Warning - slight rant. Feel free to read, ignore, debate or whatever you wish - but whatever you do it's on your head and if you find it offencive then you did it to yourself.

Otherkin is an interesting concept that I like to read about. I'm nothing even close to Otherkin - I'm a loud and proud human with nothing more than a few accusations of being unearthly to her name. Those accusations are often meant as compliments I am sure (and sometimes they are not. I have had people refuse to look at me in the eyes because I unnerved them so) but honestly those 'unearthly' qualities are nothing more than traits from genetic or enviromental conditioning.
I don't really believe in Otherkin (but then, people don't believe in shadowlings either) - but I find it facinating and often read about people's experiences with it on-line. I think it's rather beautiful and magical, with some exceptions.

There is a few things that are a little sad to see though and while I've talked about it to Malik he isn't a sympathetic ear (he doesn't get the facination with being something you arn't in this life, especially for humans) so I turn to my LJ to 'rant'.
References to 'normal' people or 'mundane' people seem a little sad...there is nothing mundane about life as a human - and if there is you just arn't living right.
Humans are capable of so much more - but as we live as them we don't see the potential...from outside we're amazing creatures full of so much power and ability. We are, even to ourselves at times - quite the mystical wonder.
The way they talk about humans is terribly derogatory sometimes...only a few do it - but it sours it really - this one here made me sorry for the poster: "Nine out of ten people walking around are not Enlightened".

Also the almost pride a few of them seem to take in the 'crazy' label, and the idea that they'd be put away in an asylum if they admitted to thinking they were really a faerie (I also note that all of the fae are the 'pretty' type of fae...what happened to all the others?). Having a few friends genuinely struggling with mental conditions I really don't see the humour or status in 'crazy'. There is pride in coping with a burden, not really in wanting said burden to label you as special and different.
And besides, having myself admitted to several medical and psychological professionals that I see creatures (out of geniune concern that I it may be hallucinations as a symptom of an underlying medical problem), I can pretty much safely say that they won't really give a damn so long as it doesn't affect your ability to go about life in a healthy manner. They will find a scientific explaination (no matter how flimsy) and open the door and shake their head as you leave.
That's it.
No straight jacket, no medication, no neon sign saying 'crazy' on your forhead. No one minds.

All that said - I will still read and love the posts from those on the communities who make me smile, and I will "live and let live" the rest. Sometimes however we need to rant. I think it's healthy...I hope at least.

Is anyone here otherkin? If so please say so, I'd love to hear your story and learn more about it all.

My goodness, I haven't posted here in ages. A dear friend has been most ill, so I have been entertaining her and gearing up for the Season.
Which brings me to my reason to post - I am a lover of the Spirit of the Season (be it Christmas or Summer solstice or whatever else I find to delight me) and I always make an effort to send out cards, the more the merrier.

If you would like a christmas card from me please email me at thetwilighttales(at)gmail(dot)com or comment below (screened comments) with your address so that I can send you one. Of course I would love one in return, but it is not at all required.

I need YOUR creative minds...I know that you're all asthetic creatures and I need a hand. We are throwing a party for a dear friend and given the theme I wanted your input.

All the details so far are here and I'd love it if you left your ideas there so they're all in one place, but if it's easier you can leave them here too.

Love,
Meg

Ta da!

One brand new (well - draft) coat of arms for the society...but even if they don't approve it it makes a lovely picture for my blog.
When finished and finalised the coat of arms will top official correspondence such as invites and requests for consultations and the like.

In other news I have been 'recruited' for a project as what has been affectionately dubbed a 'monster consultant' for a comic series two friends of mine are doing. The writer admitted that since she'd gotten some inspiration from me for the series that she'd like to be able to approch me with more direct questions. Obviously artistic licence and such are not something I object to and I'm looking forward to seeing what we come up with as the artist is rather amazing.
Seeing the characters and such made me laugh and the story outline is absolutely delightful (and quite dark).

I will share more when I can. I intend to write a blog post with less wandering details soon - but things are only just getting started and we all have a lot of other things on our plate.

There is a little pale thing (about the size of a small/medium dog) that's taken up sniffing around, and it isn't the most positive feeling creature - infact I made special pains to be sure it knew it could wander but not attack or steal anything...most especially my crows. I think it liked them because they are a souce of very positive feeling for me (in other words I love them to itty bitty pieces).

I don't like being hostile to creatures but it was very forcibly told 'you can not touch these...you will not be able to'.

The last I heard from it it was under the bed pulling at a plastic bag...I am not sure what to make of it but it seemed to be fairly well behaved at night.

I can breathe clearly again! My goodness that was a disgusting cold! My blog has been moving along as usual. Though being sick and it being so cold there seem to be less excuses to go out hunting - so most of the recent posts are centred around the house.

I signed up to Twitter (same user name) out of curiousity - but I don't really think it's for me. I know there are some converts out there: Why do you love it? What am I missing?
To be honest I signed up because it was adorable.

There is something to be said for a group of friends in which you can't even stand still without getting involved in something wonderful.

I was just sitting around last night with Roslyn and the next thing I feel is a paintbrush on my skin (Yes - for those who read the blog very early on, she is where I learnt to do bodyart - she's amazing and I love her for randomly turning me in to a canvas). She's getting ready for an exibition of her bodyart and so is joyfully testing out some new ideas. It's nice (in the 'gentle plesent' use of the word, not the half-witted 'I can't think of a weaker compliment' use) - being painted is sort of like a make-over, it has a pampering feeling - a painless decoration of skin.
Which is wonderful for making you feel better when you're sick (as is herbal tea - but since I drink that almost constantly anyway I'd say the body art was more responcible for the mood-shift)

Goodness it's been a while since I've updated. I have a post up about dreams in my Blog inspired by an LJ post Oz did (with her permission, obviously...) Goodness do I love her dreams, is there such a thing as a 'dream transplant'?

I'll ask the question here as well - because I want to hear more about this from people who actually manage to get solid enough sleep to dream fantastic things: What do you dream of? Is it scary or is it wonderful? What's the one dream you'd live inside if you could?

The Rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me" or something of an equally pithy nature.
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions of a very personal nature. Be warned!
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions, or there will be trouble.
4. You will include this and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them 5 questions.


1. Who is/are your personal hero(es)?
My family - they have such heart and strength of character and everyone who meets them sees that. I want to be just like that.

2. A genie appears and grants you three wishes (with the standard limitations: no wishing for more wishes, can't bring anyone back from the dead, and can't force love upon someone). What do you wish for?
Assuming world peace, food for everyone etc is all cut with the 'standard limitations' and assuming the genie is genuine in his nature and not wicked, I would wish for the ability to communicate with ALL animals and shadowlings (but especially corvids - for they always seem to be very intelligent), I would wish for a beautiful plot of land in an ideal location, then I would ask the genie if he'd like me to wish something for him/her.

3. Someone approaches you on the street calling you by someone else's name. Before you can correct them, they've enthusiastically handed you $500 and says that now you're even and speeds off in a car. What do you do with your new $500?
Strain my brain to think of a way to set things right - but failing that I would save it for a year or so just incase there was a problem with it and failing that I would buy my friends a lovely night out, with gifts and fine food.

4. You are offered a job by your government, but not told what the duties are other than "it fits your profile perfectly." The job will last for only 5 years, during which time you will live and work in a secured facility with no contact from the outside world. The pay is $200,000.00/year (one million dollars total), but all of your expenses during the work period will be taken care of. The job starts in two days (to give you time to get your accounts in order and bid farewell to friends and family) and you will be paid one year's salary up front (to spend or invest as you see fit). They need an answer immediately, what do you do?
I would ask that the contract and details be sent to me and if they do not want to disclose more infomation then they can find someone else as 'unique' as me. No money is worth five years of someone having absolute control over me.

5. You're out for a late night stroll in a rural area, just enjoying the full moon's company, when you are attacked by some wild animal. You manage to get away, but are badly injured. The doctors say you will recover nicely, with only a few scars, and send you home. You notice that you heal much faster than you thought possible. Your hair and nails begin to grow faster and your strength has trebled. Dogs which were once friendly towards you, now bare their teeth and growl at your approach. You temper tends to fly off the handle and you find yourself craving extremely rare meat. The full moon is tomorrow night, what do you do?
Hire a boat and sail an unswimmable (even for an animal) distance from shore and anchor there for the night with a lot of raw meat from the butcher and lots of water in a dish, and maybe some chew toys and a video camera for observation. If I had time I'd research myths of that which could 'control' a werewolf and test them out (harmless ones). I would be sure that the closest people were criminals (like in a jail or such), just incase I misjudge the swimming distance. I'd hate to eat someone innocent. ;)

Perhaps I am getting cynical in my not-at-all-old age, but the Mind Body Spirit festival was sour this time around...or at least would have been had I not been with two amazing people with whom I could comfortably sit and talk with until the cows came home.

But the 'push push sell sell' was painfully more obvious this year than the last time I went (which - admittedly was a good few years back) and the free samples, free massages, free whatever were few and far between and TWO stalls were happy to just stand around and chat. One gentleman from an organic wine company, and the pretty blonde lady from Spellbox who was content to let me re-charge at her stall and escape the money-powered frenzy.

I did however end up with some delicious organic flavoured olive oils and other tasty treats and a few other essential supplies...but I am thinking that I might give it a miss for a few more years.