RpNation

geeeeeeeeeeez I'd forgotten all about those guys *dives into the info*

i don't really get it either? but a lot of my friends are fictionkin and it makes them happy and as long as they're happy, i guess that's what matters.

jinkx I'm trying to understand it, and I get like the general gist of it, but I just . . . If anyone here is otherkin I'd love a firsthand account

Sibelle Grey i think it differs from person to person. it can range from people who IDENTIFY strongly with a character to people who believe they ARE that character, to people who believe they WERE that character in a past life.

Okay, so that's fictionkin/mediakin/otakukin. But there are also people who identify with other things, right? Animals, galaxies, etc.? Like, dragonkin?

Sibelle Grey i don't know as much about those, apologies.

jinkx well thanks for the insight you did provide ^.^ I'll keep digging

If I have to be honest I believe it's just a Tumblr trend with no facts as backup, but live and let live I guess.

Well, it didn't *start* on tumblr I don't think, but it might indeed have gained momentum on there because . . . y'know, tumblr.

*swims up out of the research* Still don't get it and I personally don't think it's a thing, but as long as they feel it and aren't hurting anyone, I mean . . .

I agree. Although some might argue that believing unreal things can be unhealthy :/

Well, that depends. Unhealthy for whom? If it isn't hurting them and it isn't hurting anyone else, then. Based on what I've read, it honestly makes them feel better about who they are mostly, so no harm

Well, drugs make you feel good too, but that doesn't mean they're good for you.
On the long term believing that you're a cat, or Naruto might detach you from reality I think.

There's a big difference between
-I love Naruto
and
-I am Naruto

True. And that's where it gets strange for me, because like . . . I roleplay, right? Getting into the mindset of something/one else is possible. But actually believing you are/were a dragon in the past/on a different plane of existence

Believing you actually are Ron Weasley/a star-dwelling wolf/an actual god is very out there. But I mean, as long as that belief isn't affecting your quality of life (like a space dragon missing their galaxy or something), I guess it's harmless.