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I had heard the word "archetrope" around the alterhuman community before the OtherCon 2023. Although in vague terms, I had heard of it. I sort of got the vibe from the word, so I never felt the need to look into it. A vague sort of, "Identifying with an archetype, or a trope from media," vibe. What came to mind for me was tropes like the knight, the prince, the rogue. Classic roles. The stuff you'd see on tarot cards or such. The larger alterhuman community is known to look down on "newer" sources of identity, after all (see the long-standing hesitancy to accept fictionkin).

So, when I joined the panel being hosted by someone named Vyt all about archetropy, I thought I knew what to expect.

Vyt described their archetype as "the right-hand man".

Well, Vyt mostly talked about "the paladin" as their main tropetype. But that was the sort of archetype I expected. "The right-hand man" may not be considered a "modern" archetype, but the specific phrase of "right-hand man" for it feels rather new in comparison to how I viewed archetropy before.

My mom was a pastor.

( Themes of religious trauma and homophobia under the cut... Continue? )

Current Mood: accomplished

(Note: This will be tagged as 'hearttypes', because that term and 'synpath' are functionally synonyms, as admitted by the coiner of 'synpath' nerself.)

I don't quite recall who, but I remember once seeing 'synpaths' being described as 'kin for fun, but for people who are already kin'. Which I suppose is true. However, for me, and my personal experience, that doesn't feel quite right. In KFF circles, 'kin' seems to be a synonym for the word 'stan'. And my synpaths definitely aren't the characters that I stan. I've also seen synpaths be referred to as one's personal set of 'blorbos', but that doesn't feel quite right either. Again, this implies that one views their synpaths through a very fannish lens, even if it does feel as if it implies more permanence. (At least, to me, it does.)

The coiner of the term describes it as follows: "Synpath is a tidy name for something you identify with on several levels, which could be a concept that resonates really strongly with you, an animal or mythological creature you feel you act like, or a person or character you share a lot of common behaviors with, among other things." This description has always felt more personal than KFF's "kins", or fandomgoer's blorbos. To me, my synpaths are things which I identify with, as well as things that are very important to me, how I view myself, and/or my life. Because of this, I've always felt that my synpaths have always been more telling to me, as a person, than my kintypes. My kintypes are not something I choose, after all. They're my past lives; they hold no bearings on who I am now. My synpaths, though, are entirely based off of who I am today, my experiences, and my interests.

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Current Mood: contemplative

Do you know of any sicknesses that are unique to your fictomere's species or source?

The only real one that is shown in the source specifically would be 'the common mold' in The Owl House, which is a viral illness that causes hallucinations, temporary personality changes and for mushrooms to grow out of the sick being's body. It's pretty harmless overall, though, and you just have to wait it out.

There is also despair disease, though. I'm unsure if it would count as a "real" illness, because it was just another motive in the simulation to get us to kill each other, and so was basically made up. But I and others were effected by it in a very real way. It's a disease which was supposedly transmitted by bugs, and was described as an endemic disease which was passed around easily. Those who get despair disease get a very high temperature, grow physically weak, and have very significant changes in their personalities. The way that it changes each individual's personality is different. I had a version which was nicknamed "liar disease". Owari had "coward disease", Mioda had "gullible disease", and Mikan had "remembering disease".

To be honest, talking about being Nagito is embarrassing for me, even in fictionkind spaces, buuut the liar's disease was a huge pain in my side for a little while, so I figured it's only suitable to bring it up.

Current Mood: embarrassed

My thoughts on my source, the direction it took, and how it feels to have it end, as Hunter.

( Spoilers for The Owl House's finale, 'Watching and Dreaming', under the cut )

Current Mood: apathetic

It has currently been around a week since The Owl House premiered one of its three final specials, to wrap up the series: Thanks To Them. And I still can't think, even vaguely, about the end of that special without my head starting to pound.

Hunter from The Owl House is one of my "the big four" fictotypes who I simply am, in the most literal sense of the word. I am these four characters "in the flesh," as the kids say. "In the real," even. I find it incredibly difficult to separate myself from these characters at all.

And it has always been difficult, being Hunter. I mean, the crew behind the show themselves love to joke about how much they use my character as a 'trauma punching bag', per say. (Ha ha ha, guys. Extremely funny and normal thing to say about a child character who is canonically an abuse victim.) But everything from before now, I could cope with. I could handle.

( Spoilers for 'Thanks To Them' and themes of mourning under the cut )

Current Mood: depressed

Is your fictomere nocturnal, diurnal, crepuscular, or something else entirely?

I mean, a lot of my whole Thing as Macaque was being something of the darkness. I definitely thrived more at night. Otherwise, I was a day person, unless you counted my insomnia as Hunter.

Current Mood: sleepy

Recall a time where your fictomere had to be calm in the face of adversity.

My kintypes typically aren't exactly known for 'staying calm'. The main example I can think of who is able to do that, though, is Hunter; I was able to recognize that Luz posed no threat to me, after I was first unmasked in front of her. I was more analytical, in terms of combat. Being powerless in a world of magic will do that to you.

Current Mood: thoughtful

If you could hit the road with anyone from your source material (yes, including yourself), who would it be? Where would you go and what would you do?

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To be honest, it would be a toss-up between Luz, Sal, or Mei. I feel like I'd get along with them great in this life!

What I'd do would depend on the person. With Luz, I'd wanna go to some nerdy anime or cartoon convention. I'd want to go to a concert with Sal (you know, in the alternate universe where there aren't currently any virus outbreaks), and I'd wanna go to an arcade or something similar with Mei!

Current Mood: busy

Is there anything related to your identity that makes you feel afraid?

I become nervous about how my source self is perceived by fandom, in terms of fictionkinity. I know it doesn't actually matter, but whenever I see people talking about how much they hate my source self, it feels like they hate me, even when I know that's not rational. It's something that I'm trying to work on. More than anything, I'm afraid of my identity not being taken seriously, or people thinking that I am who I am by choice or that I take it lightly.

Current Mood: nervous

What is your most exciting noemata?

There are lots of different possible answers for this. My final battle against Gloria was very exciting as Bede, as well as my first few battles as a Gym Leader. All of the battles against Wukong as Macaque were super fun and adrenaline-fueled, of course, and playing with the Emerald Entrails was very fun and had me on edge as Hunter, and so on...

Compared to all of that, my most exciting memories as Travis as actually quite mundane. It was whenever Sal would bring me somewhere, like to get ice-cream. Or when I first dyed my hair. Doing tiny, tiny things to rebel.

I remember thinking, 'Loud music, too-sweet food and a pretty boy,' listing off all the things that I knew my father would hate for me to be enjoying... Apparently I was smiling or something, because Larry commented on it ('feels good to rebel, doesn't it?'). I told him to fuck off.

Current Mood: relaxed

Does your fictomere have a favorite food? Is it a dish that can't be found on Earth? Would it be considered taboo or gross by today's human standards?

Well, as Travis, my favorite food was the school’s baloney sandwiches which, in the source material, was actually meat from… Ahem. Well, at least I’m pretty sure that it wasn’t that in my canon… (… Hopefully…)

… ANYWAYS, as for other kintypes…! I remember loving Toriel’s butterscotch-cinnamon pies as Chara, for which, thankfully, multiple fan-made recipes exist. I can’t say that any of them are exactly on the money for how it tasted, but, nonetheless, it’s very close… Baking it helps me feel closer to Toriel, too.

Current Mood: embarrassed

#4: What kind of weather does your source have? Is it very different from Earth, similar, or completely alien?

The only kintype that has anything that differs from our Earth’s weather significantly is Hunter from The Owl House. In the Boiling Isles, we had weather similar to the human realm’s weather, but more hostile. The boiling-hot rain is what usually comes to mind first for most people, of course, but, in general, all weather changes were considered plagues rather than actual ‘weather’. There were regular incidents of hail taking the forms of rocks, tornadoes made of gore and guts, cursed rainbows, and floods from the water from the Boiling Sea (which, as the name implies, is also boiling-hot).

Current Mood: contemplative

#3: Is there a live-action movie or series based on your source? How do the actors and events match up with your noemata? Is CGI or practical effects necessary to represent the people and creatures from your source?

Yes, Detective Pikachu is a fabulous live-action take on the Pokemon world! Of course, given that the draw of the franchise is the creatures that don’t exist in our world, CGI and such is necessary, but I feel like the movie did an excellent job bringing the creatures from my memories to life.

I’m unable to speak of if the CGI is accurate to how I remember the world, though; all of my memories are remembered in a stylized way. I have no clue if this is common for those with fictotypes from an animated or video game source or not (I would love some community input on this!), but all of my memories are ‘in the style’ of Pokemon Twilight Wings (the animated miniseries based on the Galar region).

Current Mood: curious

How closely is your identity aligned with canon events from your source?

It depends on which fictotype you're talking about; I'll discuss two examples on opposite ends of the spectrum.

On one end of the spectrum is my Bede canon, which is actually surprisingly canon-compliant. I mean, of course, what you see in the source is only half the story, as it's told from Gloria's point of view, and I sort of just get yoinked by my future grandma halfway through the game and then don't come back until the end. (Thanks, Miss Opal.) But, nonetheless, the times where I am present in canon, I am more or less word-for-word canon-compliant, except for two very small instances of mild changes in my phrasing. I don't conflate my fictotype's canon-compliance with "validity", for lack of a better word (and neither should you!), but it does feel a certain type of satisfying to know that what players are presented with is, more or less, the real me.

(On the other hand, though, this also means that, if players hate me; which a lot do; they also hate said 'real me'... But that's a discussion for another prompt, I'm sure.)

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Current Mood: contemplative

I love daily prompts and blogging my thoughts and the like, so I will try to respond to 1-3 prompts per day to work through the backlog! This'll be the prompt I'll do for tonight before I hit the hay.

What was the event that triggered your awakening? How did this process impact your life over the following weeks/months/year?

I discussed this in my introduction post, but I think I could go into more depth here.

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Current Mood: nostalgic

You're afraid to be corny, but I was born on the cob

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