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.
Memory loss doesn't look like what I thought it would. I spent several years convinced I could have a dissociative disorder primarily because I "didn't experience memory loss". I wasn't waking up in a strange place unaware of how I got there. I wasn't having people I'd never met come up to me and call me by a different name. I wasn't finding things I'd bought unintentionally or projects I'd done with no recollection of doing them. But I was, not remembering why I was upset in the middle of crying. Finding journal entries I didn't write. Suddenly not liking music I saved on a playlist named 'my favorite songs ever'. Randomly wanting to make drastic changes to my appearance and then forgetting why I wanted to look like that. Not knowing what day of the week it was, or how many days it had been since I did something (was that this morning or 3 days ago). Having friends tell me I was acting differently when I thought that was how I always acted.
maybe plurality is keeping different wallpapers ready so different folks can feel more at home in this life. Maybe plurality is gently taking someone’s hand in yours, even though both hands belong to the same body. Maybe plurality is calling out goodnight to the person that’s taking over for you as you slowly slip out of the conscious for the night. Maybe plurality is putting on the perfume your headmate likes because she’s definitely going to be helping you get through the day.
maybe plurality is kindness. A kindness of the brain extended to a tiredness of the soul.
maybe it’s casual. Maybe it’s gentle. Maybe we’re all still learning how to live with each other. Maybe we don’t have to be anything complicated and explainable. Maybe plurality just… is.
We didn't actually know plural pride day was a thing, somehow (it's every 3rd Saturday of July).
So, happy plural pride day to systems and plurals of all kinds. Systems of all origins, structures, member counts, disorders or lack thereof; you are real, you are valid, and you have a place in this world just as anyone else. People will not always be accepting, but that goes for any identity. Their perception of you does not define you or your reality.
Staripsese : is a term for headmates who's identity, as a headmate, and self feel intertwined with stars. They are not inherently sourced from it but can be.
pt: staripsese
Tag List: @radiomogai , @pluralterms , @system-term-archive , @plurchive
Yesterday my therapist said something important about my alterhumanity. I asked them "How do you see me? Do you see me just as a human?", and they compared that question to the following situation: a painter creates a painting; he puts feelings into it. He exhibits the painting in an art gallery. People pass by that painting and describe exactly what they see, but logically, they cannot see the feelings behind that painting; they only see the surface of something much bigger. Now I know that my painting looks human, but that's just the surface. Now I know I don't have to worry so much about how people view my painting.
My name's Jericho. I'm brainmade, vaguely detective-shaped, and part of an adaptive/traumagenic, modular, P-DID-esque system.
I'm an obscuronaut (https://pluralpedia.org/w/Obscuronaut) — in my case specifically, I investigate the system's past and whether or not Something may have happened to us.
Ask me anything (apart from what that "Something" is, because I'm not allowed to answer that).
– @the-fermi-system <- tagging our sysblog so we get to this on time
This is an AMA for Jericho from The Fermi System. Ask them anything.
How does your investigation work? Do you just think about it and mentally explore your system or is it more like a physical thing (reading books in system, exploring places, etc)? /Gen nfta
not able to answer just yet -- this ask came up during a day hanging out with family and it's not safe to be doing System Things in their vicinity. I'll get back to any questions once I'm home!
Funny how we tend to get things once we stop wanting or looking for them. It took so long to be diagnosed with DID that we started resenting the idea of diagnosis altogether (and still do).
But here we are. I have mixed feelings.
To future us: our therapist also kind of hates the DSM. Mutual "for the insurance" diagnosis motives here.
i’m so jealous of other systems who can actually switch and take breaks from fronting, it’s what i hate and causes the most of my distress from our p-did (partial did) and i hate having p-did because of being the host. i never get a break. never. i have never once stopped fronting completely, i am always at least co-conscious and constantly aware of everything that is happening. and my headmates don’t help me, i can’t pass along any of my burdens to them. they don’t help me out when im struggling, when more than anything in the world i want a break for just one minute. think it’s hard being frontstuck for a week? try almost 21 years. i hate having p-did.
and not in the way of wanting more people to have a dissociative disorder, but in the way of plurality being more accepted and known about.
and not just traumagenic plurality; all types of plurality.
everyone deserves a safe place to be themselves, which includes plurals of all kinds, no matter the origin.
we've known about our system for over 5 years now, and we've only managed to muster the courage to tell 2 people in our life about our plurality. we'd like it to be more, but we don't out of fear. fear of more abuse, fear of rejection, fear of abandonment, etc. Those fears are such common experiences throughout the system community that it's become a known problem, but by working to make the stigma around plurality disappear, we get closer and closer each day to a plural future. ♡
being a factive is a neutral state being, with the amazing diversity of existence alongside the beautiful variety of experiences factives can have. with however you navigate being yourself, you are always deserving of respect and compassion. and there are more factives out there than one may think, even if some are hiding who they are. everyone deserves some sort of space to be able to talk about who they are, and it is more than okay to create such a space if you can't find any that suit you.
Plural is an opt-in label. It means more than one. The minimum count is 1*, not even 2. The not-quite multiple are who plurality was meant to include. It’s not being overt or separate or amnestic or distressed that makes you(&) plural, because diagnosis is irrelevant and those are all criteria. Median and midcontinuum folk are as plural as anymany. Only you(&) get to decide whether you(&) count.
more people per capita @the-fermi-system - Tumblr Blog | Tumgag
