kin already means so many things to different people that the distinction between it and “synpaths” seems really unnecessary + ableist and stigmatizing to me? because calling them synpaths instead of kintypes smacks of “i am basically this thing but for Rational Non Mentally Ill reasons! look at how Not Delusional I am!”

joshthepsychopath: Synpath means to relate to something strongly, either mentally or spiritually. Kin is to identify as literally something (again, spiritually or mentally w/e). There’s…

werealljustabitmadhere: serket-service: nonmuslims: Anon I guess my main problem with that logic is that you could say that about Meenah too. You could say she…

francis-dolarhyde: Day 8535873368 and I still don’t fully understand the difference between being a fictive and being fictionkin At least from a linguistic perspective I…

Someone: “Otherkin aren’t real!” Me: That’s funny. I wonder what those academic articles, dissertations, and books talking about otherkin were about… Also, I could of…

Just a little bit of a correction, tulpas only sometimes fall into the category of headmates. It really depends on the tulpa. A lot of tulpamancers project their tulpas into imaginary friend like things that they can visualize following them and such. Also, quite a lot of tulpas are unable to actually switch (switch places with the host). Some can do what is called possession which is sort of an in between where the tulpa moves one part of the body such as the hands. (1/2)

But for the most part, from my own experiences along with what I have gathered from others, the majority of tulpas seem to exist in…

dragonade4kin: If someone says “are you sure you’re otherkin?” in the community, they’re not trying to be rude. Especially with the uprising of Tumblr, people have…