alterhuman flags: otherflicker & fictionflicker
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Fictionflickering is a term for an identity where one takes on the identity of a fictional character or creature for a temporary amount of time. These flickers, which can feel identical to kintypes, typically fade out a short time after the consumption of relevant media ends, although they may last longer.
Fictionflickers may or may not include past life memories or feelings, and may exist for spiritual, psychological, or any other reason. It is somewhat of a grey area of kintypes, and the two can share many experiences such as shifts and identifying as rather than with. The main difference between fictionkin and fictionflickers is that fictionflickers are transient and not permanent.
Some experiences that a user might call flickering may have are small differences between the above description, but flickering is meant to be a nebulous term that doesn't have to be as strict as fictionkin is considered to be in terms of experiences.
The equivalent of kintype for flickering is flicker or flicktype. Fictionflickering is under the otherflicker umbrella.
It is believed that this term originated in 2006. Some resources about flickering are here:
- https://archive.ph/2h5Ob
- https://fictionflickers.livejournal.com/profile
- https://archive.ph/GPprB
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Otherflicker is a term that was originally based on fictionflicker, but broader, including animals and other things that may not necessarily be fictional. The above information about fictionflickers is accurate to otherflickers, except that otherflickers do not have to source their flickers from media (although they might).
Fictionflicker falls under the otherflicker category.