old tumblr postsPosted on

So, I’m worried I may be a fictionflicker. But I have memories of every single one of my kintypes. I have over 20 and I have solid memories for every single one. If I am a fictionflicker, does that mean I’m making them up? Am I not actually kin of these characters? Is being a fictionflicker ‘bad’ or mean that I’m not actually kin? I’m not sure how to word my worries, sorry

First of all, let me be very, very clear. Being a fictionflicker isn’t bad. It isn’t something to be ‘worried’ you are. Its not something negative,…

Read More
old tumblr postsPosted on

Hi, I was wondering if you had heard of any issues with kin being… Not canon gender? Like I identify with Cecil Palmer from Welcome to Night Vale, but I’m a girl and canon Cecil is not. Also follow up question I think you may have answered before: can you identify with many different kin from different universes?

If you mean that the Cecil you remember being was female, and canon Cecil is male– many of us kin experience large differences between the…

Read More
old tumblr postsPosted on

Sorry if this is a weird question but what’s the “acceptable” amount of time before you consider yourself kin with a character? What’s always happened to me is if I saw a movie for the first time or something I would see a character I really liked+identified w/ and I would just be like “ME THAT’S ME” but I don’t know if that’s a common/normal thing?

Often when people are discovering that they are kin they feel an instinctive ‘that’s me’ tug with a character but don’t know how to explain it.…

Read More
old tumblr postsPosted on

so uh when i was little a lot of shitty stuff was happening to me. i didnt have any support at all so i basically completely projected myself into fictiona characters? i would call myself their name in my head/pretend i was them kinda? its hard to remember exactly what i did tbh but im a teenager+i still kinda do this and i was wondering could i call myself kin? ive never heard any stories abt someone trying to cope like i did so i feel kinda bad calling myself kin:/ sorry if this makes no sense

The word for what you were doing is ‘copinglink’, which is part of the alterhuman community (but a little different than kin). There’s nothing wrong with…

Read More
old tumblr postsPosted on

Here’s a strange thought I’ve had lately: do you think it’s possible for someone to be fictionkin, but for their fictionkin past life to have happened on this plane of reality? Let’s say, for example, someone was kin of a Watership Down character. Could someone have had a life as a rabbit that reflected–from the rabbit’s perspective–a story very similar to what was depicted in the book? It’s hard to expand on this in an ask box, but maybe you understand what I’m getting at. Thoughts?

I don’t personally believe that would make someone fictionkin though my beliefs are not the only say in the matter! Your specific example sounds to…

Read More
old tumblr postsPosted on

hey ok so I’ve been really ffreakin out here, man, like when I see things like fanart or a post about this one character I just really, intensely feel, just a Really intense feeling, like it get hard to breathe a bit, I make small noises, pressure in chest, feels like a panic attack but /different/??? idk I’m just, really confused, like maybe am I kin? ddid I have some weird feelings for this character? any help is appreciated if possible

Its possible you’re kin, or that you are fictionhearted, or that the character is a synpath. What is clear is that the character effects you…

Read More