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i was seeing all these little blue flowers everywhere and kept thinking "dang what are these bitches, i can't remember..." well guess what. they were fuckin forget-me-nots. can't believe i failed step fucking 1, the hot girls on iNaturalist are going to laugh at me and i'm gonna flunk out of hobby botany school.

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nosferatu? no. tuferatu. no es mi problema.

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11, 20 and 30 for the system ask game 💛

Thank you, my dearest <3

11. 👗 What's an outfit or piece of clothing you have that's just for one alter?

We mentioned several [before] but I thought of a couple more that you probably recognize :>

Jynx has his leather jacket (which also gets used by Tristan, Astrid, and Diego on occasion.) Astrid has her long sleeved mesh top and fishnet tights. One of our teal dresses (the long sleeved one) belongs to Razael.

20. 🔮What's something in your history that foreshadowed you being a system? (I.e. Funnier As A System style things)

So a big aspect of our system is the sharp divide between Day parts (functional, socially capable, emotionally reserved) and Night parts (younger, emotional, volatile), right? It's always been that way to some extent.

When we were in grade school, we had quite a few sleepovers with friends who were amazed at how we "turned into a completely different person" at night. They were especially amused by Rei, a young part who apparently had a habit of getting very hyper and "laughing like an insane chipmunk."

Mortifying to the daytime parts the next day who had very little memory of the night before...but makes so much sense for us in hindsight.

30. 💀What's a dumb thing that's happened with/to your system?

Today I changed my outfit 5 times before leaving the house because nobody was strongly Around but everything felt "wrong" and "not me." Many such cases. It feels dumb every time.

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The stone floor of a church in Brittany, France comes alive with color as morning sun filters through stained glass. photo: Jim Richardson

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crystal lupa, "spell weaver," 2024, oil and gold foil on linen

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hydra pronouns -----part 2-----

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for the ask game, 29, 11, 8? we also wanna say we just went scrolling and saw ur post abt trying things to let ur partner know whos out/around. the app simply plural is extremely helpful for this, we find it extremely hard to state whos out for stigma and nonverbal reasons as well, so having an app just pop a notif onto someones screen is a lifesaver. for us and our singlet partner, as well as system friends, SP has been an a truly wonderful tool for signalling, as well as the many other features it provides!

Thank you~~

We've considered SP a couple times, but something about it just never sits right for us. I'm glad it can be so helpful for you though!

29.📢 Do any of your alters have accents/speak differently?

Sighs deeply. Yeah, for sure they speak differently, especially now that we have people IRL who we're comfortable not masking around (husband, best friend, therapist.)

Just off the top of my head...the guys' voices definitely go deeper, Astrid speaks with a catty intonation similar to Azula from A:TLA, the Rues (the ones who can speak, anyway) are quieter/raspier, Abel sounds like she's trying to talk despite a knife being at her throat. Razael sounds like she's ready for a nap, Reki sounds small and chirpy, Kestrel is timid and breathy, Jynx sounds like a sarcastic asshole who never learned you can unclench your jaw....you get the idea.

11. 👗 What's an outfit or piece of clothing you have that's just for one alter?

Jynx has various pieces of jewelry that are specifically His. A silver ring with many black eyes, a silver ring with 3 spikes, and steel chain that he wraps around his wrist and hand as a sort of bracelet.

Razael has a labradorite stone necklace, Astrid has an amethyst one, Reki has one that's a resin heart that looks like a black cat walking in front of a blue aurora.

Abel has a long black coat, Diego has a rainbow tank top and dress, Kestrel has a striped zip-up hoodie...

....that's all I can think of for now, but I'm pretty sure there are others.

8. 🧜 Share a fun fact about nonhuman alters!

I'm absolutely blanking on an answer for this. Not sure if I'm being blocked from it inside or what, but I'm not gonna push that. Sorry!

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👏 What's something you're proud of that your system was a major part of recently?

🧠 What's one way your system makes your thinking different from, say, a neurotypical brain?

🙅 What's something you commonly see in other systems that doesn't apply to you?

Thank you for sending these! <3

👏 Ehhhhhh (I'm really awful at feeling pride but I am trying to get better at it) we've been making a lot of effort lately to be more Open and Honest about our system things with both our therapist and husband, and both have been going well but it's been a hell of a steep plunge that took a lot of guts from the parts who stepped forward to Be Known. So I'm proud of us for that.

🧠 I have to run decisions and impulses through So Many Layers of checking in, internally. We also have supremely delayed emotional reactions to things, which can be Frustrating for everyone involved to deal with, because we'll be fine fine fine fine fine with something for DAYS (or weeks, months, etc) until parts switch up and then suddenly it's apparently seen as catastrophic.

🙅 Can't think of anything at the moment; we've kept our distance from the DID community for a hot minute so we don't really know what's "common" for others anymore.

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Rob McGuinness

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looking down..

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An old art I want to share on here as well 💛 a silent princess 💛

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Don’t make me put your ass in the sealbarrow

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ID credit: 6890789737 on 小红书

(please like, reblog and give proper credit if you use any of my gifs!)

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"Punishment works!!!" We're drowning in three to four generations of people so pants-shittingly terrified of ever being wrong that half of everyone has constructed a worldview wherein they never even consider the possibility that they could be wrong and the other half behaves like one wrong move will make anything or anyone explode violently into a million irreperable pieces. I don't think it works guys

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5, 9, & 23 <333

Thank you for these, Fable friend <33

5. 👏 What's something you're proud of that your system was a major part of recently?

Hmmmm we got a pretty significant raise at work a couple weeks back, and functioning at work is like a big system-wide deal, both from the work-parts themselves as well as the home-parts for taking care of us outside of work. So, good job team us

9. 🙅 What's something you commonly see in other systems that doesn't apply to you?

We don't have straight-up introjects of fictional characters. Some of us have like, strong inspiration from characters, but (to my knowledge) we've never had someone show up who was just like "Hi, I'm [character] from [media.]"

23. 📬 How do you communicate with your alters?

Hooo boy so many ways now. It's been an uphill battle trying to figure out what works for us, but I think we've finally reached a pretty good place communication-wise.

Journaling - We keep a physical journal with a lock, where *anyone* is explicitly invited to write *anything* they think or feel throughout the day. The journal comes with us almost everywhere.

Lighthouse - (shoutout to @lighthouse-app ) Probably our most tried-and-true method of communication. Oldschool forum-style site set up for creating profiles for and interacting between system members.

Innerworld writing - Stream of consciousness creative writing we do to let parts interact with eachother. Also a very reliable (and raw) way to communicate.

Parts art - Drawings of the system or inner world always gets some kind of communication happening, for better or worse

Calendar - All our important dates and events to remember *must* get immediately put into the calendar app on our phone. It's a firm rule for us so nothing gets forgotten. As soon as a date is set, into the calendar it goes, absolutely no "I'll remember to add it later."

I think those are the biggest ones? Although I feel like I'm forgetting something......

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System Ask Game!

Cause I felt like making one and being silly, with hopefully some open ended questions that people can take however they'd like! Everyone can enjoy! If you send me an ask, you can use the number or the emoji or both :P

😍 What do you consider the most fun/enjoyable part of being a system?

🥲 What do you consider the most difficult/challenging part of being a system?

🤬 What's a pet peeve of yours regarding systemhood?

🤑 Would you ever monetize some aspect of YOUR systemhood?

👏 What's something you're proud of that your system was a major part of recently?

🧠 What's one way your system makes your thinking different from, say, a neurotypical brain?

💋 What's some fun relationship information regarding your systemhood?

🧜 Share a fun fact about nonhuman alters!

🙅 What's something you commonly see in other systems that doesn't apply to you?

🫂 What's something you would say to your past self, knowing what you know now about your system?

👗 What's an outfit or piece of clothing you have that's just for one alter?

🕸 What's something your system struggles with/has been stuck on for awhile?

🌈 How does your systemhood interact with your gender or sexual identity?

⚡️Do different alters have different amounts of energy?

🍎 What different tastes do you have across alters?

🍭 Do you treat littles? How?

🏈 Does your athletic ability change across alters? How?

🎤 What artistic talents do different alters have?

🚗 In what ways does your systemhood impact driving?

🔮What's something in your history that foreshadowed you being a system? (I.e. Funnier As A System style things)

💊Do you have anything that helps your system, medically?

🎁 Do different alters have different birthdays?

📬 How do you communicate with your alters?

📅 How does systemhood impact your ability to schedule things?

📖 What's your favorite reading material for system related things?

✏️ Have you ever written anything about systemhood?

❓Do you use any sort of proxy bot (SP/PK/OCT) online?

🚻 Is there any gender that's more prominent in your system?

📢 Do any of your alters have accents/speak differently?

💀What's a dumb thing that's happened with/to your system?

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Hey sorry if this is kinda random and wild but I'm kinda like.. idk lost. I saw ur DID and OSDD (?)masterpost from 2019 so I have now chosen you to ask for advice 😬👍🏻okay bare with me here

SO basically like. Someone said they split an alter of my very personal fursona. Like they're talking to me about it and everything like it's just something casual or fun. My psych yk like sorta suspects I have some sort of dissociative disorder so I'm very (very very very) vaguely aware of like. Everything about it. I don't even really see it on myself but ANYWAYS that's besides the point...

I am in no way mad or upset at this person. I'm just unsure of like. How to feel? I'm not really deep into the internet in regards to this topic. I'm genuinely just (?) Idk shocked ?? Like what am I supposed to do... I can't rlly find anyone else this has happened to since I'm not involved in such spaces very heavily.. like I just need some advice I guess sorry if this is kinda out of pocket 😭😭

Yeah it's kind of an awkward situation, isn't it? I can't tell you how you should feel about it, obviously, but as someone with DID, I can tell you that I'd be uncomfortable as fuck in your position.

People can't control what they introject (splitting an alter based on something else, fiction or real), but they can control how they share that information and interact with people it impacts.

Frankly, in your position, I would be asking this friend a lot of questions to get a feel for what's going on. Some people seem to consider it flattering to introject things based off others (if they're treating it like it's casual or fun then they probably fall in that camp), but it's a really awkwardly loaded thing to drop on someone and just expect them to be fine with.

Ultimately you don't really have to do anything. If they're talking to you in a way that makes you uncomfortable, you're allowed to set boundaries, just like any other social situation. If you just feel kind of weirded out and unsure about the whole thing, you can also tell them that, and try to get some clarification.

Good luck buddy 🫠