What’s the difference between a kintype and a non-kin ID? There are people who will say “I’m literally x-character, it’s not a kintype, it’s LITERALLY ME!” but I don’t really see the difference? Maybe you can help shed some light on the subject? Thank you very much. UuU

The “literally me” people are generally in one of three camps

• meaning ‘literally me’ metaphorically as in “we share so many traits we might as well be the same person, lol omg hastagliterallyme.“ They don’t necessarily mean it sarcastically but they don’t mean it sincerely either. Its an identification thing, like people used to say “X is my spirit animal”.

• people who mean ‘literally me’ as in they have decided to assume that identity in place of their own normal identity for whatever reason. It may be mental illness/trauama (copinglink) or it may be for funsies, or for any number of other reasons. Whatever they are, they want to present as and be treated as the character despite not actually “believing” that they are.

• fictives. These are headmates in multiple systems/collectives that have no identity other than the character they ‘literally’ are, either because they are a mental construct created to be the character, or because they are, or believe they are the spirit of the character from another universe.

But Felix, aren’t fictionkin literally their kintype as well? Why doesn’t #literallyme mean the same thing as being kin?

Yes, fictionkin literally are their kintype. Ken Ichijouji is literally me, I am literally Vriska Serket. Or one version of  what exists of them in this universe, anyway.

However, being kin implies a certain *type* of experiencing versus a character being #literallyme. It implies things like awakening/discovery, memories, phantom limbs, homesickness, loss of abilities, etc etc. 

When you say you’re “literally x character but that its not a kintype” what you’re saying is exactly that. The character is “you” in some other way that doesn’t imply all those things that goes along with being kin.