Isn’t it funny how antis hold blorbo responsible for the atrocities blorbo committed when its YOUR blorbo?
But THEIR blorbo is mysteriously perfect and unproblematic?
–signed, a fellow fictive
I love fanfiction, because I can imagine a world in which you held me close.
– 🍉💌
It’s our personal belief, and the belief of many on the greater plural community, that plurality can manifest, awaken, or be discovered at any age.
Clinical purists of the “model of structural dissociation” often dispute this, but they aren’t even getting their own clinical arguments right.
We use the term “awaken” for our own system members because we believe that we have a broadly fixed system and all of us have always been here, but dormant.
Other plurals use the terms “manifest”, “appear”, “be created” etc to describe new members coming into their systems.
We don’t use the terms “alter” for ourselves as that is specifically clinical DID language.
Please feel free to ask follow up questions.
–🔬🐝
Hi there, anon! Thanks for your question, and don’t worry, it’s not offensive! That said, there are couple of ways to interpret what you’re asking, so, if I didn’t understand your question correctly, or you have more questions after our answer, please feel free to send a follow up message!
♦ The first way to interpret your question is “can you have a fellow system member that you treat as an F/O?”
The answer to this is resoundingly “yes.” There are lots of our system members are in romantic relationships with one another internally. One way that we share and celebrate those relationships is by treating them as “F/Os” online, and making posts about our relationships in that context.
For instance Harry and Peter are both members of Sinister System. They’re in a relationship. Harry likes to make F/O posts about Peter to show him that he loves him.
♦ The second way to interpret your question is “can you have an F/O that you later discover has become, or always actually was, a system member?”
The answer is also yes. An intense, intimate connection like an F/O relationship is something that easily create, awaken, or summon a system member of any type.
Even people who do not typically consider themselves plural experience this fairly frequently, and there is a lot of crossover with what is called a “soulbond” in this sphere. (please ask me if you want to hear more about soulbonds or check out the blog @soulbonder for more information.) Here’s one specific post you might find worth checking out.
I hope that answered your question, and if it didn’t, or if you have more questions, please let us know!
Exonostalgia: The opposite of exotrauma. Events and experience that were experienced outside of this objective reality that give you a nostalgic or fond feeling.
People you knew, places you’ve been, and events you experienced, ect, that impacted you positively and give you a warm feeling to remember and think about.
I have been meaning to share this term for a little while, which I have been using personally. I hope it will be useful to others!
For historical purposes: exonostalgia was coined on 1/17/2023 by Jasmine of Sinister System and is meant as a term to be usable by all fictionkin, otherkin, plurals of all origin types and anyone else who finds it useful to describe their experiences.
–🎀💖
Oh lol we haven’t gotten a troll like this in ages! 🤣
We can play too!
Stop deluding yourself that there’s just one person in your body!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fucking lame ass troll.
Get some new material. We’ve been getting this shit since 2006. We’re you even born then?
Boo!!! 🍅🍅🍅
Yeah, I’m not surprised the emotion surrounding Junko is intense, given your connection to Mukuro, anon, whatever that turns out to be.
The way I see it, you have three options ahead of you.
1️⃣ Embrace those feelings: just go with the flow and fandom all over Junko, get real into her as an F/O, comfort character, whatever, celebrate and embrace that connection and see where it takes you.
2️⃣ Reject those feelings: Push them away. Recontextualize them, redirect them onto someone else, explore other emotions and interpretations of that relationship with Junko.
3️⃣ Put it off until later: Don’t interact with those feelings about Junko for now, ignore them and redirect your focus onto other aspects of Mukuro’s life and existence, if you’re able to.
I have to admit we may not be the best person to talk to about this specific relationship. We as a system have a lot of history with Junko in our fictionkin experiences, and I (😼🔪) am personally in a relationship with our Mukuro in our partner system.
When our Mukuro first woke up here, her memories stopped at the moment that she died in canon. She was extremely traumatized, and I spent a lot of time walking her through her feelings, convincing her of her own worth, and pointing out what I saw as a relationship with Junko that was entirely one sided. Our Junko didn’t care about Mukuro at all. If she had, even a little bit, I would have been able to forgive her.
But it’s entirely possible that YOUR Junko was different. I don’t know your experience of being Mukuro, and I don’t know how Junko treated you, how you related to her, or if she cared about you even a little bit.
I hope she did, anon.
But I have to be real with you and say my exotrauma is not gonna let me be clearheaded about this one.
What does someone mean when they say “I kin that character?”
Types and attributes of connections to fictional characters
The verb form of kin (to kin, kinning, etc) has become popular as a colloquial and nonspecific word that people sometimes use to describe a variety of different types of connections they may have to fiction characters.
Because “kin” has become such a casual, nonspecific verb that can refer to many different things, it can be hard to tell just what kind of actual connection a person who says “I kin that character” means that they have. Therefore, it’s best not to make an assumption about what type of connection to a character someone means when they say that they “kin” them.
Below is a list of more detailed and specific terminology for types of connections to fictional characters that a person might be casually referring to when they say that they “kin” a character.
🔸 Face claim: This is the most casual type of voluntary connection someone might be referring to when they say they “kin” someone. “Face claim” refers to any time you make the decision to deliberately portray yourself as a fictional character in a casual way, for instance, using their face for your icons, or asking people to refer to you as the character’s name. This is a casual, for fun association because you like the character and want to be thought of as them. Think of it like putting on a mask or a costume, and then hanging around in it. There is nothing wrong with having faceclaims, however this type of connection is also sometimes referred to as “kin for fun” when talking about someone who doesn’t understand the serious distinction between a face claim and a kintype.
Face Claim Attributes: voluntary, casual, for fun, play, self-identity, does not involve plurality
🔸Comfort Character: A comfort character is a character that you are attached to, who brings you joy, comfort, or peace to think about and spend time with their media. A comfort character is like a favorite teddy bear, or doll that you play with, but instead of a physical toy, it’s the concept of a particular fictional character.
Attributes: voluntary or involuntary, for fun or serious, for mental health, play, casual or intense, psychological, not a self-identity, does not involve plurality
🔸Fictional Other: (also written as F/O) A fictional other is any character that you consider yourself to be in a romantic relationship with. This relationship can be more serious, or more for fun depending on the individual. Some people have Fictional Others who are also soulbonds or other fictives, but most are not, and are closer to a specific type of comfort character. A person who has a fictional other or multiple fictional others is called a “self shipper”.
Attributes: voluntary, casual or intense, for fun or serious, psychological or spiritual, not a self-identity, sometimes involves plurality
🔸Copinglink: A copinglink is a serious personal identity as a specific fictional character or member of a fictional species established and maintained deliberately for the purpose of personal mental health, self improvement or self-esteem. A person intentionally considers themselves to literally psychologically be and exist as their copinglink character for the purpose of coping with trauma or other negative emotions. The way this identity is expressed is similar to a kintype, but is voluntary rather than involuntary.
Attributes: voluntary, intense, serious, psychological, for mental health, self-identity, does not involve plurality
🔸Hearttype: A character that you identify strongly with, but do not identify as. A character you feel like you have a lot internally, emotionally, psychologically, or situationally with. A character you intensely feel personal commonality of some kind with.
Attributes: intense, voluntary or involuntary, serious or casual, psychological or spiritual, not a self-identity, does not involve plurality
🔸Fictive: Any member of a type of plural system who identifies as/believes themselves to be/shares a personal identity with a specific character.
Attributes: intense, voluntary or involuntary, serious, part of a plural identity, psychological or spiritual
🔸Fictional Introject: A fictive member specifically of a DID (dissociative identity disorder) based system.
Attributes: intense, involuntary, serious, part of a plural identity, psychological, mental health related
🔸Soulbond: A specific type of spiritually oriented fictive, believed to involve a metaphysical and emotional bond between the soulbonder and the soulbond.
Attributes: intense, voluntary or involuntary, serious, spiritual, can be part of a plural identity
🔸Kintype (general): A kintype is an involuntary, deeply rooted core self-identity, typically questioned deduced through self-reflection. A serious personal identity that you have discovered yourself to be in some way. You literally are, or share this identity with the character. That’s you in some real and meaningful way, whether spiritually or psychologically.
Attributes: intense, involuntary, serious, spiritual or psychological, does not involve plurality, self-identity
🔸Kintype (psychological): A kintype you believe you have due to personal psychological reasons. A kintype you believe originates in your brain and internal psychological development, rather than on exterior magical or spiritual forces.
Attributes: intense, involuntary, serious, psychological, self-identity, does not involve plurality
🔸Kintype (spiritual/metaphysical): A kintype you believe originates through some magical or spiritual process, often involving reincarnation or parallel lives in other universes.
Attributes: intense, involuntary, serious, spiritual, self-identity, does not involve plurality
Hi anon!
First off, I want to say that I cannot tell you how to identify, or what words to use.
You should always use the words that you find most meaningful to describe yourself and your experiences. Your comfort with yourself, and your feelings about how you identify always over-ride how other people feel about the words you use to describe yourself.
That said, I am one of the fictionkin who’d prefer people not use “kinnie” or “kinning” or refer to themselves as “kin” to mean that they deeply relate to a character.
I want to be clear that I ONLY feel this way because people outside the community seeing people use “kin/kinnie/kinning” that way distorts the perception of what being kin is outside the community, and makes it harder for me to explain what I mean when I say that I’m fictionkin.
The feeling in the broad fictionkin community is that someone should call themselves kin when they believe that they really, experientially are in some way that character. Kin is something you are, not something you relate to.
The word that the fictionkin and alterhuman community at large uses to refer to the type of connection you’re talking about is: hearttype, though copinglink, faceclaim, or comfort character might also be correct under certain circumstances.
🔸Hearttype: A character that you identify strongly with, but do not identify as. A character you feel like you have a lot internally, emotionally, psychologically, or situationally with. A character you intensely feel personal commonality of some kind with.
Again, you should use the words that are meaningful to you to describe yourself, and I can’t tell you how to identify or what words to use. But as originally created, the term ‘kin’ (whether fictionkin or otherkin) means something you are in your core being.
You can read more about different terms for different ways to relate to fictional characters in this post which I’m also about to reblog!
Hi anon.
I think you have the terms “fictive” and “fictionkin” confused.
“Fictive” is a systems only term which refers to any system member that shares an identity with a fictional character.
“Fictionkin” is a term that means anyone who believes they are or were somehow, a fictional character. Often this has to do with belief in multiverse reincarnation, or other spiritual beliefs, but not always.
Fictionkin is used primarily, but not exclusively by non-systems, and has a history as a belief system going back to the early 2000s.
Otherkin, the term from which Fictionkin is derived, is also primarily but not exclusively used by non-systems, and like fictionkin, was not created in plurality spaces.
You can read more about fictionkin at fictionkin.org or fromfiction.tumblr.com