Welcome to yet another ‘[xyz] culture is-’’ blog, inspired primarily by @median-culture-is and monoconscious-culture-is (i cannot find their blog anymore, unfortunately)
This blog welcomes all systems, plural, plural-adjacent people, no debates
For empty-sys culture asks, you are more than welcome to add modifiers (e.g. monocon empty system culture is... )
This blog is run by one mod (Tom) and isn’t exactly looking for any additional mods
Please note that any asks with fundraiser/advertisement/hate and unexplained links will be ignored
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An empty system is a system that previously had multiple members, but for whatever reason, said members went dormant or fused or disappeared, leaving one member left. An empty system has the possibility to split again and make more members.
There is also an alternative term (Empsys) here, for anyone who may be interested
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Mod Tom’s intro post
( BYI can be found under the readmore)
BYI:
This blog is supportive of:
- Systems of every function and origin
- All otherkin folk
- All good-faith identities (mspec lesbians/gays, lesboys/turigirls, xenogenders, etc)
- Informed self-diagnosis
This blog condemns:
- Ableism (INCLUDING “narc-abuse” stuff. The mod of this blog HAS NPD and won’t tolerate this)
- Queerphobia
- Sexism (yes this includes transandrophobia. I’m not debating this with you- transmen experience just as much discrimination as transwomen, and fighting about this will not help anyone)
- The KFF community
This blog does not interact with or care about:
- Shipcourse
I’m also very kindly asking people to please not use the word “k/nn/e” in any asks, replies or reblogs. Thanks :)
welcome to demigender-culture-is! i'm molly, tyler, robyn or slushii (she/they, @live-through-thiss) and i have been running this blog since july 2021, during the inital influx of culture-is blogs. although i do not post often, i do try to keep this blog active.
before i delve into the most well known demigender terms, i want to point out other active culture-is blogs for anybody who wants to find them! (if you want to be added, removed or untagged, please let me know!)
this list may never be fully up to date or accurate; i found out there is a culture-is catalogue @cultureiscatalogue !
(last updated: 22/06/2026; i cannot have more than 50 mentions per post, so some of these cannot be tagged directly. additionally, i may need to add to this post from time to time, and as a result some blogs will likely be retagged and notified. apologies if either of these happen to you)
- (some) demigenders -
note that you can identify as any demigender regardless of your assigned gender at birth.
i am putting the identities under a read more because it is a lengthy section of this post. at the very bottom i have included some sources that i used, for if anyone would like to read more about these :)
demigender
feeling partially, but not fully, like any gender. demigender and deminonbinary share the same flag, although there are some variants of the deminonbinary flag, one of which i will post with the deminonbinary explanation. the flag was created by deactivated blog @/transrants.
demigirl
feeling partially, but not fully, like a girl/woman. both flags were created by transrants.
demiboy
feeling partially, but not fully, like a boy/man. both flags were created by transrants.
deminonbinary
feeling partially, but not fully, nonbinary/enby. as stated earlier, demigender and deminonbinary share the same flag. deminonbinary has a few variants, including the second flag below. both flags were created by transrants.
demiagender
feeling partially, but not fully, agender. the first flag was made by enbygsrd, while the second was created by goatsjourney.
demigenderqueer
feeling partially, but not fully, like a gender outside of the man/woman binary. it is unknown who designed this flag.
demifluid
someone whose gender is partially fluid with the other part(s) being static. both flags were created by the deactivated blog @/pride-flags-for-us.
demiflux
someone whose gender partially fluctuates with the other part(s) being static; this differs from 'demifluid' as '-flux' indicates that one of the genders is neutral. it is unknown who designed this flag.
sources:
pages i used for many reasons, such as for flags, definitions, and oldest known information about certain identities.
the demigender page on the nonbinary wiki, which also shows variants of a few demigender flags, and lists some notable people (both in real life and in fiction) who use any of the identities listed above. (nonbinary wiki link)
the nonbinary wiki also has a gallery of demigender flags. (nonbinary wiki link)
the lgbtqia wiki has also compiled some demigenders. i used these as partial sources too. (lgbtqia wiki link)
the demiboy, demigirl and deminonbinary flags. though i did find these in my other sources, i am linking the post here because transrants, the creator of the demiboy and demigirl flags, has since deactivated, though druxydeity, who made the deminonbinary flag, is still active. (tumblr post link)
five demigender definitions from 2014. the nonbinary wiki used this as a source in some instances. (web archive link)
finally, @/pride-color-schemes has made some posts on demigenders with their alternate flags; demigender, demigirl, demiboy, deminonbinary, demifluid, demiflux and demigenderqueer.
the lgbtqia and nonbinary wikis have brief history sections and plenty of sources of their own as well :)
suspecting empty system culture is constantly doubting if you'll ever be a system again while your surroundings are simply content indulging into your beliefs that you'll never be an actual system because of your current state (empty because of collapse)
suspecting empty sys culture is thinking to log any signals since they left having next to no idea why but still talking abt them like they're here yet too scared to talk to them and knowing a transition is trying to happen where my headmates won't wanna participate in my life anymore if they choose to come back
Very very stupid little post, and I'm really sorry to have to ask this but does anyone here know of any blog that. I guess offer systems support/comfort/advice? All the ones I know of are inactive, unfortunately
empty system culture is trying something for the first time, remembering how an alter wanted to try it, and just. being sad that they're not here to do it.
A reclaimation of the "empty system" term. This isn't to claim that empty systems are bad or their term is not good, it is to create a new culture surrounding empty systemhood and how it functions.
What is an empsys?
An empsys is a person who exists alone in a headspace/system for any reason, and is sometimes accompanied by other people at random intervals. An empsys does not need to be plural, and yet is aligned with being a plurallet.
The system can either choose an empsys or one can be selected at random. This is called a selected emp and a random emp.
How does one become an empsys?
Empsyse usually experience fusion, system collapse, hopping, or migration. All possibilities result in different kinds of empsyse.
Fusion - Empsyse left behind by fusion tend to have behaviors reminiscent of previous people who are now unified with said empsys. Can be caused by stress, trauma, coercion, etc.
Collapse - Empsyse that go through this are either normalized to the collapse through cycles, or experience a sudden disappearance of people in a short time. Can be caused by stress, trauma, coercion, etc.
Dormancy - Empsyse left behind by dormancy of other people. Caused by any factor.
Hopping - Empsyse left behind are usually not left alone for too long when people hop. Can be voluntary or involuntary.
Migration - Also known as Moving Out, empsyse who are left behind are most likely the permanent resident of the system who watches others leave to another world/reality. Voluntary.
Terminology
So far, I have not seen definite terminology other than "fused empty system" being used frequently. Here are some empty system related terminology.
Displural - Someone who was previously plural system but now is not, and integration or fusion doesn't describe their experiences.
Corelet - The remaining headmate in an empty system.
UTB System - "Used-to-be" system. Once plural, now a singlet.
Backroomtien - "...Headmates seem to have 'no-clipped' out of the system."
Abysstien - "...empty system that fluctuates between having more than one member, but always inevitably goes back to having one."
Daromate - Imaginary mental figments based on headmates that had left, fused, or migrated from the system.
Comprestite - An umbrella term for any causation to empty systems.
FAQ
For those who are empsyse.
Why do empty system spaces feel so desolate/depressive?
Systemhood is seen as this collective thing rather than an interpersonal journey with how you as the individual headmate experiences life with others you cannot always see/hear, but know they exist with you somehow. Since empty systemhood breaks that, whether intentional or not, it's no longer seen as system "enough" and is evaluated as being a singlet space. It can seem depressing because most if not all empsyse there just lost their friends, family, loved ones to comprestitude.
How does one adjust to being an empsyse?
Depending on who or what kind you are, it gets difficult as it goes. Some empsyse never adjust, others use methods such as journaling or reminding yourself that you are with them as one.
Can an empsys regrow the system?
Again, that varies. At certain intervals, people can just show up in the system again from wherever they disappeared from. It is possible for them to voluntary do so as well, with tulpamancy/willogenic origins - though I have not heard of any voluntary regrowth.
heres a big list of plural culture is blogs ive found! lmk if you want to be added/removed
also, i looked at the pinned post of all the blogs linked i believe, but theres a lot of them so if i accidentally added an anti-endo blog im sorry, lmk and ill remove it.
