Mordax et al

muninn-the-raven:

Most of you teens and kids here on Tumblr
and also on Instagram won’t keep your non-human identity. Why? One of the many reasons is because it’s
not all fun and games. After having been a raven-person for around
twenty years, it’s just normal, every day life. The “daily grind”
as some call it. I have to be an adult. I go to work. I pay bills. I
take care of family members. Etc. If you think this identity means
that you are going to get out of being a responsible adult, think
again.

Slight shifts still occur for me, but I’m used to
them. I know, when you first awaken, or start pretending to be non-human, the feelings are strange, and
new, and it’s exciting. If you’re pretending, it is possible to get worked up and easily trick your mind into having phantom shifts and stuff. That’s why shifts alone aren’t sure signs of being a therianthrope or having a non-human identity. Anyway, the excitement doesn’t last. Shifting can
get boring or be an inconvenience for adult therians. Shifting can be
inconvenient any time at any age.

The novelty wears off, and
you eventually mellow out about it. After years, when this starts to
happen, the real therianthropes get separated from the ones who were just
pretending. When the “magic” wears off, the people who were
pretending will move on. Those of us who are really animal-people
may not be as active in the communities, but on the inside, we know
who we are. That’s one reason why this community is so hard to keep
track of. Only the new kids on the block are really vocal about their
experiences, and we don’t hear from older therianthropes often enough.

But
don’t get me wrong. It doesn’t wear off for everyone. Some people can
keep enjoying the experience more than others. And for some, the
enjoyment of being an animal-person waxes and wanes over the years,
and older members often speak of reconnecting with that deeper, more
instinctual parts of themselves after lulls. Does being a therianthrope or
identifying as partially non-human make us any more special than
regular humans? Absolutely not. Each individual is unique. We each
have our own experiences, make our own memories, and have a personal
story. And life has it’s ups and downs and can have it’s dull, boring parts for human and non-human alike.