OtherkinFrom WhatPort80  Otherkin are pseudointellectuals who believe they are reincarnations of non-humans. Similar to how all furries have their fursona as either foxes, wolves, or blobs of giant penises, most otherkin all believe they are either dragons or elves. Otherkin differ from furries in that furries like to dress up and pretend, while otherkin believe they really are non-human and don't usually dress up. Also furries generally pick real (usually furry) animals, while otherkin go for mythological creatures, almost always with wings. Despite how there's thousands of creatures from folklore and cryptozoology in cultures around the world, like the humanoid Ebu Gogo of Indonesia (proven real), every single otherkin only gets their creatures from the European mythology, and only the most popular, and only from some modern retelling of a myth that has lost all semblance to the original mythology. At some point, otherkin entirely lost track of the differences between mythology and modern fiction, and otherkins based on anime characters (Otakukin) and science fiction characters emerged. I Am What I Amn't Otherkin on LiveJournal always have icons of whatever they're supposed to be. These are invariably physically attractive, if only to them. Their sex drives are usually warped by severe Asperger's Syndrome, which of course excuses all poor behavior and/or acts in bad faith ever and making you mean for noticing the obvious. Without exception, Otherkin are unhappy, depressed individuals who need to escape from reality for one reason or another. Many will attribute this and their inability to maintain jobs, spouses and successful lives to their mysterious condition of "otherness", meaning that their angelic/demonic/draconic heritage effectively is preventing them from making an effort at anything other than chatting online with other "kin", reading Robert Jordan books, playing Everquest or any other number of activities that will not improve their quality of life. Most are not delusional to begin with, but the comfort of their imagined heritage eventually manifests itself as hallucinations, phantom limbs and "traits" concurrent with their chosen creature. It can be seen as the unhealthy progression of an initial interest in Wicca and fantasy literature. Otherkin are hopelessly lame. To try to change their image, otherkin like Jarin Dreamsinger are trying to rename themselves to 'Kin to the Other. Many will claim to have Multiple Personality Disorder, with all or most of their "alters" also being Otherkin. Drama Bombing
An easy way to create drama is to go through otherkins' accounts of past life memories and "astral plane adventures" and point out the parts stolen from Dungeons and Dragons. For instance, Kerowyn Silverdrake/J'Karrah EbonDragon says on her website that on the astral plane she "belongs to the Fire Mountain Clan of the Allaban Druegan species of dragon, and is nearing the end of her training to join the Clan Guard... a group of dragons from all clans whose responsibility is patrol the bounds of the Allaban Druegan's collective territory and maintain the sanctity of the Dragonlands." The most obvious (real) fictional reference is to the Druegan, which not only are a species of dragon from AD&D, but the use is copyrighted by the company Wizards of the Coast and illegal to use in fiction outside of their franchise. Glamour BombingGlamour Bombing is where fat, delusional "faeryie-kin" run around downtown in your city naked except for a cowboy hat, a tutu and faery wings, to, you know, freak the mundanes and stuff. Most people who "glamor bomb" are burnouts and/or have probably never held on to even the simplest fast-food job for more than a week at best. Nuclear BombingRecently, a bit of speculation was floated that elven magick (now with a "k" for EXTRA phear!) may have been responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb.* People who think that they're RILLY HONESTLY AND FOR TRUE reincarnations of elves and dragons subsequently called this idea "farfetched". Because, y'know, while there's nothing at all wrong with believing that your fat, ugly butt (or, alternately, your skinny, ugly butt) once belonged to a graceful, pointy-eared, tree-hugging Legolas clone, believing that elves invented the atomic bomb is just silly. *(copy and paste link to make it work) Intellectual BombingEven though they will admit to having dropped out of college after their first or second semester, to spend more time watching Adult Swim, almost all otherkin have multiple PhDs. Their doctorates are usually held in whatever field of study is most relevant to the current debate that they are engaged in. Therefore it is totally possible for an otherkin to announce today that they hold a PhD in psychology, astrophysics, and nuclear medicine only to inform you tomorrow that they also have advanced degrees in computer science, civil engineering, and ancient history.  You may also notice that many otherkin who have multiple doctorates are in their teens and early 20’s, which of course would make them far more intelligent than the average person. This may be difficult to believe considering that every argument with an otherkin will eventually just end up with those who disagree with him being repeatedly called "closed minded", no matter what the facts of the argument may be. Amazingly enough, as if the 12 college degrees at the age of 21 isn’t impressive enough, it is mandatory that all otherkin have an intimate knowledge of the covert military operations and classified secrets of every government on earth. This way they can explain to all “non-believers” how it is that science has not discovered their existence. As it was explained by one “otherkin” by the name of “AccronsCrow” on the Lilith’s Lair EZ-Board, all of the world governments, every educational system and every media outlet in the world are participating in a global conspiracy to keep the “truth about otherkin” a hidden secret (which in itself raises an interesting question - if this is such a closely-guarded secret, why are "real otherkin" allowed to speak so freely about it?). Most otherkin do not believe indigo is a color. InfightingAs with furry forums, otherkin forums are highly unstable and drama can easily erupt without any outside interference. Newcomers were frequently told to GTFO after being accused by forum regulars of roleplaying, although most forums stopped doing this after the admins realized that they needed all support that they could get. Unfortunatly, most otherkin boards won't let you view their contents without an account and thus will attempt to hide such problems from the "mudanes". Because, obviously, otherkin are perfect and are therefore above such squabbling. The Na'viKinWith the release of Avatar, of course, otherkin communities such as the insanity that is otherkin.com (and the internet at large, actually) are expecting people claiming to be "Na'vi otherkin". The first Na'vikin was furiously denied. That is some pretty leet trolling, having pretty much warped otherkin.com into saying retarded things like "I'm a polyshifting dragon but you can't be a Na'vi" and "pff you are crazy fantasist" (pot kettle black much?) as well as causing a veritable crapstorm across the internets. Gallery
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