#alterreality

[wonderlightdaydreams]

Alterreality Coining Post 2.0

On August 9th, 2023, I posted “AlterReality: A Coining Essay”. The purpose of that post was to coin a term that describes my personal experience while getting out my thoughts on metaphysics, imagination, and perception in writing. However, due to the personal nature of that essay, I wanted to make this post in collaboration with Lav (@WinreyPlace) and others to clearly and plainly state what alterreality is. While it is a broad term, there are limits to what it does and does not include.

As defined by someone else in the alterreality server: “Alterreality is a process of creating one’s unique sense of reality via imagination and belief. It can be described as a lifestyle or a philosophy, with one central idea: what makes something ‘real’ is nothing but the belief that it is real.”

Another definition Lav gave was “imagination as a lifestyle”. Alterreality can also be interpreted as daydreaming or imagination-based fantasies overlaying or interacting with consensus reality.

What alterreality covers:

Many experiences of those in the self-shipping community, such as going on dates with your f/o in the “real world”

Adding a fantasy narrative to your life (i.e. tests at school becoming monster fights) as long as you choose to believe in the fantasy narrative as part of your perceived reality

Many experiences are classified as roleplay, again, as long as you choose to incorporate the roleplay into your perception of what’s happening in your own life

What alterreality doesn’t cover:

Involuntary spiritual, psychological, or metaphysical experiences 

Any alternative reality experiences you were born with or had awakened within you

Identifying as something while living a non-altered life (i.e. if you’re wolfkin and you are going to mundane human school while only experiencing that physical reality, that's not alterreality)

Manifestation and law of attraction concepts. Alterreality, while it interacts with the shared reality we all experience, doesn’t change its course; instead it builds onto or reframes it. Alterrealizing should not and does not make struggles in consensus reality disappear or cause the universe to provide a more positive life. 

In short, alterreality has three aspects: intentionality, imagination, and belief. Alterreal experiences are incredibly varied and diverse; however, they all require these elements. 

Now, with the above fully explained, let’s understand the why and how. Starting with the why.

There are infinite reasons as to why one would alterrealize their own life. I do it because I find mundane existence to be boring, and I want to engage with something that is beyond mundane human life without believing in anything, particularly spiritual or supernatural. Any reason is a valid reason to create alterreality. You can do it for fun, as a coping mechanism, to connect better with your alterhuman identities, because you love fictional characters or worlds, to help you understand complex things better, as a tool of exploration, personal growth, and creativity, and so much more. You don't even need to have a why at all! There is nothing wrong with fucking around and finding out with your life :3. 

In terms of how to do alterreality, I repeat, there is no one way. I’m still figuring out all the ins and outs of doing it myself. But my best piece of advice is to give yourself permission to fully live inside of whatever fantasy narrative you choose to and let yourself believe in it. This can sometimes be a demanding or difficult process, especially if everyone and everything around you is conforming to consensus reality, but just like they find meaning existing in consensus reality, you are allowed to find meaning existing in alterreality! Another way to phrase all this is to just “fake it until you make it”. Ask yourself questions like  “What world or narrative do I live in?”, “What form does my alterrealized self take?”, “How would I act and speak in my alterreality?”, “What would my tasks, goals, or challenges be?”, and things like that. If you cannot do something in shared, mundane reality for whatever reason, make-believe a reason why you cannot do it in your alterreality too! As you develop your alterreality and discover what works and what doesn’t for your brain, you’ll find it will come more naturally to live out your imagination-fueled life. 

This world is in desperate need of whimsy and wonder. While there are various ways to make your life more whimsical, there are not many that involve actively living a lifestyle of fantasy. In a world where time is a finite resource, where the “have-tos” outweigh the “want-tos”, and where playing pretend is shunned once you age out of childhood, alterreality is a way to live in the physical realm, while embracing the fantastical. So, what are you waiting for, step into a world of your wildest dreams!

[xyliascosmopendium]

𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝕽𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕯𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝕺𝖗𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖟𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 (Information Regarding The Dark Organization)

Introductions to this page will come later. For now, I wish to talk to you about how the Dark Organization attacks. I am unsure how to block these attacks, however as they say, knowledge is power. Think of their attacks like the childhood game "keep the balloon up", but the balloon is your time and mana. the dark organization would do anything to distract you from your own power and magic. Thus, they intercept your personal time with interruptions that magic users must attend to. In terms of how to block these attacks, I do not have much advice at this juncture. Ensure to keep a stockpile on mana, and engage with magic as soon as you can, either during or after the dark organizations distractions. I would love to hear any input on how these attacks can be circumnavigated.

I do have a somewhat unrelated theory on the Dark Organization that I would like to share. I do not believe that there is a leader of the DO per se. Instead, I believe that the DO is governed by the assumption that there is a leader. out of fear of this presupposed leader, everyone in the DO simply follows orders. This leads the DO to become victims of their own rule. I am not saying to surrender to the DO, but I do pity them, and even help them with mundane tasks at times. Nothing to give them the upper hand over us, its just that I think that some members deserve our help. Not all of them, and not all the time. However, us magic users should keep in mind who we are protecting.

With that,

𝕸𝖆𝖞 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖒𝖘𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖌𝖚𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚, (May whimsy and starlight guide you,)

𝓧𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓪, 𝓔𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓟𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓘𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 (Xylia, Ethereal Princess of Iridescent Starlight)

[halfwayhealer]

To the Alterhumans Grappling with Consensus Reality

Mel & Mama Bear wrote this for a friend who was having a hard time with the balance between consensus reality and their personal alterreality. Then Mel’s fiancée Lav encouraged muis to tweak it and share it with others, so here it is:

To the heroes, the villains, the creatures, the machines—to all those who are Other in this life, who don’t belong here or who once belonged but no longer do, who are boldly creating the life they want to live on a level most people can quite literally only dream of.

Wei see you. Wei know your struggle. Wei struggle too.

But the truth is, consensus reality needs you. It needs your magic, your wonder, your animal instincts, your unique perspective, the brilliant beacon of your authenticity. There is magic inside each and every person on this Earth, no matter how ordinary, and those of us who have awakened to our own magic are invaluable to those who have forgotten how to stay in touch with theirs (even if they may not always be able to appreciate us in the moment). This duty of care is not as fun or exciting as your past or parallel lives, but it is so, so important. Consensus reality cannot change without enough people dreaming of a world better than the one we're all forced to occupy together. If we all work hard enough, that magic might even become commonplace someday.

Remember, dear one: You are the main character in your own story. You are also an NPC of varying importance in the stories of everyone you meet. Engaging with others' stories—even if they're boring in comparison to your own—is more important than wei can express. Don't be afraid to play in their space, and maybe even try to coax them into sharing a more magical reality with you. You'd be surprised how many people can access their sense of whimsy when led by example. Use boring, non-magical words like “LARPing” or "playing pretend" if you must, ones that trivialize the truth to those ready to dismiss truth in the first place. But we know the truth, and there are others out there ready to be reminded of it. Dance and the world will dance with you.

And in the meantime, admire your heroic sacrifices to the consensus. Putting aside your desires for the greater good takes more strength and more courage than slaying a thousand dark lords. Be bold, be kind, and remember always that you are loved.

[soupofcryptids]

I am a multiverse traveler. A cosmic explorer. I seek out beauty in all worlds, I am the keeper of magic knowledge.

I am the universe creator, from my mind come forth worlds of mystery. I am master of imagining.

I am entity of all dreams, swirling color. Dreams of chaotic beauty spill from my eyes.

I am the wanderer

[the-down-bad-blog]

EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR BEAUTIFUL MEN?!?!?

CROWD GOES WILD 💥 BOOM 💥 BOOM 💥 BOOM 💥

Edit: Forgive me. PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR THE BEAUTIFUL LADY FEATURED HERE AS WELL AS THE MEN RAHGHH

[princess-lointaine]

rose satin ballet flat by alterre.

[nuageblanche]

[sillyfreakx5]

CHAT I NEED TO FINISH WATCHING THE NEW CJ THE X VIDEO (6 shapes of god), REWATCH IT WHILE TAKING NOTES AND APPLY IT TO TRANSIDS AGSHSJJD

[scarlett-bitch69]

[rosettasgraveyard]

I love putting songs in my tags <3

My childhood cat ate lettuce

For some reason

🧍‍♀️

Okay skinny king

But he fucked up the furniture so he was sent to a barn (actually sent to a barn, not put down and then got told he was sent to a barn 🤞)

I got another but this is purely nightmares lover from their perspective to nightmare

Everything you do, I'm obsessed with you

I don't mean to scare, but you're just so cute

Every move you make, you're fucking sweeter than a cake

I wanna cut you up and put you in my oven just to bake

And everything you say is like poetry

Wanna drop you in boiling water drink, you like chamomile tea

I'd love to wipe these other bitches out, so it's just you and me

I wanna hug you like a bunny, wanna sting you like a bee

Also today i learned my older brother once pushed me out the bed because he wanted more room, since he didnt think there would be consequences.

Thanks dude i was 2 😔 go fuck yourself

Have a cat picture

Nice. I once watched my brother chase around a childhood friend with a knife.

And NM’s love is a massive simp. They probably like that he smells awful. /pos

{ @brokenramunebottle }

[wonderlightdaydreams]

Alterreality as Praxis

There is magic all around us. There is magic in the stars and trees, in the music I'm listening to right now, on the device you are reading this on, and most essentially, within you. If you prioritize neoliberal rationalism, there is a chance that you are saying to yourself, “but Xylia, this world isn't magical, it is purely scientific. All of these things that you speak on were either created through mundane means, or via an unfeeling, uncaring universe.” While that line of thinking is very helpful for numerous reasons, it's no fun, isn't it? I have spent many hours thinking and writing about alterreality; a worldview that consists of believing in magic and imagination by choice. In this essay, I will briefly explain the value of seeing the world through magic, whimsy, and play, as well as why doing so is an inherently radical act. 

In a western, neoliberal society (the society that I am currently living in), every day from the moment you are born to the moment you die (for the most part) blends into each other. Elementary school goes into middle school, middle school goes into high school, high school goes into postsecondary, postsecondary goes into your career, you get the jist. While some are lucky enough to be able to create magic for a living (via art, programming, cooking, baking, etc ad infinitum),  this magic is constantly being sacrificed on the altar of profit. What can start out as a powerful spell often wilts and decays into nothing more than a husk. To be honest, artists are the last people I blame for this. After all, their time and energy-the most precious resources one can have, are being spent in the name of keeping their meat sacks afloat, when it could be used for so much more. But..what if it can be used for more? What if we could embark on the revolutionary act of crafting breathtaking art using nothing but the power of our imagination, transforming the everyday actions we take to sustain our physical selves into a living, dynamic canvas?

Before I tell you how alterreality is revolutionary, let's establish a little more ground work. Being that I have already defined what alterreality is here, I will give a few examples of what it can look like. It can be imagining a trip to an otherwise mundane grocery store  as an epic adventure through a  fantasy dungeon, where you allow yourself to feel like the hero, instead of a cog in the machine. It can be seeing the world as the cyberpunk dystopia it is, acting as a powerful reflection of truth. It can be seeing the world as the beautiful place it could be, creating a better world through imagining yourself already living within it. It can be as infinite as time and space, or as small as being a bunny baking bread. This is alterreality. This is revolutionary. 

More than anything, alterreality is inherently radical because it is the ultimate form of self expression. Yes, you can wear clothing that goes above and beyond “the norm” (and you would be practicing a powerful form of magic by doing so!) as a form of protest, and yes you can support and uplift your local community whenever possible, but what if you wanted to go above and beyond that? What if you wanted to turn  yourself, your very beliefs, as a weapon against the powers that be? What if you wanted to use play and fantasy, not caged within the borders of a game, but as a way to roam free beyond the walls that have been set out for you? Most importantly, what if you wanted to do all of this, but keep your sanity in a world that seems hellbent on reminding you how everything is either Perfectly Fine As Status Quo, or going up in flames? This is what alterreality allows you to do. So hero, take up your sword, cybernetic arm, teacup, or anything else you can think of, and begin your quest against the true enemy, The Evil Mundane. 

[somerandomcryptid]

*drags myself out of the swamp of drawing* I COME TO YOU WITH ANOTHER DREAMING OF DEATH ANIMATIC!!!!

this one has taken me 4 days which isn't actually that much but it's been like 25 hours of work and I've barely though about anything else so it feels like a long time and also not that much time at all

it's mostly Cryptid angst because I love them so much and also I heard this song and got brain worms- also I am so fuckin' sorry for rambling I only have one brain cell left and it is currently occupied bouncing around about Dreaming of death

If it wasn't obvious then different color text=different character and if it's not in quotation marks then the character didn't say it also this is all from Cryptid pov and Sam pov

These are all pretty obvious but also they're very important to the story and like what I was doing and all that shit

God I put so many details and thought about almost all of it so much ughhhh I love this animatic

Like I said, only one braincell left

Anyway I am not going to do another animatic for at least a week because I am tired/burnt out

This was like 300 frames guys, over 4 days

I mean to be fair most of those frames were just alterrations but like aishkahaishiajsh

Anyway I'm going to shut up now

(Dreaming of death is an au of the fic Penpal by @calamari-minecraft-corner but Cryptid is mine, but also Wren is theirs)

[princess-of-the-corner]

WAITWAITWAIT- What if it's Pollen and Needle's powers in COMBINATION that make them impossible to bind when they're together!? Like, Action+Subjugation=CONTROL/NOCONTROL, the way Creation+Destruction=ALTERREALITY. Zoe and Chloe learn this, and they both know what it’s like to be controlled, so their goal in that scenario isn’t to necessarily fight against Ladybug or Hawk Moth, their goal is to free the Kwami!?

AHahahaha YES.

Actually now I'm thinking they recruit Felix because of his 'free the Sentimonsters' thing and he was unaware the Kwami were in a similar situation (Dusuu was not allowed to tell him)

[soupofcryptids]

I love making my own reality and worlds. Love being a Wanderer and being whimsical and having fun with life because reality is whatever you want it to be. Be a wizard, be a cat, be a demon angel hybrid, be a cosmic entity. Be alive however you want because cringe is dead !!!!

[freeuselessprincess]

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All content posted & discussed involves NSFW. If you are a minor or don't feel comfortable disclosing your age, please move on and don't interact with the content here. I'm not comfortable with you here.

Anyone who supports hateful ideologies is also not welcome on this blog. That's not the space I want to create here, so fuck off

sideblogs for the other alterrs;

@freeuselessdom Mel

he also uses @xtrahotrobot

@wolfinsheepsclothingx Luther

@carlover3000 Nick

@lilbatpup Shadow

@hisdeathbringer Castiel

. about us

Hi, I'm Lila! 🎀

This blog will be used by a few different alters. I'm 20y.o, and bodily trans, although most of the alters using this account identify more along a fem/genderless identity. Using any pronouns is ok!

I'm taken. Rs is open but im not looking for more.

I'm posting mostly for myself. I don't know how my availability for messaging & replying will be.

. kinks

f4uxcest cnc blood detrans maso/sado worship/authoteism degradation freeuse ropeplay roleplay sh snuff

. limits

scat, heavy gore ( anything above mild bleeding)

[dark-frosted-heart]

As fun as that sounds, I still think it’s something Alterr!Keith just knows how to do