#Plural

[deadeyedfae]

Okay so Saturday uploads, today its one short comic later today and this: Juniper and Valerie... The characters my lovely followers named!

Juniper and Valerie are a stand in for things i don't feel like i can express myself, they are both me and neither are me, they are all my friends and my romantic interests, my fears and my desires. They are whatever i need them to be for now...but maybe one day they will get thier own full stories, who knows?

[rayssyscourse]

Any endogenic system who is truly endogenic and not a traumagenic system in denial doesn't need persecutors or protectors and shouldn't use those terms

Makes sense. That's all I have to say about this one. It makes sense.

[cilan-radical]

A fun fact to anti endos who I know probably scroll these tags!

Someone you think is anti endo, too, could be endogenic themselves! We would know, we have anti endo friends we made before realizing our origins! We love them deeply though and just play the part instead of losing them. That doesn't make us any less non multigenic now does it? Exactly >:)

[sophieinwonderland]

do you think plurality will become widely accepted any time soon? i fear that my plurality will have to be hidden from most people my whole life. i wish i could tell our parents but i feel like they would immediately take me to a mental hospital..

i wish plural education could move faster lol

Widely accepted? I wouldn't count on it anytime soon. Sorry.

As Ghandi never said: "first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”

While the quote isn't from Ghandi, it is still a pretty accurate one for how movements tend to go. And the problem is, we're still in the ignoring stage with a side of mockery.

Before we can get widespread acceptance, we need widespread awareness. And when we get widespread awareness, the biggest roadblock we'll encounter is direct opposition. Because then we'll be a threat. We'll be trying to change things. We'll be demanding our headmates be acknowledged as individuals and called by their names, and that's going to make certain people, especially on the Right, extremely uncomfortable. I'm sorry to say that they will lash out.

When Tulpamancers are being smeared not by randos on Tumblr or r/systemscringe, but by Sean Hannity, that's when you can know that the real fight for plural acceptance has started. And everything we've gone through before that has just been a prelude.

And then it will probably drag out for years after that.

But while that prospect is scary, I think it will be necessary for getting to where we need to be.

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But just because society isn't there yet and won't be for a while, that doesn't mean your parents won't be. Plenty of people have come out to their parents successfully. Others came out unsuccessfully, and then their parents warmed up to the idea later.

I would advise waiting until you're an adult if you aren't already, because parents have a lot of power over minors in their care, and things could go very badly. Best not come out, if you think they would react badly, while they have power over you. Additionally, I don't know if your system is traumagenic or not, but if it is, coming out to parents who may have been involved in that is probably a bad idea. Caution is advised.

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One more thing, while that quote wasn't from Gandhi, I really love the speech it's believed to have originated from.

Plural acceptance may not come quick! It may not come easy! But it will come, and we are all a part of it just by being here and being ourselves!

The future is plural!

No matter how far off that future may seem!

[fictive-culture]

fictive culture is getting stuff wrong about canon because you got so used to your version of events. the fuck do you mean his eyes are blue

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[antiendovents]

hi, singlet here. Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I was looking for information as to why endos are bad, since I’ve seen both pro and anti endo takes and I’m currently on the fence about it. I didn’t want to take a side w/o being educated.

endos are bad for many reasons, but some of the main reason has to do with the misinoformation they spread: DID/OSDD is a trauma disorder and they claim to have it without trauma, which just isn't possible. (sources on this - 01, 02, 03.) they also like to claim that they create their alters on their own accord, which isn't true, alters form as a coping mechanism from stress and or trauma / they form whenever your brain thinks you need them. (sources on this - 01.) along with that many endos claim to "system hop", as in they claim to send their alters into other systems of different bodies, which obviously isn't possible. (this term is also stolen from RAMCOA survivors and originally mean jumping between side systems within your own system, not going into a different body.) this isn't even touching on the racism, transphobia and ableism within the endo community. but yeah, i appreciate you trying to educate yourself and i hope that this post helps you a little, anyone else who has sources or points to make are free to make additions in the replies or reblogs. <- this is not an invitation for pro-endos or endos, just asking for other anti-endos to add their points and opinions.

[xxlovelynovaxx]

We've always been a kaleidoscope,

shifting colors turning,

stained glass yet ephemeral,

in morning sunlight burning -

call for the "original",

for a self certain you are yearning,

but we are all we ever were,

a multitude undiscerning;

a shapeshifter's "true form",

is one of overturning,

of shifting; questioning, impermanence;

of leaving and returning -

So cast aside those ropes and chains,

to know is to keep learning,

stop mistaking your own distress

for this existence being "concerning",

We are a rainbow after the storm;

and yet we are the storm churning -

beauty in a moment, blink, and then gone -

caught in the secerning...

What we are is to change.

Isn't that, of love, deserving?

[gremmything]

I find it VERY funny that I'm posting abt Alucard on here and he is. Literally my cohost. Bro is always in front. He sees me. He sees you. He sees your replies.

He is laughing as I type this and telling you to fear him and all his knowledge of himself.

[thattheater-kid]

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.

[possessed-pack]

Please. I want to be a creature.

[straawberries]

ahahaha. really scared right now this is serious 👍👍👍

I HAVE LESS THAN 3 MONTHS LEFT UNTIL IM KICKED OUT AND DONATIONS ARE AT THEIR ALL TIME LOW WHEN I NEED THEM THE MOST

i am less than halfway towards my goal of 2000 dollars to survive moving out, and at the moment, if current trends hold up, im.. probably not gonna make that amount. i dont know what will happen to me if im not able to safely move out, im a visibly trans autistic person living in texas.

for the love of god, please, if you can, donate anything, and if you can send this to like.. rich friends, or friends with nice jobs, or friends with money they dont need, because i could seriously use some help

im appreciating all the encouraging words ive been getting but.. while kind, words will only get me so far. i dont exactly have options for places to live, so the only place i can go if i dont manage to get enough to move out is on the streets.

i get seeing these posts a lot is annoying, i get doing something about it is annoying, i get clicking on a link and sending money is more than you wanted to do while scrolling tumblr, but if everyone who saw this post and had the ability sent me money, i might make it. things are looking bleak, and im looking everywhere i can for sources of income, but at my current pace.. im donezo without a miracle, i think.

C*SH*PP - @delilahswagga

P*YP*L - @delilahkill

i guess ill do the whole thing again

hi! im delilah, im a plural autistic trans girl in an abusive household in a shitty town in texas. ive been incapable of getting a job because no businesses are trans-friendly and i cant exactly pass as cis, i rarely have enough food in the house, and to top it all off, on june 1 2024 (my birthday, in less than 3 months) i am going to be kicked out onto the streets regardless of what i do. i have no options for places to live, i have no options for actual income, so i have to resort to begging on the internet. i know its annoying but.. i really dont know what else i can do that i havent already tried.

i promise to you, if your money goes to me and helps me survive, it wont be a waste. i have so many dreams that i am desperate to fulfill, im in a large polycule (the above banner is my polycule's "logo"/"flag") with people i love and people that love me dearly, and one day i want to live with as many of my partners as i can, and open a bakery with my boyfriend finn. i try to be the best person i can be, i try to help my friends when they need it (and plenty of my friends have told me ive saved their lives or made their lives much better) and. i just want to live. i dont know how to continue this without just sounding like im guilt tripping, so ill sign off here.

please dont scroll past this. share it if you can, copy the link and post it among you friends just to see if they can help, anything, for the love of god.

[criminalprobs]

"You cant use your cane because people will think you're disabled.."

Not gonna lie, I think nearly crying because it hurts so bad to stand might count as disabled. Not being able to write anything because our wrists are so weak might count as disabled. And just maybe, being in so much pain we might throw up because we've been walking for half an hour might just count as disabled. But lord forbid people look at us and think we might be a cripple.

[thundersyst3m]

How to support your local DID system:

Give them money

Give them money

Give them money

Give them money

Give them money

Give them money

[reimeichan]

PSA: If you are using Pluralkit or Tubberbox, go save your avatar files NOW.

Discord has been implementing a feature where direct links to images uploaded to Discord will no longer work after 24 hours. If you want more information, please check out this post by twilight-sparkle-irl. As Pluralkit and Tubberbox both use the direct links for images uploaded to discord for member avatars, this will likely affect these two bots.

I've talked to the Pluralkit devs and they have informed me that Pluralkit and Tubberbox devs are in talks with Discord to see how this will affect the bots. No updates as of yet but once I hear anything I'll update this post.

In the meanwhile, I highly suggest everyone to save alter avatars if they can. I'll be providing a link to an external tool that you can use in the reblogs of this post.

UPDATE: One of the helpers/mods for Pluralkit/Tupperbox has made a post about the situation. I definitely recommend people to read it when they can. If Tumblr breaks the link, I have a reblogged version of this post with the link there.

[antiendovents]

what do endos not understand about DNI? i tag my posts with "endos dni" and THEY REBLOG TO "FIGHT MISINFORMATION!" but reblog with obvious misinformation. then pro endos comment on my posts and say "youre generalizing endos!" when i didn't generalize all endos into anything. when i say endos and pro endos dni i mean that. they want us to respect their boundaries but dont respect ours. endos really are invading safe spaces then deny it.

yeah. endos really can't respect peoples DNIs, then they complain when anti endos have to make safe spaces to get away from them, as if they aren't actively trying to force us to accept them and their misinformation. they can't respect boundaries and then expect us to like them, or accept them. like, fuck off.