#Empty System

[plural-affirmations]

Here's to smaller systems!

The average number of headmates for systems, according to some cursory glances at search engine results, range from about 8-13 people. It's time to appreciate these wonderful plurals who have systems on the smaller side!

Shoutout to:

Empty systems

Systems of only 2 people

Those who went through a major headcount change, such as a collapse

Systems where they're technically larger but only a handful front

Multiples who are mostly made up of dormant members

Anyone else who considers their system small!

You're absolutely stunning, dears! Please appreciate yourself today!

🖤💜💙💚💛

[clowncary]

Empsys, Empsyse

("emp-sis"), ("emp-seas")

A reclaimation of the "empty system" term. This isn't to claim that empty systems are bad or their term is not good, it is to create a new culture surrounding empty systemhood and how it functions.

What is an empsys?

An empsys is a person who exists alone in a headspace/system for any reason, and is sometimes accompanied by other people at random intervals. An empsys does not need to be plural, and yet is aligned with being a plurallet.

The system can either choose an empsys or one can be selected at random. This is called a selected emp and a random emp.

How does one become an empsys?

Empsyse usually experience fusion, system collapse, hopping, or migration. All possibilities result in different kinds of empsyse.

Fusion - Empsyse left behind by fusion tend to have behaviors reminiscent of previous people who are now unified with said empsys. Can be caused by stress, trauma, coercion, etc.

Collapse - Empsyse that go through this are either normalized to the collapse through cycles, or experience a sudden disappearance of people in a short time. Can be caused by stress, trauma, coercion, etc.

Dormancy - Empsyse left behind by dormancy of other people. Caused by any factor.

Hopping - Empsyse left behind are usually not left alone for too long when people hop. Can be voluntary or involuntary.

Migration - Also known as Moving Out, empsyse who are left behind are most likely the permanent resident of the system who watches others leave to another world/reality. Voluntary.

Terminology

So far, I have not seen definite terminology other than "fused empty system" being used frequently. Here are some empty system related terminology.

Displural - Someone who was previously plural system but now is not, and integration or fusion doesn't describe their experiences.

Corelet - The remaining headmate in an empty system.

UTB System - "Used-to-be" system. Once plural, now a singlet.

Backroomtien - "...Headmates seem to have 'no-clipped' out of the system."

Abysstien - "...empty system that fluctuates between having more than one member, but always inevitably goes back to having one."

Daromate - Imaginary mental figments based on headmates that had left, fused, or migrated from the system.

Comprestite - An umbrella term for any causation to empty systems.

FAQ

For those who are empsyse.

Why do empty system spaces feel so desolate/depressive?

Systemhood is seen as this collective thing rather than an interpersonal journey with how you as the individual headmate experiences life with others you cannot always see/hear, but know they exist with you somehow. Since empty systemhood breaks that, whether intentional or not, it's no longer seen as system "enough" and is evaluated as being a singlet space. It can seem depressing because most if not all empsyse there just lost their friends, family, loved ones to comprestitude.

How does one adjust to being an empsyse?

Depending on who or what kind you are, it gets difficult as it goes. Some empsyse never adjust, others use methods such as journaling or reminding yourself that you are with them as one.

Can an empsys regrow the system?

Again, that varies. At certain intervals, people can just show up in the system again from wherever they disappeared from. It is possible for them to voluntary do so as well, with tulpamancy/willogenic origins - though I have not heard of any voluntary regrowth.

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[mortelum]

Could you make a banner that says Empty System? (Empty Sys if too long) with some nice purples please?

Love a blog that does things other than genders

here you go; hopefully these work! and ty :]

[schizodelicpunk]

I miss my sysmates :(((

I came out as plural to an ex about 6-8 months ago (time is fake idk when it was) and it went really bad and I ended up suppressing everyone into dormancy (again)

I've had one sysmate come back from dormancy before, maybe that means I can bring them all back /hopeful

[multiplicity-positivity]

There used to be a lot of people in our system. Most of them are staying somewhere else or have gone dormant. At some point, I fear of us becoming empty. A total system collapse. It's worse than death. Greater than grief. It feels lonely. There's only a few active people left. I'm sad.

🫂

hey, this felt a bit like a vent to us (no worries there, we welcome vents) so we’re putting some thoughts under this cut just in case you were just looking to get this off your chest without any commentary from us.

we’re sorry to hear you’re dealing with a lot of dormancy, though. dormancy can really feel like death to the alters/headmates/people who were left behind, and we tend to think that going through a grieving process as if they actually had passed away can often be a good thing.

remember that headmates and alters don’t actually die unless the body does. so there is a strong likelihood that these people will return to your system at some point in the future. until then, know that you are not alone (there are folks in the plural community who are glad that you’re here and welcome you with open arms).

we’re linking our post on dormancy which includes some tips on how to cope with losing beloved headmates. we hope it can help you/y’all during this difficult time:

we want to reassure you all that it is indeed possible to survive a system collapse, if it comes to that. you all are strong and capable - we have faith that you can get through this and see the day when some of your people return to you. reach out again if there’s anything we may be able to do to help, any advice, encouragement, of reassurance, we’re happy to help with it all. wishing you all the best.

[narcissisticpdcultureis]

npd empty system (with probs some like. p-did or somethin going on but yk how it is with the Mental being Elusive) culture is kinda just. not feeling like a person. like im not a concept im not not a person im kinda just There. like yeah im a zombie and a ghost and all that otherkin Jazz but like ignoring al of that im not really anything

-🐢 i just woke up so yaknow

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[vebokki]

i present to you for your consideration: luo binghe and sha hualing as roommates. also they're both going to be late to their respective dates

[livingdeadhorse]

art block's on my ass so have my faves

[nikoisme]

This pain will linger with me still, I pray this too shall pass.

[plural-affirmations]

Here's to people who used to be/identify as plural, but they're not anymore.

There's a couple different reasons why this might happen (which I'll get to in a minute), but the important thing is that they still deserve love, respect, compassion, and understanding from the plural community.

Shoutout to:

Empty systems, fully fused systems, etc.

Gateway systems that have had all their members walk-out

Systems that have gone completely dormant

Those who have experienced a total system collapse

Rotatien systems [link] or other systems with cyclical shifts in member counts

People who know their headmates are there, but they've lost communication with them somehow

Those who choose to create headmates again after they're no longer plural

The ones who genuinely thought they were plural, but turned out to not be

And anyone else I missed

It's ok to be wrong, it's ok to not stay the same forever, and it's ok to just be you. You don't have to prove anything to anyone, especially not your own validity. You're perfect as you are!

We love you!

🖤💜💙💚💛

[clowncary]

being an empsyse is hard. being alone in this mind is hard.

it's probably why i only find attraction in ghosts and thoughtforms.

[sunderwight]

SV AU where Shen Yuan transmigrates into a dragon.

It's not so bad, at first. He's an extremely magical sort of dragon so he can easily take on a humanoid shape, and he has dominion over an entire mountain, with a magical gate that leads to his palace. Said palace has a fully stocked treasury, a library, garden, etc, with the only real downsides being that the place is kind of huge and very difficult for a neet with limited housekeeping or landscaping skills to keep up with. The original dragon had enslaved a bunch of fairy spirits to do it for him, but since Shen Yuan has moral objections to that, he'd let them all go and they'd run off before he could even think to offer to hire any of them as paid employees instead. Not that he can blame them for being in a hurry to get gone.

He does his best, and generally enjoys being a dragon lazing on his mountain, or wandering the beauty of his palace and investigating the books and scrolls kept there. He doesn't actually seem to need to eat or drink, so that's not really an issue, and nobody looks keen to bother him. But after a few months the dust starts to really pile up, and trying to figure out how to do his own laundry without modern equipment leads to several disasters, and even though he doesn't need to eat he's starting to think it would be quite nice to have a fancy sit-down dinner and enjoy it for its own sake anyway. He has an enchanted larder but his food prep skills aren't up to much.

So, Shen Yuan ventures away from his mountain. He keeps to his human disguise when he's not traveling, and at first tries to hire on some help from a nearby city. But when he explains that he lives on the mountain, he realizes the difficulty, because everyone in the area knows that only the dragon lives there. So they all think he's either a liar or a fraud, or some servant of a nefarious supernatural creature angling to trick and possibly devour them.

Shen Yuan tries approaching another town in his dragon form, to see if anyone will actually deal with him if he's being upfront and honest about the situation, but the townspeople just panic. He returns to his mountain to rethink his strategies, and in the meanwhile the alarmed locals hire a swordsman to go after him. The guy gives him a few very painful cuts before Shen Yuan mostly-accidentally sends him careening into a boulder. One broken arm later the swordsman is gently persuaded that the pay he was offered isn't worth the effort on this job, and leaves.

Discouraged, Shen Yuan decides he's gonna give this one last try. He picks the second closest city, flies up, and is like yes hello, yes I am indeed a dragon, no I'm not trying to burn down your walls, yes it would be excellent if you stopped shooting arrows at me, look they don't even get past the scales? It's kind of silly? Okay, yes, thank you very much. Good. Now, the thing is, I'm looking for some people. I want to take them back to my mountain with me, to my incredibly nice palace, and -- what was that? A princess? No no I don't want a princess, what would I even do with one? If anything I'm looking for the complete opposite of a princess!

Anyway, the locals take this to mean that the dragon is demanding a sacrifice in the form of a pretty boy of no particular pedigree, and Shen Yuan takes this to mean that he's finally made his case clear and they're going to dig up someone who is willing to overlook his being a dragon in exchange for free room and board and fair wages out of his massive treasury.

SY's a bit disheartened when the entire city could only apparently turn up one such person -- an underfed teenage boy who looks at Shen Yuan like, despite the situation, he is still expecting to be eaten at any moment. Poor thing! But at least having one servant means he can potentially get more, especially if it all goes well. The lad can tell others that working for a dragon isn't so bad! Well, provided that he doesn't give up in alarm at the state of the mountain palace.

For his part, Luo Binghe at first thinks he's definitely going to get eaten, and then that this dragon is weirdly nice about planning to eat him, and then that maybe the dragon has other (even less savory!) plans for him, until finally he sees the state of the dragon's laundry and the foot-thick layer of dust in the corners, and gets completely distracted. Mortal terror forgotten, those floors should not be that filthy, Lord Dragon respectfully that isn't how anyone should prepare rice either, but oh Binghe has never seen a kitchen so nice before in his life...!

Anyway, needless to say, it works out just fine.

[scumvillainess]

time travel au where a post-pidw shen qingqiu somehow travels back in time (either through death, the magic that still remains in yqy’s sword, etc.) to when he was the head disciple of qing jing peak.

of course, being able to travel back in time doesn’t come without a heavy price and in this case, shen qingqiu ends up having to give up the ability to feel emotions as an equivalent exchange to being brought back to the past.

shen qingqiu of course thinks this is the greatest gift that he’s ever been given and quickly moves on with his life. everyone else (read: yue qingyuan, liu qingge, etc.) on the other hand, is appropriately freaked out by this new version of shen qingqiu who just doesn’t seem to care anymore about anything or anyone.

[obsob]

one small step for. kitties

[multiplicity-positivity]

geez Hi sorry to bother you guys so soon after youve re-opened youre inbox but could wei get some advice ir sonething? so yaknow we’re/im an empty system that fused and stuff yk and obviously theres these little like. lingering bits from the sysmates and stuff (most notably our gamzee altering my speech patterns, our Theoretical Kanaya making herself known *after* the fusion and more recently a slight mituna re-awakening) ive noticed that our sysmates have almost all ended up turning in to kintypes! which im not particularly surprised by but the thing is: i (mr. host guy) have a Concerning number of kinsiders. like in the 100s (and the number of confirmed kintypes is just as concerning) do you think theres a chance its related to how my systen Went, or is it like. a whole other thing tbh its kinda stressing me out now cause i have to keep track of everything lol /lh

thanks and again; Super, super very sorry for the bother

-🐢♠️

Hey, this isn’t a bother at all. This is a tricky situation, and ultimately we feel only you and your system will be able to determine exactly what’s going on with y’all.

It’s possible to be a kinplural system - to have a system that formed due to kintypes splitting off and becoming their own headmates. So, to us, it makes sense that the inverse of this could happen - a system who fused and in the process remnants of the previous headmates remained as kintypes. If this is the case for you, all these kintypes likely are directly connected to your system, but that may not necessarily be the case.

You may find it useful to use an app like SimplyPlural to help manage and keep track of your kintypes. While it’s true the app is made by and for systems, it probably could have a bunch of practical uses for those who have lots of kintypes or other identities to keep track of. Also just starting a list of your kintypes, only adding to it when you notice new ones/are able to, and just slowly building it up over time could potentially also help with this.

Honestly we might recommend allowing yourself to just… exist. You don’t have to be 100% on top of or in tune with all of your kintypes at all times. It’s okay to just be yourself and connect with things in the moment, without the stress of feeling like you have to have full control over everything you feel/identify with. Maybe try some meditation or self awareness exercises to help yourself relax. Of course, you’re welcome to do as you wish - this is just a suggestion.

Good luck with figuring this out. This wasn’t a bother at all - we hope our response is at least somewhat helpful for you.

💫 Parker and 👻 Ghost