so i’m looking into more terms for connections w fictional characters and i’m wondering if anyone’s had a similar experience? it kind of seems like something between kinning and soul bonding.
like… i do feel like there’s a distinction between me and my kins (which is the term im gonna use for them rn bc it’s what i’ve been using). i’ve always kinda felt like they set up shop in my head instead of being entirely me. but i also feel like that distinction can be very fluid sometimes. a lot of the time when i talk about kin stuff with people i’ll start the convo talking about them in third person, but partway through i’ll just switch to first person bc that feels natural. i don’t feel like there’s a switch happening, it’s still me, and the characters are still a part of me. they’re just also not at the same time, sort of. so the way i interact with them is definitely more like soul bonding, but they’re not entirely separate from my identity at all. sometimes they’re like friends, but other times they’re me. i definitely had the “oh my god that’s me” moment that a lot of kin describe as having. but also one of my kins has a kin that i don’t feel terribly connected to. so that’s a thing.
so if anyone feels similarly?? that’d be great and helpful and i’d love to hear your experiences.
I had a long chat with this person earlier, and I’m curious too if there are others out there experiencing this sort of middle area between being kin and soulbonding.
