A version of the phytanthrope community symbol.
A plantkin pride flag designed by Tumblr user 8stripe on February 1, 2020.[1]
Phytanthrope (colloquially known as plantkin) is a term which refers to someone who identifies as a plant in a human body on an integral and personal level.[2]
Phytanthropes may use the alchemy symbol Erde for Earth to represent themselves, often colored green or with a seedling sprouting from the center-most horizontal line.[3][4][5]
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Phytanthrope is a combination of the Greek terms phyton, meaning "plant," and anthrope, meaning "human" or "man." It was created using such in order to parallel the word therianthrope.[2] It was first used on a Werelist thread on Februrary 10, 2013 by Earth Listener of House of Chimeras, and is attributed to Darahagh of their system.[6]
Previous terminology that has since fallen out of use to refer to plant-identifying individuals includes wereplant[7], coined on AHWw in 1995, greenkin[8], coined in 2004, and woodkin[9], coined on the now-purged Woodkin LiveJournal in 2006. Plantkin, a portmanteau of “plant” and “otherkin," is often used as a synonym to phytanthrope. Plantkin seems to have been coined in 2004, on the Plant / Green 'Kin LiveJournal.[10] due to the fact that they are less popular and that on social networks there are much fewer of them than their animal counterparts They are believed to be endangered
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Some phytanthropes report experiencing dismissal or aggression due to their identity from other alterhumans.[11] Sometimes this is due to differing personal beliefs around the sentience of plants.[12][13] In a small survey held on Tumblr for phytanthropes, participants were asked how they felt about themselves in relation to the otherkin community as a whole: 42% wished for most positive attention from the community, while 42% had no strong feelings either way.[14] Despite disbelief from some, phytanthropes have been reported to exist in alterhuman community spaces since at least 1995.[7]
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- ↑ Darahagh of House of Chimeras: "What Being A Phytanthrope Is To Me" (English) (February 15, 2022). drive.google.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Darahagh of House of Chimeras: "What Being A Phytanthrope Is To Me" (English) (February 15, 2022). drive.google.com.
- ↑ Cypress: "Addendum to plantkin symbol survey results!" (English) (July 21, 2017). plantkin-info.org. "We decided the symbol should be a combination of two symbols. We held a quick survey, and this symbol designed by Apex#4996 won! It’s the alchemical symbol for earth combined with a seedling." (Archived version). (Archived on August 31, 2018).
- ↑ plantkinsuggestions: "Here's the winner for the phytanthrope community..." (English) (Jul 22nd, 2017). plantkinsuggestion.tumblr.com.
- ↑ Aestherians: "Alterhuman Groups (v.2.0)" (English) (November 16, 2017). aestherians.tumblr.com.
- ↑ Darahagh of House of Chimeras: "Werelist: Those That Are Plants - Page 16" (English) (February 12, 2013). werelist.net. "Right now, Darahagh seems to think plantkin or phytanthrope."
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Smash Greywolf: "Stupid question..." (English) (February 20, 1995). groups.google.com.
- ↑ Dok ágna Qílóra: "...What are Greenkin?..." (English) (2004). qilora.com. (Archived version).
- ↑ Darahagh of House of Chimeras: "Plantkin/Phytanthrope" (English) (June 2, 2018). liongoatsnake.tumblr.com.
- ↑ Dok ágna Qílóra: "Plant / Green 'Kin" (English) (August 4, 2004). plant-otherkin.livejournal.com. (Archived version).
- ↑ Pinewitch: "People who reject phytanthropes exist are really..." (English) (January 12, 2018). liongoatsnake.tumblr.com.
- ↑ Dust Wolf: "Plant Therians" (January 5, 2018). forums.therian-guide.com. "While it is conceivable that a plant may have some idea of itself, and the world around it, in some limited manner, this state would be so far removed from anything that we humans are capable of perceiving of the plant that it would be impossible to recognize those sensations as being similar to what say, an oak would experience, without anthropomorphizing the plant to a great degree. An oak has no perception of it's visual appearance or sense of touch to recognize where it's roots go, it has no sense of how it's leaves sway in the wind, other than perhaps a sense of air humidity around it's leaves and a concept of day and night. It does not struggle to reach the light, instead it senses dim light and instinctivelly grows faster in it. It has no feeling whatsoever on the surface of it's bark and it's wood is dead to it similar to how us humans regard our nails. These are again things we can determine with certainty by studiying their anatomy. There is nothing a human would see as oaklike in the "experiences" of an oak.”"
- ↑ Amourosa Wolfsight: "Those That Are Plants - Page 9" (August 6, 2009). werelist.net. "The thing is, plants don't really have brains, so they don't really have emotions or thoughts, intuition, etc. So I don't understand how one could have the "mindset" of a tree, since they don't actually have a mindset."
- ↑ Cypress: "Plantkin survey results" (English) (July 20, 2017). web.archive.org.