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Oh sweet, I am also a walk in, or a ET walk in.
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I didn't know you were a walk in (or I knew and have forgotten, either way its new.)
A question comes to mind at this. Would an individual who has two bodies at their disposal at the same time, one human and one alien, be considered a walk-in in both bodies even if one of them isn't part of the whole 'swap/bond souls at said age' arrangement?
I mean technically the individual isn't going to be fully conscious in both bodies at once (since a majority of people aren't that great a multitasking) and would have to take 'shifts' in each body...so its not like they are a permanent resident of said bodies.
I'll give you a quick crash course.
Otherkin can generally be a number of things all revolving around theories of incarnation and souls and identification of self, but I'll try to make it simple.
Otherkin can often fit into three catagories such as:
- someone who has a non-human soul that is incarnated into a human body and lacks the means to fully 'synchronize' with their human body and live as what most would expect a 'standard' human to be as a result.
- someone who has had past lives in bodies that are non-human and identify with said alternate species moreso than humanity as a result (a lot of individuals are like this and some couple it with the first theory mentioned as well.) These individuals generally have an 'awakening' and remember their past selves at some point whereas the former individuals always know what they are on a basic level since birth.
- someone who claims (often without evidence) to be a biological hybrid of two or more species. (A common example is having one parent that is a mystical species like Fae/fairys and one that is human.) I don't have much experience with these individuals and have yet to figure out if they actually exist at all beyond wild unfounded claims.
Generally individuals who practice magick's like animism or follow some religious doctrine that involves becoming something 'other' aren't seen as entirely fitting (if at all) the otherkin label since its an induced thing and not a natural state of being.
The same is occasionally said about individuals whose soul becomes bonded or merged with an animals or something else because it is argued that they are still human just with something 'other' influencing their expression of their humanity and also that its not particularly permanent (as we know merged/bonded souls can separate if they so choose.) But in some groups thats also accepted as a form of otherkin.
All in all, otherkinism (dont even know if thats a word) is characterized similarly to gender dysmorphia in the sense that its someone who was born into the 'wrong' body or into the wrong species and is uncomfortable and unable to function in said body/as said species as a result (whereas with gender dysmorphia its being born as the wrong gender as opposed to species/body.)
Having said all of that, I want to make it clear that being otherkin isn't always a malady or some freak accident, but it seems to me that a majority see it as being that way unfortunately (not that they can't have full and wonderful lives in their mismatched skins.)
I don't think theres much else important to say about that.
I wonder if statseeds and the like could be classed as otherkin if their physical bodies were foreign enough to them to feel 'wrong' or limit their nature and ability to express themselves as they naturally are?
I get the feeling that starseeds and such are more flexible in the way they incarnate than otherkin, so my question might be a moot point.
I hope all that made sense.
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