I only heard of fictionkin a day ago but I cant stop thinking about it. Theres a character in a show I watch that I connect with on a personal level so much so its almost scary. I don’t think I am or ever was this person but identifying with/as them makes me feel so comfortable and validated. Is this fictionkin or is it just something entirely different? It might be worth adding that I have a dissociation disorder and I’m worried this is just a coping mechanism that my mind made up. Thanks!

“I don’t think I am or ever was this person but identifying with/as them makes me feel so comfortable and validated”    Hey friend! The…

My friend is fictionkin and from what I know she identifies with multiple different characters due to personality, and she goes through these things called kinshifts where I’d say her personality shifts a little to a different character just depending on how she feels. I don’t know much. But I’ve been interested in it and I don’t really have a spiritual connection with characters but is it fictionkin to identify to give a sense of identity to yourself and give a peace of mind?

HI anon 🙂 As you’ve noticed Kinshifts are when your personality and perception of yourself changes a little to match whatever kintype is active during…

This isn’t exactly fictionkin related but uh. How would one “channel” a character and mentally swap with them, for example to harness their strengths or something? To take on their identity for a while? What would that be called or like, do you know where I could start searching for information?

That’s called copinglink if you want to draw strength from and ‘become’ the character.  Check tumblr #copinglink for more information  Or if you want the character…

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…

I was wondering, are there any blogs that so kin calls that allow psychological kin and copinglinkers, as well? I want to talk to some people who would be okay with me letting my kin out and chatting with them, but since I don’t have exactly the same experience as most kin, even though I fully respect spiritual kin and don’t think they’re invalid, that I’ll be scolded because I’m not spiritual enough, or because I RP my kintype (partly because that’s the only way I can let him out). Any advice?

You’re certainly welcome to share your views and such on this blog, anon. Other than that, I don’t know of any particular blogs. Chime in/reblog…

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…

tbh i cant tell if im fictionkin or copinglink. i dont get memories or homesickness but i get really strong emotions n stuff. but after reading about fictionkin (i knew what otherkin was so i tried seeing if there was a “fictional character eqivilant”) i thought “wow thats way more involved than i am” in that i dont really get memories and i dont really think it’s spiritual. n with all the c’link stuff going around i was like “i guess that makes sense” but i started evaluating it and well (1/2)

(2/2) well i’m starting to think that maybe i was fictionkin all along anyway, and i’m just dwelling too much on things. im not good…

“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…

I’ve noticed there’s a breed of self-proclaimed kin who don’t fit any of the standard definitions. They’re not fake, or trolls, but they’re not spiritual/psychological kin, nor are they synpath or copinglink. They take on “kin” identities for the sake of aesthetic, IE that girl who claimed to be “cupcakekin” (she wasn’t a troll). Can we come up with a new name for these individuals?

I think that falls best under the heading of “non-kin IDs”.

Do you happen to know of any blogs about copinglink and creating a copinglink identity? I love both this blog and your soulbonder blog, so I wish to find one similar (with the same amount of correct info, or at least no misinformation) for copinglink. Most of the copinglink tag is correcting people who think it is otherkin, which is good info, but frustrating.

Unfortunately I don’t know any good, dedicated copinglink blogs.  If anybody knows some, please reblog or send an  ask with the url! In the meantime,…

nonhumanity-and-nonsense: Kintypes are not consciously and actively chosen and cannot be dropped, avoided, or given up with any real success. However, copinglinks are identities with…

Idk if this has been asked before but ive noticed a lot of “ID pages” on blogs where people are saying “this character is not my kintype they are literally me” do you know what that mean or anything because it always confuses me, especially when they list a bunch of kintypes or copinglinks below the initial “literally me” characters

Every person is an individual and has their own reasons for doing that. I can’t tell you the reason everyone has. That said, I think…

Do you think there’s some fundamental difference between copinglinks and being fiction-hearted? The way I’ve heard them described by people who identify that way, they sound exactly the same, but the way I see copinglinks being described by the spiritual kin community makes it sound like people are sitting down and making a conscious decision to identify as a certain character.

I think there’s a lot of crossover between the two, but I’d listen mostly to the people who use those labels as to what they…

Hello, sorry if this is a bother, but could you talk about or direct me to anyone talking about “copinglink”? I think I understand what it means, but am not sure I quite get it. I did a Google search and a Tumblr search, but came up with 2 posts, which were both angry sounding posts and didn’t actually mention what copinglink was, just that it exists. :( I’m all for new terms to describe things, esp because “kin” has been twisted so much lately by others.

Copinglink is a very new term. I’m pretty sure it’s meant to replace copingkin? @inexplicablehanyou can probably explain better than I can.