Today's topic I want to talk about: selfies. There are therians who will proudly shows photos of themselves while wearing some kind of gear (tail/ears) or a theta-delta necklace etc. You will never see me doing that, at all.
I mentioned before that being my wyvern character online is the closest I get to actually being one. Part of my desire isn't just to experience life as a different creature, but also to be perceived as that creature by everyone else. And that's the part I can actually accomplish thanks to the internet: By "becoming" my wyvern character online, people will inadvertently view me as one even if they rationally understand that we are all humans. They will interact with me accordingly.
If I were to show a photograph of myself, I would destroy the illusion. I would destroy people's perception of me as a wyvern because I showed them my human body. I would replace their image of me as my most authentic self with something reality forced upon me. And I can't stand that thought.
Don't take this as me throwing shade on anyone (because, as you know, I'm familiar with the feelings behind it). It's just that this situation depicted there is the epitome of what I imagined back then. I thought, or at least hoped, I had the soul of a dragon and that I was emanating an aura (like the person in the drawing) people might instinctively feel.
I moved past this sort of imagery, so it only feels silly to me now. I don't boost a lot of therian memes for this reason.
Sometimes, I wish I could still feel the way I did then because thinking I'm a dragon on some level sure is more fun than my current mindset. On the other hand, now I feel completely grounded in my identity and worry way less about stupid things.
