If you(&) are already, or are unsure whether you(&) are, a member of the plural community, or if you(&) are interested in knowledge related to plurality, the doors of our community are always open to you(&). The primary focus of the plurality community currently is to share knowledge about plurality and help individuals better understand themselves and explore ways to address trauma using psychological and psychiatric insights. When hundreds of people carrying similar confusion and pain come together, it creates fertile ground for understanding, mutual support, and compassion to flourish. May you(&) find your(&) own answers, warmth, strength, and hope here, no longer drifting aimlessly.
I hope this proves useful to someone(&) out there. We are not alone.
In many Asian cultures, people (most commonly women, in our experience) wear these jade bangles — and generally, never take them off. They're said to bring good luck and protect their wearer. The jade is said to develop a deeper, richer colour after years on one's (usually non-dominant) wrist. If it breaks, it's done its job to protect you. You can attach clasps to the pieces if you'd like to wear it again.
We're... a little conflicted on this tradition.
On one hand (pun intended) it would help us connect to our heritage — though we don't always feel Asian enough to do so in the first place. The simple-yet-elegant bracelets pair well with most outfits. Jade is very hard and therefore durable. It doesn't set off metal detectors, either.
But there's these deep connotations of family and eternity that — as an abused traumagenic system — make us feel... kind of weird.
More often than not, bangles are a gift from your parents — sometimes even family heirlooms passed on for generations. Not only would wearing one be a lifelong commitment (which not everyone in our system will be able to tolerate), it would be a constant reminder of our family and how they've hurt us.
We'll come of age soon. We are plural in such a way that we've never known permanence. If or when our parents gave us one, would it feel like a gift or a shackle? Could we buy one for ourselves instead? To mark how we belong to ourselves-- to our system?
In this drawing, the clasp represents the Anglosphere side of us: the focus on individualism and development; our desire for freedom. It features our own doodles as carvings. In contrast, the jade part represents our Asian side and the cultural norms attached. Loyalty and tradition, usually associated with family, have been recontextualised to fit systemhood instead.
Something broken has now been repaired. You can clearly see how it's been fixed; the creativity of visible mending. Yes, the bracelet could've been replaced — or repaired in a way where no one could tell it was broken in the first place — but isn't it nice to know that beauty can come from the damaged? That you can emerge from the muck you grew in and bloom?
And sure, the bracelet's not permanent anymore, but... maybe that's for the better. Maybe it means we get to choose who we want to be.
The green circle is a reference to how the green circle in the plural rings represents adaptive systems. The symbol (according to Wikitionary) has not one meaning, but multiple. All reflect how we see ourselves: strange but wonderful, like a rare and precious gem.
Finally, the phrase "Are there words for what we are" refers to how few Asian systems we've seen and us wondering if there are plural terms in our second language.
being Asian is so lonely sometimes and I don’t know how else to describe it. Looking around at my white peers and watching them engage in my culture, only to realize they only like the parts that are exotic enough to be tantalizing, and suddenly realizing none of them have ever pronounced my name correctly. All at once I am taken back to elementary school. My food is smelly, and my eyes are chinky, and my accent is funny, and I am all alone at recess because some boy started saying my family eats dogs.
theres somethin so real and light-filled about sharin your culture with your system
its the giving our littles a vietnamese name to help them feel more connected to who we are
its the saving your matcha and lemon green tea for your other system members because you don’t particularly like it but you know the others love it
its the eating cultural foods and feeling like its home
its the spreading medicinal eagle oil on the body when the host is sick because even though you know its not a complete cure, you know its the closest thing you can give to a massage
its the cutting up fruit for your trauma holder after you all have finished crying because thats how your parents showed you love
its the swimming in the summer because the person who identifies with the body most loves it when our brown shows
its your comfort item being made by your family in vietnam and you all having a collective love and dependency on him
QOTW: Does your collective have any associations with a mythological being from your culture(s)? This could be due to otherkinity, motifs, plural vibes, liking them, etc.
Second weekly discussion question!
Feel free to send in your own ideas for weekly questions.
System classifiers (the key ones, at least):
mediple | monoconscious | specutien | modular | adaptive
[Our system boundaries]
[Frequent posters - will update regularly]
[Post that explains our syscourse stances pretty well]
We're looking for plurality resources in languages other than English or from countries outside the Anglosphere to add to our guide (last updated: 6 June 2026 in our timezone). If you know any, or are willing to help translate the guide, please tell us through asks.
Introduction
Hey there! We're Fermi — a system whose headcount fluctuates and whose headmates tend to have a lot in common. We also run @cyclogenic-culture-is. We're mostly traumagenic and relate to OSDD-1a or P-DID systems, but we're no longer sure if a psychiatric diagnosis — and all that entails — would be helpful for us. What we are officially diagnosed with is autism (level 2 support needs) and ADHD. Basically, it's like we have "dissociative identity" with less of the "disorder."
Bodily, we're an older teenager — still under 18, i.e. underage in most countries including where we live.
We are endo-friendly, even if we forget to tag individual posts as such. (Personally, we dislike using pro/anti terms.) Anyone can interact regardless of personal syscourse stances, but if you harass or fakeclaim anyone based on their system origins, you will not have a good time here.
As more countries introduce mandatory age verification to the Internet, there may come a time when we stop posting here, even if we're ""old enough"" to be on social media. We cannot risk our face or ID being linked to an account that posts about plurality. Should Tumblr ever announce such changes, we'll announce our plans for this account — maybe move to some sort of personal website.
We're psychologically alterhuman with an emphasis on "human" — we enjoy having a human body and doing human things, and we are the complete and utter opposite of misanthropic. Specieswise, we're alderwinged/a winged human or maybe a nonreligious angel, some kind of sentient AI operating system thing (obligatory "fuck ChatGPT"), and starhearted. Some of us may have individual alterhuman identities. This Pinterest image sums up most aspects of our identity nicely.
This blog is less "social" and more "media". We may not directly interact with other users very often, but we definitely like throwing our thoughts, art, shenanigans, etc. into the metaphorical void and seeing what happens. Since we consider educating, uniting, and enlightening others something of a life purpose, we especially enjoy putting together plurality resources — though those posts take more effort and are less common.
What do you mean, 'less social, more media'?
On account of our autism, we have a low social battery, find ending conversations difficult, and worry a lot about saying the Wrong Thing. Privacy and anonymity are a large concern for us too; we limit what we share with strangers online. You can still talk to us one-on-one, this is just to explain any weird or aloof behaviour. We're more open with blogs we already know/follow.
Boundaries
We are anti-harassment. Full stop.
We have no DNI — just follow your own and don't be a dick.
Asks are always welcome! (If you couldn't tell from the egregiously-long intro post, we love talking about our system.)
And adding onto the above: this isn't primarily an advice blog, but we are always willing to provide some. Even to those whose beliefs or actions we find morally reprehensible, so keep in mind that interaction is not endorsement!
Should someone who gives us bad vibes interact with this blog via reblogs or asks, we reserve the right not to respond. That said, there are exceptions. For example, there are many other reasons we may not answer you (like forgetfulness or not knowing what to add). Don't assume the worst!
Mean asks will only be answered if answering them could feasibly (a) prove a point or (b) be really fucking funny.
Additionally, we reserve the rights not to answer questions that may reveal identifying information, and to be vague in our answers.
Despite sometimes having a blunt, formal, or sarcastic tone we are — in fact — kind people! We don't bite!
If you don't understand something we say, ask for an explanation. We are quite verbose and use lots of big words, references to memes/famous Tumblr posts/fandoms, wordplay, and sarcasm.
We will make mistakes, social or factual. Please be kind when you point them out.
Please keep interactions respectful and SFW.
Discourse as a whole is extremely stressful and exhausting for us. We may respond to discourse-y asks if we feel the poster truly means well and/or something can be learnt at the end.
Yes, our brain works like a computer. Yes, the way we write is (unfortunately) very reminiscient of many LLMs. No, we do not support generative AI. Do not ask us whether our posts are AI-generated, because the answer will always be "no".
Tone tags are much appreciated, but not required. If you're using a less common tag, please spell it out (/metaphor is preferable to /m).
All good-faith identities (that means all contradictory labels, alter/nonhumans, system origins, etc) are welcome here.
We do not consider the radqueer or transID communities "good-faith". They co-opt queer culture to promote bigotry, anti-intellectualism/uncritical groupthink, and abuse. We don't outright ban members of such communities from interacting because (a) what other users do is out of our control and (b) it is very difficult to help someone out of a hole if you can't even touch them /metaphor.
Please don't take it personally if we block you. It's usually not out of malice, it's just something we do to keep everyone here comfortable.
Trivia
Our collective name is based on the Fermi Paradox: the mismatch between how common alien life should be in theory versus how little evidence we've found of its existence in practice. If we knew we were plural — that it just felt right — then where was everyone else? The world is incredibly vast; the mind virtually infinite. How could it even be possible that we're alone?
If that didn't tip you off: we really like space. Starhearted, remember?
We post most of our original art during Systember — see the "multiplicity creativity" and "systember" featured tags.
While we won't reveal our country of birth/residence/citizenship, we are ethnically Vietnamese! We like talking about our culture and how it intersects with our plurality.
As a 2nd-gen immigrant, English is our first language. This — combined with a lack of formal education in our second language — is why we don't post in Vietnamese. We'd like to someday, but it's not high on our list of priorities right now.
Our blog's theme is inspired by outer space and astronautics, academia, secret organisations, code/technology, Internet culture, archives, and sci-fi + fantasy aesthetics.
Despite being primarily traumagenic/adaptive, all of our experiences have affected our system's formation — in particular, it was heavily influenced by school, neurodivergence, growing up online, daydreaming, Being a Writer™, and a special interest in plurality.
We like collecting labels, plural and otherwise. (Psst! Some of them are even homemade!)
Our collective signoff for asks sent to other blogs is [𝐹𝑚], or in plaintext [Fm]. We really don't use it as much as we should.
It’s nice to see another Asian system in the wild. ^^
It really, really is. I remember seeing a post from another Vietnamese system in particular and practically jumping for joy :D
You should check out @/asian-plural-culture if you haven't already!
While online plural spaces can be quite Anglocentric, know that you are never alone. Systems exist in all cultures — some just don't know what a "system" is yet.
