How to know you're otherkin

[Neco the Nightwraith]

(Some are to be taken lightly)

1 ) You can identify all your close friends and family by scent.
2 ) You find it extremely tempting to walk on your toes.
3 ) You've ever yipped in pain when someone stepped on your foot.
4 ) You and your friends make a game of telling what the school's lunch will be today from three hallways away.
5 ) You can't wear hats because your ears stick out!
6 ) You don't need your eyeglasses at nighttime
7 ) You hiss at people when you're startled
8 ) You can pick things up with your toes
9) Your IRC buddies are closer to you than your RL friends
10 ) Your name consists of no vowels and an abundance of x's and q's and y's and is 92 characters long and entirely unpronouncable, OR
11 ) Your name consists of a combination of the words "dark" and "shadow" and "silver" and "white" and "star" and "moon" and "wing".
12 ) You insist that your family and friends call you by this name
13 ) You hate all humans and consider them an inferior species
14 ) They're not "humans", they're "hyoomans"
15 ) You have more than 10 "soulsibs"
16 ) You refer to them as "bro" and "sis"
17 ) You follow a completely fantastical religion that nobody else has heard of and worship entities such as 'the sun god' and 'the god of shadows', OR
18 ) You're a wiccan/pagan
18 ) Your avatar (or if you prefer, 'trueform') is a hermaphrodite
19 ) You were an almighty all-powerful king/empress/overlord/ruler-of-the-universe in a past life - and demand respect for it in this life
20 ) You 'knew' you were a dragon/phoenix/etc before you came online, hell, you know it from the moment you were born
21 ) You didn't know you were a dragon/phoenix etc until you came online but you were 'always different from the other kids'
22 ) Your trueform originated from a roleplaying character
23 ) You think the apocalypse will come in 2012
24 ) When your "hair" is a mess, you shake it back into place.
25 ) You get annoyed when you try and find a sleeping position that doesn't smash your wings.
26 ) When you shake dry when you get out of the shower.
27 ) When you yelp or hiss when someone steps on your tail.
28 ) You purr when someone pats you on the back or head
29 ) You howl at the moon, and/or you hear wolves howling and howl back
30 ) You snap or bite at people you don't like
31 ) You like sleeping on the roof or ground better than sleeping in your bed
32 ) You flop on the ground and take impromptu naps when tired
33 ) You like your steak cooked blue (or not at all)
34 ) You spend an unnatural amount of time every day staring at shiny things
35 ) You stand for hours outside the window of the butcher's, drooling
36 ) You leap into the air, expecting to fly
37 ) Roll and stick out your tongue like a dog or cat when you yawn
38 ) Climb up the stairs on all fours and do it regularly
39 ) Enjoys pats on the head and a backrub
40 ) Can immitate birds and other animals perfectly
41 ) Curl up on a sofa or bed and go to sleep quite happily
42 ) You get frustrated because you can't preen your scales/feathers in your current form.

[Aiolos]

It's funny, I've actually found a few things in there I really DO.

[Kojack]

Yeah, I have done a few of those myself.

[Scared]

Wow most of those things apply to me about 36 0f em thats scary

~~Drian~~

[Neco the Nightwraith]

These are the ones that apply to me:

3 ) You've ever yipped in pain when someone stepped on your foot.

Who doesn't?

4 ) You and your friends make a game of telling what the school's lunch will be today from three hallways away.

It doesn't have to be a game, you just know.

5 ) You can't wear hats because your ears stick out!

Kind of hard to wear hats with horns.

7 ) You hiss at people when you're startled

Yep. I also attack without thinking if you come up on me from my blind spot.

8 ) You can pick things up with your toes

*nods* uh-huh, yep! Sure can. I can manipulate pencils with my toes.

21 ) You didn't know you were a dragon/phoenix etc until you came online but you were 'always different from the other kids'

Oh yes, and I won't even go into those details.

22 ) Your trueform originated from a roleplaying character

Actually the other way around. All my roleplay characters come from my trueform having way too much time to think.

24 ) When your "hair" is a mess, you shake it back into place.

Yesh. I don't even need my hands to 'do' my hair anymore. Just fling it out of the way with a head toss and I ready to go.

25 ) You get annoyed when you try and find a sleeping position that doesn't smash your wings.

I do have a tendency to sleep more comfortably on my stomach, not so much so on my back.

26 ) When you shake dry when you get out of the shower.

Yeah, I try, but this human form clings too much to water, so I have to use a towel anyway.

28 ) You purr when someone pats you on the back or head.

Close!

30 ) You snap or bite at people you don't like

Yeah, but they move too quick, so I never get a bite in edgewise.

31 ) You like sleeping on the roof or ground better than sleeping in your bed

Hey, I like sleeping on the floor. When my bed frame was broken for a while, I had a nest going on! Right in the corner of my room!

33 ) You like your steak cooked blue (or not at all)

It must still be bleeding and/or mooing at me for me to eat it.

34 ) You spend an unnatural amount of time every day staring at shiny things

*stares, wide-eyed* SHINIES! *dives in random direction*

36 ) You leap into the air, expecting to fly

Nope, not quite, but I do find swimming pools and bridges over water fascinating, because everytime I see the water below I want to jump off the edge and dive in, becoming 'one' with the element.

*Niko looks at me sideways* See what kind of mind I live in?

37 ) Roll and stick out your tongue like a dog or cat when you yawn

The only way to yawn.

38 ) Climb up the stairs on all fours and do it regularly

Shick, I have to refrain from walking everywhere on all fours! It's a pity humans are two leggers.

41 ) Curl up on a sofa or bed and go to sleep quite happily

I can actually do that anywhere and be quite happy about it.

[AngelofDeath5]

Lets see. Impropmtu naps, sleep on my floor (my bed is a loft bed, as in desk underneath with a lader going up...and I am lazy) I roll my toungue a bit when I yawn, I dont need glasses to see at night, I've yelled when stepped on my toe (the dude was 300 lbs..forgive me) amongst alot fo other ones...and yes I do hiss or try to dismember those who suprise me. ^.^

[Firuweata]

Roughly 1/2 - 3/4, yes...

[Aiolos]

1 ) You've ever yipped in pain when someone stepped on your foot.
Of course I do! My feet are sensitive...and just for that, they get stepped on quite alot.

2 ) You don't need your eyeglasses at nighttime
I don't need eyeglasses period.

3 ) You hiss at people when you're startled
I've been doing that for a long, long time now...

4 ) You hate all humans and consider them an inferior species
Well, I don't hate ALL humans, but they bother me a bit....

5 ) You get annoyed when you try and find a sleeping position that doesn't smash your wings.
I can't sleep on my back...

6 ) You snap or bite at people you don't like
I actually gave someone a bruise (quite on accident) from that. I was just trying to scare them....but, they jumped forward and my teeth smashed into their arm....

7 ) You like sleeping on the roof or ground better than sleeping in your bed
I like sleeping on the floor better than my bed at times...


8 ) You spend an unnatural amount of time every day staring at shiny things
I 'zone-out' while staring at parked cars where the sun glints off of them.

9 ) Roll and stick out your tongue like a dog or cat when you yawn My tongue does curl a bit when I yawn....

10 ) Curl up on a sofa or bed and go to sleep quite happily
I curl up half on my desk, half on my chair at school during lectures, and I love curling into a little ball under the pillows on the couch and taking a nap...

[Neco the Nightwraith]

Some guy came up on my blind spot in a flying leap, and I planted an uppercut that put him on the ground. I wasn't even thinking.

One time my cousin startled me out of a sound sleep while I'd been napping in the front seat for the car (we'd just arrived at the place). I nearly put my fist through the passenger side window, thinking it was a threat.

[Aiolos]

I kick, bite or swing my arms around if I get startled....it's just reflexes, I'm not REALLY trying to hurt anyone....

[Firuweata]

I do that all the time also...

Plus, once when I was asleep, my sisters came into my room to wake me up, and, while I was still asleep, I reached up and grabbed one of their arms, and flung them across the room...

I was still asleep after all of this occured, and it has happened twice now...

[Neco the Nightwraith]

Maybe they shouldn't come into your room!

[Firuweata]

I continuosly tell them that, but they continuosly intrude...

[Neco the Nightwraith]

Get a lock. Get a dog. Barge into their rooms all the time. Usually that will annoy siblings.

Say, "Every time you barge in to my room, I'll barge into yours."

Or be naked the one time they do decide to barge in. They should be traumatized enough to leave you alone.

Or moon them as they walk in.

I can't think of anything more at this point.

[Jishdefish]

Hmm.... 20 of those apply to me.... I am generally quiet I don't yelp or hiss.... but since when to Dragonfish hiss?

[Neco the Nightwraith]

When you take away their water?

Oh, here's some more:

-you're always asking if anyone's seen others of your species/family/clan that you were in your past life/alternate universe
-you get angry when nobody has seen them
-you insist that people refer to you as a 'butterfly-winged computer-virus vacuum-cleaner dragon', not as a 'dragon'
-you get mad if they don't
-your blog gets trolled at least once a month because you list 'otherkin' as an interest
-and you enjoy it
-yet you still flip out about stupid things and get caught up in flame wars over who is the REAL Inuyasha in this plane of existance
-you wonder if that person you just passed on the street is 'kin, and if you should go back and greet him/her and ask if he/she is, indeed, 'kin
-you wonder why there are clubs, bars, and temples for every kinda of person out there, but none for faerie wolf princesses
-You'd go every where bare-foot if people wouldn't stare at you so much
-You can bite harder than anyone you know
-the sole of your foot is thick and leathery
-You refer to you significant other as your "mate"
-You played "animals" when you were little.
-You still play "animals" with anyone who will play with you, even if they're all half your age.
-Your family has given up on telling you to eat with utensils
-You find it irritating how little your ears move.
-While watching the animal chanel, you lept from the couch and face planted the TV while watching antelope jumping around

I am guilty of at least three or four of the above, including 'playing animals' (with my niece).

[Firuweata]

I have tried locking it and barging into their room...

However, they always manage to set my door on fire...

I guess given enough gasoline and a lighter, anyone can become a pyromaniac, huh...

[wut2say]

wow some of those apply to me.....................that makes me wonder AM I REALLY HUMAN? trhats somethingive always taken for granted wut if my entire life ive been something else but have denied it b/c i thought i was human?

[Neco the Nightwraith]

Like running around on all fours? Like jumping of of high structures only to realize that your human form can't fly like you though it should?

[Silentiea]

Usually landing and hurting yourself...

I prefer trees, though, to structures. And climbing them, to injuring myself...

[Neco the Nightwraith]

Do you feel the need to sharpen your claws on the legs of people you don't like?

[Silentiea]

I feel like that happened a minute ago.

[Neco the Nightwraith]

Good, then there's hope for you.

[Firuweata]

I like jumping from things that are only about 40 feet high...

It's over water, but it is still fun. However, flight has never hit me, despite what "form" I take...

[Neco the Nightwraith]

Mmm, swimming...