30 Day Fictionkind Challenge
30 Day Fictionkind Challenge
Day 14: What are shifts like?
There isn't a way to say it that doesn't sound poetic. They're difficult to describe in all actuality, and I've noticed how the feelings have changed as time has gone on. Allow me to use a vehicle analogy. The first shifts felt as though the wheel was being taken from me while I controlled the gas and brakes, but now it feels as if I am still in full control, only taking driving directions from a close and trusted friend.
A shift feels like moonlight scattering across a landscape, like incense or candle smoke permeating a room, like rose petals and love notes. Wholly unique, yet simultaneously ubiquitous.
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Coming home and metaphorically taking off the little hat they make me wear to reveal my antennae, pulling off the shirt I have covering my wings, existing in my own space as what I truly am
on love arriving unannounced
I would say, without hesitation, that being afforded the opportunity to have and engage with a kin identity afforded me the purest expression of love I could have possibly ever encountered. All things familiar, yet simultaneously new; multiple experiences coalescing into one.
Nothing but gratitude to experience life again and to be given so much freedom of choice; to be able to read and dress well and sit in the sun, the simplest of pleasures becoming unspeakably valuable.
Nothing but love during each of my shifts, nothing but love for the way the identities bleed over into each other, complimenting one another. Familiar experiences through unfamiliar eyes, the joy of the world shown to a cynic and a misanthrope, learning about the good of the world time and time again.
I would not trade it for the world.
Playlist Challenge!
I see a lot of “kin playlists” on the “fluffy” side of otherkin tumblr, so I decided to put more thought into a “playlist challenge”! I find it hard to believe that a stranger can “assign” someone a playlist for their personal canon, so why not do it yourself instead?
This is, of course, geared towards fictionkin. However, copinglinkers and otherhearted can also participate!
Despite the tag “ask meme”, this is meant to be one playlist, not a bunch of asks asdfghjk. Though it can be done that way!!
1. A song that personally reminds you of your kintype in general/just has their “vibes”.
2. A song that thematically reflects your kintype in some way.
3. A song that reminds you of a happy or fond memory.
4. A song that brings forth a more negative memory.
5. A song that reflects a significant event in their life, bad or good.
6. A song that tends to put you in a mental or phantom shift.
7. A song that you associate with an important figure in your kintype’s life.
8. A song representing your kintype in an archetypal manner. Down to their base personality.
9. A song that reminds you of your kintype’s past.
10. If there are any, a song canonically related to your kintype, either in the source’s official soundtrack (if there is one) or just a song that the canon source’s creator associates them with.
11. A song that is commonly associated with them that, while not your personal choice, you can still enjoy.
12. A song that reminds you of your current life, is in stark contrast to your kintype, or can easily snap you out of a shift. Perfect end to a kintype playlist.
Wondering if my draw towards scents is a way of compensating for no longer being able to sense pheromones
Was browsing the witchcraft-themed items at my local spirit halloween and they remind me so much of when I used to be an active practitioner when I was younger. While I don't do so now, I do wish I was more in touch with my spirituality and metaphysics that come with it, it all makes me want to light my candles and pull out my tarot deck.
