Introduction

[rosefae]

What name do you want to be referred to as?

Katherine or Wynn works. I answer to both.


What is your 'kin type?

I am an Irish pooka, with strong goat leanings.


How long have you been awakened?

I've always known I was different, but didn't put a name to it till the late 90s to mid-2ks. My discovery as a pooka happened rather abruptly probably sometime in 2003.


Describe your awakening experience.

As stated above, I've always been aware of my differences. I grew up in a very spiritual household. By that I mean my house was haunted/inhabited by various energy lifeforms. A talent for sensing the otherworld runs in my family on my father's side as well. I was never forced into a fixed religion, but permitted to form my own opinions. This, I feel, allowed me to exercise and improve my natural psychic abilities. I'd always been fascinated by faeries since first looking at Brian Froud's original Faeries book. The image of the pooka always stuck with me, even then. I met a few faeries, particularly Jenny Greenteeth when she tried to take a classmate down with her during a school trip to the local park. The park had a murky manmade lake that connected to the nearby brook, but the flow was just so that it allowed the water to become stagnant and algae-covered. No one else witnessed the near-steal (I don't think anyone else knew what to look for or how to look for it) so I never mentioned it. I never went near the lake unless I absolutely had to, having already felt her in it. Later in life, I gave her a silver coin as an offering and we've been neutral ever since.

When I did awaken, I was actually upset about it. During my grade school years and well into my high school career, I was teased and tormented pretty relentlessly by my peers. I didn't fit in and they were always sure to remind me of it. So when I realized just how different I was, I fought it at first. I'd already suffered so much for being different, including having poor health that left my body visibly affected. Yet, despite this, I never rejected it. I eventually came to embrace it, probably around the same time I realized I could exhibit some influence over the wind. That sealed it for me, I think. Now I love being a magical being, able to commune with nature and speak to the wind. I love that I can sense spirits and the unawakened souls of fellow kin. I've met and adventured with a large number of kin, including a large number of dragons, a kelpie, many angelics, and even a handful of demonics. My older sister is a water fae type with a strong affiliation for salt water; we've yet to pinpoint what kind she is, though. I know a lot of people don't think kinness can run in families, but it sure does with us! I suppose it makes more sense for fae blood to run in families since faeries often mated or took human babes to replenish their bloodlines. And being of the Isles helps, too. Heh.

I look forward to spending time here and getting to know others!

Comments

[dinogrrl]

Welcome! :}

I was the same way, knowing I was 'kin for most of my life but fighting it once I was made aware of it. I feel like I lost valuable time understanding myself while I was resisting it, but I guess that was just a step to acceptance for me.

[rosefae]

First: Yay, JD and Turk! Best bromance EVER.

Second: It was like that with my sister. She was in denial for years, which really stunted her self-discovery. She's not as "into it" as I am, but her progress has been going well just the same.

[dinogrrl]

I miss Scrubs so much, if only for the amazing dorky bromance that was JD and Turk :B.

I've sometimes wondered if my sister is sorta in the same situation as what you're describing with yours, but it's one of those things I don't feel right asking someone about. One of these days, maybe...

[rosefae]

My favorite Scrubs character is Cox. I love the snarky broken ones. <3

My other two sisters are simply sensitive, but do not possess kin traits. If they ever did, it would've been smothered by this point. My nephew, however, does exhibit some kin traits, though we don't see each other often enough to really discuss it.

[dinogrrl]

<3 Dr. Cox

Wow, you do have a rather strong family tendency of 'kinness.

[rosefae]

I kinda have to thank my father's bloodline for that. I haven't really been able to fully observe my cousins on that side, though. It might've been that it was just my father who was that sensitive (though his father was a singularly fascinating man; I wish I'd known him) and since he allowed us to blossom in a healthy, spiritualy-friendly environment, I wager whatever latent fae blood in us came out.

[timidtwilight]

Welcome! :)

It's nice to see someone else that works with the wind! I have yet to meet anyone else who does, although I must admit, I haven't really been looking all that hard.

[rosefae]

I've known a lot of fire types, actually, and one earth type, though he's human and insists he just "borrows" energy from the planet. Very few air types, remarkably few. But yay, another wind person! :D

[timidtwilight]

It's a remarkably beautiful element to work with! (And if it's not too stubborn, remarkably handy on warm days like these~) :)

I look forward to hearing more from you here ^__^

[rosefae]

It's also great for personal special effects. I confess to using it for glamour purposes. It also makes a great warning, especially if the other person has no idea you can do it. It's also terribly useful for windy days on the road. I've prevented my car from bouncing all over the highway by concentrating on creating a funnel of wind that stabilized things. I can't always keep it, unfortunately, since I have to focus on driving as well. Wind multitasking can be difficult. XD

What do you do with it? :3

[arethinn]

Welcome! It's nice to see another faery.

[rosefae]

Thanks! I'm always happy to meet others of my kind. :3

[charcoalfeathers]

Ah! I just realised I had your Dreamwidth Pagans post opened in another tab. ^^;

Yay fae!

I have some kind of association with wind, too. I guess maybe it has something to do with being winged-kin. Sometimes I feel like I'm having a conversation with it, and when I open myself up to it, it has a tendency to blow very strongly. I'm not sure I could say I control it per se. We just seem to be aware of each other in a way that I'm not with other elements.

My big thing since a young age was empathy. I actually asked my dad once, when I was young, if it was normal to feel the feelings of other people. He gave me one of those O.o looks and said something to the effect that it was my imagination. I knew I had to keep it secret after that. Kind of a sad thing that I did for so long, too. I've never really felt like I fit in with human society, but now I have an explanation why at least. :)

[rosefae]

Not all winged kin have air association. Take dragons for example: many of them associate with all elements; even the water dragons seem to be winged in some capacity. But given that you've spoken to the wind and have had it respond suggests you do have a connection. :3

Being linked with air can also allow us a measure of influence over the other elements since it encompasses all of them (save moonlight, which is above everything). I feel comfortable in the water, to the point that it soothes me as much as it does my water sprite sister. It doesn't speak to me as readily as the wind does, though I can communicate with earthen things almost as easily.