My answer to that question was "fox" for a long time (I still think foxes are cute as all heck, and I only said that because I liked them). About 5th grade is the first time I fished up any worksheet where I wrote in "wolf".
Funny, I had thought it came about in 7th grade. Shows how good my memory is. XD
*LOL* So true. When I was a kid, my friends and I would play "make-believe", often based on TV shows we all watched. My friends got used to working a wolf into any game we played, even if there were ostensibly no wolves. Therefore, He-Man, the Super Friends, and the crew from the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon all had a friendly lupine sidekick (whether they wanted it or not).
Penguins are probably popular right now because of "March of the Penguins," but all that movie did for me was to make me really glad that I don't live in Antarctica.
That question came up a couple months ago when I was at a bar with some friends. I asked if it had to be a real animal, and when told that it did I pretty much turned into the girl in the left panel. Otter is actually what I came up with.
See, I'd answer 'Wombat' right off the bat (oh, ha ha), but I'm not a therian, so far as I'm aware. I've just always loved wombats and would love to sleep all day and terrorise people until they give me carrots all night.
I at least let people finish the question first. }:=3)~ Of course, then I ask "Does it have to be real?" Which if so, has a few good answers, but definately end up being what happens on the left. "Cat...monitor lizard...oh, a bird would have wings...wait, can it be extinct?"
"Nie, for the last time, a demon is NOT an animal." "Shut up. Demon." "It's not an anim..." "DEMON." "Pssh, fine." "You know, you could easily prevent this if you just stopped asking me the question." "Someday you'll change your mind, Nie." "Hehehe. Try me."
Heh, of course those of us who haven't quite figured out what the hell we are are SOL. But from the not-quite-congealed idea I've got, "Does it have to be real?" would definately be an applicable question.
You're right. :D Being an orca or a bottlenose dolphin would be awesome. A cat's life is so similar to a human's - I've already had my share of this lifestyle.
When I was a kid I kind of heard the question rather as "what animal are you". I figured other people weren't part animals so they could only wish to be something. :P
(No, wait! Bambiraptor! I'd like to be a bambiraptor!)
I've always wanted to be a wolf. I've always felt a deep connection with them. It's almost like i can understand them, Feeling their emotions. Shame i'm not a therian. Or am i?
I'm not therian, but I'd immediately answer cat. Some of my closest friends are cats (actual cats, not otherkin) and it looks like it would be great to be a cat. Plus I'd love to see the world the way she does. But I'm not sure I'd like to give up being human - I'd like voluntary shapeshifting, not a permanent transformation. (I wandered here by trying to research otherkin, because I'm a psych student and this kind of stuff interests me.)
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Date: 2007-04-02 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-02 10:56 pm (UTC)Funny, I had thought it came about in 7th grade. Shows how good my memory is. XD
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Date: 2007-04-02 11:07 pm (UTC)"A dragon...no, wait, a lion...earthworm!...hold on, it's changing again..."
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Date: 2007-04-02 11:39 pm (UTC)Raccoon, er, dragon, er, mouse, er, red panda, er, fox....
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Date: 2007-04-03 12:07 am (UTC)Penguins are probably popular right now because of "March of the Penguins," but all that movie did for me was to make me really glad that I don't live in Antarctica.
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Date: 2007-04-03 01:18 am (UTC)Yes.
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Date: 2007-04-05 04:18 pm (UTC)(^_^)
he he
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Date: 2007-04-03 10:16 pm (UTC)Of course, then I ask "Does it have to be real?" Which if so, has a few good answers, but definately end up being what happens on the left.
"Cat...monitor lizard...oh, a bird would have wings...wait, can it be extinct?"
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Date: 2007-04-06 07:59 am (UTC)"Shut up. Demon."
"It's not an anim..."
"DEMON."
"Pssh, fine."
"You know, you could easily prevent this if you just stopped asking me the question."
"Someday you'll change your mind, Nie."
"Hehehe. Try me."
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Date: 2007-04-06 08:55 pm (UTC)Questioner: 0
*Thumbs up*
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Date: 2007-04-06 02:25 pm (UTC)And a great comic, again.
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Date: 2007-05-07 04:53 pm (UTC)When I was a kid I kind of heard the question rather as "what animal are you". I figured other people weren't part animals so they could only wish to be something. :P
(No, wait! Bambiraptor! I'd like to be a bambiraptor!)
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Date: 2007-04-13 02:18 pm (UTC)"What animal would you-"
"SCARB BEETlE! NO! AARDWOLF!"
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Date: 2008-01-03 11:00 pm (UTC)I actually get asked the "if you could have any power, what would it be" question a lot. shapeshifting is never debatable for me. xD
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Date: 2012-03-06 01:36 pm (UTC)Shame i'm not a therian. Or am i?
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