#but it seems like every other person i see posting has a kinlist a mile long and i'm just. how are you anything resembling a cohesive being

[a-dragons-journal]

i feel like a lot of people need to be reminded that instincts/quirks of certain animals/creatures doesn't make you automatically kin wth said being. anyone can have traits like craving raw meat or wanting to fly or barking. it's not necessarily a kin thing and it's sad to see people struggle over kintypes they don't have because they have one or two traits of it.

Yeah, I do think people forget that sometimes. And a lot of species have relatively similar traits - it’s worth questioning sometimes whether you actually have another kintype, or if it just feels similar/familiar to you because it’s similar to a kintype you already have. (Which isn’t to say that being two or more similar creatures can’t happen - I’ve met people who are - just that it’s something to take into account.)

#otherkin #i honestly don't think being polykin is nearly as common as it sometimes looks like on places like tumblr #especially once we start getting past like. 3-4 kintypes the odds start going down that it's actually another kintype and not - #- something like these two things that isn't being looked into hard enough #obviously that's not to say that it doesn't happen or that it doesn't happen in a fair number of people #but it seems like every other person i see posting has a kinlist a mile long and i'm just. how are you anything resembling a cohesive being #- if *all these things* are as integral to you as being a dragon is to me #but that's just my opinion colored by my experiences and by who and what i've seen over the past 4 years or so #rani talks #asked and answered #anonymous