When a lot of otters get older, they may well become bears ‘physically,’ even if they don’t prescribe to the bear community or go to bear events. Some have claimed that being an otter is part of a transitory phase between twink and bear. Otters don’t focus on masculinity as a behaviour type or “masc for masc.” There are loads of femme otters, and some non-binary otters too. The ‘masculine aesthetic’ part isn’t key to otterness. Hold on, isn’t this more toxic masculinity? (/tambako) Otters look similar to what you might call the “guy next door” type.
It seems that a lot of guys could be seen as otters, whether they identify as one or not.Ī cisgender male, with a traditionally masculine aesthetic, someone who has an ‘average’ level of body hair, a bit of scruff, fluff, fur, whatever you’d like to call it. Hold on (you may be thinking)… isn’t that a lot of guys? A lot of guys may be otters without realising it
Almost never as hairy as a bear, and perhaps not as lean or boyish as a twink, but if you had a body size and hairiness scale of ‘twink to bear,’ you’d find otters comfortably taking up a good chunk of the middle ground.
