Some reasons discovering you are kin is important: putting a name to that gnawing ache that’s always been inside of you realizing there’s an actual…

before i knew what otherkin were i got into a series and immediately felt a very close connection to one of the characters, as well as certain feelings about the character that turned out to be canon, though i hadn’t gotten nearly that far in the series. this feeling remained and now i’ve started playing it more again, it’s stronger than ever, i feel really nostalgic about locations and characters and am now questioning it as a kintype. does it sound like it or could it maybe be something else?

It sounds like it is definitely a possible kintype, and worth exploring whether it is or not! If its not a kintype, it might also…

i am so damn confused. i’ve spent two years now thinking that i might be fictionkin, but i can’t come to definite answer. i’ve tended to push away any feelings (or memories???) of my kin that i have, because i don’t know what the hell to do with them. but they always come back, with bigger force. i have no idea if i AM fictionkin, or fictionhearted, or some other term that I don’t even know yet because there are so many to learn. i don’t even know why i sent this ask. im just so confused.

If you have to push away these feelings and they keep coming back, that’s a good indication that you may be kin, or have a…

Different anon. The realmultipleadvice, by their own stance, doesn’t respect kin though. They deny it exists, which is fine there will be a difference in beliefs, but then they also say that it’s incredibly unhealthy to be kin even as a coping method. Which is insulting to the belief system and a major issue kin would have with the people running that blog.

That’s fair, and I can see where you are coming from with that stance. I’ll admit I find their position somewhat ironic, given that they…

Out of curiosity, are you okay with regular not-nounself neopronouns? You know, the ones that actually follow the rules of English? I was just curious because I read your about and it said you don’t like “nounself neopronouns,” and I got confused. In any case, your blog is fantastic and I think you’re awesome and intelligent. Thanks! -a curious dragon

The pronouns I’m comfortable using for people for now, are he, she, and singular ‘they’. I think its important for our language to have a pronoun…

is it a common thing to get memories and stuff from fanworks? like, fanfiction and things like that. i read a fic for one of my fickintypes recently and it felt like i was hit with a serious case of deja vu, like i was reading a description of something that happened to me, but this only happened once i’d gotten to a certain part of the fic

Fanworks can definitely trigger memories and feelings, especially if they capture something that was meaningful to you. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re kin specifically…

1/2 I very conflicted. I’ve been doubting this entire identity lately. When I battle my doubts, am I just denying the truth? Do I fabricate my kinfeels and memories to fit into this identity? Am I just using to cope, to fill the empty void in my identity depression left there? Am I just doing this to belong, because I don’t belong anywhere else? Then there’s a whole other series of “what-ifs.” I want to say I’m being too hard on myself, that this is truly where my heart lies and I have figured

2/3 myself out.But I also want to say I’m deluded and crazy, that this is just a fun game my brain put together for me,…

hello! this may seem like a silly question but i was wondering if its okay to have really strong emotional reactions to your canon and memories and such? like i tell myself to “get over it, that life is over” but i sometimes think of something that happened in canon or one of my memories. or think about people i loved. and occasionally i’ll just break down crying because of canonsickness. i guess i’m just looking for validation that its ok to feel that way at times? do you ever experience this?

Anon, my friend, this is completely normal and okay. I, and a lot of people, get upset about things that happen in canon, and memories,…

What should I do if I find out someone in the kin community is faking? I have evidence that a rather popular fictionkin in the Homestuck community is lying about being kin, but I don’t know if I should expose them or not. It seems kind of like a dick move to start that kind of drama… but isn’t it also a dick move to not inform the people they’re screwing with? They’re not SERIOUSLY hurting anyone, but still.

I have mixed feelings about this, anon. I suppose my question is this. How do you know they’re faking? If you have proof/screenshots of them…

Hi! A kinype I had might actually be a fiction-hearted connection after questioning a little bit. But there are still things that kinda support it being a past life? Like, why I was always scared of this or that, I predicted a few big events in the book, the universe feels “real” to me, etc. But I feel my actual connection to the character might be leaning more towards hearted?

Only you can decide how to define your internal experience, anon. If you think it feels more fiction-hearted than fictionkin, that’s up to you. Nothing…

What are fictionkin? Fictionkin; (noun): A person who discovers that they have in some way inherited the soul/spirit/complete mentality of a fictional character, and the…

For those anti-kin who like to say that fictionkin are somehow ‘stealing’ from authors or engaging in copyright infringement (????) here is some stuff for you…

I not sure about whether or not I’m otherkin anymore. I truly feel I’m not human and I don’t belong here, but I can’t help but question my faith in this. Like what I experience isn’t enough and my beliefs are just made up and I’m delusional, maybe it makes more sense if I’m delusional. I don’t know whether I’m right or wrong and it’s just frustrating. Maybe it would’ve been better if I never discovered otherkin at all, and my feelings of being out of place never had an explanation.

These feelings are really understandable. Sometimes its better not to focus on labels, and focus more on how you feel. Whether your experiences are ‘real’ or…