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Intro
This is the kin page for OreganoCactus!
Some names I go by include:
☆ Tiffany, if we're very close
☆ Jihyun or Ji if you know me personally
☆ Just Oregano/Oreganocactus
I use she/her pronouns and am a bisexual cis girl. I am a Korean-American teenager.
For more personal information, my personal carrd is here.
I decided to make a kin page so I could have an organized list of my kins for myself. I'm perfectly fine with doubles on all my kins, and I tend not to take kins too seriously. For me, kinning is mainly just for fun!
I'll have explanations for all my kins and my comfort characters (ccs) on this website, because I like explaining myself and having a neat list that organizes it. I hope you enjoy your stay.
Kins
A note: I don't tend to kin very easily, so all of these are on a similar level of identification to me.
Please click on each icon to learn a little more about each kin I have!
Yumeno Gentaro
Source: Hypnosis Microphone
I kin Gentaro because of many reasons. Some of these reasons are that he's a writer, a compulsive liar, and incredibly, stupidly, gay.
I relate to a lot of his character, especially the reluctance he seems to have expressing his own feelings, and how he intentionally keeps himself distant from others in hopes that he won't be hurt again. His desperation to express himself through at least his stories is another aspect I easily relate to; I tend to spill out a lot of my emotions through my own writing.
I also relate to him because I say wayyy too much and don't ever shut the fuck up when I'm invested.
Also, he's stupidly gay. Funny liar man do an uso desu yo.
Saburo Yamada
Source: Hypnosis Microphone
Saburo is the kin that my best friends had to force me into kinning. I legit did not think I would kin him at all, then my friends were like "You're so fucking stupid, please go kin this fool already" and I was like "Oh my god you're right."
Saburo's position as the youngest brother is the only thing I don't relate to, so many of his other aspects are.........way too close to me lol
I kin him partially because I have that same drive to prove myself academically, and I tend to be the most academically focused out of my friends/family. I'm very "book-smart", like Saburo, and I focus my self-worth on how smart I can be.
I also relate to the aspect of Saburo that deals with his abandonment issues; his very obvious longing for a father figure and desire not to have anyone else leave him is very very similar to a personal issue I also deal with.
I have a canonmate for Saburo! My best friend Tabris is my Jiro :D
Jotaro Kujo
Source: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Won't even lie chief, this is an odd one.
I...........act like the exact opposite of this fool in a LOT of ways (I'm most definitely not a delinquent, I'm the boot liquor in my school) but there's a lot more about him that I relate to.
His reluctance to show his emotions and fear that emotional vulnerability is dangerous is something I can understand, and the idea of putting up a persona for those around you so you can control how you're perceived is also something I get. Jotaro was likely bullied for a lot of things (mixed heritage, etc.) and adopted a persona so he could at least control what he got yelled at for, and I was like Oh God Oh Fuck Kin.
The way he was kinda forced into a legacy he didn't want, and had to deal with immense amounts of shit at a very young age because there was really nobody else for it is something I could understand too, as the firstborn child of immigrants. He still has to do it, though, because it's something nobody else can do, and he can't afford to ever slow down.
I probably-kinda-sorta have a canonmate for him? My partner kins Kakyoin and we're pretty sure we're canonmates but we're both too lazy to actually confirm <3
Caesar Zeppeli
Source: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Caesar is one of my Jojo kins that's a bit closer to how I am IRL.
He's hot-headed and impulsive but reigns himself in for the sake of pride and a weird kind of superiority, taking pride in his self-control above all. I relate to his deep need to prove himself in some way and the way he constantly tries to keep himself controlled to appear refined/intelligent to others, and his incredibly stupidity when faced with decisions that are deeply tied to his emotions/past.
Caesar's also pretty connected to his culture, same as me.
I may or may not also have issues tied to my family. Perhaps. Yeah, I definitely relate to Caesar's need to carry on his family legacy and feeling that nothing else matters as long as he can fulfill his one single duty and go out honorably.
In my canon I played clarinet! I also died. Fun!
Same as with Jotaro, my partner and I are pretty sure we're canonmates but we're both too lazy to confirm it xoxo
Riko Sakurauchi
Source: Love Live!!! Sunshine
Riko is a kin that's really very special to me. She was my very first kin, and I relate to her in a huge number of ways.
Her connection to music is really what drew me initially, and her fears of performing again after simply not being able to find inspiration and joy the same way she used to hit really, really hard when I initially watched the show. She's someone who's aware she's not the best in the world, but she manages to find her special place anyways among Aqours and that really got me.
Riko is who helped me find a lot more confidence in my attraction to girls, too, and her unabashed crush on Chika is something that made me near-cry every time it was on-screen. (Also, I'm oddly blessed with Yohane URs whenever I play LL and I choose to believe that's because of kinnie reasons.)
Her episode (Omoi Yo Hitotsu Ni Nare) struck me really, really hard, because her struggle of choosing between something she'd always known and her passion was something that helped me so much when I was facing my own issues surrounding music and scheduling, and the way it worked out for her and how Aqours kept encouraging her in her music dreams even when they wanted her to join Aqours fully made me cry on more than one occasion.
Riko's truly the most special kin I have, so much so that I've spent. Far too much on her merch, and am still into Aqours several years after initially watching the show.
Rei Ayanami
Source: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Rei's a character I related to a lot in a lotta ways, even though I have.....never actually finished NGE.
Her blind devotion to Gendo and her subsequent issues dealing with that is a lot of why I kinned her initially, and her demeanor of being stuck in her own world for so long she's forgotten to have friends just kinda. Got Me.
I don't really have anything too deep to say on her kin, it's just something that emotionally resonated with me immensely even if I don't quite have any concrete reasons.
My kin memories of her mostly consist of very muted, indigo-dusk style snapshots that are centered around a very peaceful adult life. I kinshift her a lot to cope if I'm high-stress, to be honest, because a lot of her as a kin is very soothing to me.
I have two canonmates for Rei, my best friends Lucas (Shinji) and Tabris (Kaworu) !! I larb them very much and have some very funny mems with them.
Yu Narukami
Source: Persona 4
Yu Narukami as a protag I think has a lot more personality than some of the other Persona protags, and I kin him for.......a Lot of reasons. I mainly consumed the Persona 4 anime and therefore base a lot of my characterization off of that, but I do kin both versions!
His perfectionist issues and how he sees himself as someone who has to be "perfect" all the time for the sake of his team is... (kins). The scene where he holds himself together after Nanako's supposed "death" and how he breaks down because he doesn't know what to do anymore if he doesn't catch the right villain is something I really relate to, and his urgency and hopelessness when figuring out who the true culprit is hit me really hard.
The message that it's okay to be your true self, even if you don't quite know who that is, is something very special to me. Yu's manifestation of his shadow as a whole bunch of TVs and how he doesn't really know his true self anymore because he just throws on personas depending on what situation he needs to adapt to is part of why I kinned him, and his realization at the end that his friends loved him no matter what made me sob like a child on the train.
I do not have canonmates for Yu! In my canon, Yosuke and I were dating <3
Rin Kagamine
Source: Vocaloid
I don't have any deep reasons for why I kin Rin! She's just epic.
I think her kinda bratty personality and her relationship with Len is something I relate to and have fun with. Also, Lost One's Weeping.....that song is what made me kin her originally.
Her dual use in a lot of songs between incredibly sad/angry/heartbreaking and really cute songs is really fun to me!
Like I said, nothing too deep with her! I just kin her cuz it's fun.
Maybe canonmates with Tabris? No clue and we're both too lazy to figure it out LSKDMFKS
Yoichi Saotome
Source: Owari no Seraph
I kin Yoichi because his low self-worth and belief that he isn't really cut out for athletic feats or for fighting is something I also struggle with. The idea he has that he's too much of a coward to fight but he turns out to be good enough as he is is very special to me.
His relationship as the peace-maker, too, is something I relate to. I hate seeing my friends fight and I'd rather suppress my own anger or urges to keep a pleasant atmosphere.
His struggle with maintaining his control and self-confidence in his own abilities is a struggle I have as well, and that feeling that you could've done more is (chef's kiss).
I have no canonmates for Yoichi!