May 2012
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Weekly Otherkin Chat 8pm EST Tonight
Reminder: Weekly #otherkin chat starting at 8pm EST, irc://irc.mibbit.net/dreamhart Webclient here: http://ow.ly/9xCi4
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So since all the critics are saying the EXACT SAME...
chasingcaribou:
I think it is partly also because many people do not give constructive criticism? Saying something will fail is one thing, saying it over and over in a non-constructive way is another. More helpful to be would be, ‘I think this will fail, but here are possible ideas on how to solve some problems related to that.’, you know?
So much of tumblr is not constructive and I think it...
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Weekly Otherkin Chat 8pm EST Tonight
Reminder: Weekly #otherkin chat starting at 8pm EST, irc://irc.mibbit.net/dreamhart Webclient here: http://ow.ly/9xCi4
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falloutlove23 asked: I would seriously appreciate it if you quit shitting all over my dream to open this restaurant. I know it's going to take some serious time, money, and effort to get going, and I don't need people like you telling me it isn't going to work. I get that you aren't interested, but throwing things I already know about and am preparing for is just being a flat out dick head. So...
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Jarandhel's Tumblr: Here's my hurdle right now: →
lyssalove23:
Right, because this whole thing is just going to pop up in a year…. No. It takes months and probably a few years of just planning to even get the money issue taken care of. I know the steps that need to be taken, I am not some dumb ass who thinks this can happen over night. NO SHIT IT NEEDS A LARGE CUSTOMER BASE. NO SHIT IT TAKES MONEY. NO FUCKING SHIT I DON’T HAVE ANY SET PLANS...
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Jarandhel's Tumblr: Here's my hurdle right now: →
lyssalove23:
Since it’s going to be placed in a city of millions, and several said they’d be willing to travel to eat there, I’d say there will be enough. And it’s NOT STRICTLY FOR KIN it’s NOT A VIP CLUB.
I’m sure I’ll just be told to fuck off again, but a) Denver, CO has a population of 600,158. Slightly over half a million. Not “a city of millions”. b) The...
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Here's my hurdle right now:
lyssalove23:
“Don’t open this restaurant because it will look bad for otherkin/lump otherkin and furries together and that’s offensive/won’t work at all and you’ll lose a ton of money/no one will get it/it’s a stupid idea/it’s a good intention, but a bad idea to try and pull off.”
Good thing I jump like a fucking deer. I’ll soar over this hurdle like the fucking flying creature I am!
I got...
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You know, for all the whining, trolling and...
auroracrowfae:
I literally, LITERALLY, have yet to see any Otherkin of any kind say:
“Otherkin are an oppressed group.”
Felkes: “Otherkin in fact are oppressed.”
Areiyana: “also, i’m putting it out there (again, again, again) that i am otherkin and i do in fact believe otherkin are oppressed, and the oppression of otherkin is a form of speciesism among other things...
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There are some interesting discussions going on at...
susitar:
About differences between older and newer participants in the therian community, how therians differ from each other, about what needs therians have.
I recommend therians here on tumblr to join Werelist. I have always considered it one of the best therian websites out there. The style and atmosphere is very different from tumblr, but I also feel that many ‘kin here on tumblr would need...
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“1. For all intents and purposes, this body is participated in by a group. This...”
– Two Courts, “In Essence Agreement”
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. . .
Bone:
yes
i wish i knew otherkin peoiple out of tumblr
that would be cool
Hannah: there should be like an eharmony site for otherkin peopel
Bone: LOL OMG YES
Hannah: thatd be intresting
Bone: i'd be like on my profile
lol bird lookin for another bird plz message back
Hannah: hahaha. "i like long flights across the beach"
Bone: ,mjhoyvitcvfghjuIPHJP
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Hannah: "and shitting on peoples heads"
Bone: loves going for walks in the parks and romantic dinner dates by old peoples benches with breadcrumbs
Older therian: http://www.otherkindating.com/
Older otherkin: Dear gods no. Pick a forum, pick a mailing list, find a meetup group, jump on IRC channels, but for all that is holy not otherkindating.com or the older otherkin.org. Please no. Here, have better options: http://dreamhart.org/links/ and http://anotherwiki.dreamhart.org list resources and http://dreamhart.org/2012/01/a-revised-otherkin-faq/ reviews some of them and offers suggestions for finding/creating otherkin meetups in your area.
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lonelywizard asked: Thank you so much for the link to the STL Yahoo 'Kin group, I really needed that.
candyhorns:
Glitter.
Stop having kinfeels.
You’re human.
Stop it.
Not really related, but I kind of wish everyone would stop having “kinfeels”, “whalefeels”, “machinefeels” etc… they’re “feelings” or “experiences”, period. The *feels term annoys me. It’s not like humans talk about having...
“Shifting is something you can learn to control, and anybody can learn to do it....”
– Swiftpaw, “Notes for Newbies” (via faunbutts)
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“I also gathered around me people who I really respected and cared for, and while...”
– Swiftpaw, “Greymuzzles”
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“The Rules of Engagement
1. I may be a wolf but I will not bite anyone and use...”
– Swiftpaw, “Excuses for the High School Therian”
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Jarandhel's Tumblr: raijuu reblogged your post:... →
raijuu:
East Windsor, CT. PA is a huge state.
The closest one I know of to you, currently, is probably mine in Harrisburg. But it’d be ridiculously far for you to come, and I don’t know of anyone coming from your area that could offer a ride.
I’d suggest asking on the Tri-State Otherkin mailing list (NY, NJ, CT) if there’s anything more local. Possibly also the...
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raijuu reblogged your post: raijuu: lonelywizard: im not joking i live on…
Im broke and jobless and cant drive.
What area are you in? There might be one within walking or public transportation distance, and not all of them charge fees. I’m running one in late July in the Harrisburg, PA area that can easily be reached via public transport and the only charge is $20 for food for...
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raijuu:
lonelywizard:
i’m not joking i live on an acre and a half with woods and a pond and stream plz come ok?
WE KIN SHOULD HAVE A MEET UP SOMEDAY
Why wait for “someday”? We have lots, already scheduled, around the US and a couple in the UK. A full list of all the ones I know about is available on the main page of AnOtherWiki, and anyone can add more. If you need help...
Well I suppose I should also say hi
roguesareth:
Since I’ve been throwing in my opinions on this whole troll issue and haven’t really bothered to explain who I am.
You left out one other thing. You’re the first person to ever use the tag otherkin on tumblr, on February 14th, 2011.
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/otherkin?before=1298941261
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I can’t find the original post at the moment, but I believe someone was asking the other day about a blog for fictionkin/fictives to find others from the same place?
This exists. Just not on tumblr. http://findingverse.livejournal.com/profile
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“Stereotypes exist for a reason. There are a great many reasons out there, too. I...”
– Solo, “Vocal Majorities, Stereotyping, and Personal Thoughts”
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“Okay, I realize I might be sounding like an asshole here to some people...”
– Solo, “Psychology, Newage Bullcrap, and Anthropomorphics”
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“An excellent set of questions for anyone is “Are you better off now that...”
– Syleniel, “Questioning Sanity”
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“I remember when I needed the other darkfae around me for stability and...”
– Eradea, “The Otherkin Problem”
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“They did not, however, blindly accept me without question simply because I said...”
– Tiernan, “From The Heart Out”
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“Being faeborn does not mean retreating to past lives as an easy escape from...”
– Skyling, “What it Really Means to be Faeborn”
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“While an uneducated skeptic may still call you crazy or nuts, most likely, the...”
– Skyling, “Am I Crazy??”
Follow the link, she goes into quite a bit of depth explaining why no, in psychological terms, you’re not.
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“This has a lot to do with why I’m so bitchy about the...”
– Tiernan, “New Age vs Otherkin Community”
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yeas:
I was kind of confused by what it was trying to say. All they really said was the word “addiction,” which in itself is problematic as fuuuuck. So I didn’t really know if it was an age identity or a fetish or what… but I agree. It has nothing to do with her being transgender… and now I know that I misused the term Otherkin because I’m still learning. Sigh! ;-P
No worries. If you need a...
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cruelfeline replied to your post: I keep writing replies that are gone when I hit…
Do what I do: before hitting post, select the whole thing and Ctrl+C, just in case. Then if it messes up, you just paste it back in.
I have a plugin for my browser that is supposed to save the contents of text boxes in case of browser crash, sort of an autosave. It also works if you move off of the page by...
roguesareth:
I mostly figure their claims were false, but do I doubt that some people on the tag may have let their anger get the better of them and sent angry posts? No I don’t.
Angry? Certainly. Threatening? That’s a different level of claim. One that I see no reason for us to accept unquestioningly from someone who has demonstrated a willingness to lie about their time in the...
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"Ignore them," they said. "They'll go away," they...
swanblood:
Yes.
Honestly, this is one reason I keep reblogging and posting. Because if the tag just gets filled up with trolls and people mocking, that’s fine for us… but, what about the people who search the tag to find knowledge about otherkin, and can’t tell the difference?
No. Responding to trolls just encourages them. It doesn’t help educate outsiders because they can’t...
I keep writing replies that are gone when I hit post, turning back into a straight reblog. And it’s not just the ones where I forget to mark it as reblog as text, either. This is getting really, really annoying. I just lost a long post twice that way…
yeas:
I don’t know a lot about Otherkin, but this example seems to be showing Riley as a person who identifies as a baby as a coping mechanism for harsh reality.
This actually has nothing to do with otherkin, or with Riley being transgendered. She is engaged in a fetish called infantilism. She does not “identify” as a baby, or think she is spiritually or psychologically a baby,...
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How to Spot a Troll Part 2
Realized I left one more thing out in my guide to troll spotting: consider their friends. People generally surround themselves with people who are like them or whom they admire. If someone surrounds themselves with trolls? Chances are they are a troll themselves. If someone frequently likes troll posts? Chances are they are a troll themselvs. If someone frequently reblogs troll posts without...
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How to Spot a Troll
Step One: Consider their username. It’s often a pun, a reference to something fictional/RPGish, or just out and out insulting.
Step Two: Read their posts. Read, not skim. Trolls often like to hide little lines in the midst of longer texts that make the fact they are trolling very, very apparent. For melted-snowflake, the clear give-away line was:
“You’re a good being, Snowflake,” a...
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Troll Blocking Tips
First, don’t just block the main troll posting to a tag. Take the time to see who’s liked and reblogged their trolling comment with supportive comments, and block those accounts too. Chances are, you’ll block some of the trolls friends and/or morph accounts which would also troll the tag.
Second, take a look at anyone new who likes your posts or follows your blog. Read...
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Stop.
darziel:
They’re getting messages of support.
From genuine posters, or from other trolls and/or their own morph accounts?
And yes they may be lying but that doesn’t mean the message (Otherkin need to be fixed) is a lie.
Yes, actually, it does. Starting from a faulty premise, that they are speaking from experience about what it means to be otherkin when they are not, does preclude them...
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Think loves.
little-succubus:
TL;DR: Stop sending hate to melted-snowflake. They have different beliefs than you, but that doesn’t mean you can send them threats. It only further enforces the idea that they have in their head that we’re some kind of cult that shuts up dissent, and we do not need something like this going on.
Melted snowflake is a known troll, who has demonstrably lied about how long...
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Stop.
roguesareth:
Melted-Snowflake claims that there are people here sending threatening messages to them. Pleas stop. Not only will this give trolls even more of a reason to discredit us, but its rude, unkind and not something any upstanding member of any community should do no matter how much someone pisses us off.
You want people to treat us with respect? You treat them with respect, even if they...
roguesareth:
Oh wow, yeah I’ve never even heard of those before.
http://web.archive.org/web/20000920054512/http://www.tirnanoc.org/list2.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20011109160325/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outlawkin
I’ve been lurking within the vampire community since 04 but never bothered joining a forum until 08 or 09 ( didn’t have constant internet access until...
magpieandcompany:
For what it’s worth, I would TOTALLY use “coming out of the kennel” haha.
You might not want to, actually. That’s a phrase already in use by another group that would cause unfortunate associations if picked up by therians as well. Coming out of the stables is also out, for the same reason.
A few site updates...
therianthrope: Profile Songs That’s right! You may now link to a song to play when visitors view your profile. This is optional, and of course, visitors can stop the song from playing at any time. Change your profile song in your profile editor! (requires flash to play song)
Autoplaying music is never a good idea. We learned this in the 90s on Geocities, Angelfire, and Fortune City webpages...
deer-tier:
jarandhel:
deer-tier:
I just got an idea for a fic but it’s horrible
Help me
I still have an idea for a fic where Captain Jack Harkness and Captain Jack Sparrow are the same guy. No, I cannot help you. :)
That makes a lot more sense than it should. :P
Yep. :) They’re even both immortal!
I'VE GOT IT YOU GUYS.
swanblood:
I have noticed this before, people are so quick to attack otherkin for appropriation and say that we are using the words from other communities, but different groups have been using variations on words like “coming out”, “dysphoria”, etc. for many years.
There’s also the simple fact that the GLBT community themselves originally borrowed the term from the coming-out parties...
arudem:
Oh, I do apply the block button… I’ve got three times as many blocks as blogs I follow, in fact.
Really? I’ve got 79 blocks to 97 follows (seriously) and I see almost no spam in the tag. I’ve been more annoyed by all the people responding to the trolls than by the trolls themselves.
deer-tier:
I just got an idea for a fic but it’s horrible
Help me
I still have an idea for a fic where Captain Jack Harkness and Captain Jack Sparrow are the same guy. No, I cannot help you. :)
