Otherkin documentary: British wolf

[lost-shadowwolf.livejournal.com]

Hello all,

As I have read from your community I can tell your aware of a recentlyl documentary done by zigzag productions about otherkin. I participated in this documentary, though I have no actually seen it yet. I can only hope that from what questions I was asked and what things they were interested that my husband and I are not seen as complete idiots. I dont know anything about the other otherkins that were interviewed but I can speak for my husband and my self that while the whole process was a tad intrusive the reason why we choose to do it was for all the awakening kin out there that think they are alone. I had a feeling I would get a lot of flack from the otherkin community for doing this, which is fine as I didnt do it for them. I just wanted to say that my experience with the production team was that they asked very respectful and insightful questions, they were genuinely interested and never did anything my husband and I were not comfortable with. I hope I get a chance to watch it soon, though I can imagine watching my self on t.v will be a very odd experience.

Kimberly
aka Luna

Comments

[theplushfrog]

You didn't say what the documentary was called, who produced it, or where/when it will be airing.

I would like these (or a link to where to find it), if only to check out the documentary and see another take on presenting otherkin in public media.

[dreamwriteremmy]

I'd like to thank you for participating, Kimberly/Luna.

To me it's a start for the community and honestly, that's important.

And thanks for being candid about you and your husband's motivations. I think it's really nice to see all the candid personal motivations for participating before and after production, even though the community has been a bit on guard about this documentary since the beginning.

Personally, I get that yeah, TV shows won't cover or fit all of us and there's only so much the producers can do in a typical TV spot. (And there's always something that's gonna have a flak quotient -- it's TV after all.)

[arethinn]

Do you know why they apparently found it relevant to interview everyone's parents? I felt that doing so gave the impression that you all were to be considered still children who refuse to stop playing pretend and not adults.

[crystal-waters.livejournal.com]

It's your life, your beliefs. If other people don't like, that's their problem. It's not like this is going to be the de facto source for Otherkin information.

[(Anonymous)]

I've seen this documentary and I am very concerned about a few things. In the segment where Luna is speaking out, it looked a lot like having a headmate or spirit guide rather than a theriotype. From my personal experience, my theriotype does not speak to me or come out and take over and say things the way I saw Luna take over Kim's body. To me, it looked very much like a separate being that is sharing Kim's body rather. There are a lot of other Therians in the online community that feel the same way and have similar concerns so I am not the only Therian that has noticed this. I am not saying that Kim/Luna is not a Therian, I just think the experience, from what I saw on the documentary, looked like a separate being that is sharing Kim's body. I do admire your courage to speak out and show your face on TV, as not very many Therians would chose to do so for various reasons (personal, career, etc.). I definitely do not feel the documentary did very much justice to the community, and I know of several Therians who feel the same as well. Some of which are currently working on creating a documentary that better represents the community and will hopefully add more diversity than what was shown in the show.

For those that want to know, the documentary is called "What?! I Think I'm an Animal" The official website of Logo with the full documentary can be found here: http://www.logotv.com/video/what-i-think-im-an-animal/1706138/playlist.jhtml

You can also find clips of the entire thing on Youtube.

[lost-shadowwolf.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the delay, new job has kept me busy! Right let me try and answer these questions :)

The documentary is called What?! I am an animal. Which is a bit of a weird name, but I think its a series of different insights into different community, they didn't tell me what the name was going to be when they filmed me as it wasn't decided at that point. Its been aired in the U.S and a few other places, I live in the U.K and watched in on you tube the other night.

Not sure why they interviewed everyone's parents. My husband and I are 25 and we co-own a farm in rural England with my mother-in-law. I assumed they interviewed her because she is a very close to us and a large part of our lives. I was a bit miffed and amused how uninterested and stern she came off in the interview, as she isnt like that at all!!!

In reply to the Anon comment: "I've seen this documentary and I am very concerned about a few things. In the segment where Luna is speaking out, it looked a lot like having a headmate or spirit guide rather than a theriotype. From my personal experience, my theriotype does not speak to me or come out and take over and say things the way I saw Luna take over Kim's body. To me, it looked very much like a separate being that is sharing Kim's body rather. There are a lot of other Therians in the online community that feel the same way and have similar concerns so I am not the only Therian that has noticed this. I am not saying that Kim/Luna is not a Therian, I just think the experience, from what I saw on the documentary, looked like a separate being that is sharing Kim's body. I do admire your courage to speak out and show your face on TV, as not very many Therians would chose to do so for various reasons (personal, career, etc.). I definitely do not feel the documentary did very much justice to the community, and I know of several Therians who feel the same as well. Some of which are currently working on creating a documentary that better represents the community and will hopefully add more diversity than what was shown in the show."

Well ok I can see your concern but the way I am otherkin, has never been an issues for me or any otherkin I know. The part were I let Luna speak as it were was a weird bit to film. I see my self spiritually to have two souls that are one soul, like ying and yang if you will. We are different personality's but we make ONE person, ONE whole being. Though I can converse with her. Before I awakened I felt like half a person, there was this huge part of me missing. Once I began my awakening it was like someone had taken down this veil and I was the whole person I was meant to be.

I am happy to answer any more questions if anyone has any :)

[lost-shadowwolf.livejournal.com]

Why does it drive you so crazy? How and why does it affect you so? Why would someone's spiritual/physiological/mental theriontype and how it is expressed by an individual irritate you so? Honestly it makes no sense to me. Its not like it was my or others like my selves choice on how our spiritual self is composed inside of us.

[(Anonymous)]

No dear, they made everyone look like complete idiots. Including you and your husband.

[lost-shadowwolf.livejournal.com]

Update: I have actually managed to find the documentary on youtube as its not been shown in England. It was interesting to see the other people they spoke to, I did notice they were a bit younger then me and my husband, it would be nice to speak to older otherkin I agree. I also wish they would have spoken to some other types of kin, a lot of wolves which I suppose are pretty common so maybe thats why? They made my husband and I seem WAY more cuddly then we are, it was kinda funny watching it as I was like......... ok im sure we dont cuddle that much! But other wise despite a few weird choices of what information they used from our interview (they filmed over 3 days!) I wasnt un happy with the documentary. I just wish they made the line between otherkin and furies abit clearer really.