your relativesYour kin are your relatives.
When fans use the word “kin” they are expressing connection and affection toward an anime character. It can be considered a substitute for “like” or “love” as in, “I kin Goku from Dragon Ball Z.” It can also be used to describe the person's relationship toward the character such as, “Goku is my kin.”
The urban dictionary describes the meaning of kin as “a character (or characters, you can have more than one kin) you associate/identify with. kins are to help you express yourself, comfort you etc.” Many TikTok users are making videos about their anime kins and some people even have multiple.
Kinning is when you relate to a character, in basic terms. However, it goes deeper than that. You feel as though you have a connection TO the character, as in, you feel as though YOU ARE the character. Characters you kin don't have to be your favorites, they simply have a connection to you and ARE you, per se.
Simping and kinning ARE NOT THE SAME. They have similarities as in they both relate to characters, but they ARE NOT the same, I must stress this. I hope you found this informative and if I made stupid mistakes tell me in the comments. Stay fresh!
what exactly is ID? is it separate from kin? ID is just short for identity, meaning it is part of/is their identity. as for if they are different than kin, it depends on who you ask. some people see them as the same, some people don't see it that way.
The word kin on TikTok is used to show admiration and pay homage to characters in anime. … If you're a fan of a specific anime character, you would say that you kin them. And when it comes to TikTok videos, creators are using the word to refer to various characters that they are fond of.
Originally referring to one's family or race, kin narrowed to refer just to one's blood relations. Your "next of kin" is your closest family member: spouse, child, parent, or sibling.
friends and relativesDefinition of kith and kin old-fashioned. : friends and relatives They invited all their kith and kin to their new home.
comfort character has nothing to do with kin, so yes you can have comfort characters. that term is meant to apply to any character that anyone attaches to and finds comfort in. some people just find comfort in someone for kin reasons, if that makes sense. Anonymous.
The earliest recorded use of the term otherkin, in the context of a subculture, appeared in July 1990 and the variant otherkind was reported as early as April 1990. The word "otherkind" was initially coined from the word "elfinkind", to refer to non-elf others who joined the communities.
In real life or real life, abbreviated respectively as IRL or RL, is a term frequently used to describe events or facts that exist offline; in the physical world. It is sometimes used interchangeably with "out of character", in contrast with IC (in-character) events.