𐔌 ᛝ laika .ᐟ data 𐂯

23 | they/it | profic | audhd, recognized DID | preferably 18+ acc | main blog, find our sbs in pinned

[pupinsanity]

♯┆new pinned post .ᐟ.ᐟ ★ ੭

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hiiii we're finally rethemeing here, so welcome to our new intro !:3

we are PluralPaws, or the DataSys, collectively go by Laika or Data.

general / collective info:

bodily 23 || it/they || fluid, queer, transneu || t4t

we are taken and in a long-term rs, been on t on and off since sometime in 2019, and are disabled.

our system is fairly small, and medically recognized as (traumagenic) DID. we're somewhat non-human, and mainly dog-aligned. in parts we are also black cat, angel, robot/tech, and some fictkin.

opinions / stances / byf:

we are, collectively, anti-harassment and censorship, which does mean pro-fiction and ship. we enjoy dark themes, and could also be considered "darkship", though we don't "ship" much these days.

we're also pro-para, and anti-contact for harmful/"big 3".

we are endo-supportive. to put it simply, we do not care and will never be able to police other people's plural experiences, even if we wanted to. we don't, though! do whatever the fuck you want.

dni?:

none of us truly believe in trying to ward off ill-intentioned people by stating "dni", and we block freely. with that said, we would really rather not interact with zionists whatsoever. just dont come here.

we'll not automatically block minors, but might if we feel uncomfy.

.　⟢⋆ ˚｡୨ ʚ main fronters:

alex || 23 || they/it

angel || slider || it/they/she

mika || middle || it/he/sin/ill

lance || middle || he/it

.　⟢⋆ ˚｡୨ ʚ sideblogs:

@resourcesdog (editing / web resource)

@rotteneko (mika's blog)

@/puppyh0les (nsft, personal content and pics, mdni!)

more to come...?

.　⟢⋆ ˚｡୨ ʚ interests:

psychology & mental health, gender & sexuality, digital art & mixed media. weed !!! anime, video games, anything that we seem to resonate with!

soooo thank you so much for reading if you got this far!! see u around lovelies <3

[werewolvesnearyou]

i've never liked anyone this much before

[leathersys]

sleep(& the commonality of leaving front overnight)

[strangerconnection]

you know, i don't remember

[pupinsanity]

did the "eyes of our headmates" thing we saw somewhere around here!! sorry for not being able to credit anyone rn, i genuinely cannot remember when i saw this concept, where, by who, or how long its even been. excuse me 🫡

[mrkanman]

[syscest]

median system? no i said we were, like. a middle system. all my headmates are teenagers, yeah

[cest-mallory]

metadata is part of your message. your name, your avatar, all communicate things about you. if your message was sent by a different user it would often be interpreted differently.

this is even more true for plural systems, who, with tools like PluralKit (or even just emoji signifying), have to decide for each message who to indicate said a thing, or whether to indicate such information at all.

with an established rapport, a lot of meaning can be conveyed with the use of a proxy. something that would be rude out of one headmates mouth may seem friendly from another (see: calibration). but less positive associations can be built too. "oh god you're in front is everything ok?" is not necessarily a nice association to have with your existence (although perhaps useful for some).

tightly built rapports with other systems can convey a lot. "oh you immediately fronted when i talked about this fantasy, is that good for you~?". "you two are in front together a lot, do you like each other or something~?". there is space to build very intimate understandings of a system's inner workings.

but this creates a dilemma with more distant relationships. if someone doesn't know your system well enough to pick up on the extra information provided by a choice of proxy, how much do they need that? oftentimes systems will end up offering headmate explanations, system diagrams, simplyplural accounts, etc. early on in a relationship to frontload this information and open up those communicative potentials right away, rather than letting someone learn over time. but for large systems this can also be overwhelming, a lot of information for someone to internalise at once.

a tension is created, between plurality as a model for understanding yourself, and as a tool for communicating with other people.

do you show a full system diagram? or only a simplified version with the headmates you think someone is likely to meet. how much do you elide variations between similar headmates to simplify yourself for other people. it's often a terrible plural anxiety, to think you're too big or complicated for many people to care to understand. but these are also decisions made every time someone "lies" about a proxy, choosing to hide the fact a more vulnerable headmate is in front, or when someone chooses a less accurate but more socially appropriate avatar for public spaces.

models of plurality as a socially realised identity, and as a form of internal self understanding will probably always be in tension. but it's worth thinking about their interactions

[patko0]

Vent art

[cesiumsalad]

this is literally how it looks everytime i spend all my crystals bro </33 i feel u

[pupinsanity]

headmate doodlez !!

really wanna make comics soon :>

[orchardsys]

A comic I did about wishing I could just go to sleep and see everyone

[through-the-eyes-of-a-collective]

Kinda sappy but yeah

Valentines special

[pupinsanity]

new laptop stickers !!!!!

[alleesaur]

heart stringers

[infertilityidol]

wails desperately and then goes back to doing fucjing whatever

[alteredpanel]

i was going through our files today to clean and this is not a comic exactly but i think is topical and technically an entry to this diary regardless

[ghostpup03]

I love when people just get that I'm a dog, one of my freinds said "we're like shaggy and Scooby" I said I was Scooby and she just went "yeah that doesn't need explaining" and the meny times when I'm with my friends when see a dog on anything they ask/say "is that you fr" like they just get it