Constelic

An alterhuman term for someone who collects identities of animals, fictional characters, mythological beings, and otherwise. It is often done by choice, though it doesn’t necessarily need to be, and constelic identities can be dropped, hoarded, and have priority over others. Constelic identities are often casual, “in the background”, or not very intensive, though this may not always be the case. Furthermore, there may be specific tiers of how much someone relates to said identities.

These identities in question may be called constels (ex: “I have a deer constel.”) or they may just be called an ID. You can also put an identity along with the suffix “-stelic” (ex: I am deerstelic). Someone who is constelic may range from only having one ID, to having a very large number of them, or anything in between.

Reasons for why someone is constelic may vary. Popular reasons may be because of hyperfixation, projection onto characters, a need to “hoard” things (possibly due to things like OCD), or simply for fun. The term comes from the word “constellation”, and the symbol is meant to represent a star that branches out into their own identities.

This term was coined by extranth on tumblr.