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being a closeted plural is like

catching myself typing with plural pronouns with people im not out to yet

i accidentally used a headmate's pk proxy in a server, mistaking it for a different server — and i had to thank the gods that the server did not have pk

oh no there's a DID system in a mutual server i hope they're chill with non-disordered systems (not like we can do much if they're not chill)

"is it possible to be casually plural?"

cant tell anyone cant tell anyone aaaa

get the Itch to tell this person. hesitates for 5 business days. ends up not telling them

the imposter syndrome

when old friends contact us and goes "how've you been?" and i only say that it's been "kind of wild" and i do not elaborate

will never ever tell anyone irl

the imposter syndrome 2: electric boogaloo

the fear of my friends somehow stumbling across our sysblog (why would they even tread plural spaces?? in tumblr, no less??) (idk but im scared)

(dont ask why it took 3 minutes to find the lenny face i got confused)

Things to call headmates other than "my Alters"

Headmates: solid 8/10, clearly a system term though

The Others: 7/10 kinda mysterious, not much pizazz

Family: 9/10 yeah replace those sorry ass relatives of yours!

Brothers/ Sisters: 8/10 personally I like calling them my brothers and sister, but tbh kinda sounds like catholic priests/ nuns. -2 points

Roommates: 9/10 Basic like headmates, but phrased in a way singlets understand

Friends: 10/10 Wholesome, although I am definitely not friends with everyone in here

The Voices: 3/10 People gonna absolutely think you're crazy

Greek Chorus: 5/10 It's funny when someone actually knows what you're referring to

Peanut Gallery: 7/10 Similar concept to the above, only more understood by the average person

Backseat Drivers: 9/10 The most correct one on the list, especially said with just a touch of contempt. Might make someone upset

The Collective: 8/10 very ominous, better when talking about the system as a whole singular unit

Comrades: 10/10 Like friends, but commier! Perfect!

Coworkers: 10/10 very accurate representation of how it actually works in here

The Council: 9/10 The Council has decided that it's really entertaining to refer to ourselves like that

Chat: -10/-10 How is it so perfect, yet so awful, yet so awfully perfect?

I cannot stress enough how freeing it is, as a system, to become chill with not knowing who you are.

There have been multi-week periods where we don’t know who we are, unsure if we’re somebody new or just one of the established people having a Weird Time. Usually it’s the latter.

We tend to front for extended periods of time (like, normally a minimum of three days, sometimes up to several months), and the confusing Unknown times can be just as long.

Like, I have no idea who the hell I am right now. I know a couple of people I’m not, and a few I might be, but that’s it. And that’s chill. I don’t need to know my name, I’m just sippin my cranberry juice and minding my own business. This is normal for us.

I see so many systems on here worried about somehow faking or fundamentally misunderstanding their experiences, because nobody else has talked about it, so it must not be real, right?

Just a reminder to systems with their own Weird Times: it’s ok to have experiences you’ve never seen in anyone else’s journey.

Being plural isn’t something easily categorized or broken down. If anything counts as wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey stuff, it’s the experience of being multiple entities in one brain.

Your plurality is inherently unique, and there is no mold it could possibly fit. Don’t try to make it fit.

"I was there when the universe was created and you're trying to tell me that I'm making a grilled cheese sandwich wrong?" -🌌🐕‍🦺

"I'm not saying you're doing it wrong, I'm saying it's burning." -🦕

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Aragorn Elessar, King of the Reunited Kingdom - The Lord of the Rings

by odwyer_sio9

Plural tip for systems that track fronts; be lenient on tracking who may be active. Like, this is your brain, not the tax office. You don't have to perform a bunch of extremely specific checks just to make sure a headmate is truly active; you can just acknowledge their presence in whatever form that may take. Trust that they'll talk to you if they want something, and just let yourselves be. Even if they don't do anything, it still gives them history. Your headmates will appreciate having a place in your system's history, even if they don't remember exactly what they did or said in every single instance.

And even your front history isn't entirely accurate? They'll likely still appreciate that you think about them.

Tumblr's Communities feature sucks for one reason only.

💿 You can only join and make posts as your main blog. This is a side blog. I can't post as this side blog. I'd be outing myself as plural if I posted at all via my main blog, and even then, I'm still slowly rebuilding that part of me.

– The Host