fictionkin

English

Etymology

From fiction +‎ -kin.

Noun

fictionkin (plural fictionkin)

1. An otherkin who believes themselves to be a reincarnation or parallel incarnation of a fictional character.
   • 2009, American Folklore Meeting, Program and Abstracts‎^[1], page 95:

     Otakukin sound like something out of a science fiction or fantasy novel. However, that is precisely what they are. Most simply stated, otakukin (or fictionkin) are humans who, in a past life, were someone or something else, drawn out of multiple universes or worlds.

   • 2014, Danielle Kirby, Fantasy and Belief: Alternative Religions, Popular Narratives, and Digital Cultures‎^[2], page 47:

     This community was originally for those who believe themselves to be fictionkin/mediakin/otakukin, however we accept Soulbonders with Bonds from fictional sources, people who are unsure or the plain old curious folks.

   • 2018, Hugh Urban, Greg Johnson, Irreverence and the Sacred: Critical Studies in the History of Religions‎^[3]:

     Once such group's members subscribe to a metaphysics that considers fictional worlds fully real, or that regards what most view as reality as another fiction. Included here are fictionkin and mediakin, people who claim spiritual or soul […]

   • 2021, Diego Jourdan Pereira, Bizarre Bathroom Reader‎^[4]:

     Otherkin: The living proof that there should be laws preventing nutjobs from networking, this thriving subculture sprung from Ringer and fantasy role-play Internet communities in the 1990s. Its dysphoric members identify as not fully human, be them Fictionkin (those who identify as fictional characters), Animalkin (identify as animals), Conceptkin (identify as abstract concepts), and Weatherkin (identify as weather systems), some even claiming physical, mental, or spiritual shapeshifting abilities!

Synonyms

• fickin, fictkin
• fictionkind
• mediakin
• otakukin (dated)