Why don't you want people tagging your art as kin?
I don’t want people tagging my characters as “kin” because they’re my characters, not someone else’s.Â
My OCs are all very important to me, and the thought of someone claiming them as kin makes me deeply uncomfortable. Many of my characters possess personality traits, habits, or issues that I personally have. I’ve shared my anxiety, depression, eye issues, tinnitus, chronic fatigue, and sensory processing issues with several of my most notable OCs. While I can respect that other people can and will relate to these things, I also hope that people can respect that these characters are an extension of myself before anything else.
I often read the tags people write when reblogging my art, and I know that many artists do also. I can respect if you’re kin, but please keep an artist’s thoughts and feelings in mind before tagging their work as kin.
