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Voxel ([personal profile] voxel) wrote2025-10-19 09:25 am

alterhuman identity writing prompts (abridged)

This is a simplified version of a really long list of prompts for writing about alterhuman identities We compiled recently. The full version is available at https://voxel.gay/library/identity-prompts.

This list is intended to be comprehensive for a lot of different kinds of alterhuman identities: archetropes, extranths, factives, facttypes, fictives, fictotypes, hearthomes, hearttypes, kintypes, theriotypes...

This was written because We wanted to share about Our alterhuman identities, but We're not very good at communicating without being prompted. We compiled this list from a bunch of prompt lists We found online (linked at the bottom). We're sharing this list with you in hopes that it may help you too.

Basics



  • What is this identity?


Day-to-day



  • How does this identity influence your behavior?

  • What are some other ways you express this identity? (Or ways you would like to express it)

  • Any other ways this identity affects your day-to-day?


Alternormal Experiences



  • Do you have shifts or similar experiences related to this identity?

  • Do you have dysphoria, euphoria, or homesickness about any part of this identity?

  • Do you have any memories and other noemata about this identity?

  • How similar is this identity to the “canon”, theriform, etc. version of it?

  • Have you had any other notable alternormal experiences?


History



  • When and how did you determine this identity?

  • What is the overall history of this identity?

  • What conscious decisions have you made about this identity?


Relationships...



  • How “out” are you about your identity?

  • How do you interact with other people?

  • What's your relationship to your identity's fandom (or equivalent community)?

  • ...to other aspects of you.

  • ...to art.

  • ...to ideas & concepts.

  • For funsies, compare this identity to something otherwise unrelated.


Framework



  • What is your relationship to this identity?

  • What category/ies do you place this identity in? (animal, object, fictional, mythical, etc.)

  • What labels do you use to describe this identity, either in reference to the identity or to yourself?

  • What's your origin theory for this identity?


Feelings & Opinions



  • What are your overall feelings and opinions about this identity?

  • Would you become this physically if you could? What if you couldn't go back?

  • What other thoughts do you have about this identity?



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[personal profile] emeraldflame 2025-10-20 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
This is awsome and will help give me ideas for writing every now and then (: