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I feel like I’m questioning myself much too harshly. Basically, I constantly feel like all of my feelings were fabricated because I was just forming them to fit into this identity like a copycat, and it’s really intrusive. But no matter what, even after so many checks, I know the most vivid of experiences are real, and I still feel strongly like it’s my identity. But even so it comes back after a while, then leaves again. But I mean, kin can’t be confirmed so Im just over-questioning. I think.

It sounds like you’re definitely over-questioning it. Its okay. Its something we all do now and again, because you’re right, its not something that can…

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Lately I’ve been getting a lot of memory flashes that are pretty clearly from the life of a specific character. They feel like memories, and they all seem familiar or right. I think I might be kin with him, which would also explain some of the missing abilities I’ve had my whole life and actually a whole lot about me. The thing is, I don’t believe in souls? I believe in a singular consciousness in each person, but not souls. I just don’t know how else to explain things I’ve felt my entire life.

I feel for you, anon. Souls and such weren’t on my radar when I first started awakening as kin. Here’s the thing. Its okay to…

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Lately I started ‘getting back’ my memories, but from different… life, I guess? I also started feeling like I’m out of place. I tried looking up some characters that I know, but I couldn’t feel any bigger connection to them – although, I feel like I know some of them for a pretty long time as friends or enemies. I also got some kind of visions about some character, that is not from anything I know, but I feel like it’s me. Is it possible to be a kin of nonexistent character?

Yes, anon, it is totally possible to be kin of a ‘non-existent’ character- as in a person who doesn’t exist in the canon/source material of the…

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dragonst0mper: jeshire-katt: I wonder if the majority of Tumblr otherkin realize that outside of Tumblr in the community that has existed since the 90′s and…

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Hi there. There is a character I really relate to and connected to pretty much instantly. I know I have a strong connection to him, and a strong understanding of him, but I’m not sure if he is a kin of mine. I don’t have memories though and I feel like thats a big indicator of being fictionkin. How do I know if I’m kin to him or if I just relate to him strongly?

First of all, you’ll need to take your time. Even with an instant reaction, it can take weeks, months, or even years to truly understand…

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I’ve been questioning being fictionkin of this character for a couple months now, but fairly recently I started wondering if I’m a different character from the same source (these are characters who know/knew each other). Now, I think I’m first character I was questioning, but I’m not exactly sure. Any advice on how I can figure out who my kinself is?

Well, the easiest way would be if you had any memories- that would probably clear things right up because they’d be from your kinself’s perspective.…

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autisticpeko: so i’m looking into more terms for connections w fictional characters and i’m wondering if anyone’s had a similar experience? it kind of seems…

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What’s your opinion on forging a soulbond with your significant other from a past life? Also what are the logistics of this where timelines are concerned, considering the soulbonder has probably lived other lives since then? You would think the person in question wouldn’t be around to create a soulbond with anymore. I know it’s possible, I’ve seen other people with soulbonds to people who died not long after them or even before them in canon and I just don’t… get it? How does this work?

I’ve never gone out of my way to make a soulbond with my former significant others, because the idea makes me personally feel ‘weird’. However, I…

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I feel like I literally ‘am’ Sariel from Touhou sometimes. I’ve always felt a strong, unexplained connection to them ever since I first discovered them, and a lot of times I feel like I have ‘phantom wings’ for lack of a better term, flexing my shoulders as if moving my wings. I do use my identity as a coping mechanism, but I don’t think it was the sole reason it was created since my home situation started getting worse after Sariel started to grow in me. Not sure what to call myself?

You sound like fictionkin to me, if you believe that you ‘are’ Sariel in any way. Its totally okay and normal to use your identity to…

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Saying “you can’t be kin outside of your race” is actually stupidly racist. What about people of races that have no, or very little, fictional representation? They’re not allowed to be kin, or what? Only white/black/Asian people are permitted to be a part of the community, I guess. Everybody who isn’t white/Asian is forced to identify with a narrow scope of characters that are often one-note or badly written because racism fucking exists in the media. Yeah, that’s not marginalizing.

Totally agree with you, anon.

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Hi, I’m pretty new to this kin stuff, and so I’m a bit confused over how I’m feeling. When I look at this particular character or think about them, I definitely get a sense of “oh that’s me” and I have a vague idea of who the character was outside of canon context. But when I evaluate their characteristics and mine, we seem to be two completely different people. How can I possible identify as a character when I am nothing like them? Am I something other than kin?

Anon, its totally possible to be kin of someone that seems nothing like you are now. Especially if you believe in kin by reincarnation, people…

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I just realised that nothing really happened to me and I was hit with depression, and when I was having “making-myself-cry-by-talking-weird-things-that-made-no-sense” fits I often repeated that I wanted to go home really badly even when I WAS home?? I dunno. And if somehow I AM fictionkin, could it be that in my past life something really bad happened? It’s all overhelming…

Ouch, anon. You have my deepest sympathy. That was a feeling I often experienced when I was younger. Wanting to go home, even when I…

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hi! first, i really like your blog! but i’d also like your opinion on something. i have one kin i feel really strongly about and have vague memories of my classmates and friendships. i’m questioning another kin where i feel a lot more strongly as far as the identity (that’s me!) but i don’t have any kind of emotional memories outside of that. (yet?) is that still kin? is there such a thing as “secondary kin” where it’s a lesser connection? i’m a bit overwhelmed by all this, honestly.

Some people are more or less connected to thier kinlives, and feel them more or less deeply. It’s possible that the kintype you’ve stumbled on…

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