Archie's kins (in order) and explained...
Since I was a kid, I felt as if I were masking a huge part of myself that I had to pretend to be like everyone else to fit in and not be alone. I never wanted to show my flaws and always tried to be a step ahead of everyone. Some days I feel as if I'm just watching myself live a life I'm not supposed to. Some days I feel like I need gratificiation from another person to make me feel like I am, me. When I find someone I like I get overly attatched to them and want to do everything for them even if it's bad for me. I've been emotionally scarred and physically too and despite my efforts no matter what I do, I always end up alone in the end. I see myself in Ivan not because he's a relatively good-looking guy but because I understand him. I really do. He was made to be a perfect child but in the end he's still flawed and just a little boy who doesn't know what to do with his life. ext
I have kinned Stan for much longer than Ivan so I have much more to say especially with the more content he has. In the episode "The Cissy" when Eric joked about how he was transitioning it left Stan in a real turmoil. I relate to Stan from more than just this episode but the whole questioning gender was something that really stuck out to me. Since I joined the LGBTQIA+ community I knew I wasn't cisgender. I was about 1-2 year(s) younger than Stan when I was having many identitiy crises. It took me countless of research to get to this point (transmasc/apagender) and I could fully understand the debt of Stan's feelings because it was like it was me going through all this again. I know the episode was mainly a gag but I genuinely felt a connection through that and felt like we were connected somehow? I have more to say and in better detail in my extended version...