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[personal profile] arethinn2021-05-10 11:36 am

Can one stop being otherkin?

There's been some Discourse™ lately on Tumblr about whether it is possible to stop being otherkin in any circumstances. All parties seem to basically agree that if you can easily "turn it off" then you weren't actually otherkin (or some specific thing wasn't actually a kintype) in the first place, but do not agree on whether it is possible to stop or change as a result of a long process of personal transformation ("ego alteration", one participant dubbed it). Your thoughts?
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[personal profile] dragonwolf2010-09-07 07:49 pm

Prompt, or food for thought

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith mentioned in a previous post that she's doing a poetry fishbowl. The current one is about "DNA, genetic engineering, and evolution."

In that line of thinking, I thought I'd throw this out as sort of discussion fodder:

How do you think Otherkin came about? Don't be afraid to go into detail (I don't think DreamWidth has a word count limit to their comments, so go for it).