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I've been scream laughing at this for several days

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biblically inaccurate angels, like ones with anime eyes and emo haircuts and guns or whatever

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SOUL EATER (2008) • FRANKEN STEIN created by ookubo atsushi

#he ruined my brain chemistry in middle school 👍

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The last unicorn

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1 thing about me I'm gonna be a sweetie

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Imagine if the one in black was a girl and the one in white was a boy. Or they were both boys... or even both girls. Yes I'm fucked up. No, I won't apologize

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cooking my husband a delicious and nutricious breakfast consisting of lead pipes and

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fictionkin culture is :

born to refer to yourself as yourself

forced to refer to yourself in 3rd person

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#real

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#me

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There's something very bisexual about a USB c charger

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self-care phrases to boost your confidence

this shit ain't nothin to me man

I'll fucking kill you

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i love being fictionkind and having fictionkind friends. i love seeing fanart of our fictotypes meeting each other and sending it to a friend, or when a friend sends it to me. i love seeing posts like "i need to see group therapy with these two" oh we're already Besties. i love the simple joy in being a fictional character who is friends with other fictional characters and frankly that makes the Horrors worth it

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Hello! We weren't sure who else to ask, and we trust your sources. x) But, do you happen to have any good information resources on fictionkin? We used to but we lost a lot of things over the years, and we don't know of any good, simple explanations from trusted folks. Thanks for any help!

I actually had to go the The SquadTM on Discord to ask for additional resources on this, because there's really quite a dearth on fictionkin-specific resources in the community at the moment, especially beginner-friendly ones, which is a damn shame. Here's what we collectively have to suggest, though some of these skew past beginner-level resources as you go further down:

A Timeline of the Fictionkin Community by House of Chimeras (liongoatsnake) - A PDF timeline of events that have taken place within or related directly to the fictionkin community. Spans from 1979 to the start of 2021.

FromFiction's Fictionkin FAQ by FromFiction - An FAQ on fictionkin and fictionkin experiences.

Fictionkin.org - Connected to the FromFiction Tumblr, this is a metaphysical fictionkin resource website.

Alterhuman Archive's Fictionfolk Category - A collection of over a hundred different works by and about fictionfolk. YMMV.

Explanation of Fictionkinity by Luteia (shadowfae) - A Tumblr post by Luteia explaining fictionkinity.

I'm Ben, But Call Me Poppy by Poppy (aestherians) - Poppy explores raer personal fictionkinity and introduces the reader to the reader to the fictionkind experience in general.

Living with a “Problematic” Fictional Identity (And Where to Go from Here) by Goratrix (goratrix-betrayed) - A video lecture followed by questions and discussion about navigating through life with a “problematic” fictotype or as a “problematic” fictive. How to find community, how to cope, what responsibilities we may or may not have, what morality means for us and where the line between choices “then” and choices “now” lies. Panel script available here on Goratrix's Tumblr.

Why Using the Term Fictionkin Should be a Power Move, Not your Every Day Label by Daski (indornaga) - A Tumblr post in which Daski encourages readers to rethink about how they use the term fictionkin for themselves.

Filling in the Blanks, Part 1: Questioning: Fanworks, Fan Theories, and Filling in the Gaps by Hange - A Tumblr post by Ranthimi discussing canon and its importance (or lack thereof) to fictionkin identities.

Filling In The Blanks, Part 2: The Worlds Are Bigger Than You Think by Hange - A Tumblr post by Hange discussing how and why looking at multiple sources can be beneficial when trying to understand the world a fictionkin identity originated from.

A Different Approach to Fictionkin by Hange - A Tumblr post that explores the idea of viewing fiction as a form of mythology.

Filling in the Blanks, Part 3: Additional Permutations to the idea of “Being Fictional” by Hange - A short Tumblr essay on using alternative, external, "noncanon" frameworks for fictionkin identity.

There is probably a ton more I could put on here if I spent a few more hours hunting, but I'm super busy today so please accept this humble offering. Followers, if you have any resources to add, please reblog and do so!

#fictionkin

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you always on that damn 'Untitled Document'!

#always on that 110934892847.pdf

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#identity v #luca balsa #tracy reznik #😭

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i’d like to make an effort to get more involved in the fictionkin community, but the current climate of it is very confusing to me not gonna lie, particularly with the rise of the idea that a “kin” is a character you strongly relate to and nothing else

sometimes (especially on twitter) i see people claim being fictionkin has always meant just relating to the character, or having a deep connection, or even just Really Liking the character, but as far as i remember, that’s a really recent thing. like, i haven’t been too active in the fictkin community (yet), but i can’t recall that ever being a prevalent idea in years past. i’m still so used to fictionkin being a really niche concept, but now that it’s gained more popular attention on the internet, all sorts of new definitions and usages of terms have popped up

as a consequence, finding other fictionkin online has become a lot harder. these days, if i see someone say they’re kin with a character (or more commonly, they “kin a character”), i legitimately don’t know what they mean. are they like me? or would they think i’m “taking things too seriously”?

which takes me to another thing, the rise of misinformation on what it means to be fictionkin started a whole new wave of ostracizing and armchair diagnosing. i see people who are more familiar with the popular definition of fictionkinkin treat people whose experiences fit the original definition as if they’re weird or just straight up act ableist towards them. i see things like “it’s not that deep”, or “they’re taking it too far”. i even see people try to claim being fictionkin in the og way is inherently something you should seek mental help for, and i can’t really say anything about that other than what the fuck. i was used to people on the outside talking about us like that, but i definitely didn’t expect it to come from inside the house

AND LIKE i don’t wanna sound gatekeepy, not one bit. i hate it when people try to nitpick and dictate how things should be for everybody, but this shift in language is a special case because it’s now actively harder to engage with an already fringe community. i can’t think of any pros to it, plus there are and have always been other terms that could fit the “mainstream kin” experience. like otherhearted, or otherlink, or synpath, to name only a few. i’m sure anyone with common sense agrees this way of expression is completely valid and has its place in the community when done in good faith. it’s just that the rampant misinformation and misuse of terminology (not to mention the horrible toxicity) is actively pushing us out of our own spaces

anyway i dont know where to go with this, its just a little diary entry. shoutout to fellow fictionkin (or any otherkin) in the trenches, i hope someday the misinformation stops and people learn to be a little kinder

#txt #kin stuff #fictionkin #alterhuman #anyway if anyone has any advice on how to get more involved with the community that'd be welcome #fandom is fun but it can be alienating when it's the only thing you're involved in #there's just an inherent difference in how we process media. neither way is inferior or superior‚ it's just a difference #this has been in my drafts for months btw. setting it free now like a little wild animal