Oh...

I'm an idiot... I've been trying for hours now to write an essay about my view of what otherkin are, as it's recently been shaken about a bit and I've been reformulating it. But I just realized, the major things which have been reformulated in my views don't really deal with *what* otherkin are. I can phrase them as if they did, but in reality they deal with *why* otherkin are. The same answer can be given for why certain other things are as well, and suggest a connection or even a kinship between otherkin and those things, but they are not as I first thought also otherkin... at least not for the reasons I gave. Whether or not they can be considered otherkin for other reasons of course remains to be seen.

Funny... I originally started thinking about all this because of therianthropes and starseeds and shapeshifting and masks... but I don't think most of those things are going to amke it into the essay. *smiles softly* Given some of the lines of reasoning that I've followed in the last few days to try to define Dream, I probably shouldn't be all that surprised by this.

Sometimes it takes distortion to show someone what is really there... sometimes a mask reveals more than it conceals.

Minor Update

I'm afraid that my essays are, for the moment, taking a backseat to more immediate concerns. Tonight I'm busy getting ready to go visit Dusk for a few days, and when I get back I'm going to be going very hard and fast into full jobhunting mode. Things are changing, and it looks right now like the timing and the flows are very right for me to seek a job outside the house once more. Lots of stores around here seem to be hiring suddenly, and circumstances are adjusting at the moment so that it will be easier for me to seek a job than it has been. (My father will be available to watch my grandmother more than he has been.) I intend to take this opportunity for all it's worth... with the number of places suddenly displaying help wanted signs in south jersey, I should be able to find a job despite my limited work history as long as I keep at it and put in applications at a bunch of different places. That's got my top priority now, and the essays will be written in the free time I have left over if any. I promise I won't forget about them. I might also have some time to work on them over the weekend while at Dusk's, but I'm not sure of that yet.