WereCat

I am a were, but not a werewolf, I am a werecat. A rather large black one.

I am not burned or killed by silver, and I do not become hairy and covered in drool at each full moon. I do not charge round the countryside hunting down innocent humans and ripping their throats out for those 3 days either.

In most ways I am a peaceful, law-abiding citizen.
I love silver jewellery, and wear it exclusively, gold does not suit my colouring.
I eat meat very sparingly indeed, saving my meat intake mostly for the times when the hunger is on me.
That is the time when my stomach tightens, and my mouth waters everytime I pass a butcher's shop. That is the time when I must have meat, and only meat will do. But never raw meat, not even rare meat. It must be cooked thoroughly, and served with fresh salad and a glass of juice. (or even wrapped in pie crust or a bread bun and served with chips).

I try to do nothing that would shame my ancestors, and do what I can to live up to my potential each and every day. I don't always manage it, but I always try.

It is not an easy thing to be any type of kin, and each new day brings it's own triumphs, disasters and challenges to overcome. But the dawn of each new day also brings with it infinite possibilities, the chance to help a member of the otherkin community, a chance to change the life of someone, maybe even the chance to make the world a slightly better place? How could anyone not want that?

Rejoice in being kin, as hard as it may be. And if you believe yourself to be a werecat please come in and keep me company. I love to meet kin of all kinds but cat-kin would be especially nice.

Darkness.

I am a were-panther. Which is in the cat family. I understand you are more specifically a cougar are you not?

~Legitimize

People say I have a cat like personallity. I think I am a nekkanome(Two tailed cat). I understand what its like to love shiny things(not gold though... yuck It just wouldn't look good.) otherkin/angel nightmare.bmp

Just to more specifically update my above post. I have found out that I am a Therian instead of a were.

~Legitimize

What's the difference between a Therian and a Were?

To my understanding as Camille explained it. Therian just means human body with essence of whatever kin type you are.

So Therian with panther essence, versus were-panther.

The word were translates to man or human. So I take it to mean something like human-panther. Or with a human side. Not fully a panther. (Note: I'm just using panther because that's my particular kin type.)

A lot of people who are probably Therian use the were terminology to describe themselves though. So I don't think the difference means a great deal.

You'd have to wait for Camille to wait up tomorrow morning for a better explanation than that though.

Hope I helped,
~Farshief

Well I think probably what I would have said would be more like:
Descriptions of 'Therian' often differ widely depending on the Therian you are talking to.
The most common descriptions are of a connection in some way with a certain animal, having the spirit of an animal residing within you, that they were that animal in a past life, or that the animal spirit and the human spirit co-habit in the body, kind of sharing it. There are others but these are the main ones I've heard/read.
Because (as with all experiences that happen within you) they are experienced and 'felt' differently by each Therian, they are also described differently by each one.

There is an excellent description of Therianthropy here written by Meirya.
http://www.trueformwithin.org/site/index.p...id=93&Itemid=28
It says everything I have always thought about Therianthropy, and is written very well.

oooo that is a very good link, Camille. i can't really tell what the difference is to me, it feels like there's a difference, that a Wereanimal is more human in some way. but truthfully i just like therian better to describe whatever i am. Were gets me confused with were (were-wolf vs. where were we?) and the were-animal is the label used in horror films, so when you say therian that hollywood stereotype isn't there as much as saying you're a were-wolf. but i think they're pretty much the same...