Sivaan's Library of Lore

Author's Note

This is a collection of my writings within the alterhumanity community. I've divided up my writings into the following sections: General Nonfiction, which discusses my experiences in essays and reflective musings; Creative Nonfiction, which consists of created knowledge and stories that flesh out my noemata; Kin Lit, which consists of fictional stories I wrote with nonhuman and otherhuman experiences in mind; and Labels I've Coined, which is self-explanatory.

With that said, I ask that those who reference my writings respect that my experiences are my own. They are not indicative of all alterhuman experiences. For example, you may reference my writings on draconity if it pertains to the perspectives of those who identify as dragons but my writings are not representative of the draconic community as a whole.

General Nonfiction

"Alterhumanity in Color: Exploring Race Outside of Orthohumanity": An essay on my experiences as an alterhuman of color, particularly as a Soulaani (African-American) alterhuman. This piece will also delve into my thoughts on why some alterhumans, particularly those who are not human, detach themselves from race under the perspective that race is exclusive to orthohumans.

"Bartering with Labels, or Why I Call Myself Transspecies": An informal reflection that examines my relationship with species labels in the alterhuman community, most notably how I came to find that transspecies is the most fitting label for me as a member of this community.

"Transitioning Into a Beastman: Examining My Gender, Humanity, and Nonhumanity Through Transspecies Identity": A personal essay in which I discuss the connections between my identity as a boi and my identity as a beastman through non-normative role models for my masculinity. Much of this is discussed in relation to being transspecies.

"Imagithropy, TTRPGs, and Other Ramblings": An informal piece in which I discuss how I came to identify as an imagithrope.

"You Can't Take Me": To Be Ontopunk in 2025: Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A personal reflections on embracing ontopunk ideologies and practices in the wake of today’s climate.

"Contrarily In/Voluntary": A reflection on voluntary-involuntary frameworks, my relationship with them and more importantly, what led me to stepping away from them.

"Involuntariness,Voluntariness, and the Stigmas In Between": A critical journal entry about the treatment of voluntary identities within the nonhuman community.

"On Chosen Identity and the Optics of Authenticity": A personal essay in which I discuss the nuances of having a chosen identity. I also break down my thoughts on perceived “seriousness” or authenticity within the community regarding choice.

"Finding Kinship in Hoards Great and Small": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A stream-of-consciousness piece in which I discuss being Orchearted and Koboldhearted, especially in context to Dungeons & Dragons, as a fantasy-based fictional being.

"Tapping Into My Alterhumanity Through Sun Haven": A personal reflection on the indie game Sun Haven and how it relates to my alterhumanity. This is an informal piece that touches on hearthome feels, fictionhood and a little bit of concepthood.

"Where the Heart Belongs": Observations that I have made in regards to the phenomenon of hearthomes within the alterhuman community.

"A Fruit Best Savored than Wasted: Wise Serpent Archetropy": A reflection on how I've come to embody the trope of the Wise Serpent through reconciling with my past and embracing selfhood over self-suppression.

Moral Alignments and Other Nonsense: An informal, critical piece in which I discuss the ostracization of "problematic" fictionkind.

"The Pen, The Sword and One Who Wields Them All": A reflection on being an archetroper with fantasy-centered lifestyles: the Cloistered Scholar, the Storyteller, the Quest Guide.

"What Lurks Beneath Shell and Scale": Reconstructed from my original Tumblr post, this essay details my discovery of my only quoiic identity: my Aurak Draconian fracture. Unsure if it manifested voluntarily and involutarily, I speculate on the importance of this species within my alterhumanity, reclaim aspects of myself along the way and ultimately learn to accept the gray areas of identity wherever they may lie.

"Gems, Crystals, and Other Forbidden Fruits": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A piece in which my dietary cravings towards various metals, minerals and gems, mostly relating to my draconity.

"The Hoarding Culture of a Scribe": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A short piece in which I discuss my hoard(s) as a member of the draconic community, which is based on my D&D fictomere.

"Of Brotherhood and Kinship": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A short piece in which I discuss my brother, Spirit, from my fictomere as a Monster Rider and my kinship towards him.

"Evolution: The Kardiatype That Became A Mirrortype": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A reflection in which I discuss my past as a wild Necrozma, how that life eventually came to leave me, and how it came back in the form of something new.

"A Zonai's Place in the Zelda Continuity Paradox": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A rant-turned-reflection of the Zelda timeline as a Zonai originating from two realities.

"On Lived Mythology Beyond Earth: An Account of Mythic Archaeosapience": A reflection in which I discuss my mythos as a treasure sphinx within the Radiant Citadel.

"The Liondrake Beckons": Day One of the Folcintera Week Challenge.

"Three Tell-Alls to a Liondrake": Day Two of the Folcintera Week Challenge.

"Dungeon Lore: The Winged Lion": Day Three of the Folcintera Week Challenge.

"A Day in the Life of a Liondrake": Day Four of the Folcintera Week Challenge.

"Getting to Know the Beast I Am": Day Five of the Folcintera Week Challenge.

"Personal Origins of a Liondrake": Day Six of the Folcintera Week Challenge.

"Nonhumanity: A Change of Pace": Day Seven of the Folcintera Week Challenge.

"Polymorphism is Weird (A Good Kind of Weird!)": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. An informal piece in which I discuss how I picked up the polymorph label and how I personally experience polymorphism.

"Changing Names, Changing Shapes": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. An informal piece in which I discuss the communal semantics and lack of structure surrounding the "polymorph" and "shapeshifter" labels.

"Shifting Semantics": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A piece in which I discuss what it means for me to undergo a shift, at least in terms of my polymorphism.

"Dragons, Lions, and Antelopes: A Self Assessment": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A self-assessment in which I discuss my draconity, specifically how it has changed and how it incorporates my animality as a lion and an antelope.

"A Lion and His Pride": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A stream-of-consciousness piece on my social behaviors as a (mostly) leonine person.

Creative Nonfiction

"Narrative Cosmology: A Personal Account of Dungeons & Dragons": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A reflection that discusses storytelling and worldbuilding within my source of origin, particularly how they influence said source’s cosmology.

"No Gods, No Masters": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A piece in which I discuss my complications with being a celestial and how I’ve moved forward by homebrewing myself.

"When an OC Foretells a Fictomere": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A reflection on a connection I made between a character I played in a D&D campaign and my position as a homebrew Celestial, which serve as a major help in exploring my imagithropy.

"Generations Between Fire and Grass": Written as a part of the Alterhuman Writing Challenge. A first-person creative piece that explores the exomemories of my Lionblood fictomere. I discuss my family history as well as how I came to be a Lionblood.

"The Land Lit with Gold": A comprehesive collection of created knowledge pertaining to the Lux Aurea I come from. I am a canon-divergent Sunfire Elf, therefore my Xadia is canon-divergent as well.

"Understanding the Solisverse: My Verse as a Sunfire Fumelei (Delta)": Reconstructed from my original Tumblr post, these writings detail the cultural workings of my verse as a Sunfire Elf. This is in context to misceverse as a lifestyle and practice. My ties to this experience stem purely from my noemata as a Sunfire Elf and from the help of my soulbond, Janai.

Kin Lit

N/A. Will be updated soon.

Labels I Have Coined

Archaeosapience: An informative piece on "Archaeosapien", an umbrella term and a label for individuals whose identity is intrinsically ancient in nature.

Ontoplanar: An informative piece on the term Ontoplanar, which I coined to describe my experiences as an alterhuman whose alterhumanity is experienced both metaphysically and psychologically. This will also include "On Ontoplanarity". a coining essay I wrote on the label.