The Cosmic Coven System

Mixed origin endogenic whose members all love beautiful things and spreading positivity! (Host goes by the names Prose, Naledi-Rose, and Azariah)

[peppercornsystem]

To add onto our earlier “self diagnosis is valid” rant…

I also want to remind everyone that self diagnosis is valid because Black people will get “diagnosed” with “Oppositional Defiant Disorder” at the drop of a hat, but especially if they’re autistic. Autistic. Fucking autistic. I have a friend who is literally the sweetest man in existence. Family man, absolute nerd who works in IT, obsessed with cartoons and will cry over a dog. Very clearly on the spectrum (we say that as someone on the spectrum). Did he get diagnosed with autism? Nope. Oppositional Defiant Disorder. I want you to look up the “symptoms” of that disorder and look me in my eyes and tell me that’s not racism.

Self diagnosis is fucking valid because our health care system is fucking broken, beyond the cost and shitty insurance. Do not hitch your entire existence in mental health to this kind of a system, because it will betray you at some point. I’m not saying don’t get help. But just remember to be so careful bowing to our fascist mental health overlords.

Rooney, out.

[sysystemstuff]

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who never know what label to use.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who have ever changing labels.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who have a strict set of labels.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who have intersex members.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who have trans members.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who have nonbinary members.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who have gay / lesbian members.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who are aro/ace/aroace.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who are outside the binary.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who are closeted.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who live in spite of homophobes and transphobes.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who can't come out safely.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who have xenogenders.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals who have neopronouns.

Happy pride month for all those systems with lgbtq poc members.

Happy pride month for all those systems and plurals I haven't mentioned.

Happy pride for all systems and plurals. ❤🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷🤎🖤

[secretmellowart]

The Amazing Transgenderism Circus [featuring Jaxxine's internalized transphobia & cringe-phobia.] A post-episode 8 "Caine gets a redemption arc & joins the humans as Just One of the Guys" AU that I'm sharing before episode 9 drops.

This comic is here to be Goofy, but I do think Caine's whole deal is meant to tie into the series' overarching trans themes [even if he's not canonically trans.] I think the show's trans themes are broader than a few characters; it's a show about people who are forcibly assigned bodies & names they don't want, forcibly assigned "archetypes" & roles that don't reflect their real selves, and struggle to express their despair around this because their bodies & roles are so ridiculous that their despair is easy to mock. It's safer to play along with your role, when exploring the alternatives can easily make you an object of ridicule. Caine fails to understand Zooble in episode 3 because he is constantly performing the role he was assigned at his creation, and doesn't allow himself to acknowledge his deep insecurity with it-- so he's confused that Zooble can't simply accept the thing they've been assigned. After all, he's accepted what he's been assigned. He refuses to recognize that Zooble is dissatisfied in a way no "adventure" can fix, because that would mean acknowledging the possibility that he could be dissatisfied in a way that no "adventure" can fix. So instead he throws himself into performing an inauthentic caricature of the role he believes is "all he exists" for & is not allowed to ever exist outside of, even as that performance just leaves him feeling "used" "broken" "defective" and overall extremely unhappy. The parallel to the series' Gender themes feels very clear to me. But anyway, I believe all these little guys can figure themselves out eventually.

[singtiple]

Plurality, as conceptualized in peer-reviewed research:

Plurality, often also called multiplicity, is "having more than one self in the mind and body" (Eve & Parry, 2021).

Plurality "is not a diagnosis" (Eve, et al., 2023) and is "a broader concept than DID" (Christensen, 2022).

Plurality is "a broad term, which encompasses a range of experiences" because "people have individual conceptualizations of what it means to be ‘more than one’" (Eve, et al., 2023).

Plurality is "a term coined to be more inclusive than only that of traumagenic multiplicity" (Christensen, 2022).

Not all people who experience plurality will identify as a 'plural' or 'multiple.' Plurality is a useful umbrella term for the experience of more-than-oneness "but not necessarily a term reflective of one's identity or self-expression" (Christensen, 2022).

"[N]ot everyone who identifies as multiple will want or require mental health intervention for the condition they experience" (Eve, et al., 2023).

The concept of non-traumagenic plurality does not hurt DID research. "[T]he research confirming DID as a trauma-based disorder is doing just that: confirming traumagenic DID, the disorder, not Plurality, the identity . . . Distinguishing between the two does not need to invalidate either" (Christensen, 2022).

The idea that plurality is inherently disordered is a product of Western culture. "Within Western linear frameworks . . . there has been an emphasis on the ‘healthy self’ being integrated and whole" (Eve & Parry, 2021). "In indigenous cultures, esp. shamanic societies, a polypsychism (i.e. many selves) prevails" (Scharfetter, 2008).

Fakeclaiming and anti-endo / anti-plural rhetoric is traumatizing. "[H]aving a condition such as multiplicity that is not generally validated and recognised in a community can be, in itself, traumatic. Even if trauma does not precede the development of multiplicity, trauma-informed care would still be appropriate for many young people who seek help for multiplicity" (Parry, et al., 2021).

[pro-willo-columbina]

It is entirely okay to want to be plural. It is okay to want to be more plural. There is no moral failing over the desire to become [more] plural. You are not faking a disorder. You are not ableist. You are not doing anything wrong. You are allowed to want to be [more] plural. You are allowed to look into becoming [more] plural. It is not bad. It is not gross. It is not evil. You are not evil. You are allowed to feel the way you do.

[pro-willo-columbina]

You are real. With the amount of antis on social media, especially tiktok, and the amount of antis who always say any system not formed from osddid (or pdid or udd) is not real or impossible or faking, and the amount of antis who always put quotations and say “system” when they mean system, it’s important to remember that you are real. Others cannot dictate how you live. Others cannot dictate who you are. Antis are misinformed and ignorant, just ignore them and move on. You know yourself better than they do. There are others who believe in you. There are spaces for you. Even when it seems like there is nothing but hate everywhere, I promise that there is still love somewhere

[pro-endo-circus]

okay so we’ve wanted to make this rant for a while but didn’t want it on main sys blog

maybe this has been said before. But calling endogenic systems “psychotic” is incredibly fucking offensive??

As a system with psychosis, having the psychosis has nothing to do with the system. Anti endos call endos “psychotic” or “delusional” when it’s simply not the case. You’re making endos look unstable, and this sets a horrible image for genuinely psychotic individuals. Psychotic people have enough on their plates, and now they’re being blamed for endogenics daring to exist.

Just because you do not morally agree with something does not mean it is a delusion.

do you know what a delusion is? Have you ever experienced psychosis? You tell endos they can’t fake did just for you to diagnose them with psychosis. Isnt that contradicting your whole arguement? We claim to not be disordered. Yet you shove a whole separate disorder in our faces.

We’ve learned that we can’t call some bipolar for being wishywashy, or narcissistic for being a prick, or ocd for being cleanly. So why can we call people psychotic for not having trauma? That’s such a fucked up narrative.

Real delusions are warped and miserable. Okay? And endos literally claim to not be disordered? So why thrust the misery of psychosis upon them? I wouldn’t wish my delusions upon my worst enemy. It’s genuinely so vile to see so many fakeclaimers telling each other endos will be told by doctors they are psychotic if they are open about being plural. Sickening. There is no correlation between endogenic plurality and psychotic delusions. Idk what else to add

[lgbtlaughs]

ACT UP, 1990

[songformicrophone]

treat endogenic systems seriously

[thequeer07puss]

In defense of pop culture deities and their worship

Controversial take but people who worship pop culture deities should be taken as seriously as other pagans. What they are doing is the same thing that people have been doing for centuries in the form of the longstanding tradition of hero worship

Like come on, guys, people have worshipped Achilles, Imhotep and Ariadne for centuries and no one batted an eye, so now that people worship Hatsune Miku or Davi from MHA, suddenly it’s “weird” or “unserious”?

All that pop culture worship thing is just a rebrand of hero worship (an ancient and valid practice), so don’t get too pissy when someone brings up that they worship Clark Kent

[charlie-lottie]

☀️ Sun Lesbian / lesun / sunbian — for lesbians who are somehow connected with the sun/morning/day

There are many reasons for using it, here are some of them: extrovert ; feel connected to the sun/morning/day ; bright character, loud character ; bright style of image ; feel good in the morning/day ; love the sun, light, morning, day, warm ; etc.

☀️ Сан Лесбиян / лесан / санбиан — для лесбиян которые как-то связаны с солнцем/утром/днем

Существуют множество причин использования, вот некоторые из них: экстраверт ; ощущают связь с солнцем/утром/днём ; яркий характер, громкий характер ; яркий стиль образа ; чувствуют себя хорошо утром/днем ; любят солнце, свет, утро, день, тепло ; и др

🌙 Moon Lesbian / lesmoon / moonbian — for lesbians who are somehow connected with the moon/twilight/night .

There are many reasons to use it, here are some: introvert ; feel connected to the moon/twilight/night ; dark character, quiet character ; dark style ; feel good at night ; love the moon, night, twilight, darkness, cold ; etc.

🌙 Мун Лесбиян / лесмун / мунбиан — для лесбиян, которые каким-то образом связаны с луной/сумерками/ночью.

Существуют множество причин использования, вот некоторые из них: интроверт ; ощущают связь с луной/сумерками/ночью ; темный характер, тихий характер ; темный стиль образа ; чувствуют себя хорошо ночью ; любят луну, ночь, сумерки, тьму, холод ; и др

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[mornington-the-crescent]

June 1st

[breelandwalker]

Listen, marketing-as-exploitation discussions aside, Rainbow Capitalism is, has been, and continues to be the canary in the coal mine of social acceptance for the queer community.

If you’ll all pardon my Americentrism for a moment, the amount, visibility, and flamboyance of Pride merch available in clothing, home goods, and comestibles stores is a DIRECT reflection of how safe it is to be queer in public in the United States.

How? Simple. Out groups aren’t profitable. If you’re not “acceptable” in the current social climate, big franchise businesses will not market to you. (Prime example - Look how quickly Target dropped all their Pride merch after having been wall-to-wall rainbows every June for almost a decade prior.)

Sure, capitalism sucks and being viewed as an exploitable marketing demographic isn’t a fun concept.

HOWEVER.

The grim truth is that being normalized enough to be considered profitable by corporations IS A GOOD THING in terms of the barometer of social acceptance.

Same thing goes for smaller businesses that throw kitschy Pride events or even just put a token rainbow flag in the window or somewhere inside the shop. That’s a level of acceptance that DID NOT EXIST thirty years ago, and I can tell you because I was there.

The fact that we can scoff and bitch about being an exploitable marketing demographic nowadays means we have made GIGANTIC strides since the 1990s. It also speaks to the fact that the drive and the conversation surrounding LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance are continuing. And getting louder.

You can be cynical about it if you want. But I will take a store that puts out lip-service rainbow merch over a world that pretends we don’t exist any day of the week. Because that will always mean something.

Sincerely, An Elder Queer

[carouselunique]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!

Here have some canon sapphics y’know cause y’all gay and stuff! Let me know who else I draw for Pride Month!

[mortalityplays]

hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years

taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult

at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)

'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65

it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age

it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.

you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.

young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!

there are a million things to do in the world, and they don't vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big

[anonymous-truma-pro]

Saying this in its own separate post.

Saying "Endos dni" while actively saying hateful shit about endogenic systems is FUCKING COWARDLY.

Imagine not even being able to bare the thought of the people you are ACTIVELY spreading shit about responding to you. It’s nothing but a bully getting mad and crying the moment their victim talks back at all. How pathetic is that?

[veggieshyperborea67]

PSA: DO NOT USE FLORALITY. THEY THINK THAT ENDOGENIC SYSTEMS ARE DELUSIONS, WHICH IS LITERALLY BIGOTED NOT ONLY TO PEOPLE WITH SPIRITUAL AND OTHERWISE NON-TRAUMA PLURALITY, BUT TO PEOPLE WITH ACTUAL PSYCHOSIS. WHAT THE FUCK?

[the-hadal-zone-sys]

Y'know what?

Genuinely fuck you if you're still spreading that bullshit that plurals can't be happy and that being plural has to be all misery all the time or else you're faking!!!

I'm tired of being nice about this!! I love my headmates and I will never, EVER pretend otherwise!!