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« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2009, 01:43:22 PM »
 Huh?
Maybe less is more?
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« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2009, 02:13:02 PM »
I was more thinking that people like to boast and garner favor rather than actually seek out their actual tail number and accept when they're told they're wrong by several cross-references.
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« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2009, 01:57:30 PM »
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Well, let them boast.
I mean, what is the worst thiing that could happen?
A kit falling for some false advice given by one who would be a nine tail?
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Well, I suppose that would probably result in one big letdown for the kit, but on the other hand it would learn not to judge a fox by its tails.
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« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2009, 03:53:07 PM »
Perhaps those who Know do not Speak?   Huh?

And of course, there are those who would rather not share.


I heard European stories that told of foxes with many tails, and presumed they were the mere fantasies of idiot hunters, and put them aside.  I heard the stories of Kitsuné, and began to realize that their... disposition was akin to mine.  Then I began to think about tails, and 'how many I had'.  Then I thought, and I meditated...

Perhaps each tail was one of the lives I have lived?  But if that were true, then there would be far too many.  Perhaps one has a tail every Thousand Years?  But how old was I?  How can you tell the age of a Soul without Form?  But perhaps it was a metaphor, for the Nine Heavens, perhaps, or the 12 planes of Consciousness, or for my station in This Reality.  But again - does a tail concern where one has been, and where one is going?  Maybe it does, and maybe it doesn't.

But more than this, I think attention should be paid to the experience one has gained from the lives one has lived (including Now), the perspectives one has gained in the ages one has witnessed, the other lands one has traveled in, and Where you came from, What you are now, and Where you are going.  You can see all these things - or instead of seeing these things, you can stare at your a**, chasing your own tails.  
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Of course, I have my own ideas on the matter of Tails.

My 'tail count' is an open question.  But I think there are better ones out there to worry about.   :D


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« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2009, 06:27:11 AM »
Quote from: Ghost Rider on September 12, 2009, 03:53:07 PM
But more than this, I think attention should be paid to the experience one has gained from the lives one has lived (including Now), the perspectives one has gained in the ages one has witnessed, the other lands one has traveled in, and Where you came from, What you are now, and Where you are going.  You can see all these things - or instead of seeing these things, you can stare at your a**, chasing your own tails.
I agree. It really isn't about others, it's about what things mean for yourself. The details of how and why aren't as important as the lesson behind it.
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« Reply #20 on: October 15, 2009, 08:48:36 AM »
as a devil i only have one
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« Reply #21 on: October 15, 2009, 12:26:03 PM »
What do you mean by devil? Are you a demon?
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« Reply #22 on: November 20, 2009, 09:02:17 PM »
He perceives himself as one, yes.  And this was more meant as a kit-question, not a kin-question.
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« Reply #23 on: November 20, 2009, 10:03:58 PM »
This whole board is for Kitsune, not Otherkin or Therians in general.
Edit: Not that they aren't welcome, but just out of place here.
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« Reply #24 on: November 21, 2009, 06:01:56 PM »
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Soo, it looks like we have a nice spread right now. Every tail number has been claimed. A nice bunch of low tailed ones among them too.
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What *surprises* me is that there are so few seven or eight tails here, as compared to the nine tails. Aim for the top, huh?
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Anyway, let's continue.
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    « Reply #25 on: December 08, 2009, 11:46:03 AM »
    Even so, as stated before: Any explanations of tails is complete crap, even if derived from mythology since not even mythology is consistent about what tails mean.

    (And here's the "mommy" thing again.)
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    « Reply #26 on: January 08, 2010, 04:41:53 PM »
    Quote from: Kira on November 21, 2009, 06:01:56 PM
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    Soo, it looks like we have a nice spread right now. Every tail number has been claimed. A nice bunch of low tailed ones among them too.
     fox_okay
    What *surprises* me is that there are so few seven or eight tails here, as compared to the nine tails. Aim for the top, huh?
     :P
    Anyway, let's continue.

    Even with those of more numerous tails, learning is a never ending journey. Still, I don't think the number of tails should be anything more than superficial. It looks nice and everything but it just creates competition and can invoke negative feelings and emotions inside multiple people or other kin. We all can learn from everyone else, whether we are 9 tailed or single tailed. We can continue to learn.
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    « Reply #27 on: April 06, 2010, 02:27:19 PM »
    I'm pretty sure I have zero, but I guess I'm not allowed to vote... I feel so left out :[
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    « Reply #28 on: April 07, 2010, 12:00:21 PM »
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    Sorry dear, regrettably this is foxes only.
    Wouldn't make much sense otherwise now would it?
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    « Reply #29 on: April 08, 2010, 05:55:28 AM »
    There's a lot of animals and spirits that have one tail (even humans have a tail bone, though no actual tail anymore).

    Plus, there's some two-tailed cat or something like that as well (in mythology).

    To answer the topic: I think I have two.
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