so uh a few days ago i think i awakened as an Elsen from OFF and it explains SO much about myself, but the thing is it also means that a huge chunk of my “personality” was just a front so people didn’t see my (extremely dull and persuadable) inner self, and now i’m flipping back and forth between denial and acceptance because on one hand i feel so -right- accepting it but on the other this will offput a lot of people because i’ve been acting as “the outgoing eccentric” for a decade. advice?

I feel conflicted in the advice I should give you, my friend, so I’m afraid I may not be as helpful as you might wish.…

I think I might be Fictionkin. I never really truly understood what fictionkin was until people began to ask me if I was fictionkin with the character I now believe I am, and I researched it. It makes me kinda uneasy, because I’ve talked about fictionkin with friends and I know they dont think its a thing so I’m getting nervous about it. Part of me hopes I’m just going through a lil bit of a phase but I think I’ve always identified with the character,,, I dunno… I’m confused.

Discovering that you’re fictionkin can be a scary and confusing thing, especially when your local friends don’t understand or believe you. My advice for now…

I’m fictionkin for a race called genomes from ff9 like idk how to explain it but theres an incredibly deep connection it’s been there for 3 years and i could never explain it and why i felt so at… home playing ff9 and i’m honestly wondering if thats normal?? i mean i can’t really specify a character but theres something there tho the one i feel closest to is also of that race maybe we knew each other..? idk it’s very confusing i’m sorry ;;;

It is absolutely normal to associate as a member of a fictional race, rather than as a specific character. This happens a lot to pokekin…