#kinplural

Terminology changes and adapts. Sometimes, it comes from not-so-pleasant places. Sometimes, it gets reclaimed. That doesn't fucking change whether or not it is currently used.

So let's go over this!

Fun fact: "kin" and "kinning" are often used as shorthand, this is rather common, and controlling other peoples' language is a shit thing to do!

"I kin xyz", "I'm kin with xyz", and "I'm xyz kin" are ALL very often shorthand for "I am otherkin/fictionkin and my kintype is xyz".

"I'm kinning xyz" is often shorthand for "I'm kinfirming xyz"

"my kins" is often shorthand for "my kintypes".

"I've kinned xyz for years" is often shorthand for "It's been years since I began being aware of my xyz kintype".

"kinning" IS OFTEN SHORTHAND FOR "the act of being otherkin/fictionkin" !!!!!!

And if your argument is that this'll make other people think we're "crazy"? Surprise, anti-otherkin ALREADY THINK THAT. We're a DID system, we're already what they think is "crazy". We've been with the otherkin community for 10 years now and the amount of people trying to control others after the KFF boom is DISGUSTING. Get a fucking grip. We are the ones the sanists hate. Self-flagellating at their doorstep won't make them respect us.

The fact that many people write this off as "oh well you might be treated differently in the community" is outrageous. Treating anyone as "less real" because of their terminology is horrible. Get a grip, leave behind your paranoia about KFFs, and stop judging others' validity based on what terms they're used to.

KINPLURAL

[pt: kinplural]

— "Kinplural is a term where someone’s plurality is in-between being a kin experience and a plural experience, or their plurality is experienced through kinshift."

coined by Purrix on wiki.

Pluralpedia Page

Someone whose experiences are somewhere between otherkinity and plurality.

This is NOT for someone who kins a system

Term not coined by me, this is just a redesign of the flag.

For many systems, their plurality is defined by their kins, kinforms, kintypes, and kinshifts! These individuals definitely are still plural, and are a shining, integral part of the plural community! This post aims to celebrate and uplift kinplural systems of all sorts!

🐉 Shoutout to systems whose kintypes developed into headmates later in life!

🦡 Shoutout to systems who mistook their headmates for kintypes at first!

🐙 Shoutout to those who struggle to determine if their kintypes are kins or actually separate headmates!

🦅 Shoutout to systems who consciously chose to develop their kintypes into kinforms, or headmates based on kintypes!

🦈 Shoutout to systems who question whether their experiences align more with kinshifts, cofronting with a headmate that has their own kintype, or something else!

🐅 Shoutout to systems who are made up entirely of otherkin members!

🐊 Shoutout to systems who share a collective kintype!

🐏 Shoutout to systems whose members may have multiple kintypes!

🦚 Shoutout to those who used to be plural, and whose headmates’ kintypes remained after the system had fused!

🐕 Shoutout to systems whose plurality is inherently connected to their kin identities!

🦝 Shoutout to headmates who are confused about whether they’re otherkin, copinglink, otherhearted, or simply nonhuman!

We hope that every kinplural system out there can have pride in their identities as kin and as plural! Remember that as long as the plural framework works or you, you will always be wanted and cherished as members of the plural community, and we are honored to share this space with you!

Please treat yourself and your system with kindness today! We care about you, we believe in you, and we’re rooting for you in all that you do. Thanks so much for reading, and take care!

[ "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).

We don't mind questions! We have our asks on for a reason.

Our syscovery started with our core (Aaron) being recommended system videos on TikTok. She engaged with the system community a lot on there, and it's what introduced him to systems in general.

We eventually left TikTok, cus the community was kinda toxic, lots of anti-endos. (And there were some creeps following us). Our new/current main social media is Tumblr.

Of course, we never stopped interacting with systems. Aaron thought that systems' functions/experiences explained how it's life is. With Tumblr being a lot more inclusive, she finally realized that you don't need to fit DID/OSDD/UDD criteria to be a system.

Now, for the part they actually discovered we were a system- They noticed that their kintypes seemed to be able to communicate with her, and finally went "Hey, I might be a system"

And they started noticing more things. The unstable identity. The way they felt like 'too much' to be one person. The way his kintypes felt more like separate beings than parts of himself. The way they wouldn't feel like theirself at times.

It installed Simply Plural, 'just in case' we were a system, and started making profiles for their "hypothetical" headmates

A week-ish later, we eventually landed on the label "kinplural"

We're not quite a system, but not quite otherkin. It doesn't feel right labeling it as one or the other.

ok uhh sorry this took a bit to post. wasn't sure how to word like half of this

It's more like "I'm a twitch streamer listening to whatever my chat(alters) tells me to do"