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once again asking random definitions sorry! what’s a fictionflicker? it’s been a long time since i’ve looked into kin stuff unfortunately

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Though they are often similar, Cameoshifts and fiction flickers are different experiences. A cameo shift is a general term for a shift (mental, phantom, or otherwise) into something that is not a kintype. They can be a one-time deal, or be reoccurring, and can happen to therians, otherkin, fictionkin, and even non-kin.

Fictionflicker is a word to encompass a variety of experiences that people may experience that do not fit under the “fictionkin” umbrella. In general, they occur after the consumption of media (reading a book, watching a movie, ect.) and involve a temporary change in perception or shift to that of a fictional character. Experiences vary from flicker to flicker, and between people who experience them. It could feel similar to a kintype, or wildly different.  A cameo shift could be one result, or just feeling strongly like a character from that world or connected to characters from that world. A temporary “taking on” or imprinting on a fictional character or world.

The term can also encompass other miscellaneous experiences regarding a blending of one’s perception with fiction in a way that other definitions do not describe accurately enough, or are so rare they have no specific term

The main similarity between Fictionflickers and cameoshifts is that they are both temporary experiences, involve something that is not actually a kintype, and can be experienced by anyone otherkin or not.

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further reading:

Fictionflicker

Here to spread info on Fiction/Otherflickers

I’m worried I may be a fictionflicker… How do I know?

Random anon here, how can you tell the difference between a fictionflicker and a kintype that’s gone dormant perhaps due to denial? Dormant is not the right word but I’m not sure how else to say it. Like ignoring that part of yourself?

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I wish I had a better answer for you than just “discernment.”

You just have to think about it, reflect on it, consider how it feels and what it means to you, and decide for yourself exactly what it is.

Follow up question to the other anon asking about otherkin: Because I’ve heard otherkin/fictionkin folks talking about their “previous lives” I kind of assumed that was what I was experiencing, but also people say that being kin with something means being it entirely. I get really vivid memory flashes of other experiences/universes and I’ve sorted that into kintypes but the characters/kintypes don’t often feel super close to me and who I am: I don’t identify as them, although they’re part of me, but not all of me, and I’m not all of them. Sometimes they even feel foreign or invasive, but not always? Like they want different things than I do. Is this an otherkin experience or does this sound, like, delusional? Should I mention this to a psychiatrist whenever my therapist next makes me go? I’ve heard people talking about delusional attachments and I’m not sure what that is or if it matches better

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Many otherkin and fictionkin experience their kintypes as previous lives, and generally also consider those previous lives to still be fully them without separation. Sort of how you’ve grown more than your 10 year old self, but your 10 year old self is still fully you, rather than a seperate person. That’s how past life kintypes are.

There are also otherkin and fictionkin who experience their kintypes in ways that aren’t past lives such as parallel lives, and embodiment.

And there are kin who have past lives that they don’t consider ‘relevant’ enough to them to personally consider a kintype.

What you’re describing sounds like something I might easily describe as a past life memory we’re it to happen to me. These can also be called noemata, of you prefer a more psychological term.

It also sounds to me like you could be experiencing something called ‘fictionflickers.

Fictionflickers are a type of experience where a person suddenly and temporarily experiences being a person from a fictional media, which may include receiving flashes of memory, or temporarily takingbon the personality of that character.