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{{Useful Notes}}
Welcome to the world of '''Otherkin''', a particularly odd subculture that has
There are several variations on the Otherkin phenomenon. The most common one goes something like this: the idea is that, long long ago, long before recorded history, people shared the world with a far stranger population than what we have today. There were [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]] and [[Our Elves Are Better|elves]] and [[Our Angels Are Different|angels]] and [[Noble Demon|demons]] and [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]] and [[Our Werewolves Are Different|lycanthropes]] and basically every fantastic being under the sun you've ever heard of and a considerable number that you haven't.
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A subgroup of Otherkin is therianthropy. This belief is similar, but limits itself to real animals (though that doesn't stop some Dragon-kin from considering themselves Therians because there totally could be a real animal that is ''just'' like their particular dragon on some other planet or alternate universe or whatever. We should point out at this point that there is a notable lack of fruitfly therians.) Some therians prefer to be disassociated with Otherkin because of the "fluff" the latter group has (not always unjustifiably) associated with it. However, most at least agree that the two groups are very similar, and many simply use Otherkin as a blanket term.
Some people suggest that Otherkin have undiagnosed [[Asperger's Syndrome]], given how many people with this condition describe feeling like they are different from other people. Others hypothesize that the Otherkin are simply annoying douchebags who think they're better than everyone else. However, some Otherkin assert that different does not automatically equate to better. Then of course there are people who believe in reincarnation and believe that an otherkin might legitimately have spent past lives as a different creature. For the more scientifically inclined, there have been attempts to study the phenomenon documented in various Otherkin and Therian communities. Advocacy groups to spread awareness of otherkin issues are small but [http://otherkin.net they exist] [https://web.archive.org/web/20071005020539/http://main.otherkinalliance.org/index.php?option=
Compare with [[Daydream Believer]].
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