thinking about mike with DID yet again.......
au where the wheeler's pretty much fucking suck way more
will is the first to know mike has alters
the first to "appear" is paladin when mike starts having panic attacks
there's also a persecutor modeled after both his parents
season one has the system growing by more than three alters by itself bc it's that stressful to him
by the end of canon, mike has a medium-sized system; he's also only out as a system to will and el (she lives here ofc)
he also has a dedicated box of notebooks for his system
some alters journal, some write, some draw, others just use one to talk externally bc communication is hard
mike discovers his symptoms are DID as an older teen, 16-19 years old
mike comes out to the rest of the party with DID when he's 19, a few weeks after his official diagnosis
mike actually switches hosts a few times over his childhood and will always helps the new host catch up if they need it
the party struggle a little with his diagnosis but they are supportive in the end and definitely do mean well
he's always been at least partially aware of having alters without knowing he had DID
can't drive because of his dissociation levels at first, will drives him everywhere when they move in together/after will gets his license
mike has more than a few fictives based on his favorite media and he has alters from some of his stories he's written
he also has a few alters heavily inspired by his friends (because of course he's got a semi-low split tolerance)