In all seriousness, a lot of the things mentioned on that “angel tumblr community in a nutshell” post are things done by people who are newly awakened/people who may not have done that much introspection as to whether or not they’re actually an incarnate/angelkin.
Like describing a place that’s really common like a garden, or a library, and being all !!!!! when people say they remember a place like that too and assuming it’s the same one: that’s something I did when I first became active on tumblr for this kind of thing. When you’re new, there’s this pressure to conform to what the majority of other angels are saying and believing, and it hinders your own personal growth and discovery.
I remember trying to figure out which archangel I “belonged to” because that seemed to be something everyone else knew, as well as what choir. Turns out neither of those really applied to me in the traditional sense. I served directly under a goddess, then another angel in a much better relationship (that mimics a human employer/employee relationship much more than a god/worshipper/personal attendant one) and my appearance and roles didn’t really fit in one of the Abrahamic choirs (closest is a seraph, but that was before I “fell” - another concept that’s very broad but not treated like it in angelkin tumblr).
Same thing with names: I felt like if I couldn’t find a name I remembered on a list of angel names somewhere that I was somehow getting it wrong (and paradoxically, I also thought that if it was there I was misinterpreting the name because I knew about the “official” one first… actual newbie angel Haliel times were Weird).
Newcomers feel the need to “belong” to some group of angels they see on here, even if what they actually remember contradicts that group’s UPG or whatever the word is (is it still personal if it’s a group?? Idk) and a lot of this behaviour is an example of that.
It’s a very human thing to do, to want to belong and conform to a group you like. And since we’re human now, it makes perfect sense to feel that and want it. But if you’d like to figure out who you really are/were, you need to separate your experiences from the majority’s.
So to all the questioning angels/people who were/are in my former position: it’s okay to be different from the main cliques of angelkin tumblr. Exercise critical thinking and use your judgement when comparing others’ memories to yours. Look within yourself for answers first. Don’t be afraid to question things and be mistaken.
Go with your gut instinct, and remember that our differences unite us as much as our similarities. Even if you don’t come from the same “Heaven” as someone else, you can still be friends with them and chat about all sorts of things.
Angels are as infinite in number and nature as the stars. There’s no need to bend your light to look like another. :)
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