A (slightly) Visual Guide to Fictionkin, Otherhearted, Etc.
Hello, I’m Jack! I’m a fictionkin with a couple stels that has been seeing a lot of confusion on the internet lately about my identities, so… I present to you - This guide! If there is any more I need to add, let me know.
Common Terms
Common Misconceptions
Resources
Fictionkin: Carrd, Tumblr help blog, Wiki
Otherhearted: Wiki
Otherlink: Wiki, 2nd Wiki
Fictionflicker: Tumblr help blog, Amino
Constelic: Tumblr, Carrd (Archive)
For the rest of my information, I got them based on my personal experience as a Multikin with multiple Stels, and my friends’ experiences with these labels. Ask me questions anonymously (or not) for any questions you might have and I’ll try to give a good answer!
◯⃤Alterhuman is an umbrella term including any identity that derives from the standard human experience. Yes! this includes human identities!
◯⃤Not all alterhuman people identify as non human, some alterhuman people are human.
◯⃤The alterhuman symbol is the alt key : ⎇
◯⃤The original coining can be found here
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☾⋆⁺₊✧ " Alterhuman is a term that refers to someone who does not fit the traditional standard of what is considered human, and/or does not identify as human. " ☾⋆⁺₊✧
[by lgbtqia.wiki, 28/12/23, sourced from alt-h.net]
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• Identities & other terms
A few identities under the alterhuman umbrella are, but are not limited to :
The term alterhuman is opt-in, many people can identify with one or more of these identities but chose to not associate themselves with the term alterhuman or any other umbrella term their chosen label can be found under]
These identities, even if some are etymologically similar to others, refer to groups and communities sourced/anchored/found in this(these) reality(universes).
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Some great alterhuman related blogs to check out : @frameacloud @who-is-page @liongoatsnake
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& Plurality is also often considered to be under the Alterhuman umbrella, although not all systems might identify as alterhuman solely because of their plurality, or identify as alterhuman at all. But due to the complexity of plurality, terms, analyses, and other resources concerning that community and identities, any further information will be sorted, stored and can be found in our partner blog : @plurality-resources &
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⚠ if reblogging please remember to refer to the original post, as very often these might be updated with new information
My friend was kinsidering a song and was very close to kinfirming that kinsider. But what stumped them was figuring out what type of kin it is, is it otherhearted? synpath? conceptkin? songkin? mediakin? or melodykin?
And what I said is, why not all of them? You can be every one of those things. And ofcourse he asked "how would that work" but why worry about that?
Who cares? It's your identity and it's whatever you think it is I'm just saying that you do not have to choose, and it can work bc you can kin everything about the song. It's just you, the song itself and the characters in it, the colours, surroundings, everything. Otherkinity is beautiful and you can feel multiple ways for one thing @rensotherkinblog
(some of these terms can be considered under the nonhumans or alterbeing umbrella, it depends on the experiences of the individual)
otherkin: an otherkin unwittingly identifies as a creature psychologically, spiritually, or/and physically. It is an identity based on non-human experiences.
therian: a therian unwittingly identifies itself as an animal that exists or has existed on Earth. (aliens are in the otherkin category)This identity can be psychological, spiritual and/or physical, and it is based on animal experiences.
theriomythic: A theriomythic unintentionally identifies itself as a fantasy creature that exhibits very animalistic behavior. It is a psychological, spiritual and/or physical identity based on animal experiences.
fictionkin: a fictionkin unintentionally identifies as a character or species from a fiction. It is an identity based on experiences specific to its fictiotype.
Note: if a fictionkin identifies as a very animalistic creature from a fiction they can choose to call themselves theriomythic or fictionkin or even both at the same time
plantkin: a plantkin unintentionally identifies as a plant or as partially plant psychologically and/or spiritually (and/or maybe physicaly ?)It is an identity based on plant experiences.
naturesoul (new term): a naturesoul identifies as the primordial soul, that which is found in all living beings. This is a fairly complex term, so you can ask the creator of this term, @tamashii--0--naturanimae.
otherlink: an otherlink voluntarily choosing to identify as an animal(animallink)/creature(otherlink)/object(objectlink)/ect for any reason.
funlink: a funlink voluntarily chooses to identify as an animal/creature/plant/etc for fun, to test new things.
copinglink: a copinglink voluntarily choosing to identify itself as an animal/creature/plant/concept/ect to face difficult life situations.
copingkin: a copingkin unintentionally identifies as an animal/creature/ect to cope with difficult life situations.
otherhearted/otherkith/synpath: an otherkith has a huge connection with an animal (animalkith) or/and a creature (otherkith), a fictional character/species (fictionkith), ect.
cambikin/cambiheart: individual whose identity fluctuates between a kin identity and a kith identity. The cambitype does not change (there may be exceptions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Obviously there are even more terms, but I can't define them all in one post (sorry to all the conceptkin, kinmyth, songkin, constelics, objectkin and to all those I haven't mentioned)
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alteraffectis or nonhuman attraction
a tertiary attraction umbrella term that human souls simply arent supposed feel, or cant be explained within human terms, coined with alterbeings/alterhumans in mind (I count pet regressors and otherlinks as alterbeings) but I cant police who's using it or not
examples of this could be but isnt limited to:
the way a guardian angel feels about the person/people theyre protecting
the way a patron deity feels about the people theyre a patron to
the way a dog feels about their owner(s)
the feelings a cat has towards their bonded partner(s)
and so much more!!
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I made a Doom, & Puppy synsona/copinglinksona! :3 (tho it's mostly Doom-)
Their allotpun is 'dread ongoing' (or 'ongoing dread'), and they're part dog & part rat!♡ It's rlly into brightly-colored aesthetics/fashion, especially scene, and it also adores cute things! (Plushies, cogs, etc etc.)
I don't have much else for h1m atm since I made h1m probably literally just yesterday, but I'm hoping to make some small posts abt h1m regarding h1s backstory or personality in the future! ♡