Therian
A therian is a person who believes themselves to be either spiritually, mentally, or in some ways, physically an animal. In other words, half-crazed people who run around howling and growling. They have formed an internet subculture involving communities filled with people who think they are wolves. There are very few species in the therian community other than wolves. No one knows exactly why. Perhaps it is because wolves pawn and they ate all the rest.
The Community[edit | edit source]
Therians in forums enjoy posting that they are the true "therians" and all the rest are "posers". Often the so called "posers" respond with a quick "Fuck You!", then are abruptly banned off the site and go to run around elsewhere claiming to be "werewolves", and are eventually institutionalized. (Either that or they join the furry community and sit at a computer, one hand on the keyboard, the other down their pants.)
Theriotypes[edit | edit source]
Often therians will find that they have a certain very strong, special connection to an animal. They may feel spiritually drawn to that animal, see them in visions, and may want to participate in hot sex with that species. This species is called the therian's theriotype(originally called phenotype, which was a word stollen from genetic scientists). A theriotype is the animal that a therian is. Therians enjoy bragging about their species, and then changing it every other week or so. According to most therians, it takes a lot of meditating and soul searching to find one's true inner species. Of course, no one in the therian community knows exactly what "soul searching" means. So what they are actually saying is, "To find your crazy-person type, you must meditate, and do something that none of us know how to do to prove to yourself that you are just as delusional as the rest of us."
Shifting[edit | edit source]
Therians will also generally do something called a "shift". In a shift, the therian goes completely crazy (not saying they arn't already) and runs around on all fours chewing up everything in sight. In the rare case of spider therians, the spider therian may go into a shift, and continuously smash into a chair, trying to crawl under it because they think they are suddenly five hundred times smaller than they actually are.
About Therians[edit | edit source]
Therians on their own tend to be strange animal-obsessed people who would always claim themselves to be "puppies" at an early age. These unusual behaviors could possibly be caused by children who were raised by the family dog.
