old tumblr postsJune 26, 2016

This isn’t purely fictionkin-related, but I was thinking on the argument anti-kin make about how “all otherkin are always glorious animals, nobody’s ever a slug” and how “all fictionkin are always main characters, never somebody non-notable” and… it occurred to me that most people who ARE kin of, say, a slug, aren’t going to be vocal about it. It’s embarrassing to admit. People mock us for being “cool” stuff; imagine how much worse they’d treat us if we admitted being a chicken or something.

This is absolutely true, anon. Also, the people who say that always forget that there ARE people who are things like snails, goblins, unseen characters,…

old tumblr postsJune 24, 2016

When seeing myself in canon, is it okay to refer to me as ‘them’ purely to make things easier, such as not confusing people etc?

That’s perfectly fine, anon. I do the same thing. ^^

old tumblr postsJune 24, 2016

is it possible to be a character twice? like you were them in one life, and then you were them again in a different au and life? I’m not personally but do you think it’s possible

Honestly, anything’s possible, anon. The multiverse, and the mind are mysterious, poorly understood places, so its hard to rule anything out. I know of a…

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

The definition of alterhuman according to the person who coined the term is “A category of personal identity which encompasses identification that is alternative to the common societal idea of humanity.” Your re-definition excludes groups originally meant to be included by it.

Hey anon. Thank you for pointing this out. If you (or someone else) could tell me who my definition leaves out and how it could…

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

hey, um..I have a question! I’m pretty new to all this fictionkin stuff, and I was just curious if I was fictionkin or not. I watch this tv show that I adore and I feel like I relate quite well to a character. would that mean im fictionkin? sorry,,,,

Hey anon! Here’s a quick checklist to help you figure out if you might be kin or not. (link)

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

I’m a soulbond who is a prince back in my home world, and honestly, I use “royaltykin” as a blanket term like the other anon, but I’ve found that it really doesn’t help on tumblr because, like you said, most of the people on this site who use the term “royaltykin” aren’t actually kin with anyone who was or is royalty, you know? It’d be nice to connect with someone who shared similar responsibilities to mine, but it’s pretty hard to do on this site thanks to those spoiled kids.

I’m sorry to hear about that, anon. Maybe try creating a network for fictionkin, whose kintypes were also royalty, instead of stressing royalkin?

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

I’ve heard the term Aeslink or Aestheticlink for people who identify with purely surface level characteristics of a character (ie their clothes, their mannerisms, essentially their “aesthetic”) Is this an okay term to use?

That sounds like a fine term to use, anon!

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

I’ve always thought of “royaltykin” as just a term that meant “people who are kin with characters or beings who were/are royalty”. As in, just a term used to find people who are kin with characters who happen to be royal. But I guess I’m not really surprised that Tumblr doesn’t use it that way

I’m sure there are some people who use it that way, but on the whole, no, “royaltykin” on tumblr appear to be people who believe they…

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

Since realizing I’m kin with this one character, it feels kind of weird when I say I’m a fan of her and that I love her in canon. But I mean, regardless of the fact that I am her, she still exists in the television show she’s part of independent of me and I really enjoy seeing her in the show and I think she’s really cool, and thought that before I even knew what fictionkin was. Would you say this is a normal kin experience?

I’d say its pretty normal. Some kin are definitely able to enjoy their source material separately from their kinfeels.

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

In response to previous anon, I totally get what you mean! For both of my kintypes I used to dream and wish that I could be a part of their world and not this one. I would constantly imagine myself with the other characters in there, and it was such a relief to realise I was kin?