Conceptkin

" I am your creaking stair or what you imagine awaits you in the darkness of your basement. I am the tears that arrive from dread and fright, or the blood oozing from a mysterious wound. I am terrifying, and i am horror. —Moony"Conceptkin is a subset of otherkin for those that identify as a concept. This can include identifying as an idea, theory, aesthetic, or aura. As concepts are considered non-sentient, these kintypes can sometimes be mistaken as objectkin. Whilst both refer to non-sentient nouns or objects, objectkin is generally more physical and aligned to one object, whereas a conceptkin can envelop many objects and ideas. A doll objectkin may identify distinct features and singular being of their doll-self, whereas a doll conceptkin may identify as dolls with various features that cannot be pinned down to a singular being.

Due to the nature of concepts, most conceptkin explain their kintype to be psychological in origin. This is in comparison to sentient kintypes that are argued to have souls and thus have the ability to reincarnate. However there are instances of spiritual conceptkin existing.

Conceptkin tend to express their identity as any other alterhuman, defining themselves AS the concept itself. However instead of feeling phantom limb shifts or sensory shifts, conceptkin may feel emotional and psychological shifts associated with their kintype. A horrorkin might explain their experiences by feeling a deep connection to darkness and fear, and posses instincts such as the urge to cause fear. Conceptkin also acknowledge great relief when in the company of their kintype, for example - a rainkin standing in the rain. This is not to be confused with general euphoria as these occurrences are usually accompanied with a sense of belonging and safety.

Terminology
Those that identify as conceptkin tend to also use sub-umbrellas to further explain their identity. Examples include:


 * A rainkin falling under the weatherkin umbrella.
 * A glitchkin falling under the techkin umbrella.
 * A shootingstarkin falling under the spacekin umbrella.