Voxels
| collective species | draconic, fungal, human, spotted owl, peregrine falcon, Player, satyr |
|---|---|
| collective pronouns | it/its/itselves, they/them/their/themselves |
| communities | alterhuman, computer nerd, furry, Minecrafter, plural, queer, trans* |
| religious affiliation | Christo-Pagan, Unitarian Universalist |
| age | young adult |
| height | 5’ 0.5” (153cm) |
Aspen
| names | Aspen, Miles, Raine |
|---|---|
| species | angelic wyrmwolf, enderman, lion, sheep, utahrator, watcher |
| pronouns | drae, draem, draer; it; s/he, hir |
| interests | alterhumanity, religion, computers |
| archetype | wizard |
| hearthomes | Gavel (Wynncraft), the far lands, Earth mountains |
Neil
| names | Neil, Tom |
|---|---|
| species | dragon, human, Player |
| pronouns | they/them/their/themself, ze/hir/hirself |
| interests | performing arts |
| archetype | jester |
Herobrine
| species | Player |
|---|---|
| pronouns | he, it |
The Dog Pack
| species | dogs |
|---|---|
| collective pronouns | they/them |
| quantity | 3 to 40+ |
Grian
| species | Player, barn owl |
|---|---|
| pronouns | he/him |
Admin Charlie
| species | obelisk |
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what we do
We've been playing Minecraft for ten years now. We started with Pocket Edition on an iPhone 3GS, and switched to what is now Java Edition when we got our first laptop. We fell in love with the game pretty much instantly and it's been our special interest ever since. We've been running an SMP (Survival MultiPlayer server) for alterhumans for about a year, and another one for our meatspace friends since 2019.
Our other special interest is computers. We run EndeavourOS Linux on our laptop and PC, and Debian on our private Minecraft server. We've been daily driving various Linux distributions for almost 10 years. We majored in I.T. for a year before deciding college wasn't for us at the time.
We engage actively with the alterhuman communities: we help run the Otherkin Wiki, run a website for Minecraft alterhumans as well as a discord server and that SMP, and our main social circles online are alterhumans.
Other things we enjoy doing include playing other video games, watching youtube, talking with friends, and learning new things. We always seem to have a shelf of books we're meaning to read.
what we're working on now
Nylium Network
The Nylium Network is our effort to bring together alterhumans who associate with Minecraft. It's mainly a space for fictionfolk with Minecraft and Minecraft roleplay sources, but there are a few alterhumans there who just enjoy playing and discussing Minecraft with other alterhumans.
The website currently hosts a directory of writings by minecraftfolk (as we call ourselves), a map of the associated SMP Minecraft server, and some other info. There's also a discord server.
Otherkin Wiki
We and Willow and have recently taken over the Otherkin Wiki from mordecai and joey of allium (蒜) house.
This wiki is about otherkin and other alterhuman communities. We joined because we are passionate about communicating alterhuman history.
meatspace stuff
We're going back to school! kind of. We're going to earn a certificate so we can do something with that year we spent in college. I'm looking forward to using it to get a job we'll actually enjoy.
We're also learning to drive. Be afraid. (Not really—we're an acceptable driver, it seems.)
queering everything?
It's a big task. We're starting with what we know. Perhaps surprisingly, it was our species that came to us most naturally. Dogs were our special interest as a young child, so we became a dog. Our plurality also began nonhumanly: some of our first notable members were autonomous imaginary friends who took animal forms. Things escalated from there.
It was our orientation that came next. We believed we were bisexual for a while, up to 2023. The bisexual-to-asexual pipeline is so real that, before there was a distinct asexual community, people who would now be called asexual were welcome in the bi community. Bi-ace solidarity FTW! We also actually found that we're aromantic before we found that we're asexual.
We'd known all our life that we had an unusual relationship with gender, but it wasn't until high school that we really did anything about it. When we attended a minister's ordination recently, he spoke about feeling called to that service in a particular way. Being transgender is like that for us: it was a choice, but it was the only choice.
Our latest task is religion. We deeply believe that being transgender is a gift from God—but that's a rehash. The gods who speak to us (not only the Christian God) are setting us upon a path we are uncertain of but that we must follow. So far, it has led very strange places.