obligatorycoffee:

shadowfae:

slurp-slapp:

Question for ppl who actually feel they are kin with whoever or whatever:

When others say “I’m kin with x” or similar but aren’t serious about it, does it offend or bother you?

Yeah, it bothers me when people misuse our terminology and act like it’s some odd fad. There’s well placed kin jokes (“I feel bad for anyone whose fictotype’s a guy named Fuc”), and then there’s being disrespectful. The latter generally gets a block.

I agree. Kin jokes usually give me a good chuckle, and it’s no fun to take everything 100% seriously, but folks who claim to be kin either for fun or who misunderstand the concept and argue definitions make me want to stick my head in the freezer for a good while.

My idea of a joke is the fact I noticed that my kintypes, when listed chronologically, are also listed alphabetically by surname. That’s funny.

Wishkin throwing a fit because they aren’t otherkin and nobody wants them here? Nah, that’s just irritating and I will get snappy over that. I didn’t ask to be otherkin and I never really wanted this, and they’re being downright disrespectful.