Alterhuman coining: Othermarrowed 🦴
[pt] Alter human coining: Other marrowed [/pt]
Othermarrowed is a term for those who are in-between being otherhearted and otherkin in some way.
Possible reasons for this include:
Having had a past life as a certain creature/being, but not fully identifying as such in this life.
Rejecting humanity to the point that one feels more like their hearttype than a human.
Experiencing frequent or highly notable phantom limbs or other shifts surrounding one's hearttype.
Becoming so connected with one's hearttype that the lines between identifying *with* and identifying *as* feel blurred.
Not fully understanding the difference between otherhearted and otherkin, making one feel unaligned with either label.
I've seen this idea talked about a few times, but I couldn't find any actual term or coining anywhere. So apologies if this exists already!
Cambikin is a similar term; however, one who is othermarrowed is typically not shifting between being otherkin and otherhearted, but are instead typically stagnant or only somewhat fluid between the two. (Those with a fluid sense of identity may still use othermarrowed, of course!)
I went with a bone theme to kind of play off of the "it's in my bones" and similar sayings. "Marrowtype" would be the othermarrowed equivalent to "kintype / hearttype."
[pt] Symbol and flag [/pt]
A rhombus shape was chosen for the symbol as it is somewhat in-between the shape of a heart and a star. The two lines inside represent both otherheartedness and otherkinity, and are also meant to look like bone marrow inside a bone. And the wavy line is meant to look like a bone, as well as represent the spectrum of identities.
Also made a flag. The stripes don't really have any special meanings, just chose cream cuz bone color and then colors I thought would look nice.
