I think I might be fictionkin with sonic the hedgehog. Now that’d be ok except for the fact that I came to this realization like 4 days ago. Before that, I had almost little to no interest in him or the franchise. I can say to myself comfortably “yes, I am sonic the hedgehog”, but I’m worried that this is just a phase because of how recent the realization came

If you’re worried its just a phase, then don’t go around telling people (online or off) that you’re Sonic the Hedgehog until you’ve made sure.…

I come from a canon where alternate universes exist and there are two instances of my fictype in one part (one of them hopped over) – both of them are the real one. I wish others would consider things like this, it may help with confusion and feeling invalidated. And they were different because they were from different timelines – but they were still themselves, just different personalities. Just as we are – we are our types, but we are different timelines, different personalities.

I hear you, anon!

i follow a fickin confession blog, and so many ppl say how they miss folks from their canon, and I’m just like?? How do you know they aren’t already a part of your life? This goes especially for spiritual fickin. Souls tend to stick together as they reincarnate, I’ve noticed this with my own life–I have several ppl in this life, 2 in particular (a soul mate and a twin flame) that have been a constant throughout all of my past lives, and are from my “canon”.

Some people feel more cut off than others. But its true. You never know who’s near.

I assume fictionkin and fictives feel dysphoria, but do fichearted? Like looking in the mirror and going “I’m not the right person”. Someone I know is trying to determine whether they’re kin or just fictionhearted and I feel like -hearted people wouldn’t feel dysphoria since they don’t believe they are that character?

I;m not fiction-hearted myself, so I can’t speak for them, but I would imagine that being fiction hearted wouldn;t cause dysphoria. 

What people say: “You can’t be kin of a non-white person if you are white!” What it sounds like they’re saying: “It is empirically impossible…

cassieparkes: fromfiction: cassieparkes: This is probably one of those posts that I’ll regret making, but can someone please explain fictionkin to me? I’m not trying…

you could say that person was holding a prejudiced viewpoint. but not a racist one, in such a situation. and while you might think your views are completely separate from your race, gender, etc, consider that all of these things affect the way you think on a subconscious level?? These things all affect your opinions. (I don’t even disagree with you on the argument you made. Just don’t like the way you handled that anon.)

That’s fair, anon. I agree, the person was prejudiced, and probably not actively racist. I chose my wording carefully, to make them think about what…

I’m poking around your blog but I haven’t found an answer to this so do excuse me if this has been asked before. But, when you are fictionkin, are you not allowed to have any identity outside of the person/being you are kinning with? Are you not supposed to have any other traits? Do you share a soul or is the soul purely from the person you kin with? In which case how would you have any identity of your own? Been curious about this for some time especially while trying to figure out my identity.

Of course fictionkin have identities of their own.  The analogy I use is this. Imagine being five years old. You’re a very different person now,…

t hank you for making an explanation on fiction-hearted, I’ve been wondering for a while and now I know that I’m Fiction-hearted!!!

You’re welcome! I am really glad that it helped you. info on fiction-hearted for the curious: http://fromfiction.tumblr.com/post/123135988427/i-identify-a-lot-with-wirt-otgw-his http://fromfiction.tumblr.com/post/123135338372/so-i-feel-like-i-identify-with-this-character-and http://fromfiction.tumblr.com/post/123135177617/hi-i-was-just-reading-your-posts-about-being

for me (not the same anon), i’m not down with your whole “or you would have two individual headmates” definition because my headmates are not me so they wouldn’t be my past lives or whatever. even if i had a headmate who was the same person i’m ficitonkin of, that headmate would be different and not me. ymmv of course.

No, I completely agree with this. I worded the previous answer generously to allow for someone who hadn’t considered the possibility that the people they…

so i feel like i identify with this character and not as but i’m unsure. i know the term for this is either fictionheir or fiction hearted and i’m dying to know more about fictionheir. i really want to say proudly that i identify with this character but i am unsure if i do. what questions should i ask myself if i believe i’m fictionheir with (is that how you’d phrase it?) with this character?

Fiction hearted, and fictionheir are two terms for the same phenomenon.  Its easy to figure out if you’re fictionhearted/fictionheir or not.Look at the character that…

hi, i was just reading your posts about being fiction-hearted and i was hoping you could help me understand it better. i identify very strongly with a character. he is and has been very integral to my identity. i often have dreams where i am him. when i was younger i wished so hard it hurt that i could be like him. but i know that i am not actually him, rather that he is a part of me, because i’ve known of and loved him for over half my life. he is me but im not him. is that fiction-heartedness?

Yes, that’s a way of being fictionhearted. You keep the character close to you, admire them, and identify with them, and aspire to be them.

I awakened 6+ years ago and I hate my fandom. I hate the source material, I hate how huge and iconic it is, and I hate that I can’t embrace my kin identity without people thinking I’m doing it for attention or to boost my self-esteem. I’ve never seen another fictionkin express this- in fact, the bigger their fandoms are, the happier they seem. Am I doing something wrong?

No, you’re not doing anything wrong. I’m no fan of digimon. My close friends who are fictionkin don’t much like their source material either. Honestly,…

I have a question that I’m too embarrassed to ask off-anon, sorry. I am pretty sure I’m not fictionkin, but yet sometimes I will feel like literally a character is rising up from inside my brain to act for me or to guide me, etc. Pre-existing characters, not OCs. Even when they aren’t actively acting for me, they are still sometimes there and even talk to me and others who are there. I’m not sure what this could be and since I’ve known about otherkin for 10+ years my only thought [1/2]

[2/2] was that it had to be related to fictionkin. And yet as I dwell on it and the more I think the more I…

psychological, i don’t use this to cope with anything, i don’t understand how that works honestly. unless using this knowledge as a way to accept, enjoy or to better certain aspects of myself counts? i don’t think it does… isn’t that why someone learns almost anything about themselves :’)

I assume you’re the anon from this post. Thanks for letting me know. Honestly, I think all fictionkin, spiritual and psychological, use the knowledge of their…

I don’t really know how it happened. I wasn’t drawn to the character. I actually liked several different characters in the same series. Eventually though, it started to become apparent that I thought and acted a lot in the same patterns that the one character did. I would never have chosen it (he is probably the most hated character in the franchise despite being the hero) but the more I embraced it, the more things about my life made sense.

I was told by a fellow kin on a kin chat:  “For the psychological aspect, I believe that a combination of basic personality traits and…

i don’t reject the possibility of being [x] in the past, but it’s not terribly important to me. i do believe in multiverses but i’m the sort who thinks that entails i was, will be or am now (somewhere else) everybody who has been or will be- exponentially more than the two types i identify as. yeah, i don’t pay too much attention to it. then again, i also remember a thing or two, so… hm… these questions are helpful to me, too

Fascinating thoughts. Can I ask if you identify as psychological kin, or copingkin, or a mix? Here are the questions anon is referring to. I’d…

for me it has nothing to do with coping, it’s a personality/brain(?) thing. wasn’t a decision so much as something i just noticed after a bit & needed to think on a little more. i know that i am who i am because i simply do. though i don’t act anything like i used to, “my insides are the same”- that’s the only way i can think to word it, it’s complicated. honestly, i’ve never thought so much about how to answer those questions outside my social circle. i’ll sort out my thoughts and try later.

Thank you for taking the time to answer 🙂 I’d be delighted to hear any more you come up with, and any anyone else does.…