#spontaneous mix

[buttercupshands]

Mha sketch dump!

feat. LoV sleeping and other things

So there's that World Hero vote going now, BUT there's also basically a personal Top 5 thing too

I thought about my top 5 for a bit and ended up with this

But as it was I didn't like that we don't exactly have a way to make multiple characters have same place like that character sorter. But my top 3 would've shared 1st place

And also it gave me some inspiration so I sketched Izuku and later Tomura. And here started the sketch wave, bc choosing AFOmura for the Tomura pic is... A choice and so there are two Tomura's on the sketch, with AFOmura getting the 2nd amd Tomura 1st

I got a bit frustrated with how I drew them so I decided to try to redraw some stuff while keeping with mha style as close as I could

I was a bit... Surprised? To see my own progress as the last time I did a thing like this it wasn't that good

Trying to simplify the style instead bc I was getting sleepy didn't help

[mixelation]

i might have told this story here before but once my friend was like "what would your OC's pokemon teams be" and i was like "i can't answer this question because they would be very strategic with forming their team and i don't know enough about pokemon to design such a team" and my friend kept being like "what are you talking about? you just pick some pokemon" and that's how i learned some people genuinely just do not think that much about decisions

however i DO have other OCs that would just be like "yeah my team is all purple guys :)"

[krizpybug]

obsessed w @tizzymcwizzy's dunmesh au !!!!

thinking about marinette being half-gnomish, half-human 👀

i imagine she embroiders glyphs into her clothing for protection :) otherwise spirit magic?

[larkspur-collective]

Plural Pride Flags!

We have here two sets of alternative plural pride flags we made, all inspired by Emmengard's Rings!

The first set has higher eyestrain sensitivity.

This second set is eyestrain free and dimmed!

Here are the flags without the rings icons!

These are for use by all systems, regardless of origin, disordered or non-disordered, number of members, level of amnesia, amount of switching, members’ species, gender identity, or orientation, neurodivergence or disability status, or any other quality that makes each system unique.

I really took inspiration from the Plural Rings for it- so the color meanings are the same as that symbol. With:

- a green stripe on the top for adaptive systems [ broad term to describe systems(/members) that are a result of adapting to adversity; this does include trauma but isn't *exclusively* that, could also include neurogenic systems]

- a red stripe below green for created systems, i.e. parogenic/willogenic systems, etc.

- white as a free space/ acknowledging mixed origin systems

- a yellow stripe for unknown systems/systems that don't identify with any origin terms

- a blue stripe on the bottom for spontaneous systems[ such as systems from birth ]

The reordering of the colors was merely for aesthetic purposes.

This was previously posted anonymously on another blog, and we have since decided to come forward as the artist! We will also be reblogging this from our official art account, as we will be selling designs featuring these flags!

[roseofhybrids]

What kind of batteries do you reckon worker drones run on?

Personally, I like to believe they have lithium-ion ones or any other kind that can swell. Purely because I find the idea of a worker drone randomly exploding because their battery became a "spicy pillow" really funny

[multiplicity-positivity]

So. We've got a new fictive, and it's like our brain looked at what was missing in our system and called him in to fill that hole. He is perfect for our system, we all adore him, and he adores us! The problem is that he formed spontaneously in a system that, up until this point, has been mostly willogenic and built with a careful structure that he does not fit into. He feels... unwelcome, or like the odd one out. I need to reassure him that his presence is wanted, and that he's more important than our previous structure, but I have no idea how. Any advice? - ☀️💐

hey, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a system being mixed origins or having headmates who each formed in different ways. lots of systems out there may find that most of their headmates formed one way, while one or two formed differently.

honestly we feel like the best way to reassure him that his presence is wanted, is to tell him that and keep reminding him when he’s down. also, maybe y’all can do things like try to actively include him in activities, discussions, and general system life in order to help him feel a bit more like he belongs.

if your system has a carefully built structure, maybe it would be worth it to re-examine this structure and see if you can edit or rework it in order to incorporate him in some way. this may take some effort on everyone’s parts, but it may be worth the extra work in order to help integrate him into your system’s structure a bit more purposefully.

and tbh, every individual headmate is unique. as long as he’s not being excluded, cut out, or ignored, there is nothing wrong with being different or having different origins. maybe y’all could help remind him that it’s okay to have differences that set him apart as an individual from the rest of the system. these differences don’t make him any less of a headmate or less of a valuable member of your collective.

we hope something here will work for him and the rest of your system. best of luck with integrating him into your system in a way that works for everyone :)

[clambuoyance]

Every time I see your art its like I can feel just how much you enjoy making it.

It has a lightness to it, like you're having fun and it's kinda infectious, so I get really happy too when I see it.

Oh I should probably throw a question in here: I love when you post a bunch of sketches all at once, do you plan your doodles ahead of time or do they just come naturally to you as you draw?

AAAH thank you so much! You wouldn't be the first person to describe my art as having a sort of "infectious" joy and it makes me really happy that it's what people think of when they see my art. I really do have fun making it which is why I think I've been able to avoid major art block for the most part or dwelling too much on the fact that I have a hard time getting finished pieces out sometimes

As for your question, I'll try my best to see if I can explain it lol. I guess the "planning" mostly consists of me getting inspired by something (usually a song) and it instilling a certain emotion or vibe in me that i then start to itch to capture in a visual art form.

Sometimes I'll be given a really vague blurry image in my head and go with that and decide to sketch it out with my hands to help me see that vision in my head clearly and I'll make a lot of changes etc etc ("that arm position didn't work" "let me try a different expression" "maybe the angle should be more dramatic"). Or sometimes if I want a clearer picture before I start drawing I'll listen to the song on repeat (and/or walk around in circles) until that Picture becomes less and less blurry and almost...tangible? Perfect 20/20 clarity happens very rarely tho and everytime it does I'm convinced something possessed me (and even then I still make changes on the fly) Sorry I'm explaining this so badly ToT i wish i could just show u my brain

If my mind was a library you would see stacks upon stacks of ideas I've held onto for years...some since 2016...but yeah I also tend to be spontaneous with it and draw a bunch of sketches at once before even "finishing" one --but at least it's out of my head and somewhere in the world!! And one day I'll probably go back and color it or whatever or remember I should post a collection of relevant doodles somewhere

Also one last thing maybe worth mentioning is that over the years my imagination was able to become clearer and my ability to draw what I see in my head also improved! As if the gap between worlds got smaller in a way--and this only happened because of how long I've been drawing that I've been able to build an arsenal of poses and expressions rules and have an easier time drawing. Which helped me be more spontaneous

One thing I do hope for is that I can at least sit through a few hours of learning to do bigger and neater composed pieces with backgrounds...so I can start doodling them more too lol

[glass-oranges]

guess who finished it's last artfight refs!! I did!!

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[the-a-collective]

multi-origin system flags

These are combos of the adaptive, created, spontaneous, and unknown flags. Credits for the original four flags and terms go to their coiners. We only made the combo flags.

left->right, top->bottom: adaptive + created, adapted + spontaneous, adaptive + unknown, created + spontaneous, created + unknown, spontaneous + unknown

left->right, top->bottom: adaptive + created + spontaneous, adaptive + created + unknown, adaptive + spontaneous + unknown, created + spontaneous + unknown

adaptive + created + spontaneous + unknown

Just to reiterate: We only made these flags. Credits for coining adaptive, created, spontaneous, and unknown and their flags go to the original coiners.

Anyone can use these flags with credit!

[imperishable-prayers]

“Waaaagh! There’s so many knives everywhere!! Who the heck even throws knives?! Why does she have this many knives to throw?!” Arle is amazed by the predicament she’s in and can’t get a chance to focus. When she thinks she can focus enough to try charging her magic up, there’d be a knife flying at her sides from out of nowhere that’d make her have to stop and quickly dodge if she didn’t wanna be stabbed!

“GUUUU!” Carbuncle was just doing his best to dodge the onslaught!

“Quit distancing yourself from me, gray haired woman!” Schezo would deflect the many knives thrown at him with his sword while trying to close in toward the maid… yet every time he gets close, the maid would, in an instant, appear further away from him, forcing to be somewhat more defensive than usual.

“Hohoho! What kind of lady needs this many of the same silverware? Unless this is an interesting hobby of yours!” Rulue’s quick and nimble dodges, along with how fast she could run, allowed her to get a few blows on the maid before she could think to get away.

[chococookiez]

yknow what since i finished my second batch i'll post em

a myriad of quadrant keychains from yours truly :]

kinda organised by date of creation . sort of

clarification :]]

[moonpool-system]

Hello!

Apologies if this is not an ask you'd like to receive, but I have found out something about my system and I have no idea what to do next, so l'll ask someone who probably knows!

(Also sorry if theres any typing quirks when i go back and get all the extra z's out for readability)

So! My job as an alter is to figure out what we are/what to do using outside resources (ex. pluralpedia, multiplicity ama's, did specialists/professionalz) and I've made a discovery regarding our system origin: that we are likely mixed origin, with a combination of trauma and spontaneity creating us!

Now that i've made this realization, I'm not sure what to do next to further prove this and/or to gain more information on the matter of being both traumagenic and endogenic

Considering you're a fellow traumaendo as we may be, I thought you may have some advice to help us out with! If not, that's totally fine. I can go scavenging elsewhere (like a fox!)

Thank you very much!

-Clueless Anon

Congratulations on your discovery! Whatever feels most comfortable as a label for you& at the time is always the best one, in my opinion ^^ I'm the outer system manager, so I do a lot of the same things as you. Personally, what I would do is talk with your headmates and start taking accounts of who corresponds to which origins- don't forget that individual members can have multiple origins! I'm a fan of keeping everything organized because we find that our headmates with trauma responses and those without tend to operate very differently. Figuring out individual members' experiences can help u understand how they function! I also know that spontaneous is an umbrella term for some people, so I would probably investigate possible specific terms. According to pluralpedia, spontaneous members can be walk-ins, have spiritual origins, be plural from birth/earliest memory, and more! I'm a sucker for specifics so that's what I'd do.

What's more- celebrate your plural experience! expanxing your concept of how things work can feel so freeing, and there's a good chance you and your headmates will want to indulge in that. check the spontaneous system tags on tumblr, enjoy positivity posts, and more! Allow yourselves to be proud of your& identity.

Hope this helps some! Sorry it's a little late!

[killemwithkawaii]

[CW: Mental illness, Kewk overshares]

You ever have a long conversation with someone who's really really interesting and it makes you feel like the Most Basic Bitch On Earth and suddenly you wanna do All The New Things at once just so you don't feel like the human equivalent of a wet newspaper (same) 😔

EDIT: I went to the grocery store on a day i dont typically go, bought different produce than usual, chatted with a dude about apples, and saw my favorite check out clerk and complimented her outfit, so i am feeling much better now uwu ✨️

[bretzkysbs]

It turns out the cookies are real — sort of.

They are baked at the home of Lara MacLean, who has been a “puppet wrangler” for the Jim Henson Company for almost three decades. MacLean started as an intern for Sesame Workshop in 1992 and has been working for the team ever since.

The recipe, roughly: Pancake mix, puffed rice, Grape-Nuts and instant coffee, with water in the mixture. The chocolate chips are made using hot glue sticks — essentially colored gobs of glue.

The cookies do not have oils, fats or sugars. Those would stain Cookie Monster. They’re edible, but barely. “Kind of like a dog treat,” MacLean says.

Before she reinvented the recipe in the 2000s, the creative team behind “Sesame Street” used versions of rice crackers and foams to make the cookies. The challenge was that the rice crackers would make more of a mess and get stuck in Cookie’s fur. And the foams didn’t look like cookies once they broke apart.

Cookie has been portrayed since 2001 by David Rudman, who took over the role from Frank Oz. Rudman’s right hand moves the mouth, which is eating, and his left hand holds the cookies. Both work in concert to break the cookies, which means they have to be soft enough to fall apart.

Rudman said soft cookies are best, adding, “The more crumbs, the funnier it is. If he eats the cookie, and it only breaks into two pieces if it’s too hard, it’s just not funny,” he said. “It looks almost painful. But if he eats a cookie and it explodes into a hundred crumbs, that’s where the comedy comes from.”

MacLean has perfected a recipe that is “thin enough that it’ll explode into a hundred crumbs,” Rudman said. “But it’s not too thin that it’ll break in my hand when I’m holding it.”

Not every (human) guest realizes that the cookies aren’t meant to be eaten. Adam Sandler appeared on an episode and decided to share in the muppet's delight by spontaneously eating a cookie with him on set.

“As soon as the cameras cut, he was like, ‘Blech!' ” MacLean said.

[applesaucesupremacy]

while i have my issues with the pager tactic on the whole, mostly wrt timing, subsequent escalation, and the future of warfare, it did spark some interesting conversations about the concept of retaliation, but also revealed that some of you people believe that israel should just accept being bombed and attacked from the south AND the north and do nothing about it whatsoever forever

[wainswright]

There’s a vague discussion I saw about the socratic method, which I was reminded of when looking at that video about leaving christian fundamentalism that goes like: the intention of someone asking you to explain something and the environment they ask you to do it in matters.

If the situation/context is balanced so that even if you have a legitimate argument and a legitimate complaint you will be unfairly and personally attacked while explaining something you were asked to explain, then this isn’t a real debate. it’s a weirdly emotionally manipulative way to try to forcibly shutdown a possibly legitimate position or thought process. It’s in ‘bad faith,’ I guess. This also applies if the person demanding it has a history of not being fair or reasonably expected to handle an argument in good faith.

But on the other hand, if it’s not that kind of unideal situation, asking someone to “explain” or argue is morally on the level with no deleterious effects or underhanded emotional manipulation- and that’s tip number one (afaik) on to use the socratic method in a classroom in the way it’s presumably meant to be used.