#kinform

[ "Kinself - Alterhuman Coining ]

Read here for a glossary of Otherkin information and terms.

In kin systems and/or kingenic plurality, the line can get blurry between what is a kintype, kin shift, and what is a system member. Kinform is a word currently used to describe an introject of a kintype. However, the separation isn't always so distinct during kin shifts.

"Kinself" is a word to bridge that gap. This is a term for any otherkin/etc shift that is intense enough for there to be a feeling of identity separation from ones' unshifted self. It may happen once or may be reoccurring, but the most important differentiating factor is that they're ephemeral in nature. While a kinform (median facet or not) is a consistently solid & recognizable system member, a kinself will experience temporary separation during the duration of their experience. This separation may waver, be consistent, or anything else, but is always temporary in one manner or another. As the kin shift fades, so does the kinself, returning back to the otherkin person in a manner similar to integration, fusion, and other similar experiences. This experience could be one-time per kintype, or reoccurring.

Could be considered an opposite of temporary fusion.

Kinselves fall under the median/midcontinuum umbrella. There is a chance a kinself could solidify further and become a kinform headmate.

Whether people choose to consider kinselves as part of their member headcount is up to the individual(s).

https://pluralpedia.org/w/Kinform

Kinform , Kin System , Selftroject

Please do not refer to this kinform as an introject or fictive

This user is an introversal kinform— not a fictive

Drawing for a Vriska Serket fictive (who dresses as her pre-godtier self with the prosthetic arm and eye patch, 8ut appears to 8e in her 20s) who is matesprits with a noncanon Aquapio fictive/kinform (Homestuck), and who feels like she's ready to say I love you for the first time.

Hiya and good timezones everypony! We’ve got a question that we’re going to throw out here - it’s something we’re having trouble finding out online and it’s for a positivity post!

For all y’all who are kin out there! >w<

What’s the difference between kin, otherkin, kinform, kintype, and kinshift? Are those first 4 the same thing and kinshift means your kintype causes you to experience shifts, like a werewolf?

Many members in our system have kintypes, but we’re woefully uneducated about the kin community and kinning terminology! But we’re writing a positivity post for kinplural systems, and we want to be as accurate as we can in the words we use to celebrate these folks! :3

Thanks so very much in advance! So sorry if this comes off as ignorant or offensive… we want to be thoughtful and respectful when writing our posts, and Google hasn’t been much help for answering these kin questions! >_<

Sorry we got to this so late!

I really don’t believe this to be fluffy or anything like that, though there might be a few people who say otherwise, and I can definitely see why people would be sceptical. I’ve actually experienced something similar myself though, where a kintype of mine “split off” from me and became a separate entity in my head. 

I believe the term for this would be kinform, or at least, it’s the closest term I can find! I checked to find the coining post but it seems to have been deleted.