hallowedbone:

actual gatekeeping: you (fictionkind) have exactly the same mix of experiences as the rest of us (therians/otherkind) but we think you’re a stupid concept so you don’t count

not gatekeeping: you (copinglinkers) have a completely different experience from the rest of us (therians/otherkind/fictionkind) so you don’t count under those words specifically, but you can hang out with us anyway as long as you’re respectful and use your own terminology so people don’t confuse us