i've been wondering if im fictionkin for a long time now. how do i figure it out? i see this character and i think "that's me" but maybe i just relate to him a lot or im projecting or something. im not a very empathetic person but sometimes it's like im feeling what he would've felt you know? sorry for rambling or if it doesn't make sense im just confused & this seemed like a good place.
this was meant to be posted december 11th. plain text under cut.
We can't tell you definitively if you're fictionkin, but I can give you ways that I've personally found out I'm fictionkin
- studying scenes, do you share feelings with this character and/or react in the same/similar ways ? - when it comes to fanart do you get feelings different from other ways, like do your internal feelings shift from how they would normally looking at fanart ? - do you have headcannons of this character that reflect you - do you experience any sort of dysphoria/euphoria surrounding them ? does it feel like you miss people from that media, like you should be there. if you cosplay, you or others refer to you as that character experiencing euphoria
Euphoria is the biggest indicator in my opinion, if you think you identify as that character then you could try going by their name, dressing similarly and/or cosplaying them, talking about events in the media as if they're your memories, and then compare your feelings from these to others who are fictionkin and their experiences--but keeping in mind that these are not definite and that even if you don't share experiences with them then you can still be fictionkin.