My brother has a point. No one ever seems to do much when someone goes missing in the forest. Once darkness hits, it is too dangerous to try and send in a search party. In the eyes of the village, the lost turn into the deceased. Victims of the otherkin.
The four of us hurry inside. Father locks the door and reinforces it with planks of wood. Mother extinguishes all the candles, leaving us to wander in darkness. This is the usual routine. We make sure everything is off the floor so we can quickly get to our shared bedroom. It is much safer sleeping in a group than in separate spaces because otherkin are cowardly and prefer easy pickings. Father keeps his musket with him. Mother is by his side, with my brother and me between them.
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Individuals identifying as fictional species have been present in the otherkin and dragon communities since their inceptions. Prior to the coining of a specific term for fictional identification, three members of the Elf Queen's Daughters, a group of elves, realized they identified as Hobbits in 1979. Later, in 1995, users of the website, Alt.Fan.Dragons, described themselves as Pernese dragons, a fictional species from Anne McCaffery's Dragonriders of Pern. However, fictionkin began as a separate community under the label 'otakukin' during the early 2000s.[2]
Spiritual explanations for being fictionkin are just as diverse as those for otherkin and therians. Arguably the most common belief is past lives and reincarnation, where one was their fictotype in another life, though this is far from the only explanation, there are also misplaced or walk-in souls where the soul of a fictional entity wound up in a different or the wrong body, soul parts, where aspects of the soul are of a fictional entity, and soulbonding, where a fictional entity bonded with a host.
There are many, many different ways a fictionkin might identify spiritually as their fictotype. Fictionkin and otherkin as whole is not a unified spiritual belief, and, psychological explanations aside, there are many different spiritual beliefs.
Many people (both within and outside of the otherkin belief/culture) are critical of fictionkin, claiming it to be "taking things too far," "roleplaying," or "being a copycat." These statements are typical towards the otherkin grouping at large, but more so to fictionkin than other kintypes. There are also criticisms of stealing from the author.
There is some debate over whether fictionkin is considered otherkin or not. Though under the alterhuman and kin umbrellas, otherkin usually identify as something nonhuman, and fictionkin oftentimes identify as human characters. Some believe they are always otherkin, some believe they are sometimes otherkin, and some believe they are never otherkin. Even if one doesn't see fictionkin as intrinsically part of the otherkin community, they may still consider themselves both if they identify as a nonhuman character or identify as another species in addition to being a human fictional character.
Spanning from the late 1960s to 2011 inclusive, this work of non-fiction traces the recent history of therianthropes and otherkin: real people who identify themselves as animals and legendary beings. All events in this timeline are drawn from primary sources when possible, such as contemporary print and electronic media, as well as interviews with people who were directly involved at the time. Events covered include the establishment and dissolution of groups, the coining of jargon, the publication of books and magazine articles, and more.
Author: Orion Scribner has been involved in the otherkin and therianthrope communities for about ten years, and so has witnessed some of the events firsthand. Orion Scribner identifies as a dragon person, and therefore can relate personally to the writings produced by otherkin and similar communities.
When did people begin to say that they identified as other than human? How did they come up with that idea? When did they begin forming communities of people who felt the same way? I started this project because I wondered how far back otherkin and therianthrope history went, and how each part of it began.
People who call themselves otherkin look human, but identify as supernatural entities ordinarily thought of as mythological.[1] Many otherkin call themselves elves, Fae, or dragons. [2] The otherkin community began and was named in 1990.[3]
With both otherkin and therians, each person has their own reasons for why they identify as other than human. Depending on the person, they may say they identify as another creature in a way that is spiritual,[11] philosophical, metaphorical,[12] experiential,[13] behavioral, [14] or psychological.[15] Some claim they had ancestors who were other than human, and that they are therefore partially other than human themselves. [16]
Creation of Otherkin Resource Center (ORC) web-site by Magpie Hrafnsdottir (who formerly went byValinde Wilwaren). The ORC was an important part of the otherkin community during the years that it lasted .[99]
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart published Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, a non-fiction handbook for a magic-themed youth education system. It included a few paragraphs about psychic vampires, therianthropes, and otherkin in the real world. [118]
Wolf therianthrope and Neo-Pagan author Lupa published A Field Guide to Otherkin, a book entirely on the subject of otherkin, therianthropes, and vampires. She drew her information from surveys of them, so that her book reflects their diversity of beliefs and opinions. [126]
An otherkin community blossomed on the blog-hosting site Tumblr.com. What makes the part of the otherkin community on Tumblr different from the rest of the otherkin community is its melding with social justice activism, concepts, and language.[132] In the last couple of months of the year, harassment of otherkin on Tumblr became constant, but the otherkin remained very active there. [133]
2.3 - How do I cope now that I'm Otherkin?2.3.1 - I know I'm Otherkin, but I haven't remembered anything yet, what can I do?2.3.2 - I've had a Death-Trauma memory--how do I handle it?Appendix I: Otherkin ResourcesAppendix II: Awakenings ResourcesAppendix III: Race-specific ResourcesBack to TopOtherkin & Awakening FAQ v 3.0 Beta (9/27/99)1.0 - IntroductionWritten by volunteer members of the Awakenings and Otherkin Gazette mailing lists at Onelist.com. Editorial comments and credits for contributions are in brackets. Answers are in the order in which they were recieved. Multi-paragraph entries are in the same beautiful colors ;) this will either make it clear that the same author is continuing to comment, or will blind you.Keep in mind that there is no one right answer to many of the questions presented in this FAQ, which is why multiple opinions are expressed for each answer. Being an Otherkin (or Fairth, Metahuman, or perhaps Furry (I don't know much about Furries)) is a range of experiences, not only one type of experience, and every person's experiences differ. Also, many finer points are still being discussed by the Otherkin community, such as the point on whether or not Aliens are Otherkin.CRISSBack to Top1.1 - OtherkinBack to Top1.1.1 - What is an Otherkin? (aka Fairth, Metahuman, and sometimes Furries)The otherkin are those people who believe themselves to be spiritually other than human; specifically, it refers to those people who believe themselves to be creatures of supernatural or mythological origin. As such it does not include animal shamans, re-incarnations of Jesus Christ or other historical figures, space-aliens, etc., but does include elves, satyrs, dragons, unicorns, some types of vampires, and a host of species not yet known on Earth. Polydorases"...those who know, somehow, that there is more to them than a human facade. There is something from the very depth of their souls that calls to them, and sings tales of other realms, magick, and remarkable deeds and feats that cannot be matched in the physical. editorial cut"Otherkin are not all one type of being. In fact, many creatures that are found in mythology and folklore are rooted in the Otherrealms....It is usually these creatures that have somehow come to survive in human flesh. By no means is any of this an accident (Everything has a reason for being as is). In some cases, this phenomena occurs out of necessity, perhaps for the being's own protection, or because of a duty that must be performed in the physical. In others, it occurs out of choice, where the being has a desire to learn life's lessons, or feels obligated to a task." StarfaeTransgendered people feel they were born into a body of the wrong gender. Otherkin usually feel they were born into (or are residing within) a body of the wrong species. Unfortunately there is no corrective surgery for this problem, although sometimes counseling and community can help. Some Otherkin handle their displacement better than others. I don't personally limit the Otherkin to non-alien races, as long as the alien is transspirited as defined above...after all, I cannot say if the mythological beings in question live on another planet in this Universe (and are thus "aliens") or are dispersed throughout the Multiverse on different planes of existence.... CRISSAn Otherkin is a person that has come to an understanding that they are not 'fully human.' I use this term purposely, since while a few have awakened with full awareness of their true identity, for many, it is a slow, sometimes painful trip, full of questions, fears and self-doubt. Because this phenomena is so new, there is a basic lack of assistance for the newly awakened. No support group or guidelines. The individual is left alone in finding answers. There are people, on the net, trying to fill this gap but they are hard to find, since many of the Otherkin web pages are beautiful, full of light and joy, but offering very little to the newly awakened.Please, no offence meant. Most of these pages are written by the awakened for other awakened. Until recently, we didn't understand the needs of the newly awakened. StarelfI think this would include anyone that has non-human memories of pastlives, or human memories on worlds other than earth. It is more a wayof being than a classification so it is hard to explain. Adara 2ff7e9595c
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