#fictionfolks

[hate-u-kinmail]

Melodie, there was no reason for you to be such a fucking asshole. All I would do is hang out with Draco and then you’d walk up to us and be super passive aggressive out of nowhere?? Like wtf dude

I sincerely hope you’ve changed in this life. I won’t accept an apology til I actually see change

-Buster (Brawl Stars)

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[kinarchist]

it’s gonna take a lot of exhausting research to get together a more solid hypothesis of how I got here and what i’m even doing.

like first I have to catch up in SPN just enough to figure out what happened during The Fall Arc(tm), because as much of that damn show isn’t relevant to me, that has continued for years to be an issue that nags me and feels like it may actually have occurred.

But that means like. Having to watch the show. And lemme tell you -- i just do not find Supernatural that engaging and really don’t wanna watch it. My “source” show is not interesting to me.

But beyond that, I gotta get back on listening to this Jewish demonology podcast, because this + some later episodes on angels will help inform a lot of how I stitch this together. Plus I have to finish reading this Trachtenberg book on Jewish Folk Magic + Myth, poke around some other ones, etc etc. I have Books waiting.

I have a lot of collecting to do. x x Figuring out a specific Jewish cultural way of looking at all this is difficult.

[anexpertonboredom]

I just want to remind people that some otherkin/fictionkin circles exhibit cult-like behaviour.

I’m no expert on cults, but there have been some alarming things I’ve seen on this site and the Internet in general, and especially as kin circles tend to be full of young people looking to fit in, it is very rich for the picking for cults.

Here are some signs that I’ve seen that send alarm bells going off in my head: * Asking for money, and this money being somehow linked to making you ‘progress through the ranks’ or ‘become a higher member of the group’ - i.e., paying to ascend * Encouraging a feeling of 'we are the only ones who understand each other’, isolation, looking down on people outside the circle, discouraging you from making friends elsewhere or feeling like they are your only family - in particular can be common among otherkin who cultivate an 'anti-human’ mindset * secretive knowledge only available to the 'inner circle’, always dangled in front of you so you feel you have to work to have it 'revealed’ to you * worshipping/revering the leader of the group (more than just respect) - remember, they’re just a person like you * this idea that there is another world in which these people are powerful/superior and a constant 'behind the scenes battle’ or 'exchange of power’ is taking place. Watch out for overdramatic titles being given to a select few or even self-imposed, e.g. 'the grand master X of the Y nobility’ * feeling like you can't leave, that you'll be hounded and mocked if you try to quit * feeling like you're constantly under scrutiny, that you're constantly trying to prove that you're 'special enough' or 'dedicated enough' - trust your gut. If it feels wrong, that means something.

The people involved may not be aware of the cultlike behaviour they exhibit, they may not be doing it intentionally. It doesn't mean it's healthy for you.

If anyone else has any more to add, please do. These are just the ones I’ve seen.

[partykillersz]

My main issue as a fictionfolk isnt the non-fictionfolk people, suprisingly it's fictionfolk themselves most times.

Earlier someone on discord was swearing at us and sending us death threats for having the same kins as them? It's not something you can controll, I blocked you, you blocked me, that should be enough.

-Cruel King