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The more I think about it, the more convinced I become that my generation of Otherkin are going to rise up as the world’s next diplomats, ambassadors, and leaders.
Think about the amazing power we possess. As a cat, I understand the needs of the feline community more than any other human can. We have the opportunity to be liaisons between the animal kingdom and human society.
We already know that we are not going to be able to continue on this path of unsustainable living. We have to start focusing on our relationship to the environment and the ecosystems of the rest of the earth’s creatures.
Otherkin are the only people who can actively speak on behalf of these populations. We are part of their collective conscious. We are connected to our species the way an artery is to the heart. The only way the world will ever achieve peaceful coexistence, balance, and eco-responsibility is through the guidance of Otherkin.
People may laugh at us now, but what they don’t realize is that we hold the key to the survival of our planet. They need us.
One day they’ll see. One day they will be begging us for our wisdom. Just you wait. |
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I have the urge to groom myself like a cat, but I’ll usually restrain unless I’m by myself. I don’t have fur, but just the sensation of cleaning myself like a cat is comforting. It lets me escape into my cat head.
I actually meow a lot, just in normal conversation. My family is used to it. If I don’t meow all the time, I get this terrible lump in my throat that won’t go away until I meow it out. Meowing eases my anxiety and keeps me feeling level-headed.
Well my parents try really hard to use my pronouns with me, but they’re naturally insensitive (being so entrenched in human society) so they most often forget. I always correct them though.
No, I hate the feel of shoes. I always go barefoot. |
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| My parents allow me to live at home and they take care of me. Since I’m a cat, it’s very hard for me to hold a normal job or go to school, so they accommodate my needs. They’re not very accepting of my spirit sister though - so we get into fights a lot when she comes home with me. I just told her to come up to my bedroom window from now on. |
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Otherkin are just as much “trans” as transgendered, transethnic, transbodied, and transaged people. I am not invalidating their struggles, however it’s wrong to simplify my identity as an Otherkin by refusing to accept the fact that we too, are in the wrong bodies.
If will not be bullied into hiding what I really am. I am a trans-specied person. I experience the same hardship of body dysphoria and identity confusion as transgendered people do. Just because Otherkin have not been a widely sought out social justice cause doesn’t mean that we don’t have every right to assert ourselves with the language that we feel fits us the most. |
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Love has been a very tricky road for me. Living in a human body has made being human an integral part of my identity. Therefore I feel the same desire for love and affection that other humans do. However, at the end of the day, my spirit will always be a cat. As a cat, I crave a type of companionship that is much different than that of human romantic relationships. My cat spirit needs to belong to a pack. An unbreakable, unspoken bond between a group of felines. We don’t “fall in love” with one other cat, rather we show our love through our loyalty and dedication to the group. So no, I have never felt romantic feelings towards a cat. The type of love that I feel towards cats is deep, unwavering understanding and acceptance. It is a sisterly love.
As a human I am capable of experiencing the same lust and sexual desire for other humans that is a component of our biology. However being demisexual, I must fall in love before these feelings can develop. Falling in love with a human is complicated because there will always be a part of me that they will never understand. It hasn’t happened for me yet, but I am open to it if it presents itself. |
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I might be a demonkin?
I’ve always had a special connection to the spiritual realm, especially in regards to demonic and malevolent entities. I’m naturally drawn towards their energy but I abstain per the counsel of my coven elders.
However I’m very interested in demonkin. I didn’t even know they existed until I came to Tumblr. I’m starting to question whether I may have a demonic identity as a part of my plurality.
It would explain my affinity for darkness, black magic, and ability to connect with spiritual forces. It’s like I’m having a second awakening.
Demonkin, how did you discover your demonic identities? I’m dying to find out if I have a secret demon inside of me that I’ve been suppressing. I wouldn’t be surprised at all. |
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I need help and you are the only expert I know. So I know that I'm not human, just like you, the way society views my body is wrong. However, I am also not any animal that I know about. I think I am an animal or maybe even an alien actually. Its hard to describe what I look like without rambling incoherently. The thing is, the animal I look like slightly resembles a human. But its not a human. Am I otherkin?
You may be. I didn’t know what kin type I was until later in my life. It was when I met my spirit sister that I had my awakening. You should be patient and let your kin reveal itself to you in its own time. You may not be spiritually and emotionally ready at this point in your life. Don’t go out seeking your identity, let it come to you. If you are open and willing, you will find the answers you seek. |
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Hello my lovelies!
I’ve been on a sabbatical (my coven does a wilderness retreat every year), but I have finally returned!
While I was on my trip, I had the most amazing experiences as a wildcat. My knees are calloused and scarred from all the time I spent crawling on the ground. My hair is matted and unshaven and boy was it was worth it.
Otherkin, I urge you to spend time in your kin type’s natural habitat. It is so healing to be able to get away from human society and its constraints. It feels like being let out of your cage, finally free to roam as nature intended. I ate grass and sharpened my nails on tree bark. I frolicked in meadows and basked in the light of the full moon. My eyesight grew stronger and my reflexes faster. Once you’re out in the wild, all of your kin type’s knowledge comes pouring back and it takes over. You become the feral beast you were born to be.
I howled until my voice grew hoarse. Then I howled some more. Cries of pure instinctual power that transcended my physical limitations. It was the first time I was able to connect so strongly with my kin type. It cleared all the confusion and doubt in my mind.
Have any of you ever had the opportunity to be in the wilderness like that? Have you ever tried living as your kin type even with your human body? |
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| I may have understated my condition by labeling it “sensitive eyes”. What I have is a severe photoallergy that is extremely debilitating in my day to day life. I cannot ever be in direct sunlight for longer than a couple of minutes before I begin to break out in a rash. I can’t even open my eyes. Therefore, I’m confined to the indoors during the daylight hours. I rely on the earth’s energy to sustain me, so I have to spend nighttime hours almost exclusively outside. I have learned to harness the moonlight for my Wiccan practices, but it will never be a replacement for the power of the sun. My disability is just as serious as any other and I don’t appreciate being questioned on it as if I am some type of fraud. |
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I want to dress up as Pocahontas for Halloween, but I’m not Native American.
Am I still committing cultural appropriation if I’m a cat? Cats don’t have nationalities because we do not have citizen rights in any country. |
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