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RIP Tina Turner. I hope David Bowie is showing you around wherever you are. ❤️

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Response to anti-otherkin posts.

I’m getting really fed up with the anti-kin hate on Tumblr. What bothers me the most is that 99% of people who are anti-otherkin or who don’t believe we exist or who believe we suffer from “special snowflake syndrome” are people who are really misinformed about what otherkin are, OR who are basing their understanding off of a few extreme examples who are likely trolls anyway.

“Otherkin are taking away from a REAL community (trans people).” – No and no. First off, the otherkin community is a real community however messed up it may be. Second, there is NO inherent relation between being otherkin and being trans. Being otherkin does not make a person trans, and most people who are otherkin do not claim to be trans unless they are also trans on top of being otherkin (example: a DFAB person who identifies as male and happens to be a wolf-kin). If you are trans and have come across otherkin trying to say that being otherkin and being trans are one and the same, I am sorry to hear that. Please note that the majority of us are NOT out to steal your identity or to claim your label as our own.

“Otherkin GLORIFY mental illness!” – Being otherkin is NOT a mental disorder. Clinical lycanthropy is a disorder in which a person believes that they have physically transformed into a wolf or some other animal, or that they are physically an animal. 99% of otherkin do NOT believe that they are physically non-human, and on most otherkin forums, you will be laughed off the board if you claim that your kin-type has a physical component. I’ve even seen admins/mods write very specific, detailed warnings that alert otherkin to the true fact that few people are going to believe that you physically shift into your kin type. Species dysphoria is when a person knows they are physically human, but feels like this is incorrect or like they should be something else. Not all otherkin experience dysphoria, and those who do are no more “mentally disordered” than anyone who feels like who they are is not quite who they want to be.

“Buddhism says that lots of people reincarnate and your past lives don’t matter, so being otherkin is bullshit.” – The Buddhist concept of reincarnation is based on a very specific goal, the goal of reaching nirvana. With that goal, individual lifetimes do not matter as much as your personal path to enlightenment. Not everyone who believes in reincarnation is Buddhist. Not everyone who identifies as otherkin believes in reincarnation. Cope.

“Otherkin suffer from Special Snowflake Syndrome!” – First of all, there is no disorder known as “Special Snowflake Syndrome” that can be found anywhere in psychiatric literature. Second of all, this idea where anyone who identifies as anything other than cishet/neurotypical/traditionally sexual/spiritually and mentally human/etc is “attention-seeking” seems like a bunch of pointlessly unkind and whiny stuff to say about people. Unless otherkin are reblogging literally everything you write with, “yeah but I’m otherkin so I’m more special than you!” I don’t exactly see how being otherkin is “special snowflake-ing.”

“If you talked to a psychiatrist, you’d be locked up.” – Um, no. Unless you’re a danger to yourself or others, you won’t be locked up. If someone goes to a psychiatrist and says “I’m a wolf and therefore need to eat humans,” they might get locked up. However, a human-identified person who wanted to eat humans would likely also be locked up.

You guys think you’re oppressed!” – I’m not entirely sure who is saying this, or who is actively trying to detract from the focus being placed on other marginalized communities by insisting that otherkin win the oppression Olympics. If someone is doing that, I am sorry to hear that you’ve had that experience, but their voice is not representative of the whole otherkin population. Otherkin do face some unique challenges, like being a different species than everyone around them and like dealing with being called liars/role-players/etc. Some of us face bullying for being who we are, or face some discrimination in terms of seeking mental health care – if our trauma comes from a past life or from being at-odds with our current species, there’s no help for us. If we’ve been stalked across several lifetimes by someone from our old kin world, no help is available. When our gender identities match societies we come from that are vastly different from those on Earth, trans support groups will not likely welcome us. That being said, I for one am aware that I benefit from white privilege and from looking like the gender my driver’s license says that I am. I also benefit from being able-bodied enough to walk and from having strong financial support in my life, and from having a college degree.

“Otherkin don’t exist outside of Tumblr.” – Actually, my first encounter with otherkin happened at my high school, and I’m pretty sure no one used Tumblr when I was in school.

“Otherkin are the same as trans-ethnic people and those are bad!” – Can you explain to me how, exactly, we are similar to trans-ethnic people?

So yeah, that should cover many of the anti-otherkin things I’ve read in the tags lately.

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Saying there are no aliens in the universe is like scooping a cup of water out of the ocean and saying there are no fish.

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A comic about not being alone and the accompanying pin. 💛

Chibird store | Positive pin club | Instagram

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This is beautiful ❤️

i'm sure many of you are here for some greater purpose, and i know purpose is both a blessing and a curse, and i know NOT knowing is awful, but keep this in mind -

you're here. your body is human. the sky is blue. sometimes it rains. sometimes it storms. there's pizza and pop music and comic books. sometimes you just have to enjoy the experience. if you feel lost, get even more lost. read a book. it'll be okay.

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Who wants to do this with me someday?!?

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so the urge to collect data overcame me so. boom. otherkin form. https://forms.gle/GgVuZo31MDm55M7N9

the form is used for seeing if “common” kintypes are actually common and if the otherkin community is primarily white (like ive seen people say before) because im genuinely curious.

disclaimer: no responses will be published, but the data of the quiz will be. i dont have a set date on when the form will close, but i will edit this post for when it does.

edit 1: PLEASE REBLOG THIS. REBLOGGING GIVES A BIGGER SAMPLE SIZE!!!!

edit 2: once the quiz reaches 200 responses (currently at 187) im going to close responses where i can count. when i post the data it will be under the cut because OH GOD its gonna be long as shit.

edit 3: going to count now. thank you for everyone who responded!!!

edit 4: okay so. i genuinely forgot i was ass at counting n shit so im going to post the results tomorrow. i counted some today but gfcbiufnvc 200 answers are overwhelming me a bit. also i might remake the quiz to be more specific (and with multiple choice like some people suggested) because some people asked for that (i will post the link to that quiz in a reblog)

edit 5: sorry i keep editing the post. but im going to say this again: im REALLY bad at math so if i get something wrong, please dont be mean about it when/if you correct me. and also, the next quiz (with multiple choice instead of put your own answer) is going to have a bigger sample size and go for at LEAST 3 days. since its going to be multiple choice, hopefully it won’t overwhelm me as much to sort the answers. thank you for being understanding

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✨🏔️✨🗣️🤝

✨: Hypnotherapy seems to validate me, and whenever I see research on people finding out more and more about the Other Side and meditation, it tends to be things I already instinctually knew. Also, Bowie seems to somehow randomly pop up in my life at perfect times... Oh, and also just looking at the sky at night. But then again, a part of me also thinks that I'm just insane/acting off of my loneliness. 😖

🗻: Hypnotherapy, dreaming, being alone, and looking up at the night sky.

✨: See above (or are these just sparkles showing that you just really like the mountain?? 😜)

🗣️: My mother, therapist, and close friends know. Besides my therapist, they know because I just sort of gave up on keeping it a secret when my mental health went to sh*t and I didn't care anymore. I think it causes me to not be able to keep secrets anymore bc I kept it hidden for so long. I texted them except for one friend, because it's too difficult for me to say to someone in person. Especially because it just sounds really weird to say out loud.

🤝: Probably around a year or two ago. I slowly looked up if anyone else felt like an alien, and eventually I stumbled upon otherkins, and I knew that that was where I belonged, and it REALLY helped me feel validated and not like a really weird insane person.

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🐲🐾☀️

🐲: As a yes or no answer, yes lol 😂. But I'm otherkin. :)

🐾: I'm alienkin and angelkin, although I feel like they're somehow one and the same - like just different characteristics of me. It's very spiritual and I don't understand it all. But that's okay.

☀️: Absolutely horrible. I became very depressed and quite nearly suicidal. I was terrified to tell anyone because I thought I was going insane. And the first therapist I told thought it was a metaphor. 😣 But at that time, I discovered David Bowie's songs, and he basically saved my life, so I'm forever indebted to him. ❤️👨‍🎤✨🌌

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💪💐💙

💪: Not in the way a lot of otherkin seem to. I miss my antennae, so sometimes I'll vaguely feel them or where they're supposed to be and can sometimes feel my wings (two separate kintypes), but I primarily just miss my abilities, and feel like I should be able to use my telekinesis, levitate, etc. It makes it harder that I can do it in my dreams but not here!

💐: Depending on what media I'm looking at, I can mentally shift into my alien self and/or into a very similar mentality to Thomas Jerome Newton from The Man Who Fell To Earth. So I have to be careful, because it makes me feel very alone and depressed. But when I hypnotize myself, I feel more like my angelkin self.

💙: well, I almost don't consider them shifts because they're literally just me. I'd say I'm more used to my alienkin shifts, but prefer my angelkin shifts because I feel calmer and less anxious and alone.

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💚🌀

Apologies for not getting to answer this and other asks sooner! My anxiety has been trying to sabotage me lately, and college hasn't exactly been helping. 😣

💚: My favorite thing about my kintype(s?) is that we're very wise and powerful. I really miss my telekinesis! Also our almost inability to lie. We're very truthful, honest, and logical, and don't tend to be angry. I know this wasn't asked, but my least favorite thing is that I have an irrational fear of Venusians and the color purple because of it. 😅🙈

🌀: I think it depends on the "person". For me, I think it's a little bit of both, but primarily spiritual.

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I’m going out to smoke, Can you watch him for a bit?

Um, ahahaha....Yeah, sure, so long as he's friendly. Smoking is bad for you!!

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so the urge to collect data overcame me so. boom. otherkin form. https://forms.gle/GgVuZo31MDm55M7N9

the form is used for seeing if “common” kintypes are actually common and if the otherkin community is primarily white (like ive seen people say before) because im genuinely curious.

disclaimer: no responses will be published, but the data of the quiz will be. i dont have a set date on when the form will close, but i will edit this post for when it does.

edit 1: PLEASE REBLOG THIS. REBLOGGING GIVES A BIGGER SAMPLE SIZE!!!!

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Ooh, I'd like to get some asks!

Otherkin Ask Meme!

🐲: Are you otherkin or therian?

🐾: What are your kintype(s)?

☀️: What was your awakening like? When was it?

🤝: When did you first hear about the kin community?

💪: Do you experience phantom limbs?

💐: Do you experience any other shifts?

💙: What’s your favorite shift you get? Why?

🚫: What’s your least favorite shift? Why?

✅: Can you make yourself shift?

💫: Do you have shift triggers, or do they happen randomly?

🧠: Do you have memories?

💚: What’s your favorite thing about your kintype? (The species, creature, etc)

🌀: Do you think kins are spiritual or psychological in nature?

🗣: Does anyone know you are otherkin? Friends, family, etc? If so, how did you tell them?

👯‍♂️: Do you have any friends who are also kin?

🧘‍♂️: Do you mediate?

💤: Do you get kin dreams?

🐯: Do you wish you were your kintype? Why or why not?

🧝‍♀️: Do you own any gear? If so, what items do you have and do you like to wear them?

👀: Give a controversial opinion/your stance on some type of discourse.

🏔: What makes you feel closer to your kintype(s)?

✨: What are some things that validate you?

🌈: Talk about any other kin thing!

🍄: Anon asks any question they want about your kin stuff

Send an emoji !!!

Reblog to get some asks !

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Hey vampirekin, vampire enthusiasts, and others who might know the answer! Do vampires have to drink specifically human blood to survive? If so, why?

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Happy birthday, my beloved David. ❤️ I wish we could spend more time together (spiritually, at least). Also, I finally listened to this song today, and it's so great!