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NAVIGATION
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This is the place I shall place my essays on draconity, otherkin, and the like.
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First Essay
All over the interent I have seen awakening stories, essays on
draconity and otherkinness, even a few attacks on dragons from less
than openminded people and a few return strikes from the dragons.
Now, it's my turn.
I think I'll start on what draconity is not, which is much eaiser than what it is.
Draconity is not:
roleplaying.
an excuse to get out of reality.
an excuse to be better than anybody else.
What draconity is, happens to be much harder, due to the fact that no 2
people have the same stance on it nor carry the same self-image for the
same reasons.
That's not to say that there are similar or common reasons, such as:
I was a dragon in a past live(me).
I have the spirit of a dragon in me now.
I am a dragon in an alternate reality/universe, and I can see glimpses of that reality.
Whether or not any of this is true, otherkinness, draconity, or what
have you, I've wondered a lot about it. I have come up with this
conclusion. It doesn't really matter.
WHAT!? What do you mean it doesn't matter!?!
Most of the responses I would expect from an average otherkin community would probably be along the lines of that.
But its true. It doesn't matter. That does NOT mean its not important.
Draconity is a very important part of me, it always will be. But could
I get along just as well without it? Probably. I doubt I would be quite
the same person without knowing anything about draconity, but I could
manage.
The point is, it doesn't matter if otherkinness is real or some
delusion. We believe in it, and it strengthens us. A quote from a movie
I cannot remember the name of right now sums it up perfectly: "It
doesn't matter what religion you have faith in, because their all
wrong. What's important is that you have faith." Important note:
Otherkinness is not a religion. Just want to be clear on that.
I saw a mild "anti-otherkin" commentary section in livejournal
recently. If I remember correctly, somepeople thought that otherkinness
was brought up from bullying, reading too many fanasty books/playing
too many of said games. That argument, as a whole, is crap.
Yes, I do read a bit of fanasty books, and play a good share of dragon
oriented games, but not one bit of anything I know about my draconity
has been influenced by any game or book.
Yes, I have been bullied before, but I know better than to let them infulence my thoughts.
In short, I have no good reason to be a dragon.
Yet I still am. Why is that?
The world may never know.
In a few days of the writing of the original of this, it will be end of
my first year of realizing I am a dragon. I can see I have a long path
ahead of me.
May it be enlightening.
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