Expanding Our Cause

[Old Owner]

Fictionkin Dot Com started with the mission of providing a safe space for fictionkin and fictives to discuss our experiences. We have been running for over a year now, almost solely focused on fictionkin and fictives. Recently, however, we have seen an influx of soulbonders joining our community. This is understandable, given the seeming lack of active soulbonding communities on the web today. Although soulbonders, fictives, and fictionkin all have distinct experiences, and are therefore not the same thing, we can still relate to each other, because we all share a connection to fictional characters and species.

Taking all the circumstances into account, the staff had a discussion, and came to the decision to expand our site's cause. We are now a site for not only fictionkin and fictives, but also soulbonders.

This is a post to notify members that there will be some changes to the site. We will be adding more in-depth information about soulbonders to the main site (very similar to the pages we have on fictionkin and fictives), changing our Fictives & Fictionkin section to Fictionkin, Fictives & Soulbonders and re-adding a separate board for soulbonders. Finally, our tagline on the main site will be changed to be more inclusive to soulbonders.

I hope this makes everyone happy. Welcome to Fictionkin Dot Com, soulbonding community!

 

[Robin]

This is great news! I hope those with bonds really love this change.

Personally, I've been getting more invested in the soulbond community and have been more curious about it, so having more information on it is gonna be absolutely amazing! I look forward to seeing what comes with this addition.

 

[thebatter]

I think this is a neat idea and I support this decision.

 

[Delphox]

Like!
I'm certain that everyone here will be in support of these new changes.

 

[eucalyptus]

I don't mind this in the slightest, it makes sense due to all being related phenomena.

What I don't want to invade this place is "normal otherkin", meaning "non-fictional" ones.

 

[C0PPER]

I support this idea fullheartedly.

Although I'm not a Soulbonder, Soulbonders are REALLY cool. And I'd love to learn more about them!

 

[imyongsoo]

This is a great idea. Compared to just 5 or 6 years ago, I feel like the fact we exist and what our experiences are is becoming obscured. Some people think we're trying to appropriate from DID systems (although I can see why, since some of our language is very similar if not identical), but hearing from newcomers that the only headmates who are "real" are fictives and alters... it's distressing. I'm glad there's a lot more awareness of those systems, because they really need the support - moreso than someone like me who has a totally peaceful and voluntary relationship with their bonds. Still sucks to have to hide it, even among other kin, you know?

In my experiences, soulbonding is extremely common with fictionkin, and I think having more available and detailed information about it could help a lot of people. For one thing, sometimes new bonds are hard to distinguish right away, and more than once I almost thought I was awakening to something, when in fact I was just acclimating to a new bond. If I didn't know about soulbonds I would have either been panicking over the idea of having an identity disorder to deal with suddenly, or with even more "fictotypes" not fitting quite right.