Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me if fictionkin involves fictional species/characters of your own creation? For example, if you created a species, or character, and felt kin to it, would that be fictionkin or otherkin? So far I’ve mostly seen fictionkin being for pre-existing characters or species in media created by someone else. But otherkin also sometimes seems to be only for Earth animals and not fantasy-based creatures. Could you clear this up?

Kintypes that involve species of your own creation can be considered otherkin or fictionkin, depending on your presence and who you’re talking to. But otherkin…

I’m totally piggybacking off the other anon here but, is it wrong, while questioning or figuring things out, to preemptively call yourself (blank character or term) as a sort of “here try this on and see if this is really how you feel”? Or do you think maybe it’s best to wait for things to blow over n stuff?

Its totally fine to ‘test out’ a name or identity to see if that matches what you’re feeling. And don’t feel bad about letting people know…

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