cobalt dergn @monsterblue@dragon.style

Categories of words I will censor or avoid, if aware (non-exhaustive):

- Words that demean vulnerable groups, or glorify bigotry (e.g. slurs, racist/ableist/anti-fat etc dogwhistles)
- Words that deny others' personal and communal identities (e.g. deadnames, colonial names for places/peoples)
- Words that are sacred or taboo to marginalised cultures/religions, and not to be spoken
- Words that belong to cultures/religions of which I am not a part, and cannot use accurately due to not being immersed in that culture (e.g. spirit animal)

Categories of words I will *not* censor or avoid, assuming they are none of the above:

- Words used by others to describe *their own* personal or communal identities (e.g. microidentities, neopronouns, noungenders)

- Birth of a Dragon, by KaniS: https://draconic.com/fordragons/
- SFW, romance elements
The story at this page is 100% real, but there's a fiction story buried in here that I've always related to a lot.

- Last Session, by Kristina Tracer (Th' buni): https://web.archive.org/web/20030627101029/http://www.menagerie.tf/~krd/writing/pp13/lastsession.shtml
- SFW
Part of the Passenger Pigeon 13 series. A powerful little story about species dysphoria and the mixed emotions of a last therapy session.

- Pretty much anything by Jewelfox: https://web.archive.org/web/20110911120500/http://www.becomeyourfursona.com/stories/
- All SFW
Jewelfox is a survivor of Mormon abuse, and her stories that feature beings trying to reconcile their oppressive religious upbringings with their desire to transform are particularly good. (Endure to the End, An Enemy To God, As I Am) There's also a lot of focus on autistic beings.

- If WisheRs Were Horses: http://www.unicorn-dream.co.uk/destrier/menu.html
- Mostly SFW, some NSFW
An old site by Destrier, including stories, mock-FAQs on what to expect during a transformation, and traditional mythical and folkloric transformation stories. Almost all horses. I remember liking a lot of the stuff here for its general species-dysphoria themes; this is a good little example. http://www.unicorn-dream.co.uk/destrier/Fiction/derbyday.html

who tf named this thing

when i think of 🚨 i think of siren, alert, warning, flashing light. i think of "wee woo wee woo". i do not think of "revolving_light"

do any of y'all play flight rising

This guy trained his monitor lizards to wave and ask to be let out of their tank, with gentle, positive reinforcement. It's pretty cute, and clearly everything is set up for their benefit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWTITUgDcmU

blaséball

as a dragon i hereby declare capitalists can't use "nest egg" any more. an egg contains a child to be nurtured and supported through life, not your investment which you can later profit from

Some beings feel a strong sense of delight and euphoria from being called "dragon" or "wolf" or "cat", in the same way that some feel it from being called "she/her" or "they/them" or "fae/faer".

Some beings feel a strong sense of bodily shock and *dysphoria* from being called "human", in the same way that some feel it from being called by the wrong pronoun.

In either case, I feel that the main takeaway from this should be that we have the power to heal or hurt with just a single word, and that we should use it wisely-- not prescriptive concerns about what those words mean and whether it's "valid" to use them in that way.