Prejudice against Therians and Otherkin in the NeoPagan Community. Justified or Not? Personal thoughts on the matter?This is going to sound horridly elitist, but I think that depends on *which* Therians and Otherkin you're pointing at when talking abou prejudice. And, also how you define prejudice ( Read more... )

I'm going to rag on otherkin for a minute. Sorry, Lothie. I think the steps you took were good ones for valid reasons. This has nothing to do with your running of the community and far more to do with what I'm seeing there lately. I don't really want to do this there...no, that's not true. I do, but I don't want to cause a flame war there while you're trying to ( Read more... )

Otherkin based, this time from someone who isn't 'kin, as far as I can tell. Some pretty interesting ideas.

An Apocalyptic Interpretation of Otherkin

OooOoOoOOh! What she said!

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real aired on Animal Planet last night. I watched. I enjoyed.

( Cut for spoilers, just in case )

We've all seen it. The 'kin who slap half a dozen different types of beings together (most of which aren't compatible) into some sort of morphological nightmare or etheric hodgepodge. Sometimes, when we're polite, we'll just smile and nod and move on. On other days, the pointing and snickering go on and on and can get quite vicious. Yet there are ( Read more... )

Those of you not interested might want to skip ( Read more... )

"After reading the thread twice, that's still the impression I get. You claim that your main problem with otherkin is that they use their religious beliefs to elevate themselves over the rest of us mere 'humans' (because no other religion has ever done that), and the elitist attitude that you say that they all have. " (Quote taken from offsite in ( Read more... )

The question of whether a particular person is otherkin or how to know if they are or not keeps coming up. I've never found an answer to that question. What I can do is talk about how I came to know myself. It's a continuing process, as I learn new things about myself and as I grow and change. That's no different for anyone. As I've surfed ( Read more... )

Once brunch was over, we wandered back up to the hospitality room and watched people straggle in from their adventures the night before. Most of them were managing quite well, though there were a few pairs of sunglasses here and there. There were a couple hours left until the ritual started so conversations and flirting ensued as well as some folks ( Read more... )