Hello!

[eponalyre]

Hello! I go by EponaLyre on here, but I usually go by Kodama. I'm a unicorn otherkin, and the owner of Otherkinsight. I heard Dreamwidth is a good site, so I decided to try it out. It does seem to have a high otherkin population, and seems to be more active than LJ, and perhaps friendlier than Tumblr...

I've been in the otherkin community for years (about 8), and have identified as non-human since I was a kid. I have been working on sorting myself out for years, and probably will never have exact answers, but I believe my soul to be unicorn. I'm also cicada-hearted, and have some very "animal" mentalities, which may or may not indicate a bit of psychological therianthropy of some sort.

I'm a singer-lyricist, and a writer as well. I'm also a college student, and will likely be returning from a long hiatus this fall, and taking online courses for now, as I have social issues.

I'm largely here to meet others, get advice, and make friends. Apologies for the short introduction!

Comments

[arethinn]

a high otherkin population

Hmmm, I don't think any more by percent than anywhere else. (So, fewer in absolute numbers than e.g. LJ.) There's been a bit of an influx from tumblr in the past week or two, but in my 2+ years on DW, most of the otherkin I've found here have been people I already knew from LJ. (A few now are people I know from tumblr and not LJ.) It's been a while since I checked the "otherkin" interest, but the last time I did a lot of the results were for journals for one member of a multiple system, or of course some therians - both types of people I have no quarrel with, but I would not personally call it "a high otherkin population" in the sense of "oh yay, look, tons of people I want to friend!"

and seems to be more active than LJ

*boggle* What? LJ has a much bigger userbase and is much more active overall. Difficulty getting people to move to DW from LJ is one of the most moaned-about things on DW. Every additional person helps, of course! But it's not already a jumpin' joint. (I think part of the problem is only a certain breed is interested in this kind of journaling platform anymore; Facebook - a place which rather frightens me - has sucked many people away.)

perhaps friendlier than Tumblr...

Can't argue with this, though!

Anyway, welcome!

[eponalyre]

Haha, ah okay. Then I heard incorrectly...Or thought incorrectly for that matter. I guess you could say it's like Google Plus vs. Facebook. :P

Thanks for the welcome! :)

[arethinn]

I realize now I did not sound very much like I was fitting that idea of friendlier... I often come off like a wet blanket :P Sorry about that!

[eponalyre]

No worries. You didn't offend me. You were just stating facts. :)

[houseofchimeras]

Hello and welcome here. :)

- Spiridon

[redsixwing]

Hi and welcome to DW! I'd love to hear more about cicada-heartedness, if you're interested in talking about it.

[eponalyre]

I don't mind at all! Hit me up any time, if you're interested. :)

[sakurablossom]

It's nice to meet you. I'm new here too. :)