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.
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