old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

Is it kin if you don’t identify as a character but with a universe, like you belong in it? And there are very strong feelings and ties to certain characters in that universe that feel real?

Sounds like it could be -hearted, or you could have a kintype that’s basically an “OC” from that universe, ie, someone who wasn’t shown in the…

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

Is it possible to control phantom shifts (Like, control when they happen)?

It depends. Its generally possible to trigger shifts deliberately, but it can be difficult to stop them from happening spontaneously.

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

Can you explain Aesthetic kin to me?

To my knowledge Aesthetic “kin” aren’t kin, they’re people who take a fictional character’s aesthetic as their own.

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

Can you explain the difference between being fictionhearted and synpath? I’m questioning my connection to some characters and the definitions you have on your FAQ for these words make the most sense to me, but I’m not sure how to figure out which would be a more appropriate label.

fictionhearted: I want to BE that. Synpath: I want to HUG that. Fictionhearted: that’s who I am in my heart, that’s what I should be.…

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

The more I think about anti-kin, the sadder the whole thing becomes for me. 90% of them hate kin because they think we’re delusional, meaning they hate people who are mentally ill and need to take it out on people they think can’t fight back. The other 10% hate us because they think we’re “special snowflakes”, as if they’re personally, deeply threatened by someone else thinking they’re special, that’s… really pathetic. Anti-kin is literally just bigotry and insecurity wrapped up together.

Yep, that’s absolutely true, anon.

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

What should one do when they are under the impression that someone they know may be fictionkin?

Nothing, really. If you’re really curious about it, you could ask them if they’ve ever heard of fictionkin and see how they react.

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

If your kintype is Ken, do you ever wonder if you never met Wormmon in this world because he isn’t dead in your world? From what I remember (though my memory of the show is kind of spotty), Digimon never actually “die”, they just get rendered into data fragments and then reform again. Maybe he’s still there.

I have thought about this a bit before, and it very well may be the case. I don’t really know.. Its hard to figure out…

old tumblr postsJune 30, 2016

Say it with me everybody “you can’t pick your kintypes” Louder for everyone outside of the community.

old tumblr postsJune 30, 2016

Um, hello! Sorry that this isn’t relatively on-topic with what your blog is honestly about, but I just want to say that I’m terribly sorry for you, about the rude anons in this case. I don’t think you deserve those crude words, and so far, I’ve only seen nice people in this wonderful community, so I really don’t understand why people just feel negative emotions towards kin. But I’m apologetic if this was completely off-topic, but I hope you don’t let their words get to you, or any other people.

Hey there. 🙂 I appreciate you taking the time to send this and thank you for your kind words. Thankfully it isn’t all rude anons…

old tumblr postsJune 29, 2016

Being Factkin (submitted post)

Hi, factkin anon here! Thank you so much for letting me get this out and talk about my experiences. First is… god, realizing. The realization.…

old tumblr postsJune 29, 2016

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…

old tumblr postsJune 29, 2016

Do you believe that a request blog should source every single image they use (not just the art, but the photography as well)?

old tumblr postsJune 29, 2016

Can we just declare “you can’t be kin outside of your race” (and all possible variations of it) trolling and summarily dismiss it as the nonsense it is? I have a hard time anybody seriously believes that anyway. They’re just saying it to stir shit

Agreed, anon. Either that or they’re from outside the community and have no idea what they’re talking about.

old tumblr postsJune 28, 2016

in relation to being told to repress kintypes—I once saw a multiplicity blog tell someone to try and suppress one of their headmates bc they weren’t the same race as the host..which is honestly just terrible advice.

Yeah, that’s fucking *terrible* advice, especially to a multiple. As if they had control over their alters???

old tumblr postsJune 28, 2016

Don’t act like being uncomfortable with fictionkin/otherkin and being uncomfortable with factkin is the same thing, though. Like, let’s not forget that factkin shouldn’t be open about their identity FOR A REASON.

Firstly, please don’t take that tone of expression with me. Secondly, I find it interesting that my message of “lets treat everyone with respect and civility…

old tumblr postsJune 28, 2016

Asking with no disrespect to the fictionkin community: I’m trying to understand how someone can be fictionkin? If the character is literally made up, how can someone have memories from that life if they never existed in the first place?

Thank you for asking so respectfully, its really appreciated. The truth is that everyone who is kin has a slightly different theory for how it…

old tumblr postsJune 28, 2016

I’m feeling very confused about my identity and was wondering if you could help me? I recently realized I could be fictionkin but I kinda fluctuate in and out of it. Sometimes I feel like I am them and other times I’m just myself. Is this normal???

That sounds like it could be a lot of different things, anon. From your description it could be: 1. you’re kin and sometimes its more…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

Seeing all these people saying they’re afraid to be factkin makes me want to ask: is it okay to be uncomfortable about them? I wouldn’t go around harassing them, making blatant posts on why they should or shouldn’t exist, and besides being uncomfortable with them, I’m a bit indifferent to the entire thing. Is that okay?

Its okay to be uncomfortable with factkin, as long as you’re not harassing or badmouthing them. Remember too that some people are uncomfortable with fictionkin…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

I’m factkin but very very very very secretly (this is my first time admitting it at all anywhere to anyone) and i can completely understand why people uncomfortable with us, and those people being assholes isn’t helping at all. I don’t know of any places i could talk about my experiences without being judged, but tbh there’s a reason for that. Lots of reasons, which you already covered. I wish other factkin understood that too

Thank you for writing, anon. 🙂 I feel for you, I really do. Having to deal with being factkin must suck way more than being…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

I’m going to be so livid if that network blog deletes because of some bad seeds in the Personakin and Factkin community. They seem really nice and made something I haven’t seen before to help the community it really boils my blood that Factkin and Personakin with their already bad reputation would think harassing someone is the proper response to someone being uncomfortable with them.

I agree with you anon, it’ll be a shame if they delete, especially because a) a nework catalog is actually pretty useful b) its probably…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

idk if this is the right place to go to for something like this but I just started following this brand new blog that catalogs kin networks (networkcatalog). the problem is they’re getting harassed really hard by factkin and personakin right now and I’m scared because I think they’re low on spoons that they’ll do something bad to themself. could you and your followers send them some love maybe?

I don’t normally post these kinds of things, but harassment fucking pisses me off. If there’s anybody who wants to send @networkcatalog their warmth and…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

How long should you wait between realising you have another kintype? I already have 5 kintypes, and I’m really against the idea of having another one, although I’ve been having strong feelings for awhile now that I do have another one.

There’s no rule of thumb, really. It sounds like its something that’s on your mind so I think you should pursue it. Do some introspection…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

Why do Factkin and Personakin have such a bad reputation?

I have no idea what ‘personakin’ are (aside from fictionkin from the persona series). As for factkin, here are some highlights from my previous posts. Factkin…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

Instead of being god kin, is it possible to just be a being with godlike power? I don’t want to be called god kin because it doesn’t sit right, plus a lot of haters seem to go after them :/

I definitely recommend examining the feelings that go along with those powers, and why you feel them. There are definitely a lot of beings, and…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

i dont… really understand kintypes, and i doubt i have one, but i have to wonder because angel speculation posts resonate with me and i have had the sensation of phantom wings on and off for as long as i can remember. i guess im just… confused? i don’t know. i just dont know.

It can be very difficult to come to terms with the idea that you even MIGHT be kin. It has all kinds of upsetting connotations.…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

I’m having trouble finding out what I’m kin with. I think I’m a mutant from the X-Men, but no matter how much I look I can’t find who I am. I can’t meditate because I find it extremely difficult to with my active brain, and I don’t know how else to go about it. Help?

You don’t necessarily need to meditate to think deeply about who you are. Make up a set of questions for yourself, and try to answer…

old tumblr postsJune 26, 2016

This isn’t purely fictionkin-related, but I was thinking on the argument anti-kin make about how “all otherkin are always glorious animals, nobody’s ever a slug” and how “all fictionkin are always main characters, never somebody non-notable” and… it occurred to me that most people who ARE kin of, say, a slug, aren’t going to be vocal about it. It’s embarrassing to admit. People mock us for being “cool” stuff; imagine how much worse they’d treat us if we admitted being a chicken or something.

This is absolutely true, anon. Also, the people who say that always forget that there ARE people who are things like snails, goblins, unseen characters,…

old tumblr postsJune 24, 2016

revised alterhuman definition

Alterhuman: A member of the nonhuman/otherworldly community. Anyone who identifies as, or is connected to a non-human, or non-traditionally human (such as plural/multiple); or identifies…

old tumblr postsJune 24, 2016

is it possible to be a character twice? like you were them in one life, and then you were them again in a different au and life? I’m not personally but do you think it’s possible

Honestly, anything’s possible, anon. The multiverse, and the mind are mysterious, poorly understood places, so its hard to rule anything out. I know of a…

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

Do you know if it’s possible for copinglinks to experience astral, mental, and phantom shifts or is that strictly a kin thing?

Copinglinks can definitely experience mental and phantom shifts! Some may be able to experience astral shifts depending on their spiritual beliefs. ^^

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

The definition of alterhuman according to the person who coined the term is “A category of personal identity which encompasses identification that is alternative to the common societal idea of humanity.” Your re-definition excludes groups originally meant to be included by it.

Hey anon. Thank you for pointing this out. If you (or someone else) could tell me who my definition leaves out and how it could…

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

hey, um..I have a question! I’m pretty new to all this fictionkin stuff, and I was just curious if I was fictionkin or not. I watch this tv show that I adore and I feel like I relate quite well to a character. would that mean im fictionkin? sorry,,,,

Hey anon! Here’s a quick checklist to help you figure out if you might be kin or not. (link)

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

I’m a soulbond who is a prince back in my home world, and honestly, I use “royaltykin” as a blanket term like the other anon, but I’ve found that it really doesn’t help on tumblr because, like you said, most of the people on this site who use the term “royaltykin” aren’t actually kin with anyone who was or is royalty, you know? It’d be nice to connect with someone who shared similar responsibilities to mine, but it’s pretty hard to do on this site thanks to those spoiled kids.

I’m sorry to hear about that, anon. Maybe try creating a network for fictionkin, whose kintypes were also royalty, instead of stressing royalkin?

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

I’ve heard the term Aeslink or Aestheticlink for people who identify with purely surface level characteristics of a character (ie their clothes, their mannerisms, essentially their “aesthetic”) Is this an okay term to use?

That sounds like a fine term to use, anon!

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

In response to previous anon, I totally get what you mean! For both of my kintypes I used to dream and wish that I could be a part of their world and not this one. I would constantly imagine myself with the other characters in there, and it was such a relief to realise I was kin?

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

You know it’s funny, I could never figure out why I had SUCH a strong connection to this one show, to the point that I felt like I belonged in that world and could never get it out of my mind and felt nostalgic thinking about it… until this one character shows up in a later season and it turns out I’m kin with them, and suddenly it all makes sense.

I feel you, anon! Glad you figured it out!

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

Would demonkin have to be tied to any specific religion?

Nope, there are demons in different mythologies all over the world, and in folklore that isn’t considered to be religious.

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

Couldn’t you pose that argument about animals though? That any animal could think it’s a different one if it’s raised by another one? Like dogs raised by cats, humans raised by dogs, etc? So there’s no validity unless you remember seeing your own reflection and being able to recognize the animal now?

A duckling raised by dogs may love and cuddle with dogs, and may even think of itself as one, but it still can’t survive by…

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

Royalty specifically does come with a kind of specific worldview and expectations on how to be treated and treat others, similar to divinity in it’s own right. Idk if it’d technically be kin but I can kind of envision what someone might be saying when they mean royalkin.

No. Royalty only comes with a specific kind of worldview and expectations if you are raised (IE trained) to be royalty as you grow up…

old tumblr postsJune 23, 2016

What’s your opinion on people who are kin of concepts, like “royalkin”? This was prompted by the person claiming to be “princesskin”… I don’t understand how someone can be “kin” of a social/economic class. Remembering a kin life where you, an individual, were a part of that social class, and highly identifying with the experience of being that class, sure. But claiming to be “royalkin”, to me, is no different than saying you’re “poorkin” and that’s kind of fucked up imho. What do you think?

The people who use terms like ‘royalkin’ or ‘princesskin’, or for sake of example, lawyerkin, janitorkin, stockanalystkin, zookeeperkin, blacksmithkin, etc etc…. fundamentally misunderstand what the term ‘kin’ denotes.…