Well my personal opinion would be cause most of the visitors of SOM are teenagers and most of them could think of this site as "role play" and that might cause problem for the more serious learners.. I mean most of the time it could be just that a lie ( assuming that these creatures do exist ) and there is the fact that there is no proof even amongst the serious magickal community for their existence. Like, logically speaking, physically transforming into a wolf then turning into human or superhuman speed and strength those things are just unnatural ( to me ) and magick is supposed to be about nature. And of course there is those Hollywood movies. There is no problem in believing in them cause well your belief is yours but then again amongst others who do not have the same belief it is helpful to be a bit conservative. Hey I believe in dragons ( astral ones ) and we all believe in magick and to someone who don't get it, don't believe that magick exists we might be "bunch of crazy people" but amongst people with similar belief we are accepted. But then again that's my personal opinion I don't really know if those creatures exist and then again I won't say they don't exist cause well I believe in dragons which live in astral realm :p . Hope this helped. Blessed be
Its not believing in them that's wrong, it's when someone insists they're a vampire when people call them out as fluffy. There are still many mysteries in this world, but there are also millions of scientific facts which is why when someone claims to be a physical mermaid or faerie or whatever people call them out. Astrally or as an energy most in the pagan community will not call you fluffy for believing they are real, but refusing to accept fact will result in people calling you fluffy.
Thank you for the replies.
I believe in both astral beings as well as genuine flesh and blood creatures.
As a biologist I take a very scientific approach to the genetic and evolutionary side of supernatural beings.
I just find it very insulting that in many of the forum posts, some people are calling others out as stupid for believing in such beings.
This site it designed to be a place to go to be supported, to speak to other who won't call you stupid for believing in magic and its use.
i say let people think what they want the truth will show itself when its ready to be seen, back when i was a kid and my mother was telling me about tarot cards i could barely hold myself back from lol-ing but i eventually figured oat that there is something to this stuff, i know it should be the other way around but i am a weary strange person
This has sparked a desire in me to talk to you. Shoot me a message. I am one of the constant complainers about fluffy mail coming in my inbox, but I never met someone on here who considers the evolution and biological facts about the chances that these creatures may be out there, undiscovered. I will be respectful; I'd like to have a friendly conversation about your beliefs, because I genuinely find them interesting. Have a good day! :)
Hey. My name is Tabby-chan and I have been dealing with this issue on tumblr for the past week so I have some points I'd like to get out before I just stop. But. I personally believe that you are allowed to believe in, practice, call yourself whatever you want. I'm known to say "I'm a princess" randomly on occasion simply to boost my self esteem and lighten my mood a bit. I've been varying shades of neo-pagan for the past three years and have been interested in neopaganism for 5 years. I've tried my best to be polite and I admit that originally what drew me to magick was originally the Holloweentown series of movies they ran on Disney when I was roughly nine years old. I admit I didn't handle my first set of tarot cards until I was 14 and I admit I wasn't very good with them at first. But I've been called fluffy even though I do my best to be polite and good-natured and in fact I never once mentioned how I became interested in wicca and neopaganism up until today. I get so sick of people calling me fluffy when honestly my best friend in the whole world has been wiccan for seven years and still occasionally asks me stuff regarding various rituals because while I don't know exactly how to do all these things I have looked into them and I've made an attempt to remember the important details that make up this religion. I'm not saying that sometimes the teenagers on this site take it too far and act like vampires and mermaids and stuff. But not all wiccans, Neopagans, and other practitioners who have been drawn to those religions by films or book series roleplay and some of us try to take things seriously.
and also- theres nothing stopping us from being like these myths. like meaning having similar traits, not like growing a tail over night. such as having the spirit of a wolf inside you (mentioned before)
I agree with Classicaltea
The definition of Fluffy on this site is someone: "Pretending to be the following- A Vampire, A Mermaid, A Werewolf, A Demon, A Fairy, A Half this and that Hybrid, or anything mythological or legendary in nature.
By lacking the ability or willingness to understand and accept common and basic concepts, the resistance or ability to complete tasks or answer questions without credible or accepted sources, and by not using or listening to reason, logic, reality even when a multitude of people agree or have concluded the same result.
By displaying excessive amounts of overconfidence, being blatantly annoying, exuding supremacy or acting like you are better than someone else (especially when you don't know each other beyond a certain limit considering this is cyberspace)."
I am very fed up of being called fluffy despite being kind, and accepting other peoples opinions. I do not try to be annoying (if I am) and I believe I am able to accept many different basic concepts yet I am still called fluffy.
I agree that I have met some of the younger members who use the site as a roleplay site, but other than roleplay I don't see anything wrong or "fluffy" about my beliefs.
I can relate. I too was a child drawn in from the blasphemy of Hollywood's portrayal of magick. This doesn't make our interest a burden; if as a child, we are genuinely interested, the truth will remain in the backs of our minds until they are ready to understand the difference between Hollywood magick and real spiritual magick. As long as those children who grow up with the truth don't continue to consciously convince themselves that fantasy is real, then I feel those people shouldn't be talked down upon. If they still haven't wanted to release their childhood fantasies from the truth, educating them is an option. For me, I've been known to escape in fantasy. So in my early years, I had a glimpse of an idea of the truth. Yet I still continued to "play" fantasy spells out until I was abnormally like 13. For me, I had psychological reasons to do that from coping with a bad childhood experience. But I finally grew out of it and a dear friend I made here (FallonRogue) helped me to gain the confidence I needed to drop the fantasy concepts and to embrace what I knew had some sort of odd truth. I knew that fantasy was not real, but I convinced myself to hope in it merely as a distraction from my life. So everyone, please consider this when dealing with fluffs. Tea, I will message you!
