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I hope I can put it into words well.

Every person who thinks otherkin is a thing is otherkin and everyone who thinks otherkin is not a thing is not otherkin. That really sticks out for me because if otherkin was really a thing that could happen we would have people who think otherkin is a thing without actually being otherkin themselves. We would also have people who are anti otherkin who later realise that they themselves are otherkin. Basically, it would be like transgenderism.
I think that’s kind of interesting.

I don’t really want to start an argument with otherkin because of this post (God knows stupid people like to fight) I just want to throw that out there and see what happens. I may be mistaken of course.

I actually have heard of anti-otherkin who later admitted to being otherkin. That’s not that rare of an occurrence, from my understanding, though sadly I can’t think of any ‘kin off the top of my head who used to be anti. I also know of several anti-otherkin turned otherkin-supporters.

And I’d say the the existence of writing about otherkin by non-kin proves that we are “a thing,” although I don’t know why it matters much either way (Some examples of such works which are about otherkin or mention otherkin are: ”We Are Spirits of Another Sort” Ontological Rebellion and Religious Dimensions of the Otherkin Community, by Joseph P. Laycock; Animal Death, by Jay Johnston; and The Beast Within: Anthrozoomorphic Identity and Alternative Spirituality in the Online Therianthropy Movement, by Venetia Laura Delano Robertson.).

Otherkin are not similar to transgender individuals just because of this, however.

I too have personally met a number of vehement antikin who went on to later realize they were kin.