tfw ppl say "i love your character" & weird awkward brain conflict sets in immediately bc "you" & "your character" fused into inseparable constructs a long fuckin time ago lol
@skolli huh, you managed to articulate a discomfort that I hadn't really realized needed articulating but thank you because now I realize why that makes me uncomfortable when people say "your character" referring to me
@IrisKalmia @skolli oh absolutely
@Felthry @IrisKalmia extra fucked up that most ppl dont -have- this kinda feeling so its not like i can just say "hey could you not" w/o getting pushback/ppl doing it even more as a fuck-you
boy i sure do love this lol
@Motodrachen @skolli @IrisKalmia I mean I'm definitely kin, there's never been any doubt about that since we learned what the word meant
@Motodrachen @skolli @IrisKalmia I've generally just used the term otherkin to refer broadly to any non-human identity of any intensity. Is that not how you use it?
@Felthry @skolli @IrisKalmia *Handwavey* I've known an Awful lot of otherkin folks, and they get Actual body dysmorphia. One girl told me she couldn't ride bicycles or motorcycles because she didn't have her Tail. and she'd tip over.
And my housemate, Duke, well, he stays quiet about it but I've seen the dragon soul that lives in him, and I'm not prepared in any way to argue that it's not like, a thing.
So, usually it's a Spirit or Soul identity that's nonhuman. And generally Very nonhuman.
@Motodrachen @skolli @IrisKalmia Oh, I understand what it is, just that my definition wouldn't have anything "beyond" it because it includes _everything_ that isn't human