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Agahnim

2020-02-18T10:34:49Z

Agahnim: I'd rather not have my real name or photograph on Wikifur anymore.

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'''Agahnim''', also known as '''Aggie''', '''Anhinga''', '''Microraptor''' and '''Cayro''' (born 1983), is an [[artist]], [[writer]] and [[cartoonist]] who lives with his girlfriend [[Ixerin]] in [[W:North Carolina|North Carolina]], USA.

== Media ==

Most of his [[art]] and [[writing]] relates to [[W:Paleontology|paleontology]], [[W:Evolution|evolution]], and the origin of [[bird]]s, particularly in order to make fun of [[W:Creationist|creationists]] for their failure to understand these topics.{{cn}} He is known for drawing the [[webcomic]] ''[http://www.captainoccam.com/ Occam’s Razor]'', starring the [[superhero]] '''Captain Occam''' and his nemesis '''The Prattmaster'''.

== ''Occam’s Razor'' ==
[[File: Prattmaster-exchange.png|thumb|right|A typical exchange between Captain Occam and the Prattmaster]]
The Occam’s Razor [[comic series]] was first introduced as a private joke<ref>[http://www.christianforums.com/t3116767/ ''I made an EVC comic''] post on the [http://www.christianforums.com/ Christian Forums]. Retrieved ?.</ref> at [http://www.christianforums.com/ Christian Forums], a forum where Agahnim often debates with creationists.

The nature of the joke revolved around creationists who rely on “PRATT lists”: lengthy lists of arguments that each has been refuted numerous times before, “PRATT” being an acronym for '''P'''oint '''R'''efuted '''A''' '''T'''housand '''T'''imes. However, this comic quickly became so popular that it grew into an entire series. In addition to Captain Occam and the Prattmaster, its recurring [[character]]s include the following:

*'''Dr. Hovind''' - A [[caricature]] of the infamous creationist [http://www.kent-hovind.com/ Kent Hovind], who is portrayed in the comic as an evil mastermind.
*'''Mr. Pardalis''' - A character based on an actual paleontologist for whom Agahnim has worked.{{clarify}} Both the character and his real-life counterpart bear more than a passing resemblance to [[W:Revolver_Ocelot|Revolver Ocelot]], although in the comic this resemblance is slightly exaggerated.
*'''Mr. Pardalis’s student''' - A young man based on Agahnim as he was in spring and summer of 2003 while working for this paleontologist between high school and college.
*'''Ixerin''' - A ''[[w:Deinonychus|Deinonychus]]'' based on the [[fursona]] of Agahnim’s girlfriend.
*'''Zedekiah''' - An ignorant and arrogant creationist pastor. He is named after a similarly [[W: edekiah|self-righteous king]] described in the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]].

The reaction to these comics has been overwhelmingly positive,{{cn}} with posts about them from such high-profile sites as [[Dresden Codak]] and [[Pharyngula]].{{cn}}

== Other projects ==

Agahnim’s longest-running online project is the creation of a [[dinosaur]] [[RPG]] that attempts to reconstruct the lives of extinct [[animal]]s in as realistic a manner as possible, without involving the [[anthropomorphism]] that is common in most such RPGs.{{cn}} This RPG has gone through several iterations at different websites, which include:

* [[Terribleclaw.com]], which was shut down as a result of being [[spammed]] by [[Bobby Plank]].
* [[Deinok.com]], which was abandoned as a result of its webmaster breaking into accounts at other websites belonging to the people who posted there.
* [[Snakebird.net]], Agahnim’s own website from 2004 until 2006, which was abandoned following his separation with his girlfriend [[Crow]].
* [http://www.paleolit.spreebb.com/ SpreeBB.com], the RPG’s most recent location.

Another project shared between Agahnim and Ixerin is the creation and management of [http://domain-of-darwin.deviantart.com/ Domain of Darwin], a [[deviantART]] community devoted to evolution and debunking creationism.

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://agahnim.deviantart.com/ Agahnim] on [[deviantART]]
*[http://www.paleolit.spreebb.com/ Paleolit Forum] - Agahnim's RPG website

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Agahnim

2008-06-22T21:47:44Z

Agahnim: My Yahoo! group has now been inactive for around two years, so it’s no longer worth describing in this article.

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[[Image: Agahnim-portrait.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
'''Agahnim''' (b. 1983), also known as '''Aggie''', '''Anhinga''', '''Microraptor''' or '''Cayro''', is an [[artist]], [[writer]] and [[cartoonist]] named '''Jonathan Kane''', who exists on the fringes of the [[furry]] community. He currently lives with his girlfriend [[Ferahgo]] in [[wikipedia:North_Carolina|North Carolina]]. Most of his art and writing relates to [[wikipedia:Paleontology|paleontology]], [[wikipedia:Evolution|evolution]], and the origin of [[bird]]s, particularly in order to make fun of [[wikipedia: Creationist|creationists]] for their failure to understand these topics. He is best known for drawing a webcomic titled [http://www.captainoccam.com/ Occam’s Razor], starring the superhero Captain Occam and his nemesis the Prattmaster.

==Occam’s Razor==

[[Image: Prattmaster-exchange.png|thumb|300px|left|A typical exchange between Captain Occam and the Prattmaster]]
The Occam’s Razor comic series was first introduced as a [http://www.christianforums.com/t3116767/ private joke] at [http://www.christianforums.com/ Christian Forums], a forum where Agahnim often debates with creationists. The nature of the joke revolved around creationists who rely on “PRATT lists”: lengthy lists of arguments that each have been refuted numerous times before, “PRATT” being an acronym for '''P'''oint '''R'''efuted '''A''' '''T'''housand '''T'''imes. However, this comic quickly became so popular that it grew into an entire series. In addition to Captan Occam and the Prattmaster, its recurring characters include the following:

*'''Dr. Hovind''', a caricature of the infamous creationist [http://www.kent-hovind.com/ Kent Hovind], who is portrayed in the comic as an evil mastermind.
*'''Mr. Pardalis''', a character based on an actual paleontologist for whom Agahnim has worked. Both the character and his real-life counterpart bear more than a passing resemblance to [[wikipedia:Revolver_Ocelot|Revolver Ocelot]], although in the comic this resemblance is slightly exaggerated.
*'''Mr. Pardalis’s student''', a young man based on Agahnim as he was in spring and summer of 2003, while working for this paleontologist between high school and college.
*'''Ixerin''', a [[wikipedia:Deinonychus|Deinonychus]] based on the [[Fursona]] of Agahnim’s girlfriend Ferahgo.
*'''Zedekiah''', an ignorant and arrogant creationist pastor. He is named after a similarly [[wikipedia: Zedekiah|self-righteous king]] described in the Old Testament of the Bible.

===Reception===

The reaction to these comics has been overwhelmingly positive, with posts about them from such high-profile sites as [http://www.dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_036.htm Dresden Codak] and [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/05/poor_kent_mocked_everywhere.php Pharyngula]. Ironically, most members of the furry community have little familiarity with these comics and know Agahnim only for his participation in their own community.

==Other Projects==

Agahnim’s longest-running online project is the creation of a dinosaur [[RPG]] that attempts to reconstruct the lives of extinct animals in as realistic a manner as possible, without involving the [[anthropomorphism]] that is common in most such RPGs. This RPG has gone through several iterations at different websites, which include:

* '''Terribleclaw.com''', which was shut down as a result of being spammed by Bobby Plank, the ex-boyfriend of the webmaster’s sister.
* '''Deinok.com''', which was abandoned as a result of its webmaster breaking into accounts at other websites belonging to the people who posted there.
* '''Snakebird.net''', Agahnim’s own website from 2004 until 2006, which was abandoned following his seperation with Crow, the co-administrator of the RPG forum who was his girlfriend during this time.
* '''SpreeBB.com''', the RPG’s most recent location.

Another project shared between Agahnim and Ferahgo is the creation and management of [http://domain-of-darwin.deviantart.com/ Domain of Darwin], a [[DeviantART]] community devoted to evolution and debunking creationism.

==External links==
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*[http://www.captainoccam.com Occam’s Razor] - Agahnim's webcomic
*[http://agahnim.deviantart.com/ Agahnim on DeviantART] – Agahnim’s art and writing.
*[http://www.paleolit.spreebb.com/ Paleolit Forum] - A forum devoted to how prehistoric animals are depicted in literature, which is the current location of Agahnim's RPG.
*[http://domain-of-darwin.deviantart.com/ Domain of Darwin], Agahnim and Ferahgo’s DeviantART community.

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Talk:BullGator

2007-06-27T21:27:33Z

Agahnim:

Hello Agahnim, you [http://furry.wikia.com/index.php?title=BullGator&diff=prev&oldid=147473 removed text] from BullGator article with edit Summary ".. this claim has been discussed at an actual paleontology forum and shown there to be a fabrication". I'm hoping you can provide a link to that forum discussion. --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 00:21, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

:The forum where it was discussed is [http://gondolend.proboards34.com/ Gondolend]. I don’t think the discussion itself is accessible anymore though, since after a short time BullGator began sending e-mail threats to its administator Will Svensen, until Mr. Svensen finally deleted the thread just to make BullGator leave him alone. I’ll quote the private message Mr. Svensen sent me about this in which he explained it:

:“He's been emailing me, but the only way that influenced me to delete the thread was to shut him up. I'm well aware of how empty the majority of e-threats are, so I'm not the least bit intimidated by some whiny douchebag from the UK. He's emailed me once after I deleted the thread and banned him from the forums, but I haven't bothered to read what he has to say.”

:I can also summarize the discussion about this, since I was one of the main people who participated in it. It consisted of two main points. The first is that although there are several members of Gondolend who read the scientific journals where BullGator’s research would be published if he had done any, no research published anywhere has ever been cited to him. The other is that when I first encountered BullGator in summer of 2004, he was claiming that he was about to begin writing his Ph.D thesis, which would be published in fall of 2005. Fall of 2005 has now come and gone, and in March of this year BullGator made a [http://bullgator.livejournal.com/17530.html LiveJournal post] in which he claimed that he’s nearly finished with the preliminary analysis he would need to perform before beginning to write his thesis. Although his thesis was supposed to be finished in around 16 months, after three years he’s apparently made no progress at all.

:You can PM one of the other members of Gondolend if you need someone else to confirm this, but it’s worth keeping in mind that most of the people there aren’t furries, so they may not be interesting in helping contribute to this article. --[[User:Agahnim|Agahnim]] 21:27, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Agahnim

2007-06-27T00:31:46Z

Agahnim: /* 2007 update */

==Deletion debate==
This page appears to be a personal attack. Anyone have a good reason why it shouldn't be deleted? --[[User:DuncanDaHusky|Duncan da Husky]] 18:44, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)
*Just replace with a redirect to [[Eat All Furries]], which is what linked to it in the first place. [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 18:46, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)
::I disagree. If there is no content for a page, it seems less likely that it will ever get content if people are simply redirected to another page. Plus, I was under the impression that redirects are for entries that are identical, just variants in spelling or terminology. I'll go out on a limb and say that Agahnim is not actually an Internet forum, but a person :-) --[[User:DuncanDaHusky|Duncan da Husky]] 18:51, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)
::I too don't see the point of keeping this article around OR replacing it with a redirect. I say we just delete it. --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 18:57, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:::Agahnim is certainly involved in the furry community. He is generally noted for being obnoxious, but I think he's also an artist and a writer, if I remember correctly. --[[User:Krishva|Krishva]] 03:28, 27 Aug 2005 (UTC)
::::If that is so, then edit the article to reflect that. Right now, we have an article about a guy who was once banned from a message board that happened to have been created to attack furs. [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 03:36, 27 Aug 2005 (UTC)
:::::I agree. Edit the article. It doesn't seem to comply all that well with policy or general rules of any Wiki, for that matter. The current article seems rather insulting and done in poor tact. [[User:Benjamin|Benjamin]] 05:56, 5 Sep 2005 (UTC)
==Subject participation==
*FYI, the Subject appears to have posted about the article to the WikiFur Livejournal, and invites comment there -- see http://www.livejournal.com/community/wikifur/12640.html . --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 09:27, 15 Oct 2005 (UTC)
::I've followed your suggestion that I edit this page. 09:58, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:::Thanks for your extensive edit, which certainly provides a lot more relevant information than the original. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 20:19, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
==Medical conditions==
Details about medical conditions of people shouldn't be here, unless the concerned individual agrees. [[User:Unci|Unci]] 23:18, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:I agree, although quite often they're the ones contributing them. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 03:02, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
==Proposed edits==
I'll propose some edits, so as not to have them immediately reverted if a change is made.

*I don't believe he is active or involved in any dinosaur rpg communities at the moment. He used to be, but no longer is. Although he does sparingly participate at a forum (paleolit.spreebb.com) which might be a good addition to the external links. I do not believe his strictness for detail in the portrayal of dinosaur rpg characters caused him to have enemies either, as there is no evidence to suggest that.

*He and Crow are no longer involved in a relationship, so they do not currently consider themselves one another’s boyfriend and girlfriend.

*In Projects, for his RPG he has listed: "Deinok.com, which was abandoned due to its webmaster breaking into online accounts at other websites belonging to the people who posted there." This should be removed as he never created an RPG on that site.

*The Internet Drama section is where the most disputes come from. I personally don't think it's necessary at all, but if it's to remain intact, it would be the last thing I would propose changes for. Are there any questions on the proposal, or anything needing to be verified? [[User:Creeper|Creeper]] 02:03, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

== Personal attacks from 67.23.6.9 ==

Regarding the string of personal attacks on this article from [[User:67.23.6.9]], it seems that the IP resolves to <tt>oh-strongsville-cadent1-bdg9-12a-z6-9.clvdoh.adelphia.net</tt>.
Do we know anyone in Strongsville, Ohio that doesn't like this guy? --[[User:Dmuth|Douglas Muth]] 01:23, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

:The article probably needs to be trimmed down a bit to remove the drama. We just want to cover this person as he relates to furry; it's what we can check, and what we're interested in. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 06:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
::Agreed, something needs to be done about this article... we should try to contact Agahnim and get a confirm or deny on the content of this article. -- [[User:DeVandalizer|DeVandalizer]] 13:12, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I don't know if that's going to help. IF he is as unstable as some have suggested, he could just wind up pulling a "Nekobe" on us and making the situation worse. I think researching facts regarding this article would be the most productive course to take. --[[User:Dmuth|Douglas Muth]] 17:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
::::I may be able to assist in updating the outdated parts of the article. I also agree that much of the article should be trimmed down, as it's focus does not appear to be about the subject's relationship with the furry community, but aimed at perpetuating internet drama with certain individuals. Much of that content is disputed and unverified. If anything, I am in contact with many people who are familiar with the subject and could assist in researching facts regarding this article. [[User:Creeper|Creeper]] 22:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
:::::I locked the article thanks to a certain [[user:Spetsnaz|user]] editing the article in what I see as an effort to stirr up trouble via the content of the edits. He or she also clearly didn't heed the NPOV template which asks that people talk about their planned edits so the community can then discuss how to make the article better and more neutral. It is for these reasons that the page will be locked until an agreement on how to make it more neutral is agreed on in this talk page. --[[User:Markus|Markus]]([[User talk:Markus|talk]]) 07:10, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
::::::Where shall we begin, Markus, as the article is riddled with errors? [[User:Spetsnaz|Spetsnaz]]
:::::::It is a bit heavy handed I know, but the simple solution is to delete anything you can't actually confirm at least slightly. True the article will become significantly reduced in size but it will also contain fewer inaccuracies. This is one of the few times where I don't mind a little bit of [[m:Deletionism|Deletionism]] if it means the article becomes better. What is the status of trying to contact either the editor(s) or the subject of the article? --[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 10:46, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Point well taken, Nidonocu. As per your suggestion I have taken the liberty of deleting the entire "drama" section as not only is in not verifiable but it contains statements that I happen to know are not accurate. Secondarily, it has nothing to do with the 'fur' side of things which is what this wiki is supposed to be about.[[User:Spetsnaz|Spetsnaz]]
:::::I've created a copy at [[Agahnim/Temp]]. What I'd like to see is that page edited. Once [[Agahnim/Temp]] is improved, I'll copy it over and unprotect [[Agahnim]].
:::::* If you do research, I hope it is attributed to some source, for instance, "According to (link to blog entry), so-and-so says such-and-such." It's not that I believe blogs are always true, but at least the reader can judge the source. Also, the reader can check that we have interpreted the blog entry correctly. The wayback machine http://web.archive.org can help if a site is currently down.
:::::* As most of the admins agree, we aren't too interested in the drama; we just want to cover what's related to the furry community. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 16:31, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
::::::Actually, I decided to unprotect the main article instead of doing the Temp thing. If that doesn't work, we will go back to doing the Temp article. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 16:36, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Hello Rat, to avoid any miscommunications I decided that it would be best to follow the suggestion above and delete the error-ridden drama section, which also has nothing to do with furry.[[User:Spetsnaz|Spetsnaz]]
:Analytics and observation suggests that it is [http://drderange.livejournal.com/ this person]. Their [http://drderange.livejournal.com/profile location] matches, and they have a [http://drderange.livejournal.com/247482.html protected post] that links to us. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 14:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

==2007 update==
This article was badly outdated, so I took the liberty of updating it. I see now that during the past year I missed another string of personal attacks against my article, as well as a few edits that were made for less than honest reasons. For example, I’m sure Creeper is aware that Deinok.com was one of the places I created my RPG, as he was the webmaster there—I suspect the reason he removed that part of the article was only because he didn’t want it referring to his own treatment of the people who used that site.

Was everyone here afraid to contact me via e-mail while this was going on? --[[User:Agahnim|Agahnim]] 22:38, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

:Afraid? Probably nobody thought to. If you want to keep track of articles, it's kinda assumed that you'll add them to your watchlist and setup email notification. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 23:57, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

::It's mostly the exchange here between DeVandalizer and Douglas Muth which I’m thinking of. DeVandalizer suggested that someone should contact me, but Douglas Muth said this wasn’t a good idea based on what was being said about me in the personal attacks being made here. I would have hoped that the people vandalizing my article wouldn’t have as much influence as that. --[[User:Agahnim|Agahnim]] 00:31, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

2005-10-17T07:54:46Z

Agahnim: Changed the order of the sections.

[[Image:Self_portrait_at_Nassau_Hall.jpg|right]]'''Agahnim''', also known as '''Aggie''', '''Anhinga''' or '''Cayro''', is a 21-year-old [[artist]] and [[writer]] named '''Jonathan Kane''', who exists on the fringes of the [[furry]] community. He currently lives and attends college in the [[wikipedia: Princeton,_New_Jersey|Princeton]] area of [[wikipedia: New_Jersey|New Jersey]]. Most of his art and writing relates to [[wikipedia:Paleontology|paleontology]], [[wikipedia:Evolution|evolution]], and the origin of [[wikipedia:Birds|birds]], particularly in order to make fun of [[wikipedia: Creationist|creationists]] for their failure to understand these topics. His art also often shows influence from the furry community and role-playing [[wikipedia: Video_game|video games]] from the early- and mid- 1990s, particulary [[wikipedia: Chrono_trigger|Chrono Trigger]] and the [[wikipedia: Legend_Of_Zelda|Legend of Zelda]] series, the name “Agahnim” being a reference to the latter.

==Personal history==

Agahnim has been diagnosed with [[wikipedia:Asperger's syndrome|Asperger's syndrome]] by Charles Cartwright, a neurologist at the [[wikipedia: University_of_Medicine_and_Dentistry_of_New_Jersey | University of Medicine and Dentistry]] hospital in [[wikipedia: Newark,_New_Jersey|Newark]]. This may explain some of the unusual traits and mannerisms for which he is known.

This, and a series of bad experiences at various high schools to which Agahnim has gone, have caused Agahnim to be hospitalized at several points for [[wikipedia: Clinical_depression|depression]] and/or [[wikipedia: Obsessive-compulsive|obsessive-compulsive disorder]]. This also led to him being prescribed with a number of [[wikipedia: Psychiatric_drugs|psychiatric drugs]] which altered his behavior further. He ceased taking these at the end of 2003, but may have not yet completely recovered from their effects.

==Communities==

The online community in which Agahnim is most active is the dinosaur RPG community, which revolves around creating dinosaur characters and writing fictional scenarios in which they interact with characters created by other members. However, Agahnim rarely participates in these RPGs themselves, primarily because of the creative liberties taken in most of them and his own preference for strict accuracy in portrayals of dinosaurs. He has several enemies in this group because of this fact, as well as because of his rivalry with [[Drachaeus]], another member of the same community.

In spring of 2004, Agahnim and [[Crow]] (the administrator of one such forum) developed a romantic interest in one another. They met each other offline for the first time in August of that year, and currently consider themselves one another’s boyfriend and girlfriend.

Agahnim occasionally participates in the mainstream paleontology community. However, he rarely posts at [http://gondolend.proboards34.com/ Gondolend], the most popular forum in this community, due to a disagreement with the forum’s administrator dating from summer of 2003. The nature of this revolved around a religious debate between him and one of the forum’s other members, which Agahnim brought up during the discussion about the administrator’s father who had recently passed away. The psychiatric drugs Agahnim was taking during summer of 2003 may partially account for this mistake.

Agahnim also participates frequently in the [http://www.christianforums.com/f70-creation-evolution.html creationism vs. evolution] section of [http://www.christianforums.com/ Christian Forums] where he specializes in debunking creationists’ claims about topics related to dinosaurs.

==Projects==

Agahnim has created and managed several major online projects. The most successful of these is a Yahoo! group about dinosaur reproduction which he runs together with Tim Isles, a [[wikipedia: Zoologist|zoologist]] from the [[wikipedia: United_Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. This group contains several people who wish to study the topic from a scientific perspective, as well as a number of furries, some of which may have a [[fetish]] for this topic. This reflects Agahnim’s goal to provide a common ground for these two groups.

Agahnim’s other major online project is the creation of a dinosaur RPG founded entirely on information gathered from scientific articles regarding paleontology, although this has proven less successful. Although the RPG itself has been created on three separate occasions, in all three cases it was abandoned shortly afterwards due to problems with the website where it was hosted. These include:

* '''Terribleclaw.com''', which was shut down as a result of being spammed by Bobby Plank, the ex-boyfriend of the webmaster’s sister.
* '''Deinok.com''', which was abandoned due to its webmaster breaking into online accounts at other websites belonging to the people who posted there.
* '''Snakebird.net''', Agahnim’s own website, which was defaced several times by the Deinok.com webmaster.

==Art and writing==

[[Image:JanusCayroIcon.gif|left|frame|A feathered dinosaur with a character from Chrono Trigger—an example of Agahnim’s art.]]Agahnim’s most influential piece of writing is [http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/18482698/ Ned the Creationist], a poem describing a [[wikipedia: Fundamentalist_Christianity|fundamentalist Christian]] and his refusal to acknowledge even the most obvious evidence in contradiction to his viewpoint. This poem briefly acquired a cult following among members of the online paleontology community in spring of 2003. It is likely inspired by Agahnim’s experience at [http://www.timothychristian.org/ Timothy Christian school], a fundamentalist Christian high school to which Agahnim went during 11th grade. This experience also served as the inspiration for [http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/14982401/ Dinosaurs are Still here], Agahnim’s most popular piece of writing during the past few months.

The majority of Agahnim’s visual art involves [[dinosaur]]s and their relationship to birds, particularly those of them that are considered [[wikipedia: Transitional_fossil |transitional species]] such as [[wikipedia: Dromaeosaurid|dromaeosaurids]]. In September 2005 he was accepted to display his art in the [http://dino.lm.com/ Dinosauricon], although his [http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=aggie gallery] currently contains only the single image with which he was first accepted to the site, probably because the slow approval process for new uploads.

==Internet drama==

In addition to his artwork and online projects, Agahnim is known for his involvement in several internet dramas that resulted from what he considered his online presence being threatened by another individual. His most common tactic during these dramas is to act as an [http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/archivist.htm archivist], keeping careful records of what people do and say online in order to present counterexamples when someone makes a claim with which he disagrees.

===Agahnim vs. Tengu===

The first of these dramas involved [[Tengu_(person)|Tengu]], the former webmaster of terribleclaw.com, who attempted to impersonate Agahnim at [http://clouds.proboards16.com/index.cgi Clouds], the now-defunct Orbyss.net forum, and her own forum [http://www.drunkentengu.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi Drunken Tengu]. This also involved Tengu and [[Hunter Green]] posting digitally edited versions of Agahnim’s copyrighted material at [[Eat All Furries]], and Agahnim was banned from the forum after threatening legal action against the members doing this. Several months later, Agahnim evaded his ban together with one or more other previously banned members in order to spam the forum, and it was shut down a few hours later. However, the EAF administrators have claimed that this shutdown was intentional and had been planned in advance, which if true means that it was probably unrelated to the spam attack.

During the course of this drama, another member of Eat All Furries known as Drachaeus broke into Agahnim’s accounts at [[DeviantART]], [[LiveJournal]] and [http://www.fictionpress.com/ Fictionpress], deleted the contents of all three of them, and used them for himself in order to mock Agahnim for several weeks. This led to a second drama revolving around Drachaeus, as well as Agahnim distributing the IP addresses of several members of Eat All Furries with the intention that it might lead to their accounts being attacked as well.

===Agahnim vs. Drachaeus===

Shortly after defacing Agahnim’s online accounts, Drachaeus proceeded to deface the Gondolend forum as well as online accounts belonging to several of its members, including [http://archosaurian.deviantart.com/journal/2835796/ Mike Hanson], [http://hairen.deviantart.com/journal/2923004/ Ivan Kwan], and [http://mattmart.deviantart.com/journal/2885087/ Matt Martyniuk]. Because several members of Gondolend initially blamed Agahnim for these attacks, Agahnim made it his goal to find the actual culprit, and accomplished this approximately two weeks later.

However, the fact that the culprit was the webmaster of Deinok.com caused several members of the forum at this site to begin questioning the safety of allowing their forum to be hosted there. In October 2004, the forum was moved to [http://www.snakebird.net/ Snakebird.net], Agahnim’s own website. Snakebird.net was subsequently defaced several times by the Deinok.com webmaster, and the ensuing drama revolved around proving whether or not Drachaeus was indeed the person responsible for these attacks. This drama culminated in April of 2005, when the [http://cbi.state.co.us/ Colorado Bureau of Investigation] visited Drachaeus’s apartment after tracking IP addresses associated with several of these attacks. However, this drama has recurred at several points after this due to individuals refusing to acknowledge that Drachaeus was the individual responsible for this, and Agahnim’s own insistence that others accept the conclusion drawn by the CBI.

Agahnim and several of Drachaeus’s other victims have also claimed that their computers were infected with [[wikipedia: Trojan horse (computing)|Trojans]] during the course of these attacks, the most notable of these being the Gondolend administrator [http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=Gondolendian Will Svensen]. However, because this cannot be observed directly in the same manner as the defacement attacks against his victims’ websites, it is more difficult to verify.

==External links==

*[http://www.snakebird.net Snakebird.net], Agahnim's website.
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paleo_erotica/ Paleo Erotica], Agahnim’s Yahoo group.
*[http://agahnim.deviantart.com Agahnim's DeviantART], Agahnim's art and writing.
*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/agahnim/ Agahnim's Livejournal], which contains personal information about him as well as information regarding any internet dramas he may be involved in.

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Agahnim

2005-10-17T07:47:39Z

Agahnim: Added a couple images.

[[Image:Self_portrait_at_Nassau_Hall.jpg|right]]'''Agahnim''', also known as '''Aggie''', '''Anhinga''' or '''Cayro''', is a 21-year-old [[artist]] and [[writer]] named '''Jonathan Kane''', who exists on the fringes of the [[furry]] community. He currently lives and attends college in the [[wikipedia: Princeton,_New_Jersey|Princeton]] area of [[wikipedia: New_Jersey|New Jersey]]. Most of his art and writing relates to [[wikipedia:Paleontology|paleontology]], [[wikipedia:Evolution|evolution]], and the origin of [[wikipedia:Birds|birds]], particularly in order to make fun of [[wikipedia: Creationist|creationists]] for their failure to understand these topics. His art also often shows influence from the furry community and role-playing [[wikipedia: Video_game|video games]] from the early- and mid- 1990s, particulary [[wikipedia: Chrono_trigger|Chrono Trigger]] and the [[wikipedia: Legend_Of_Zelda|Legend of Zelda]] series, the name “Agahnim” being a reference to the latter.

==Personal history==

Agahnim has been diagnosed with [[wikipedia:Asperger's syndrome|Asperger's syndrome]] by Charles Cartwright, a neurologist at the [[wikipedia: University_of_Medicine_and_Dentistry_of_New_Jersey | University of Medicine and Dentistry]] hospital in [[wikipedia: Newark,_New_Jersey|Newark]]. This may explain some of the unusual traits and mannerisms for which he is known.

This, and a series of bad experiences at various high schools to which Agahnim has gone, have caused Agahnim to be hospitalized at several points for [[wikipedia: Clinical_depression|depression]] and/or [[wikipedia: Obsessive-compulsive|obsessive-compulsive disorder]]. This also led to him being prescribed with a number of [[wikipedia: Psychiatric_drugs|psychiatric drugs]] which altered his behavior further. He ceased taking these at the end of 2003, but may have not yet completely recovered from their effects.

==Art and writing==

[[Image:JanusCayroIcon.gif|left|frame|A feathered dinosaur with a character from Chrono Trigger—an example of Agahnim’s art.]]Agahnim’s most influential piece of writing is [http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/18482698/ Ned the Creationist], a poem describing a [[wikipedia: Fundamentalist_Christianity|fundamentalist Christian]] and his refusal to acknowledge even the most obvious evidence in contradiction to his viewpoint. This poem briefly acquired a cult following among members of the online paleontology community in spring of 2003. It is likely inspired by Agahnim’s experience at [http://www.timothychristian.org/ Timothy Christian school], a fundamentalist Christian high school to which Agahnim went during 11th grade. This experience also served as the inspiration for [http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/14982401/ Dinosaurs are Still here], Agahnim’s most popular piece of writing during the past few months.

The majority of Agahnim’s visual art involves [[dinosaur]]s and their relationship to birds, particularly those of them that are considered [[wikipedia: Transitional_fossil |transitional species]] such as [[wikipedia: Dromaeosaurid|dromaeosaurids]]. In September 2005 he was accepted to display his art in the [http://dino.lm.com/ Dinosauricon], although his [http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=aggie gallery] currently contains only the single image with which he was first accepted to the site, probably because the slow approval process for new uploads.

==Communities==

The online community in which Agahnim is most active is the dinosaur RPG community, which revolves around creating dinosaur characters and writing fictional scenarios in which they interact with characters created by other members. However, Agahnim rarely participates in these RPGs themselves, primarily because of the creative liberties taken in most of them and his own preference for strict accuracy in portrayals of dinosaurs. He has several enemies in this group because of this fact, as well as because of his rivalry with [[Drachaeus]], another member of the same community.

In spring of 2004, Agahnim and [[Crow]] (the administrator of one such forum) developed a romantic interest in one another. They met each other offline for the first time in August of that year, and currently consider themselves one another’s boyfriend and girlfriend.

Agahnim occasionally participates in the mainstream paleontology community. However, he rarely posts at [http://gondolend.proboards34.com/ Gondolend], the most popular forum in this community, due to a disagreement with the forum’s administrator dating from summer of 2003. The nature of this revolved around a religious debate between him and one of the forum’s other members, which Agahnim brought up during the discussion about the administrator’s father who had recently passed away. The psychiatric drugs Agahnim was taking during summer of 2003 may partially account for this mistake.

Agahnim also participates frequently in the [http://www.christianforums.com/f70-creation-evolution.html creationism vs. evolution] section of [http://www.christianforums.com/ Christian Forums] where he specializes in debunking creationists’ claims about topics related to dinosaurs.

==Projects==

Agahnim has created and managed several major online projects. The most successful of these is a Yahoo! group about dinosaur reproduction which he runs together with Tim Isles, a [[wikipedia: Zoologist|zoologist]] from the [[wikipedia: United_Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. This group contains several people who wish to study the topic from a scientific perspective, as well as a number of furries, some of which may have a [[fetish]] for this topic. This reflects Agahnim’s goal to provide a common ground for these two groups.

Agahnim’s other major online project is the creation of a dinosaur RPG founded entirely on information gathered from scientific articles regarding paleontology, although this has proven less successful. Although the RPG itself has been created on three separate occasions, in all three cases it was abandoned shortly afterwards due to problems with the website where it was hosted. These include:

* '''Terribleclaw.com''', which was shut down as a result of being spammed by Bobby Plank, the ex-boyfriend of the webmaster’s sister.
* '''Deinok.com''', which was abandoned due to its webmaster breaking into online accounts at other websites belonging to the people who posted there.
* '''Snakebird.net''', Agahnim’s own website, which was defaced several times by the Deinok.com webmaster.

==Internet drama==

In addition to his artwork and online projects, Agahnim is known for his involvement in several internet dramas that resulted from what he considered his online presence being threatened by another individual. His most common tactic during these dramas is to act as an [http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/archivist.htm archivist], keeping careful records of what people do and say online in order to present counterexamples when someone makes a claim with which he disagrees.

===Agahnim vs. Tengu===

The first of these dramas involved [[Tengu_(person)|Tengu]], the former webmaster of terribleclaw.com, who attempted to impersonate Agahnim at [http://clouds.proboards16.com/index.cgi Clouds], the now-defunct Orbyss.net forum, and her own forum [http://www.drunkentengu.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi Drunken Tengu]. This also involved Tengu and [[Hunter Green]] posting digitally edited versions of Agahnim’s copyrighted material at [[Eat All Furries]], and Agahnim was banned from the forum after threatening legal action against the members doing this. Several months later, Agahnim evaded his ban together with one or more other previously banned members in order to spam the forum, and it was shut down a few hours later. However, the EAF administrators have claimed that this shutdown was intentional and had been planned in advance, which if true means that it was probably unrelated to the spam attack.

During the course of this drama, another member of Eat All Furries known as Drachaeus broke into Agahnim’s accounts at [[DeviantART]], [[LiveJournal]] and [http://www.fictionpress.com/ Fictionpress], deleted the contents of all three of them, and used them for himself in order to mock Agahnim for several weeks. This led to a second drama revolving around Drachaeus, as well as Agahnim distributing the IP addresses of several members of Eat All Furries with the intention that it might lead to their accounts being attacked as well.

===Agahnim vs. Drachaeus===

Shortly after defacing Agahnim’s online accounts, Drachaeus proceeded to deface the Gondolend forum as well as online accounts belonging to several of its members, including [http://archosaurian.deviantart.com/journal/2835796/ Mike Hanson], [http://hairen.deviantart.com/journal/2923004/ Ivan Kwan], and [http://mattmart.deviantart.com/journal/2885087/ Matt Martyniuk]. Because several members of Gondolend initially blamed Agahnim for these attacks, Agahnim made it his goal to find the actual culprit, and accomplished this approximately two weeks later.

However, the fact that the culprit was the webmaster of Deinok.com caused several members of the forum at this site to begin questioning the safety of allowing their forum to be hosted there. In October 2004, the forum was moved to [http://www.snakebird.net/ Snakebird.net], Agahnim’s own website. Snakebird.net was subsequently defaced several times by the Deinok.com webmaster, and the ensuing drama revolved around proving whether or not Drachaeus was indeed the person responsible for these attacks. This drama culminated in April of 2005, when the [http://cbi.state.co.us/ Colorado Bureau of Investigation] visited Drachaeus’s apartment after tracking IP addresses associated with several of these attacks. However, this drama has recurred at several points after this due to individuals refusing to acknowledge that Drachaeus was the individual responsible for this, and Agahnim’s own insistence that others accept the conclusion drawn by the CBI.

Agahnim and several of Drachaeus’s other victims have also claimed that their computers were infected with [[wikipedia: Trojan horse (computing)|Trojans]] during the course of these attacks, the most notable of these being the Gondolend administrator [http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=Gondolendian Will Svensen]. However, because this cannot be observed directly in the same manner as the defacement attacks against his victims’ websites, it is more difficult to verify.

==External links==
*[http://www.snakebird.net Snakebird.net], Agahnim's website.
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paleo_erotica/ Paleo Erotica], Agahnim’s Yahoo group.
*[http://agahnim.deviantart.com Agahnim's DeviantART], Agahnim's art and writing.
*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/agahnim/ Agahnim's Livejournal], which contains personal information about him as well as information regarding any internet dramas he may be involved in.

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