#Fictionkind

[nova-dracomon]

Join the Fictionfolk Webring

Are you fictionfolk? Do you have a personal website? We'd love to have you join our webring!

We've have yet to see anyone make fictionfolk webring, so we're filling the gap ourselves. Learn more on our website. We have more info there on what we're doing, how to join and even links to the resources we used to build everything.

(And please ignore the cat ispum, it's placeholder text till more members join.)

What is a webring?

It's basically a collection of websites, that you can cycle through and view via a widget all the sites put up. This means, that by using our webring, you can easily browse through a bunch cool websites made by fictionfolk without having to scour the internet! Neat!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us.

[wilted-astraea]

*clears throat*

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

You ruined everything.

[fromfiction]

My first alterhuman experience was something that would now be called a spontaneous, unintentional case of reality shifting.

For a period of several months when I was 10 years old, in 1996, I was isekai'd back and forth to another reality.

There was a cartoon that was airing at the time. Samurai Pizza Cats. I didn't even like it to begin with, I thought it was stupid. My dad and brother were the ones watching it. But after a while, even though the feeling that it was stupid didn't go away, I was compelled to watch it for some reason.

And then the isekai started. 

It wasn't dreams, even though I was most often pulled into that reality when I was in bed. It was whenever my attention wandered. I wasn't asleep. It was, if a dream, then a waking dream. Continuous, without looping, or changing. When I was there, I was there, when I was in our reality, time continued there, and I'd return to find that things had happened in my absence. 

I laugh, every time I see the isekai boom in anime, because that wasn't nearly as much of a thing in 1996, but it happened to me.

The villain of the series had built a machine to summon a warrior from another universe who could defeat his enemies.

And he got me. A ten year old. And all the stupid bullshit that came with it.

They ended up training me, since they couldn't try again, and there was supposed to be some 'destined champion' thing going on.

I spent months of time training and fighting battles.

And then, after we achieved our goals, I went home. I had to go home, or they told me I wouldn't be able to. I was adapting to that universe, my body was changing.

And I will tell you when I was in our reality, I didn't quite believe what was happening to me when I was pulled into the other reality. It couldn't be happening, right?

But it wasn't a fun daydream! It wasn't intentional! I wasn't doing it on purpose and that stressed me out! It scared me.

So I said my goodbyes, and I came back.

And sadly, despite all my reaching out in the years afterward, despite all the other alterhuman experiences that I've had, I've never heard from anyone from that reality again. I've never been able to go back there. That door that was open to me has been forever closed.

And somehow that's one of the biggest things that makes me sure it was all real.

[leviafin]

It's so easy, and fun!

[insectoidvoid]

if you're fictionkin, there is a very, very high chance you have a little metaphorical devil on your shoulder that constantly yells at you to downplay and minimize your identity for everyone else. and I am here to tell you that you must grab that little devil and dropkick it into an industrial shredder.

[wilted-astraea]

plot twist

you and that character are the same person!

[2healing2]

Fictives and fictionkind deserve to be treated like normal people.

Fictives and fictionkind deserve understanding.

Fictives and fictionkind deserve to not just be reduced to their source if they don't want to.

Fictives and fictionkind deserve to have their feelings taken seriously.

[interstellarsystem]

Nonhumans are here, even if you do not see us. We always will be. We are often hard to spot, but can be found doing all the things a human might.

A cat went to work at an event stall for a mental health service.

A massive sea serpent wanted to go to science class because it enjoyed it more than the rest of those living in its shared form.

The void sat down, huddled up in a blanket, to watch a tv show with its partners. It had to stop watching after a bit, but enjoyed spending time with those close to it anyway.

A wolf went to a psychologist appointment and gratefully drank the hot chocolate they were offered in the waiting room.

A shapeshifting being of pure darkness spoke publicly about trans rights in front of politicians and then went to the pride festival he helped fight to keep alive.

A dragon went to school so the others sharing his human body could have a break.

A manifestation of the fear of madness itself sat in the food court at the mall eating mochi and drinking tea while waiting for its friends to get back from shopping.

A witch drew a picture of his cardinal bird and shared the work he was so proud of with his friends.

A cockatoo borrowed the next book in his favourite series from the school library and almost couldn't wait the whole day to go home and read it.

An alien went camping and watched the birds outside and the way the wind made waves and patterns on the water.

A fallen angel went shopping for sunglasses to shield his eyes from how bright the sun was.

A harpy went shopping for new plants to look after. He named a few because he loved them so much, and sent pictures to all of his friends.

An anthropomorphic hedgehog traded Pokemon cards with his peers at school. He was happy with his collection.

You may not see us, and you may feel alone, but you are not. We are just hidden. We are in more places than you'd think, and in the places you'd least expect. We are complex, we are valued, and we are here.

[severalfoxesinatrenchcoat]

I know there are several posts like mine, but from the bottom of my heart, I want to say I genuinely love the tumblr alterhuman n nonhuman community so much, for just having so many people that are open about being themselves. As a being who discovered it was nonhuman a while back, and went through alot of toxic therian communities filled with misinfo before finding tumblr communities n blogs like the ones I see now, it's a spectacular thing to witness.

You're plantkin? That's awesome!

You're lightkin? That's awesome!

You're planetkin? That's awesome!

You're spacekin? That's awesome!

You're bugkin? That's awesome!

You're robotkin? That's awesome!

You're wolfkin? That's awesome!

You're catkin? That's awesome!

You're any other 'kin? I didn't list That's awesome!

You're otherhearted? That's awesome!

You're fictionhearted? That's awesome!

You're copinglink? That's awesome!

You're otherlink? That's awesome!

You're otherkin? That's awesome!

You're a therian? That's awesome!

You're any other form of nonhuman/alterhuman I didn't list? That's awesome!

Continue being yourselves, it's amazing how diverse and welcoming this community can be <33!

[apotheosick]

It's not inherently harmful to want to have unconventional or non-human body parts. Your body is your own, do what you like with it.

[mechanical-sunchild]

Y'all ever need so badly to be referred to as your actual self it makes you want to scream and tear something into tiny pieces

[fromfiction]

The reality of being fictionkin or a fictive is that sometimes you'll be sitting there, staring off into space, reliving the moment of your brutal death, and then you'll get up and go into the kitchen and eat a cookie.

[nyctohyloph0bia]

A slight modification to my Meet My Blank templates to be in simpler fonts so they can be readable for those who have a difficulty reading other fonts!

Original Meet My Theriotype | Original Meet My Fictotype

Transparent versions below. :) 👇

[leviafin]

Exotrauma

Having exotrauma from a "cringe" or "silly" source sucks. It feels like you're taken infinitely less seriously than those who have trauma from grittier, adult-geared and/or "acceptable" sources. Which in and of itself just isolates you and makes it worse.

I'm not just a silly little thing from your silly little Roblox game that could never show signs of trauma because it's 'just a kids game'--and I'm not your blorbo either. It feels like there's 2 common options for how people treat fictionkind with exotrauma:

Oh my poor little scrunkly, my little cardboard box meow meow.... Going to hold you because I love babying you and treating you like you're not even a person because I see you only as my favourite character. (Mind you, this is distinctly SEPARATE from actual friendly support, you can tell the difference.)

You're not a fictional character, get over it lmao. Yeah I know you are them but like you didn't ACTUALLY live through that, stop claiming it, it's disrespectful. Why are you upset at my memes about your death lol. Get a life.

So like... Maybe fictionkind are people. Maybe I don't want to think about the worse parts of my source. Maybe I don't want my trauma shoved in my face as a little funny joke, even if the context is changed. Maybe, just maybe... Leave alterhumans with fictional sources alone. Even if their source is lighthearted, even if it's for kids, even if it's the most "cringe" media you can think of.

Sonic the Hedgehog might've seemed fine in-source but maybe he's fucked up from all that he's been through. That warrior cat alterhuman isn't just being edgy, maybe they're suffering from the memories of fighting to survive day in and day out. Bluey is allowed to be not okay, and their source shouldn't dictate their experiences. Do you ever think that some Pokemon or trainers don't have amazing, adventurous lives travelling around with their best friends? Mario might have nightmares and flashbacks from his source. Mickey Mouse is allowed to be hurt, and allowed to express that. That MLP alterhuman isn't always going to be just a happy colourful magic pony with no issues whatsoever.

We are PEOPLE, and our sources being "happy", "for kids", "light-hearted", "fun" or anything of the sort should NOT dictate how we are treated here, what our experiences are "allowed" to be, or how we are expected to act. Treat fictionkind--of all sorts--like PEOPLE.

[insectoidvoid]

watching your mutual's source and seeing them appear on screen