#fictionkn

[dear-fictionkin]

Dear Randy, I'm sorry I had screwed over what we've had together since childhood. I'm a freaking jerk and I'm afraid you'll never want to find me but I just hope that even if we never run into each other, you can forgive me. You were one of the few things that I cared about and I blew it all up. I miss you. -sincerely, Ghost Writer

[kin---aesthetics]

Aesthetic for an Angie Yonaga~!

~Mod Maou

[kinfolk-pick-me-up]

Uhh could I have some motivational self care for Lillie (Pokemon sun and moon)? I'm feeling really homesick...

Sure thing Lillie! Sorry for the wait!

https://kinfolk-pick-me-up.tumblr.com/post/155282787619/motivational-self-care-for-a-homesick-lillie-from

[fictionkinfashion]

no one’s been sending in stuff! anyone want me to make a polyvore set for your fickintype?

[kin-assistance]

Kinda a silly question!! But I love this blog and your advice helps me a lot. Do you think there is such a thing as too many kintypes? (Also opinions on own ocs as kintypes if you're comfortable answering?) thank you in advance!!

I’m glad to hear the blog is helping you, anon!

Well, I suppose that depends. From a spiritual standpoint, souls can be reincarnated many, many times. So it’s feasible to believe that one has had many past lives. But even then (and now the psychological/ neurological perspective comes into the discussion) how many of those lives and identities would have a direct impact on your current life? For example, I am human. But I am also three animals: badger, jackrabbit, and bat. Those animals’ behaviors manifest in me. I do things that I qualify as being rabbit-like, other things as being bat-like, others things are badger-like, and some others are just plain human. Sure, I can do some things that are cat-like. But I have already attributed these behaviors to my badger theriotype. Sure, I have like one or two that could be dog-like. but those are so few. Why would I identify as a dog when I am just not dog-like?

So, I guess all of that is a way to say there’s technically no set number. But why would one identify as something they barely feel like? For example, going back to past lives for a moment, my mom was a monk in a past life. but she doesn’t identify as a monk because it has absolutely no bearing on her current life. I was once going to be a bio major. But I changed to being a geology major pretty quickly. So even though I was once going to be a bio major, it no longer holds any real bearing on my life currently so why would I label myself a bio major? (Kinda a weird analogy but I think it works.) Maybe I will one day have a dream that reveals to me I was a deer in a past life. Regardless of how much I love deer, I have pretty much no deer-like tendencies. So even though in this hypothetical situation I was once a deer, I personally would not choose to call myself a deer therian because I just don’t see how I could be a deer.

So technically one can stack on labels of kintypes as much as they want. But in the end, ask yourself: even if I know or think I was once this thing, is this actually me? And going back to the psychological perspective, if you’re saying you identify as something based upon one characteristic, that’s not really an identity. “I like to purr so I am a cat.” Okay, but if that’s all that you do that is cat-like, why then are you calling yourself a cat? And why are you saying “I also feel wings so I must be a bird. And I feel a long fluffy tail so maybe I’m a fox.” Okay, but why not a winged feline with a particularly fluffy tail? One trait does make a whole otherkin identity.

Okay, now for the part about kintypes of one’s own OCs: look at your OC. Ask yourself as honestly as possible why you made this OC and how you came up with their story. Are they literally a copycat of your life? If yes, they’re a self-insert character and they are you but you are not them. Ask yourself if the character is wish-fulfillment. If yes, then again, you aren’t them. It’s just something you want and you’re living vicariously through the character. If through your questioning you start to feel like the character’s creation was to express some subconscious desire, then it might be a kintype. Figure out what that desire was. If through introspection you discover that the character’s creation was your way of creating what it is you identify like inside, then it could be kintype. the line is kind of a fuzzy one but I would rule that yes, if you did create the character for this subconscious purpose, it would be a kintype or fictiotype. The issue is that this is incredibly difficult to know for certain if this was why you created the character.

I apologize for the wall of text there, anon. Most of this is personal opinion so don’t take my word as law. However, I hope it is at least somewhat useful to you.

-Mod Badger