riaroft

Also known as fonzpond. I'm not actually a juggalo. I'm juggalokin.

[fuckyeahtransphobia-blog]

[forlackofabettercomic-deactivat]

[riaroft-blog]

lol

[dumb-baby]

I feel like my tail has been getting in the way so much lately.

It’s just really hard to sit comfortably on anything that doesn’t have an open back, and I’ve gotten into the habit of wearing my pants really low so it doesn’t feel like the base is getting squished.. It feels like it’s getting bunched up really painfully like it’s gonna snap.

Does anyone else with a big tail get this kind of feeling? Is there a way to prevent it? :/

[riaroft-blog]

Theory: all the thugs with sagging pants are actually tailed otherkin.

Another theory: muffydarlin is a deluded fucking idiot and/or attention whore. ("Please give me advice for this made-up problem I have!!")

[song-of-the-wanderer-blog-deact]

Please help...

I’m so worried…..I got a text from bear saying she needed me, but I was just called to dinner. I havent been able to get ahold of her since. Please…I’m very worried about Bear…if anyone has talked to her in about the past hour and a half could you let me know? I need to know she’s okay

[riaroft-blog]

Hey... tumblr... look... how... caring... I... am...

[qinhara]

ugh fuck now i have triggered myself so much

sex and masturbation and everything gets even more complicated with my plurality— In a lot of ways I worry about my headmates’ and my consent with each other and it is quite possible / probable that we have assaulted or raped each other and that’s a really scary thing too because, well, obviously it’s scary. I don’t really know how to handle that, honestly. I wish I also knew for sure what the truth is, I wish I could communicate with my headmates better so we could know what exactly is happening or not, if someone (me or someone else) has assaulted/raped someone else in our system or not. It’s horrible I know.

[riaroft-blog]

WAT

[iscallyr-blog]

Okay, the first nest I made failed but the second one… I woke up in exactly the same position I’d curled up in, having not woken up in the night or taken very long to fall asleep at all. I’m all achey and weird-feeling now because I’m not used to sleeping well. Wow.

[fuckoffshitnerd-deactivated2013]

maybe you should sleep in a bed in a proper position instead of pretending to be a bird and sleeping in a nest

[riaroft-blog]

Wow indeed. What a moron.

[alae-velox-blog]

Why are there so many posts about multiplicity in the otherkin tag?

They aren’t really related…

[arcanetrivia]

Maybe because one or more (even all) members of a multiple system can be otherkin? (nonhumans in a presumably human body, i.e. the host body) Although I do find it a little odd when people seem to treat “multiple” as itself a type of otherkin, yeah.

[alae-velox-blog]

Of course an othekrin can be in a multiple system! It just seems odd that everyone’s treating multiplicity and otherkin like they’re ALWAYS intertwined?

[chasingpumpkins-deactivated2013]

I think it is because people who are not otherkin or multiple stumble on people who are both, then decide to lump it all together under one big, ‘not worth the air I breathe; commence harassment and lawls’ umbrella. That’s our commonality, right there. That umbrella. 

[riaroft-blog]

You guys sure do love the word 'harassment'.

[herzogwyrmsyn-deactivated201208]

So I was banned from Dreamhart after a single post. Way lame. Unbelievably  so.

[riaroft-blog]

LOL

[herzogwyrmsyn-deactivated201208]

I do believe I have discovered another kin type. I have always felt draconic, but never looked into it for whatever reason.

[riaroft-blog]

LOL

[jurassic-parkranger]

Existence is not a roleplay.

Being multiple is not a game.

[riaroft-blog]

Oh that's real' deep, person who thinks she's a fictional car (among other things).

[olderthantimeitself]

Sometimes I wonder if I really am a cat. I have joint pain and other problems that people almost three times my age have. In cat years I would be ancient.

[riaroft-blog]

You better get that shit checked out, man. Sounds serious.

[junestorm-blog]

http://gryphonguild.yuku.com/topic/3746

For the record, I’m about as far away from otherkin as one can get, but I used to be one, which gives me a rather strange perspective on the phenomenon. One of these days, I swear I’m going to write a book on it.

For now I’ll just add to what others have said. First, it’s interesting to note that otherkin is very closely related to Pan-Indianism and New Age totemism. The otherkin types that seem to crop up in the vast majority are animals (mythical or otherwise) that traditionally symbolize desirable qualities, assigned over the years by human folklore rather than observable animal behavior. So it’s not surprising that Wolf (Kipling), Coyote (Plains Indians), Fox (Japanese folklore), etc. are common otherkin types for people to “discover” in themselves. In fact, one of the commonly accepted ways to determine one’s otherkin species is the question, “what’s your favorite animal (although it is usually phrased ‘what animal are you particularly drawn to’)?” It will almost always be an animal (mythic or mundane) that is powerful, intelligent, sneaky, beautiful, beloved, or otherwise at the top of the food chain. After more than ten years of observing this phenomenon on the Internets, I’ve met several dozen fox-kin, but never a beetle-kin. And invariably after a few years of one “type,” an otherkin will discover a new type in themselves. I’ll leave the reader to determine the psychological implications of this. Otherkin as a group exhibit a high instance of emotional turmoil, from depression and self-mutilation to self-diagnosed MPD/DID. Many are not particularly social or do not fit in with “normal people.” Some are highly functional beings with nothing in the way of emotional problems. Connection does not imply causation.

I once heard a psychologist speculate on the origin of furry/otherkin; the phenomenon is only a few decades old (although arguably some form of it has been around longer; see animal totemism cropping up in societies without a shamanic tradition). He believed that of all things, anthropomorphic cartoons that this generation grew up with (usually as latchkey kids with a minimal amount of socialization outside of school) provided surrogate role models that children were extremely likely to adopt in the absence of working parents or friends in the “in-crowd.” These animal cartoons (found in Disney films and daytime cartoons as a staple of the 80’s and 90’s) also reinforce the traditional symbolism and folklore of the animals portrayed, which (he felt) left children to put the animal up on a pedestal and strive to be more like it.

This cartoon theory may sound strange, but if you take a look at furry/otherkin artwork, you’ll notice that it tends to gravitate toward the Disney style (think Lion King). Much of it is heavily influenced by anime/manga, another medium known for anthropomorphization in nonhuman characters.

[kairenthekitsune]

What I feel

I like to write about how I feel in ways that people see it… maybe it’s the part of me that likes attention, or maybe it’s the hope that somebody can deeply and truly help me. Let’s start with an introduction. If you don’t know who I am, my name is Kai, I am a male kitsune otherkin that has been floating around the internets for quite some time. It’s often strange to me how and why this came about…but that’s a discussion for another time.

Right now, reason why I started this tonight… is dysphoria. For any other kinfolk out there, you know what I’m talking about. For a solid week, I’ve had it pretty badly. It’s that feeling of being in the wrong body times one million. Where you want to rip off your skin it feels so bad. Yes, I believe I’m a kitsune in a human body….and it hurts…..more than many will ever know.

I stare now at this pale skin and am disgusted by it. I utterly abhor it in some ways… Not to long ago, a part of me would have found this exact notion hilarious and poke fun about it, but it has long been silent in these days.

I figure that all of this wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have all these damn phantom limbs. They are the biggest blessings and curses that I have ever had. A blessing in that they make me feel more like who I am, but a curse in that they remind me of what exactly I am missing. I want to grab those tails I cannot see. I want to pet that fur which I cannot touch. I want to scratch with claws that just don’t work the same. I want to walk on feet that have real pads to stand on!

Yes, I hurt. I hurt in the very pit of my soul. If I could change this body, I would in a heartbeat. Why is it that a once powerful kitsune would willingly accept this fate? Why did I choose this? Why doesn’t some higher being allow me to go back after I have tasted this life’s pain?

This is a struggle. Maybe there is some higher plan for all of this, but I would at least like just one of my three tails back. I would like something to comfort me when I ever feel down and doubtful…whenever I miss the body I once knew so well….

Some of you might say for me to grow up. Some may say for me to move on past these foolish feelings and desires. I’m trying to continue on as best as I can, but I can never give up what it is that I found about myself. Now that I have something to grasp onto, I will never let go.

Thanks for listening to my rambles… This truly helps.

[riaroft-blog]

It's not yet too late to shut the fuck up and pretend you never posted this, and take a better path in life.

[riaroft-blog]

Oh, do enlighten me as to how I'm embarrassing.

Well it's subjective I guess, I doubt I'll be able to convince you.

But here goes.

I think I saw that post that you were reacting to, though I can't find it now and am not sure what it said. So I'm not gonna defend what they said, but in my own view, there are several different reasons why one would start thinking they're otherkin. Lacking normal human social skills could be one.

I doubt that person or really anyone would (seriously) say that all otherkin are otherkin for reason X -- you took that one post and made yourself sound all stupidly victorious because what they said (supposedly) doesn't apply to you. And I know you won't agree with me but I thought your sarcasm/"humor" was terribly poor, mostly because, as said, you were trying to make a point that didn't really need making -- so the whole rant sounded really forced and silly.

Also trigger warnings are supposed to be serious things, and used for actual trauma triggers, not any and all mild annoyances (since mis-using trigger warnings trivializes their whole purpose), so I found your title objectionable as well. (Also, why the semi-colon?)

[sewer-swan]

(TW; mention of insulting armchair psychology regarding otherkin)

“ZOMG I BET OTHERKIN WANT TO BE DOGS BECAUSE THEY LACK SOCIAL SKILLS WITH PEOPLE!”

Yes, that would be why I relate to myself as non-human things that would allow me to socialize in exactly the same fashion and not open up any new groups for me to socialize with. That would also explain the periods where I don’t want social interaction at all but I remain non-human.

Why, it is quite overpoweringly obvious that your ignorant speculation has struck gold! I am simply stunned. Jeeves, the emergency maypole, I wish to dance merrily! The stars were aligned just right the thousandth time I heard this shit to make it different!

(This was sarcasm, for folks who have trouble noticing it)

[riaroft-blog]

Oh my god, you are so embarrassing.

[herzogwyrmsyn-deactivated201208]

I’m sick and tired of other otherkin acting like dickheads to me.

[riaroft-blog]

We're all sick and tired of you acting at all ever.

[vjhgedjpzxsaw]

Snoop Dogg? Snoop Lion?

This is a case of species dysphoria! I think he is having an identity crisis.