Ren Elfchild

Here's one of the most distressing sentiments I hear on a regular basis from newcomers to Pop Culture Paganism: I guess I should probably stop writing/reading fanfic of these characters if I'm going to work with them as spirits.

Everyone's going to have a different perspective on these things, of course, but personally, I feel like that goes against the entire ethos of PCP. If you think back to what got you interested in this form of Paganism in the first place, it's probably the organic connection you formed with a piece of fiction through normal fan activities. If you cut yourself off from the source of your inspiration, what is your practice going to consist of?

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I'm Ren, but I also go by Wasp or Helianthos in various other parts of the internet. I'm 24 and I use it/its and xe/xem/xyr pronouns (or really any other set of neopronouns that's full of z's or x's - I know it's hard to remember which specific set someone uses, and I'm not picky.)

I'm not familiar with Dreamwidth - Tumblr was my primary social media as a kid, unfortunately - and I'm here because I have a lot of weird identity aspects that aren't suited to that platform. I want to talk about them openly, and probably other stuff as well.

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