Is this kinning?

bunnyb0y39 10/3/2023 07:20 am 232

so i basically identify with BoTW Zelda to the point that I feel guilty for her mistakes. I sometimes pretend to be her as well (I have my mom looped into that particular game of pretend.)

like I cut my hand on some glass I forgot was in my garbage can, and I was talking to myself as if I were Zelda who had cut her hand on something while I was bandaging it u. As in, “oh Hylia that’s a lot of blood, but it’s okay, I’ve had worse fighting with Link” and stuff like that. (Don’t worry, I’m fine and it’s healing okay, it sucked at the time though.)

is that kinning? I know I’m not really her, but I just identify with her that strongly. I’ve even said “I am her and she is me.” I don’t actually believe that, but it feels like it might as well be true sometimes.

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Oct 3, 2023 8:04 pm

yeah this is how i feel with horror sans which confuses me too sometimes- i personally am fictionhearted though. as far as i have seen it's basically identifynig with the character, but not as the character. i don' 'ave any experience with bein' a full-on fictionkin though, so i might not 'ave the best knowledge on this. shit im rambling- ta get to the point, what yer describing sounds more like fictionkin ta me

Oct 3, 2023 7:59 pm

In recent times, fictionkinning has been made into something that is just relating to or wanting to be associated with said character, so I'm not sure if you're referring to that definition which is the kin for fun definition of kinning or the actual definition of fiction kinning, which basically means you were said character in a past life

Even despite whichever definition you're referring to, it's all up to personal interpretation. Kin for fun people "kin" characters for all kinds of different reasons, and it's all individual, there's no real set rules or anything. If you're referring to actual fictionkinning, its hard for someone else to say if what you're really feeling is fictionkin stuff, memories from a past life ect. Everyone's experiences and feelings with it are different, and I know as fictionkin myself it's really hard to figure out sometimes if what you're feeling is proof you were that character or not, but its a personal journey that you just kinda gotta fuck around and find out on.