qai/mogai & more.

Personal coining archive. Read the pinned.

[lotusqai]

Do not "recoin" our terms.

Do not use tone tags or you& towards us.

If your blog has "endo / supporters DNI" and you are not an archival blog, then do not interact with us either. Our terms are free for anyone to use regardless of discourse opinions. Don't make exclusionary versions of our terms. Do not change the definitions.

Please link back / tag us if you make a flag or companion term. Credit us as lotusqai or Lotus Tower.

Adult over 21. Bodily Asian, religious, plural. It/its; no they/them.

This blog is for our own personal terms, so it's not intended to be community-oriented. We do not take requests and will post when/how/what we want.

[lotusqai]

Are you okay with your terms being added to pluralpedia?

Yes.

[lotusqai]

If you're going to follow me and like my pinned post, please make sure to Actually Read It And Process It With Your Brain And Eyes.

[lotusqai]

Oftentimes, I do loathe having this blog and the attention it gets.

I think this comes from two main things: my general distaste for Being Perceived, especially when it comes to being perceived in a way my mind interprets as "wrong" or other people imposing their own ideas onto it -- this is just part of the whole "existing around other people" thing. As much as I wish I were, I am not immune to being subjected to interpretation; nothing can be communicated perfectly and without loss. Ultimately, I cannot change this nor do anything about it.

The second point, one I feel is more personal to my own experiences, is that I think I dislike the MOGAI community.

i don't dislike the coining of terms, the broadening of language, or anything like that. In fact, I have a deep appreciation for the terms people make.

I dislike the... attitude I see that permeates everything else. The intersexism, the exorsexism, the misogyny, the andromisia, the ableism, the entitlement, the immature hatred some people have for straight & straight-adjacent people, cis & cis-adjacent people, multigender people, "complex" identities that aren't the currently "acceptable" kind, etc. The coining for the sake of making content, not because it's genuine. The USAcentrism and the eurocentrism. The anglocentrism. The antiblackness, indigemisia, anti-Asian racism. Countless other things that slip my mind right now. Not to be the annoying Chinese person whose family fled the country but I also dislike how communism is used as an "aesthetic". Tangent.

I've thought about privating this blog very often, because the more I see of the community the less interested I am in having any part of it. I have to be careful how I word the terms I coin because there's the constant "what if" someone decides to take something I made and deliberately change things, decides to interpret something in bad faith, decides to make a problem out of something because a term I made is a little too similar.

Did you know that half of the terms on here, I had to change the name from what we use internally? Because god forbid I use the same name as some other term, and someone thinks I'm trying to "recoin" their term I didn't know existed in bad faith.

The recoining thing. I don't understand why everyone is so worried that another term with the same name but a different definition exists if it was accidental. To me, recoining a term is actively looking at something and making your own nearly identical version, to be exclusionary or to act like you made it first and accuse others.

Someone made an anti-endo version of a term we coined; we made that rule because someone doing that felt so entitled to us that we just decided to circumvent the issue altogether. What right do you have to see something deliberately free for anyone to use, with no syscourse stance attached other than "the person who made this is pro-endo", and make it exclusionary and hateful? Because someone doesn't like the fact that I don't hate others? I don't understand you at all. This is why I added that.

I want to like this community. There are many terms that resonate with us, and many people we think are interesting. But I cannot stand the rest of you. The way you treat coiners and archivists, ones you claim to respect, is disgusting. The way some coiners act is disgusting. You are on tumblr. This is a tumblr blog. You are sending hate to someone over a blog on a website. You are causing people so much distress that they delete their blogs or step back for days over a website.

The acceptance in this community feels performative. I've lurked here long enough to know that the second someone makes a mistake, everyone turns against them. Random people will act like they know more about another's lived experiences than they do. I'm not really interested in being a part of a community that supports and enables that, nor do I want terms we make for our own use being included in that.

I'm still debating privating this blog or turning reblogs off. My only concern is that it would interfere with archival, which is something that saddens me since I do value the preservation of information. We'll see.

[lotusqai]

Much love to you all, but I do wish there were more blogs, posts, coiners, etc. that focused on Indigenous people outside of USA & Canada and, once in a blue moon, Oceania.

[your-neighbour-coining]

the queer community (and the mogai community as a subset of that) needs to get more normal about cis people i think.

[milqdrop]

Why is Japanese the go-to language when choosing to name terms in a language besides English, even when it holds no connection to Japan? Why do people often say "this pack includes names from closed cultures, do not use if you aren't from that culture!" and only go on to include Korean, Japanese, and rarely Chinese, names? Why was there a spike in self ship flags upon finding out “yumeship” exists? Why do people claim to love Asia and disregard India, Pakistan, Turkey, and Vietnam? Why is it that whenever this is brought up, you'll have responses that it “isn't that deep” or that “you're overthinking it”?

I'm running on fumes. I haven't slept. I'm aggravated over this constant mistreatment. I know that others feel the same, I have bore witness to the posts from discourse prior. It has led to no change, I am tired.

[lotusqai]

✦　仙 / Xiān

A term for Chinese individuals who associate themselves or identify with traditional depictions of immortals (仙) and things linked to them. These can include harmony with nature, seclusion, transcendence, cranes, peaches, and anything else the user associates with 仙.

✦　Exclusive to bodily Chinese individuals.

[lotusqai]

✦　龙 / Lóng

A term for Chinese individuals who associate themselves or identify with traditional depictions of dragons (龙) and things linked to them. These can include water and rainfall, imperial authority, good fortune, wisdom, protection, and anything else the user associates with 龙.

✦　Exclusive to bodily Chinese individuals.

[lotusqai]

✦　梨园弟子 / Yìyuán dìzi

A presentation term for queer Chinese people who express their queerness through traditional opera outfits & roles (生, 旦, 净, 丑 and all subtypes). Intended for multigender, genderfluid, intersex, nonbinary, and gender-non conforming individuals.

✦　Exclusive to bodily Chinese individuals.

[lotusqai]

As someone who isn't Christian, was not raised Christian, and has no connection or interest in it outside of a vague academic curiosity, it is annoying and feels almost deliberately exclusive to have people immediately associate even the vaguest mention of religion or religious items, places of worship, etc. with Christianity. I am aware USAmerica and most of the global north is thoroughly Christian, but there are still people here from places that are not as culturally Christian as your countries.

I will always respect someone's beliefs unless they are harming others, but I do find it difficult to not get frustrated when the vast majority's first thought when I say I am religious or I coin terms related to my faith is that i am Christian. Even if they are not Christian or religious themselves. People will insist that they're not religious while using inherently Christian symbols and concepts, yet also turn around and immediately assume religion == Christianity.

I dislike having to specify on my posts clearly about non-Western concepts (e.g. genderyaoguai) that there is no association with the Western/Christian idea of demons, because I know many people subconsciously associate yao as "demons" with inherent evil, sin, hell, etc. I've thought about making posts including other religious topics but I worry that people will subconsciously still associate those terms with the Christian interpretation of it. This issue extends beyond MOGAI terms, since my terms are inspired by a real religion and culture.

I don't know. I will continue posting these kinds of terms on here, but I do wish people stopped saying "religion" when they mean Christianity. Speak plainly. This website is largely North American and Western European; that does not mean people from other places and experiences are a minority that's being dramatic or complaining for no reason.

[mars-coining]

Genderyaoguai

(or Gender妖怪)

Complex and simple flags for the term Genderyaoguai by @lotusqai . The definition is copied directly from the coining post.

"Genderyaoguai: A gender connected to, best represented by, or that can only be described as the 妖怪/yāoguài (daemons) from Chinese mythology.

These are not related in any way to Western, Christian, or otherwise non-Taoist/Shenist concepts of demons. They apply to both fictional interpretations of 妖怪 and to the beings themselves, depending on the person using the terms.

While [Lotus Tower is] unsure about making this exclusive, these terms are about beings from Taoism and Shenism, religions that are still practiced today. If you are not Chinese or do not have a proper understanding of what these terms mean, [Lotus Tower asks] that you are respectful enough to learn."

Flag is inspired by the genderyokai flag by @gendermarmalade .

@radiomogai @cultural-mogai @asianmogai

[mars-coining]

Ecteryaoguai

(or Ecter妖怪 / Menreyaoguai / Menre妖怪)

A custom ecter symbol, and complex and simple flags, for an ecter version of Genderyaoguai by @lotusqai . The definition is analogous with genderyaoguai and so I will use an edited version of the definition from Lotus Tower's post.

Ecteryaoguai: An ecter connected to, best represented by, or that can only be described as the 妖怪/yāoguài (daemons) from Chinese mythology.

These are not related in any way to Western, Christian, or otherwise non-Taoist/Shenist concepts of demons. They apply to both fictional interpretations of 妖怪 and to the beings themselves, depending on the person using the terms.

While I am unsure about making this exclusive, these terms are about beings from Taoism and Shenism, religions that are still practiced today. If you are not Chinese or do not have a proper understanding of what these terms mean, I that you are respectful enough to learn.

Ecter, or menre, is a identity/identity system that is not gender. It's comparable to "nonbinary" for gender itself as a concept, and is a massive catch-all. It's similar to gender conceptually, as a word for a category of feeling or action.

Ecter/menre coined by @transhaunting and you can find a more detailed explanation in this post.

Flag from my genderyaoguai flag, which is inspired by genderyokai by @gendermarmalade

@radiomogai @cultural-mogai @asianmogai

[kunteez]

♰ 𓏼 兰花 / lán huā name flag◞

[pt. 兰花/lán huā name flag. end pt.]

definition - a name flag for the name "兰花"/lán huā. exclusive to bodily chinese individuals. day 15 of @asianmogai's 2026 AAPI coining event. extremely self indulgent, duh. no id.

@radiomogai @rwuffles @mogai-aroundtheworld @cultural-and-bipoc-terms-archive @cultural-mogai @accessibilitea

[lotusqai]

Hmm. Historical gender terms...

[lotusqai]

I keep seeing discourse on this and coincidentally, no one who speaks on it seems to have any relation to Tibetan Buddhism other than using its practices and adherents as a "gotcha".

From someone who grew up surrounded by Tibetan Buddhism and was close to (and taught by) a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and monk before his passing, who specifically asked him about the topic of tulpamancy vs. sprul-pa: they are not the same thing.

TL;DR: Sprul-pa is a specific type of projection created through intense meditation that is not achievable or "available" to lay practitioners. It is not something you can do without being deeply involved in Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Creating a thoughtform is not the same as sprul-pa. Tulpamancy with meditation is not the same as creating a sprul-pa. Pure Land Buddhism or other branches do not have the same concept of Sprul-pa. It is not a "Buddhist" concept, it is Tibetan Buddhist.

Tulpa is a different concept entirely, yes, in it's origin as a mystical term it is technically "appropriation" because it removes the practice from its context and reduces it to a superficial version suited for uninitiated, Western readers. I do not think claiming that the use of the term by the plural community is racist or appropriative, since it's far enough removed from its original context that it barely resembles it. You can't get mad at the last person in a game of telephone for having a different answe than the original.

Sprul-pa is a specifically Tibetan Buddhist practice, coming from that particular branch. I don't think laypeople from another branch have much of an authority when trying to "prove" that it's Real Appropriation since it is a concept inspired by Tibetan Buddhism in particular. I will gladly listen to any scholar or monk who has a different opinion, but I doubt many who are at that level of education care about Tumblr discourse. My Geshe sure didn't.

I'm closer to Pure Land Buddhism now, but I still grew up with Tibetan Buddhist practices and feel the responsibility to speak on this, since it is something my lama taught me and my family still practices.

[lotusqai]

✦　Instrumentalist

A headmate who has an instrument or ability that allows them to ground, entrance, or harm others in the system through music (general or a specific song). This can be a soother, persecutor, or protector subterm depending on the particular headmate. A term similar to obsonātor, siren, and volta do mar. Inspired by several of our members who have music-related skills that can both harm and protect others in-sys.

✦　Coiner is pro-endo, anyone can use. Do not recoin. Free to archive.