Extranthrope
An extranthrope (often shortened to extranth) is a nonhuman member of a plural system.[1] The term was coined for system members who do not feel like the word otherkin describes their experiences. It has been compared to how the word fictive differs from fictionkin.[1]
Experiences[edit | edit source]
Extranthropy is the experience of nonhumanity "rooted in being a headmate".[2] This is often because an extranthrope's inner-world body is nonhuman, and they experience completely living as and being seen as that species in headspace.[2][3] Extranthropes do not need to awaken to or discover their identity because it has always been their primary and immediate self-experience.[2][3][4] They may therefore feel alienated from otherkin and therian communities which strongly focus on questioning and awakening.[4] They can have kintypes and theriotypes in addition to their inner-world nonhumanity, which may be a further reason for them to distinguish the two experiences.[5]
The form and functionality of the system's body may feel foriegn to an extranthrope, and require time to learn how to inhabit.[2] They may relate differently to concepts such as gendered socialization[2][4] and reproduction,[6] or the effects of illness[7] or age[3] on their bodies, as a result of their primary nonhuman experience. Some extranthropes did not experience the body's human childhood at all.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Magen of ? Haunting. "Extranth"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 flock-of-changes. (October 14th, 2018) "So, the word “extranthrope” was coined and passed around..."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Page Shepard (who-is-page). (November 8th, 2021) "Growing Whiskers & Tattooing Skin: Experiences and Realizations of Aging as Queer Extranthropes"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Magen (kinarchist). (December 18th, 2020) "Struggles I actually care about expressing as an extranth"
- ↑ mordecai midas. "Anonymous asked: heyyo! as a multiple can i refer to my species ( when im fronting ) as a kintype ?"
- ↑ Drago. (November 14th, 2021) "Please No Kids!"
- ↑ Magen (kinarchist). (May 16th, 2021) "the side-effects of the second covid vaxx dose..."