What the heck is an otherkin?

[Piratecat]

I always thought it was another term for a hennwai.

 

[clockworkjoe]

Remember kids, it's not a good idea to start a religion based on white wolf books!

 

[LostSoul]

I always thought it was the crazy uncle, living by himself in a van down by the river, that nobody liked to talk about.

 

[GuardianLurker]

I always thought it was another term for a hennwai.

Great. Another unfamiliar term. Definition please?

 

[Dr. Confoundo]

I found this in an article from The Village Voice linked to what was listed earlier, and it was just too funny to pass up.

Talking about the Changeling: The Dreaming game:

Malcolm-Rannirl, the administrator of www.otherkin.net, explains that the game did "a reasonable job of drawing together various mythological components," but that it also led to a fair number of "wannabes" deciding they were elves when they were really just human geeks.

No comment.

Doc

 

[NiTessine]

Great. Another unfamiliar term. Definition please?

It must be either something REALLY obscure, or something REALLY fabricated, since Google, Altavista, Lycos, HotBot, Yahoo, and Ihmemaa searches turned up squat.

 

[Avarice]

I always thought it was another term for a hennwai.

Gah! Do not encourage the three legged cat, folks! If we all sit very quietly and ignore his posts, perhaps he will get back to writing his story hour updates! *Avarice cracks his whip*

What's a hennwai, you ask? Oh, 'bout three pounds.

 

[Glyfair]

I always thought it was another term for a hennwai.

Great. Another unfamiliar term. Definition please?

No, no. This is how you do it:

Piratecat, what's a hennwai?

Glyfair of Glamis

 

[Zappo]

I bet it's either a cocktail ("Three hennwais on the rocks, please!"), or an esquimese monster.

 

[Piratecat]

What's a hennwai, you ask? Oh, 'bout three pounds.

Auggh! You stole my joke! I ask that joke EVERY time someone asks for a word's definition. And... and... he was nibbling! *sob*

*sniff* Thanks, Glyfair. Good set-up, at least. *sniff*