Sinister System terminology, differences in fronting vs shifts Some people seemed interested in our internal experience, so I’ve written up a little bit of a guide to help it make sense. system member: a distinct person/soul who is one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, some of our system members have orientations that change depending on their shift. I think the most obvious/dramatic one is that there are a few system members who are asexual in one or more shifts, and not in others.
Hey friend. Sorry this took me so long to get to. We’ve been pretty low on energy for the last week or so. We haven’t called what we experience soulbonding for a while now, because our perception of our experience[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fromfiction: One of the worst feelings of being fictionkin or a fictive in fandom spaces is coping with and trying to ignore that feeling that you know better than other fans what is or isn’t true about the story and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Speaking as Kristoph Gavin I am not currently in the headspace to receive criticism of my actions. XD Seriously though, we do very genuinely tend to avoid video essays analyzing our kin sources because they tend to speak and present[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fromfiction: It’s simply one of those inevitable vagaries of terminology. There are 25(ish) souls (system members) sharing this body. Each of these souls is an individual. Each of these souls is part of a large, intertwined cycle of reincarnation that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fawning-overshifty: what do you mean he’s fictional, we sleep in the same bed every night
gl1tched-g0th: “Wow you write this character really well!” Thanks I knew them personally
Hi friend! Thanks for the question! For the record, our preferred language is “system members”. We don’t use the term “alters” to refer to anyone in this system. This question gets into our spiritual beliefs as fictionkin, and on the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
oops. kin/fictive stuff below cut (all-ages) I was composing a post in my head in the shower about using fanfiction for kin/fictive memory work we got distracted and started thinking about the next scene with phoenix and miles realized phoenix[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Speaking as fictionkin and a fictive system member, I am so tired of seeing kin and fictives trying to police and restrict how other people interact with and discuss fandom, and the fanfiction and art they create and share. Your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m so glad! Fanfiction and writing is a big tool in our pocket for understanding our history and expressing our feelings toward one another.
Psychological kin believe that their kintype is because of something happening in their brain. Spiritual fictionkin believe that their kintype is because of real actual literal magic/ occult/ spiritual reasons. Psychological kin generally don’t believe that souls, magic, alternate universes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi friend! This is actually something I’m happy to talk about in public. When we say “spiritual” regarding fictionkin what we mean is that we believe very literally that our being fictionkin is magical and literal, rather than psychological in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kintype/fictive from an ongoing shonen manga is the worst curse imaginable.
Our system is a bunch of literal dead people who knew each other in alternate dimensions all reincarnated into one body on this earth🤷
Oh! Oh no XD Wildly bisexual leaning masc-attracted. Some of my other MGS F/Os are Ocelot and Kaz. No offense taken! not much anyway I’m not straight but I AM fictive/fictionkin and the Snake that I met in my lifetime[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Something funny I’ve noticed is that we tend to have broadly typical interpretations, headcanons, ships and opinions about fiction we’re fans of that aren’t fictive/fictionkin sources for us. And our opinions, ships, and interpretations of the fiction that is our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whenever someone compliments our character writing in a fanfic, and they’re talking about one of the people who are in our system– –it’s just. The most absolutely validating thing in the world. Like– yes, person who loves the way we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fromfiction: one of the frustrating things about being fictionkin or fictive– especially with a source that’s very popular– is that sometimes a popular fandom headcanon or fanon can distort your memory, or make you doubt your memory of the things[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
sabre-tooth: One more painfully fucking honest moment with you pals. Half the time I expect to wake up in a tank of green goo and find out this whole thing was a dream or a programmed memory or a virtual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you’re fictionkin/fictive and post about it online, you live in a reality where sometimes your day genuinely starts with being contacted by an alternate universe version of yourself. So that was how MY morning started. XD How’’s yours?
Hi, friend! Not an offensive question at all, and we are happy to answer! Each of our system members individually considers themselves fictionkin. We are each, in the system, a single fictionkin person. The system is made up of a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Micro-dosing identity validation by ordering fast food under your real name instead of the body’s name.
virokuns: speaking of our personal religious beliefs how the fuck do i explain to regular normal people that my religion comes from fuckinf. undertale multiverse That’s generally the point where we personally stop explaining to most people and get real[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Interesting when a piece of information that contradicts your source memories is technically canonical– but it is not presented to or by any of the characters within the narrative, rather being presented directly to the viewer as fact by a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
being homestuck fictionkin sucks so bad like, I can’t even fucking tell you. You would not believe the shitty things that I am stuck with having actually happened to me. 😭 and I just have to live with that. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fromfiction: Many people consider their kintypes to be based in reincarnation, and each kintype is a separate lifetime they lived before this one. For instance, our first life was in the Steven Universe universe, and then after that lifetime ended,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I want to keep being reincarnated forever, so I can continue inventing new and worse types of toxic relationships to be in with my soulmate(s).
today on: “its not a bit, its not intentional, we don’t do it because we’re thinking about who we are”– Peter forgot that he wasn’t allowed in the kitchen, tried to prep chicken for dinner, and promptly set off the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fromfiction: Questioning a Specific Source (Questioning Guide Part 2) There are two elements to discovering a kintype; questioning, which is a process, and awakening, which is an experience. Specifically, questioning is the process of figuring out if your experiences are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have “I disagree with everyone in my source media’s fandom about everything” disease. V_V
I’m pretty sad that I, a Homestuck character, can’t get excited about Homestuck content any more.
I miss having just a small server to talk about my kin shit. UGH.
fromfiction: We have been made aware that there is some kind of altercation going on in the server that used to be affiliated with Fictionkin.org. We would like to make it clear that that server is no longer affiliated with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the smith that reforges a broken sword is still that sword’s creator.
Sometimes when I feel a cold, or wet sensation on my foot I look down and I expect to see blood, like it’s that moment when you’re hurt but before the pain’s arrived.
Do you ever get so deeply caught up and invested in your Self Insert and have their character and lore so enmeshed with the source material in your head that it’s strange to look at the canon and not see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Woke up with Danganronpa kin thoughts in my (🔫🦢) head this morning, so I have decided to share some of our ‘lore’. In a lot of ways our experiences are very closer to the material that’s presented in canon. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The disconnect between kin life gnosis and knowledge of the canonical text of a work is sometimes staggering. I’m reeling from re-realizing that Oce/lot isn’t even *in* Peace Wal/ker. He just shows up at the beginning of Phan/tom pain out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Canon: these two characters have never met Meanwhile: these two characters are sitting in each other’s laps as we speak
Call me attached to the earthly, but I may have a little more of the endless cycle of death and rebirth, as a treat. darkheart-despairs
Call me attached to the earthly, but I may have a little more of the endless cycle of death and rebirth, as a treat.
People love Peter Pan because he has confidence, and pride, joy and spontaneity. But one must slowly discover that he lacks kindness, fellowship, forethought, afterthought, pity, and remorse. Peter Pan will love you for a day and forget your face[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People love Peter Pan because he has confidence, and pride, joy and spontaneity. But one must slowly discover that he lacks kindness, fellowship, forethought, afterthought, pity, and remorse. Peter Pan will love you for a day and forget your face[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If I nickel for every time I grew up all by myself in a huge mansion full of guns, trap doors, and taxidermy I would have two nickels. Which isn’t lot but it’s weird that it happened twice. (Homestuck life[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If I nickel for every time I grew up all by myself in a huge mansion full of guns, trap doors, and taxidermy I would have two nickels. Which isn’t lot but it’s weird that it happened twice. (Homestuck life[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are either 23 or 25 sinister system members depending on how you count. Toko (😼🔪), Hal, Trevor (🔫🍳) and Kirigiri (🔍⚔️) we’re the first members awake in the body. Despite Toko and Hal being the main fronters for years[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some random Sinister System history trivia There are either 23 or 25 sinister system members depending on how you count. Toko (😼🔪), Hal, Trevor (🔫🍳) and Kirigiri (🔍⚔️) we’re the first members awake in the body. Despite Toko and Hal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the worst things about exotrauma, is that having a traumatic memory of an event can cause you to fixate on that moment in time and it’s consequences. It can make you unable to remember the ways things got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the worst things about exotrauma, is that having a traumatic memory of an event can cause you to fixate on that moment in time and it’s consequences. It can make you unable to remember the ways things got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure! 🌺😈 || Jade Harley 😼🔪 || Captain Spinneret Mindfang, Vriska Serket 💻🔪|| Aranea Serket 🌀😎|| Cronus Ampora 🐙🧪|| Eridan Ampora 💪🔫|| Equius Zahhak 🦇👁|| Sextus Ampora (non-canon third loop Troll) 🕷😎||Dirk Strider 🕷🛠️|| Robo Dirk Strider/Lil Hal 🎀💖|| Jasmine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure! 🌺😈 || Jade Harley 😼🔪 || Captain Spinneret Mindfang, Vriska Serket 💻🔪|| Aranea Serket 🌀😎|| Cronus Ampora 🐙🧪|| Eridan Ampora 💪🔫|| Equius Zahhak 🦇👁|| Sextus Ampora (non-canon third loop Troll) 🕷😎||Dirk Strider 🕷🛠️|| Robo Dirk Strider/Lil Hal 🎀💖|| Jasmine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Soaking in the body-feeling of a very physical shift. Feeling your body as if it matched the body map in your mind. Standing in front of the mirror, closing your eyes and tracking your movements, picturing your reflection the way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Soaking in the body-feeling of a very physical shift. Feeling your body as if it matched the body map in your mind. Standing in front of the mirror, closing your eyes and tracking your movements, picturing your reflection the way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Albert Wesker’s body falling apart from uroborus as Pink Floyd’s Goodbye Blue Sky plays off in the distance. darkheart-despairs
Albert Wesker’s body falling apart from uroborus as Pink Floyd’s Goodbye Blue Sky plays off in the distance.
that feeling when you’re from a piece of media you actively dislike, and looking at the canon feels like a gross distortion of the world you lived in.
Dumb little fictionkin thing: seeing art of your kintype that heavily exaggerates your attractiveness, especially like, in a mainstream way. Like honey, I’m flattered but I promise my body did NOT look like that. Enjoy the fantasy tho :p
My honest answer is write about it. Write about that thing that your brain wants. You don’t need to give it context just jump in and write the thing and make your brain happy. you can go back and add[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think the single worst thing that can happen to you as a fictionkin/fictive is when canon gives you a trait that is quite clearly meant to be a joke at the audience’s expense. And ordinarily you should be able[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Guilty as charged– absolutely can’t stand Junko at all. Hate her and everything she stands for on a very personal level. XD context note: our hatred of Junko is based on our interpretation of the source media, and our own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
xenodelic: Fictionfolk: How Do You Feel About “Doubles” I love seeing / interacting with them I don’t mind seeing / interacting with them I’m neutral / don’t care I am somewhat uncomfortable / prefer not to interact with them I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fromfiction: 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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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.
onlyhalfdemon: guidelines for minors in the therian/otherkin community: predators are everywhere, including within this subculture. block. report. tell an adult you trust if you feel unsafe. p-shifters are individuals who claim they can physically transform into their kintype. they’re lying.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love fanfiction, because I can imagine a world in which you held me close.
We’ve lived through the worst of it. We had Something Awful threads and Encyclopedia Dramatica articles, etc, about us back in the day. We try to treat fancops, harassers and trolls online like we would any real world terrorist or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Exonostalgia: 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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fromfiction: 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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, so, fictionkin terminology has gotten pretty diluted outside the community in the past few years, due to a massive influx of casual interest in the community during a time while anti-kin were impersonating fictionkin as a form or trolling[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh geez. Is this your first kintype? If it is I would 100% put processing and understanding your feelings and experiences surrounding being Mukuro in general before you hone in and focus on on your relationships. That said, I can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh cool, interesting new word for it. The terms souldbond, walk-in, multiverse traveller etc have been used in the past. Anyway that’s what we all are. We ain’t from ‘round these parts 😉
I’d say that’s a common experience and activity for people who experience being from a fictional source. For sure, we do it too! That said, I’m gonna be nit-picky. 😉 It’s weird to write fanfiction. It’s weird to be a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
princesstoxicbutterfly-deactiva: Well it wouldn’t matter because they are fictional lol These characters aren’t real and they can’t get hurt lol I’m not a pedophile lol Antis are so unhinged! There’s no one experiencing the fic you write or art you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It sounds like you’re on a journey of self discovery, and we are here for you! Here are some resources that might help you sort things out. our post from the other day about contacting headmates. fictionkin.org: a resource for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
em0r1ck: Everytime an antishipper tries to use the fact I have a fictional source as a “gotcha”, I lose braincells “ppl ship u with ur grandson” no they ship a fictional character with a fictional character that may reflect my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
sabre-tooth: So last night I was dreaming about implanted memories. Specifically disentangling ‘em. It was the team X days, or maybe when we got back together to figure everything out. Dream context’s fucking hard to figure out. Anyway we’re we’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
antiproshipping: blackheart-biohazards: antiproshipping: blackheart-biohazards: cezaryinurbones: princesstoxicbutterfly-deactiva: ???…. Anyway I’m going to ship what I want and draw what I want I’m not doing anything wrong Anon, who the hell is doing that? Because it sounds like you are pushing the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
antiproshipping: blackheart-biohazards: cezaryinurbones: princesstoxicbutterfly-deactiva: ???…. Anyway I’m going to ship what I want and draw what I want I’m not doing anything wrong Anon, who the hell is doing that? Because it sounds like you are pushing the boundary. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
cezaryinurbones: princesstoxicbutterfly-deactiva: ???…. Anyway I’m going to ship what I want and draw what I want I’m not doing anything wrong Anon, who the hell is doing that? Because it sounds like you are pushing the boundary. It sounds like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
navelgazed: People really think that you have a fictive of someone in your brain and they’re gonna act like they’re role-playing, when like. Okay. It’s more like, hey! You are this character but also you’re a real person capable of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That fictionkin or fictive feeling when you and your real actual partner are a fandom rarepair, or even a nonexistent ship.
I don’t “ship” characters, I receive visions of love from another world and sob grossly and uncontrollably.
dirtytail: the otherkin urge to run on all 4s but the autistic need to not get dirt under my nails
You see gifs of me. You believe I am cool. The deception is working perfectly. 😼
blackheart-biohazards: Fictionkin, fictives, etc: Remember there is/was more to your life than canon shows on screen/page. When people write fiction, it’s common to leave out what the author feels is boring, and to concentrate on the more exciting, dangerous, stressful,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It took time, but there were a few exercises that we would try to do to kind of figure it out faster. One was having the person stand in headspace and try to ‘shift’ into the person we were trying[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
blackheart-biohazards: The disconnect between kin life gnosis and knowledge of the canonical text of a work is sometimes staggering. I’m reeling from re-realizing that Oce/lot isn’t even *in* Peace Wal/ker. He just shows up at the beginning of Phan/tom pain[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi anon! Thank you for sharing all this with us, it sounds like you have a lot on your mind and are going through a tough time. It also sounds like you should definitely look further into plurality– I wouldn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Woke up with Danganronpa kin thoughts in my (🔫🦢) head this morning, so I have decided to share some of our ‘lore’. In a lot of ways our experiences are very closer to the material that’s presented in canon. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anon, that’s really interesting. I’m not sure whether that’s a normal way or dreaming or not. We had an ex boyfriend who apparently almost never dreamed at all. We have different kinds of dreaming depending on who goes to sleep[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The answer is complicated: basically it used to be hard, but now it’s generally really easy. So here’s the long, system lore answer. To begin with, we were awake and active as a plural system before the fictionkin community was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…