feelings r like boogie boards. u can try and push em down under the surface but they will always and very instantly come right back up and slam u in the face. i think aristotle said that
So other systems, how do yall do friends? Like, especially with other systems. We will have one person front for awhile (like weeks at a time) then repeat with new person, but that means that someone might be really good friends with one of us and then possibly never see us again, that's not fair to the other person but it's hard to act like another alter (especially for new additions). So, how do yall do it?
I'm new here and am still figuring everything out with this new (worse) system and don't have time to look for a good introduction so this is what you get.
the way people treat did headcanons is still so weird to me... im not a system but just looking at the way people who also arent systems go out of their way to headcanon characters to have did for no reason is so weird it feels like... fetishizing? bc i dont see people just go "i headcanon this character as having pstd :)" its always did and its always like a fun prompt to design alters for the characters or some shit. like the obsession with a specific disorder they dont even have and that is not fun as it is direct response to trauma rubs me the wrong way
Yeah i feel the exact same way. I think in part it's because 1) DID is very misunderstood online in general and 2) it seems fun and quirky to have anime-guys-in-your-head disease but they don't realize that it's not just that. It's dissociation, it's severe trauma, it's flashbacks.
Headcanoning a character as a system isn't just designing their alters it's saying "this character had trauma as a small child that was so intense their brain had to lock it away by not integrating parts of themself as a last-ditch survival mechanism".
You're right, it absolutely does feel incredibly fetishizey when people just HC as systems willy-nilly without realizing the full implications of what they're saying and how it's not the same as like...an autism headcanon. It's a trauma disorder with way more shit going on than just alters. It's a major pet peeve of mine actually lmao
Also something I've noticed is that the alters people design never seem to follow actual DID patterns? You never see a persecutor or a gatekeeper or nonhuman alters, just ANPs and littles and maybe protectors. Just the "cute" stuff.
I feel like I should do an intro post, I'm really bad at intros but hey, maybe I've gotten better at them.
Hi, I'm Femme! I don't have a true name yet so I'll be using that blanket for awhile. You might say I'm the original 😌. I suspect I have the most memories from before the boys changed how the body presented but I stopped fronting after that, I'm back now though 🎉. I'd really like to make some other "girly" friends since there are not very many in this system. Anyways nice to meet yall!
(Femme is a blanket name for our feminine alters since many of them dont or prefer not to have a name)
inbox game for systems ! I like questions so I decided to make my own list :))
If you have too many to wanna list for each question, you can just go off the frequent fronters ! For example, we have 91. I dont wanna find and type out 91 peoples’s favorite colors
🎲- how many people are in your system?
🦋- what’s everyone’s favorite colors?
💟- most common fronters?
💫- collective pronouns?
🌀- everyone’s pronouns?
⭐️- what are everyone’s roles?
🌸- what’s the most common age group in your system?
🍓- do you have any introjects and/or fictives?
🔥- are there any romantic relationships in your system?
☁️- does anyone have a favorite number?
💭- is your system neurodivergent?
🌈- how many people are lgbtq+?
🌙- do you have any non-humans? this can include hybrids :))
🍬- do you guys have any collective interests and/or hyperfixations?
🧃- what is your headspace like? if you have one. Feel free to go wild with explaining it!
🎨- does anyone have any pets?
🧩- does your system have a name?
♟- everyone’s favorite seasons?
🔮- does anyone wanna share something about their source(s)? Feel free to ramble !! And anyone that wants to can answer ! Even if it’s like 20 ppl ! Go on, have fun :))
💈- are there any token mentally stable alters?
🧬- most chaotic?
🎁- what would everyone’s dnd alignments be? (Ex; chaotic good, lawful evil; etc)
🎊- are there any omnipresent alters?
📚- any god alters?
✒️- favorite thing of yours that someone from your system has drawn? Can also be drawn by yourself !
🎀- free space ! feel free to talk about whatever you want :D
Ya know, youd think stark towers would be the safest place to be during all that but honestly it's only safe if it's like, a reasonable amount of danger, and dont even start about going outside.
Ok, but people really thing stark does all that stuff? That old man? Sure hes out saving people or whatever but he has like, 20 suits or whatever, you really think he maintains all of them on his own??
What do you do when you've got so much privilege and at the same time so much trama, were not going to ever find someone who had worked through enough to not fucking explode and still be able to relate to each other, especially no one that is the same age. Maybe I ask to much. I dont know. All i can say is i feel better when i dont explode so maybe it's not as unhealthy as everyone seems to think it is.