful tools for survival and expression.
If you find something and are willing to share, please let me know!
Discovering what was latent (in the case of therians), or building what needs to be restored (in the case of your furry self), are structurally similar acts.
I think they are not only structurally similar, but not fully distinguishable. I don't think every therian has deep trauma that pushed them to build an animal self, or that my foxness is purely a reaction to abuse; but even if the animal nature is inherent in some way, the shape of mine is a result of the life I've lived, and even when that animal nature isn't inherent, the structure it produces becomes something intrinsic? I feel like there's a logicknot here and the point is that you can't unravel it but I can't words it.
Akhila's essay is awesome and thank you for linking me to it! We're definitely looking at similar things.
He found it was not in his nature to be a Man, but an Elf, an archetype that only seemed outside the realm of possibility until he met other real elves.
This resonates a lot. Thank you!