imyonqsoo:

You can have coping mechanisms of all kinds without calling it kin. I’ll call you Jesus Christ if that helps you get through the day. You can pretend to be every single Sonic character there is if it makes you feel grounded. But don’t tokenize the nonhuman communities because you think it’ll make you more special or legitimate somehow (all you “I’m the REAL and ONLY ___” are just awful, stop it, no you aren’t and never will be). Just be yourself, cope however you want, and stop stealing terms that don’t apply to it. No one’s trying to take your methods of comfort away from you, that’s not even possible.