Our Essays

Therian: Dispelling the Earthen Animal Myth

For years, the term "Therian" has been understood to include "earthen animals only". This essay presents historical sources that show the evolution of the term into how it's commonly misconstrued today, and how it's been used as a weapon to deny nonhumans from an identity that has always fit them.
Transcript of the panel of the same name from Othercon'22.

Swampraptor Dossier

A clinical overview of the Swampraptor--as remembered by the swampraptor deiself.
This short essay describes Daski's canon-divergent species in a format apropriate of discussing a genetically anomalous hybrid.

A Dinosaur's Journal

Daski has so many off-the-cuff thoughts about being a canon divergent indoraptor, deir source, and deir timeline's details, that dei figured dei should put them all in one place, somewhere accessible. Several 'entries' are taken and/or adapted from discussions on chat applications such as Discord, and as such reflects deir relaxed typing style.

Fictherian Coining

A mirror of the original coining post for the term Fictherian, including discussion & clarifications of the term.

Fictionkin is a Thing

A mirror of a popular post Daski made describing being fictionkin, to someone who didnt understand how fictionkin is a thing.

Being a River

Mirror of a post from tumblr in which someone asked Daski to detail being a deity.

Hearttype Ramblings

Daski answers questions about deir hearttypes, and rambles a bit about the odd connection between deim and one of them.

JP/W Questions

A collection of posts mirrored from Daski's blog, answering asks about being an indoraptor and how to question being a JP/W dinosaur.

System Asks

A few questions we've gotten on our experiences being plural.

Otherkin Asks

A mirrored post from Daski's tumblr asking deim about deir otherkin experiences.

Species Euphoria

A musing on Species Euphoria, and it's use to combate Species Dysphoria.

Alterhuman Polls

The results of a few informal nonhuman polls Daski has run on tumblr, mostly out of curiosity than any sort of scientific research.

Hermaphroditic =/= Intersex

Mirror of a post from Daski's tumblr clarifying an issue the community has been suffering from at that point in time.

The Animality of Humanity

Mirror of a post from Daski's tumblr, musing about music and how it reveals the animality of humanity.

Zine Entries

This page is dedicated to hosting the pages submitted to different zines, for easy access and as advertisement of said wonderful projects!

High & Low "Kins"

Daski got to thinking about how "high & low kins" is legitimate terminology for "serious" alterhumans too.

The Transitory Nature of Identity

Mirror of a post from Daski's tumblr, touching on the fear within the community of of identity being "temporary" and wanting to allay fears.

Others' Essays

The Dragonheart Collective’s Testimony on the KFF Phenomenon

This is their testimony on what a KFF is, what caused the group to happen, and what the history of them is with the otherkind and fictionkind communities.
They noticed a lot of people Do Not actually understand what a 'KFF' is and why the old 'kin get huffy about them, so they made this document to attempt to explain that.

Living with a “Problematic” Fictional Identity (And Where to Go from Here)

A lecture followed by questions and discussion about navigating through life with a “problematic” fictotype or as a “problematic” fictive, by Goratrix. How to find community, how to cope, what responsibilities we may or may not have, what morality means for us and where the line between choices “then” and choices “now” lies.

I am Dog(s) a

I am Dog(s) is a semi-autobiographical narrative about a freshly cracked trans woman struggling with multiple discoveries she makes about herself one right after another.