u/Potential_Estate_869

I‘ve heard many people give names to their masks or theriotypes and I was wondering if it was common practice to do so

I have past life shifts sometimes but have never heard any names been called in reference to me (one of my theriotypes is a domestic cat)

I was just wondering if and how yall got the names, if you do have a name for your theriantype and/or if there’s a story behind it :3

Edit: I think what I was thinking was people naming their masks, sorry if there was any confusion -w-

This really isn’t a problem on the Reddit community- but on YT/TT it is :/

Yes, people are valid for being an insect, bird, or aquatic creature therian. Just because you don’t see them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. People who aren’t knowledgeable on the community assume you can’t be anything but a canine or feline, which is complete wrong.

In the same vain, if someone is a cat, wolf, fox, or dog therian, they’re assumed to just be „trend hopping“ or „faking it“.

I am a wolf and cat therian, an Interior Alaskan wolf and Orange maincoon to be specific, and a lotta times it feels like „just be yourself“/„you can’t chose your theriantype“ applies to everyone but us sometimes because all the sudden we „picked the basic choice“ or „following what we see“ :/

Just like how some people didn’t chose to be a certain „uncommon“ animal doesn’t mean they’re any more or less valid than the people who are have „basic“ theriantypes

This isn’t meant for sympathy or to make anyone go „well actually-„ It‘s just to say we’re all valid, we didn’t chose our theriantypes, so we shouldn’t be shamed for it 🤍🌱

(Sorry if there’s any spelling mistakes, I typed this without my glasses and it’s rlly late -w-)