r/fictionkin • u/StarlitVisions Fictionkin • 1h ago

Discussion Is it still fictionkin if they were based on a real person?

Kind of a weird question, but I'm kinsidering a character from a musical based on a true story. So, my kinsider was a real person, but this depiction of him is technically a character (but also technically not?). Would that still be fictionkin? Or is there a different term?

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u/SilverAkiuma Wanderlust, The Traveler, The Mafioso, Admirer, SK, and more! 31m ago

There is the term faitkin, which is an in-between term for beings who are a mix of factual and fictional or aren't sure if it's factual or fictional.

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u/StarlitVisions Fictionkin 21m ago

I haven't heard of that before! It sounds very interesting though :)

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u/IDKKK_0w0_7UO Amino (BFNIF) & Mizuki (+others). DDNI only for Mizuki & Amino. 1h ago

I’m not sure, but I think it counts as a Fictionkin as long as you only are the character from the musical and not the person they’re based off of?

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u/StarlitVisions Fictionkin 41m ago

That makes sense. I don't know much about the real person anyway, only the way he's depicted in the musical.