yall are like 30 years old and getting all fussed about a 16 y/o?? why don’t you act like an adult and just disengage? this is so creeping seeing a bunch of grown ass adults flock to “”””””‘call out”””””””” a kid over shit that’s not even a big deal.
See, no, it is a big deal though. Otherkin and fictionkin isn’t some kind of hobby, it is a spiritual and psychological belief that is an important part of a lot of people’s core identity, mental health and wellbeing.
Spreading rumors, lies, and hate, and attacking members of the kin community is a big deal. It poisons the well, metaphorically speaking. People whose beliefs are actually important to them need to be defended from behavior like this, and these views need to be proven wrong.
On tumblr, people can’t instantly see your age. A 16 year old’s post carries a much weight as a 30 year olds, on the surface. At a glance, all posts are equal, and for most tumblr readers, that’ s all a given post gets, a glance. To an outsider, or casual member of the kin community, Crowheckers posts carry as much weight and validity as anyone else’s.
Except that crowhecker’s posts are toxic. They confuse outsiders, and bring hate to the community. They harm the psyches of those kin that crowhecker attacks and invalidates, and his attacks encourage more hate and invalidation.
The kin community is already contentious and derided. We can’t allow trolls and harassers to spread hate and misinformation. It doesn’t matter how old the people doing it are.
Like don’t get me wrong, there’s a point at which the treatment of anybody at any age, by anybody at any age, starts to become less justified.
That’s about the behaviour itself though, which is what you should call out if you have a problem with it. I will never understand the age limits Tumblr places on communication. Sure, if I realise someone is 14, I am slightly more understanding of goofs, because didn’t we all goof at that age. But I don’t just let them goof I still say “hey that’s a goof” because holy hell I wouldn’t have learned differently if nobody had told me.
When I was 16 in the community you bet your ass 30 year olds were telling me “no, wrong”. And nobody told them they were creepy for it because in a mixed age environment it’s not creepy. It’s normal. Stop wailing that you want to be part of the otherkin/fictionkin community and then wailing that you don’t want what that entails. The communities are mixed age environments, including members in their 30-40′s and higher. If you want to be free from that you need to make a youth forum. It will probably be an echo-chamber, but that’s your problem, at least you’ll be free of those pesky adults.
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