Hey! We're the Bench System, age 23, the system of DID alters running this blog. Under the cut, we'll introduce ourselves and make note of who uses what tags (mostly to keep ourselves organized...), but for now some more general housekeeping.
This blog has been revamped and we are intending to use it as a catch-all. Life updates, funnies, art (ours and others'), whatever works and feels right. We're generally trying to connect with people more regularly, and this feels like a manageable way to start, so we're excited :]
We are all gay, trans in some way, mentally and physically disabled, in poly relationships, and repulsed by the state of American politics... basically, we are the radical left, so if you don't like that or will be a dick about it DNI.
Ok some more info on us below the cut :] thanks for stopping by!
We found picrews we each liked and made representations of how we see ourselves to help out with introductions! All picrew makers are linked in the images to serve as credit and to let people play around with them as well. Please support the artists who made these images possible!
Hey there, I'm Victor (he / him). I'm the main host of the Bench, meaning I handle a lot of practical things like jobs and the clerical work that keep life running. I also do a lot of problem solving and crisis control for the system. I'm in school to finish our bachelor's degree and want to go to law school later on. I like slower hobbies, like reading and needle work, or hobbies that have practical uses, like the sewing machine we thrifted, or baking. I envision myself making a lot of life update posts on here.
Heyy it's Zacharie (he / him). I think of myself as a co-host in the Bench system, since I'm the most frequent fronter besides Victor. If Victor's main thing is making sure things in our life are taken care of, my main thing is making sure we're taken care of. I make art, I write, I encourage expression from other alters, and most of my other hobbies are relaxing ones: gaming, streaming, hanging out with our friends. Don't mind the occasional self-destructive habit, it's all about balance. I'm probably the most loudly queer of everyone, and one of these days I'm dyeing our hair red and getting us snake bite piercings when no one else's looking. I'll probably make jokes and post original content as I work on making it.
Hello, I'm Kaspian (he / they). I'm the most recently split alter, and I make sure our body is taken care of. I spend a lot of time making sure we're caring for ourselves in the way our disabilities demand, and making sure appointments are lined up. Other than that, I'm still figuring myself and my interests out, so maybe being on here will help with that. I know I like reading, and I'll take any mlm or transmasc reading recommendations anyone has. Posting about current reads might be fun, as well as any other interests that come up.
Hi! My name's Jupiter, but I use Juni for short. My pronouns are he / him. I'm the only kid in our system, we think I'm about 13-15 years old. I like to play games like Animal Crossing and Super Mario Galaxy, but I also love FNAF - Security Breach especially. (The pizzaplex is my house, and I'm Worse than Gregory.) I mostly hang out with Zach, cause I like watching him play games and seeing what he's working on. I'll probably use this like pinterest honestly, aesthetic posts or cool art with fun colors. I want to see what everyone's up to!
We do have a fifth alter, but he's... on the prickly side. He doesn't want to put himself out here like this just yet, but we didn't want to exclude him. -Victor
We'll try to tag things with a tag of the name of whoever's posting, along with a generic tag describing what the post is. Should make it easy to filter by names of a specific alter. We'll keep it as consistent as we can across multiple people x] Okay I think that's all for now! Thanks for stopping by, and we can't wait to connect more.
We haven't been on as much as we've wanted, trying to be okay with that (and okay with starting "late" regardless). Besides, we need a bit of a journal entry today so why not throw it out into the void. Don't feel the need to react or even read, just getting it out of the headspace.
Being disabled is hard. Like that's obvious, but it's weighing on me and all of us today. I want so much to be productive, to start something I can continue to work on and add to and feel proud of it. But I know that as our body's energy changes day to day, as school semester starts, and ideally as we get a job, it'll change how much I'm able to work on it, and instead of making me proud it'll depress me and us more. I don't even know if we will have the energy to do school properly, and it really feels like we need a remote job to successfully hold one down. And the remote job hunt is even worse than the in-person search. So we will probably just have to deal to financially survive.
In the past two days we went to an outdoor concert and a cardiology appointment. The concert was fun but I slowed everyone down and caused barriers for the group because my body hated all the standing and the heat. The doctor we saw lowkey sucks, but only lowkey, so we swallowed the snide comments about how many meds we're on and kept quiet when he downplayed how much our POTS fucks with us, because hey, at least he's prescribing a med that *might* work.
On top of that, the body is throwing a few weird symptoms at us that we genuinely can't tell if we need to be seen over. We don't want to miss something, but we're so tired of even the best doctors we see just kind of. Shrugging because there's no apparent cause or really any fixes they have to offer.
I want to create. I want to start writing more, really learning my digital art software, to read a series, to make real progress on the games we love, something. But it all makes me so damn tired. and then I never pick it up again and feel like shit.
Idk. Imagine something lighthearted and stupid here. Because we're fine, really. A little disfunctionality of the flesh prison never killed anyone. Probably.
it's true that "love makes people do crazy things" but actually love also makes you do lots of small, inconsequential things too. my wife loves to play fallout, and since we've been together, she's stopped scrapping the in-game plushies because i collect plushies irl. that's love baby
the straw that broke the camels back for me, like the thing that made it impossible for me to deny i was in love with her? was that on her first time visiting me, she would map out the stories she'd tell me with her hands, because she knew that i had auditory processing issues, and understood things best when i have a visual. that's LOVE baby
Frodo: Sam hates Gollum, but that is what I shall become once I have lost myself to the ring… he’ll despise me…
Sam if Frodo did turn into a Gollum: That’s a very nice fish you caught with your bare hands, Mr. Frodo, and its very smart of you to eat it raw, saves us the trouble of starting a fire. I knitted you a sweater in case you get cold running around in that loincloth of yours. Is the sun hurting your eyes? I’ll kill it if it’s bothering you. I’ll kill the sun
(note if your favorite blue character isn't on here im sorry there's just so many blue characters...maybe ill do a second suggestion bracket)
The rounds:
1: Miku vs The Smurfs
2: Cookie monster vs Megaman
3: Sonic vs Megamind
4: Blue screen of death vs Larry T. Bird
5: Sadness Vs Stich
6: The blue man group vs The Na'vi
7: Gonzo Vs Eeyore
8: Bloo vs Blue
9: Gumball vs Ice king
10: Lapis vs Lapras
11: Mystique vs Blue meanie
12: Mung daal vs tobias
13: Rainbow dash vs Dory
14: Sans vs Bluey
15: Doraemon vs Bubbles
16: Mordecai vs Genie
the autism mood of never knowing when its “your turn” in a convo so you say the first word of your sentence about 5 times before you actually get to speak
if you call me out of nowhere, i can coherently have a cordial, professional interaction- but i will pay for it with a fit of existential screaming followed immediately by a nonverbal spell that can last anywhere from 15 minutes to 4.5 hours. just text me i’m begging
the word intention in that person’s reply just infuriates me. yes, your honor, this 10 minute old AFAB infant has *intent* to bear children, or like, she will one day. for suresies. don’t worry it’s what all “women” want
