Hello hello! This is a little sideblog to post our plural comics. Just little snippets on our life, because sometimes silly things happen and we want to put it somewhere.
Reference on the guys (may be updated in the future):
Some thingies:
Sometimes I will use “I” or “us” depending on who was fronting.
We will post mostly mundane and day to day stuff.
We're not really sure of our origin, and we don't really care about that. Please don't bring discourse into this blog.
Something that happened this week. We don't usually like showers. We even have a designated "Shower Guy" (Pink) because of it.
Fun fact, this comic took us several days and multiple headmates worked on it. This is not really thr case all the time, as normally is Sky the "artist" of the system, and the only one of us who truly likes to draw. But this time Sky, Pink, Black, and even Teal worked on it. We're in the middle of exam season son we're not able to make a lot of comics and we're switching A LOT more than normally. That's why the style changes a bit. We never noticed our drawing styles being so different haha.
This took SO LONG because of the new designs, but it's done at last! It's been a year since our syscovery, so I wanted to make a comic to celebrate it. You may notice that we are using the new designs, that's why it took long. But I think the result is really pretty! We are not going to get rid of the old style, obviously, we love our blob design too much for that, but we wanted to make them a bit more detailed to make them easier for colorblind folks to distinguish each sysmate.
I honestly don't know when's the next comic going to get out, because we are currently in exam season and finishing up projects for college, so it may take a bit. But we're already working on one, and we have two other wips with the idea and the dialogue down, so it may take less. We hope you like it!
I saw others doing this so this is our take. (shoutout to @interior-people and @transientsatellite for the inspo). Sadly we have the 10 image limit so we can't post all of them at the same time. But yeah! Slandering headmates together!
Am I going overboard with TADC references? Maybe. But it's my comic and I do what I want with it. Anyways. Don't you have the one headmate that hates reheated food or just leftovers in general? And if they're near they will demand fresh food even tho they're not even near fronting? Because we can't fill ourselves with perfectly good food apparently.
It was like midnight and we just went, made one of those pizzas that are done in ten minutes, ate the whole thing, and went back to bed. To doomscroll for a few hours. Of course.
First time drawing Caine, hope it doesn't look too wonky.
We don't usually will headmates into existence. The other one exception we made was, ironically, with Black, because we needed someone to handle dissociation and the feeling of being blurry. Black's role in the system started being a gatekeeper, but with time he just took a bunch of other roles in the way. He's been gatekeeper, protector, co-host, dissociation holder... Nowadays he's a protector, but he still holds gatekeeper tasks from time to time. The main reason he originally stepped down as gatekeeper is because he sucked at the job and didn't really know how to do it correctly. With time, he's been learning, and he has one of the most useful roles in the system.
But this time, our Kinger fictive (Cyan) was left so distressed after the last episode of his source (The Amazing Digital Circus) that he begged Black for days to bring Caine into the system. We discussed it between Purple (because he had been in the system the longest and he's the oldest), Black, Sky, and, of course, Cyan, and we made a vote between all system members. We ended up taking pity of Cyan and now Caine is here. Yipee.
Content warning for discussions of (implied) trauma, amnesia, dissociation, panic attacks, implied/referenced abuse, bullying. Proceed with caution if you're sensible or triggered by this topics.
Oh boy, this was a heavy one. We had a lot of trouble both writing and drawing this, but it's done. It took us a long time, mainly because we kept dissociating while drawing and zoning out, felt our chest tight, the whole think. I barely proof read it because of this, so if there's typos that's why.
But it's healthy to try to process trauma this way, right? At least I think so. Better than ruminating about it and keep it all in. So yeahhhh.
Words of wisdom from the Kinger fictive of our system after watching the latest The Amazing Digital Circus episode. He interprets Caine to be his son, and while he wasn't personally fronting the first time we watched the episode, he watched it on his own and was certainly devastated. We hope every fictive(s) from that source are doing okay, that was a heavy episode to say the least. Extending our wishes to every Caine introject and fictive. He drew this in five minutes and gave up. Please accept his offering.
We're working on a bigger comic that's a bit heavy so it's taking a while. It's something a bit personal but we want to draw it to help us process everything, so in the meantime have this.
Not to yap on this sideblog (it's only meant for comics, after all) but I feel like this is somehow related to the comics so idk. I love love love how many comics about plurality have been popping up lately. It's so nice reading about others' experiences in simple drawings, in little stories. (Personally for us) I can't thank enough @oursystemblog for the huge inspiration your comics brought us, how we lost some of the fear of being ourselves because of your comics. How we started processing everything easier while drawing little anecdotes. Other inspirations for this blog and great comics we've found are @creaturesofthecreek, @changelingcoded, @lyter-system, @labyrinthwalkers, @alteredpanel, @semiplural, @mycavesystem, @periodic-sys-comics, @pipeupcomic and many, many others. (Check out their comics, they're great!)
Thank you, plural community, for bringing us a place to be ourselves and speak up about who we are.
I'm gonna update this post with other comics we've found lately! @the-flock-of-feathers, @thesolarguild, @daemon-company, @pluralfluid, @our-everyday-journal, @asmilingsystem, @my-systems-doodles, @switchplural, @theseus-system, @terriblemultiple, @sporks-scribblez, @partially-split-comix, @pluralcoded, @fof-plural. These are great comic with a similar vibe to ours and others we've tagged already.
(If you don't wish to be tagged, send me an ask or a dm, we don't mind!)
It's been a while, so it's time to update this! Shoutout to @inchwormcircus, @wearethethesislingspleasefeedus, @some-more-plurality, @helixrainn, @classifiedcove, @theiasystem, @through-the-eyes-of-a-collective, @sunlit-keys, @mynd-art, @a-constellation-sys, @orchardsys, @bee-sys, @data-hive, @leoside, @nova-constellation, @kuridevitchi, @thefacets, @variousbugsinatrenchcoat, @severalcomic, @transientsatellite and many more we're probably forgetting about!
(If you don't wish to be tagged, send me an ask or a dm, we don't mind!)
you're very welcome @inchwormcircus! Love your comics, keep doing what you're doing, mate.
Just as an explanation to anyone who sees this, we're doing this shoutout fairly often, as you can see. This is because, as one of the first plural systems that we started this little "trend" or tradition to make plural/system comics, we love how overwhelmingly positive the response has been from the community. Everyone who reads our comics, thank you so much btw.
Because of this, and taking into account that we have a good bunch of followers, we wanted to give everyone the recognition they deserve and start a shoutout of plural comics! Every once in a while, we gather some plural comics accounts we started following and we put them on a big list so we remember who's part of the community (bad memory goes brrrr) and to show them our appreciation. Plus it serves as a way to unite the community! Go systems go!
Not to yap on this sideblog (it's only meant for comics, after all) but I feel like this is somehow related to the comics so idk. I love love love how many comics about plurality have been popping up lately. It's so nice reading about others' experiences in simple drawings, in little stories. (Personally for us) I can't thank enough @oursystemblog for the huge inspiration your comics brought us, how we lost some of the fear of being ourselves because of your comics. How we started processing everything easier while drawing little anecdotes. Other inspirations for this blog and great comics we've found are @creaturesofthecreek, @changelingcoded, @lyter-system, @labyrinthwalkers, @alteredpanel, @semiplural, @mycavesystem, @periodic-sys-comics, @pipeupcomic and many, many others. (Check out their comics, they're great!)
Thank you, plural community, for bringing us a place to be ourselves and speak up about who we are.
I'm gonna update this post with other comics we've found lately! @the-flock-of-feathers, @thesolarguild, @daemon-company, @pluralfluid, @our-everyday-journal, @asmilingsystem, @my-systems-doodles, @switchplural, @theseus-system, @terriblemultiple, @sporks-scribblez, @partially-split-comix, @pluralcoded, @fof-plural. These are great comic with a similar vibe to ours and others we've tagged already.
(If you don't wish to be tagged, send me an ask or a dm, we don't mind!)
It's been a while, so it's time to update this! Shoutout to @inchwormcircus, @wearethethesislingspleasefeedus, @some-more-plurality, @helixrainn, @classifiedcove, @theiasystem, @through-the-eyes-of-a-collective, @sunlit-keys, @mynd-art, @a-constellation-sys, @orchardsys, @bee-sys, @data-hive, @leoside, @nova-constellation, @kuridevitchi, @thefacets, @variousbugsinatrenchcoat, @severalcomic, @transientsatellite, @starry-sys-tem, @wearethethesislingspleasefeedus , @inside-fishs-mouth and many more we're probably forgetting about! Go give them some love! As a (more or less) big plural comic creator, we're trying to give other comic creators the recognition they deserve.
(If you don't wish to be tagged, send me an ask or a dm or comment here, we don't mind!)
boy oh boy this comic was a STRUGGLE. At first I had an idea to make a comic about the simply plural shutdown, but it ended up being more abstract that what I intended. So yeah, a bit of reflection on the state of the community as a whole, which. Well, it's to say, it's a bit toxic in all honesty. But this is the internet! What were we expecting?
This is a bit of a reflection on what we've been seeing in the community on the last few days. (Under the cut, it got long)
We've seen the community panicking over the last few days over apps well-used and well-loved by the community going away, seemingly all at once. We wanted to give our two-cents on the situation too, so here it goes! Like mostly everyone in this community, we've been using Simply Plural since our syscovery, to track our switches and know each other better as a system. Because of this, we have a very good understanding on who we are as individual "parts", and we've grown to like how easy it is to track our switches this way. HOWEVER.
Relying solely on an online tool, however safe it may be, it's way too frail to us. Nothing online is permanent, nothing on the internet lasts forever. And thus is something I think everyone needs to understand. We've always been a bit of a freak when it comes to archiving (those who follow my main know why), and our plurality is no exception. Since we had our syscovery, almost a year ago now, we've been using both simply plural alongside a physical notebook to track switches. We track the switches with the app and then write them down in the notebook at the end of the day. At first, this was because we (or, well, Sky, the host) were deep into denial, and it took us almost two years to discover our plurality and almost half a year to accept it. Because of this, we needed a physical reminder that our plurality was real and we were not making it up for attention or something (even tho we haven't told anyone about or plurality, brains are weird I know). Nowadays, is more like a habit. A good habit we've maintained every single day, without fail, writing down every single switch.
Ever since we saw the announcement of the Simply Plural shutdown, we've seen systems panicking no matter the origin all over Tumblr. If you're one of those systems, I need you to do something for me: Take a deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Everything is going to be okay. Our community has been here before simply plural, and it will be here after it's departure. I need you all to understand: Nothing on the internet survives forever. Because of this, you shouldn't rely your system's well being on an app. I don't want to sound harsh, and I know that lots of systems are upset. I'm not trying to downplay that. But there's other options. There always be other options. Other apps will come, heck, we've seen one or two projects trying to emulate what Simply Plural is to all of us.
We have time to prepare. You have time to prepare. Start making spreadsheets with your system's information, write down documents, buy a shitty notebook and write everything down. It doesn't need to look pretty. And I know that for some systems, it may seem impossible. It requires a lot of work, not gonna lie. Heck, we've seen systems discussing that they can't have notebooks because they're afraid their family will find it, and it would be dangerous for them to have one. If that's the case, maybe create a Gmail account that your parents don't know about and write down everything in Google docs. Or maybe, because Google is shitty, you could buy a USB and write it down in Libre Office.
And maybe, maybe, even if all that isn't an option, don't be discouraged. There will be other tools. Other apps. We systems are here to stay, and we need these tools. Something else will come up.
I don't know what else to Say. I have a million other thoughts in the matter, and I'm afraid this post is long enough now. If you have questions, suggestions, or thoughts on this, feel free to send us an ask or ask us directly in dms! We have lots of thoughts in this but too many to pin them down in one single post. Be kind to eachother. Everything will be okay.
First instance of someone fronting wanting to self harm (light, but still self harm), so we wanted to draw it. For prosperity, or something. It's not really traditional self harm, but he knows we can't smoke as we have a lung condition. Not really sure if he's aware of that or not, but not taking any chances. This was really rushed, so if it looks a bit wonky excuse it.
So yeah, Night fronted and was really pissed for some reason and just decided to make it everyone's problem. May have something to do with having to do an interview tomorrow, and we hate those collectively. Luckily for us, someone always fronts with Night, because he's had self harm thoughts before and it was just a matter of time. Came out of nowhere, too. He wants to smoke now even tho it may kill us. We never tried to smoke before and don't want to. We're overall pretty healthy except for junk food, so we went with that. Trying to argue would only make it worse.
Is reds little bow thing strings or arms? Because i think theyre strings but i keep seeing them as tiny little arms 😭
Ha! No, no arms. It's supposed to be the strings that are inside the hoodie! The red thing is a hoodie and there's the strings that are inside it ang go around the head shape to make it more tight or loose
Little in McDonald's, what will he do?! Order a shit ton of stuff, obviously. Well, it was not that bad. Luckily we have a small stomach so he knew to not overspend and we're so so proud of him for that. Lime will always go on and off from dormancy, so it's always a delight when he gets to front. He cannot hold it for long tho, he usually last an hour or less, but this day managed two whole hours! So that was neat.
That meant I missed out on McDonald's tho. The McDonald's is pretty far away where we live so we have to take the bus to go. But I'm really happy Lime asked for permission to front this time instead of just- shoving me from the body! That was really nice.
Now I have a twenty something page-fic sitting in my drafts. A document I'm forbidden to touch under any circumstances. I guess he will continue working on it when he fronts again? I don't know.
I guess it's fair. He's forbidden to touch the book I've been writing for the last seven years, and he and all the others have respected that.
Him and another headmate are also trying to see if they're from the same "timeline" or "canon", whatever that means. Because they're from thr same source. But it's going sloooow because, yknow, amnesia barriers. And I don't know if the outcome will be better or worse for them. But who am I to tell?
It's a great effort! I think writing down canon information may help them. It helped me with my own fictionkin identity, at least. I find it mostly admirable and I won't intervene (me and the others) unless they hyperfocus too much on it and end up neglecting responsibilities.
Hi, I'm Alicia and a recent experience just helped me realize the character I thought I'd made is my headmate!
Brief trigger warning for censored swearing because I'm aware you have littles thanks to your pinned and I respect it:
So, I'm walking the dog, and a house I'm passing has a bunch of wood from a drawer that's been broken down. I glance at it. Cue this:
Random girl from top right window: Wanna stop looking at my yard?!
Me, blankly watching my dog take a wee: Sorry, we're going now-
Her: Well take your *Bleep* dog and *bleep* off.
A girl in my head who sounds nothing like me (British headmate™) : EXCUSE ME?!
*a split second later-*
A very BRITISH girl™: Oh *Bleep* Off!
A few minutes of blankness later and apparently my mum has raged at this girl and I (we??) are in the car like "Oop, so that happened?".
Apparently her name's Mackenzie (The brit, I've been told to say)
Anyway I wanted to tell you because it's SO cool!
Alicia (She/they)
Thank you so much for the ask! We love to see other's experiencies and hear about them.
And honestly, that was pretty rude of that girl! Like, it's not illegal to glance at someone else's property, as far as we're concerned.
I'm so glad you had help from your headmate to go through that! It reminds me of when I (Sky, host) first met Purple, our protector and first headmate. It was a bit of a situation like yours! Characters or OCs really like to turn themselves into headmates, am I right? :)
Also... British headmate! Yay! We have a headmate with a heavy new york accent, which is very very funny because we're not even English-speaking! But the accent keeps fighting to get out and sometimes is quite annoying.
