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Burg Hülshoff, Germany (by Pablo Meilan)

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Draconity and Racism: Tuindorp Acht.

For a lot of people in draconic community, racism is something non-existent, something, which is totally absent in the community. How can a dragon, who is a totally inhuman being, prefer the humans of one skin colour more to the humans of other colour? Dragons simply can’t be racist, and those who are, are not the true ones. Well, I’ve said and will say it again — nobody is the true one.

Modern draconic community is a product of white culture and exhibits white nationalism as an intrinsic part of inner self. This claim could be seen as something stupid and even racist, but it is not — the truth is that people of colour are excluded from the draconic community on a regular basis, however, not explicitly, but silently. When I’ve asked in therian or otherkin group, if they know anybody from China, they didn’t reply, because they know nobody from here. The same thing with arabic countries and Sub-Saharan Africa: we don’t know anybody from here. People say, that it is because they have different culture, but how does the different culture influent your approach on draconity? I think, that there is no way of doing so, if draconity is a truth, rather than a popular myth.

You may say, that it is because we just don’t communicate with each other, but if this would be the case, we would have seen people of colour in European countries communicating with us, meanwhile, this is also not the case, the percentage of people of colour in Europe is incompatible with the percentage of people of colour in other community. Even I, Russian, from a pretty European-wise culture, see Russians, who prefer to sit in Russian draconic community rather than foreign draconic community on a regular basis. Not to say, I also face some problems with that. Russian community is increasingly trans*phobic, homophobic and nationalist, but I still prefer to sit there, rather than in anglophone otherkin community. This quite illustrates the situation.

And, of course, there are means by which the dragons are racist. To begin with, a lot of foreign cultures exclude the species of dragons, which are hostile to their culture. For example, Russians exclude asian longs, perceiving longkin as wishkin and somebody, who mustn’t take part in the community. Don’t be astonished — they can provide you a lot of «proofs» and «explanations» for their bigoted beliefs, so your discussion with them will probably end badly and unproductively. Secondly, we are not willing to accept the culture of other otherkin, which sometimes can be hostile to us. And that concludes not only in rejecting transphobic and nationalist beliefs, but in rejecting, for example, being polykin, fictionkin or otherhearted. That beliefs are often being transferred by the people of colour. And they are getting rejected. Finally, we need to review our concept of draconity in order for it to match the everyone, not only a few. We need to bring it up with the concept of gender, with the concept of religion to further connect it with nature: now we have pretty a big problem with all of those, don’t you think so?

And to tackle all of these problems, you don’t need to sleep with an open eyes and think about how screwed you are. You are not screwed, I would even dare to say that the anglophone otherkin community does the best job of being tolerant to people of other nationalities and belief systems. All you need to do is to enhance this system and embrace the diversity in your community. When somebody tells you about something, don’t reject them right away, but talk with him about what they believe. And be cool.

Snowflakes,

Thorem Hal.

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Communists have lost. In Russia the fascist state was established.

Yes, here we are again. Only truth. Dragoness Lenin had lost in fight with the dangerous fascist demon Poutihann, and then he had eaten her. Poor dragoness Lenin. Now the Russia is fascist state and everything is miserable. People are dying and starving. The terrible fascist system! Even the Draco Lockhard is crying. А если серьезно. В России украли выборы. У нас украли нашу страну, нагло подтасовав электронное голосование. Я социал-демократка и никогда в жизни не буду ратовать за тоталитарную систему контроля, но в этот раз у меня не осталось выбора, кроме Коммунистической Партии Российской Федерации. Я отдала ей свой голос. И мой голос не учли. Его украл мерзкий фашист Путин вместе со своей шайкой! 25-го сентября я выйду за будущее своей страны. За ЛГБТКАППИ+. За драконье сообщество. За всех нас. Меня, возможно, убьют. И тем паче. My dear foreign supporters, I don't like to teach the others, but, please, don't repeat the mistakes of Poland, Hungary and Russia. Don't vote for parties, which agitate against BLM, LGBTQIAP+ support, "libs" and etc. Because when they destroy the "libs", you start to deal with the fascists. СВОБОДУ АЛЕКСЕЮ НАВАЛЬНОМУ, СМЕРТЬ ЕДИНОЙ РОССИИ, ПУТИНА В ОТСТАВКУ, РОССИЯ БУДЕТ СВОБОДНОЙ, МЫ ТОЖЕ DOXA, СВОБОДУ МАРИИ ПЛАТОНОВОЙ, ЛОБАНОВ ЭТО МОЙ КАНДИДАТ.

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Trans and Otherkin: debunking popular myths

So yeah, I have decided to do that stuff too. Why? Because there is a lot of misunderstanding regarding transgender issues among the otherkin. For example, hordes and hordes of people think that being otherkin is the same as being transgender and that it is literally a fact, while it is not (I am serious).

Also, this may sound hilarious to some of you, but I am tired of transphobia in some parts of the community. All of you know what part in particular I am talking about, but it really, really hurts, and it will definitely suck if I’ll meet the same thing here over time. Gender is not a kin, but it doesn't imply that you are totally different and can safely participate in cishet hate because of that.

And, yes, I am transgender and otherkin, so I think that I can freely speak over the topic.

So let the magic of snow, ice and light begin!

Myth #1: It is okay to regard transgenderism and otherkinity as the same thing.

Reality: It is NOT okay to regard transgenderism and otherkinity as the same thing and doing so is transphobic.

"Oh, yes, Thory, we know your position here, but aren't the roots of being Otherkin an uninvestigated issue? Maybe otherkinity is a gender or in other way directly related to trangenderism, how do you know and why do you think that stating so is transphobic?"

Well, yes, being otherkin may be the same thing as being transgender. And it may be the same thing as being a president of the United States. It could be anything. However, the belief that all of the US presidents are otherkin and vice versa is not a basis for a lot of hidden transphobia within the otherkin community, while regarding otherkinity and trangenderism as two equivalent things is. A lot of people inside the community think like that:

“I don’t try to persuade everybody to call me a dragon in public, why shall I call you a woman then?” — well, you can call me a dragoness, I will prefer that more, sure.

“I am not open about being a dragon, so you shouldn’t be open about being a trans-woman and make those stinky sodomic prides either!” — totally agree, dragons must have a right to sodomic prides, defending our constitutional rights to safely breath fire, eat princes (I prefer princes over princesses) and not being discriminated against our scale colour at our jobs :(

“I feel OK not being a dragon in real life, why do you damage yourself then in order to become a female?” — because operations to change your species became too costly nowadays, eh? I should’ve voted Labour..

And even…

“God, taking hormones is the same thing as wearing a fursuit!” — sad to hear that. My Don’t Hug a Cacti hormone replacement therapy costed me a lot, my wallet.

Yes, those are the real things I am getting to deal with in my real life. Not mentioning the far right propaganda, “gay agenda”, TERFs and other realities of everyday Russian otherkin community.

In fact, being transgender and being otherkin can have many things in common, however, it is not a thing you will discuss openly, but rather a matter of a serious and long discussion. While species dysphoria is a thing and can really hurt, it can in no way compare to how transgender feels: there are nearly no suicides attributed to the first one. Also take into account that otherkinity is strongly related to spirituality, phantom limbs and all of that stuff, while transgenderism is materialistic, crude and blank. Well, you may say that you are transgender as you saw yourself as that in your dream, but you won’t dive into the utterly discriminated, loathed and hated community by nearly everyone on political compass only on that basis, won’t you?

Myth #2: I am going to go to the pride with my brand new otherkin flag, transgenders will accept me!

Reality: You can also go with the flag of TERF Island or Russia here and will literally have the same outcome.

Otherkin people are not the part of a pride. Not because they are not valid, but because they don’t have any rights to petite for and don’t face discrimination whatsoever. Well, maybe, I can regard dragon curves not being studied on my math curriculum as discrimination, but it in no way compares to systematic state-based hatred and discrimination with my own president loathing people like me, to basically tides and tides of bullying and violence from feminists, nationalists, communists, christian fanatics, even the adolescent fiction writers! Moreover, this will only strengthen discrimination against transgender, because a lot of “normie” people can regard otherkin folk as zoophile perverts and transgenders as their allies.

I am in no way stating now that “normies can think that we are going too far” thing, but your emergence will be dangerous and pointless. Keep it to yourself.

Myth #3: High percentage of transgenders among the otherkin implies otherkin being a spiritual phenomena.

Reality: It can imply a whole plethora of things.

The logic from which this argument follows is that past lives are gender neutral, which is why 50% of otherkin will be in their past life a gender, different to which they have now. Which is why they will be transgender then or will have a higher percentage of them due to other being enby and, therefore, as we see that it is, otherkin is a spiritual phenomena. So what is wrong with that logic?

We don’t know the exact origins of otherkinity, because everybody experiences it differently: some have the phantom limbs, some do not, some have the dream part, some do not. Therefore, there may be different materialistic theories of otherkin, where some are related to transgenderism, some are not. For example, one may experience gender dysphoria concealing as “species dysphoria” due to the combination of inner/outer transphobia and the love for certain species. Or maybe transgenderism is related to species dysphoria in some sophisticated way, who knows? It is just important to say that it doesn’t imply that species dysphoria and gender dysphoria are the same thing which is felt the same way, because affiliation is not the same thing as equivalence (see Myth #1).

Myth #4: Otherkin must have the same gender as their kintype.

Reality: The gender they identify with and the gender of their kintype are different things.

While it can seem at glance that the reality is “The kintype must have the same gender as the otherkin”, because otherkin identify themselves with their kintype fully and blah, blah, blah, but this reasoning exclude the guys who don’t identify themselves with their kintype directly, but instead are describing it as “past life”, “a sentinel” or some other thing. Well, some may say that “past life” is the same thing as identification, but if humans identifying themselves as a sperm inside the egg cell is a thing now, I think that this post can be regarded as outdated.

And, yeah, if we are talking about the “identify-otherkin” guys, then we still are not aligning with the myth, because then “The kintype must have the same gender as the otherkin” as gender is usually much stronger than your kintype (at least, I haven’t seen people committing suicide due to not being able to lay eggs), while Mowgli syndrome is a thing.

Myth #5: Transphobia and enbyphobia can’t hurt the otherkin community.

Reality: Indeed. They destroy it.

Yes, I am a hypocrite. You can’t go to pride, but can’t be transphobic or enbyphobic either, what a terrible, terrible Thory. But life is not about justice and otherkin is in general regarded by society as much, MUCH more bizarre thing, than transgenderism with no scientific evidence, except several poorly written descriptions of confabulations and nightmares. What is even worse is that there is no way otherkin can become normalised without LGBTQIAP+, because there is no normie who will say that being “a dragon” is normal, not saying that being transgender is norman. Except furries, but they are, of course, “the scum, who makes society think bad of us”.

So by being transphobic and enbyphobic you just repel the only ones in this world, who can theoretically care about you. Good luck!

Myth #6: Most of the male otherkin are gays, because they were females when they were their species.

Reality: Most of the male otherkin are gays, because dragon dicks are much more beautiful, tastier and tactile than ugly human sausages.

Being serious, interpretations of Holy Bible vary less, than this whole “science” about homosexual otherkin.

Probably there is less differentiation between male and female species of kinds, other than human (at least, in imagination of otherkin), there are less females in otherkin community as whole (and if there are, they go together due to otherkin community being a misogynistic bullshit (Even I want to go away because of that)), so bisexual and bi-heterosexual otherkin have only one choice left. The theory about hidden transsexuals among the gays is overtly transphobic and if you seriously believe and spread that hypothesis — you are a dickhead.

So, that said, I think that I have investigated all the popular myths about the trans*persons in the community. Of course, there are many more, which are smaller, but I don’t want to turn this post into a lecture. Hope that I will review them in individual posts or my separate big article on #gender.

Have a nice day ^^

White dragoness, Thorem Hal

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My main Villain™

I was always beating my villains. In school, in college, even in otherkin community. God, I swear that I've never ever had problems with that stuff :D Therefore, I haven't got any super-villains or super-super-villains or villain groups. They basically can't form, they die out the next day they do so. However, I have the main Villain. You may think that I am joking. But no, I am not. This person exists. And they are an extremely dangerous, toxic and disgusting person, who have nothing in life, expect evil, misery and destruction. And they don't like me. Well.. Their whole point in life is to make me feel bad. I am not being narcissic, it is just a sole fact: a genuinely bad person, which sole point in life is to make the other person feel bad. To begin with, they hate the fact that I am otherkin. Hate it with a passion. They always tell me, always tell me that I will never be a dragon, will never have wings with which I can fly. God, they forced this coming out to them — and betrayed me, starting bashing me for the thing, which I didn't choose. They also blame me for all the stuff happening in the otherkin community — for every failed convention, public output, every existing article. Gosh. Not mentioning my Russian ancestry. No, they are not nationalist. They don't hate me ethnically, but for the very fact, that I am residing in the european country, studying apart from this ferocious, blood-thirsty and, generally, fascist regime, because they think that every my success is earned on blood of people who suffer there. They call me a coward for that. A hypocrite, a cosmopolite and, which is the most painful, a traitor. And, of course, they are transphobic. They hate me for being trans, but not a normal girl. The fun fact is that they are transphobic only with me. They say, that it is because the other trans people succeed at being who they are. Not because, I don't pass. But because they know my past. They know that I was previously transphobic, that I was opting for gays to be publically murdered. I will never be in LGBTQIAP+ and will never be a woman. I will always be in a jail of myself.. Of course, saying those terrible things, they want, dream and strive to murder me. Cutting up my neck with a knife, poisoning me, hanging me. Ugh. Imagine, what a terrible person. They don't care, that I also have dreams, that they will break them by that. They don't believe those dreams will happen. What is very scary, is that this person lives really close to me. Closer than a house a part. What is even more scary, they go by she/her. She likes vegetable curry. She likes dragons. Her name is Thorem Hal...

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I am a bit "out"

I have some problems with my parents now, so I won't be using my tumblr for a bit. Don't have the time to write and translate articles :< Have a nice day!

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The Glass Draconity.

Modern studies of draconity are the art of making something out of nothing. Draconity has no definition and, I would even dare to say, no definitions related. While at the beginning it can seem that draconity is a purely structured belief, in reality it is chaotic, it is turbulent, it is disorganised. Which is why most of the arguments and articles in draconic community go around structuring and redefining existing concepts, not around the draconity itself. Just look at the most prominent articles about draconity — famous Baxil's FAQ and KaniS's write ups — they go around the idea without intruding inside. Baxil's FAQ answer to the very core of draconity, the "why is it" question, is simple and elusive at its most — "Because that's what we are.".

This "answer" is why I think that the modern draconity is made out of glass. It is transparent, because it has nothing inside, apart from empty definitions, infinite references and neverending amount of people, who try to look through it. It is fragile, because it always breaks apart into infinite amount of shards comprised out of fallacious concepts and useless constructs. And it is valuable, because we hopelessly try to glue this shards together again and again, despite the obvious reasons why one can't do it. But why can't we? As our glass, crystal draconity will break up. Our definitions will lose their meaning, our concepts will fly away from the power of a hit. Again. For example, even the term "otherkin" has at the moment no superficial definition after half of a century of its existence. As how you will form it? "I identify as"? "I am"? "I am the same as"? All of those phrases don't fit in.

And this influences the study of draconity in an enormous way. Look at all of those otherkin articles. Each of them has the very own perception of draconity. Some think that it is a choice, some that it is unchangeable and eternal. Some think that draconity is a subculture, some that it is something intrinsic and spiritual. Some think that draconity is psychological and neurological, some think that it is esoteric. All of these "ideas" influence the concept a lot. I won't even get into details — this is evident. Calling draconity psychological implies the choice. Calling draconity a subculture implies that it is social. Which will change everything from the way we approach draconity to the way we deal with it. Because those are not ideas and concepts about draconity — they are definitions. We are not settled on a definition.

Which is why we need to do something about this. We need to make draconity a tough, firm stone. How? Do science — collect the data, discuss the ideas with scientists, review your ideas every day, though in calm and placid way. Don't fear the light and the science — jump into it. Jump into that stupid glass vase, which people name "draconity" by mistake. Break it into infinitely many shards in order for them to transform into the sharp, firm stone — namely the gem. And you can do it.

As true dragons see the difference between the glass and the gem. White dragon, Thorem Hal.

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Introduction.

My name is Thorem. I am otherkin from Russia — a beautiful country surrounded by woods, tundras and mountains. However, due to the certain circumstances I am stuck in the middle of the Netherlands, North Brabant, Eindhoven. Душою я с вами, на каторге в Сибири, а телом, к сожалению, здесь, в Эйндховене, в общежитии. So what’s next? There are echelons of otherkin, armies of them, flooding tumblr. What is so special about me? Nothing, I am just otherkin. Dragonkin in particular. My colour is white, my wings are blue and my eyes are azure. Nothing special here. Regular boring witte draak. There is a probability that I may also have some snake blood. Nothing to make you sure on this point. Answering your question — nothing next, chill up. But what I will do there? Just what any other otherkin does. Will write a lot of posts about otherkinity and therianthropy. I must ensure you — you will have a good sleep. My mathematical background which taught me to make up the most boring articles in the world will back me up. No amount of coffee will help you. In the meantime I am acting like a normal human being. 18 y. o. Uni. Wannabe mathematician. ETHZkin, but as everybody knows here — π-shifts are impossible. I like to learn about such cute stuff as algebraic topology, set theory and differential geometry. Геометр — горе в семье. And, yes, I am from Russia. So I am participating in the Russian community — I translate articles. Therefore, if you have some good and short article with a good idea — DM me. pfp. by Haskiens.