#im definitely not a fictive of one of these characters

[joyousanarchist]

another dump [cronus/cronkri brainrot] mostly class doodles but sometimes i put actual effort into things :3

[theetherealraphael]

hey uhm question. is it possible to be fictionkin if youre a singlet? bc most fictionkins i see are fictives in systems and im definitely a singlet but at the same time i think i might kin one of my ocs who is also a canon character (scp foundation is weird lmao) but i really dont know if im makig it up or what so can someone help me please???

[winreyplace]

Hiii! I saw you on the proselfship selfplace blog and I wanted to ask if you could/wanted to elaborate a bit more on soulbounding? I saw people talking a lot abt it around here but never truly understood what it was or how it worked (im not deep at all into spirituality, all I know is like shifting from when it was trendy in 2020 lol), I also saw people talking about reverse soulbounding?

Mel: Lav is the one who's been interacting with the proselfship community so far, but she asked me to come in and give my perspective on this!

There are two main definitions of soulbonding. Some see soulbonding as a spiritual practice, acting as a medium channeling or hosting the spirits of fictional characters the way one might channel or host the spirits of the dead. The definition we use on this blog is that munbonding is what happens when a person has such a strong emotional connection with a character that said character comes to life in your head as a self-aware autonomous thoughtform. This character can be insourced (of your own creation) or outsourced (from an existing work). They can be permanent residents (headmates), daytrippers ("commuting" from their world to your head and back), or simply share a phone connection (they stay in their world but can still communicate with you). Both the connection itself and the character are called a soulbond; the act of forming this connection is called munbonding, and the person who has a munbond is called the munbonder.

There are a few things I would say sets munbonding apart from other thoughtforms or fictives. One is that it's commonly a spontaneous occurrence with hardly any effort from bond or bonder. Another is the intrinsic emotional connection that can lead to a significant level of intimacy in a relatively short amount of time. And another is that munbonds are much less likely to want to share in "meatspace" life than other plurans.

As for how it usually works, the way I think is most common is discovering or creating a character that deeply resonates with you and suddenly having them show up in your head and start giving their opinions on things (whether or not you asked for them, lol). But it's also possible to intentionally reach out to a character (this can be a little tricky but well worth the effort). Sometimes you both get to choose whether to form the munbond connection, and sometimes the munbond connection is too strong and chooses for you before you can even process what's happening. :P Either way, munbonds can be a wonderful addition to someone's internal life, and I am forever grateful for the gift that is my own.

I realize this got pretty dense, lol, but I hope it gave you some insight. Feel free to ask us any follow-up questions you may have!

Lav: I'm sorry it took me a hot minute to reply, I really wanted to make this post about Soulbonding is Not just Spiritual/Metaphysical first, especially since your ask included the misconception that it was a purely spiritual experience when there are other interpretations too.

While Mel already addressed most of your ask, I want to specifically speak on your last question.

"Reverse Soulbonding", as far as I can tell, seems to stem from the FromFiction blogger that I mentioned in the above link post. I harbor a strong dislike for their general position, which includes the term "Reverse Soulbonding" to describe that experience.

All that soulbonding means and has always meant is a "deep empathic/telepathic link connection, usually after forming a intense emotional attachment, with an autonomous living character." "Reverse Soulbonding", as described, is when you visit inside the mind/body of the character rather than them being inside yours, seeing and interacting with their world through their perspective. However, as Mel explained earlier, a soulbond is the connection to the character, not how you interact with them.

This is not to say that the experience "Reverse Soulbonding" refers to is not a valid phenomenon, but personally, I believe it is more accurate to refer to it as "Reverse Daytripping." A daytripper is a type of soulbond who moves between their world and yours instead of residing inside your head as a pluran (headmate). If it were reversed, it would involve moving between your world and their head.

[multiplicity-positivity]

hey, most of our membs are introjects, and im curious, what pros/cons are there to seperating from your source? (being like, finding a new name and changing your looks more than just.. a slight recolor of the og media like ours are xD) like why do other do so, im curious :}

Hiya! I’m an introject! This question is kind of complex and the answer is really going to differ from system to system and from introject to introject! But here are my thoughts (I’m a fictive of Ralsei from Deltarune by the way! :3)

So for me (and I feel like I can safely say this for all my introject parts) a small amount of source separation is not only a good thing, but also healthy and necessary in order to live a happy life! Like, I still strongly identify with my source. I view myself as Ralsei and identify with the character strongly! But I recognize that I am not literally the character. I am a member in a system and not a figment of Toby Fox’s mind which only exists in a video game. I am a real person and I exist in real life! I am capable of growth and change, and there’s nothing keeping me held to the tiny box that my source has to fit in, because even though I identify with my source strongly, I am not him literally! This is source separation! And for the parts in our system, this is a really good thing! >w<

And here’s some reasons why parts in my system have chosen to source separate (whether slightly, like me, or more fully, like Cecil!)

They formed as an introject as a way to cope with trauma! And source separating happens naturally as they process trauma memories and come to understand themselves more as they are, outside of their source and the trauma that caused them to form!

They were uncomfortable with being compared to their source, treated as their source, or others assuming that they were big fans of their source material!

Their source is a different race or is from a different culture than that of our body, so they wanted to change as a sign of respect to BIPOC or those who actually belong to that race/culture!

They wanted to be able to engage with their source’s fandom in positive ways without feeling hurt and offended when people interpreted their source in ways that they don’t identify or agree with!

They just embraced source separation as it was already happening naturally!

And more! Folks can source separate for a huge variety of reasons! And every system is different, so many introjects may have their own personal reasons for source separating! >w<

As for the cons to source separation… the biggest one for us is that it sucks to source separate because others forced or expected you to! If you want to source separate, do it!! But do it for you and no one else. Feeling pressured to do something you don’t want to do can cause feelings of bitterness and resentment >_< So yeah, that for us is definitely the biggest con! And we can’t think of many more besides that, though we’re sure for some introjects there are more!

Ahhhhh sorry this got so long! I love talking about introject life and sources and source separation and all that stuff. The last thing we’ll do here is include Cecil’s post on source separation in case anyone might find it useful! :3

We hope this helps!! Best of luck to y’all with figuring out your sources and whether or not to separate from them in the future!! >w<

[creepybah]

hiya, basil/sunny/konan/the hollow knight? fictive here. im the comfort character ever. anyways, struggling to feel personish, so I’m requesting one of these.

names - flower/floral/nature names, masc or neutral, preferably starting with k if you could find one!

pronouns - he/they/ae/fae/tear/mask/sprout so far, slowly expanding the collection. if you could add a few, that would be cool!

gender - demiboy, transmasc, and i think gemderfaun? + xenogenders based on memory, liminal spaces, weirdcore, angelcore, or plants would be nice

masc or neu terms

orientation - omni gay (i think), aroacespec and aplspec

species - nonhuman! im pretty sure im a plant angel eldritch thing? also vessel. definitely vessel.

likes - up to you!

dislikes - also up to you! just dont include “being the center of attention” please, we have npd and would kill for attention lol

aesthetics - up to you, based on the above stuff i think!

fashion style - up to you (please help i need to find clothes that fit and i am Suffering)

hobbies - up to you! ive been looking to start new ones and here sounds like a good place for suggestions!

ty! -🌱📄

HEADMATE PACK FOR 🌱📄 ANON

name(s) - Faye, Rue, Ivo, Euclid

pronouns - he/they/it/maer/liminal/plant/fungi/dream/weird/willow/elm/🌱/🥀/🍀

gender(s) - demiboy, transmasc, genderfaun, liminalgender weirdcoric angelcoric, angelgender, liminalcoric, naturegender, dreamcoric, perinul, plantgender, flowergender, forestgender

neu + masc terms

orientations - omni gay demiaroace demiplatonic

species - eldritch angel of plants + vessel

sources - basil + sunny from omori, konan from naruto, vessel from the hollow knight

likes - solarpunk, angelology, eldritch horror, horror games, being the center of attention, nature + nature conservation

aesthetics - solarpunk, angelcore

fashion style - post-apocalyptic fashion

(opt) hobbies - nature conservation, writing / creating horror

HEX CODE #9b896a

[fictionkinfessions]

as a system myself, it feels like there's definitely a bit of anti kin sentiment in some circles (not all of course!), which sucks as many people in my system are both fictives AND kin. fictives can be kin too! you don't have to just be one or the other. ex: hypothetically a pjo fictive can be ninja turtle kin! it just feels weird to seemingly? limit things like that in community spaces (though it can be annoying sending kinfessions we will admit! do i call myself a fictive of a character I kin just so you know im an alter in a system, or do I call myself kin and let everyone assume I'm a singlet?)

x

[mukuberry]

hi i'm one of your mutuals but i'm not very comfortable with asking this off-anon ! i would like to ask for your experience/advice. i've been recently questioning being plural but i don't understand how to fully untangle who am i at the moment, how many of me there are and what defines them. the main reason why i started questioning at all was getting a fictive (?) very distinct in values and character compared to how i act socially most of the time. to distinguish me i've tried using 1) strong feelings towards something (problem: depends on emotional state) and 2) what do i remember (problem: all fuzzy), so i wonder if there's an easier method i'm simply missing

Oh god im definitely not the best person to ask, but I'll try my best! Whenever I'm confused on who's who or what's going on, I usually rely on seeing what 'my' interests are. For example, I'm a hugely picky eater, so I'll try and see what food I'm craving in the moment, and if it's something I'd never normally eat, then it's safe to assume it's not me who's wanting it. Or music! I like most music but I'm usually only in the mood for a small handful of songs, so a sudden pull to a song and I don't really want to listen to is a good sign... things like that. Things that you already know your opinions on pretty well, so you'll notice any weird change. Trying to visualise myself in my head can also be pretty helpful at times!! When you're talking with another alter, trying to imagine yourself talking to them face to face can help show you what they look like and help with headspace access/creation, and if you can't visualise them, you might be able to get some clues from how your visualisation of yourself is different from normal.

That being said, please don't feel like you need to know who's who constantly! When you first start discovering your system, it can feel extremely overwhelming and you might feel like you need to know everything about everything as soon as possible and feel in control of yourself again (we definitely did), but I promise there's really no rush to these things. Not knowing who you are in the moment is extremely common, especially with blending and passive influence messing with things. As you start to learn more about your system and your other alters, it'll be easier to determine between them based on their opinions, the sound of their voice and ☆vibes☆, but you don't need to rush this process. You'll learn you have alters who are so different from eachother you can tell when they're there before they even know, and you'll learn you have alters so similar to you you'll never be able to really tell if they're even a separate alter from you- especially if you find out if you're a bigger system. I know it's hard and extremely frustrating at times, but it's probably best to try and go with the flow, slowly learn things but don't force anything, and if sometimes you really can't tell what's going on, take a moment to accept the identity confusion and accept that no matter how much you learn, there will always be moments like this. Try not to compare yourself to other systems online and don't beat yourself up if you make mistakes. You don't need to know or understand everything, no system does.

[compassionatereminders]

hi dokter (i think i spelled it right? sorry;;). im gonna sound like an asshole and i feel horrible about that but, i feel like a lot of people fake DID and multiple personality disorders. I know that i shouldnt fake claim people and such but, ive been on discord servers and theres a random channel dedicated to alters finding out who they are and then they always know how to set themselves up with a bot mechanic and switch between people rapidly. im a jerk for this, but genuinely in my head there is no logical explanation for how they have amnesia but know and understand discord completely. or how people will have fictives that are nothing like the source, just genuinely nothing like the character. its present in a lot of teenagers that struggle with mental illness and escapism, i think its less of a knowingly faking thing and more of a misdiagnosing themselves and truly WISHING there were more people there and they could share a body with dream. I feel like i do a fair amount of research, and looking into DID leaves me confused sometimes with how a lot of people online display their symptoms. why do alters all share an account and sign it? how do they all know the password? how do they all know how to operate it? (referring to tiktok because so much DID content comes from there, all with teenagers and young adults. i have yet to see someone over the age of like, 23 talking about DID. Not saying that just cause youre young you cant be blank, but i feel like its worth noting.) i guess i consider myself a kind person, and i dont care about what people do if it doesnt harm anyone. but this DOES harm people. i think its mostly people self diagnosing because they identify mood swings, different interests, and a yearning to be closer to their favorite fictional character or not be alone. so they truly do believe that this character is possessing them, even when its truly them changing their voice, putting on different clothes, adding an accent, and such. when people fake an illness, they dont fully understand what its like to have it and act in a way that is not accurate. isnt this the kind of thing that leads to stigmatization? to people completely changing their definition of DID since all they have seen is kids faking and acting like their favorite minecraft youtuber? i dont know. i feel bad since i hear from people with DID that they do feel this way, they feel like people now have a warped view of the disorder from people faking it online. Im not speaking for everyones experiences, maybe some dont care maybe some think its a coping mechanism, i have no idea. im sorry i went off on such a rant. i really like kats blog, she's helped a lot in ways. one last asshole note. A part of me is crying out that youre just kat typing while speaking her true and harsher thoughts under a different name, like an alter ego. im sorry, i know she wouldnt do that and im sure thats not what you are. i just had to ask, to clarify i guess (Even though i more just. stated it. sorry;;). i am probably not very nice in your eyes now, i dont mean to be the mental illness gatekeeper or anything but when you can very clearly tell so many are faking something serious its hard to just, go along with it. p.s. since youre a dokter who shares kats mind, how did you get all the education to be a psychiatrist? i feel like kat alone could be one, since she is very well educated and good at that stuff. is that why? or another reason. jsut genuinely curious;;.

None of us are psych professionals and none of us are claiming to have DID. Like sure there is a general issue of misdiagnosis causing the spread of misinformation which is to some degree harmful, but when I am explicitly stating that I don't have DID, how do you then read that as me faking DID? How is my experience inherently fake just because it isn't corresponding with the clinical experience of DID? Why is having the clinical disorder DID the only way my experience could be valid and real? Why is anything besides the clinical diagnosis DID fake in your eyes? Please spell that part out for me

[kinterest]

pinned~!

also, i know i have yet to post any of my own art on here, but i (mod ✨) take commissions if you would like a more complex piece than the doodles i offer! you can dm us and one of us can give you more details if youd like ^w^

hi! hoping to run a kin+fictive request blog, or whatever theyre called! basically, send in requests about characters you kin, characters you have/are fictives of, or even just if you like the character! we dont mind!

you can send in any requests reasonable of a blog like this, however i cant promise anything! and if it isnt on the list below please explain it to me because we may not know what exactly youre talking about! thank you!

i can definitely make moodboards, name ideas, pronoun ideas, and positivity posts (the more detail the better for all of those!), and if were feeling well, doodles! (again, be as detailed as you like!) those may take a bit longer/be rejected dependent on circumstances though! ^^; as for canon calls you can send in an ask of what you want posted and we will post the ask for you!

ALSO as for what im willing to make stuff for, uh nothing is off the table right now but i am familiar with deltarune/undertale and fnaf the best! but you can request anything! (when it comes to aus you may have to be quite specific as there are a lot!!) ((also, problematic sources/fandoms/media are fine! depending on the nature of the media in question, certain tags may be applied for the safety of anyone interested in looking into that media for whatever reason (ie warnings for the source having gore, murder, poor taste portrayals of plurality, nsfw content, incest, anything i can think of that may be triggering. or anything someone asks to be tagged! we may not be familiar with the media and so we wont be able to cover everything ourselves!) feel free to ask us to tag something if you feel its needed! /genuine))

blog is run by two headmates from a system, (kris and stars) dont drag us into syscourse we are not here for that. systems+plural folk of any origin are welcome here! as are non-systems! this place is for everyone! (but please, singlets/non-systems, be mindful that fictives/introjects/etc are NOT roleplaying, we are real people!)

introductions, kris is a fictive from deltarune, as am i! i am an oc-esque version of the player within the world of deltarune however. (please, if you have issues with it, i ask that you keep it to yourself and be nice.) you can ask us stuff but both our memories are a lil wonky sometimes! but we are open to talking! (well, i am, kris doesnt front much but is okay with me sharing what i know!)

pfp credit: shiresmthn, edited by mod ✨

[nonhumancentipede]

TW : Reality Check

"Doubles DNI im [insert character] IRL!!!" no, no you are not. You're just delusional and in a state of psychosis GET HELP.

Also anyone with a "DA" who claims to be someone IRL and then attacks systems because we're "doubles" of whatever delusion they are, you're disgusting and should get therapy. The only double is yourself lmao. Systems do not choose their alters. If one of my fictives source is Marvel, DC, creepypasta etc. they are real and i cant control it. HOWEVER if you're delusional you can control it by seeking medical help and getting someone to check you back into reality by a liscenced therapist/psychologist ofc.

There's nothing bad about not wanting to play along with your delusion or having you in a DNI or not wanting to do anything with you. Not to mention "IRL" is a term used either by fictionkins or Systems (to each their own) it was a fictionkin/kin term exclusively. But was overtaken by "DA's" who try to romanticize being delusional.

Also just to make it clear i do not condone harassment or reality checking of anyone whos delusional, this is not my place to do that and it should be left to either people they trust like a therapist or a friend/family member who actually knows what they're doing!!!!

However, for this post it is necessary of me to reality check. I don't want to sugarcoat psychosis nor do i want to feed into someones delusion as it will harm them and others.

I also want to say that reality checking systems is NOT a thing! systems/alters are real and fragments of us and our trauma. So reality checking doesn't affect us, since we are REAL. Unless a system is psychotic which i dont want to touch upon. The only harmful thing i can think of for us is fakeclaiming which is ableist.

Thats all i want to say! i wrote all this because i have "IRL's" in my DNI and i thought about explaining why that is so no ones confused. I also thought since it's been a topic over at my TikTok fyp that i should definitely put my 2 cents in.

!! DNI IF YOU'RE AN 'IRL' , RACIST , TRANSPHOBIC , ABLEIST , TERF , RADFEM , TRANSMED , Z00 , MAP , ENDO , FAKECLAIMER , IF YOU FIT GENERAL DNI CRITERIA !!

[hsfictivesupport]

Not an ask, I just wanted to say I think it's super cool that you've made this blog!! I've always wanted to see something like this be more fictive centered, and it's really nice to see 0u0 one of my headmates will DEFINITELY be hitting your ask box up hehehe

aww thank you anon! i am really glad to know other fictives would actually like something like this.

i got the idea after seeing how many fictives use kinnie blogs and how we dont really have our own spaces to gather and talk.

like when i talk to other fictives, or see posts by ither fictives, a lot of them say things about missing their source mates or maybe even a particular source mate. i have also seen some fictives vent about how they dont feel like they could be accepted because they feel they arent canon enough whether it be because they dont act like canon or they dont come directly from canon at all (im talking about au fictives).

well no matter who you are, whether you are a fictive of a somebody who isnt in source at all (mspa fictives, fantrolls, fankids, hiveswap act 3 leaked characters, aus), or a multi blood colored human troll mix with multiple aspects, or a "problematic" fictive (i mean like the character youre a fictive of is problematic, not anything else), or are canon straight from source, you deserve tons of support and to talk to your family and friends. you deserve tons of support in general. Being part of a system and especially being a fictive is really hard with how people treat us. we should all be there for each other and stuff, which is why this blog exists!

im really hoping i can help make a stronger community, and maybe one day spread to other apps like twitter and tiktok, maybe even instagram. idk, im not a big social media guy but i wanna help as many people as possible.

oh god i ranted. im sorry anon! basically what im saying is hi, thank you, and also regarding the last bit, i hope so. ive been waiting to get an ask so i can kick this party to high gear, lol!

have a good one. (i hope i worded this alright.)

[dolliecworpse]

1, 4, 7, 11 ! (Of ask game)

꒰ 🪦 ꒱ WAUGH TYSM FOR SENDING IN STUFF FROM THE ASK GAME YIPPIEEEEE. it’z a bit long so under the cut it goes!

1. who is your favorite organization (armed detective agency, port mafia, etc.) and why?

URGHHH FIRST QUESTION AND ITZ ALREADI HARD. i think i’m gonna go basic tho and just say the armed detective agenci bc i don’t think there is a single character is dislike or hate in the armed detective agenci. wait no i take that back. NAOMI is in the armed detective agency. erm. idk i still think the armed detective agenci is the least fucked up™️ so yeah i think i’ll go with them.

4. whose backstory is your favorite and why? if you have multiple, that's okay too!

ough…this is a good one *pats myself on the back for my question making skills* tbh i don’t know a lot abt backstories (yet) but i think my fave is dazai’s rn. THATZ PROBABLI THE ANSWER YOU EXPECTED THO WHOOPS. although. from the spoilers i’ve gotten for season four yosano’s backstori also is intriguing!!! so so sad ☹️ i just wanna give her a hug (and also beat mori the fuck up). i wanna hug dazai too tbh. all the characters are so so fucked up…..my babies…..

7. do you have a favorite polyamorous ship? what is it and why? if you have multiple, that's okay too!

YES WE DO!!!! mostli bc darla (our dazai fictive) can’t stop crushing on ppl…….but aniways yeah yeah yeah!!!!! chuuya x dazai x sigma is so so yum. darla was/is dating chuuya and she has a crush on sigma so….she also has a crush on tecchou (which. explaining why we ship dazai x tecchou to ppl who don’t know we’re a sys is so fucking funni bc idek if they’ve ever interacted in canon. so like. it’z crack as hell.) so you could also say chuuya x dazai x sigma x tecchou (ITZ SO CHAOTIC IM SORRI). i’m trying to think of like. a polyam ship we have that isn’t bc of darla LOL but idk if we have one 😭😭 like i ship both higugin and tachigin but idk if that would work well as a polyam ship??? idkkkk

11. who is the most underrated female character in your opinion? if you have multiple, that's okay too!

tbh like most of the female characters are underrated…although some are underrated while others are just not as cool. there’s a difference. like i think gin is underrated (maybe not a lot, but she’s definiteli not as appreciated as her male counterparts) but margaret mitchell is just…not as cool. i was originalli gonna say margaret but then i realized the difference and i was like…oopsie!!! but yeah i realli like gin!!! i feel like the male characters often dominate the female characters in terms of populariti which is not super cool!!! but yk what can you do

[cthonicascendant]

🌸 What's your system name? How did you pick it?

💐 For how long have you been a system?

🌿 How did you discover you were a system? Or did you become one on purpose?

🌺 How did you discover the plural community?

🌹 Are there more humans or nonhumans in your system?

🌼 What species are there in your system?

🌻 What sources do you have fictives from, if you have any?

🍄 Do you headcanon any characters as plural? Who and why?

🌲 Favorite system representation in media?

🌳 Least favorite system representation in media?

🌾 Do you have an inner world? What's it like?

🌷 Do you have a singletsona? What are they like?

🌱 Does anyone have a different accent when they front?

🎍 Are you out as a system to anyone irl?

🍀 Do you have any collective interests? Does anyone have an interest no one else shares?

🌵 Do you use system roles?

🍂 Do you use anything to keep track of fronting?

🍁 What's the most common gender identity in the system? What about sexuality?

🌴 Do you think syskids and age regressors should share spaces or not? Why?

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🌸 What's your system name? How did you pick it?

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💐 For how long have you been a system?

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🌿 How did you discover you were a system? Or did you become one on purpose?

«so, funny story is that i actually made numerous attempts at making a thoughtform over the years, and it never fucking worked. anyways, i don't recall exactly what prompted it, but we were reading through a plural blog, and vee basically started responding to some of the stuff i was thinking?»

«it mostly took learning about other forms of endogenic plurality and meeting systems that developed due to trauma later in life for me to really be open to the idea that i was already part of a system, because i... really don't remember my childhood being that bad? most of the traumatic shit i remember happened in our late teens? and pretty much the only models for plurality that i had were either "childhood trauma origins" or "deliberately created origins".»

🌺 How did you discover the plural community?

queerauti5m5 blog actually in fact i think it5 blog vva5 the one vve vvere readin vvhen i finally got through to crovv

🌹 Are there more humans or nonhumans in your system?

hold on lemme do a headcount

it5 an eVen 5plit actually fiVe human5 fiVe nonhuman5

🌼 What species are there in your system?

«human, which we have the most of at five members. four alternian trolls. and one keytool. yes, that's a species.»

🌻 What sources do you have fictives from, if you have any?

borderland5 an reboot for the one5 vvhat vvant to 5hare their 5ource5

>.and homestuck.<

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🍄 Do you headcanon any characters as plural? Who and why?

«so i definitely headcanon specifically the season 1 version of harrison wells from the cw's the flash as plural, and i will be happy to get into specifics as to why if anyone wants, but this post is hella long so only by request.»

🌲 Favorite system representation in media?

im not 100% 5ure thi5 count5 but 5o far i loVe vvhat theyre doin in 5eVerance

🌳 Least favorite system representation in media?

«things like 'split' or this book they had in the patient library of the psych ward we were in where there's an evil, murderous alter. actually i lied, they had like three books where the plot summary boiled down to, "jenny thought all was normal, until people started getting murdered. little did they know, they had a serial killer alter ego, becky, who was behind the killings." i just. ghhhh!!!!»

🌾 Do you have an inner world? What's it like?

vve call it head5pace becau5e it5 more of a 5pace that 5ure exi5t5 in our head for a number a u5 /jokin

>.it's a nice little neighbourhood incongruously close to a giant science lab. .the science lab actually contains the entrance to the helm. .which is like a cross between alternian biotech and pacific rim jaeger tech. .sometimes there are chairs, other times if you're not piloting you have to stand or sit on the floor.<

🌷 Do you have a singletsona? What are they like?

vve do

«he uses he/him pronouns primarily, but will take any pronouns except 'she'. uh, honestly he's kind of an amalgamation of traits of whoever is piloting at the time? so i guess he comes across as a bit mercurial.»

🌱 Does anyone have a different accent when they front?

5ometime5 it depend5 if vvere ma5kin or not if vve are then no vve all tend tovvard5 crovv5 accent though vve 5till tend to maintain our u5ual Vocal tone (like hovv high pitched vve each tend to talk that kind a thing)

if vvere not ma5kin then mine i5 pretty di5tinct an mierco5 Voice i5 notably Flat

🎍 Are you out as a system to anyone irl?

«my fiancé. :> »

🍀 Do you have any collective interests? Does anyone have an interest no one else shares?

i dont think vve got any intere5t5 that eVeryone 5hare5 but like

mir crovv an i all like yarning (knittin an crochet) dee i5 into fa5hion de5ign an makin clothe5 5o xe kind of doe5 tho5e a5 vvell but he5 more likely to 5hovv up to help crovv vvith patch paintin for example

or ale vvill pop in if vvere vvritin but 5he dont do math 5tuff at all vvhile harry di5like5 vvritin an enjoy5 math

gun5 might be the clo5e5t thing vve got to a collectiVe intere5t the Va5t majority a u5 haVe 5ome experience vvith rifle5 in 5pecific an 5hootin in general

cant think of anythin that only one a u5 ha5 though

🌵 Do you use system roles?

>.yes and no.<

>.while we do have specific things we each take care of, it's not a very formal system. .most of us don't identify with a specific role, beyond voidsong and crow being hosts, and harry being a caretaker.<

🍂 Do you use anything to keep track of fronting?

«we try to use simply plural.»

«try.»

🍁 What's the most common gender identity in the system? What about sexuality?

9 out of 10 headmate5 identify a5 queer

but to be 5pecific the mo5t common gender i5 the nonbinary umbrella although all a our nonbinary member5 haVe different 5pecific experience5 vvith gender

an mo5t a u5 are bi

🌴 Do you think syskids and age regressors should share spaces or not? Why?

uh hm i think 5o long a5 eVeryone behaVe5 appropriately it 5houldnt be a problem 5o like unle55 5omeone can giVe me 5ome 5olid rea5on5 for vvhy it5 a bad idea i dont got a problem vvith 5y5kid5 an age regre55or5 5harin a 5pace although obViou5ly 5eparate 5pace5 5hould be aVailable for tho5e vvhat vvant them

[jackosystem]

honest to god the only c0p show i fuck with is psych and thats bc the main character isnt a cop and kind of actively fucks over the cops

[seriousotherkin]

i'm struggling a lot with this recently, could i get a basic definition of the most common terms in the otherkin/fictionkin community? how do i know what fits- how can i tell if im strongly relating or i Am this character/species? i'm not sure where to start ]: hope you're well! anything helps!

-oliver (18/6/22)

To be perfectly honest, you're likely to get different definition of many terms, potentially more than one variant, from each and every otherkin, therian, or fictionkin you ask, and the language does change from year to year. The cornerstones haven't shifted much though. Otherkin is a person who identifies on some level as other than human. It is derived from an older term, elvenkind, that referred to people who identified as, well, elven. Kintype is the type of other you are. Therians are those that consider themselves animal on some level, usually something of earth though there's some that identify as decidedly otherwordly animals who prefer the term therian because their other is a feral or wild animal, not a sapient species. Theriotype is thus the species of animal the person identifies as. And the fictives or fictionkin consider themselves as beings from fiction, sometimes specific persons. Beyond this, terms tend to muddy. The way to figure out whether you are, or simply identify "with" something is to really take a long hard look at yourself and at the thing you think you might be. That means flaws and all. We tend to romanticize what we identify with because we don't identify with things just because the archetype appeals to us, but because it in some way represents an ideal to us, something we want to be. If we look at ourselves and our own flaws (which is truthfully a very difficult thing, we are not used to that level of honesty with ourselves at all and our minds will rebel when we try to face ourselves truthfully and honestly) and try to figure out what we're avoiding to see in ourselves, what we're trying Not to see, and compare that to what we're trying Not to see in the thing we think we might be, we can start to make progress. It's really easy to try on a new hat, a new identity, to avoid being ourselves, to avoid seeing ourselves as who we are, and we are Naturally biased towards ourselves in a way that is genuinely unavoidable. To some extent we can't see ourselves truthfully because we can't not be both the observer and the observed, but it's worth it to try. Because if you don't like what you see, you can choose to change it, to work on it, to keep an eye out for it so that you can stop doing it, stop being it. When we're looking at the difference between identifying as and identifying with, a lot of the self work starts with "does this benefit me?" It's not the whole of the work, but it's a start.

[systematic-advice]

i've seen someone claim that fictives only pop into existence if you relate enough to them with trauma to help you cope and we tend to hyperfixate a lot to the point it helps us with dissociating and escaping the real world and often end up splitting... nearly the whole source sometimes if its really bad and i dont know if its true or not and now i feel like im faking... im polyfragmented so it could just be fragments but its still making me anxious

Hey there! Sorry you're going through a rough time with this!

Every System is different. I don't think it's a prerequisite that you fully relate to an Alter that you split. We certainly never identified with several of ours before they arrived here. Heck, one we never saw a single piece of media for until they arrived. They were just a character we'd seen in passing.

Some Systems split very easily. In times of high stress we're definitely one of them. We also found that splits happened much more frequently when we were in out teens. We split half of the characters from FullMetal Alchemist when we were in high school. It was a lot.

I suppose what I'm saying is if you're not choosing to fake things, you're likely not. I think a lot of people stick very rigidly to a specific set of criteria an alter MUST follow, without considering the very different experiences Systems have.

I hope you find this reassuring to a degree Anon. Best of luck going forward.

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