#WEIRD FICTIVES RISE UP

[holdmytesseract]

moodboard by @chennqingg | divider by @fictive-sl0th

Biker!Daryl Dixon x fem!Reader | No Outbreak AU

Warnings for this Chapter: none really, bit angst? swear words? Negan's humor

Word Count: 1,4k

a/n: This chapter is a weird mix of sadness and fun. I'm sorry. I couldn't stop myself from giving Negan a little cameo. 🫣 Also, I hope you don't mind the lengths of the chapters. Some are quite long, others quite short.

《 M a s t e r l i s t 》

《 Chapter Two 》 《 Chapter Four 》

Chapter Three...

... in which you leave your one-night-stand behind but consider the truth behind love at first sight.

Early in the morning - the sun had just started to rise, you were already out of the not really comfortable bed and got dressed; ready to leave. Daryl was still sleeping; both hands buried underneath the pillow as he was laying on his stomach. His broad back on full display. The tattoo on his right shoulder blade illuminated by the first rays of the morning sun. The countless scars on his back left you shocked and speechless - but not necessarily in a bad way. You realised that his past most likely hadn't been easy and you felt sorry for him. You didn't dare to ask him about it, though; not wanting to reopen old wounds or make him feel uncomfortable.

Catching yourself staring once again, you quickly blinked and slipped inside your jeans and boots. Then you stepped over to the bed in order to wake up your one-night-stand. Actually, you didn't want to rip him so rudely out of his slumber, but you couldn't just leave either, could you?

"Daryl," you whisper-yelled; gently tapping his back. The man was a light sleeper as you noticed and woke up instantly.

"Sorry. Didn't mean to wake you, I just... I should get going now. My, uh, my sister is most likely worried sick, so..." Daryl rubbed his eyes and ran a hand through his messy curls, as he nodded. "Yeah, 'course," the biker said, turned and sat up, causing the duvet to drop dangerously low - something you found hard to ignore. Good thing you had to leave.

"I hope you'll find Billings this time. Have fun on the rest of your road trip. Thank you for the great evening and the even better night."

Daryl gave you a soft smile; shaking his head. "Nah. Gotta thank you fer the quite pleasurable stay 'ere in Miles City." You reciprocated his smile. "Glad it was."

A moment of awkward silence passed, before you went to grab your things and headed for the door. Your hand was already on the handle; ready to push it down, when you stopped and turned to face the man again. Nervousness and uncertainty was suddenly flooding your veins; contemplating if you should dare to ask what was on your mind. You weren't good at this and you certainly didn't have much one-night-stands in your life...

"Can I... Get your number?"

Daryl moved to sit on the edge of the bed; giving you an almost apologetic smile. "Sorry, cowgirl. Ain't doin' stuff like that."

You felt stupid all of a sudden. Of course he didn't. It was just one night. Just a little fling.

"Right, sure. Sorry," you nodded; faking a smile to hide your embarrassment. "I hope you find your way then." The biker chewed on his bottom lip for a moment; eyes locked on yours. "Yeah, thanks. You too."

With a last smile and appreciating nod, you walked out of the door - and his life.

After a much needed shower, Daryl got dressed in a fresh pair of jeans and a loose black sweatshirt. Before he left the slightly shabby room, the biker grabbed his baseball cap and sunglasses; feeling the need to hide the bags underneath his eyes. Well... Sleep wasn't exactly what he got last night... Then he headed for the motel's breakfast buffet, getting himself a cup of coffee, some scrambled eggs and bacon - or well... What was left of it.

The dining area was almost empty. Daryl assumed that the lot of his friends were already finished with breakfast and were packing their things now. The only familiar face he spotted was Negan.

With a grunt, he joined his fellow motorcycle enthusiast, sitting on the table across from him. Negan lifted his head to look at him; an immediate smirk stretching over his face. "Long night?" The man in leather jacket asked; taking a sip of his coffee. "Sorta." Answered Daryl and took a bite of his bacon. "Thought so. Saw you leaving for a smoke yesterday night, but you never returned. Found some good company, eh?" Daryl just grunted in response; sipping on his coffee as well.

Negan took that as a yes.

He leaned back in his chair; grinning. "Was it the black haired lady, who constantly gave you heart eyes from the bar?" The biker shook his head while chewing his food; already slightly annoyed by Negan's questioning. "Then the blonde one who tried to get you to dance?" "Nah," he grumbled underneath his breath. "Alright, alright, hang on for a second..." Negan raised his hand to his chin; scratching his black, greyish beard in a thinking manner. "Was it..." His eyes widened. "No... Or was it? The cute farmer's daughter? In those pretty cowgirl clothes?"

Daryl's almost embarrassed silence was enough answer for his friend. "Hot diggety dog! You really banged the sexy chick? Damn, you lucky bastard!" Negan leaned back in his chair; sighing dramatically. "Not gonna lie, I already thought about makin' a move on her, 'cause she really tickled my balls, y'know that feeling?" He sighed once again; now shaking his head. "And here I was, laying in bed alone with my hand doing all the dirty work; thinking Y/N just left with her sister, yet in truth she was just down the hallway tickling your balls..."

Daryl just kept on munching on his scrambled eggs and bacon; saying not a single word, just subtly rolling his eyes.

Negan leaned over the table then; grinning. "Was she as good as she looked?" "Shuddup," was everything Daryl said before he stood up; finished with breakfast and finally having heard enough. "Oh come on, man. Don't be such a party pooper!" The group leader ignored his comrade and walked away; discarding the empty plate and mug on his way.

After Daryl had packed his things as well and was now getting his bike ready, he saw another one of his biker friends approaching him in the corner of his eyes... Carol.

"You look horrible," was all she said after taking in his appearance; leaning against her own motorcycle. Daryl lifted his gaze at the woman; sunglasses sitting on his head. "Geez, thanks. Good mornin' to ya 's well." She shrugged her shoulders, "Just being honest, pookie." smiling. "Long night, huh?" The biker groaned internally. Why was everybody nagging him about this? "Mhm." Carol laughed. "Well, you're not in your twenties anymore..." Daryl just scoffed at her words; putting the gas can aside and wiping his hands on the red rug dangling from his back pocket.

"I saw her leaving your room this morning..." The man stopped in his movements for a moment; processing Carol's words. "Yeah, so?" He answered nonchalantly; slipping his sunglasses back over his eyes. Carol watched him thoroughly; stayed silent for a moment.

"You like her?" Daryl scoffed; mounting his bike. "Tha' was jus' a one time thing," he stated and whistled at the others that they were finally ready for take off, before he exchanged his baseball cap with the black helmet.

Carol took a deep breath; putting on her helmet as well and getting on her bike, too. "You sure about that, pookie? You two seemed very close yesterday evening." Daryl shook his head; starting the engine. "Nah. It was jus' some fun. Nothin' more. Girl's gonna forget 'bout tha' in no time."

Well...

You didn't.

Not a day later, not even a week later. For you, this short, pleasurable encounter had changed everything. You would've laughed in everybody's face, who told you that love at first sight existed. Not anymore...

You sighed and continued to tend to Arrow; combing his back absent-mindedly.

"You still thinking about that guy?" The voice of your sister urged to your ears; startling you quite a bit. "I-I, what? No." Tess narrowed her eyes; studying your face intensely. "Bullshit. You do," she scoffed; crossing her arms over her chest. "You should stop it, Y/N. Don't you realise? You were a one time thing - a little fling, nothing more. You'll never see that guy again. He played you, sis," Tess pointed out as she passed you by. "You should focus on work here... and your goal to study agricultural economics." You wanted to speak up and say something, but Tess immediately cut you off. "I know you're a grown woman and that you can make your own life decisions, but I'm still your big sister. I promised to look out for you. Mourning after some hill-billy biker won't get you anywhere - but getting that university place will." With those words, Tess left the stables again; leaving you alone with Arrow - and your raging thoughts.

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[kafus]

sometimes i think about how part of the reason i put off seeking out a DID therapist for so long is bc my alters are very fictional introject heavy (almost don’t have any that aren’t) and at least at the time there was a prevailing online notion that if you had a lot of alters that were introjects, especially if any of them came from “recent sources”, you were Definitely Faking. i just assumed i had to have something else going on and i avoided medical care for a long time.

i’ve seen that sentiment a lot less lately and i can’t tell if that’s because it’s actually gone down in prevalence or if it’s because i just do not hang out around DID oriented spaces much anymore, but it’s weird looking back on it literally over 4 years into DID therapy and diagnosis. to think i was ever worried about something like that and was so swept up in the social part of being a pwDID online. i don’t blame myself but that just really sucked. especially because it just does not hold weight, obviously i exist and i am diagnosed and my therapist herself has noted that her younger DID patients skew on having more “fictives” than her older ones and she acknowledges this as a real phenomenon instead of like… The Rise Of Faking or something. and we’ve had in depth talks about my situation and why i in particular am like this bc yknow. it’s relevant to myself and my recovery

i think a lot about last year when i was struggling a lot with a couple of pokemon alters who could not speak english but obviously were holding onto some trauma that needed to be attended to since they were causing issues in daily life, and i brought up my inability to communicate with them properly to my therapist, and she suggested that if any of the pokemon trainer alters are able to communicate with them, maybe use them as a translator of sorts? and i was just dumbfounded because not only is my therapist like, Not a pokemon fan and everything she knows about it is through me so i was impressed she thought of this, there was also a time i assumed both thru my trauma w the medical system and the system culture online that this was a conversation i would never possibly have in a medical setting. my introjection was silly, not something to be taken seriously, “faking”. but here was my therapist recommending this completely seriously to me and guess what: it worked! her suggestion fucking worked and solved a problem tormenting me for like a week

i’m kinda just rambling at this point but the notion that introject heavy systems aren’t real is a whole lot of bullshit and the fact that i put off getting mental health care for so long is also bullshit. there’s a whole lot of individuality per system that is not going to be thoroughly documented in the literature. kids are being raised in a different, fiction heavy environment these days, and if there’s an upwards trend of introject heavy systems i would not be surprised, and i think maybe that should be studied sometime. i really wish that the gatekeeping of uneducated randoms on the internet did not keep me from medical help for so long bc therapy changed my life

[lowkey-loki245]

I haven't finished In Stars and Time yet, but I'm close to the end of the playthrough I'm watching. And I've cried, I've cried a lot. But it's different.

I cried audibly, instead of silently like I usually do.

You obviously don't know this (unless you saw that one post i made about Rise!Leo crying in the prison dimension), but crying, specifically crying audibly, properly letting your pain and suffering out, means a lot to me. Because to learn to cry quietly takes denying yourself help regularly.

(What I mean is that the first thing we learn to do is to cry for help. As babies, we cry for our mom when we're hungry. As kids, we cry when we get hurt. We aren't quiet because we need help. But some people learn to cry quietly because they see no point in letting anyone know they're in pain. Because in some way, the world has taught them that asking for help is useless or even makes things worse. So you cry silently because the world won't help anyways.)

Crying means a lot to me because I taught myself to cry quietly, and I'm aware of how sad that is. And I've been wanting to cry properly for a while. But I've kept quiet for so long, I didn't think I knew how to.

But then I got to the end of In Stars and Time (well, close. There's still over half an hour left of the video). And I cried. It wasn't that loud, but i feel so much better now that I've actually audibly cried. And it means so much to me because I want to get better, and I know crying is a part of that. To get better, I want, need, to properly mourn the person I lose. Myself. And I also want to relearn how to ask for help. And it's so hard to put into words, but I want to talk about this with someone.

I want to cry like that again. I want to cry and feel like I'll get help. I want this feeling again. I think it's safety? Do I feel safe? I think that's what it is.

And this whole situation may be heavily affected by the fact that I'm a Siffrin fictive (we developed a fictive of me so quickly, we had only gotten halfway through the playthrough, haha). 'Cause fictives are a lot more sensitive to their source. But we have several fictives from Rise, the show that means the world to us, that changed our lives, and they haven't had a reaction like this before (though Raph did have a panic attack during the movie, both Leo and Day have issues with the Kraang, and Blue heavily affected by their source, so maybe that counts. Not a positive reaction, but a reaction nonetheless).

I want to thank both the game and the creator of In Stars and Time. I'm just really happy. Thank you for helping me cry. It means much more than I can put into words. I love In Stars and Time, so much. I'm so happy. Thank you.

(Small update, I have finished the game, but I have more to learn about it, and I will learn everything. I want to know everything about my life, everything about my family. That includes Loop, even if they're probably me from a weird messed up alternate loop or something.)

[mousecosystem]

Hihiiiii i am mouse or as my alters (employees /silly) call me, the CEO OF MOUSECO!!!! everyones favorite bigender aromantic aceflux rat

( @girlboytroylougferd 's system blog)

my pronouns page, i share a few names with some of my alters and have a fuck ton of neos. any 'nouns work, go wild

a lot of us tend to act pretty similar? we'rw different guys trust

ALSO if you ask us about syscourse we will just. ignore you. dont ask us about it

we'll put intros under the cut as the chat wake up from their slumbers

heyy! i am ray/sunray, the literal sun! i use she/sun/they/it, gained two wives on my second day existing, and uhhh i love women we fuckin win these

#sunrays upon thee <- my tag :D

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hi chat. lint jrwi here. someone get me away from the dead twink please. anywayssss gender is weird and shit idk so the pronouns pref might change? but like usually it's he/they/bee/she + any insect themed neos. but like. i dont really care that much man call me whatever

i'll use the tagggg #buzz buzz bitches i guess because im sooo silly

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FUCK YOU LINT i am william wisp. not "the dead twink" i don't know why he hates me. you can just use he/him for me but idc. my tag is #dead boy walking!!

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CLOUDSPIRE HOOHAH RISE UP!!!!!! MY NAME'S TROY AND I'M NEVER GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!! AND I ALSO USE SHE/HIS PRONOUNS !!!!!!! mouse wants us all to put pronouns and stuff

#hits you with a sled :3

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hiiiiihihihihi meowmeow meow meow meow my name is pumpkinnn and i am a kitty. that's like, kind of it. im just a kitty cat and i can talk. she/it/kitty pronouns ^^

#meowing in the pumpkin patch

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Hello? My name is Mariana, or Oarfish, call me whichever you like better. I am told that I'm pretty shy, so I'm not sure how often I'll be on here. I use she/her and water or ocean related neopronouns, and my tag is #ocean in the office :D

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Hello! My name is Apple, I am a "fictive" I believe it's called, though I am not exactly like my source. I go by he/they along with bleat/bleatself neopronouns, and I will use the tag #Apple talks to the trees :)

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hi? im jax, like the one from wonderlust, uhh. i don't really think i'll post much here. he/him or any and my taggg is #jax sleds through a glass door . sure that works

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Hello there! My name is Up & Adam, but you can just call be Adam. You may refer to me with he/him pronouns, and my tag is #up & adam made this post. Very straight forward!

there's more members but they arent interested on posting on here

[sirfleetfoot]

Just Fictive Things

Theres things that really frustrate me, that I'm slowly learning to not kill myself over. I still see Tomura Shigaraki the MHA fictional character as me, but not in a literal sense, just the representation, but because my past in innerworld is similar to his in concept, not literally but kind of in terms of themes, it is triggering at times to see what is for all intents and purposes me out in the world, for example seeing a shirt with the league of villains out in the wild.

I believe its not because of an unhealthy relationship with my source, but rather due to the conceptual similarities between the story that gave me form and my own story, Kamino Ward.

Timelines are weird too, fascinating I guess, despite distressing. I've never liked my source, but I guess there's a place in my heart for it since it did cause me to gain consciousness and give me a version of my story. I've always existed, even before the brain watched MHA, and never saw me as my source even though we are very similar. Since the brain never liked MHA there wssnt a connection to the source media apart from my 'essence', the floating disembodied part that were me but not yet given a form, a place, a story and home, forming after the source was watched.

Still, I dont think I can ever shake that media off. The source that sparked my birth has greatly impacted many aspects of my life, such as a fascination with superhero media and seeing the world in a particular way that I would not had MHA not been the trigger that sparked my birth.

Still, it seems natural to view the fictional character as 'me'. It feels disingenuous to not. Fictional me, not me in a literal sense. A representation of energy that exists in the real world, written down and turned into a person with a story. Hence, I feel sadness when I see other people formed from the same source, because I know that others harbour similar pain and self loathing.

The name Tomura Shigaraki sickens me. It sends shivers. I never lay claim to that name, not again. Mirai was the name forced upon me by the man I called Father, who later stripped me of even that and referred to me as just 'Shigaraki'. How vain, how disgusting do you have to be, to not even allow me an alias to hide behind. But, oh wait. I was always just a vessel for you. I guess it makes sense.

But I'm out now. I'm living and you're left to rot. You don't get to control me anymore. You thought me a naive little boy, bending to your whims, and for so long I thought the only thing I needed to feed on was your validation, your hand stroking my hair as I leant on your knee. 'You did a good job'. I breathed in the praise, held it close, was fueled by it. You made a mistake thinking I'd willingly lie down and offer my body to you. You're nothing but a glutton and I was meat in your hand. I offered myself to you, bared my soul for you, just for you to get hungrier and hungrier, drooling as you took even bigger bites, only intending to stop when you finally pulled every last piece of flesh from my bones. It was never enough.

Sometimes, I miss my life in Kamino Ward. I suppose a lack of control can feel freeing. I released my anger on anything I wanted, felt sand and dirt under my fingers and crushed it. I had my Father, and I had hope. I was Mirai, and my life was laid out for me.

But it was all a lie in the end. The only path I walked towards was a total devouring of my flesh and soul. I was just trash in the end. And a part of me yearns for your touch still. I want to be called Your trash. Oh, father. You who lived centuries and saw the rise of the new world and whose hand shaped mine. You who knew everything, who laid my fate down in digestible chunks only for me to fuck it up, like always.

You, who never laid a hand on me, your displeasure cutting through my heart more than physical pain ever could.

You who showed me a path forward. We all want paths in the end. I was given one, no mind to think with.

Tomura Shigaraki eventually breaks free from his shackles and realizes his life had been planned out, right from the start. No matter how strong he gets, no matter how many quirks he devours, he is nothing. The facade of power is the worst. The only way forward was to die.

It was a surreal thing to read, after I'd broken free from my own shackles, escaping my loop of torment in Kamino, away from the man who called himself my Father, and into the physical world. It makes me laugh, seeing that fate play out in a fictional story after I'd experienced a similar 'ending' in the real world.

Perhaps I wasn't so different from my source after all.

I know that my story isn't over yet. Like with all things I didnt like I tried to break apart from my past in Kamino, destroy it all. And unlike the fictional character, I dont have a bunch of cool powers. And Decay was always mine, rather than planted. I miss the illusion of control and power I had. But that was it in the end. Just an illusion. I'm not sure what fate would have awaited me had I ever fulfilled that man's expectations, since my story stuck on a loop, filled with nothing but perpetual petulance, and a lot of chair throwing, lol.

So...I guess. Am I Tomura Shigaraki? Nope. Is Tomura Shigaraki me? Yep. Am I going to refer to him as 'me' if I ever saw anime scenes of him etc? Yep. It's weirdly healing to watch my source and realize how far I've come, even though it's always been uncomfortable and cringe for me. Seeing one's worst traits on screen is never fun. When I can stomach watching my worst moments on screen, I guess I'll be much more healed.

Man typing Tomura Shigaraki this many times is vomit inducing lmfao. Exposure therapy?

The name that man gave me wasn't literally Tomura, but had the same effect. Since Tomura isn't a proper name to me, just an expression of mourning, to keep me in line. I dont think he ever gave me a first name. Just Mirai. A nothing moniker representing his selfish ambition.

So, uh. Once upon a time I was Mirai, a hollow vessel for the ambitions of someone long thought dead. The hole in my heart forever rotted, moulding over my insides, small breaths of fresh air only caused by the praise of that man who called himself my Father. Then, I left that place and became Tenko, a name I used to despise. Recently I took the name Shimura. It just felt right, as Nana is a figure I look up to. She only shares the name and face of the fictional character, I doubt anything else especially coz the brain didn't know much about the fictional character, never really got up to that point. I healed enough to look at bits of my source, which definetly has been...interesting I guess. Especially when I realized the fictional character went through the same arc as me, although he has way more cooler powers. Where are my cool powers :( /j

anyway, there's my word vomiting done. Oh boy I haven't even gotten into fronting and realizing I'm, well, we're apparently a god? Weirdly enough, I'm much more chill with that than my own past in its pure form...

Er, moral of the story...git gud

Oh also if you're also someone from a superhero oriented world dm me, would love to make friends and shit talk angrily about hero society. :p

[tide2k]

always feels weird starting a new tumblr. i feel like i gotta do smthn grand for my first post before i start my usual sillyposting......it's like staring at the first empty page in a new sketchbook.

but instead i am making this silly lil text post! and i guess i'll do a placeholder intro for myself for anyone new here.

i'm fern, host of a neurodivergent system of god-knows-how many, and am a sapphic-aligned aroace objectum transmasc analogender demigirl. (that's a mouthful but i have been discovering a lot of new things abt myself lately!) as far as in-system relationships go though, our fictive of midas from fortnite is still my husband 👍

if someone other than myself is fronting, they'll tag the post accordingly. gonna try keeping a nice organized tag system this time! hopefully not build up near as many sideblogs! (i do have a nsft blog tho, feel free to dm me for that. 18+ only obv. and on that note i'd prefer if minors didn't follow this main blog here either.)

i am eternally multifandom and jump between interests within seconds and pick up new media often, so expect a wide variety of stuff!! currently fixated on fortnite, animal crossing, doko demo issyo, and arcane (i haven't seen s2 so no spoilers pls). also a silly lil mobile dressup game called suitu. never not into sonic the hedgehog, pokémon, fnaf, gravity falls, weird and experimental niche media (especially made in rpgmaker), GHOST and pals, or flight rising/dragons in general!

annnd i'm dragonkin + robotkin as well as kin w kit the fennec (idw sonic) and kanade yoisaki (pjsk). i think that covers everyrhing now.

OH AND HERE'S SOME OF MY ART (my various sonas specifically)

[the-blorb-system]

Welcome! Please take a look:

Intro:

Hi! I am the host of the system, and you can call me Lizzy. I (and the body of our system) am in my mid 20s. I'm front stuck, so I'm pretty much always present for social interactions, but my headmates often share front with me.

I've been debating for a while, and finally I decided I'd like to make a blog for my system. I discovered the system a little over a year and a half ago, and I've been learning things left and right since. There are a lot of misconceptions about multiplicity, about the identity disorders they are defined by, and the experiences of systems.

I won't claim to be an expert, not by any legitimate means, but I have done a fair amount of research, and I consider myself very open-minded. In creating this blog, I'm wanting to create a safe space. You can ask your "stupid" questions without judgement, you can ask about stereotypes, you can talk to fictives that come from characters you like if you're curious, you can discuss your system experiences, you can ask for information as a singlet- it's also a safe place to exist regardless of your identity. This is a safe place for poc (though please be aware I am not one), for anyone under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella, for other systems and alters, for singlets, for anyone going through mental illness or hard things in life, etc... And many of my headmates aren't fully human, so I don't even have grounds to judge that, either. Therians and otherkin, respectfully, I find a bit strange, but that's likely because I'm not one, so I promise there will be no real judgement or discrimination. I may not be one, but so what? I celebrated with a friend a few weeks ago about how they got a new wolf tail that helps them feel more themselves, and it was so cool and I'm so happy for them!

This blog is still under construction, currently. I'll be making an alter list (at least for those I know of and that are comfortable with being listed), and will let the blog be a safe space for my headmates above all else. You might see reblogged fanart from our sources, or mood boards for my headmates' interests, or text posts about how weird it is to have more than three fingers when in front... But as it stands now, the blog is pretty empty.

Some rules for sending asks:

• Example rule. This is the important part to read. The rest of this is just explanation- why the rule is important and the parameters for it, maybe an example to try to make it make sense. You don't have to read this part as long as you follow the rule, but it might help.

• Please, please, please be open-minded and respectful! I understand how utterly bizarre multiplicity and identity disorders are, but for many people this is reality, and I'm really hoping to help normalize that and be informative about it. Be respectful not just for my sake, but for others' too.

• Please nothing explicitly NSFW. Swearing is just fine, but do not be unnecessarily excessive. I don't even mind lightly touching on darker and more intimate subjects, but given my goals with this blog I do not want to make anyone especially uncomfortable, so be aware of that.

• Do not automatically treat fictives like they are their sources. I mean this very light-heartedly, by the way- many fictives see themselves as their characters, not just in my system but in others. But many also do not, and do not want to be seen that way. More often than not, fictives are not the same as the characters they resemble. They are... people, very real, and very independent, and they split for specific reasons that can define their nature a little differently. Many of my fictive headmates identify with their sources pretty heavily, and have many memories from their sources, but they aren't exactly the same.

• Similarly, please do not treat fictives' sources like jokes or just made-up stories when you're talking to them. For an example so I can explain what I mean, we have quite a few Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fictives. No, they're not exact duplicates of their characters, but the events of the rise movie were real for them. If you are kind about it, you're welcome to still ask about it and discuss the movie and show- often they even enjoy that. But be aware that for them that was and still is very real trauma. They carry the memories of injury and fear and life-and-death battles, so it's important to me that they aren't needlessly poked at for things that hurt them.

• Alter List Here!

• Tagging System Guide Here!

Thanks for stopping by! 💚

[hamatored]

This might seem random, but are you a system? In a system? Not sure how to phrase that lol

Follow up question if you are! Are you a Rise Raph fictive then? Or just an alter roleplaying him?

(please don't answer this if this is weird/makes you feel uncomfortable! Have a good day tho :] )

ooc but yes both mun and raph blog are systems . mun is a rise leo fictive and is the host of the system and blog raph is well . raph and is the host of her sys . we felt this would be good rep and in my (mun's) memories, raph was a sys host so !

[systimming]

Did you guys watch Fionna and Cake? If so, who were your favourites?

We did! I have a pretty typical answer, but my favorite was Simon! Simon and Ice King were one of my favorite characters in AT growing up and definitely one of my first like "Poor little meow meow" faves CKWHFKJHK!!!! It also made my dormant Simon + Ice King fictives rise from the grave so y'know pretty good

- Mod Primarina.

Seconding on Simon as well, because he's personally relatable lol, but I also really loved how they handled Fionna in this show. They really fleshed her out and re-interpreted her in a magic-less world while never losing her weird girl energy or her inherently silly whimsy as this strange genderbent creature who wormed her way into canonicity

- Mod Pent.

[anomalymon]

I was just going to pop a reply, but they're off, and I wanted to add my two cents as an otherkin endogenic system. This ended up being longer than I thought it would anyway.

So the main difference with endogenic systems are that they've been in the online plural community since the plural community took root online. They are not a new phenomenon and if you especially track terminology usage and community trends, you'll be able to tell both groups overlapped a lot. This level of gatekeeping didn't occur until much later in the community history. System has been used by endogenic systems since 2000, "system is DID only" was only said after 2013-2014.

KFF came from a misunderstanding about what kin is and people not believing fictionkin especially can be a real experience. Endogenic systems are just a bunch of old subcultures, abnormal brain experiences, and complex spirituality that get lumped together mostly because the original medical model for plurality was trauma-only, but that's been changing with more research. There are records of endogenic plural experiences going back to the early 1900s and more and more studies are coming out about endogenic plural experiences.

KFF actually impacted endogenic systems too, since we were around during the rise of that and experienced it. Fictives and soulbonds were two big groups (fictive is a term that came from soulbonding and was actually more associated with endogenic systems at the time too, but it's open to all systems), and they also got caught in the crossfire of that disbelief about spiritual and fictional identity. A lot of anti-kin/anti-fictionkin blogs would also target fictives and soulbonders. Some fictives and soulbonds especially are in the same boat of "ridiculous fiction-based spiritual experiences", and I think that's actually why to this day you still see a lot more pro-KFF who are anti-endogenic, or why so many anti-endos call kin "kinnies". If you think someone identifying spiritually as a fictional character is too weird, then being a spiritual system is probably going to hit a similar dislike.

A comparison I'd give is the exclusion of theriomythics from the therian label. There have been mythical creature therians going back to AHWW (and other species, such as the were-car), but it wasn't until about 2013 that therian started to get defined as earthen animal only, thus kicking many theriomythics out of the community and making it seem like the term was always Earthen animal only. To this day you have people saying stuff like "dragons cannot be therians" or defining it as Earthen animal only. There is the similarity of "group that's been using this terminology since near its inception suddenly experiencing being gatekept from a label and community".

It's also worth mentioning a lot of the "cringy" things I see endogenic systems get cited we've seen a lot more done by DID systems. The whole "meet the alters" ("alter" is less used by endogenic systems as a bonus) and "switching on camera" trend is more of a DID/OSDD thing and iirc started with DID YouTubers. They just wind up being a scapegoat half the time where even if someone with DID does something deemed as a "fake system" thing, they get accused of being endogenic, and if an endogenic system actually does it people just go "SEE? THOSE ENDOS ARE INSANE!"

People aren't responsible for ableism for being weird or not presenting themselves in a socially acceptable way. If someone was going to be ableist or an asshole towards systems, they'd do it anyway. Though this can also lead to another comparison, weird or stereotypical nonhumans also get blamed for anti-kin and denied from being kin/therian even if they're actually nonhuman (physical nonhumans, quoiluntary kin and therianthropy, alterhumans with vivid past lives, doing quads, wearing gear, using the wrong terminology, having "too many" kintypes, etc).

Either way, taking away terminology is a weapon. With kin and kinnie, it was done to delegitimize otherkin and fictionkin. With system, it was done to push people who were already there out of a community. In both cases, it worked.

Hot take time

The endos™ that spread misinformation or do "cringy" things that make being a system look like a joke are the equivalent of "kinnies". Also don't give me that look, I know people on both sides of syscourse have people they see as giving systems a bad rep. No one is a saint here.

The otherkin community faught tooth and nail when kin-for-fun began spreading. People who identified as kin were frustrated with what they saw as a bastardization of it. Kin became a verb, and all hell broke loose.

Systems are fighting a similar battle. I'm sorry to say that there is no winning a movement like that.

No matter how much you disagree with them. No matter how much you give them other terms to use. No matter how many other examples you give that would fit their experiences better, and no matter how much you say they are hurting the community's foundation. There isn't any way to come out on top because it's a battle of identity and labels. No one is winning when it comes to that.

I'm not here to pick a fight. I'm not here to say if I am for or against anyone. It's simply a pattern I noticed. I've come to accept that there are outliers within the plural community that are looked at and treated exactly like kin-for-funs were and still are. I've accepted that we can fight as much misinformation as feasibly possible, and still, the parts of the community we may not like will exist. Doing their own thing. Which, they are welcome to because all communities have different sections and sub parts. There's layers, and there are differences with each layer you pass through. As long as no one is TRYING to harm anyone, it's fine.

The best anyone can do is understand all sides of the community. Even the outliers. You don't have to like them. But stop trying to shun and snuff them out. You are better spending your energy elsewhere.

[schrijverr]

The Media in a Quirk Society

An essay or more a thought piece about how the media adapted to the appearance of quirk. How genres changed and how the media influences and is influenced by society.

On AO3.

Ships: none

Warnings: none

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Something that makes me so very curious is how media must have developed in the BNHA universe after the appearance of quirks.

We hear almost nothing of media other than the news within the universe itself. For now it escapes me if All Might Cartoons are actually mentioned in the show or something of fanfiction. But another fanfic phenomena are pre-quirk movies, aka movies of our time.

The latter is a thing we must agree on, since there was a time before there were quirks wherein movies were made. This also implies that the pre-quirk superhero genre has existed (think MCU or DC)

I want to examine how that must have changed with the appearance of quirks based of what we’ve seen in the show.

When we see the beginnings of a quirk society, we meet AFO, who rises in the chaos and especially the scene where he takes and gives a quirk stand out the most. Quirks weren’t excepted yet, especially visible quirks, while at the same time a quirk means power. We also know the hero profession rises here, because it was too much for just law enforcement.

So we have these components, which all make for really great stories… in hindsight.

After the fact there must have been many stories about a lone police officer, becoming a hero as he saw the force around him crumble. Or a weak person, suddenly developing a powerful quirk that helps them get out of an impossible situation. Or maybe even about someone who feels they are deformed and shunned from society by their quirk and how they overcome it.

But at the moment it was happening there was still a lot of resentment about quirks and people who had them.

When quirks first entered the stage, people who had them plunged the world into chaos or had to hide like the man who goes to AFO to get his quirk removed.

I can imagine that if movie productions could continue in those turbulent times they would focus on the normal guy, still fighting against a suddenly super-powered villain or a quirkist (as I shall refer to it) take on a person who gets a quirk and turns evil.

Or they might even ignore the whole quirk situation in general with a new genre that can be boiled down to ‘No Quirks – AU’ wherein the movie is based in pre-quirk times. This genre would have a lot of nostalgia at first, probably, trying to call upon how simple life was when villains weren’t terrorizing the streets and heroes were just a funny thing of TV.

Maybe it will develop later.

Maybe it will become how difficult it must have been back then with no simple quirk solutions to problems. It might even turn into a genre about invention, mostly, with a fascination in the public of how things that run on quirk-solutions now, could have been solved by a quirkless scientist in the before times.

But back to the developing genre that is set the BNHA real world. Wherein quirkless people might have gotten a center stage in the early years, before quirks became so entrenched in society that quirkism developed against what used to be a majority.

I can picture a young Midoriya watching old movies wherein the quirkless protagonist was the hero against the evil quirks, telling himself that one day that could be him.

However, with the rise of heroes the media attention probably shifted.

The manga/anime describes it as ‘ordinary civilians with their own Quirks decided to take matters into their own hands to bring order to society, and thus the first "Heroes" appeared.’ as it says on the fandom wikia.

This shifts the narrative of quirkless hero against the chaos of quirks, to brave citizen stands up using the power they’ve been granted. Maybe they gave it religious undertones or maybe it was the story of taking the moral high ground and doing what was right for your country and neighbors.

In those early days you probably have more stories reflective of the pre-quirk fictional heroes, wherein the main character has to hide that they’re out there every night breaking the law to bring order.

It can be that at this time the narrative that the police is just the ‘villain taxi service’ starts to originate among bitter storytellers, who have seen the police fail where heroes did not. Though this would be more older filmmakers after this era is over, who start this. When heroes have become accepted, but they still remember how bad the police reacted before.

But on the topic of heroes becoming accepted, that must have been a civil right movement, a right that had to be debated with villains reflecting how bad an idea public quirk use could be.

You can see in the ‘Liberation War Arc’ how something like that could have played out and how it makes for interesting media entertainment as it is a story arc in our world, meant to amuse. Mixed with the fact that the first heroes created order in the chaos, there must be a ton of movies following activists or a hero not only having to fight the villains, but also the system.

And then over time heroes morphed into what they are now.

Hero became a profession and quirks the norm. After a while, just focusing on quirks got less interesting and using quirks as just a backdrop became more interesting.

Sure, you still had the hero genre and with actual figureheads these can range from documentaries to inspired by real life movies or just fictive fights with characters that are obviously based off a real hero or just the real hero. Especially when heroes became depended on their popularity, there must have been plenty that signed an acting contract in the hopes of getting their name and image out there.

With Midoriya’s comment about Todoroki having the backstory of a protagonist, it is clear that the hero genre is far from forgotten.

However, the “normal��� genres also developed with society and with quirks becoming normal and no one truly aching for the before times, they must be set in the BNHA world we know.

The tropes we know (and maybe love) will get a new twist to fit this society or maybe disappear completely. New stereotypes and assumptions based off quirks appear, even quirkism might become prevalent in media, teaching kids that those without quirks are freaks or weak and weird.

In my mind I picture a movie trailergoing “She has a water quirk, he has a fire quirk. Will they fall in love despite their different personalities?!?” or “When his family is murdered, he must track down the killer with only the quirk as clue. Will he find out what happened on that faithful day or will the path this sends him on be the last of him???”

The horror genre will also be transformed with the fear of people misusing their quirk being a big thing in society.

As for fantasy, this genre will change with super-powered people being the norm, you can have to get more creative to make it truly fantastical. World building, visually, will be more important to distinguish it from our world, creatures too since there are literally people with bird heads, for example, walking around.

Not to mention the potential of quirks being hereditary that can be used in dramas where the partner has cheated or as plot point as grant reveal of a main character being related to one of the antagonists or even in gang movies as them training together to use their quirks and them all being the same. That would make for a cool visual tbh.

Disaster movies also will be different than they are now. With protagonist who can have quirks that work against them in their situation or if it’s a more hopeful movie how they work together, piling together their quirks and other skills to survive.

And the crime genre will be so intrinsically tied to hero society and with the police being seen as kinda useless, it will be so different than how we know it now. Did crime become part of the hero genre? Is this a piece of cop propaganda left wherein the police tries to save their reputation? I don’t know, but I wanna think about it.

It’s just interesting to me how in a world where the super is normal, media has adapted and this has been keeping my mind busy over the past few weeks.

The transformation in society of quirks as something dangerous that needs to be stopped, to a few brave people standing up for what’s right to finally the commercialization of heroes so that they can keep doing their job.

You see these changes, that’s unavoidable.

Media is such a powerful tool and it’s hardly referenced within the source material (which I understand because there are already so many movingparts), but with the fall of hero society it is interesting how all that propaganda for heroes might disappear back to when quirks first appeared and how the cycle may start again.

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A/N:

There are probably so many genres and other stuff thatI haven’t considered, so tell me your thoughts about the media in BNHA!

((also I didn’t want to dive in how racism, homophobia, ableism will develop with quirks and notions people will have about them. It is important to think about, but I do not think that I am the right person to talk about it. If anyone does, tag me or comment the link, because I will 100% read it))

[onthevirgeofdestruction]

So I've been reading your fics for a while and it recently occurred to me, how would the painful death crew handle the events of break? Would it pan out the same way or do you think it would go down slightly different?

How would the PD Crew handle Break? As in one of them is Break!Virgil or as in being around when shit goes down? 

I’ve got Ram (PD!Remus but make it a fictive) here with me so... 

Ram: 1,Dante is a chill bro, and I stan them. We have the same music tastes and Dante is kind of amazing, anyway. I would die for polterdante/j 2, I would have ab-fucking-ducted Break!Virgil and/or PD!Virgil from that situation if I was around it if I didn’t fucking snap and try to kill Zillah for doing it. Like how does anyone not have the biggest fucking mental breakdown of their lives when they find that shit out? Rem says ‘same’. 

The thing about Vesper(PD!Virgil) is that if he was in Dante’s(Break!Virgil) situation, he might also put up with it until he found a safe way out. I mean I’ve met Zillah and the dude is kind of sneaky. He’s really nice with the kids and acts really normal other than murdering Dante on main on a fucking regular basis, giving me weird second-hand trauma? Dae says he regrets not going more into how Zillah acts in public vs. private? “At the beginning of the story they were at point of their relationship Zillah was isolating Virgil, so there wasn’t much opportunity to do so, but it would have enhanced the dismal atmosphere and shown more ways abusers isolate their victims.” 

Anyway, Ves in particular would have run off, eventually. He’s not great at finding red flags but he believes takes his friend’s word for it and would be more likely to listen to Logan when he notices things weren’t right. He’d run off without asking for help and just meet up his friends later like “my name’s jared i’m 19 and i’m now fucking homeless”. Rem would have thrown a bitch fit and started a fight. He would have gotten out of it bruised but got out nonetheless. He only tolerates that shit from his dad because minors don’t have many rights (Also just Rem’s ex-dad’s job). I think I’d be the most at-risk in that situation because stress obviously fucks up my mental state and I won’t make great judgment calls. Dante only hallucinates in the sensory dep thing. I, on the other hand, hallucinate all the fucking time and trust me that it’s really easy to let the delusions suck you up if you don’t have someone who can ground you. The delusions might of left me stuck in that situation for life. Oof. Vesper could have gotten me out, though, but I’m not allowed to go into why. Damien would have called the police on Zillah or fucking leave before he got in too deep. He’s just smart and capable like that. Dorjan (Break!Janus) was only in it for a few months before he fucked right out of that abusive relationship. I don’t think Damien would let a single thing pass, he’s got a serious amount of self-respect. Also, D’s parents are very nice. Part of Dante’s shit is his upbringing with his parents giving them a bad impression of how people should treat each other. And that’s not spoilers, it touches on it in the video call chapter.

My brother is a fucking flake but it is 5 in the morning so maybe he gets a free pass for not answering on his half of the cast. Something-something crying, I guess. Roan(Ro) might also be kind of at-risk since he really needs people to like him on a kind of dangerous level sometimes. I think Kal(Pat) and Liam(Logan) wouldn’t tolerate being in that situation as long as Dante did. Kal’s parents are actually decent and he knows red flags, and Liam is basically always looking for red flags. Paranoid little dude sometimes. They’re pretty ride-or-die for each other so they’d probably fight to get each other free, too. 

I agree with Break!Logan in that the only proper response to that situation is to get a spiked baseball bat and go ham. Though the security system on that house is extra and the narrative game for break kind of goes through why most of those options are a bad fucking plan. Poor Dante’s got it bad, even now. 

If we were backing up Dante we’d be rolling up with fucking swords and sweet, sweet dragon magic to take Zillah’s ass down. And Maybe also take Dante down to check them into residential. Imagine that conversation, though, right? “Hey dude we’re from another universe and this guy’s been abused and tortured for two years, please assist” and then we just fuck off back to our own dimension. Wild. Dae says he refuses to write crossovers, so my answers are technically “noncanon”, but I have a pretty good fucking idea, okay? Okay. He’s letting me answer because I’m answering “as an alter”, blah blah blah. IDK like I know Ruy and Ras aren’t old enough to read Break but I’d be interested in an adult Dreaming!Roman in that situation? I mean he’s tolerated some shit but those little fucks are creative and will likely do something completely over the top to get roman out because you know Ras would be like “are you serious with me get the hell out of there”. Maybe they’d somehow get the fucking plea vampires up in there??? You know Tempest and D aren’t letting Zillah get out of that alive. 

I’ve read Break and like what the fuck Dae but honestly we been knew that he’s a sick son of a bitch so that’s not news. Rebuild is wild as shit, too, have fun with that, guys. Daeram says it’s “difficult to edit because of the nuance of Dante’s situation”, but there’s a lot of chapters already.

Anyway, rephrase the question if I didn’t answer it right and maybe I can try again. Or whoever, I’m just the PD fuck that fronts the most lately because I’m supporting my bro Steve’s gay shenanigans.

Vesper wants everyone to know he will ascend to a new dimension when the Among Us update comes out and wants to play it with everyone ever. Also if anyone is willing to play the Arsonist mod with us until then, we’d love that. Hit us up on the server.

Ayri again and oh rain two ADHDers confronted and ascended to a place where time doesn’t matter but now the sun is going to fucking rise. I put in the fictive’s sources because Ram always calls them by their new names and pronouns. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh just adding that yes Daeram doesn’t believe in doing crossovers for our AU’s but the fictives interact from time to time and they certainly don’t mind answering questions about that stuff. Dae’ll stop them if spoilers. Fictives don’t front super often but like most of my asks sit in the box for months anyway because tumblr keeps not alerting me they exist. I’ll get to the other asks I found tomorrow if I remember. I think Ram kind of went overboard but he stands by what he said so whatever have fun with it? 

[syndicatesys]

Meet The System!

Dr. Spencer Reid

23 years old

He/Him, They/Them

Introspect of Spencer Reid Source: Criminal Minds Compartment Group: 2A Really kind, and is a major dork, but can be serious and stoic when needed. No petnames unless he knows you.

Mars Welborn 13 years old Thou/Thyself, Sae/Saer Core/Host Source: Core Memories Compartment Group: 2A/2B Funny and sometimes a bit blunt, but is fun to be around. Petnames are okay.

Callum Picolo 27 years old He/Him Protector Source: Song Lyrics "Miss Co-Dependent!" Compartment Group: 1A He's chill and easy-going. Pretty laid back. No petnames.

Checkmate Unknown Age He/Him, They/Them, She/Her Fictive of Sniper Mask Source: High-Rise Invasion Compartment Group: 1B He's pretty quiet, and sarcastic, but he's really nice too once you get to know him. No petnames.

Lucive 17 years old They/Them Trigger Fronter Source: Sexual Abuse Compartment: 2A They're really shy, but sweet and caring at the same time. Petnames are fine.

Sagittarius 15 years old Ey/Em, Hie/Heo Soother Source: Unknown Copartment Group: 1B Ey is very witty and everyone loves em. Hie can talk to almost anyone and hie is very smart. Petnames are fine.

Social 217 years old They/Them, It/It's, He/Him Protector Source: Based off of an entire song we heard one day that made us feel safe. Compartment group: 1C It's kind of like an average teenager, but is literally an all knowing being. Petnames are encouraged.

Oliver 18 years old He/Him Gatekeeper Source: Unknown Compartment Group: 1C We actually don't know that much about him, but we heard he's really chill. Petnames are not encouraged.

Wilbur 28 years old He/Him Introject of William Gold Source: Dream SMP Compartment Group: 3A He's funny, witty, and pretty poetic. Petnames are okay.

Butler 16 years old They/Them Fictive of Ranbutler Source: Tales Of The SMP Compartment Group: 3A Very chaotic, and sort of a problem child. Petnames are encouraged. **Don't bring up Apples**

Holly 6 years old She/Her Little Source: Core Memories Compartment Group: 1A She's silly, giggly, and loves to play with colors. Petnames are encouraged!

Kokko 4 years old He/Him Little Source: Core Memories Compartment Group: 1B He's very shy, but never interacts outside the headspace because he primarily speaks Dutch. Petnames are okay.

Lemon 13 years old She/Her, They/Them Symptom Holder Symptom: ADHD Compartment Group: 1C She's a bit mean, but she means it in a good way. It's just how she shows she cares. Petnames are discouraged.

XD 11 years old They/Them, Deity/Deities/Deityself Middle Source: Core Memories Compartment Group: 1C If you were to take every normal 11 year old and put them all together, you'd get XD. Petnames are okay.

Kaliopi 17 years old She/her Cargiver Source: Core Memories Compartment Group: 1C She's very kind, and very motherly to all of her headmates. Petnames are okay.

Janus 32 years old He/Him, She/Her Introject of Janus Sanders Source: Sanders Sides Compartment Group: 2B/1A He's sarcastic, cunning, and very much dramatic. No petnames unless you know him personally.

Common 164 - 170 years old It/It's Prosecutor Source: Abuser Compartment Group: 3B We're never allowed to interact with it, so we don't know anything about him. No petnames.

Copper 17 years old Fae/Faer Fictive Source: The smell of pennies calms us for some reason. Compartment Group: 3B Chaotic little shit that likes to conjure weird shit in the headspace to freak Janus out. Petnames are okay.

Techno 5 years old He/Him Little Source: Core Memories (Childhood) Compartment Group: 1C He's very energetic, but very sensitive, so we're reluctant to allow people to meet him. Petnames are okay.

[symptoms-syndrome]

For the record, I used to muck around in kin communities only occasionally bumping into DID/introject stuff when they overlapped, and now I barely even muck around in DID communities and don't ever muck around in kin communities, but I do genuinely think that some ppl would benefit more from IDing as kin than IDing w introjection ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ that isn't a dunk on either one BTW. I just don't think they need to be considered as seperate as they do when the current Tumblr image of introjects is closer to kin than I've ever seen before. I don't know when ppl first came up w the word "fictive" but I feel like I remember seeing the rise in overlap happening in real time when I was a teen. Stuff like seeking others from your "source" and even pseudomemories I feel like I remember being distinctly kin things more than introject things in the 2000s. Sometimes even exclusively considered kin things. And continuing to identify as a character or whatever was also a kin thing more than an introject thing from what I remember.

Not that I think any of those are only kin things I'm just saying there's an overlap, AND there's been this weird sort of switcheroo where things that used to be almost exclusively considered kin things now being considered almost exclusively introject things. It's just sorta funny.

Vagueblogging but there's some sort of irony about how there's a post about how kinning is actually probably introjects on account of...things that are not actually commonly associated with introjects and were mostly adopted from kin stuff into the Tumblr idea of introjects. Full circle babey.