#mediple

[pride-stars]

Mediple : a system, sisasystem, or cluster that is decidedly both median and multiple. They may share closeness of mind, shared identity as each other, similar personalities, a single train of thought, or other characteristics, but distinctly identify as full-fledged and (semi-)separate people, and multiple in nature, despite not being partitionary by general means.

[unique-plural]

So for some time, we thought we were most likely a median system, but it still didn't seem entirely correct... Then we discovered mediple

Mediple is a mix of being median and multiple: having closeness of mind / thoughts, identity, personality, and possibly more, while still being distinct individuals who are ( semi- ) seperate from one another.

Hearing this changed our whole view about plurality and helped us understand ourselves ( and why we tend to switch between " i " and "we" even in the same sentence ) a lot more! There's not a lot of representation for mediples online, but hopefully sharing this will help others figure themselves out, as well as spread the awareness of these types of systems!

~ 🌈💫

Y'know, funny... That median subsys of ours sounds more mediple now but we forgot the term existed. Somehow.

There needs to be more representation or more posts from mediple plurals cuz we legit forgot there's extra nuances between median and multiple (even when we've referenced the spectrum of plurality in a lot of our responses and used the term mediple too).

Would be cool if we could find more mediple experiences to share on here guys.

-Tab (Kinich Fictive /@enberneutral)

[statesys]

hai I've been thinking about this loads and it's starting to annoy the others (/lh) so I'm posting it here heh?? :3

I am my headmates

I am my headmates in that I eat prawn cocktail crisps even though I can't stand the taste, because they like them. I am my headmates in that I am drawn to bright colours because they are. I am my headmates in that I listen to our main playlist on shuffle and try to guess who added what. I am my headmates in that we have monopoly in our room for impromptu game nights. I am my headmates in that I subconsciously avoid certain clothing, because I know it is theirs. I am my headmates in that I hug myself, knowing I am also hugging them. I am my headmates in that their dreams are my dreams, their fears are my fears, their memories are my memories, they are me and I am them, they are themselves and I am myself. I am my headmates and my headmates are me

[urfaveisplural]

Harry DuBois from Disco Elysium is a mediple proxy system/plural!

[PT: Harry DuBois is a mediple proxy system/plural!]

Requested by @azzysflowergarden (as a mediple proxy system), @vvlxenn (as just plural), and anon (as a median system).

Elaboration by @azzysflowergarden: "He is canonically shown to have 24 'voices' in his head (seperate from himself) that have thoughts and feelings individually, but they all influence how he processes things.

These thoughts can work together or fight, being able to both talk directly with each other and Harry himself (all internally).

I don't know if he ever talks about the attributes (what they're called) to anyone else though. It's a choose-your-own game with every tiny decision you make influencing your playthrough, so there could be a line out there that I just haven't heard."

Elaboration by anon: "in source he’s got these ‘states’ that aren’t explicitly mentioned or defined to be Him per se, but it’s pretty clear that they’re essentially him*. and he talks to them and argues with them and they talk to him and argue with him. and there’s a bunch of them. so plural beam LMAO. also the guy has got retroactive amnesia from drinking and the ‘states’ have information on memories/details he doesn’t.

Although the states don’t properly ‘front’ at all, harry’s got Something plural about him,, trust me,,

*him as in possessive of certain specific traits that originally belonged to Harry [pre-amnesia i assume] and solely those traits, rather than possessive of his central identity."

Plural flag only and median/plural versions below cut.

[plural-the-way-you-dont-like]

Mixed origin/multigenic mediple flag

Requested by anon.

[the-emberwoods]

Welcome to the forest of starry mist ݁.𖠰 ݁↟

We're the Emberwood System, a mixed origin (tulpa + quoigenic), mediple collective of 18 members, not counting our daemons or walk-ins.

Our tags:

# — [member's name]; sign-offs

# — the core; subsystem talk

# — the emberwoods; whole system

# — the emberwood forest; tulpamancy

# — creatures; alterhumanity

# — cat brain; misc thoughts, mental health, reflections, etc.

# — other systems; reblogs, asks, interactions in general

Our members:

(further description under the cut)

The Core

The Core is a median subsystem of unknown origin. Most of consider ourselves separate in terms of identity, but we're also part of a whole, sharing a collective story and life. We don't mind being perceived as a single individual and alternate between "we" and "I"

Charlie (they/them, therian, agender and aroace, used to be the host until roughly 2022-2023)

Fran (he/him, age-slider, probably our oldest member formation-wise, was also our host once)

Max (he/him, alterhuman, new host)

Otty (she/they, vampire)

Vixen (she/her, nonhuman coyote and occasionally feline, very maternal toward other members as well as our stuffed animals)

Corbin (he/him, werewolf)

Alice (he/him, oldest age-wise, deals with gender dysphoria and acts as a protector)

Jinx (she/her, fictive, helps accept our strong emotions)

Mettaton (he/him, fictive, confidence booster)

Mirror and Blanket are facets, not possessing any characteristics besides their roles and nicknames. Any pronouns can be used on them

Transmasculine

Collective identity:

On the aroace and bisexual spectrums (most are pan and demiaroace)

Faeborn

Alterhumans

Feline and canine therians

Transspecies werebeings

The Emberwood

ESSA handlers

Neurodivergent (diagnosed with autism and generalized anxiety)

A tulpagenic collective created prior to the discovery of The Core and our first contact with the plural community. All members were created or "invited" into the system. Charlie was the one to start it, alongside our first tulpa, Muffy. Our system in named after our wonderland, The Emberwood Forest.

Muffy (she/her, trans woman, spider shapeshifter)

Toby (he/him, werewolfkin and dog/greater bird-of-paradise therian)

Lobo (he/it/any, very private about his identity)

Chloe (they/them + dragon themed neos, fae and dragonkin)

Azalea (she/her, dragon girl)

N (he/him, doghearted and otherpaw, murder drones fictive)

Uzi (she/her, wolf and lynx therian, fictionkin, murder drones fictive)

[plural-positvity]

shout out to mediple plurals!

Shout out to...

[imposter-syndrome-is]

We get imposter syndrome from being mediple, which is one of the different types of plurality that falls between being multiple (plural) and being singular (singlet).

Sometimes we won't switch for like a week or more, so it'll feel like I'm just faking it... Like I'm not real even though I know I am.

~🌈💫

imposter syndrome when you're plural is…