#shaun did u know this is cool as hell
think i’m gonna start using a “-like” suffix for ourselves to refer to when we’re… well. likesomething. it could probably sorta fit into hearted or synpath or something, maybe(?), but they just don’t seem to fit….. -like however i think does.
not sure how the heck i could describe it, besides just… when you are like something. maybe when you have similar mannerisms, traits, behaviors, etc. on an integral level, or something? idk. doesn’t matter much to me. it’s when you’re like something.
okay so this is my “"coining”“, but again it’s not really. official. not yet anyways. just something i wanna link to if i ever put it on my carrd or something. kinda like a draft maybe…? feedback is fine. this thing is a mess.
likeness refers to being, well, like something. the term "share a likeness with x” is very common, so it goes off of that mentality. it ignores the general idea of identifying with or as, because i feel it sort of treads between the two. it is intrinsic, but not necessarily by birth; you can become what you share a likeness with, sometimes. it’s usually something that just kinda happens without intent, but in some situations that could be different. typically/generally involuntary, but wiggle room exists.
i feel as though i am similar to what i share a likeness with. this may refer to one’s inner soul, or their being, for others it may be psychological or based on how one thinks, or it can be based on something else, like instinctual feelings, behaviors, mannerisms, and the like. as an example, someone who is dragonlike may feel that their soul shares a likeness with dragons, or is dragonlike. they may feel that they think similar to a dragon, or act similar to a dragon.
some things i’ve experienced:
- i feel very symbolically tied to what i share a likeness with. i feel like it could representme.
- i feel instinctsandurges tied to what i share a likeness with.
- i feel as though i understand what i share a likeness with much better than most people.
- i would enjoy having physical qualities of what i share a likeness with, though not necessarily fully. for instance, i don’t typically see myself as, or necessarily want to be, a wolf, but i would greatly enjoy having wolflike characteristics, such as their teeth, claws, and eyes. this is very subjective and other people could experience it much differently.
- i feel as though, on some level, i could be categorized in a similar place to where what i share a likeness with is. this could be spiritual (similar souls), psychological (similar thinking), genetic (similar species), etc…
terminology wise, “likeness” is used like:
- “sharing a likeness of/with x”
- “likeness between the two”
- “bearing the likeness of x”
- “have a likeness of x”
- “my likeness (of) x”
- or similar.
furthermore,-like may be used as a suffix. you may also use -liken for further clarification, and -liken may be used to designate possession ie. “my liken.”
- i am wolflike.
- i am sharklike.
- i am birdlike.
- i am wolfliken.
- i am sharkliken.
- i am birdliken.
in terms of having a “full,” alterhuman term, i think i’d go with either ostalike(n) or otherlike(n). you can shorten it to just “liken.” i like ostalike because it doesn’t look too similar to otherlink, which i’m worried about with otherlike. “osta” comes from “ostalo,” which means “other” in bosnian. (wanted to pick a unique language; everyone picks latin, okay? )
i am well aware that it’s possible something like kin, therian, hearted, or god knows what else could potentially cover it. nothing feels right for me though. so i’m gonna be using this for my likeness.
