[ SECRET POST #1900 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1900 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Rap Critic]


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[Hanna is Not a Boy's Name]


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[Ricky Gervais]


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[Upstairs, Downstairs]


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[Alex Trebek]


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[Quantic Dreams / Playstation 3 tech]


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[misfits]


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[Pretty in Pink]


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[Castleville]


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[Castleville]


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[Jak and Daxter ]


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[Team Fortress 2]


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[The Vampire Diaries]


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[House of Five Leaves/Sarai-ya Goyou]


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[New Mutants]


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31. [SPOILERS for Death Note]



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32. [SPOILERS for Supernatural]



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33. [SPOILERS for Skins Gen 3]



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34. [SPOILERS for Skins Season 2]



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35. [TRIGGER WARNING for abuse]



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36. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]



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37. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

[House MD]


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38. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

[spartacus]


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39. [TRIGGER WARNING for abuse]

[Unrelated]


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Notes:

Anon meme tomorrow (Saturday), Y/N?

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Comments

[inkedfeathers.livejournal.com]

Eh, it doesn't even have to be that literal. Someone could just identify strongly with an animal or feel like they have the spirit of one... or they were a cat in a past life, if they believe in reincarnation, and are now human with an affinity for cats... or it could even just be metaphorical.

Lots of people have strange beliefs. It's not necessary for you to believe that somebody who identifies as cat-kin really has a cat's spirit or whatever, but it should be enough to live and let live, as long as their beliefs aren't harmful to you or anyone else, right?

[(Anonymous)]

Well yes, as I say, I believe such people are sincere, and everyone should be respected. What I don't understand is why this is considered completely different from being (for example) transgender or genderqueer, which people around here go so far as to say everyone should expect in everyone they meet. The same people make mocking comments about otherkin, and clearly consider it something completely different.

[inkedfeathers.livejournal.com]

Oh, I suppose it's because different sexes and genders are still within the realm of human experience, whereas otherkin step out of that boundary to include identifying as non-human. People can understand different sexes and genders, because it's still a human thing. People know male and female, because it's something physical (if we're talking about sex or how one presents as one gender or another) or something they feel (when it comes to just the concept of feeling to be one gender or the other or neither or both or whatever).
But animals or even strange creatures not everyone believes in?
This is so far removed from most humans' understanding that they see it as disturbing or worthy of derision and mockery.

... aaaaand I suppose it just sounds funny to someone, when they hear it for the first time, that "so-and-so believes he's a cat in human body."

Otherwise, I suppose some trans folks worry about otherkin trying to claim something that isn't theirs, because they're not oppressed in the same nature. Unless you crawl around on all fours barking at people all the time (which most dog-kin don't do, actually-- most can behave in a socially acceptable human manner just fine), nobody can tell you identify as a dog and treat you badly because of it... some might have their suspicions, but they can't prove it just by looking at you unless you choose to make it visible. For trans folks, this is more difficult. People can tell more easily just by looking at you that you're trans, particularly if you fail to pass, so trans folks suffer more oppression that's much harder to escape.

That and queer folks have managed to convince more people that they're not mentally ill. If you claim to identify as an animal, you're probably still going to be thought to be a raving lunatic by most people, before you even have the chance to explain that, no, you're fully aware that you're physically human, and so on.

... just my (TL;DR) thoughts on the subject. ^^;