Ok so I have a theory on why there are so few prehistorical therians. If you’re a dragon or a wolf you may want to listen to me. I’m not going to trash any dragons or wolves, only the “new” ones if you catch my drift.
Most of the Earth’s history is prehistorical. There should be way more prehistorical therians than there is. So maybe the reason why there’s so few of us is because most people don’t look that much into it : if you feel like a big, scary, scaly things with wings, you could be a dragon but you could also be an quetzalcoatlus. If you feel like some sort of big canine, you could be a wolf but you could also be an eucyon.
I don’t mean to invalidate anyone here, but I think it’s interesting to think about. The inverse is true, of course : someone interested in paleontology may think they’re a
quetzalcoatluswhile actually being a dragon. But I think the likelihood of so few people being prehistorical therians is very slim given Earth’s history.
Always question your theriotypes or kintypes. Always look more into it.
I’m not a paleontologist or anything but if you’re questioning being a prehistorical animal I can help you with that, and I run a discord server full of cool people that may also help you !
That’s pretty much it, yeah. Similar things will always feed into each other, and if you know one better than you know another, well. That’s a thing. It’s the same reason why canon-divergency isn’t as well known as it should be. I don’t remember who said it, but nearly everyone is canon-divergent. But since canon’s mostly all we know and it’s not like we’re likely to stumble upon the exact fanfic AU that was us, it’s a lot easier to think you match up with canon when you definitely don’t.
At least with fictionkind. But this doesn’t sound like a new thing- I guess nobody ever bothered to put it into words before now. I already knew this, but maybe someone else hasn’t considered this angle yet, so have a boost anyway.
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