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Is there a neutral state for all of the secondaries or only Snake and Badger?

All the secondaries interact with "Neutral" (how you look when you're not working at being perceived a particular way) a little differently.

Snake secondaries talk about their Neutral states being relaxing, like taking your bra off at the end of the day. It's something they do when they feel very safe. They also tend to think that everyone is hiding a neutral state under their day-to-day presentation.

Birds deliberately build personas. They give their personas names, take them off, hang them up in the closet. So Birds slipping into Neutral is usually not very dramatic. It's like washing off makeup. They're going back to the base layer - where they need to be to build and experiment. Birds run into trouble when they get *stuck* in one of their personas, because they see them as tools, not identity the way Snakes and Badgers do. It's like how Jack Skellington hates being JUST "The Pumpkin King" and Edward Teach hates being JUST "Blackbeard."

If a Badger secondary is in a Neutral state around people, that's... not fun for them. Since bouncing off people's energy is automatic and it feels good, if they're not doing that, it's probably because they're too tired, angry, or are in a group of people who they just can't figure out how to gel with.

And Lion secondaries are basically in their Neutral state all the time. Or at least, they'd like to be.

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Wait so Lions are Neutral?

I’ve actually had this thought pretty much since I started this blog, although my thinking on it has changed in some ways. Essentially, the base of a Secondary is a Single-Player skill and a Neutral state. A Neutral state is our sense of self, unedited, without the influence of others. If you’ve interacted with young children, you probably know how blunt and unfiltered they can be. But are all those kids Lion Secondaries? Probably not. As they grow, many (though not necessarily all) of them will develop a Multiplayer skill, usually based on their Single-Player skill, that they may use instead of their Neutral in social situations. Some use their Multiplayer all the time, some only when they feel it’s needed, and some don’t feel comfortable using Multiplayer skills with any regularity, if at all. Lions fall into that last category. The brash authenticity that we associate with Lions, we’d also expect from the other Neutrals. Lions usually don’t build a Multiplayer skill more complicated than the basics because being their authentic self is much more comfortable for them. [EDIT: While I still maintain everything else in this post, Wisteria has reshaped my thinking on the Lion multiplayer by accurately pinpointing these “basics” that I referred to as a “Beacon Lion.”]

A few other thoughts about Neutrals since we’re here:

- Neutral states still display the qualities of their Secondary, so they don’t all look the same. For example, Lions and Neutral Snakes have been described as unstoppable forces and immovable objects respectively because they are Straightforward and Circumventing respectively. Unlike Improvising Secondaries, Built Secondaries will still be uncompromising on what they have built (their Collections for Birds and their Methods for Badgers). This is particularly noticeable in social situations for Birds who won’t budge on the facts they know to be true.

- People’s Primaries also tend to shine through when they’re in their Neutral because they tend to speak out more directly, unafraid to step on people’s toes, about their Primary values. Many people will drop their Multiplayer when something rubs their Primary the wrong way.

- Some people develop their Multiplayer so well that it even influences their sense of who they are. Snakes and Badgers are the most likely for this to happen to because, as Fluid Secondaries, they are able to shift and change enough to live in their Multiplayer 24/7. If these Fluid Multiplayers Explode, a person can lose track of their sense of self.

- Snake Secondaries were probably the first ones identified as having a Neutral because they have the most noticeable difference between their Neutral and Multiplayer. They can live in their mask (unlike Actor Birds who often revert back to their Neutral between roles) and aren’t always authentic (unlike Courtier Badgers who draw on their Neutral while mirroring).

- The official description of a Badger Secondary briefly mentions what a Neutral/Bookkeeper Badger looks like socially. “A [Badger] who is invested in their work, rather than people, is as likely as a [Lion] to step on toes.”

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i think im broken. i get happy so easily if i let myself feel it but then i feel so guilty for wanting to be happy that i just force myself into a neutral state to stop thinking about it

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So, snake secondary neutral state. I'm not sure I have one. Or, well, use it much. Or maybe I do. I don't know.

See, I think I just recently unburned my secondary snake, she still feels a little tender and hesitant. She needs recognition, and validation, and nurturing, but already she makes me so happy and content. Example: I took over a training session today from one of my colleagues. I did it once before so I knew the materials, he had send the invitations, all I had to do was show up and do it. And that's exactly what I did, 2 minutes before it started with no prep other than opening the first powerpoint. It was one of the most relaxed 3,5 hours I have spend in any training, ever. Even a week ago, I would have prepped at least a little, checked who was in it, or if someone sent in a sick note, maybe looked through the materials or thought about phrases to use, etc. My confidence in my improv is growing, and it feels amazing.

I am also upping my playfulness factor by creating a side blog for all the dark shit I like, and I am loving it. It feels so good to let my snake play, to let myself play again. And to keep it secret, but letting everyone know it's there 😉

What it all boils down to is that I am very much embracing the different facettes of my secondary, and tearing down whatever models or performances I might have had. I just want to feel like myself again, and if it means exploding my snake a little, so be it, because it feels amazing.

I know I'm skirting around my neutral state, but it all has a point, I swear. The point is, neutral feels very dull at the moment. I want to play, I want a challenge, I want to grow, I want to change. I want to nurture my flow, and I associate neutral mostly with being tired and frustrated. I know there is a kinder version, and it comes out when I'm with my friends. But for one reason or another, I spend nearly all of my time alone, so that kinder version is not often accessible.

And finally, there is this. Being honest on tumblr, telling you all my secrets (well, not all of them, obviously 😉). It tastes a little neutral, a little "I don't give a fuck who knows", and being vulnerable in a (seemingly) controlled space also feels good. But then I know that not many people are reading my blog, it has no connection to my real life except one, and I know they are safe. And I admit I also want to both find out if there is a limit to their understanding, (burned) lion that they are, and show them what it's like to be me at the moment. So darling lion, dear friend, this is for you 😚

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Non-belligerent States

A non-belligerent state or other organization is the entity that does not fight in a given conflict. The term is often used to describe a country that does not take part militarily in a war. However, this status is non-existent in international law.

A non-belligerent state differs from a neutral one in that it may be supporting certain belligerents in a war but with the exception of not being directly involved in military actions. The term may also be used to describe a person not involved in combat or aggression. Thus in a situation of civil unrest, such as a riot, civilians may be divided into belligerents, those actually intending to fight, and non-belligerents who are only bystanders.

A notable example of non-belligerent in an environment of total war was the American economic support of the Allies in World War II prior to their entry into the war following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Another example is Italy, which was non- belligerent from September 1939 until June 1940, when it joined the war with Germany and again after late 1943, when it quietly adopted a formal state of neutrality. In this context we also should consider the example of political stances of the United States and Peru during the Falklands War and that of The Netherlands during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was described by politicians as "political support, but with the lack of military support."