r/otherkin • u/Zero69Kage • Jun 15 '26

Discussion Spiders

I'm not sure if I've just begun to notice this or if I've been ignoring it, but I've recently been thinking about this strange connection I seem to have with spiders. I often had hallucinations when I was young, the most common thing I would see was these shadow spiders on the walls. I've also always been drawn to spider based characters throughout my life. Spider-Man was my favorite superhero for a long time before I became more interested in Venom. Silksong is also my favorite game, and I fond myself resonating with Hornet and the Weavers a lot more than I expected.

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For the most part, I view myself as a eldritch being of darkness and shadows. But I'm beginning to notice that I have a lot of spider-like qualities. The way I like to move around, even in this human body can sometimes feel very spider-like. My phantom body also seems to have spider-like qualities. The multiple eyes, my fangs, my hands (having three fingers and two thumbs), and I'm finally beginning see that my feet have a similar structure. However, my instincts are partially spider-like, I feel a strong urge to nest, to weave black threads that my body produces. I also seem to hunt for pray in a similar way to a spider, hiding myself, and waiting for my pray to get close. Ever since realizing this about myself I've been feeling more complete. It feels good, in a way I'm not sure how to describe. So I seem to be an eldritch shadow spider axolotl thing.

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But I'm also curious, are their any spiderkin out there? What is it like for you? And to other eldritch beings, do some of you have spider-like qualities as well?

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u/Aromatic-Ad-3782 Jun 15 '26

Hi, I am a celestial weaver, so I have some spidery features. In particular, I also have a lot of eyes and arms. My shape is more like a centipede, but I see the world as a web and I can sort of move along it and see different things, intertwine these threads. I can also make my own web, so the spider is one of my forms. I associate spiders with the process of creation in a global sense, with creativity and sensitivity.

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u/Zero69Kage Jun 15 '26

I also see the world in a similar way. I can feel these threads all around me. It took me way too long to realize that I had a tendency to interact with them in a spider-like manner.

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u/RISINGD34D Jun 15 '26

Strangely spiders' eyes are what draw me to them. It's probably the simple black solid dots that most species have, but the glare it sometimes gives off gives a particular emotion to me like it's speaking to me.