Kink...?
@KawaSeadrake @emanate @starkatt I guess I can try to explain mine more too. This might be a ramble and I'll admit I'm not sure I've yet worked out the right way to talk about it.
For me, 'synthetic' and 'toy' are inter-related, but not the same. I've argued that 'synthetic' is the more fundamental one, and 'toy' is something on top of that that I've decided to specifically embrace, myself.
Kink...?
@starkatt @emanate @KawaSeadrake Specifically, 'synthetic' is basically part of my kintype, as much as any species stuff is. And that is actually where the 'purpose/directive' stuff in the OP comes from. As I mentioned there, I'm still trying to work out some of the specifics of, but basically talks about the fairly broad areas that help me feel the most fulfilled. It's things like "be useful", "be inspiring", "be an interface between worlds and thoughts and stuff"
Kink...?
@starkatt @emanate @KawaSeadrake And thus the 'ownership' part is another layer on top of that, the best expression of some of the specifics of those relationships (Notably, I only have one formal 'owner' but owner-like relationships with other folks as well (who know and acknowlege the ownership relationship), which I contextualize as 'admin' relationships, and then I am available to others just like, say, the game console in the living room. ;))
Kink...?
@KawaSeadrake @emanate @starkatt But in the end, the 'ownership' part does still wrap around again and relate to the specifics of the 'synthetic' kintype thing; it feels right, and fulfilling, to be owned and treated like a (smart) object, because that's pretty core to how I think about myself.
Kink...?
@KawaSeadrake @emanate @starkatt And then those broad 'how I feel fulfilled' parameters mix with more specific stuff like my kink and relationship and presentation inclinations and work out such that 'toy' seems like the best descrptor of the result. In the end it IS similar to what Kawa and Em said, because it has that same filling-needs, making-happy.