The term ‘fictionkin’ was created on livejournal around the year 2007. It was created to replace the former term ‘otakukin’ which was agreed to be in poor taste, and not encompassing all of the community. The term otakukin had previously been coined in the otherkin community in the early 2000s.
The term fictionkin was specifically created in and gained traction in the livejournal community formerly known as “otakukin.livejournal.com” and then changed to “from_fiction.livejournal.com”. This community was the only otakukin/fictionkin community hub active at the time, and was wholly metaphysically based, with the majority of members believing specifically in fictionkin reincarnation.
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