Elsen again — no, the thing is… I don’t know how familiar you are with “OFF” but Elsen aren’t very… “exciting.” Basically they kinda just take orders. And I’m starting to realize that the main reason I act so vocally eccentric is because people have always told me that it’s “better to stand out.” I don’t -like- standing out! I’m just doing it because I’m “supposed” to. So either way I’m still taking orders… I just feel like a decade plus of misconceptions is too much to apologize for.

I don’t really see what you have to apologize for, personally. But then, I don’t really see a way out of your situation either. I…

so uh a few days ago i think i awakened as an Elsen from OFF and it explains SO much about myself, but the thing is it also means that a huge chunk of my “personality” was just a front so people didn’t see my (extremely dull and persuadable) inner self, and now i’m flipping back and forth between denial and acceptance because on one hand i feel so -right- accepting it but on the other this will offput a lot of people because i’ve been acting as “the outgoing eccentric” for a decade. advice?

I feel conflicted in the advice I should give you, my friend, so I’m afraid I may not be as helpful as you might wish.…

I think I might be Fictionkin. I never really truly understood what fictionkin was until people began to ask me if I was fictionkin with the character I now believe I am, and I researched it. It makes me kinda uneasy, because I’ve talked about fictionkin with friends and I know they dont think its a thing so I’m getting nervous about it. Part of me hopes I’m just going through a lil bit of a phase but I think I’ve always identified with the character,,, I dunno… I’m confused.

Discovering that you’re fictionkin can be a scary and confusing thing, especially when your local friends don’t understand or believe you. My advice for now…

I’m fictionkin for a race called genomes from ff9 like idk how to explain it but theres an incredibly deep connection it’s been there for 3 years and i could never explain it and why i felt so at… home playing ff9 and i’m honestly wondering if thats normal?? i mean i can’t really specify a character but theres something there tho the one i feel closest to is also of that race maybe we knew each other..? idk it’s very confusing i’m sorry ;;;

It is absolutely normal to associate as a member of a fictional race, rather than as a specific character. This happens a lot to pokekin…

hi! i’m a polykin and i’ve been pretty okay and comfortable with all of my kintypes. recently though, i’ve had a really strong connection to sephiroth from final fantasy 7 that feels a lot like a kin connection. i don’t identify as any other ‘evil’ characters and i’m worried. i’m not exactly sure what about but there’s this sense of dread that kinda comes along with seeing all the misery he caused and also going “that’s me, i did that.” i just don’t know what to do about this tbh

Funnily enough historically a lot of kin have connections to a Sephiroth. There used to a thread on livejournal about how just about every fictionkin/person…

I think the person that complained about the “are fictionkin crazy” article misunderstood the point you were trying to make. What I took from it is that you weren’t saying ‘kin can’t have mental illnesses — you were saying that BEING ‘KIN is not a mental illness, nor is it indicative of having one. You can be mentally ill and ‘kin. Being ‘kin does not make you mentally ill. Separate things.

Exactly my point, the two are entirely separate.

I’m sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if you would happen to know any Homestuckkin who might have a Skype group they’d be willing to add me to. I’m someone who is fictionkin as one of her kintypes, specifically The Handmaid, and I would love to meet other Homestuckkin, particularly other Alternians and especially other Ancestors! I’m also hoping I might meet one or more that were from my timeline. Again, I’m so sorry to bother you about this, but you seem to be a good person to ask.

I am afraid I don’t know of any player-focused homestuck-kin personally. However a do know a few carapaces I could put you in touch with.

um i’m really bothered by the page about fictionkin being “cr-zy” (i’m censoring it because though i am mentally ill, it is an ableist slur that is used to target those with mental illnesses different than the ones i have and if someone is neurotypical than they definitely shouldn’t be using that word). a lot of things on the page are ableist. it seems to be throwing mentally ill kin under the bus and implying that those who are kin for psychological reasons aren’t as valid as spiritual kin.

I am sorry you are bothered. That page was written nearly 10 years ago, and is not entirely how I would phrase things today. That…

Hi! Sorry to bother you but otaku is actually a derogatory term in Japan, so I don’t know if you’d like to continue calling yourself otakukin. unu; Perhaps use a term like “animekin” or something? I’m not trying to hate, just informing you! I don’t want you to insult yourself without realizing it!

Hi. Thanks for writing. I’ve been kin for ten years and know very well what otaku means. In the beginning, we called ourselves otakukin, and…