#source; factive

[abyss-boxes]

"this introject/alter is a mixtive/introject of a character, and the actor they're portrayed by" with a baseball bat for the icon?

[TEXT ID 1-2: “This introject is a mixtive of a character, and the actor they're portrayed by”]

[TEXT ID 3-4: “This alter is an introject of a character, and the actor they're portrayed by”]

I hope these work for you, nonnie!!

[the-hadal-zone-sys]

Shoutout to brainmades with exomemories. Shoutout to introjects with non-canon/non-factual exomemories.

Your memories are just as real and valid, and it's okay to be affected by them.

[fandomsoda]

Making a post like this since I wasn’t able to find one but-

introjects are allowed to be upset when something bad happens to their source, actually!

introjects are also allowed to be upset if you’re rude about their source. I think they’re allowed to be upset at you for being a dick about the very thing that inspired their existence. (within reason)

introjects do not have to source-separate! A certain degree of separation is necessary to function, but asking an introject to just force source separation when they do not want it is not only rude, but also incredibly harmful! It can be really damaging.

source separation is a personal choice! Not a requirement. Hell, some introjects have the emotions and complexities surrounding their source baked into them as a part of how they function and who they are. It’s not possible for every introject to source-separate.

Introjects are allowed to feel strongly about the things that have influenced their existence, whether it be simple loose inspiration or being the exact body and life they lived in. End of discussion.

[sysboxes]

[Text: This factive is very connected to source.]

[Text: This factive is detaching from source.]

[Text: This factive is removed from source.]

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[funeral--pyre]

Got bored and made a thing. "Problematic" is however you define it or see others defining it, seeing as it's a vague as fuck term anyway. Be free, creatures.

[catherine-clover]

[lemony-ink]

so many introjects in our system don't want to make their source known because people are so weird to them when they find out.

fictives are not your chance to roleplay or force us into your fanfic fantasies

[does-it-introject]

[a-miniature-constellation]

We don't talk about the feeling of "misrepresenting" our source enough, despite it being a decently common thing from what we've encountered. Especially within the factid community (and even more so within the "identifying as" part of the factid community), which is what this post is going to focus on, despite it by no means being an exclusive experience. We've just seen it tenfold there, likely due to a lot of discourse that comes from just having a factual identity.

The feeling of misrepresenting your source is something we've experienced a lot. That feeling of double guessing "am I doing this right?". Of "would my source feel this way?", "would my source say that?", "do I match up enough to count?". This goes double if part of your identity *doesn't* align. Maybe it's a different gender. Maybe it's a different partner/feelings about the partner you had in source. The guilt, the feelings of being invalid, of double guessing "is this even really an identity of mine?". They creep up out of nowhere. It's easy to get lost in it, especially when you're still new, but honestly it can come just as strong years in. And it takes over everything. It's one of those feelings that just engulfs your brain, making you double guess *everything*.

Like I said, it's something we're familiar with. Especially since we have such close interaction with so many of our sources. Hell we're friends with some of ours. It's easy to get caught up in that questioning of being similar enough. We find this is truest for our factives (not many folks with other factional types have fronted enough to confirm beyond factives) compared to our fictives, who seem to be able to handle the feeling a lot better. Something about just being a factive of another person makes us feel like we have to represent them correctly. We have to be a copy of them, and we can't have any deviations. Maybe it's because we're held to such higher standards by the alterhuman community. We either have to 100% source separate or be 100% the same. There's no room for anything else. Maybe it's because we're afraid they'll see we're different and get mad at us for, being us?

But that's the trick to all of this. You can't misrepresent someone by existing as yourself. A part of having a source (and identifying "as") is you're a version of them, not an exact copy. This doesn't make your identity any less real, but it does mean things will just naturally be different at times. And that's okay. It's okay to have a different typing style, a different gender, a different partner. Because in the end we're us. We can be our own person while still being/having our source, and that doesn't invalidate our identity at all. And of course it's easier said than done. Dealing with feelings, especially when there's so much outside influence, always is. But that bit has been a good base to fall back on when we need it honestly, so we're hoping it'll help someone else too.

[multiplicity-positivity]

Here’s some positivity for introjects who are connected to their source!

There’s no one true or correct way to be an introject - introjects come in all shapes and sizes, and may have a wide variety of ways in which they view their source! Whether a factive, fictive, faitive, objective, conceptive, songtive, or something else, it’s okay for introjects of all sorts to like their source of feel connected to it. If you’re an introject who is connected to your source, this post is for you!

❤️ Shoutout to introjects who identify with their source’s name, gender, pronouns, sexuality, or other identities!

🧡 Shoutout to introjects who kin their sources!

💛 Shoutout to introjects who identify with their source despite having never directly seen or interacted with it!

💚 Shoutout to introjects whose source is their special interest, hyperfixation, or one of their favorite things!

💙 Shoutout to introjects who roleplay or otherwise engage with the world as their source!

💜 Shoutout to introjects who are source divergent or who don’t identify much with their source, but are still deeply connected to it!

❤️ Shoutout to introjects who like being referred to as their source!

🧡 Shoutout to introjects who are tired of their relationship to their source being policed or dictated by others!

💛 Shoutout to introjects who distanced or disconnected from their source, only to reconnect with it later on!

💚 Shoutout to introjects who often feel ostracized or left out of plural spaces because of how they view their source!

💙 Shoutout to introjects whose relationships to their source are intricate, nuanced, or complex!

💜 Shoutout to introjects who go through phases or waves of feeling more or less connected to their source!

Introjects may not literally be their source, but that doesn’t mean they are morally obligated to abandon connections to their source altogether! Introjects can and often do have a wide range of opinions on or relationships to their sources! It’s okay for introjects to love their source or feel strongly connected to it. You’re still just as valid and cherished as an introject, a member of your system, and a member of the plural community just the way you are!

We hope every source-connected introject who sees this can have a lovely day today. Please treat yourself with the kindness and gentleness you deserve, and don’t judge yourself too harshly for how you view your source! Rest assured, you will always be welcome in our spaces without the expectation to change. Thanks so much for reading, and take care!

[flagtism]

connected factive | semi-connected factive | disconnected factive

connected faitive | semi-connected faitive | disconnected faitive

connected fictive | semi-connected fictive | disconnected fictive

source connected/semi-connected/disconnected factive/faitive/fictive flags.

symbols from photopea.

flags by us. tagging @radiomogai & @daybreakflags.

[jwi-coins-stuff]

Brand New Introject Term Let's Go

Source Twin

This term is meant to be used as an alternative to "double". This term is both inspired by identical twins as well as the concept of "twinning" with someone (which in this context means that there's some aspect of two people that match in some way shape or form). Rather than feeding into the idea that introjects are "copies" of each other, this term refers to introjects as their own unique person while still acknowledging similarities between introjects that are sourced from the same character.

As a little bonus for you guys, here's an introject flag! (Flag made by @ambonexus as usual <3)

[Image ID: A five-striped flag with a light purple stripe, light pink stripe, white stripe, teal stripe, and blue stripe from the top down. End ID.]

[kirbyofthestars]

he goes by ness bc it’s the name of matpat’s waiter character in the fnaf movie :]

[the-fermi-system]

system journals are wild because on one page it's this really deep art piece about how our identities are like archives of everything that's important to us and on the next is a drawing of your source curled up inside a drink fridge

[sysboxes]

[Text: This actor factive doesn’t like talking about their source out of embarrassment, please don’t mention it.]

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[problematicfactive]

If your "Introject friendly" space isn't friendly to introjects of people you don't like your space is not inroject friendly and you need ti rebrand it

If your "Introject friendly" space allows for people to negatively talk about introjects they don't like even if they aren't present in conversation your space is not introject friendly and you need to rebrand it

If your "Introject friendly" space has limits to what kind of introject you can be your space isn't inroject friendly and you need to rebrand it

If your "Introject friendly" space bans introjects for their sources your space is not introject friendly and you need to rebrand it

If your "Introject friendly" space is inaccessible to factives your space is not introject friendly and you need to rebrand it

Factives exist and we are introjects too