KIN / STANLIST

INFO1: What does kinning mean?The short answer is that ‘kinning’ or having a ‘kin’ means you relate to that character (that you kin) in one way or another. It can be minor or major, you can also kin multiple characters, and characters with a different age/gender/race then you. Kinning is not limited to how much you ‘act like a character, or share their personality traits’. You can kin a character based on trauma and etc. So that being said, even if you see someone with a ‘abnormal’ kin, do not automatically assume that person is wrong, or ‘a bad person’. Also, kins can frequently change and or lose strength over time (let’s say, you begin to change as a person or etc). This is completely normal and doesn’t invalidate anyone!2: Kin terms (these are the terms and definitions that research and etc have lead me to. These are also very general.Kin: A character you relate toKinning: Having characters/multiple characters you relate to (enough to kin)Shift: Your mood/etc changing and therefore your kins changing (not always but sometimes). Example: When I feel more confident my kins change, so when I watch something I can relate to different characters.Doubles: Two people (or more) who kin the same characterNo Doubles: When somebody says this about a character (or characters) that they kin, they wish to not interact/etc with a person who also kins that character (or characters). Some people have different levels of not wanting to be around doubles, (some will not even be friends with a double while others just prefer the double to not talk about their kin/etc).Comfort characters: This doesn’t have a lot to do with ‘kinning’, but a lot of people who kin also list their comfort characters so I thought I would as well! A comfort character is simply a character that you don’t kin persay, but find lots of positive emotions in, or are comforted by.KIN LEVELS
(The different levels of kinning going from highest to lowest, keep in mind these are my definitions)Core: Some people use this term some people don’t, it’s basically like the strongest level you can kin a characters. It’s taking THAT’S ME to another level. (It is stronger than a selfhood)Selfhood: ‘A character I relate to very strongly, and relate to at almost all times. It’s basically like watching a show/etc and seeing a character and thinking That’s me!’ID’s: ‘I relate to this character very strongly, but sometimes I feel a little less connected to them depending on my mood/etc’Reverse ID’s: An ID but only when you are in some sort of shift (you relate to this character very strongly but ONLY when you are in a shift/mood change, when you aren’t you feel little to no amount of relation to this character. Example: feeling incredibly confident therefore relating to characters that are more confident igMinor Kins: Characters you relate to some what/a little but not enough to be an ID.Reverse Minor Kins: Characters you relate to some what/a little but only when in some sort of shift. When you aren’t in a shift you relate to this character 0%.Questioning: A character you are not sure if you kin or not, but you have some sort of attachment too.🖇️ source