angelic-polar-fox:

Hey, sorry for the late response. I had much going on these last days.
And I’m glad, that you take your time to ask for advice instead of simply writing wrong and uneducated stuff about a group.

First of, you should be sure of the basic concept.
There are different definitions floating around on tumblr and many people getting it wrong, but the accurate and the one the community has agreed on the be the right definition of otherkin is to “involuntary identify AS a non-human, non-earthly being on a spiritual OR psychological level”

The important points about this is, that it’s
1) involuntary = You can’t choose to be otherkin, you can’t change it either. You just ARE otherkin. Otherkin is nothing someone does, it’s something someone is. There are words like “kinning” used sometimes, which is probably because it’s easier or faster to write, but it gives the wrong idea. I’m not kinning an angel, I’m angelkin. The same as you’re not “kinning” a human. You are a human.
2) identify AS = This should be self explanatory, but I still say it, because this is also something people get wrong. To be otherkin means, as stated before, that you ARE the being. It’s not just a strong connection, it’s not just really liking it, or identifying with it. It’s identifying AS it.
3) spiritual or psychological = Otherkin are aware that they are physical human. 

For the non-earthly… it simply means that it has to be a being, that has never existed on earth, to be otherkin. Like dragons, angels, aliens and such.
This is the difference between otherkin and therian.
Therian = animal that has once existed or still does on earth. Dogs, cats, dinosaurs, birds…
Otherkin = being that have never existed, or are at least unproven, on earth. Angels, dragons, aliens, gods…

Then, the reasons for being Otherkin.
It depends and is different for many people.
I can’t speak for everyone of course.
For me, my kintype is due to a past life. I believe in the multiverse theory where everything can happen somewhere, sometime. Even though angels might not exist in our world, or at least aren’t proven yet, they may exist somewhere else.
And in this somewhere else I have lived as an angel. I also do remember some stuff from this life.
Spiritual otherkin can also be due to a swapped soul, a parallel life or something complelty different.
It’s also possible to be psychological otherkin.
Even though I have one kintype that I thin is psychological, because don’t feel the spiritual connection like with every other kintype and also feels closer to the here and now, I can’t really explain the why.

How does Otherkin act?
Like everyone else I would say. As I said, Otherkin are aware, that they are physically human and they act like that. Otherkin don’t jump off of builiding trying to fly, they don’t eat rocks because they are a dragon, etc.
But most otherkin probably express their identity somehow. I for example like to put decorations in my apartment that remind me of my kintypes, like to listen to music that reminds me of my kintypes, like to dress in a similar fashion, things like that.

What it feels like to be Otherkin?
This is also different for everybody.
Many otherkin have shifts. A shifts is a state where you feel closer to your kintype. There are many types of shifts. For example astral shifts, where your astral body changes to that of your kintype.
Some also feel phantom limps like their wings, or their tail (I also feel them sometimes), they sometimes may the behaivour changes a bit in a shift.

Honestly, it’s not so easy to put everything into words.
May someone else add things I’ve might forgot?
@shadowfae @dovewithscales @ranthimi @kin-assistance

Sounds right to me. I’d ask around and get more experiences, though, so you have a rough idea on what’s acceptable community behaviour and what isn’t.

peteynotparker:

What is Alter Human?

Just a legit question. I’ve seen it popping up a few times. Is it the same as being kin, or is it just another name for the trans-species crap that’s been showing up again lately?

‘Alterhuman’ is the adjective that someone (I don’t remember who, but I’m pretty sure they’re on tumblr) came up with to encompass all of the experiences of the otherkin, copinglink, fictionkin, therianthropy, multiplicity (both endogenic and traumatic), soulbonding, and tulpamancy communities. I think transhumanists are also allowed in if they want to be, haven’t really been paying attention.

Effectively, all those who experience an alternate-to-the-norm version of their own humanity and personhood get to call themselves alterhuman. 

At least, that’s what I generally use it as. I could be a little off, though.

tsugamori:

necrophagist:

tsugamori:

ranthimi:

aestherians:

tsugamori:

aestherians:

Concept: Cameotypes

You know those characters, animals, and so on that make feel all shifty but aren’t technically kintypes or heartedtypes, yet are still important enough to your therian/‘kin experience that you feel like mentioning them somehow? I propose we call them cameotypes.

This term would cover things that push into a shift for an established kintype, things you often cameoshift into, and things that feel like heartedtypes but only do so because they remind you of your kintype.

In my case it would be animals like fighting bulls, gaurs, and barbary sheep for my bison kintype. For my gnoll kintype it would be hyenas, Tasmanian devils, and Kumatetsu from Bakemono no Ko.

How do you feel about this concept?

This definitely sounds like something I’ve experienced!
To make sure I’m understanding this correctly, a cameotype is something that is thematically similar to existing kintypes, yes? If so, then it’s really nice to have a word for that.

Yeah! I deliberately want the definition to be a bit broad, so ‘something thematically similar to your kintype’ could definitely be covered by it.

This is interesting, because my immediate first thought was “what distinguishes this from cladotherianthropy (or similar things in otherkind/fictionkind circles, if there is any)” or even how could this not be a potential indicator of cladotherianthropy/similar? I don’t experience either (I don’t think, at least).

I definitely think that discussing and defining this experience more could be a good idea, though, since it definitely seems like something other people have thoughts and ideas about.

oooh I’m unfamiliar with the term “cladotherianthropy”
If it’s similar to this proposed cameotype it would probably be in my interest to look into that, too.

Vice is a lizard cladotherian, and for him it means that his theriotype isn’t just one specific kind of lizard, like some people might specifically be a bearded dragon or a gecko. He feels like he’s a lizard, but in a much more generalized way that encompasses nearly everything that could be considered a lizard (occasionally including dinosaurs).

If that didn’t make sense let me know, I’m not a cladotherian myself but he’s talked to me about his experiences a lot.

That makes sense! I know someone irl who could be considered a cladotherian.
If I’m experiencing the same thing aestherians is describing with cameotype, then they’re probably different. My personal example of cameotype as I understand it is, characters like mewtwo and deadpool could be considered cameotypes to me because of my kintype that came to be in part due to experimentation/coming from a lab. They’re all different characters, but their stories have similarities that resonate with me but are not kintypes or heart types. Things could get a bit more blurry with things like animals or fictional species though.

If that’s the idea of a cameotype, I’ve got a few. Huh.

necrophagist:

otherkindtwilight:

necrophagist:

otherkindtwilight:

Y’all, please give us something to reblog or talk about, come on. We keep trying to leave this vile, useless kincourse (especially given that we’ve already said our piece and people are going to twist everyone’s words anyway no matter wtf is said, so whatever)… 

But there’s literally nothing else on our dash right now. Nothing. It is all the kincourse. Like, come on. Does this community not talk about anything else? 

Anything and everything that is not kincourse related would be good right now. 

-Theta 

@hallowedbone @necrophagist @ranthimi

Y’all got anything you want to talk about? Anything that isn’t this. 

Experiences with recreating foods from other worlds GO!

Good topic! Unfortunately, we’ve never gotten the opportunity to do this due to a limited budget, though we’ve always wanted to try it. 

However, it’s something we’ve always wanted to try our hand at. Mako drinks, Gallifreyan food, recreating plasmids – it’s all so good!

-Theta 

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Actually, I did do one food recreation project before, but it really backfired. I accidentally destroyed one of my mom’s dishes. It was bad, lmao. (Unfortunately, I don’t remember what it was. We were like fourteen or something at the time…) 

Most people don’t know this, but I’m a huge foodie. I love experimenting with food and want to eventually start my own cookbook series. 

-Koschei

Cookbook series? Fuck dude I wanna hear more about that. I’ve thought a lot over the years about doing like a community-sourced compendium of recreated recipes from everybody’s canons…

If someone’s going to organize a community fictionkind cookbook, I want in on that. :O

otherkindtwilight:

shadowfae:

necrophagist:

otherkindtwilight:

Y’all, please give us something to reblog or talk about, come on. We keep trying to leave this vile, useless kincourse (especially given that we’ve already said our piece and people are going to twist everyone’s words anyway no matter wtf is said, so whatever)… 

But there’s literally nothing else on our dash right now. Nothing. It is all the kincourse. Like, come on. Does this community not talk about anything else? 

Anything and everything that is not kincourse related would be good right now. 

-Theta 

@hallowedbone @necrophagist @ranthimi

Y’all got anything you want to talk about? Anything that isn’t this. 

Experiences with recreating foods from other worlds GO!

Well, my twin brother @leviantacatastrophe has made it clear to me that dandelions from Levianta don’t taste any different than dandelions from here. 😮 I have yet to find a tea that tastes like the Twice-Lit World’s tea, though.

Ooh, that’s really cool to know! (Little known fact – several of us here are wanna-be tea enthusiasts, lmao). 

-Theta

I wish I could like tea. But it doesn’t matter how much sugar I add or how differently I try to boil the water it’s always garbage. I probably had magic tea back then but go figure, the laws of physics say that’s illegal. Tea smells so good but tastes so terrible. 

But hey, I can have coffee crisp flavoured hot chocolate so I suppose it’s a bit of a tradeoff?