I just saw a post saying I couldn’t have a certain kintype unless I had the exact same disability they had because I wouldn’t understand their experience. The thing is that the character is a CAT and I very obviously don’t experience being a cat right now either :/ the logic in those types of posts seems faulty

The logic in those posts is completely non-existent, anon, and you can feel free to ignore them. The very basis of being kin is about…

i use fictional characters as like a way to figure out who i am?? like, finding a character who’s like me in a way makes me very happy! i wouldn’t even mind if someone called me that charas name as like a nickname! but sometimes i wonder if anyone else does this? i think its just a Teen Thing but idk i wanna know what you think??

I think that’s a pretty normal thing, and that’s not bad! Characters are meant to touch us, and make us empathize with them. 🙂 If…