>Anon asked: could we get a role/term for alters who come off as creepy, disturbing, weird, or as generally uncomfortable individuals in order to protect the system through social isolation? thank you for your time if completed
Unusual protector: an alter who comes off as creepy, disturbing, weird, unusual, bizarre, strange, unnerving, generally uncomfortable individuals, etc in order to protect the system through social isolation.
Like this term or role? Feel free to send us a request!
a term for any part that is missed, grieved, or was 'lost' to their system. this may have been through shattering, prolonged dormancy, fusion (particularly negative fusion), drastic fragmentation, or any other occurrence that the system views as loss.
this is one of the few terms that the headmate themselves cannot claim. rather, its intended use is to give those who loved them a term to refer to them by, memorializing their existence and showing that they were cherished by the rest of their system.
more personal info below the cut, surrounding what inspired us to make this.
#OHHHH THIS IS WHAT AMMIE WAS #man i wish she were around to see this
these tags were left under our house host term by @crys-ambivalenttowardrbs . it hit us hard. it made us happy to know that we'd been able to give a recognized name to something others experience, especially when the person in our own system, who coined it for themselves, struggled for so long to define their role in words.
"man, I wish she were around to see this."
we've echoed that sentiment so many times, about so many we've lost; it makes us emotional reading it over trying to write this. they would have loved this, if only they could see it. it's even harder now, because we lost the person who coined that role, split up into multiple for a lot of different reasons. though we love the newcomers dearly, there's still that sense of loss for the person they were.
everyone focuses so much on how, in the typical way, headmates can't die, so they skim past the fact that you can still lose them because it's 'not the same'. we've always hated that. loss is loss, no matter what way. sometimes you can get them back. sometimes you can't. it doesn't change the fact that it hurts when they're gone.
we wanted a way to let others know they're not alone in grieving. a way for those left to show that the ones they lost weren't just forgotten, they're memorialized, whatever that means to them. a way to commemorate the alters that didn't make it through to the other side.
this post is dedicated to ammie. it's dedicated to those in our partner system that we never got the privilege to meet before their collapse. it's dedicated to all the members of our system we've lost over the years, and to those we never got to meet properly before they slipped away. it's dedicated to every single part, alter, headmate, fragment, that every plural has lost in their journey.
we understand that holding on is hard. we know. but your system will love and cherish you, and what you did for them, long after you're gone.
an alter whose role is to lighten the mood when the system is experiencing negative emotions/situations despite having a hard time themself. a corriedale alter is usually supportive, kind and caring. oftentimes, they happen to be littles or little-adjacent, but that’s not a requirement.
THIS ROLE IS FOR TRAUMAGENIC SYSTEMS ONLY! WE ARE ANTI-ENDO.
The Cat’s Meow: a term that describes an alter who meows or makes cat noises(this includes big cats). This could be due to a multitude of reasons, such as due to being non-human, verbal stemming, tics, etc. There is no wrong way to use this term.
Tagging for archival purposes: @radiomogai , @lioteds-archive , @rwuffles
So for a while I've wanted to make an anti-endo alternative to "traumagenic"
So I came up with Traumaborn!! For systems "born" from trauma :)
Of course you don't have to use it or tag your stuff any different, I just wanted to make term that could be used as an alternative :3
As for the flag: red is for a history of trauma, blue is for recovery, and the transition from red to blue is for a path to recovery! The bandaid symbol is for healing :)
If I see any pro endo versions of this you will be blocked immediately as this term is for anti endos and alternatives are not meant to be made. You guys have "genic" terms. Let us have our own. No I'm not gatekeeping as I know I can't stop you, just please use your own terms instead of mine.. Hell recoin them to be pro endo just don't use mine-
