#introject?

[totallytimaeus]

Hi, welcome to my blog. Base account: @vinemart. Below is a little about me.

I'm Dimitrius. (He/him) Also known as Dimitri. Or Dimi. The name gets shorter the longer you know me.

Bodily I'll be 19 soon, but my personal felt-age slides around a lot. I'm normally sat around 20, though the past while I've been 16-18. Slight differences.

I'm an introject, both of Dirk Strider and someone we used to know. (Gotye style) I might talk about my memories here, I am fairly source-attached and I don't mind meeting others (fictives/kin/etc) who feel similarly.

I'm a fan of a lot of things, but I'll mostly reblog fanart or just post my own thoughts.

No set DNI, even if I thought it'd be particularly productive to add one, I'd just block what I don't like. I'm not fond of discourse and I won't really be sending out my lukewarm takes.

Thanks for reading. (Heart)

[reimeichan]

Think systems with a high number of fictional introjects are a new phenomena? Kluft's paper on polyfragmented/extremely complex DID from 1988 includes a patient with LOTR introjects, and another based off of Shakespear's Tempest. Fictional introjects have been a thing for a very long time!

[woundfuckr]

this image is sooo system coded

[theswiftheartsystem]

[pndrax]

(they're so obsessed with one another)

once again drawn on my phone

[leviafin]

Exotrauma

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[brain-d0g]

[azm0day]

[jabberwock-islanders]

can we call introjects that have the same source "source twins" instead of calling them "doubles"

idk i feel like saying "omg we're source twinning!" is so much more respectful to someones individuality than saying "omg youre a double!"

it helps steer away from the idea that introjects are "copies" of each other, and it helps give introjects their own sense of self that isnt 100% tied to their source

id love to hear other peoples thoughts on this term concept ^^

~Selever <3

[ghost-of-a-system]

wonderful

i don't know if we will leave this up, because we aren't sure if it comes across how we would like. but the alter who wrote this, yellowfang, has wanted to create it for some time, so we opted to try.

we, once again, apologize for any art style inconsistencies. the comic artwork itself was worked on by several of us.

[gl1tched-g0th]

"Wow you write this character really well!" Thanks I knew them personally

[v3il]

reading fanfic abt yourself as a fictive:

[luxlitemidnight]

holding my OCs that haven't introjected very carefully so that I can continue to play with my dolls and hope that they do not turn into real boys like Pinocchio

[wrathfulanimal]

‘sacrificial lamb’ | 02/09/2024

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hannibal nbc

screenshot redraw - done in procreate

[lemony-ink]

reminder that fictives struggling with missing people from source that they have memories with are valid and deserve space and time to process their situation !!!