What do/does your kintype(s) mean to you?

I'm glad you posted this topic. I meant to earlier, but then I forgot.

I have several non-Homestuck fictional kintypes, but I'll focus on my Homestuck kintype here. To me... to me, my kintype is a way to better understand myself. Who I am, why I am who I am, and how that came to be. I think each kintype reveals a lot about how my soul has developed throughout many lifetimes, and each one is relevant to who I am now. Dave is the perfect example of this. When I started getting memories, a lot of my behaviors started to make more sense. I could see that, in some ways, I am very similar to who I was then - and that's not always a good thing.

I would say it is a deeply personal kintype. I think, by their very nature, all kintypes are personal. What could be more intimate than the very lives you've lived? However, of all of them, this kintype resonates with me strongest and most often. I think, in part, this is because I am an emotionally struggling youth, just like I was then. Many of my experiences in this life mirror the ones in my past one. By learning more about this kintype, I can see how I coped with my suffering and emulate those methods here (hopefully with the same results.)

I'm not usually bothered by doubles, though sometimes they get on my nerves by being insistent on a.) being the ~real~ Dave or b.) how things went in their canon (ex: non-abusive guardian.) However, I think that would get on anyone's nerves. What could be more annoying than someone insisting their experiences are the only real ones?