i guess the main thing is that it kind of hurts, here i am thinking that i’ve found a really good and informative blog about something that plays a pretty big role in my life, basically giving the vibe that because i have tiers of kintypes, that i’m less valid than those who dont. and man, it is really disappointing

I never said you were less valid. Also, I despise ‘validity’ as a concept. The original question I was asked was ‘ When looking at someone’s…

in a sense, it is. though there’s also, for me, levels of how connected i feel to the kintype. like facts are facts and i know that im kin with specific characters because i have the memories.. but sometimes i dont want to be or i dont feel like i’ve retained much of my old selves/self whatever (grammer is confusing) in this life. it’s really hard to explain because not everyone who has kintypes will feel this way but for some of us, not all kintypes are equal, and we are valid

And that’s a fair way to feel, anon, and a fair way to categorize things for yourself. Like I said, I don’t actually have anything…

as someone who has “primary/secondary” kintypes, for me it’s like… sometimes i’m not sure if i’m kin with a character or not. or sometimes i have less memories and it makes me unsure. this is what define primary/secondary for me: how close i am to figuring out beyond any sort of doubt whether or not i am kin with a character

This makes sense to me but tells me that only your primary kintypes are your actual confirmed kintypes and everything else is just things that…

Is it bad to sort of not like being fictionkin/otherkin, and rather just be a polytherian? I don’t really like the culture and stuff around fictionkin/otherkin, especially on tumblr. Plus, therian seems easier to explain (just being therian, because I am a polytherian), and it sucks more because I have a psychological kintype. Is this bad? Any advice?

I can’t really blame you for not wanting to associate with the community and culture of otherkin/fictionkin, anon. However, what I can say is what…

Is it weird to look at reader insert fanfic of you x a relative of yours in a past life? As in, not incest and viewing it from your past life’s perspective, but acknowledging that this is a completely different life and viewing it from that perspective. What about you x a different canon? Both my friend and I were curious about the morals around this.

I am really not the person to ask the perspective of this, anon, but I will give it a shot, with the caveat that I…

i think i may be fictionhearted but i’m not entirely sure? especially because the character i think i am fictionheart/ed (?) with is my own OC… i have a really deep connection to him (that isn’t romantic or sexual or anything) and i have a rlly strong desire to be him.. also i’m a maladaptive daydreamer and this OC is my ‘idealised self’. i have avpd and saw that self-deserting behaviour is common, which i do, and i sort of feel like i’m constantly trying to ‘role play’ almost as my OC (1)

(2) and just completely ignore my actual self.. so do you think i’m fictionhearted ?.. I can’t comment on your mental illnesses/symptoms. However, disregarding them,…

“partially as” anon: what is a hearttype? I’ve never heard that before. With me it’s a persistent feeling that I’m nonhuman (currently going with fey but not 100% sold) that’s been around for a long time, but it comes and goes so I don’t really relate to a lot of people who say that they feel like they’re currently not human and they’re really a fairy wandering around in the human world. I am human, and the part that feels nonhuman is just a part of me, I guess. It’s not always important

Hearttype is to fictionhearted/otherhearted as kintype is to fictionkin/otherkin. As for the rest of your ask, that sounds like an interesting experience, anon. I’m not…

Not fictionkin related, but is there a word for feeling like a /part/ of you is something, but not necessarily the whole of you? I know otherhearted is a thing, but that’s always defined as identifying with something, not as, whereas this is more identifying partially as something, but not wholly? IDK I might just be imagining it but I would kind of like to know

Hearttype might cover it? Like maybe call it a minor hearttype or partial hearttype? Or synpath if you’re just relating to a part of their…

I just saw a post saying I couldn’t have a certain kintype unless I had the exact same disability they had because I wouldn’t understand their experience. The thing is that the character is a CAT and I very obviously don’t experience being a cat right now either :/ the logic in those types of posts seems faulty

The logic in those posts is completely non-existent, anon, and you can feel free to ignore them. The very basis of being kin is about…

Hello, I never used to pay other/fiction kin much mind, I wasn’t an asshole and I respected them but idk I never really got it, until I realized I may be fiction kin. I was watching a show and this particular character just seemed to call to me almost and we are scarily similar, do you think I may be kin?

Hey anon. Its entirely possible you’re fictionkin. Take a look at this post for more info. http://fromfiction.tumblr.com/post/145245227122/what-are-some-ways-you-can-identify-a-kin-type

i use fictional characters as like a way to figure out who i am?? like, finding a character who’s like me in a way makes me very happy! i wouldn’t even mind if someone called me that charas name as like a nickname! but sometimes i wonder if anyone else does this? i think its just a Teen Thing but idk i wanna know what you think??

I think that’s a pretty normal thing, and that’s not bad! Characters are meant to touch us, and make us empathize with them. 🙂 If…

hey i have OSDD-1 and i think you might have just misinterpreted things said by blogs like this-is-not-dissociative? the first alters always form in childhood, but you can absolutely form new alters later in life if new trauma occurs. i’ve never seen a DID/OSDD blog say otherwise, it’s pretty widely accepted. also, some systems are ok with the term “fictives” rather than “fictional introjects” – it just depends on the person. just a heads up

Systems may be ‘fine’ with the term ‘fictive’ but its not a DID/OSDD term. The medical term is ‘fictional introjects’. I clarify this because I have had DID/OSDD…

Heads up, there’s this user, tucuteforyouuwu, in the fictionkin, otherkin, and therian tags saying misinformation. So far it’s only one post, but there could soon be more. I’m pretty sure they’re either a troll, or they somewhat genuinely believe what they’re saying but are exaggerating to get reactions. Here’s the post number on their blog that I’m talking about: /post/145182082816/ (I’m telling you this because you sometimes warn about trolls in the tags)

For those curious, the post in question reads: friendly reminder that – u cant b otherkin/therian if u r white, u can only b fictionkin…