Alterhuman definitions

Alterhuman: A member of the nonhuman/otherworldly community. Anyone who identifies as, or is connected to, a non-human, or as someone or something from or connected to a place other than this earth.

Types of alterhumans:

Therian/Therianthrope: Someone who believes they are spiritually or mentally a non-human animal native to this earth.

Otherkin: Someone who discovers through personal experiences and phenomena that they are spiritually or mentally any type of non-human creature.

Fictionkin: Someone who discovers through personal experiences and phenomena that they are spiritually or mentally any person who appears as a character in fiction, or a member of a fictional species.    

Copinglinker: Someone who takes on the identity/persona of any creature, or fictional character in order to cope with mental illness, trauma or other emotional factors.

Otherhearted: Someone with a strong emotional or spiritual connection to any type of non-human creature, without believing that they are that creature.

Fictionhearted: Someone with a strong emotional or spiritual connection to any fictional character or fictional species, without believing that they are that character or species.

Synpath: Any creature, or fictional character that a person strongly identifies with or feels an empathic bond with.

Fictive: A headmate who has the whole identity of any person who appears as a character in fiction, or member of a fictional species.

Soulbond: The spirit of a person who appears as a character in fiction who shares the headspace/body of a person on this earth.