🗣: Does anyone know you are otherkin? Friends, family, etc? If so, how did you tell them?
I have a really close IRL dragon/wolfkin friend who actually helped inspire my own awakening! Other than that, I don't really feel the need to tell anyone in my life yknow? It's not out of shame or fear of rejection, it's just it seems like too much work to explain what otherkin is to my IRLs rather than just saying "I have a hyperfixation on / a strong spiritual connection to dragons" -both of which I tell people all the time. However, I've been debating weather or not to tell my boyfriend (who I suspect has some form of canine nonhumanity already)
🐯: Do you wish you were your kintype? Why or why not?
Ooooh this is a tricky one- yes and no. I definitely would LOVE to physically be a dragon, being able to fly, to wag my tail, to walk on all fours, to growl and roar- but I also *really love* my human life, and I don't think I would be able to just give it up to go live in the woods again. I have a ton of really close friends, I love all my hobbies, and of course I don't know if I could live without houses, cooked food, and electricity. If I could somehow shape-change I would in a heartbeat, but if it was permanent I'd probably say no.
✨: What are some things that validate you?
There's of course the obvious ones like being called "creature", "thing", or "it", as well as people in my life associating me with dragons by sending me memes or buying me dragon-related things for my bday/Christmas, but also pretty much anything that makes me step back and think "yeah, I'm just a funky lil wild animal". For me, that's identifying and eating wild plants, going fishing, completing a difficult hike, and taking the time to step back and just enjoy the feeling of the cool air in my lungs- away from the bustle of human life. Pretty much surrounding myself with and embodying anything draconic validates the hell out of me 😎
💚: What’s your favorite thing about your kintype? (The species, creature, etc)
Again, this is a tricky one! I definitely think just the sheer amount of folklore, both traditional and modern, that surround draconinity! I'm a pretty traditional European dragon, but there's so many different variations out there! Lungs and lindwurms and wyverns and cockatrices and hydras and amphithere and thousands of others! There's so many different stories to tell, and even more that haven't been told yet! My favorite thing is when I find some old myth or cultural tradition surrounding dragons that I haven't heard about yet, and then getting to spend the next few days learning everything there is to know about it.
🤝: When did you first hear about the kin community?
Honestly, I'm not really sure? I kinda just absorbed it through internet-cultural osmosis, so there was never really a distinct moment of discovery. Similarly, I didn't really have an "awakening" that most people have, when I found out what otherkin was I pretty much just said "oh so that's the word for how I feel, pretty cool" and moved on with my day
