“you can only have one kinself”
fuck that i’ll make 39482309 kinselves if i want to and they’re all still me
there’s no universal rules saying you can’t have more than one kinself, its basically the same as having multiple kintypes, all your kintypes are you and all your kinselves are you whether you have 1 or 100 of them. it’s just like if you make a persona of yourself, some people have multiple views of themselves and therefore multiple personas. damn
It’s true you can have more (this has always been true)
but kintypes are NOT something you create. They aren’t something that you pick in any sense. They are not personas at all. If anyone or anything on tumblr has led you to that conclusion, you’ve been severely misdirected. A quick google search for outside resources will explain it better.
I don’t think you understand what i’m saying. I never said you choose/create kintypes, i said you can make kinselves, which is different from a kintype
some people (i’ve seen lots of therians and deitykin do this) make a “persona” based off their kintype(s) that represents them just like a regular persona would, and they call it a kinself
i know what i’m talking about alrighty
I’ve been in otherkin and therian communities for over 10 years, so I also know what I’m talking about. I’m not trying to fight with you? But you’re using a word incorrectly.
The appearance of your kintype is also not something you pick. There’s definitely a process involved in figuring it out, but it’s not like designing.
Your kintype does not have a separate persona. Your kintype is literally you, in every way. It’s not in the 3rd person or apart from you at all. It’s not “based” on anything, it’s just you. Making a persona is not a kinself. Kinself is just another word for kintype, or your species, w/e.
i’m not using any words incorrectly???? i’m not talking about kintypes??? i’m using words the way i’ve seen people use them???
also it honestly feels like you’re fighting with me
i never said it was. i never said that making a kinself required designing anything. how do you know people don’t draw how their kintype looks and call it a kinself
and? a persona is also you? it is not “separate” in most cases, when you make a persona it is an artistic representation of you? i think you’re seriously misunderstanding me????
i’m using kinself the way i’ve seen others use it, and i’ve never seen anyone use it to mean kintype, its always been “how you look according to what your kintype is” basically.
e.g. the drawing on my sidebar is my deity “kinself” but i could just as easily say a red fox is also my “kinself” because that is what i looked like in whatever life that i was a red fox
#bird noises#long post#drama –#i’ve
known about otherkin for 11 years but also it… really doesn’t matter
to me how long anyone has been in the community honestly….#we’re all fighting over words in the end#language is fluid and peoples’ definitions of things will fluctuate#especially in the case of vague words like ‘kinself’#i have never seen this used to specifically mean kintype#its always been used the way i described itwrong blog fuck me
Hi guys, I hope I can help with this. I (think) I am the person who coined ‘kinself’, if not I am one of the ones who uses it most.
for clarification:
kintype: the species you are. In other words, wolf, fae, elf, pikachu, etc
kinself: your name/identity as kin. Its the person you remember being as kin. Primarily applies to fictionkin.
for example Legolas Greenleaf is a kinself, and elf is a kintype. Wolf is a kintype, Balto is a kinself.
