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While I understand the trans* community quite well, I can’t help but find that this ‘Otherkin’ movement is pretty far fetched. Like, the people who complain that they can’t wear full shirts because their wings hurt? Come on.
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Saw this on lonelywizard’s post and I felt compelled to respond, since I have a very different take on this. I’m an otherkin, I’ve been involved in the community for 13 years now, and I find the people who complain they can’t wear full shirts because their wings hurt absolutely ridiculous. I experience phantom limb sensations myself. And you know what? They’re not physical, by definition. They are, depending on your interpretation, either psychological or astral. In either case, they do not interact with physical objects like clothing, chairs, etc. Passing through such objects is not likely to cause pain. If it was, then anyone with a kinside larger than a normal doorway or a normal room (I’m looking at some of the dragons here) would be completely fucked.
Frankly, I highly recommend getting to know the kin community that exists outside of tumblr, because a lot of stuff is just accepted unquestioningly here that doesn’t fly in the rest of the community. I’m not saying you won’t still find us far fetched, you very well might, but there’s just not the atmosphere of “any claim is fine no matter what” that you find here.
While I understand the trans* community quite well, I can’t help but find that this ‘Otherkin’ movement is pretty far fetched. Like, the people who complain that they can’t wear full shirts because their wings hurt? Come on.
Anonymous
Saw this on lonelywizard’s post and I felt compelled to respond, since I have a very different take on this. I’m an otherkin, I’ve been involved in the community for 13 years now, and I find the people who complain they can’t wear full shirts because their wings hurt absolutely ridiculous. I experience phantom limb sensations myself. And you know what? They’re not physical, by definition. They are, depending on your interpretation, either psychological or astral. In either case, they do not interact with physical objects like clothing, chairs, etc. Passing through such objects is not likely to cause pain. If it was, then anyone with a kinside larger than a normal doorway or a normal room (I’m looking at some of the dragons here) would be completely fucked.
Frankly, I highly recommend getting to know the kin community that exists outside of tumblr, because a lot of stuff is just accepted unquestioningly here that doesn’t fly in the rest of the community. I’m not saying you won’t still find us far fetched, you very well might, but there’s just not the atmosphere of “any claim is fine no matter what” that you find here.
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Having said that, I can see where a kin, perhaps a newly awakened who is not yet comfortable in one's own identity or in one's own human skin, might feel phantom pains for silly reasons like putting on a shirt. I'm suggesting the pain may be psychological, so I expect just becoming more aware and finding healthy ways to express one's kin self etc. might be the cure for what ails them.
Just my own initial thoughts.