QUESTION

youraverageqilin:

I have seen people making a distinction between “kintype” “kin” “ID” “literally me” “kinning” and things like that.

What the fudge? What do they think each one of them is? Please send answers because I really want to know. For the lulz.

Kintype: The thing that you identify as that makes you otherkin. 

Kin: Shorthand for otherkin / fictionkin. Also used as a suffix sometimes for some kintypes (ex. identifying as an elf means you’re elfkin, and an elf is your kintype.)

ID: Shorthand for ‘identity’ / ‘identify’. Some wishkin (folks who aren’t kin but wish they were and also insist they are when they aren’t) insist that an ID is ‘more you’ than a kintype. They are misinformed at best, and downright malicious at worst.

‘Literally me’: Something you’ll only really find around wishkin. A kintype is literally you. (Obviously not physically, but you get the idea.)

‘Kinning’: Also a wishkin thing. It implies that being otherkin is something you do, not something you are, and thus is frowned upon in the actual community. Please never use it seriously if you want to be taken seriously.

Hope that helps.