Fictionkin 30 Day Challenge - September 11, 2014

1. Are you a fictionkin species or a specific character?

Both. I am a Meowstic (M) [species] and Sayaka Maizono [specific character].

2. What fictional world are you from?

Pokemon and Dangan Ronpa.

3. Where did you live specifically?

Pokemon; In the Kalos region, in a place that looks very similar to the waterfall-surrounded patch of land with a forest right next to it in Couriway Town.

Dangan Ronpa; I don't quite remember. I of course attended Hope's Peak Academy, but I do not remember it... since I died without ever recovering my memory.

4. What are your shifts like? (if any)

Meowstic (M); I become more quiet and almost moody, and feel my ears and two tails. I also sometimes feel a bunch of fluff around my neck/chest. I may also become a bit more paranoid about people reading my mind during this time.

Sayaka Maizono; I act in a much more cheery way, although I often don’t feel as happy as I look. I also feel long hair down to my lower back, and feel slightly more springy on my feet.

5. How do you believe you are a fictionkin? Past life? Alternate universe? Souls?

I used to think it was past lives, but I’m not sure now. Past lives in alternate universes seems most likely.

6. How does being fictionkin affect your life, if at all?

It doesn’t affect my life much. If anything it makes me feel calmer about things.

7. Had you the chance, would you go back to your world of origin?

If the Pokemon world, definitely yes. The Dangan Ronpa universe is just Japan and despair, it doesn’t free me from being human or having to go to school.

8. Does anybody outside the Internet know of your kin identity?

No, and I have no plans of telling anyone. While one or two people know that I am a cat, fictionkin is on a completely different plane of acceptance.

9. Do you have any memories of your other self?

Pokemon; just a few. I was a young Espurr when my parents were caught and killed by an Arcanine, and so my brother and I raised ourselves. We had thankfully been hidden in the grass, and either that saved us or the fact that two tiny Espurr and an egg wouldn’t really be much of a satisfying meal after two full-grown Meowstic. A later memory shows my brother and I running from our sister, who had hatched from the egg a bit after the incident, and we were all fully-evolved. She aims a Signal Beam quite well.

Dangan Ronpa; The only memories I have are singing on stage in the bright light and dying. So not many.

10. Do you wear anything (jewelry, clothes, etc.) that help you connect or remind you of your other self?

Pokemon; I have a Meowstic (M) charm that I attached to my bag. I would want to get/make a tail or ears though.

Dangan Ronpa; I don’t have any specifically-Sayaka-related items, but I do have comedian Monobear and Nanami Chiaki charms that I attached to my backpack.

11. Do you participate in your source fandom? Why or why not?

I most definitely do. I adore the Pokemon fandom and am I tad less fond of the Dangan Ronpa fandom, but I participate nonetheless. I enjoy being around others who like what I do.

12. Are there any differences you feel between your source material and how you actually feel?

No, not really. Singing is extremely important to me, even if in this life I’m terrible at it. I am quite fond of Naegi as well, in terms of what a kind and positive person they are, even before I discovered this kintype.

13. Do you have any dreams of your fictionkin life or self?

No. My dreams are usually completely unrelated.

14. Did discovering you were fictionkin change how you live your life?

Not at all. It only explains things that were confusing before.

15. How long have you known you were kin?

‘Kin in general, since 2008. Fictionkin, since earlier in 2014.

16. What triggers your shifts? (if any, again)

They mostly appear at random times, not usually triggered by anything in particular. If I find a song that I really like, I might shift into Sayaka Maizono, but rarely.

17. Do you have any friends who are fictionkin? How about the same verse?

No friends, I guess, but I do have some people I am friendly with. One or two are in the same canon. Namely Pokemon.

17. Is your source your favorite show/book/game/movie?

Currently, yes, Pokemon is my favorite game/movie/universe in general and Dangan Ronpa is also a favorite, but more for the story and characters than the game.

18. Do you have any headmates?

No.

2025 Note: I was lying. We have overt evidence that we were and knew we were a system at the time. We were probably hiding it so that no one attacked us.

19. Did you feel you were different before finding your source?

I always have, considering I realized I was a domestic cat therian before I found out about fictionkin.

20. Is there any music that connects you to your other self?

Pokemon; I love the music from the Pokemon games, especially the battle themes, but really it’s just good music and might not be related at all to my kintype.

Dangan Ronpa; Sayaka Maizono actually has three released songs; Negaigoto/Wish Ensemble, Monochrome Answer, and an unnamed one featured in the drama CD. Listening to them comforts me a lot.

21. Do you have a significant other? Do they know you are fictionkin? How did they react?

I... technically do. Sort of. They don’t know, though. They know I’m Otherkin but not Fictionkin.

22. Does your diet resemble what your kin would eat?

I don’t quite know what they ate, but considering human and Pokemon, I assume yes. Humans eat human food, and Pokemon eat meat and berries among other things.

23. Do you hate anything about being fictionkin?

Only how scorned we are, I suppose. And perhaps the slightly troubling memories and habits I have at times.

24. What are your favorite fictionkin or otherkin blogs?

My favorite fictionkin are naegikin.tumblr.com and frostedmeowstic.tumblr.com. everykin.tumblr.com is also very nice. There are some more but I forgot. Oops.

25. Are you a member of any kin forums? (any other 'kin forums in this case)

I was on Fictionkin Underground for a bit before discovering this one. Before I discovered I was Fictionkin I was on WulfHowl for a year or two.

26. How did you find out about the fictionkin community?

Soon after discovering I was a Meowstic I went searching for fictionkin communities not on Tumblr. Somehow I stumbled upon here. Maybe through Espeon?

27. Did you go into a career or studying for one that resembles what your other self did for a living?

...No. My voice isn’t good enough, nor is my appearance, and I have stage fright, I couldn’t possibly be an idol in any way. At least I can sing by myself, when no one’s listening, that’s good enough.

28. What term do you prefer to use, if not fictionkin?

I like fictionkin as a term. I’d rather not use another one.

29. Do you play any games related to your other self?

I play many of the Pokemon DS games, but have never played Dangan Ronpa, unfortunately.

30. Leave us with some fictionkin words of wisdom or thoughts or a quote from your source.

"This future is something you accept as granted, the natural progression of things. It’s a future meant to happen, and one that did end up fulfilled." - Sayaka Maizono