Poems and writings

Nonhuman as an adult

Being nonhuman as an adult is almost... boring. And that's (kind of) the point. "But why saying that you're nonhuman, it doesn't affect your life, it doesn't change anything!", you may say. "These gen zs and their weird identities, in my times-". And everything that we've heard before. "You're an adult, act like it", yeah, yeah.

I'm not nonhuman because of a "trend". I've known I'm nonhuman for almost a year, now, and nothing has changed. Well, I've picked a few more kintypes along the way, but that's all part of the process. I can tell you right now that if I've known that theriantrophy was a thing five, ten years ago, I would identify as an animal much, much sooner. It's what I am, after all.

I've known I'm asexual since I was thirteen. Why? Because at that age I discovered that it exists. I've known I'm transgender since I was fourteen. Why? Because at that age I discovered that it exists. I've known I'm aromantic since I was twenty. Why? Because at that age I discovered that it exists. Heck, and not just identities either. Books that I like, hobbies that I've pursued, people that I met. That's all part of the process of being (in my case) nonhuman, to discover new things, to be happier, to be free.

It was never because we need identities to define ourselves. Yes, when I was a teen I was obsessed with labels, but that's because I was a teenager and that's what teenagers are. Gen Zs and Gen Alphas label themselves over and over because it's what we've been taught to fit in. Well, turns out my labels are out of the ordinary. And that's okay! I'm not harming anyone, even if it may seem weird, it's who I am.

I'm nonhuman because it's what it feels right. I feel happier with myself, even people in my life have commented it, even though they don't even know I'm nonhuman. Yes, it's unusual, but it doesn't harm me! Just like being alive doesn't harm me! It helps me see and perceive the world in a way that I've never felt before. I go more on walks, because dogs need walks! I take more naps, because cats need their rest! I'm more observant and patient because Watchers supervise their worlds! Dogs are optimistic, Watchers are smarter, cats are more elegant than me. But I'm those species, so I am those things too! It's amazing!

I'm me!