What kind of shifts do you normally get (phantom, mental, dream, sensory, etc.)? How long had you been getting shifts before taking up the otherkin label?

My most common shifts are phantom shifts. I have a permanent phantom tail that I’ve had since I can remember, I get large claw shifts and feet shifts, as well as jaw shifts. When I was younger, before I learned about the otherkin community or knew I wasnt just weird, I got more mental shifts. My goddess kintype is much more vacillant in nature than my indoraptor type, so the indoraptor shifts tend to be far more noticeable and dramatic.

What symbols, phrases, or concepts are important/resonant with you due to your kintypes? How long did you associate with these things before realizing the reason?

I was born under Pisces, and have always been drawn to the water as a concept–wanting to visit Lake Michigan or the local rivers and tributaries, being giddy about rain storms, etc. Being able to breathe/hold my breath infinitely underwater has caused my brain to have a disconnect with my current body and water–I’m not able to do it anymore, as much as I feel like I should/can. Water was one of my largest search inclusions when I was trying to figure out my kintype.

Ever since I was young I was fascinated by the gods, as well. I was raised in a christian family, and it as a philosophy never felt right. The holy and deific atmosphere of churches were always a draw though, I love the aesthetics and architecture–but it never felt … mine. Defiant phrases really hit home with me, due to the christian upbringing and the “I created you, now serve me” nature surrounding that religion, and my indoraptor type, having been created to be a weapon.

Dinosaur imagery hits home with me–any dinosaur really, as well as crocodiles and cobras. Swampy locations feel like home. They have for as long as I can remember.

What’s the biggest difference between you and your canon self?

we’re completely different bloodlines. the Ripper was The prototype, while i was a prototype several iterations in, of a new breed of indoraptor.

What’s the biggest similarity between you and your canon self?

we were both prototypes. displaying undesirable traits not yet selected out for, or inadvertently added during the gene selection process, we were kept as test subjects, as far from humans as possible.

do you live in an area similar to your kintype’s habitat? if not, would you want to?

no, and no, not in this life at least! my indoraptor ‘type was suited to a swampy or simply amphibious lifestyle, and as a river… well lol

i.. have a irrational fear of natural bodies of water as a human lol its because i have an irrational fear of bacteria and parasites, specifically within bodies of water like that. way too much science channel as a tween.

do you experience kin shifts? if so, what are they like for you?

i do!

with indoraptor i get:

• claws
• jaws
• feet
• talons
• quills
• envisage
• mental
• dewlap

• envisage

• snoot/maw
• wyvern wings
• fur