This faith called “Otherkin” made the front page of Kuro5hin today. I must admit that I, like probably every other science-fiction fan on the planet, occasionally play with the idea that if I just think harder I can really make that pencil on the desk move with my mind (heck, there’s a training course you can take to teach you how), or that I’m really the malevolent god Hastur. Or whatever.
But building a faith around it? Well, no accounting for taste, but stuff like this is one of the reasons I avoid religion.
it is not a
it is not a religon http://www.otherkin.net
OK, sure.
Sure, I believe you, Dragon-kin elf-man of superstition.
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Matthew P. Barnson