Then, i began to talk with a person of the otherkin. I told him what I believed, that i was not vampiric at all, but perhaps wiccan, or otherkin. He confirmed this and for the first time, after he began explaining things to me, i felt like i belonged. For the first time in my life, i felt whole, and as if i at last knew what my destiny was.
But as it is with all things, realizing this blessing that I have, it comes with a burden i know. And it is much like being an infant again in a world of unknown shadows and strange surroundings.
But i am willing to take the risks and pain that I will no doubt encounter.
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Oh please, we don't need any Wiccan fundies...I think I'll just curl up and die if that happens...
(Also? Wiccan =/= Otherkin. Who in the world told you that?)
Woo yes, Fundie no. 1'd for inaccurate labeling.
If there was a "Non racist, non fundie, non conspiracy woo-woos say the darndest things", however, it'd merit about a 4.
I, too, share some of the characteristics of vampires. I have teeth. I often prefer the night to the day. Driving a stake through my heart will kill me. And, I, too, feel whole. Hmmm.
I wanted to be a vampire or otherwise supernatural too, when I was 11 years old.
Just having picked the nickname from the protagonist of Underworld gives you away.
"But i am willing to take the risks and pain that I will no doubt encounter. "
well, all that's par for the course when you're a complete fucking lunatic.
This is batty like an infected cave in Central Africa, but it isn't really fundy. That said, from my very limited experience with otherkin (specifically one extremely obtuse Wikipedia editor who got way more latitude than he deserved), such people do lean towards a fundy mindset.
Are there a set of core texts to interpret "literally" for these people?
Can you be a fundie without that?
Not particularly, but, each keeps their own book of shadows... most of it is just tradition, though.
I think it's fundie. It's new-age Wicca fundie or something... well whatever it is, it's worthy of our mockery!
So in that case...
Crazy, yes. A benign crazy, but crazy.
But not fundie. Not at all.
I stumbled upon this researching the suffix -kin once. Anytime you see that word 'otherkin' there is serious crazy ahead... it's basically stumbling into a World of Darkness rpg and never ever leaving.
Although I do sympathize with it to the extent that it is people who feel completely out of place in everyday reality, it is an odd conclusion to come to that you're a different species trapped in a human body.
Just about a month ago, I met a vampire. She made me realize that the powers that I had once had were still there. I talked a lot with her and began to think that I too was a vampire. But some things did not seem fitting. I didn't know what, but something was missing. I had some of the characteristics of a vampire, but some things were still unexplained.
Then, i began to talk with a person of the otherkin. I told him what I believed, that i was not vampiric at all, but perhaps wiccan, or otherkin. He confirmed this and for the first time, after he began explaining things to me, i felt like i belonged. For the first time in my life, i felt whole, and my mom got scared and said "You're moving with your auntie and your uncle in Bel-Air."
I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said "Fresh" and there were dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare but I thought, "Naw, forget it, yo Holmes to Bel-Air."
I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and said to the cabbie "Yo holmes, smell ya later." Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.
"He confirmed this and for the first time, after he began explaining things to me, i felt like i belonged. For the first time in my life, i felt whole, and as if i at last knew what my destiny was."
And you are assuming that he did this for some reason other than just to get you into bed?
Vampires are made up, great fantasie stories like Dracula and all the Anne Rice stuff, but it's NOT REAL! Make great halloween costumes, but that's it!
I understand the need to belong, but why not join the drama club or play sports?
Gosh, how gullable are kids these days?
Ahh, come on guys. A Christian ranting about demons is fundy, an atheist calling for the death of all religious is fundy, but a wiccan ranting about vampires isn't?
A wiccan fundy would buy into all of the myths that are attached to the religion, just like Christian fundies buy into demons and blame them on things.
(Though, to be honest, Wicca doesn't have the whole vampire thing going, she's just horribly confused. Though, something similar to what is known as a 'psychic vampire' is believed.)
@Razakel:
Well, you have to admit that the whole vampire thing is a bit out there
Still, I guess I can see how you could identify with them.
I do think it completely... strange..., however, if you actually believe to be them, and not just identifying with them.
That said, it's your life, live it as you see fit. Enjoy it while you're here and have no regrets.
Necronomikron: Thank you for you kind words, its a sad fact that most examples of Otherkin are... not good at communicating. And some of them are just dumb. Which is why I try to get out their and raise the mean level of perceived Otherkin intelligence.
TigerGirl: But... that would be easy... ^_^;
Oookay. Wicca + vampires? Sorry, even if vampires weren't IMAGINARY BLOODY MONSTERS, that still wouldn't work too well. 'Harm none' and all that.
And while I am perfectly willing to accept anyone who believes they have an anthropomorphic animal/faerie/etc. 'spirit,' it still worries me how some of them delude themselves to the point of thinking they really are physically whatever they happen to identify with at the time.
It's called escapism, kids. It's one thing to roleplay or identify with a non-human caricature of yourself (like being called a 'ferret' because of your behaviour), or to even embrace the new-age idea of an internal totem spirit; it's a psychological condition when you earnestly begin believing you can fly or drink blood or breathe fire.
And what was with the Wicca = vampire/otherkin thing? Obviously, the poster needs to learn a bit more about Wicca.
This woman gives Wiccans a bad name. The fact that she even considers having "powers" is rediculous. Also, there is no base Wiccan Scripture to interpret literally. A fundamentalist Wiccan would be someone who accepts everyone against their will. And dark forces do not attack you during rituals.
She's not fundie. Just a touch emo and nuttier than squirrel shit.
@Haineko What you mean you don't believe in p-shifting? (kidding)
The OP needs to be told what Wicca is, and that's just for starters. Also, saying she may be 'otherkin' what sort of otherkin? Elf, dragon, demon, were-poodle?
I lol at these things, but are we not at all biased against Christianity?, when Christians speak of even slightly fundie issues we jump on them, and somehow people believing in "otherkin" are left less insulted.
I vote for equal slander against all religions!
Let me also cast a stone, and say that I want some of what Selene here has been smoking
People like these make otherkin look bad. :( Confusing otherkin with wicca, wth?
Wiccans don't cast circles during rituals to keep baddies out. Wiccans cast circles to make a sacred space and keep distractions, and possibly ghosts (if you believe in them) out.
Not fundie. This is about the equivalent of a christian saying "A month ago I met a catholic, who made me realize my faith was still there. We talked a lot and I started thinking that maybe catholicism was right for me, too. I really believe Jesus died for us on the cross...blabla". It's just expressing one's belief.
The definition of fundamentalism, to me, has to include at least one of the following things:
I don't think we're biased in favour of pagans. But it is a fact it's much more difficult for Wiccans to be fundie, cause they don't have a dogmatic text, they believe their religion is not the only True Religion, etc. etc.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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