#we have fictives as well

[cosmic-stars-system]

Cutely uses this later because ohmigosh explaining is kiiinda hard sometimes. Like some people use the explanation like Multiplayer Mario Cart, but no no nooo, those are separate people playing separate characters! /lh Like, no, we all share a body and a life. It's like sharing a game file with a sibling or just a friend, lover, partner, whatever term you wanna use! Sometimes you won't "play it" for a whole and will come back and everythings different! Even potentially "character customization" could be different. For example, if someone just randomly decides to get dressed up in pretty clothing (we present as male most of the time) and you get to "play the game" again and suddenly you look very feminine! Oup we just went on a ramble, our bad- ^^" -Lunar (they/them) and Astrophel (they/it/shine)

Here’s my metaphor for systemhood that I tell my singlet friends.

Imagine you’re playing a first person video game. You have the controller, you control your character. It’s a normal first person game. You are an alter, the character is the body. This is fronting.

Other people live with you. Sometimes, they come into the room and sit and watch while you play. They sometimes try to guide you, give you advice on what to do next. They don’t always agree, and they can argue with each other. Other times they scream at you that you’re doing everything wrong and you suck at this game. This is co-consciousness.

Imagine how distracting it would be for people around you to tell you what to do, or to scream at each other or at you, even if they have good intentions. It wouldn’t be easy to focus on your game, would it?

Then sometimes, something happens in the game that prompts you to hand off the controller to someone else so they can play and you get a break. This is (some types of) switching. This can be good.

Other times, someone rips the controller out of your hand or fights you for it. This is (other types of) switching. And sometimes, six other players hook up their controllers, but there’s only one character to play as. So all of you have your controllers, but you’re all trying to play the same character. This is cofronting.

Imagine how difficult that would be. Imagine how hard it would be to try and play a game while someone is trying to take the controller from you, or while six other people are trying to play too.

There are also times that nobody is playing, or you can’t decide who should play. What’s happening to the character in the game? What are they doing if no one is playing? This is dissociation. The character is doing nothing. They’re stuck.

This is the best metaphor I have come up with for being a system. It’s something a lot of people get because they’ve played games before.

[ebonytails]

Happy famife, happy life

[pluralhottakes]

People should NEVER force their headcannons on fictives!! Yes, this includes even within your own system. For example, if you have a fictive of an eldritch being who doesn't understand human romantic concepts, you can headcannon them as aroflux, that's fine, but if you actively TELL the fictive they're aroflux, and try to make them believe it, that's fucked up.

FICTIVES ARE NOT YOUR BLORBOS YOU CAN PROJECT YOUR HEADCANNONS ONTO!!!!

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[timeripper]

I don't see a lot of positivity for people who are introjects of real people in a host's life. When I say real people in a host's life, I don't mean celebrities or YouTubers. I mean family, friends, (ex) partners, and especially abusers. Yet I never see positivity for these alters, since I presume we've made it "taboo" to talk about. Which I find stupid, because it's incredibly common to form alters based on these people. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it's more common than fictives.

So if you're an introject of any sort that falls into that category... Please don't beat yourself up. You are not literally your source. You, as a system, are not creepy or wrong for forming an alter that you cannot help. It's incredibly common in dissociative disorders to form alters based on people you know. Especially people who have hurt you.

Your existence is not "taboo".

(Singlets can interact, just be normal PLEASE.)

[kiruyeen]

Dwight's inner struggles with his desperation for love and appreciation that he worked for all his life to get even a smidge of, only to have that one person who does give him love and appreciation being a fucking serial killer

vs Danny never even knowing he wanted- no, NEEDED love in the first place, not being raised or taught to recognize it, and therefore short-circuiting when he does feel it.

[fictive-culture]

Fictive with a problematic source culture is:

Actually not being like him because you are partially sourced from a fanfiction centered around you where you've changed as a person but everyone still hates you </3

(For context I'm a c!Dream fictive mixed with Extradition!Dream. I'm striving to be better but it's hard sometimes.)

We love c!dreams in this household (our brain gave us 4 and an xd) we believe in you and are proud of your growth

[bimboqueer-bah]

{A Spud! Fictive~!}

𓆩♡𓆪 Alter Type: Fictive

𓆩♡𓆪 Source: Regretevator

𓆩♡𓆪 System Role(s): Buffer, Amnesian Protector

𓆩♡𓆪 Name(s): Spud!

𓆩♡𓆪 Species: Ex-Human, Alien Experiment (TransHuman)

𓆩♡𓆪 Gender: Traumagender Boything Alienic Spud!charic Autigender Voidgender Fogthing Amnesiabeing

𓆩♡𓆪 Pronouns: He/Hx/She/Shx/They/Thxy/It/Xe/Spud/Fog/No Pronouns

𓆩♡𓆪 Sexuality: Caedsexual Grayomniromantic

𓆩♡𓆪 Age: 23 (Internally 100+)

𓆩♡𓆪 CisIDs: CisTrauma, CisTBI, CisExperiment, CisTortured, CisKidnapped, CisAmnesia, CisAnxious, CisLegless, CisPTSD, CisAutistic, CisSensoryIssues, CisAngerIssues, CisNEPD (Never Ending Personality Disorder), CisExplosive, CisPermaHeadache/CisChronicHeadache, CisStutter, CisEcholalia, CisDermatillomania, XisNonhuman, CisSpeciesDysphoria

𓆩♡𓆪 TransIDs: TransHuman, TransNullTBI, TransOCD, TransDangerous, TransHarmful, TransVBMD (Violence Based Mind Disorder), TransCarnivorous, TransMaDD, TransEmotionless, TransNullAmnesia, TransMAP4AAMRelationship, TransHealthyRelationship, TransPOCD, TransAge, TransAncient, XenoAge (NonhumanAge), TereAge

𓆩♡𓆪 Paras: Aptophile, Autotraumaphile (Trauma-induced), Ephebophile, Autoteratophile (Trauma-induced), Odaxelagnia, Agalmatophile, MAP

𓆩♡𓆪 Personality: Ambivert. Spud! Is an amnesiac who was previously human before being abducted and experimented on by aliens. Due to this, he has brain damage and many issues involving memory, communication, and physical ability. He is often incapable of remembering anything before the abduction, and remembering the abduction itself is often painful for him. Despite his current state of mind, he is still tries his best to be friendly and social when he has to, and does enjoy spending time with people he feels he can trust.

𓆩♡𓆪 Likes: Marshmallows, Smores, Camping, Campfires, Relaxing, The Woods, Campfire Stories, Relaxing music

𓆩♡𓆪 Dislikes: Aliens (Trauma-related), Bright Lights, Chocolate, Loud Noises/Music, Being reminded that he isn’t human, 

𓆩♡𓆪 Aesthetic(s): Campcore

𓆩♡𓆪 Typing Quirk(s): Says ‘spud’ at random times, writes emoji’s as ‘o)o’, doesn’t fix typos

𓆩♡𓆪 Face Claim:

[ceruleanterrapin]

Another ramble about my singlet friend and what it's like being a fictive because I can

Context for people stumbling upon this: I'm a Leonardo fictive. I've been around for less than a year and a few days ago I met our body's childhood best friend for the first time

So simply put, being a fictive is hard. You miss your family, your skills, your home, your body, everything. Not just that, but most people will never understand any of that unless they have fictives too

But when I told my singlet friend I was a Leonardo fictive, you want to know the first thing she asked me? She asked, "Do you miss your brothers...?" And I'll be honest, I was shocked when she asked that. I just wasn't expecting her to see things from my perspective so easily. All I could reply with was "Yeah... I do.."

It was just... refreshing to have someone know what I'm going through. To have someone understand without me having to even explain a thing. She's a singlet yet she prompted all these questions. She understood

I was so scared of meeting her for the first time because I, Leo, have never met her before. Our body has known her since we were 4 years old, but I've only existed for less than a year. I wanted to make a good first impression and for her to like me. When I explained to her this she comforted me and said "I already like you! And not just the body— I like you, Leo."

When we finished talking, I stepped outside to get some fresh air and just to feel the wind on my face. Maybe I've lost everything. I've lost my family, my friends, my home. But, I've also gained things as well. I have another family now, I have new friends, and I have a new home. The pain will never go away from what I've lost, and it's still going to take a long time to adjust to my new life, but at least now I have people who understand me and my pains. I have someone who I can talk to and sees me as an equal, despite how... "weird" I may seem as a fictive. I mean I basically just told her I'm a person that thinks they're a turtle. Who wouldnt be weirded out? But she wasn't. She just treated me like any other headmate of ours. She even made a Tumblr specifically to talk to us since we've made separate blogs on here

Why did I write this? I'm not entirely sure. I guess I just wanted to show other systems that you CAN be yourself as a fictive/introject. You don't have to hide yourself from those who truly care about you. You're just as normal as any other headmate/alter

[petrichorvoices]

i used to have a huge complex or whatever about not acting like my source, and you can still see the posts about it on here if you search my tag {which i only tagged with my name because i was embarrassed and i didn't want anyone to think they were from other headmates, i didn't want to do that to them} but these days, like...

i just don't care? i just don't care. no shit i'm different from canon Cecil. the last canon events i remember were in 2017; it's 2024 now. he's experienced things that i haven't and i've experienced things that he hasn't. not to mention that i'm also impacted by, you know, the whole entire other brain of this body i'm controlling now, and influenced by the people here, and the history of this body

i can see why it was such an issue to my past self but in hindsight it feels a little silly, i guess. i was so scared of people telling me that i was doing Being Who I Am wrong

[nexus-nebulae]

trying to sort our simplyplural but there's enough of us that we need to use smthn like a spreadsheet to do that. but also. how tf do we sort source categories when we have so many multifictives

[cybergothvox]

I thought it was a hearttype byt tbh I think I am kin of JD from heathers 🧍‍♂️thinking i relate to him but am not him felt uncomfortable but being like I am JD felt good and im like

Ah

I think i am just not used to being another fictotype other than Vox but i was like. Am i any less JD than I am Vox and im literally just like. Well im JD but in Vox body bc i dont like human body. Lmao

[thethingything]

you can engage with new media as a fictive heavy system who's currently incredibly prone to splitting after some extremely stressful life events, but watch out...

[facelessfractal]

Looking for friends. I am weird and sad but i make a lot of art and if you're nice to me, i will cry and be your best friend forever and draw you things probably.

[bluteamplural]

been blurry & dissociated practically all day, feeling doesn't abate after 2nd round of auditions, get home. new guy shows up. what the fuck

[apocalymons]

Okay there is something really funny about one of our main samefoods on rotation being pizza.

Like, multiple different kinds of frozen pizzas specifically. Your Red Barons full size zas, the French bread pizzas, your Party Pizzas, your Hot Pockets.

There is also something equally funny about how much we just really like the crust of most pizza (when it actually has crust).

You could argue that Hot Pockets are all crust. You could argue that the French bread pizzas are of equal crust to top ratio since it's a pizza mounted on a slice of bread.

Either way you slice it, us having two Apo fictives and being like, both extremely picky about pizza and incessant about how much we eat it, is just funny.

-Arca

[fictive-culture]

Was gonna make this a fictive culture is post to queue but then decided I wanted to make a long thing tw: anti endo mention

Sometimes fictive culture or even just Introject culture is something negative happening related to the source and headmates not showing up till after the bad feeling subside by time

By this I mean that and I don't talk about this often but when we first realized we were a system we were eventually presented with telling our friends, sure there is always the option of not telling they aren't owed that information but for better or worse we hate being friends with people that don't know? We hate hiding ourselves and not being able to be friends with people as individuals rather than a collective. We were horrified and while it went well for the most part, the system I already knew was thankfully supportive of endos and another friend even shot back with a same! There was one friend that wasn't supportive a singlet that was firmly anti endo and one of my best friends at the time. We met on a kin server both being tf2 kin though after realizing we were a system those tf2 kins were for sure not kins. We were both huge fans and would create things for each other fanart, writing. It hurt a lot losing them and even if we didn't have solid proof we knew we had tf2 headmates could feel them even if we couldn't interact with them. It's been nearly two years since then, and they fronted for the first time since learning we were a system in September of last year just a few months ago and we were ecstatic. Just felt like a sign we were healing and we were getting truly comfortable in our shared reality and it felt so nice knowing they weren't trapped any longer we have names and faces to people we couldn't reach for so long and it makes us genuinely so happy to see them on our sp and see their chat messages we can also look at tf2 content without being sad anymore? We can enjoy something we lost for a really long time and I don't know I just wanted to share that with y'all? Things hurt but it lessens over time, if you lost a joy you may be able to enjoy it again one day, if you are worried about a headmate they may return to you one day, if you are that headmate from a source the body has bad memories of know that you will still be missed that you are still wanted and your sysmates will smile and cry and hug you if you returned from disappearing. Sometimes we still miss them, especially one of our tf2 crewmates but we are all much happier knowing they aren't in our life and we aren't trying to fit into their box of what is and isn't okay. Even if we did end up being mostly traumagenic traumaendo the endo part is still so important to us and we and all of you deserve people that accept and love those parts of you too.