The Clione Collective

Clione ▪︎ they/he

[kuridevitchi]

Plural (OSDD) art & posts. Zero consistency.

URL is based on a more obscure Tamagotchi character.

No syscourse. We prefer to be open and inclusive regardless of origin—it's the safe space we wish we had back then, to discover ourselves in a sooner and healthier way.

Heavier subject matter will often be discussed, so long as it's relevant—we'll try to tag appropriately, but please be warned.

We also suggest filtering #nsft & #nsfwtxt for more lighthearted sexual topics.

We're not confident that a majority of us will remain long, as we split and fuse more easily than most other systems we've seen. This blog is more a way to honor every one of us who are still here, and who've already come and gone.

And maybe we'll hang out from time to time.

- 🌺

[kuridevitchi]

received a time capsule from a part that has long since fused, then went mostly dormant..

[kuridevitchi]

📬

Dear ✂️,

We're doing pretty amazing. We've made new friends, many of which are systems. We even reconnected with a few people and accidentally caused a few syscoveries.

My art has improved, and I'm more in love than ever. I think I've genuinely got a knack for drawing again after being in a slump for years.

In fact, I'm doing so well that I worry the system won't be recognizable anymore. When you put up a bunch of sonas online to represent each part, there's the unspoken expectation that these parts remain for a long time. How could a life come and go so easily in the span of weeks, like a death no one mourns because the vessel lives on?

But that was an idea planted into us by the people you seemed most tormented by. And at this point, they finally no longer matter to us. I'm sorry it took a while, but I got out of that guilt.

The truth is, none of us truly die. I'm a part of you, and you'll always be a part of me. Whether you go into a deep sleep or turn into a whole new person, all that matters is that we live using our time how we want.

Thank you for looking out for me, and thank you for defending our system. I'm here now because you were right to be angry. You saved me. We're already in a life beyond anything you could've imagined.

Yours truly.

[kuridevitchi]

received a time capsule from a part that has long since fused, then went mostly dormant..

[kuridevitchi]

heyy so that shootout at the philippine senate huhhh

[kuridevitchi]

tangent lines

[kuridevitchi]

moralizing again aren't we mr. host

[cryptturon]

super ecstatic to see it's straight up just called the clione in tomolife now 💙

[cryptturon]

i havent opened acnh in a long while so i'm going off of what nookipedia says..

but i wanted to make a post about how the series has always featured the clione (クリオネ), scientific name clione limacina, as a "sea butterfly" in english. here's a real image next to new horizon's

this isn't incorrect per se, but it's a very broad term, and is also used for another taxonomic suborder, the thecosomata. the clione happens to feed on two species that fall under this too: the limacina helicina, and the limacina retroversa

this distinction is what makes it more accurate to call the clione a sea angel, although this term also happens to be quite broad and goes beyond just the clione (it largely refers to the gymnosomata as a whole, which includes five other families separate from the clione limacina).

one of acnh's errors that isn't present in other games (i assume in translation due to going off of the "sea butterfly" term) is incorrectly attributing it to the thecosomata (blathers even mentions the term means "shell body", which the thecosomata does have. girl the clione doesn't even have a shell look at it)

it's not that serious but i can kinda tell they looked up the word without checking the photos.. i kinda don't like how it misattributes this compared to previous animal crossing games where the descriptions are quite accurate despite not dropping a scientific name.

this is all to say, like.. i guess that's why i prefer the term clione! it's the clearest you can get when describing this carnivorous lil thang

[cryptturon]

"clione" itself is still somewhat general since it formally refers to a genus, but the clione limacina is the most common one! for simplicity but still clarity's sake, "common clione" is the way to go. anyway clione okhotensis

[kuridevitchi]

⭐️ they're pretty and seen as angelic. them being natural predators is often unspoken of or seen as a "dark twist". but it's just an animal that needs to feed and has a certain diet needed to survive. i wonder sometimes how they're going to be perceived now that they're becoming more known outside japanese pop culture

[kuridevitchi]

⭐️ My first system-related comic / thoughts on myself as a part, about a week after syscovery. From October 22, 2025.

[kuridevitchi]

⭐️ hey so fellow anger/depression holders.. do you ever feel a "good" day is when a happier alter fronts more than you do? i've heard of others being more desperate to front longer, but plenty of days i just feel like i would've liked it better if i didn't appear and suddenly brought our mood down

our host was enjoying himself all day but i think as soon as he ran out of energy i took over and started feeling bad for no reason..

[kuridevitchi]

🐈‍⬛️ to the notes thank you for being nice to my baby sibling :)

[kuridevitchi]

⭐️ hey so fellow anger/depression holders.. do you ever feel a "good" day is when a happier alter fronts more than you do? i've heard of others being more desperate to front longer, but plenty of days i just feel like i would've liked it better if i didn't appear and suddenly brought our mood down

our host was enjoying himself all day but i think as soon as he ran out of energy i took over and started feeling bad for no reason..

[kuridevitchi]

⭐️ btw if yall see design inconsistencies with earlier art and see that sad """girl""" in the fucking dysphoria shawl it's cuz i took forever to realize i was allowed to be trans (agender). and that it wasn't something exclusively reserved for other parts. sorry ive been eating shit for years and only became aware of myself 7 months ago lol

[cryptturon]

can i be a lil aroace n plural w it for a bit in a way that might make other aroace n plural folks mad

being aroace for me is a little different from how ive been told it "works". ive seen others say "it's up to aroace people to decide how their relationships work", but simultaneously the same people i saw with that sentiment seemed wary or even hostile towards anyone else who doesn't use the aroace label, which always includes those who are still questioning / don't know they fit the label yet.

the same thing happened to us with being plural—people were in silent agreement that being plural and actively knowing this makes you an authority who gets to speak on which experiences "count", which actively leaves out anyone who's still questioning/unaware. we were dissociating and yelling at each other in the brain constantly for almost 2 decades, but this exclusivity made us believe there was no way we could ever be plural, all because we didnt actively know it to be why we were experiencing daily life that way.

i think it really has to do with how these identities are valued more as "community-defining" badges of honor, rather than being labels anyone is allowed to use if they feel it suits them.

yes, there's always value in gathering around similar people, it's life-saving at times and reminds you you're not alone. but somewhere down the line, the hurt and defensiveness we feel from being socially outcast by the traits associated with these identities makes it all too easy to fall for unintentional exclusivity.

i feel like "listen to us" doesn't have to be riddled with insults towards others. i feel like it all needs to be restructured in a way that welcomes anyone questioning and makes them feel safe, and embraces them if they figure it out, or gives them well wishes / accepts them as allies if it turns out they were mistaken. there really never needed to be an "us vs. you/them", nor an awkward, kinda accusatory tone of "i'm definitely different from you". bc truly we don't need to be pushing anyone away to make a point

[kuridevitchi]

🐈‍⬛️ regarding the last comic i really wanted to include the ass-end of that convo we had irl, but it would be super messy and bad to read about ⭐️ and i arguing the semantics of what a milf actually is while ☘️ just watched us bicker for amusement

[kuridevitchi]

change

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asthmatic half-restraint

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my plural dalmatians

[kuridevitchi]

a list, and why you're not my antithesis