The otherkin one is a bit iffy though. Like, if someone claims to be otherkin of a character you made as a coping mechanism then guilt tripping you for being mad that they are hijacking your coping character, then that is toxic.

okay, but that’s GUILT TRIPPING being toxic, not otherkinity being toxic?? that’s like saying stopsigns are dangerous because a murderer used one to chop somebody’s head off. the murderer is the dangerous part, not the stop sign. otherkinity isn’t toxic. period.

Even claiming to be the character someone else made to cope with something is toxic though since yo’re taking their pain and exploiting it. Like, if a schizophrenic makes a character based off of their hallucinations and you claim to be that character IRL, you’re a dick. And no, this isn’t some random scenario, this is something I’ve seen actually happen.

hi! are you schizophrenic? cause i am! you don’t get a say in that!
hi! are you otherkin? cause i am! you don’t get a say in that either!
hi! do you have proof or links or receipts? cause i haven’t seen em!
you’re reaching. so far. sooo far. ask somebody to pass you the fucking pasta reaching across the table like this is rude.

@silver-tongues-blog also, you using the suffering of schizophrenics to try and prove your argument (that isn’t even about schizophrenia) is exploitation so go fuck yaself

And you’re overgeneralizing my statement. I said that claiming to be otherkin of someones coping character is toxic but you misconstrue that to encompass the entirety of otherkin.

Claiming to be otherkin of someones coping character IS toxic.

and you’re trying to use a specific made up example to demonize otherkin and make them seem toxic
yeah, claiming the identity of someone’s coping character is toxic
that isn’t otherkinity, that isn’t otherkin being toxic, that doesn’t make otherkin toxic
your argument is toxic though! nice how you’re ignoring the fact that you did the exact thing you said you were against: exploiting the pain of mentally ill people for your own benefit