This incarnation of the site actually is fairly new. The domain was originally registered quite a long time ago now (2000, I think?) but it had been dormant in terms of activity for some years and then offline for a while before Jarandhel took it over from Malcolm. It also didn't used to have much user-to-user interaction like this, so even people that were familiar with it from before and glad to see it back might still be thinking of it more as a static resource.
This was originally written in the summer or fall of 1998 (when presumably I was going by the name Eshari, although I had a few others even then). It's actually not in the otherkin section of my site, but one of the poetry sections: http://eristic.net/poetry/mysticpoetry.php
I'm not sure whether I directly remember this being posted on one of the lists or whether my recollection of encountering this piece comes from digging around in archives somewhat after the fact (looking for things to add to the handwritten first edition of my Faery Miscellany, so still that would be 16 or 17 years ago), but I think it's interesting how this sort of sentiment would probably not fly (pun intended?) in today's community.
This incarnation of the site actually is fairly new. The domain was originally registered quite a long time ago now (2000, I think?) but it had been dormant in terms of activity for some years and then offline for a while before Jarandhel took it over from Malcolm. It also didn't used to have much user-to-user interaction like this, so even people that were familiar with it from before and glad to see it back might still be thinking of it more as a static resource.
This was originally written in the summer or fall of 1998 (when presumably I was going by the name Eshari, although I had a few others even then). It's actually not in the otherkin section of my site, but one of the poetry sections: http://eristic.net/poetry/mysticpoetry.php
I had more in mind the message of "Otherkin are here to heal/help the Earth" kind of thing...
I'm not sure whether I directly remember this being posted on one of the lists or whether my recollection of encountering this piece comes from digging around in archives somewhat after the fact (looking for things to add to the handwritten first edition of my Faery Miscellany, so still that would be 16 or 17 years ago), but I think it's interesting how this sort of sentiment would probably not fly (pun intended?) in today's community.