Anonymous asked: I'm wondering if you can explain fiction-kin to me? As an example, I can understand why and how some associate with a alicorn, but not why there are a bunch of people associating specifically with twilight sparkle.
Alright, let’s see if I can explain this. Sorry this has taken so long to get to, anon! Things were kind of hectic on my end…
Okay, so most fictionkin believe in the multiverse theory.Basically, there are limitless parallel universes out there and so potentially their are ones where our fictional characters are real. If this were true, said fictional characters could live and die, and then be reborn into another universe. Thus explaining how one could end up identifying spiritually as having been a character in a past life like Twilight Sparkle. This would also account for memories and what not that aren’t featured in the show/book/movie the character is from.
And since there are limitless parallel universes, there could also be potentially limitless universes with Twilight Sparkles. This would in turn explain how their can be multiple people identifying as Twilight Sparkle.
As for non-spiritual fictionkin, I’m not exactly certain about the psychology behind identifying as a fictional character and so I won’t attempt to hypothesize anything about it.
There’s also the high chance that a lot of fictionkin are really just fiction-hearted, meaning they identify with a character and not as one.
I hope this explains it a bit!
-Mod Badger
liongoatsnake, I’m sure you have something to add.
To add to Mod Badger’s points -
The cause for how fictionkin view their identity varies. A fair number of fictionkin (those whose identity fit’s the definition of fictionkin) identified as they did before they ever came across a media portrayal that fit their species or character strikingly well. (Myself included) Some see the similarity as just pure coincidence of probabilities, some see it as a multiverse-thing, in some instances some see it as maybe the author was influenced, and I am sure I’m leaving off various spiritual related views on how a fictionkin might view themselves. That is not even including possible psychological views which can include coincidence of similarity and others.
For the example of Twilight Sparkle, the coincidence model for a fictionkin might run along the lines of - person grows up identifying as a purple winged unicorn and they may or may not have past life memories or gut feelings which makes them think their kintype would be one which lived with other equines, etc. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comes aground and if enough similarities touch basis, it might lead the person to label themselves Twilight Sparkle fictionkin.
