I’ve noticed there’s a breed of self-proclaimed kin who don’t fit any of the standard definitions. They’re not fake, or trolls, but they’re not spiritual/psychological kin, nor are they synpath or copinglink. They take on “kin” identities for the sake of aesthetic, IE that girl who claimed to be “cupcakekin” (she wasn’t a troll). Can we come up with a new name for these individuals?

I think that falls best under the heading of “non-kin IDs”.

My dad believes strongly in the concept of infinity and past lives, and we were talking about how it might be possible to be multiple fictional characters in past lives. I really, really want to tell him I’m fiction/otherkin because I hate not being able to talk to him or anyone else I’m close to about it and I know I will be safe if I explain it the right way, but I don’t want to say something wrong. I’m not the best at explain things and I don’t want to mess up. How should I come out to him?

I think if you have a good relation ship with your dad, and if he believes in the general concepts of infinity and past lives,…