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Can you imagine this happening 10-12 years ago? All the SuperWhoLock shits on Tumblr would be claiming to be the 10th Doctor or Castiel or Benedict Cumberbatch.
Pretty sure it was happening 10-12 years ago on Tumblr, because that was around the time I first heard about it (plurals, that is) - unless you’re talking about otherkin, which I believe I discovered shortly afterwards.
For what it’s worth, the roots of otherkin go back at least as far as Tolkienfags pretending to be elves in the late 1980s. Although other sources say it’s even older. LGBTA Wiki says it came from the Elf Queen’s Daughters in the 70s, while Nonbinary Wiki says it was Pagan groups in the 60s.
None of these groups however should be confused with the Tumblr version of otherkin (AKA “kinnies” - who, even amongst otherkin subcultures, are considered to be attention-seeking fakes).
Perhaps you’re right in that this particular incarnation didn’t come about until the last few years. When exactly this happened, I cannot say for sure. But I feel it had at least started to exist on 2011 Tumblr. Just my hunch at least.






