“i would only take this type of kin seriously if theyve spent years and years contemplating their deep spiritual status and evaluating their inner soul relentlessly”
ummmmmmm how about you just let people have fun with their lives and believe them when they say theyre a character/space/a piece of fuckin toast bcuz its not hurting you at all and you dont need to account for things you dont have control over when people make fun of you for something you personally arent.
like if some anti-kin comes in and is like “ur a freak lol i just saw a toastkin who was serious” all you have to do is go “well thats not how i identify, (explain your personal situation here)” and thats all that needs to happen!!! if they harass you about someone else, thats their problem not yours!!!
No, just no. I know from experience that arguing with you is pointless, but you put this in the tags, so this will be my one and only reply to this post.
You can have fun being kin but being kin is not ‘about having fun’. It is not a selected identity or something you just decide to be because it makes you feel better or you think it will be fun, no matter how much you want it to be. There are words for that. Copinglink, other/fictionheart, synpath. Not kin.
Being kin is a voyage of self discovery. Its something that takes mental/spiritual work and introspection to understand about yourself. An otherkin is someone who discovers through personal experiences and phenomena that they are spiritually or mentally any type of non-human creature.
If you are kin, you were always kin, and won’t ever stop being kin. Its an inherent, unchangeable part of yourself and it comes with certain experiences. No two people experience being kin exactly the same way, but there ARE experiences that contribute to being kin. If you don’t experience at least a couple of things on the list of otherkin experiences, then you’re probably not kin.
- feel like you are the kintype
- have homesickness for another place
- have gender/species/image dysphoria
- supernumary phantom limbs
- birthmarks/scars/phantom pains
- memories/visions/dreams
- unexplained fears or urges
- feelings of missing abilities
- feelings of missing people you don’t know
And its okay to not be kin! Fictionhearted people are great. Synpaths are great. Copinglinkers? Really great! I’m fictionhearted.
But stop saying anyone can be kin. Its just. Not. True.
