eat-the-frikkin-plant: I know that a lot of pain can come from being fictionkin, but remember that there are others just like you. They are searching…

I’m a soulbond who is a prince back in my home world, and honestly, I use “royaltykin” as a blanket term like the other anon, but I’ve found that it really doesn’t help on tumblr because, like you said, most of the people on this site who use the term “royaltykin” aren’t actually kin with anyone who was or is royalty, you know? It’d be nice to connect with someone who shared similar responsibilities to mine, but it’s pretty hard to do on this site thanks to those spoiled kids.

I’m sorry to hear about that, anon. Maybe try creating a network for fictionkin, whose kintypes were also royalty, instead of stressing royalkin?

I’ve always thought of “royaltykin” as just a term that meant “people who are kin with characters or beings who were/are royalty”. As in, just a term used to find people who are kin with characters who happen to be royal. But I guess I’m not really surprised that Tumblr doesn’t use it that way

I’m sure there are some people who use it that way, but on the whole, no, “royaltykin” on tumblr appear to be people who believe they…

Yeah, but kin isn’t all about biology. If you identify as Ash Ketchum, you’re not saying “I should have been born a human child in the Kanto region”, you’re saying you’re a particular person with a particular personality and set of experiences. Likewise, a royalkin probably isn’t identifying with royalty as a physical organism, but how royalty exists and the intense feeling that their existence should match.

hany0u: fromfiction: If you identify as Ash Ketchum, you’re not saying “I should have been born a human child in the Kanto region”, First of…

Since realizing I’m kin with this one character, it feels kind of weird when I say I’m a fan of her and that I love her in canon. But I mean, regardless of the fact that I am her, she still exists in the television show she’s part of independent of me and I really enjoy seeing her in the show and I think she’s really cool, and thought that before I even knew what fictionkin was. Would you say this is a normal kin experience?

I’d say its pretty normal. Some kin are definitely able to enjoy their source material separately from their kinfeels.

Yeah, but kin isn’t all about biology. If you identify as Ash Ketchum, you’re not saying “I should have been born a human child in the Kanto region”, you’re saying you’re a particular person with a particular personality and set of experiences. Likewise, a royalkin probably isn’t identifying with royalty as a physical organism, but how royalty exists and the intense feeling that their existence should match.

If you identify as Ash Ketchum, you’re not saying “I should have been born a human child in the Kanto region”, First of all, there…

What’s your opinion on people who are kin of concepts, like “royalkin”? This was prompted by the person claiming to be “princesskin”… I don’t understand how someone can be “kin” of a social/economic class. Remembering a kin life where you, an individual, were a part of that social class, and highly identifying with the experience of being that class, sure. But claiming to be “royalkin”, to me, is no different than saying you’re “poorkin” and that’s kind of fucked up imho. What do you think?

The people who use terms like ‘royalkin’ or ‘princesskin’, or for sake of example, lawyerkin, janitorkin, stockanalystkin, zookeeperkin, blacksmithkin, etc etc…. fundamentally misunderstand what the term ‘kin’ denotes.…

My kin is feral but I don’t relate much to being feral and I interpret myself more as an anthropomorphic version of my kin, like a fursona? It feels more like a combination of my kin and my physical self as I am now, and it feels more comforting, even though its not how my kin really was. My fursona is “literally me”, but not as I was then, and not as I am now. Is it odd to do that or feel that way?

Anon, I suggest you take a look at this post I reblogged the other day, because I think it sums up exactly what you’re feeling! http://fromfiction.tumblr.com/post/146149276362/lizardywizard-i-think-ive-finally-figured-out

Sometimes I feel like I physically am a certain character. Like, I know I didn’t “physically shift” or anything like that.. I don’t really know how to describe it. It’s kind of like I feel phantom limbs and whenever I think of myself I think of that character. Usually when this happens I’m surprised whenever I look into a mirror/see my shadow/etc because it doesn’t match what I feel. Does this seem like an indicator of this character being a kintype to you? (Sorry if this is poorly worded!!)

That sounds like a “phantom shift” to me anon: http://therian.wikia.com/wiki/Therianthropic_Shifting_types It could very well be that this character is a kintype and that’s why you’re experiencing shifts…

I was the anon that sent that “atheists can believe god exists” ask a while back… and it just occurred to me that an angel-kin who was an atheist/rejected god’s divinity would technically be a devil. IDK if the original anon asking about being an angel-kin + atheist is still reading this, but if you’re here, it’s something to consider!

Interesting thoughts, anon! (and sorry it took me so long to get to your ask. Some things get buried in here -__- )

Since discovering I’m kin with these two characters, I’ve been using that cope with my mental illnesses but it’s making me doubt whether it’s real or not. It feels very real, but I don’t want to be a fake because I know copingkin is different. Do other mentally ill kin do this? Use their kin to cope after finding out they’re kin? Thanks.

Mentally ill and traumatized kin often use their knowledge of their kintypes to help them cope with their illness and stress, anon. Doing so does…