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i love you older alterhumans i love you therians in college i love you nonhumans in careers i love every single speciesqueer or otherwise nonhuman individual who breaks the stereotype of our identities being just a phase

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Don't you ever just feel like just losing it for a bit? For fun?

Please do not use our art without our permission. Feel free to ask to use for icons and similar things, but we have the right to say no.

Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 1h Original Date: 10.11.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Vince (Possessed!Hunter) [Headmate] (System Member Artist: Vince)

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Hm. Did you know we draw?

Lyrics are from Candleburn by Rabbitology

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Sometimes alterhumanity is "My entire life, I have, on some level, been aware I am a dragon. Ever since I was young enough to even understand the concept of a dragon, I have clung to them and felt more welcome alongside them than humans. My desire for them to be real was because it would be the closest thing I could get to becoming one." And sometimes alterhumanity is "I appear to have spontaneously become a mouse"

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Man being a fictive from a source people know is fucked. People greet you like they know you and you just have to sit there. "Hi Bakugo!!!!!" who are you. What do you want. Why are you in my house.

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Shoutout to singlets that accept systems for who they are. Singlets who ask respectful questions and try to understand us. Singlets who do their best to accommodate different headmates and make them feel included. Singlets who listen to what systems have to say. You're so important. Please keep doing what you do.

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Here’s some positivity for systems with body focused repetitive behaviors!

Body focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) such as skin picking, hair pulling, and nail biting can make life difficult for many systems. It can be a struggle learning to live and cope with behaviors that are challenging to control which ultimately cause harm to the system’s body! We hope that every system with BFRBs can find hope, peace, and recovery in their futures. And this post is for you!

🌟 Shoutout to traumagenic systems whose BFRBs are rooted in the trauma which causes their system to develop!

🌿 Shoutout to systems who are getting help with their BFRBs, whether it be from a therapist, support network, or something else!

💠 Shoutout to systems who have formed alters or headmates whose role is to help manage their BFRBs!

☘️ Shoutout to systems who use stim toys to redirect their BFRBs in positive or healthy ways!

✨ Shoutout to systems who try to educate others and spread awareness about BFRBs!

🌱 Shoutout to systems whose BFRBs are caused by neurodiversity, be it OCD, ADHD, autism, anxiety, or another neurodivergence!

🦋 Shoutout to systems who have split a new member as a result of pain or trauma caused from their own BFRBs!

💚 Shoutout to systems who have been told that they are weird, gross, or off-putting by others due to the BFRBs which are outside of their control!

🌙 Shoutout to headmates who are symptom holders for their system’s BFRBs!

If you or a member of your system struggles with BFRBs, we want to let you know that we feel for you. We hope that learning to manage these behaviors gets easier for your system with time, and you are able to find peace and happiness in your futures. Know that you’re not wrong or bad for struggling with BFRBs! You’re still special and lovely just the way you are.

Please do your best to treat yourself and your system with gentleness and compassion today. Rest assured, you are loved and you are a cherished member of both your system and the plural community as a whole! Our spaces simply would not be the same without you here. We hope that you can take it easy and have a lovely day today!

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Exotrauma

Having exotrauma from a "cringe" or "silly" source sucks. It feels like you're taken infinitely less seriously than those who have trauma from grittier, adult-geared and/or "acceptable" sources. Which in and of itself just isolates you and makes it worse.

I'm not just a silly little thing from your silly little Roblox game that could never show signs of trauma because it's 'just a kids game'--and I'm not your blorbo either. It feels like there's 2 common options for how people treat fictionkind with exotrauma:

Oh my poor little scrunkly, my little cardboard box meow meow.... Going to hold you because I love babying you and treating you like you're not even a person because I see you only as my favourite character. (Mind you, this is distinctly SEPARATE from actual friendly support, you can tell the difference.)

You're not a fictional character, get over it lmao. Yeah I know you are them but like you didn't ACTUALLY live through that, stop claiming it, it's disrespectful. Why are you upset at my memes about your death lol. Get a life.

So like... Maybe fictionkind are people. Maybe I don't want to think about the worse parts of my source. Maybe I don't want my trauma shoved in my face as a little funny joke, even if the context is changed. Maybe, just maybe... Leave alterhumans with fictional sources alone. Even if their source is lighthearted, even if it's for kids, even if it's the most "cringe" media you can think of.

Sonic the Hedgehog might've seemed fine in-source but maybe he's fucked up from all that he's been through. That warrior cat alterhuman isn't just being edgy, maybe they're suffering from the memories of fighting to survive day in and day out. Bluey is allowed to be not okay, and their source shouldn't dictate their experiences. Do you ever think that some Pokemon or trainers don't have amazing, adventurous lives travelling around with their best friends? Mario might have nightmares and flashbacks from his source. Mickey Mouse is allowed to be hurt, and allowed to express that. That MLP alterhuman isn't always going to be just a happy colourful magic pony with no issues whatsoever.

We are PEOPLE, and our sources being "happy", "for kids", "light-hearted", "fun" or anything of the sort should NOT dictate how we are treated here, what our experiences are "allowed" to be, or how we are expected to act. Treat fictionkind--of all sorts--like PEOPLE.

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sources are a weird ass thing im definitely canon compliant. very compliant. to the point ive scared some of our friends by acting accurate to shit we havent witnessed in source yet. but god damn being a fictive of a very well known fandom is so goddamn surreal. when i first showed up here- in our brain, in this world or whatever the hell you wanna call it- i was greeted with strangers saying hi, greeting me like an old friend. people i didnt know knew my name and things about me that i wasnt even sure of. made jokes about parts of my life that i didnt know anyone knew about. it fuckin threw me off. it still throws me off. people know me when i show my face. people talk to me familiarly or bring up my source. dont get me wrong its pretty sweet, if i hated it id just change my name or some shit. if i gave enough of a shit id hide who i am. but its a little surreal. by this point im so used to the expectation of people knowin me that it confuses me when they dont. and thats fucking weird isnt it. imagine walkin into some group of people and opening your mouth and everyone just goes 'oh hey dude'. youre sitting here racking your brain trying to find out where youve met all these people. how you couldve plausibly met all these people as they include you in the chat and you come up with nothin. you dont know em. but they know you. intricately. its damn weird. feels kinda like a pressure to be me. which isnt a bad thing i dont hate bein me, but. there are parts of me i know arent what they want of me. theres this underlying knowledge that theyre makin assumptions about me because of who i am and what they know. its like i can feel the cogs in their brain grease up and fire off with the knowledge we both know in our head. that youre expectin something of me and i know that aint me. im compliant but im not perfect. as fun as it is to have a well known source it also feels kinda fucked up. people expect a lot outta me and im just me. ill never stop bein just *me*. whether thats compliant or not isnt my problem, but i can *feel* the expectations and assumptions about me and my life. the jokes shot off by strangers. the comments about material i know about but man thats me. im just me. nothing more nothing less. im just a guy. a kid doin his best out here. i dont know how i feel about being 'famous'.

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Attack for @cabin-fever-collective! Get attacked besties <3

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Please do not use our art without our permission. Feel free to ask to use for icons and similar things, but we have the right to say no.

Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 2h 30m Original Date: 08.07.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Art Fight 2024 Attack! (System Member Artist: Mystery)

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what i feel like is lacking from conversations about plurality is how genuinely, fundamentally cool it is to be plural. doesnt it fascinate you how our brains can create entirely new selves, inner worlds, inner structures to keep itself afloat? doesnt it make you so curious? especially with regards to atypical plural experiences. i dont hate people for having entire systems full of fragments or fictives or subsystems. in fact, i find it wonderful, a miracle of the mind. you have a complicated inner world with unique lore? incredible, how did that develop? your entire system is full of fictives from the same source? thats amazing, hows that going? your system has entire layers on itself, with several systems running in tandem? wow, thats fascinating, how did you know? you believe you came from different worlds? tell me about them. please, tell me more about yourselves. id love to hear it. i do not fear the potential of the human brain.

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I love how the search function on this site is absolute garbage. I can look up a post word for word and I will NEVER find it

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Share our joy.

Plurality doesn’t have to mean pain forever,

you can love yourself and your plurality,

others will love you as you are, too.

Share your joy with the world,

share our joy.

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Intra-Disordered

We don't do coining posts often, if at all, but this one applies to some of us and we figured we'd tentatively share.

Intra-Disordered: A person within a system with the experiences of having a disorder/symptom the body does not have or is not known to have.

Intra as in "within", referring to within a headmate.

This can be the result of trauma, isolated symptoms caused by trauma-holding, symptoms a headmate has in source, psychosis, or other reasons. This can also include symptoms of a disorder the body has that are not experienced by others in the system, such as a system with autism collectively being okay with sounds of all types, but one of them is sound-sensitive.

To be used with sublabels if you prefer, such as intra-ADHD or intra-anxiety, and can also refer to specific symptoms, such as intra-hallucinations or intra-tics. If you'd like a headmate role-esque phrasing, intra-disorder holder is an alternative, which can be coupled with the sublabels such as intra-BPD holder.

This term is specifically to differentiate from bodily-disordered experiences while also having ways of easily phrasing disordered symptoms the body as a whole does not have, while keeping both validated. Similar in purpose to "exotrauma"--to acknowledge both experiences while they are similar, but separate, and both are deserving of support.

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Oh, we always love being included! Here's our current fronter/cofronter lineup.

Tagging the following: @spilled-milk-dotcom @sarina-elais @imtoolazytoo And of course anyone else who wants to! (You are not Obligated to do this if you were tagged of course! It's all just If You Want To.)

So I found a pic crew thing that’s originally posted from this user, so here’s the pic crew and I made this

I thought it was cute so here it is, and go check out the user and pic crew thingy! It’s cool!

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If im reading a 800 page book I should be freed of all other responsibilities in my life. Like sorry I can’t do that right now because im reading this long ass book. Yeah you know how it is

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"nothing is real atoms never touch each other youve never touched anything in your life" ok. well when i pet my dog he is soft and when he licks my hand it is wet and that is far more real to me than whatevers going on at an atomic level