LYCANOLOGY

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: are all otherkin/zoanthropes wolves?

A: short answer, no. long answer, wolfkin could be common because they're common characters in myth. little red, norse myth, and thousands of wive's tales that have been lost to time. things parents said to frighten their kids into obedience, stuff like that. wolves are pretty big cultural animals. some people are just wolves, or werewolves like me. other times you have impressionable children (see: tiktok therians) who may get the notion they're wolves at first, then later discover they're something else entirely. alterhumanity is a journey, and it's not a crime to be a wolf!

Q: you're crazy/delusional, you need help.

A: well, you're half right. however, otherkin/therians aren't delusional. also, reality checking delusional individuals does more harm than good. you aren't "waking up" anybody. you're making them feel more disconnected from reality, othering them and alienating them. we do deserve help, but the help we need isn't screaming at us or beating our thoughts out of us (like some wish it was), but things like cognitive behavioral therapy, outlets, coping mechanisms or medication. you can't just shove delusional, psychotic or schizophrenic (& others!) individuals into an asylum and forget them. this isn't the victorian era. treat others, even the other, alter & non-human, the way you would treat any other living being. if you can't do that, we aren't the problem. you are.