[ SECRET POST #2291 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2291 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 020 secrets from Secret Submission Post #327.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Are you real

[(Anonymous)]

There are more than a few fundamental issues with this. First, pretty much since science became a thing, there have been more than a few people who didn't believe in gods or supernatural spirits that control the universe. So no, it's not universal. It's not any more normal to human existence than believing in unicorns.

I'll give you that faith is normal, but the thing is, this person has faith too, just because it's different from what you've been conditioned to accept as normal doesn't actually mean that it's not.

The belief that some humans contain within themselves the spirit of animals is ancient. The term otherkin isn't, and I'm sure that there are a fair number of kids who just want to be special little snowflakes on the internet making this their niche. But, the idea, the core concept is very old and has been a part of many religions. I fail to see how it's any less valid than any other religious belief, and all I've seen in these threads so far, is that other religious beliefs are old and this one's shiny and new. Well, it's not, so what's your excuse to single this group of people out and ridicule them now.

I see in later comments that you clarify the "I'm part God," comment, but I almost find that more baffling. How is my belief (and this is my belief) that each of us holds a piece of the divine within ourselves any less weird than someone's belief that they hold an animal spirit within themselves.

All that said, I think that there are issues with the secret. I think that the myth and legend of werewolves is a very different thing from the belief that you carry an animal spirit or soul. Which means that pretending that Teen Wolf or something is a gross perpetuation of stereotypes against someone who does believe that, similar to the treatment of women or POCs in media can be, is ridiculous to say the least. I think I need to sleep now; I'm afraid that last sentence didn't actually make sense.