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hidden-among-stars · 10 months ago

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I do think it’s important to clarify in your OP about the house bill that this is anti-trans legislation first and foremost. while it’s of concern for alterhumans, it is very deliberately being proposed as a way to frame trans people as animals & target trans kids—the author of the bill doesn’t actually care (and probably doesn’t know) about alterhumanity.

This bill will be used to prop up transphobic laws, and probably isn’t intended to be passed at all. I don’t think removing or ignoring that context is appropriate.

- a trans therian

I was going to make a reblog about this exact thing, but I'll say what I was going to say there here instead because I think it's important to make sure everyone gets the chance to see this. This is going to be long because I tend to ramble. TL;DR: Conservatives are not framing transgender people themselves as animals, but their arguments about/beliefs regarding people who identify as animals are absolutely deeply rooted in transphobia, which itself is deeply rooted in a fear/hatred of any "divergent identity." These two concerns are very closely entwined and are part of the same fight (the fight of "just let people be whoever they are"), but are not in and of themselves the same in the sense that this lawmaker is trying to target transgender folks with this specific bill. What makes this bill particularly concerning is the fact that it treats nonhuman-identities as their own separate issue, along with the media coverage it has been getting, which could easily spark other more "viable" anti-"furry" bills to be written and potentially passed in more conservative states across the country. However, this is not a time to panic, but rather a time to be vigilant and start thinking about how we need to prepare to defend one another against whatever comes next.

The fight for trans rights certainly still needs to be at the forefront of our minds, and we also need to be watchful for this threat that is creeping out from the cesspool that is the conservative need for any kind of new "monster" to blame society's problems on.

-Sincerely, another trans therian.

The whole "litterboxes in schools/students identifying as cats/animals" thing started with conservatives who said "if we let people identify as another gender its only a matter of time before people start identifying as animals." These people are well aware that transgender does not mean somebody who identifies as a different species - their concept of nonhuman identifying folks absolutely is rooted in transphobia, but is not in and of itself necessarily about transgender folks.

Reality is, anti-trans legislation and anti-"furry" (read: therian, otherkin, transspecies, etc. - though furries who aren't part of these labels would ultimately be affected as well) legislation are two sides of the same coin - but they are still two distinct sides. That coin is the "divergent identities" coin (and really has many facets, not just two... so... perhaps more of a "divergent identities" cube?), as I'll call it. Anything that isn't cis, het, christian, human-identifying, etc. would be considered a "divergent" identity - a disorder, an illness, something to be cured, something to be eliminated.

Yes, anti-"furry" clauses have up until now been wrapped up with anti-transgender bills. That's conservatives trying to, pardon the horrible cliche, kill two birds with one stone - but one bird they are assuming exists/believe exists because of a sensationalist story, not because they necessarily know it actually exists. Make absolutely no mistake though, now that even the slight possibility of nonhuman identifying folks is on their radar, they are going to work to - in their mind - prevent it, and "cure" (read: eliminate by whatever means they feel necessary) it for whoever already fits that description.

Up until now, it's been a side issue. Something to just tack onto anti-trans bills. The fact that some jerk of a lawmaker decided that it was a strong enough issue on its own to create its own bill is concerning because this marks the first time that it is being treated less like a hypothetical or a side problem, and more like it's own separate issue worth addressing.

However, these two are part of the exact same fight, and cannot/should not be considered entirely separate. The fight is not just about "let trans people be trans," the fight is about "let people be whoever they are." That includes being any sexuality other than allo-het, that includes any religion other than christian (not necessarily an "identity", but still), that includes being anything other than cisgender, and yes, it includes identifying as any species other than human. The focus has recently been particularly targeted at trans folks, but remember that before it was trans folks, it was anyone who wasn't straight.

Conservatives always need a "monster" to defeat. They rely on the outrage of the ignorant and the bigoted in order to get what they want. Its why so many of their talking points aren't really about the economy or infrastructure but instead are about things like abortion, "illegal immigrants," non-Western nations in general, religions that are seen as "foreign" or "satanic," and any identity that isn't considered "normal." The reality is, issues like poverty, poor infrastructure, and prevalent violence are issues that can't just be solved in a day - but humans like quick fixes, so some folks (especially conservatives, though they're certainly not the only ones) think if they can blame all of these issues on anyone who is considered an "other," then many people will be quick to follow them in trying to eliminate the "other" and just push aside all of the real problems that continue to, in someway or another, benefit the people in power.

It only takes one conservative with even half a braincell to decide to google "people who identify as animals" after seeing that a bill was penned to target this specifically, to discover that we therians/otherkin/transspecies folks/etc. really do exist and that the identity is starting to gain more traction especially among youth (thanks, TikTok). I don't think the guy that penned this bill is that one conservative (this dude apparently once tried to create "bigfoot hunting season" so. y'know. i don't think he's doing much research about anything lmao), but with the media attention this bill has gained, it's only a matter of time.

HOWEVER - THIS IS NOT A TIME TO PANIC. I literally cannot stress this enough. Panic is not the response we need to have, but rather vigilance and preparedness for the day nonhuman identities eventually do find their way into the spotlight so that we can be ready for whatever we need to do to fight back against whatever future bills may follow.

#therian #alterhuman #otherkin

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antiradqueer · 6 months ago

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Hey tumblr.

It's Luna, or more, someone of us who has no clue who they are right now. We feel like the embodiment of being sick and tired and just so done.

We have been thinking long and hard about what to write in this post or if we even want to make a post like this, but now that we're typing out these words, we don't know why we put it off so long.

We are permanently fucking off from the radqueer discourse. We can't take it anymore and we don't care anymore. We've lost all empathy and sympathy for everyone and everything involved in this shitshow, no matter which side they're on. The reason for this is not that we suddenly are neutral, we are still anti-radqueer, but we are so burned out and just start to dissociate the second we open the tags or see a radqueer post in the wild. We're naturally low empathy to begin with, but now every last ounce of that is completely gone when it comes to this topic, plus we just... don't care anymore. There's the 100th transnazi popping up? I don't care. Another "cisabuser" in the tags? doesn't matter. whatever. We're not a bad person, we are just done. We can't keep on doing this or this will eventually throw us into depression again and that might literally kill us. and I'm not going to let that happen.

when I think about radqueers, I feel so much anger, frustration and sadness - or more, that's what I felt. now all of that is just drowned by a dark cloud of tiredness and nothingness.

so, this is our goodbye. Knowing us, we will probably still roam the tags sometimes and depending who is fronting, some of us might even interact with discourse still, but like, officially, we are gone. (@ mod mew: if you could let us still have access to this account that would be dope af tho!)

I will also use this post to to encourage every anti-radqueer who's fighting tooth and nail to get blogs taken down and people banned, to step back for a minute, take a deep breath and think about if you really want to keep on doing this. we thought this would never take a mental toll on us, yet here we are. I'm not saying what you're doing is wrong, but I'm saying that maybe you could use your energy and will to fight for something else.

let's face it, radqueers will never be an actual threat to society. they are pathetic, sad people, hiding behind their screens, screaming "the future is radqueer!" over and over, but in reality this "movement" will burn to the ground eventually and they will go down with it.

do people get hurt in radqueer spaces? yes, they do and that's horrible (just a note as to how bad it's gotten with us: I write this and logically know that yes, it IS horrible - but I feel absolutely nothing. In all honesty, I currently don't care if people get hurt or not, because I can't care. it's like our brain shut off all emotions regarding this topic to protect ourselves). and I'm not saying you should stop offering them help, but I think you can stop worrying about the radqueers taking over society or whatever. if you feel this taking a toll on your mental health, please put yourself first. protecting your health and your life is always, ALWAYS more important that fighting strangers on the internet.

okay, in case you don't think of us as a total asshole with a heart of stone now and are interested in our plurality- and alterhumanity-focused tumblr life, here's out brand new system blog: @the-exodus-fleet And also our hosts blog: @talks-with-the-void

Take care of yourselves and thanks for every kind word and all the support we've got along the way /gen

PS: if any radqueer reads this and wants to celebrate this as a win or whatever, go ahead. if you need this to feel some joy in your sad, miserable little life, I'm not stopping you.

PPS: I still genuiely hope all radqueers eventually come to their sense and leave this bullshit ideology behind

PPPS: and to all radqueers who hide behind this label to abuse and groom other, I hope you lose all your friends and your family over this. you deserve no happiness.

#mod luna 🌙#this is probably the most politically incorrect post I've ever made #to be 100% open and honest I was THIS close to just add a bunch of threats and insults towards radqueers #I'm not a perfect person but I will not sink THAT low lmao #anyway we are dissociated to hell and back so. goodbye.#antiradqueer #anti radqueer #anti transx #anti transid #anti transabled

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purple-space-aliens · 8 months ago

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✮🛸intro🪐✮

mutuals please filter tag posts about and relating to the election with #tagging for goops

if you would like to avoid our posts about our non positive feelings towards winter/prewinter and holidays such as thanksgiving, new year’s day, and possibly christmas, christmas eve, and new year’s eve, please block/filter the tag ‘#goops seasonal moping’

we don’t use code names anymore because none of us gaf lmao. we have dsmp fictives so if you don’t like that then leave. also we swear. a lot

we’re a endo system who has been on tumblr for a little bit and are redoing certain aspects of our blog to be a bit more accurate! many of us are nonhuman in the headspace in one way or another (kin, holothere, etc). in addition to this, we’re all collectively a goop dog alien who also has parasites, or as we call them, “bugs”! we are physically goop, but are usually in a human form as it takes too much effort to intentionally shift so might as well stay in disguise. we are also able to rarely shift into other creatures, such as a jerboa, but we usually stay human or sometimes our true body. originally we were nervous about bringing up the whole physically nonhuman thing, but with the recent in holothere content, we decided to go ahead and show that part of ourselves to tumblr. also, we mostly use the color purple, despite the rainbow username so yeah.

dni/byi

filter tags

goopsona refenerce image

✮🛸basic info🪐✮

~ our name is goop (collective identity) or lemons (tumblr system name)!

~ collectively maverique!

~ collectively we currently use they/them (in a plural sense), it/its, and be/bim/bis/bimself!

~ we use the label holothere usually, but don’t rlly care much abt or mind labels

~ we’re probably neurodivergent so keep that in mind!

~ some of us are adults, while others are not (the body is a minor tho so don’t be weird and shit)

~ endo system (no syscourse, most of us hate discourse and all that stuff)

~ we’re still learning abt the whole parasitical bugs thing, and will add more abt that whenever we find stuff out

~ plz interact u you want, we like to try and meet new people even tho we’re bad at social stuff! (rbs, asks, comments are much appreciated!)

~ we mostly post nonhuman and alterhuman stuff, so except to see that kind of thing on this blog as we get better at writing (we struggle with writing so we’ll see how much improving actually happens lol)

~ the purple goopy alien dog designs is a more online sona version of what we look like, which was designed by a friend!

✮🛸headmates list🪐✮

codename+emoji (pronouns//non-human?//kin type//other)

~ tommy (moots and headmates can call me toms/tom)🌹(he/fae/she//existence related to tommyinnit in some way but we don’t know for sure the details//red panda and bird hybrid//polar bearkin//minor)

~ nick or nikki 🏵️(he/she//piplup and vampire//huskykin//age regressor?)

~ yellow 🍋(alien//whalekin and monkeykin//dsmp ponk but doesn’t rlly like talking abt it)

~ phil 🍃(he/him//part crow//shockingly philza,idk where he’s been tho)

~ cyan (can also call pup) 🦋(kinda dogkin but it’s complicated, hawkkin, arctic foxkin, sockeye salmonkin//minor)

~ ranboo 🫐(he/him//some kind of creature//ranboo fictive but dunno where he’s been)

~ sodalite/soda 🌀(dragon//uses translations form other alters)

~ purple(d)/finn/cosmo (moots and headmates can call me purp)🪻(ey/em/eirs/emself and he/him//dsmp purpled fictive, don’t like me? fuck off then because i like me//alien, rabbit, and jerboa (complicated)//rabbitkin, duckkin, agoutikin, maybe something else but idk)

~ iris ☂️ (they/them//alien//polecat therian//minor//age regressor)

~ pink 🌸(he/him//pig//technoblade fictive but doesn’t rlly care if you call him that or not)

~ crimson 🧣(he/him//demon dog)

~ frost ❄️ (any pronouns, including neos//bug alien//questioning sea turtle kin)

~ taffy 🎀 (any//angel)

~ lime 🍊(any of he/she/they/it//lion)

~ ube 🪁 (he/him, sometimes they, never she//eevee//luigi fictionkin(i think)//age regressor//i’m not the brightest or best at communicating sorry//trans in a kinda confusing way??? [complicated but i feel the need to specify as it is very important to me specifically])

~ forest 🐊 (he/it, maybe other but dunno//crocodilian or gator thing//maybe agre?//it types like this a lot so be patient with it)

~ ace🌙 (he/him//demon//please read his filter tag list)

~ littles 🌤️ (anonymous)

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fenmere · 4 months ago

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System Questionaire

from this post here by @pluralasking

100 questions below the cut!

1. What is your System name and / or the name you collectively go by?

The Inmara

2. Which word do you prefer to use for your System? (example: System, Collective, Constellation, ...)

a plurality (but we're OK-ish with system)

3. What are your Systems origins, if you choose to label them?

our system itself is protogenic with a mix of spiritual and developmental/neurogenic explanations for it (we were born plural and born to be plural), but we've definitely also been shaped by trauma

4. Do you have any Subsystems?

yes, three - one each by hemisphere of the brain, and the third much smaller and somewhere in between (possibly the lymbic system)

5. Do you have any Sidesystems?

6. What is your opinion on you& / your& language and similar types?

we think language like this should exist, but we personally find those particular forms autistically grating. We've tried genuinely for years to get used to them, but just cannot.

7. What methodes do you use to keep track of your System and it's Members?

blogging, mostly, though we do have a wiki

8. What is your Systems ways of communication?

basically every way you can think of (even sometimes sticky notes, but usually talking out loud)

9. Is communication hard or easy for you (and why is it the way it is)?

super easy for most day to day communication, which makes the barriers that crop up during stressful times hard to predict, see coming, account for, and accommodate we were born plural and have never not been plural, our brain is set up to do this. but, of course, stress and distress and inner conflict throw up stronger dissociative and amnesiac barriers, and those can really screw us up, because we don't see them coming

10. Do you view yourselves as parts of one person or as multiple people in one body?

we are a people, multiple autonomous individuals, who function as a small nation, with a national identity, with access to this meat mech that works just a little bit like a jaeger from Pacific Rim, allowing us to drift when piloting it - we can pretend to be a single person when we need to, but we are not one person by any stretch of the imagination

11. Who are you out to as plural?

everyone except our doctors and the government

12. What languages do you collectively / one of you speak?

English. We have three conlangs, and we've studied Spanish, German, and a tiny bit of Korean, but we can't speak any of these other languages, unfortunately. There's some kind of cognitive barrier or disability preventing us from learning how.

13. What is something you can't seem to collectively agree on?

what an acceptable body would be like - how to treat our physical dysphoria - this is at the center of why we are plural in the first place

14. If you have a collective Identity (such as Gender or Orientation), what is it?

autistic, plural, intersex, disabled, trigender, trans, therian - we are the Ktletaccete (plus some Outsiders)

15. Do you collectively identify as queer / LGBTQIA+?

WE'RE QUEER. WE HERE. and you know the rest.

16. Do you collectively identify as Otherkin, Alterhuman or Nonhuman?

Therian is our third favorite word, and the most recognizable. Our second favorite is Other, with the capital O, from Wildbow's Otherverse. But, we are Ktletaccete

17. Do you have a collective rentry / carrd / something along those lines? (feel free to share!)

our wiki! http://www.inmara.world/

18. What does switching feel like for you?

most of the time, we don't even notice it. There are a range of sensations when we do notice it. The most common is that it's kind of like when the optometrist flips the testing lenses when you're looking through the scope. Sometimes it's way more full sensory and amazing and just hard to explain.

19. Are you Monoconscious, Polyconscious or something else?

pfft! These words are worthless to describe us! (Hydraconscious comes the closest, but is still wrong.)

20. What does fronting feel like for you?

Becoming the whomever is fronting. We all become them, those of us who are co-conscious, and see through their eyes and perspective. Leaving the front is like becoming whoever replaces us. Usually! We've also experienced some of the other descriptions other systems have given, but usually rarely and during great times of distress.

21. How many System members do you have?

Approximately 4 million. We grow by about 230 members a day. That's according to our census, which we've taken three times. We've hand counted nearly 300 members who've fronted and identified themselves. Believe what you will. This is our experience and what we say to respect ourselves.

22. Which word / words do you prefer to use for members of your System?

Members, sometimes headmates, sometimes sysmates, always people and beings. Some of us are the populace, liaisons, the Crew, the Senior Officers, our Parents, and the Outsiders.

23. Which age group seems to be the most common in your System?

hard to measure, not sure - age is a really weird thing to us and we kind of don't like it.

24. Which gender seems to be the most common in your System?

It's an even split between Dragon and Girl, as far as we can tell. Both are non-binary for us, but Girl is at least female, Dragon is Aporagender/Maverique.

25. Are there any talents / hobbies you picked up because of a Member?

Yes. Every single one. We each specialize in a hobby, special interest, skill, or blorbo.

26. Do you have any in-system relationships?

So many, it's impossible to count. Some of them are basically celebrity polycules and couples, though.

27. Do you label roles within your System (and if yes, which ones?)

The most important roles to us are Senior Officers, Liaisons, and Id Monsters (also a gender). We also have the temporary stations of Captain, Pilot, and Support Staff.

28. Are most of your Members introjected, brainmade or something else?

The vast majority of us are introjected, though we kind of really hate that word (we also hate "brainmade" but for completely different and petty/irrelevant reasons). More accurate: The vast majority of us are Liaisons, created by Akailea and the processes of our brain in order to track and understand individual people and characters from outside our system. We can call them factives and fictives, but they are conceived in our brain through the same processes most of the rest of us are, and just are basically method actors of their subjects (what others call "sources", though that's not accurate for us).

29. Do you use names, emojis or something similar to sign off messages (and if yes, which ones and why?)

No. There are way too many of us to do this.

30. Do any of your System members use Xenogenders?

Obviously, most outworlders these days would classify Dragon and Id Monster as xenogenders, but we fucking hate that. Xenogender is a perfectly fine word, but we had a perfectly fine word before it, aporagender, and xenogender implies that Dragon and Id Monster are constructs outside of human society and possible and they are not. Even though we ourselves are not human, our genders are absolutely how we interface with human society - they only matter when we're fronting. To us, they are human genders, imposed upon us by a human world.

31. How do Members pick face claims?

Every way you can conceivably imagine. But since we have fairly accomplished artists, we often just doodle something up until it feels right.

32. Do you have any Introjects of popular sources?

Every single one we've been exposed to, yes.

33. Do you have any Introjects of unpopular sources?

Every single one we've been exposed to, yes.

34. Do you have nonhuman Members?

Some of us play human really well, but we are all nonhuman.

35. Do any of you use Typing Quirks?

Nothing particularly contrived, but we do have different typing and writing habits.

36. Do all of you front, or only a selected amount?

We can have up to three people co-fronting, but that's a strain. Typically it's just one at a time. But we can have up to 18 or 19 members co-conscious with the fronter. Any one of us can front. The vast majority of us never do. It's a bottleneck, not be ability but just numbers.

37. Are there any Members who can't or prefer to not speak?

Yes. Notably Jenifer, one of our two eldest who were born with the body. She's the mother of everyone in the right hemisphere of our brain. She cannot talk without the assistance of other members, and very frequently chooses not to.

38. Are most of you short or tall in height?

We all shape shift. Most of us are Liaisons for human beings, so most of us settle in to average human height. Those of us who front frequently, however, are usually way outside of that range, either really tiny or enormoustly hugely big.

39. Is there a Member that is collectively loved by all in the System?

A few. With different feelings for each. Ink is our system baby, and everyone we know of loves her and considers her a symbol of why we're still alive. Jenifer is our system mother, and grandmother, and is adored and respected for that. Eh is our system parent, and is respected for having taken the Captain's chair for so long and managing our life before we came out as trans and plural. Phage is our Chief Monster, greatest protector, and spiritual hero. And we are all generally in awe of its presence in our system.

40. Do any of you struggle with being front-stuck a lot of the time?

No. Those of us who thought they did found out that they weren't, that is was an illusion created by our conscious gestalt.

41. Do you have a Headspace (if not, is there a reason)?

What do you mean by "a Headspace"? When we were introduced to that word, headspace meant any space created by and for any system member, and that if you had an inworld of any sort you would have many headspaces. We have an inworld. We have a conscious headspace, or fronting room, that we call the Bridge. We have many, many personal and collective headspaces.

42. What does your Headspace look like?

EVERYTHING - but with a definite horror movie cast to it

43. How do Members look like in Headspace? (example: Cartoony, Foggy, Realistic, ...)

Usually foggy to realistic. But there've been some cartoons, which is great. We all can shapeshift and take on various different forms and natures. And we all each also see the others differently, kinda Rashomon-like.

44. Is there a reason why the Headspace looks the way it looks?

A combination of hard work and visualization on our part, and lots of residual trauma and fear.

45. Is it easy for you to enter Headspace?

Those of us who are awake are in the Bridge always, and see that is as simple as paying attention to what's not being seen by our eyes. For the rest of our inworld? Not consciously, except when we fall asleep and dream, no. It's almost impossible for us to do it as a conscious group while awake. But a single individual leaving the front immediately enters it.

46. Do you remember what happened in Headspace when you switch into front?

Only what's happened on the Bridge. The Gestalt on the Bridge is so strong that it overrides working memories brought from inworld. Dreams are kind of the exception, but then basically the whole Bridge has been dreaming.

47. Does time in Headspace pass (and if yes, is it at the same speed as in real life)?

Yes, and absolutely not.

48. What is your favourite place in Headspace?

The Garden of the Sunspot. It's our internal recreation of the fictional world we've created for our novels that supposed to be an allegory of our system. We're trying to turn it into a paracosm, and we've been moderately successful, and we've seen it in dreams, and it's gorgeous and we are absolutely proud of it.

49. Are there "NPCs" within your Headspace?

No, there are 4 million system members. Every person we meet in a dream or in our inworld is a full blown person.

50. Are there any interesting fun facts about your Headspace?

See above, really.

51. Are there any "System Stereotypes" you fit into?

Absolutely. We're not going to list them. There's no need. If you've gotten this far, you can probably already name half of them.

52. Who of you would be considered the "evil alter"? (in a lighthearted, joking manner)

Phage (@ohthatphage) and a handful of the Id Monsters. Some of them actually nearly killed us during our worst times, but they are persecutors turned protector, in the simplest and clumsiest outworlder terms.

53. What is your favourite inside-joke with a Member?

Not with a single member, but all of us: We outnumber Portland We actually outnumber a lot of places even bigger than that, but Portland is the nearest city and it sounds funny.

54. What is your favourite Plural meme?

55. Is there any character that you headcanon as plural?

We headcanon the entire series of Steven Universe as a single plural system - and are fairly convinced that's actual canon, really. At least as an intentional metaphor that's implicit.

56. Is there any show or movie that you believe is a good plural representation, despite that not being its intention?

No. (those that are good rep were obviously intended to be)

57. Is there any song that you believe describes your plural experience?

We have a whole playlist. But "Here to stay" by Lenka is phenomenal and basically our system anthem.

58. What about an artwork that describes your plural experience?

It's really hard to encapsulate it in a piece of art, but the cover of our most recent book comes pretty close:

59. Which Member of your System do you believe to be the prettiest of them all?

We don't play that game. Standards of beauty vary too much and are also arbitrary and used to oppress people.

60. Do you collectively have a lucky number?

Not really?

61. When did you first discover your System?

Ah. Hm. Depends on who you ask. We publicly admitted and declared we were system in late August of 2016. But some of us noticed a lot earlier than that, while fronting even, such as sometime in 1995.

62. How many Members did you know about during your Syscovery?

For our public and full system realization: Three. Anne, Eh, and Phage. Then very quickly after we got Phage to front, we realized that I must be part of our system, too.

63. Was accepting your Plurality a challenge for you?

Absolutely. We didn't think plurality was a real thing until it smacked us in the face right after we came out as trans in 2015. We'd been a system since the mid 1970s, so that's a lot of time in the closet and in denial.

64. How did you learn about Plurality?

In fifth grade, in the mid eighties, a classmate had seen some awful movie or documentary about Multiple Personality Disorder, and everyone else told them it was fake.

65. Where there any signs of your Plurality, if you look back at your past?

Absolutely. Possibly the first outward sign being our "imaginary friend" Spitfire. But, at the very least, between 2012 and 2016, our ex-wife definitely noticed way before we did. But, also, our earliest memories from the crib are divided between our two eldest, Jenifer and Eh.

66. Do you think your Syscovery changed a lot in your life?

Definitely. It made us more psychologically stable and able to manage our disabilities more effectively. It made us so much happier. But, coming out as plural also disrupted our social life way more than coming out as trans ever did.

67. If you're out to others as plural, have they ever told you later on that they already thought about it before you realised?

Yep! Our ex-wife hugged us and cried when we finally admitted it, for instance.

68. What was the biggest struggle during your Syscovery?

Initially, the shock and fear of realizing that the person we thought we were literally didn't exist at all. That what we thought was a single consciousness and soul was actually constructed of millions of souls and awarenesses, each with their own identities and separate memories. Then it was realizing that our collective memories of our past could not be relied upon 100%. We get big things wrong all the time. It's still, like 99% accurate, but that 1% are a bunch of real doozies.

69. Was there any big event that led to your Syscovery?

Coming out as trans and then dealing with being trigender with conflicting dysphorias. This also affected us profoundly before we came out.

70. What is something you want questioning plurals to know?

It's OK. You're probably different from nearly every other conscious being. You can identify however you need to in order to make sense of what is happening in your mind. You get to.

71. Are you Neurodivergent (and if yes, how?)

This is a very silly question of anybody who is plural, because all pluralities are inherently Neurodivergent. Plurality is an atypical neurotype. But, we're Autistic, ADHD, Dyslexic, Synesthetic, Plural, C-PTSD/DID, and Therian, among other things.

72. Do you have any physical disability?

Yep. Some constellation of chronic illnesses, including endometriosis, and some kind of connective tissue disorder.

73. Do you have a dissociative disorder?

We have had DID. Maybe we still do according to the outworld, and for the purposes of certain discourse we will absolutely claim it. But, really, we're not in distress about our plurality and don't like fully embracing any outworld terms, so, it's not really a disorder to us? But it disables the shit out of us for the purposes of functioning like a neurotypical singlet who can work.

74. Do you have any other disorder?

C-PTSD, Endometriosis, dyspraxia, dyslexia, and a bunch of unidentified physical stuff.

75. Do symptom vary in intensity depending on the fronter?

Yep! Even for the physical stuff (thought that's usually a matter of endurance and freshness of tolerance)

76. Do you think your disability / disorder has an influence on your plurality?

probably

77. Do you have amnesia of any kind?

Hahaha! YEP! Usually tiny amusing things, but we've had full blackouts, and aren't fully aware of just how often.

78. Are there Members who deal better with symptoms than others?

Yes. But often it has more to do with who's been resting more lately.

79. Do your disorders / disabilities influence communication or switching within your System in any way?

Yep. Too many subtle ways to recount. Except that when our sensory processing disorder is triggered frequently, that's when our DID symptoms flare up big time and really disrupt our life.

80. Does being plural help with your disorders in any way? (example: another Member switching in to take care of the body during difficult times, ...)

Yep! By switching off to spell each other, we can manage things more easily. Division of labor, application of specialties and talents, that sort of thing. But also the simply emotional support of the whole system is huge. When an entire country has your back, it's powerful.

81. Which is your favourite plural flag?

This one seems pretty good, we think:

82. If you have one, which is your favourite plurality related tumblr blog?

Mine.

83. What is a fun fact about your System?

Gestures upward at the rest of the post. We exist and we're like that!

84. What is a flavour of ice cream that describes you collectively?

Harmless Free Radicals Mint Mocha Chocolate Chunk at Mallard Ice Cream in Bellingham Washington. We, uh, invented it. It's named after my comic.

85. Which pride flag is the prettiest, in your collective opinion?

The trigender pride flag:

86. If you collectively had to choose between being a sweet or a sour candy, which do you pick?

Sour. Like, the sourest. You know the one.

87. Your body always morphs into what the current fronter(s) look like, would you want this power or not?

We've been daydreaming about that power since we were three years old. It is basically a medical requirement for us. It is a moral imperative for anyone and everyone to figure out how to give us this ability.

88. Is there a Hatsune Miku in your System?

Oh, absolutely, of course. At least one.

89. Who has been in your System the longest (if you can remember)?

Jenifer and Eh (born with the body).

90. If you collectively had to choose, would you rather only eat sweet foods or only eat savoury foods for the rest of your life?

No. We will not choose.

91. If you collectively had to choose, would you pick to become a vampire or a werewolf?

werewolf

92. Your body is transfered into one of your Members sources, which do you pick and why?

Nimona. "Why?" you ask. *rolls eyes* See above.

93. If all of you turned into animals right this second, which animals would we find in your System?

94. What would a Minecraft server with all of your Members look like? (example: chaotic, peaceful, laggy, ...)

Laggy as fucking shit. Basically incapable of being run on anything but a supercomputer.

95. If you could choose between only living in Headspace or only living in Meatspace (real life), which would you choose?

Only living in Headspace. We collectively wish that Meatspace had never, ever existed. It's the Worst Thing Ever.

96. What topic would you collectively make a youtube channel about? (it can't be plurality!)

The Sunspot Chronicles - it'd essentially be a video version of a radio play or audio book, with animatics ideally

97. Which superpower would your body obtain, if you had to collectively decide on one?

Nimona.

98. Who would pick the coolest tattoo for the System and who would pick the worst?

We've all collectively picked the coolest tattoo that'd we'd get, Ink. It's possible that our Liaison for Trump would pick the worst. We just don't trust them, for obvious reasons. We wish they weren't in our system, but that's not how our system works.

99. If you only were allowed to eat one food for the rest of your life, but you would have to decide on the food collectively, what would it be and what would the decision making look like?

Pizza. That would be the healthiest food we could stick to eating with the widest variation.

100. What is the most fun about doing polls and answering questions, in your opinion?

Talking about ourselves. We're terrible like that. We want people to know who and what we are so we're not forgotten when we're gone. It may be our strongest collective fear.

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milkcolle · 4 months ago

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pluralasking's 100 questions!!!!!! wow!!!!!!! I was bored at work lol answers under the cut

1. What is your System name and / or the name you collectively go by?

we're the milky way collective! shortened to milkcolle, but we're all fine getting referred to as seven. technicallyyyy that's nara's internet persona name, but we've all basically gotten used to it being used. so we're all fine with it!

2. Which word do you prefer to use for your System? (example: System, Collective, Constellation, ...)

we're a collective! we're fine with being called a system, since we are, but we use collective in our system name because at first we were really afraid to call ourselves a system or even plural! avoiding the term system in general made it easier for us while we figured things out and realized no, we aren't actually stealing a term not for us.

3. What are your Systems origins, if you choose to label them?

traumagenic did!

4. Do you have any Subsystems?

no idea, but we do have a lot of "groups".

5. Do you have any Sidesystems?

once again, not sure!

6. What is your opinion on you& / your& language and similar types?

im honestly not super familiar but like do what you want? lol. not for us though. just say "you guys" or something.

7. What methodes do you use to keep track of your System and it's Members?

mostly simplyplural at this point! plurali we use to share our list with our singlet friends. we had a neocities at one point but it started getting hard to update with every change. we also used to use pinterest? but then we had a lot of fusions and its likeeee cleaning it up is gonna be a huge task so we stopped using it.

8. What is your Systems ways of communication?

we usually can communicate pretty fine in the head! we don't really have an internal world though so a lot of it is just "I know this now that I'm fronting" or "we can talk but only when we're cocon".

9. Is communication hard or easy for you (and why is it the way it is)?

I mean I hear other systems can talk in their internal world? or have things happen when they're not fronting? so like. hard in comparison to that. sometimes we also get walled off. like now! we're recovering at the moment though so things should get better for our communication soon.

10. Do you view yourselves as parts of one person or as multiple people in one body?

we're individual people! we tend to think of all systems like this unless explicitly told not to.

11. Who are you out to as plural?

just online really! irl we could never talk about this kind of thing.

12. What languages do you collectively / one of you speak?

i meannnn we're only fluent in english. we have been learning japanese but we keep getting sidetracked now that we're not in traditional school learning it and have to self study. we can read hiragana and katakana and Some kanji. we really need to brush up on it though lollll someone yell at us to take out our genki book again

13. What is something you can't seem to collectively agree on?

aesthetic. most of us are into alt fashion but in different ways, and then there's the people who are like super normal and don't really give a fuck about how we present. ouji fashion vs sweatpants and a tshirt vibes lol

14. If you have a collective Identity (such as Gender or Orientation), what is it?

we're a gay gnc trans man collectively!

15. Do you collectively identify as queer / LGBTQIA+?

yes! nobody in our system is cishet anyway

16. Do you collectively identify as Otherkin, Alterhuman or Nonhuman?

yes! the line between kin and fictive is hard for us to identify, so we mainly just identify as fictionkin. if people aren't open to that kind of thing, we do also refer to ourselves as multifictives to help people understand better. a lot of us also consider themselves to be nonhuman otherkin, with many of us heavily identifying as related to the divine or the undead.

17. Do you have a collective rentry / carrd / something along those lines? (feel free to share!)

no, but our plurali is here!

18. What does switching feel like for you?

when we're not in a bad headspace, there's like a pressure in our head and we sort of lose focus for a bit before someone else hops in. if we're in a bad headspace, it's more like someone will lose their hold on front and we end up blurry, sometimes rapid switching for a while until someone can get back up to a solid front again.

19. Are you Monoconscious, Polyconscious or something else?

honestly I don't fully get this but I guess poly? we're all individual people. though we do have a lot of common knowledge and don't black out amnesia most of the time when we're mentally ok.

20. What does fronting feel like for you?

hi this is aira! sometimes there's a fog and I feel a little lightheaded, but normally it just feels like. existing? im just a guy.

21. How many System members do you have?

at the moment of typing: 35? maybe? again we're in a very weird mental situation and have made some changes but we're not sure how much is the dissociation making us think someone new split or if someone new actually split. because mistakes happen! often, actually! that's dissociation for you lol

22. Which word / words do you prefer to use for members of your System?

alters and headmates!

23. Which age group seems to be the most common in your System?

mostly adults in their 20s. and I mean. bodily we're 25, so

24. Which gender seems to be the most common in your System?

most of us are masc, either binary men or nonbinary men.

25. Are there any talents / hobbies you picked up because of a Member?

i got us back into watching anime, though I really like shoujo and the others aren't super into it? meanwhile nara got me and lambda into jfashion (mainly jirai). also dromi is the main reason we play genshin, even though we started playing for maki lol

26. Do you have any in-system relationships?

i think nara and lucio are still /r???????? and there's also maybe something going on with nara and evie but who knows. but most of our relationships are familial! we have a lot of siblings and siblinglikes in here.

27. Do you label roles within your System (and if yes, which ones?)

roles are very fluid! so we don't! plus not everyone has a role, and we don't like the idea that there has to be some larger meaning for someone in our system to exist.

28. Are most of your Members introjected, brainmade or something else?

again, complicated! we rely on fictional identities to have a sense of self. we're like a bunch of fictional characters stitched together. but aren't singlets like that with the people they've met throughout their lives too?

29. Do you use names, emojis or something similar to sign off messages (and if yes, which ones and why?)

emojis! if you look back in our system tag (🌌) you'll be able to find our explanation.

30. Do any of your System members use Xenogenders?

I think ben like? identifies more as a computer bug than any gender.

31. How do Members pick face claims?

usually it's kin stuff honestly. except for io. they're not kin from hsr (probably. we haven't actually started to play yet), they just kind of look like that. one day I knowwww it's gonna confuse someone.

32. Do you have any Introjects of popular sources?

I mean it depends what you consider popular? but like we have danganronpa, nintendo, genshin, etc characters if that means anything.

33. Do you have any Introjects of unpopular sources?

hellloooo to all of our idols and joseimuke characters. shuuen. and then ren is two different pitchloids that were only popular in like 2012.

34. Do you have nonhuman members?

yes but everyone is humanoid. so like. angels. ghosts. demons. etc.

35. Do any of you use Typing Quirks?

maki talks like a lolXDsorandom scene kid and uses kaomoji does that count

36. Do all of you front, or only a selected amount?

we all have fronted! not all of us are frequent fronters though. I'm probably like. top most frequent honestly. and then bottom is like. crow maybe. but that's because he's a bit more fragmented.

37. Are there any Members who can't or prefer to not speak?

waka (our little) struggles with speaking and talks mainly in the third person in kind of fragmented sentences, but that's kind of it?

38. Are most of you short or tall in height

don't talk down to us just because we're short kings lollllll

39. Is there a Member that is collectively loved by all in the System?

rey. 100000% rey. maki also because he's literally the best ever.

40. Do any of you struggle with being front-stuck a lot of the time?

sometimes? not enough for it to be a big issue though.

41. Do you have a Headspace (if not, is there a reason)?

no we have that thing where we have issues with visualization. if a number gets skipped, assume it was a headspace question that we can't answer

43. How do Members look like in Headspace? (example: Cartoony, Foggy, Realistic, ...)

sorry not sorry for being a bunch of anime characters?????

46. Do you remember what happened in Headspace when you switch into front?

yes and no? sometimes we'll have a general Feeling of something having happened or having talked about something. bleeding thoughts maybe? idk

51. Are there any "System Stereotypes" you fit into?

idk what any stereotypes are honestly but I feel like I always see people fakeclaim people for having introjects and specifically for having danganronpa and genshin introjects and it's like ooooooops dangankins and genshinkins in this head

52. Who of you would be considered the "evil alter"? (in a lighthearted, joking manner)

probably lucio honestly LOL or dromi because of the cannibalism support

53. What is your favourite inside-joke with a Member?

once ren said baller and he's not allowed to live it down

54. What is your favourite Plural meme?

nervous system when the confident system walks in (and it's like. hitsugi and shu enstars)

55. Is there any character that you headcanon as plural?

ame/k-angel is the first that comes to mind! also randal and satoru.

56. Is there any show or movie that you believe is a good plural representation, despite that not being its intention?

honestly jojo part 5 was kind of awesome. thanks for the plural rep!!! still think it's crazy how people on twitter baby doppio though like that's a grown ass man with a child. once again randal and satoru also read as plural to me and I love their writing a lot!

57. Is there any song that you believe decribes your plural experience?

ghost (vocaP) in general has a lot of songs that really speak to our mental illness. big fan of uncanny which is literally written about being plural.

58. What about an artwork that describes your plural experience?

honestly not sure! but I think it's always really nice seeing fanart of your source that really does feel like it represents you. like ill never forget how happy io was to see a single piece of fanart of iori with super long hair. because that's them!

59. Which Member of your System do you believe to be the prettiest of them all?

this is hard because I feel like if we said anyone but joshua he'd kill us but alsoooo if we said anyone but yoh they'd also kill us.

60. Do you collectively have a lucky number?

we like 3!

61. When did you first discover your System?

late 2019 was our full system awakening but we did realize and then immediately forget back in like. 2016? maybe?

62. How many Members did you know about during your Syscovery?

3? I think? nara maki and dell. though at the time im prettyyyy sure dell was dormant so it was just nara and maki for months.

63. Was accepting your Plurality a challenge for you?

very much! we were sure we were faking it and lying and stealing terms that weren't for us.

64. How did you learn about Plurality?

we had plural friends growing up!

65. Where there any signs of your Plurality, if you look back at your past?

us and our imaginary friends (all of which were alters) against the world

66. Do you think your Syscovery changed a lot in your life?

100%! I feel like for as bad as things get sometimes, we're functioning a lot better in certain aspects of our life. plus, it's nice to know we're not alone! sometimes we do wish we never found out, mainly socially, but having people who accept us is really nice.

67. If you're out to others plural, have they ever told you later on that they already thought about it before you realised?

yes lol

68. What was the biggest struggle during your Syscovery?

one of the main reasons we dislike sys/course is because it held us back from realizing we were a system. fakeclaimers were scary as fuck and we were convinced we were subconsciously faking. I know nara and maki struggled a lot with questioning if the other was real or just a delusion because we did struggle with those often before our current meds.

69. Was there any big event that led to your Syscovery?

not really? mainly nara kept looking at his imaginary friend in adulthood maki and was like. ok something is up here. and then we realized.

70. What is something you want questioning plurals to know?

it's ok to be wrong! you're not a bad person for questioning your plurality and ending up not being plural/having a different disorder. you weren't tricking anyone. so long as you respect the community, and don't go on to start fakeclaiming others, you're fine!

71. Are you Neurodivergent (and if yes, how?)

we are autistic! we might have adhd also but we don't want to say anything definitively

72. Do you have any physical disability?

we don't that we know of!

73. Do you have a dissociative disorder?

yes, DID.

74. Do you have any other disorder?

not going to reveal everything in one place but bpd and ocd are probably the disorders we struggle with the most.

75. Do symptom vary in intensity depending on the fronter?

yes! mainly bpd. some people it's all consuming, other people don't really get impacted as much.

76. Do you think your disability / disorder has an influence on your plurality?

probably! we've split a lot because of our symptoms.

77. Do you have amnesia of any kind?

mostly emotional amnesia. sometimes blackout amnesia, but usually just during very stressful periods.

78. Are there Members who deal better with symptoms than others?

mentioned earlier but yeah, especially with bpd.

79. Do your disorders / disabilities influence communication or switching within your System in any way?

when we're deep in an episode, any kind of episode, it's pretty much impossible for us to communicate. lots of walls.

80. Does being plural help with your disorders in any way? (example: another Member switching in to take care of the body during difficult times, ...)

it's helpful to be able to get different points of view from different members. writing down opinions on our problems is really helpful.

81. Which is your favourite plural flag?

i've only seen the white yellow black one tbh

82. If you have one, which is your favourite plurality related tumblr blog?

can I say fkf. we've been a regular for years and fictives are more than welcome.

83. What is a fun fact about your System?

ohhhh this is hard. king has umanoprincesama (the japanese title of the my horse prince app) as his twitter handle. he hardly uses it anymore though.

84. What is a flavour of ice cream that describes you collectively?

maki says birthday cake. he won't explain why lol

85. Which pride flag is the prettiest, in your collective opinion?

i know we like the wlw and mlm flags! we like the flowers.

86. If you collectively had to choose between being a sweet or a sour candy, which do you pick?

probably sweet? we love sugar.

87. Your body always morphs into what the current fronter(s) look like, would you want this power or not?

absolutely oh my god. though we are working on making a collective singlet sona

88. Is there a Hatsune Miku in your System?

...kind of? she uses miku as a faceclaim.

89. Who has been in your System the longest (if you can remember)?

we aren't sure! our candidates are like. maki dromi and waka.

90. If you collectively had to choose, would you rather only eat sweet foods or only eat savoury foods for the rest of your life?

ohhhh this is hard. I think savory but I know we'd be missing dessert hard. but we can't live without gyudon.

91. If you collectively had to choose, would you pick to become a vampire or a werewolf?

we're split on this. I think we lean more vampire though.

92. Your body is transfered into one of your Members sources, which do you pick and why?

pokemon obviously lol

93. If all of you turned into animals right this second, which animals would we find in your System?

too many of us for me to assign fursonas to everyone but like. birds. cats. bunnies. that kinda vibe?

94. What would a Minecraft server with all d your Members look like? (example: chaotic, peaceful, laggy, ...)

we haven't played minecraft much actually so I couldn't tell you! when I played I personally just liked building. but I know that a lot of people in our system would absolutely sabotage shit lol

96. What topic would you collectively make a youtube channel about? (it can't be plurality!)

hmmmm we aren't as into them anymore because of the fandom but mobile gacha games probably! i personally love idol games forever thanks

97. Which superpower would your body obtain, if you had to collectively decide on one?

shapeshifting!!!!!!

98. Who would pick the coolest tattoo for the System and who would pick the worst?

king would pick the worst everyone else feels passable except maybe nicola but king would get something dumb as fuck tattooed just because it's funny

99. If you only were allowed to eat one food for the rest of your life, but you would have to decide on the food collectively, what would it be and what would the decision making look like?

gyudon. like. I don't think that's even a question. we collectively fucking love gyudon.

100. What is the most fun about doing polls and answering questions, in your opinion?

we like getting to communicate more and express ourselves as plural! it's nice. we get scared to express ourselves on a lot of other websites so it's cool to be ourselves here and talk about ourselves openly

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monsterqueers · 3 years ago

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Culturally Cats

So we consider ourselves culturally cats. Which is, probably an out-there thing to say so lets back up.

We have a shared cat identity that presents differently in each of us. We believe we are this way largely in part because we were raised with cats and largely raised by cats. Our cat did more parenting than anyone else for a certain stretch of time in our lives.This system has been treated like an animal by others for a very long time as well. Is it any wonder the brain imprinted on cats and not humans?

Our socialization was done in large part by cats, and we learned cat social rules and cat manners painstakingly. Cats patiently interacted with us when other humans wouldn’t. Its cat behavior that is natural to us. We aren't a feral child - we were not totally isolated at a young age for a prolonged period of time, but we were not properly tamed and human-socialized either.

There are many definitions for culture. The one we are going to be using is that culture is a transmitted set of learned behaviors of a particular group or community.

We share much of our behavior with cats, because that’s from whom we learned how to behave- as other venues were often hostile for reasons we didn’t understand. Interactions with cats feel natural and are easy the way people are not. It can be argued, and we are doing so, that our learned behaviors from our positive socialization mostly coming from cats growing up are therefore cultural behaviors.

From our proximity to cats and our neurology shaped by what was consistently kind to us and showed us how to behave during our formative years, its the closest thing to a concrete origin for our shared feline identity that we can find. Being Cat is natural to us the way speaking and reading English is natural to all of us. Defining it as just ‘psychological in origin’ is fine, but we can go deeper- and perhaps in doing so may give important words to others for whom this applies. We were raised cat, so we ARE cat.

Calling our feline identity cultural in origin will likely ruffle some feathers, but its the most fitting word phrase for it. This learned behavior and imprinting effects our neurology such that even new headmates are always cat-alligned or become cat-alligned over time. They may be anything from felinehearted to a cat otherlink, to a cat-adjacent nonhuman of some kind, but everyone here has wound up with a cat-related identity somehow if they were not already as such. The brain was raised cat, so cats and cat-adjacent we are.

Hence- culturally cats.

Defining ‘Cultural Nonhuman’.

We suppose this could be considered a coining post for alterhuman vocabulary -as we do not mind if others take up our personal label as well- so we will give a proper definition of this term.

A cultural nonhuman may be defined as someone who in part or in whole considers themselves culturally a nonhuman entity.

This includes both those who consider themselves to have a nonhuman cultural upbringing but don't necessarily identify as nonhuman, and those who identify their origin of nonhumanity as cultural.

Cultural nonhumanity is intended to involve only experiences that happened to the vessel, not exomemories.

This can be a standalone label or a supplement to an existing one.

People who can claim this include but are not limited to:

Those who identify as having been raised by, raised alongside, or otherwise socialized by animals in an identity-altering way.

Those who wish to consider their marginalization or dehumanization a nonhuman cultural upbringing.

Correct word usage includes: ‘I am a cultural nonhuman’, ‘my nonhumanity is cultural’, ‘I am culturally a (species)’.

Some examples: ‘Jane is a cultural nonhuman and considers herself doghearted’, ‘Jack is a transspecies goat whos nonhumanity is cultural’, ‘Juice is a cat therian and xe considers xer theriotype origin to be cultural’.

Differences from Voidpunk- A cultural nonhuman may choose to call themselves voidpunk, and vice versa, as dehumanization from society on a wide scale due to marginalization can count as cultural nonhuman thing, but not all those who are voidpunk are culturally nonhuman, and not all cultural nonhumans are voidpunk.

Differences from psychological origin- ‘Cultural nonhuman’ can be considered a type of psychological origin, but not all psychological alterhumans are culturally nonhuman.

!THERE IS NO OFFICIAL FLAG OR SYMBOL FOR THIS TERM PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ONE UNLESS A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE START USING THIS TERM AND SAID COMMUNITY WAS WIDELY CONSULTED ABOUT IT THANK YOU!

#alterhuman #otherkin #cultural nonhuman #nonhuman stuff #alterhuman stuff #coining post #essays #wayward rambling #man a productive couple of weeks going on here #two essays an in incoming massive pdf

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mechanical-sunchild · 3 years ago

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Fictionkin musings

First of all, I'm aware that a reason a lot of alterhuman's have a kind of...weariness, misunderstanding or confusion about fictionkin is the same reason they have it about any kintype that is largely humanoid in shape or appearance. For example, an angel, ghost or a humanoid android. That is, there seems to be a general feeling of if it's 'basically a human' then there somehow wouldn't be the same experience of nonhumanity or altered humanity? Now that is largely a concept and talk for another post, but it links back to fictionkin and the a large basis or why people look at it as 'you must just be projecting' or 'it's a comfort character'. I mention it as a way to say that I understand why you would go down that path of thinking, as it does seem 'entirely different' from an outsiders point of view. There are lot of otherkin out there right now identifying as 'fictional' or just 'unproven/mythical' if you will, animals or creatures that don't get looked on as critically, though of course still receive plenty of questions and invalidation from time to time. The lesser gatekeeping on say, a general dragon, as opposed to someone who identifies as Tohru (Kobayashi) is because people understand the 'other' meaning 'different from being a human(oid)'. Which is again, understandable, although everyone would be wise to remember the large community of elfkin who were there from the beginning, far far before there were any internet communities let alone of this size to invalidate their humanoid appearance. But what's to say that 'other' can't mean 'different from the current you'? Or simply 'having lived a life in an identity other than your current life'? Or 'identifying as someone or something other than your current self'? Whether or not you believe in the multiverse therefore, shouldn't matter. People identify truly as fictionkin or some variation with the same intensity, seriousness and feelings that your regular catkin feels about being a cat. If they believe they were that character in another universe, are still that character in that universe by some connection, are that character but from an AU canon, are that character because of psychological reasons, were always that character but were memory locked until the media existed here, or could only have a connection to that life once the media existed here or they just don't know why what they do know is that the character is them etc it doesn't matter. They are that character and embracing that part of their identity in a healthy way can only be beneficial for that person, allowing them to be who they are as a whole.

And oh yeah, a common factor between animal otherkin and fictionkin is that this is not a choice. We do not choose our fictionkin identities (unless it's copyinglink perhaps) any more than a wolfkin chooses to be a wolf just because that's a cool and popular animal. And yes, it can cause dissonance to look at yourself and not have the hair, eyes, face, voice, gender etc that you remember. To not live where you once lived, or know the people you once knew. Even if the character you are had no special gifts or powers, you can feel like you're living the wrong life. And so what if that character was the person's fave first before they realised it was a kintype? Or it's a popular character from popular media? Can you honestly say that there are no otherkin who aren't 'popular animals' or animals that started out as childhood faves? Lemme tell ya, I'm not even kin with the character I changed my name to when I transitioned, let alone my fave from every piece of media I consume. Deep analysis and thought is given by a good majority of sincere fictionkin at all times. But maybe someone out there is kin with someone from every piece of media they have ever enjoyed, so what? If they understand that it's 'as' and not 'with', they aren't KFF and they mean it seriously. It doesn't matter that fictionkin is the most common label for KFFers because they misunderstand us and the whole community. Sincere fictionkin exist and we belong to the alterhuman community, we need a place to be someone or something 'other' than 'us' without judgement or being told we're just roleplaying or playing pretend.

#fictionkin #otherkin

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radiostatic-system · 4 months ago

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answers below cut (oh boy this might take a while)

1. What is your System name and / or the name you collectively go by?

Radio Static Sys, our collective name is Rocky

2. Which word do you prefer to use for your System? (example: System, Collective, Constellation, ...)

Whatever one sounds the coolest & is within our comforts tbh. we usually go with system, but we DO like to call ourselves a fusion ::)

3. What are your Systems origins, if you choose to label them?

uhhhhh cryptogenic. we’re literally not sure, we don’t know. but we think it may be traumagenic.

4. Do you have any Subsystems?

don’t think so

5. Do you have any Sidesystems?

don’t think so

6. What is your opinion on you& / your& language and similar types?

we are confused about it? like we get what it’s supposed to be and we don’t really care if other systems use it cuz they want to, but to us it kind of sounds like you’re addressing one person that leads a group of people and we’d really not rather be seen like that.

7. What methodes do you use to keep track of your System and it's Members?

we try to use SP but that does not usually work because of our memory issues. we forget to take people out of front and they end up in the front history fronting for way longer than they actually did. we journal it or do nothing about it most of the time.

8. What is your Systems ways of communication?

we make jokes. have introspective discussions. i don’t know. we’re not in any way organized.

9. Is communication hard or easy for you (and why is it the way it is)?

medium? it’d definitely be a lot easier if our brain wasn’t so fuzzy and foggy all the time. it’s like the fuzz muffles our messages. it’s the easiest to hear them if they’re fronting.

10. Do you view yourselves as parts of one person or as multiple people in one body?

we’re a lot of people and we’re piloting a giant mech basically.

11. Who are you out to as plural?

online friends + maybe one irl friend?

12. What languages do you collectively / one of you speak?

English is our first language. we’re learning Russian.

13. What is something you can't seem to collectively agree on?

it’s something silly, but the best condiment.

14. If you have a collective Identity (such as Gender or Orientation), what is it?

transmasc. and almost all of us are a-spec.

15. Do you collectively identify as queer / LGBTQIA+?

yes definitely absolutely

16. Do you collectively identify as Otherkin, Alterhuman or Nonhuman?

yes definitely absolutely

17. Do you have a collective rentry / carrd / something along those lines? (feel free to share!)

yes (in our description)

18. What does switching feel like for you?

it gets fuzzier than it already is, it maybe feels like our personality and inner voice is fading/drifting away? becoming something else?

19. Are you Monoconscious, Polyconscious or something else?

polyconscious probably

20. What does fronting feel like for you?

being in control. maybe a bit like possessing a body? like we’re taking control of it or taking it over. being (almost) fully ourselves in contrast to when we’re switching.

21. How many System members do you have?

around 50, probably

22. Which word / words do you prefer to use for members of your System?

members

23. Which age group seems to be the most common in your System?

teenagers

24. Which gender seems to be the most common in your System?

masculine-aligned ones

25. Are there any talents / hobbies you picked up because of a Member?

Dirk’s sword he had in source got us into wanting to learn to sword-fight, and Tord’s obsession with weaponry made us want to learn about all kinds of weapons.

26. Do you have any in-system relationships?

idk

27. Do you label roles within your System (and if yes, which ones?)

only the ones that are relevant i guess? just for others sake i suppose. it’s a bit nice to have labels but a lot of the times we don’t know what exact purpose we serve & they kind of feel like boxes

28. Are most of your Members introjected, brainmade or something else?

most of us are fictives. i guess our brain finds it easier since we’re into a lot of fictional and fantastical media and we don’t know much about people

29. Do you use names, emojis or something similar to sign off messages (and if yes, which ones and why?)

yes, but again mostly just for others sake. it can help us remember who posted what. we use emojis and put the emojis in the tags

30. Do any of your System members use Xenogenders?

some of them, though it feels like we use one collective xenogender

31. How do Members pick face claims?

well, we’re basically all fictives so we just edit a picture of ourselves or find fanart that sticks to us

32. Do you have any Introjects of popular sources?

yes, namely homestuck & a variety of popular cartoons

33. Do you have any Introjects of unpopular sources?

yes, namely object shows since we wouldn’t consider them to be very popular

34. Do you have nonhuman Members?

yes a lot

35. Do any of you use Typing Quirks?

yes some of us

36. Do all of you front, or only a selected amount?

just a few at a time, a lot of us sleep for a long time and come back occasionally so maybe that’s why

37. Are there any Members who can't or prefer to not speak?

yes, just a few

38. Are most of you short or tall in height?

taller than average i’d say

39. Is there a Member that is collectively loved by all in the System?

yes, Harpy <3333

40. Do any of you struggle with being front-stuck a lot of the time?

Cesar definitely. and me (Dirk)

41. Do you have a Headspace (if not, is there a reason)?

yes kind of? we’re not particularly trying to make it bigger but it would be nice to have some…… colour

42. What does your Headspace look like?

it’s just a white void with some beanbags n stuff. occasionally we make imaginary food/drinks

43. How do Members look like in Headspace? (example: Cartoony, Foggy, Realistic, ...)

if it’s clear, cartoon style. if it’s not they’re blurry but still cartoon style

44. Is there a reason why the Headspace looks the way it looks?

we don’t feel like making more stuff because we might do something wrong and fuck it up

45. Is it easy for you to enter Headspace?

idk

46. Do you remember what happened in Headspace when you switch into front?

not usually

47. Does time in Headspace pass (and if yes, is it at the same speed as in real life)?

i don’t think so. there’s no sun or clock but we don’t feel as though time passes

48. What is your favourite place in Headspace?

the pillow & blanket pile. good for resting

49. Are there "NPCs" within your Headspace?

not that i’m aware of

50. Are there any interesting fun facts about your Headspace?

51. Are there any "System Stereotypes" you fit into?

i don’t think so?

52. Who of you would be considered the "evil alter"? (in a lighthearted, joking manner)

oooOooOoooooOOOO four is EVIL and ready 2 commit heinous acts !!!!

53. What is your favourite inside-joke with a Member?

being colour-blind in headspace, it’s between me (Dirk) & Tord

54. What is your favourite Plural meme?

the “there is a little guy in my brain telling me to do these things” ones, intentionally a plural meme or not we find them funny

55. Is there any character that you headcanon as plural?

Wander from Wander Over Yonder (who just so happens to also be a member)

56. Is there any show or movie that you believe is a good plural representation, despite that not being its intention?

idk? i’d just go with Wander Over Yonder again, Wander’s many (what we perceive as) personalities/alter egos are still all him. we get to see them all in “The Wanders”

57. Is there any song that you believe decribes your plural experience?

“What’s In His Head?” by Jayden Wark (we love jayden wark) or [insert song from CCCC] by Chonny Jash (we love chonny jash)

58. What about an artwork that describes your plural experience?

uhhhhh maybe these two?? like they’re nothing that fully encapsulates it but it’s what we could find. they don’t show more than one person, but four’s world in general is pretty plural-coded to us.

59. Which Member of your System do you believe to be the prettiest of them all?

probably Warden

60. Do you collectively have a lucky number?

7 because yes

61. When did you first discover your System?

April 2024

62. How many Members did you know about during your Syscovery?

like 10

63. Was accepting your Plurality a challenge for you?

kind of? yes. we got paranoid that our thoughts could be heard and we’d be judged but then we realized “wait why would we do that to ourselves”. it felt like we were losing a sense of who we were kinda. even though we didn’t have that before. we were also afraid that we were “taking over whoever this person was” before we were plural

64. How did you learn about Plurality?

an alterhuman discord server

65. Where there any signs of your Plurality, if you look back at your past?

oh my god definitely

66. Do you think your Syscovery changed a lot in your life?

yes it made us feel like we finally kind of had an answer to what was wrong with us i guess?? it changed how we live every day

67. If you're out to others as plural, have they ever told you later on that they already thought about it before you realised?

idk we’re not out to anyone irl and our online friends didn’t know what being plural was so they’re just like “oh ok”

68. What was the biggest struggle during your Syscovery?

rediscovering our identities and just coping with the knowledge of existence i guess

69. Was there any big event that led to your Syscovery?

not really

70. What is something you want questioning plurals to know?

it’s okay to be afraid !!!! of anything involving plurality really. it’s okay to feel scared that you might be plural, it’s okay to feel scared about these things!! being afraid might be of some stigma or it might be because of

71. Are you Neurodivergent (and if yes, how?)

yes, we’re all on autistic + we have ADHD

72. Do you have any physical disability?

yes our legs hurt when they do their job

73. Do you have a dissociative disorder?

i suppose?

74. Do you have any other disorder?

yes

75. Do symptom vary in intensity depending on the fronter?

yes kind of

76. Do you think your disability / disorder has an influence on your plurality?

maybe

77. Do you have amnesia of any kind?

yes we have little-to-no memory of a lot of things ::(

78. Are there Members who deal better with symptoms than others?

yes

79. Do your disorders / disabilities influence communication or switching within your System in any way?

probably

80. Does being plural help with your disorders in any way? (example: another Member switching in to take care of the body during difficult times, ...)

maybe?

81. Which is your favourite plural flag?

it’s pretty and we like the meaning

82. If you have one, which is your favourite plurality related tumblr blog?

any of the ones that make user boxes

83. What is a fun fact about your System?

we love horror?

84. What is a flavour of ice cream that describes you collectively?

birthday cake, the flavouring depends on where/what brand you get it from and there are so many variations and interpretations

85. Which pride flag is the prettiest, in your collective opinion?

abrosexual it’s a watermelon

86. If you collectively had to choose between being a sweet or a sour candy, which do you pick?

sour

87. Your body always morphs into what the current fronter(s) look like, would you want this power or not?

YES YES YES YES PLEASE IDC IF THE GOVERNMENT CLASSIFIES US AS AN ANOMALY PLEASE

88. Is there a Hatsune Miku in your System?

unfortunately i don’t think so ::(

89. Who has been in your System the longest (if you can remember)?

Tord, Four, Victor, or me i guess

90. If you collectively had to choose, would you rather only eat sweet foods or only eat savoury foods for the rest of your life?

savoury? you get less sick of them and there’s so many savoury things we like

91. If you collectively had to choose, would you pick to become a vampire or a werewolf?

werewolf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we have an obsession with werewolf mythology

92. Your body is transfered into one of your Members sources, which do you pick and why?

Homestuck because.

93. If all of you turned into animals right this second, which animals would we find in your System?

wolves, cats, birds, maybe a deer, mice maybe, terrifying aquatic beasts

94. What would a Minecraft server with all of your Members look like? (example: chaotic, peaceful, laggy, ...)

it would vary on the location of the map. once you go to the chaotic section there’s no going back /silly

95. If you could choose between only living in Headspace or only living in Meatspace (real life), which would you choose?

that’s a hard one……. meatspace has a lot of variety but we could technically change headspace to our liking

96. What topic would you collectively make a youtube channel about? (it can't be plurality!)

cartoons/the osc !!!!!!!! autism central basically lol

97. Which superpower would your body obtain, if you had to collectively decide on one?

shapeshifting, even disregarding plurality it’s always something we’ve wanted

98. Who would pick the coolest tattoo for the System and who would pick the worst?

coolest tattoo would be either me (Dirk) or Tord, worst would be Chaos or Amp

99. If you only were allowed to eat one food for the rest of your life, but you would have to decide on the food collectively, what would it be and what would the decision making look like?

soup, we’d all sit down at a table and be like “ok what’s the most versatile food that we could eat every day no exceptions” “how about soup” “YES okay meeting done”

100. What is the most fun about doing polls and answering questions, in your opinion?

we get to answer questions about ourselves

#One-Hundred

[pt: #one-hundred]

In order to celebrate 100 days of posting, here are 100 questions for you to answer! You can either answer them all at once, or let others send in the numbers they are most curious about!

Some of them are general questions, others are just really silly and should not be taken too serious. I put a lot of effort into coming up with all of these, so I truely hope you have fun with this!

For simplicity sake, all questions will use the words "System" and "Members".