Dragon Thoughts
Welcome to my page of words immortalized in letters, because someday, generations to come will look back and say, "Yes sir, those were some letters and words, and they were on the Internet!" Before diving in, here's a few things that might make a lot of this make a little more sense. Therianthrope The word combines the Greek therion, wild animal, with anthropos, human being.
The writings collected here are on a few topics, leaning heavily toward concepts like: therianthropy, species dysphoria, and the simple fact that for some people, their intellectual life, internal world, and identity may be something that differs from their physical genetics and the arbitrary social expectations of the society they find themselves in. The writings are often very personal. I am, first and foremost, me. I am obviously a person in a physical body that is human; a biological homo sapien. My identity however, more than conventional definitions of human: what I am in a greater sense, is a dragon. For the record, I am not really much of a Furry, though I sometimes create artwork for the anthromorphic community and know quite a few fans. If one had to pigeonhole me into being part of -some- group, to make themselves happy, I and many like me would perhaps fit into the Otherkin community. The thoughts and ideas expressed in the collected essays / rants / delirious babbling here are opinions, and are presented as things that are right for me, not simply Right. In discussion of anything, I am an advocate of the following principles:
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