Encyclopedia Dramatica:Article of the Nao/December 11, 2011
Hindu and Buddhist religions believe in reincarnation where if you act like a pig in this life, you come back as a pig in the next and if you spend your life meditating, your next life will be as some energy being. But what sets otherkin apart from this?
Otherkin take it one step further into fantasy by canonizing what fictional creatures are real and what aren't and then claim to be "real" versions of fantasy beings. Despite how there are thousands of creatures from folklore and cryptozoology in cultures around the world, like the humanoid Ebu Gogo of Indonesia (proven real), otherkin don't go for this. In the same way that all furries have their fursona as either foxes, wolves, or blobs of giant penises, most otherkin all believe they are either dragons, werewolves, elves, or boytaurs. Nothing else qualifies a "real" to otherkin.
Otherkin take it even further in that not one of them is even familiar with ancient mythology and just believes whatever distortion of it the 20th century shat out. For instance, no otherkin elves are of the original folklore variety. If you see an otherkin saying they're an elf that was a tall, thin, pointy-eared, immortal tree-hugger, then remind them that Tolkien made that version up. If you see an otherkin claiming to be a faerie that wasn't a demon that terrorized people gave human sacrifices to, then that's the Disneyfication of original faerie myths.
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