• SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    25 days ago

    I dated someone who was that sort of detached from reality once, and after trying to humour them I realised that they were just a stupid narcisit … so unless this Etherian Princess you know has demonstrable powers, is in charge of a large region of land, and is actually from Etheria, no I wouldn’t respect their identity.

    But even if I did, I wouldn’t confuse how they identified with a work of fiction that is unrelated to their existence.

    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
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      25 days ago

      Again, I despise that monster with every fiber of My being. And yet there is no fiber of My being that thinks bigotry is an acceptable way to retaliate. So I’m not going to use ableist slurs on the princess, nor will I deny the princess’s identity.

        • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
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          25 days ago

          …yes?

          And in anticipation of what I’m worried you’re going to say next, I’ll say that gender dysphoria is a mental disorder too, it doesn’t make trans people invalid. Personality disorders don’t make otherkin invalid.

              • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                25 days ago

                I didn’t say that their identity meant they had a disability, that was you.

                I don’t consider mental health problems to be a disability, and I don’t consider trans people to have mental health problems because of their identity.

                • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
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                  24 days ago

                  You used an ableist slur on your friend. You called them a n*rcissist. You implied that being fictionkin is a result of narcissism.

                  Personality disorders can influence the manner in which kintypes present themselves, as I well know, for I am an otherkin with NPD. I disagree with you that being fictionkin is a result of narcissism, but I agree that in this particular case, the princess’s NPD has influenced the kind of kintype.

                  • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                    24 days ago

                    That isn’t what I said or tried to imply, and now I understand why you managed to take entirely the wrong messages from She-Ra