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How would I go about telling someone I have soulbonds? My best friend thinks otherkin are a joke and I’m afraid she’ll feel the same about my soulbonds even tough she’s a writer too and the concept originated from authors. You’d think since she’s a sexual minority she would understand, but I’m afraid she just doesn’t believe otherkin, especially fictionkin, are anything more than people who are over-obsessed or schizophrenic. Have any advice?

Oooh, this is a tough question. Talking about soulbonds with people who don’t have them runs the risk of the person thinking that you are “crazy”…

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With all this talk about fictives and tulpas and soulbonding and such, I’m curious as to what exactly a soulbond is. Are they always connected to a body? Or could it be that they exist elsewhere (i.e. the astral realm or another dimension) but have a “link” to a specific person for one reason or another? If they’re, say, someone from one of your fictionkin’s lives but they aren’t always inside you, are they still a soulbond? Thanks.

All soulbonds come from ‘outside’, originally, which is one thing that makes them soulbonds, as opposed to another kind of headmate. I tend to linken being…

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My question is are mental shifts a ‘kin thing or a system thing? I thought (from what I’ve read elsewhere) a mental shift is the same as what Tumblr refers to as “kin feels”-feeling extremely connected to your kintype’s mentality or memories for a short time. I also thought “fronting” was the system equivalent (although a lot stronger, like switching the driver in a carpool so to speak). Tumblr has messed up my understanding of terminology elsewhere and I wasn’t sure if it did here, too.

Ahhh, I see. Simple enough, In fact, you’re entirely correct. Shifting is an Otherkin term (specifically originating in the Therian / Were community I believe)…

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