Personal writing challenge day nine!!
This one is a little late ‘^^ I’ve been ill and had the Brain Fog, so i wasn’t able to write for a little bit. So I’m going to combine a couple ‘types into one post today!
This post is going to be about being otherhearted and my kithtypes. I’ve always been inhuman- a dragon since birth. It’s easy for me to tell what I am, but what I am not is a harder story. My hearttypes tend to be more nebulous, hard to pin down and label. They also tend to be vague, overarching concepts rather than specific species. The way I identify a kithtype is: do they feel like family? Do they feel like home? And if the answer is yes, I'll add it to the list. Right now I have three major kithtypes.
First, all animals. Like, all of them, including humans. It feels like… we’re all an interwoven family. All part of my identity in a way, resonating with me when I get to see them. They’re all my siblings, in a way. The birds, bugs, fish, deer, canines, felines, primates, all of them. It could possibly be a nature kithtype, now that I think about it, because that family feeling isn’t limited to animals. Old trees are like grandparents, flowers like cousins, rocks and mountains like aunts and uncles. It is a beautiful world, and it is all family to me. There might also be another under this umbrella, African Wild Dogs specifically as I mentioned in day six, but I'm still questioning that one.
Second, we have space and the stars. I have a couple kintypes that are deeply tied to the stars- fallen angel, the Leviathan, Star Trek hearthome- and it just feels like. Like space is family, space is home. It is interwoven with me and my identity in a way that could never be untangled. I am not a star, or the concept of stars, but I lay my head to rest in them. If that makes any sense at all.
Third and finally, we have a song. For a while I questioned if this was a kintype, if I identified as this song, but I've come to the conclusion that it’s a kithtype because it’s more that this song describes the parts of me that were already there. The song is “The Bog Bodies (Dorm Demo)” by Rabbitology.
It’s just so… me. It sounds like a part of my soul being played for everyone to hear. I am seen in a way that I have never been before.
So, those are my kithtypes!! It feels good to get back into the rhythm of writing