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Flamesoul_the_Diabolical said:
Why do I keep making these long-ass replies, I need to stop.
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Perhaps it would be best to gather your thoughts and summarize what you want to say in a few concise bullet points. Don't apologize for something if you're going to do it all over again in another post. Making long posts in and itself isn't bad, but if you acknowledge that your posts come off as rant-y and overly long for the points you actually want to make, it's more productive to go back and revise them instead of posting a "sorry, not sorry" at the end.
Flamesoul_the_Diabolical said:
That's a fair point, I'll go back and edit it in a little bit
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Clown Doll said:
Perhaps it would be best to gather your thoughts and summarize what you want to say in a few concise bullet points. Don't apologize for something if you're going to do it all over again in another post. Making long posts in and itself isn't bad, but if you acknowledge that your posts come off as rant-y and overly long for the points you actually want to make, it's more productive to go back and revise them instead of posting a "sorry, not sorry" at the end.
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That's a fair point, I'll go back and edit it in a little bit
 
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Sorry if it's already been stated/answered in here (I didn't see it if it was) but what happens when you have multiple persons claiming to be kin with a particular person and insist they are the one who is truly said character?

I'm asking because our resident Stray Sheep has decided she is kin with Sans from Undertale, and she recently had a mild meltdown over feeling that such an identity was being invalidated and how she's super uncomfortable with other people claiming to be Sans.

I posted these in the Stray Sheep thread but I'll toss them in here too to show how she's fussing over it.
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Bluebersaur said:
Sorry if it's already been stated/answered in here (I didn't see it if it was) but what happens when you have multiple persons claiming to be kin with a particular person and insist they are the one who is truly said character?

I'm asking because our resident Stray Sheep has decided she is kin with Sans from Undertale, and she recently had a mild meltdown over feeling that such an identity was being invalidated and how she's super uncomfortable with other people claiming to be Sans.
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A lot of tumblr fictionkin have caveats on theirs blog that include "Don't follow me of you're kin with this character", among many other exceptional things.

Sometimes they get along though. I remember back on LJ, there was a pretty hilarious convo that got featured on sf_d where several fictionkins (they called thelselves otakukin back then) discussed the traits and personality quirks of their respective Sephiroths.
 
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Bluebersaur said:
Sorry if it's already been stated/answered in here (I didn't see it if it was) but what happens when you have multiple persons claiming to be kin with a particular person and insist they are the one who is truly said character?

I'm asking because our resident Stray Sheep has decided she is kin with Sans from Undertale, and she recently had a mild meltdown over feeling that such an identity was being invalidated and how she's super uncomfortable with other people claiming to be Sans.

I posted these in the Stray Sheep thread but I'll toss them in here too to show how she's fussing over it.
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Wow, that's um, very..... attention whore-y lol. Talk about stirring up drama just bc "omg ppl feel teh saem things as me im so triggered rn"
Jfc, man :////
 
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varvarstvo said:
A lot of tumblr fictionkin have caveats on theirs blog that include "Don't follow me of you're kin with this character", among many other exceptional things.

Sometimes they get along though. I remember back on LJ, there was a pretty hilarious convo that got featured on sf_d where several fictionkins (they called thelselves otakukin back then) discussed the traits and personality quirks of their respective Sephiroths.
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Surprised they actually got along enough to post that - wouldn't happen to have a link, would you? Most fictionkin have the "I'm the only ____, don't say you're me, it's upsetting, no one can be me! Trigggeeerreddd and disassociating" syndrome pretty badly. Though in my experience, it's less "OMG stop being me!" and more "OMG stop being better at this character than me and getting more attention/doing things I don't like, THEY'RE MINE - only I can make up bullshit headcanons uwu".
 
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varvarstvo said:
A lot of tumblr fictionkin have caveats on theirs blog that include "Don't follow me of you're kin with this character", among many other exceptional things.

Sometimes they get along though. I remember back on LJ, there was a pretty hilarious convo that got featured on sf_d where several fictionkins (they called thelselves otakukin back then) discussed the traits and personality quirks of their respective Sephiroths.
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I find it interesting yet borderline pitiable that people would go to such lengths over a fictional character they would never have identified with if the creator had never, well, created them.

And how does that exactly work? Sephiroth has his own personality and various traits. Do people really start contorting them to better fit how they want to perceive them? Does that defeat the purpose of being "kin" with someone/thing? You might as well create your own knock-off who fits the bill so you don't misrepresent the character if you actually care about that sort of thing.
 
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Bluebersaur said:
I find it interesting yet borderline pitiable that people would go to such lengths over a fictional character they would never have identified with if the creator had never, well, created them.

And how does that exactly work? Sephiroth has his own personality and various traits. Do people really start contorting them to better fit how they want to perceive them? Does that defeat the purpose of being "kin" with someone/thing? You might as well create your own knock-off who fits the bill so you don't misrepresent the character if you actually care about that sort of thing.
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You got it exactly.

Fictionkin are really just people who like/identify with a character on an extreme level and twist their personality to match their own or how they see the character. If they like Seph/Cloud, they use 'canon clues' and 'memories' to justify that Sephiroth is really truly gay for Cloud and if you dispute that or, godbear forbid, canon disputes that then they will claim to be from an 'alternate reality' where it's canon so you cannot invalidate them.

Really, they're just kids wearing a paper mask of their favorite character and playing an elaborate game of pretend.
 
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PetalPinkPuppy said:
You got it exactly.

Fictionkin are really just people who like/identify with a character on an extreme level and twist their personality to match their own or how they see the character. If they like Seph/Cloud, they use 'canon clues' and 'memories' to justify that Sephiroth is really truly gay for Cloud and if you dispute that or, godbear forbid, canon disputes that then they will claim to be from an 'alternate reality' where it's canon so you cannot invalidate them.

Really, they're just kids wearing a paper mask of their favorite character and playing an elaborate game of pretend.
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It's really disturbing how some people legitimately believe they are the character they're fictionkin with. Like, they claim to literally have memories. I dunno if they're just making that shit up or if they're seriously that delusional???but like, man- if someone they knew irl caught wind of this, well.... either ostracization or a LOT of mental health screening/therapy...................................... or both :/
 
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Flamesoul_the_Diabolical said:
It's really disturbing how some people legitimately believe they are the character they're fictionkin with. Like, they claim to literally have memories. I dunno if they're just making that shit up or if they're seriously that delusional???but like, man- if someone they knew irl caught wind of this, well.... either ostracization or a LOT of mental health screening/therapy...................................... or both :/
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That's why they stick to their hugbox communities and fling words around like "ableist" when people try to force common sense into them. You go up to someone normal and say "Yeah look, I'm actually Rainbow Dash from an AU where I'm transgendered and Pinkie Pie raped me so could you not talk about pink and watch my spectral wings please?" and they're going to either laugh or sign you up for therapy.

Pretty sure some of them are legitimately delusional and severely mentally ill but the majority are just kids who think it's cool to have a dx and want to play pretend.
 
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