I Feel A Little Weird When I Talk About My Identity As A Turtle Because I Usually Post Stuff About My

I feel a little weird when I talk about my identity as a turtle because I usually post stuff about my monsterhood

I know my alterhumanity shouldn’t be a performance for my followers but I do feel like I’m hitting you with

“oh by the way I’m a turtle demigod and this is what I am at my core and the monster thing isn’t my spiritual identity per say”

That, and I also I feel vulnerable talking about this part of myself

did you go for a swim and Come Back Wrong?

I swim at Galveston so probably

I just want to get my claws dirty in the mud as I look for rocks and feel the sun on my scales

Probably the only universal thing all therians experience is the little head tilt we do when we don’t understand something

I cannot stand winter! I am a freshwater creature that needs humid temperatures to survive

I can’t hibernate or brumate because I have a human body so I’m just stuck here in limbo

Been seeing some posts about the not so fun shifts/instincts alterhumans have, and it’s got me wanting to share the stuff I deal with every winter

Once the weather gets cold and muggy, I get hit with the urge to brumate or hibernate. I can’t go outside in the cold without my brain yelling:

“I need to stalk up on fish”

“I need my scale pattern to become less saturated so I can blend in the dying leaves”

“I need to bury myself in the mud”

“I need to sleep for a week straight”

I have found ways to make it calm down, like using mud type soap or eating sushi but it still feels artificial to me, and I’m always anxious during this time

I don’t see this as a turtle instinct even though I know some turtles brumate, I actually think this is how my species as a monster deals with winter