The Adventures of the Gremlins

system | alterhuman | pluralpunk | also just generally punk

[the-gremlin-gang]

Intro Post :3

Hello! You can call us The Gremlin Gang, or The Gremlins.

This is our new system blog, where we will discuss our plural experiences!

Also, just to get this out of the way now, we are pro endo and we do not want syscourse on our blog.

General System Info

We don't use origin labels, and very few of us use role labels

We are mostly nonbinary or agender, but some will present masculine or feminine

As a system we identify as alterhuman, and some of us use labels like therian and otherkin

We call our system members Headmates

We are usually blurry

Boundaries

Asks are welcome, please be respectful (singlets are also welcome to send asks)

Please do not message us privately

We are fine being mentioned in posts

Again, syscourse is not welcome here

We do not owe anyone information that we don't want to share, if we decline to answer, please don't ask again

[dreamslash]

Non possessive switching makes us so disoriented and confused. It feels like we're faking it, even though we know we aren't. It's genuinely just so aggravating! We also have terrible internal communication at times, so that doesn't help. I just want to feel like myself FULLY, I don't want to be blended or blurry with someone else.

[the-gremlin-gang]

if it helps, this is exactly our situation too, sometimes we're scared that we were never really plural at all

--- Luka (he/him)

[the-gremlin-gang]

we are coining a role:

Cryptographer: a headmate that creates or finds puzzles and ciphers to the system in some way. (for example, a headmate that uses ciphers to hide sensitive info that they need to write down)

--- King (he/it)

[the-moshpit-collective]

I love the term "pluralpunk" like yes I'm punk for supporting all plurals !!! I love my plural moots !! I'm a traumagenic who supports endogenics !! It doesn't make me or anyone less or more valid because we are all equal !! Your existence is not a debate !! You matter so much and you deserve so many good things !!!

Become pluralpunk today !!! It made me 100x times happier !! It will make you 100x times happier !!!!

[mindotaur]

Racism in the plural community is a real problem. Racism in the medical community is a real, dangerous problem.

Pour one out for DID/OSDD systems of color that go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed because the psychiatric institution dismisses them.

Pour one out for all systems of color who feel isolated because the online community often conflates plurality with whiteness.

Pour one out for systems of color who get called racist or appropriative because their systems incorporate aspects of their own culture, but people automatically assume they must be white.

Pour one out for systems of color whose voices are silenced because of their ethnicity.

Uplift non-white systems. Talk to non-white systems, not over them.

[pickin-up-pieces]

pickin' up pieces, comic #2. The non-amnesiac experience is interesting and often not discussed much among systems, so I wanted to say my thoughts.

[lepidoptera-lapidarym]

ft. blue (she/her), voli (he/him) and mercutio (he/him)

[the-gremlin-gang]

our caretaker <3 (he's the second one)

--- blurry/unknown

[the-gremlin-gang]

Who in the system is most compressable?

-Mercutio @heres-that-shall-make-you-dance

Peter says that if anyone wanted they could fold him into a little paper crane and put him in their pocket, so probably him.

--- blurry/unknown (on behalf of Peter)

(also hi mercutio :3)

[the-gremlin-gang]

pros of non-possessive switching: better memory, less trouble with amnesia and blackouts, etc.

cons of non-possessive switching: WHO THE HELL AM I

--- blurry/unknown

[heres-that-shall-make-you-dance]

writing an essay while the gays are being gay in the back

[the-gremlin-gang]

we have had the exact same experience

--- PETER (he/it)

[the-gremlin-gang]

ok we're trying out World Anvil as a Simply Plural alternative, and we'll make a longer post about it once we compose our thoughts

--- Ylva (they/it/she/stone)

[the-gremlin-gang]

we are upset about the simply plural shutdown. we understand why the dev is doing this, but simply plural is probably the best tool of its kind, and it's used by so many plurals all over the world. we don't understand why the dev couldn't at least transfer ownership to someone else, or find some other way to keep it online without them having to be involved.

as of right now simply plural is the only tool readily available to us because it can be used in browser, that means that we can't use the alternatives (except pk, which has maybe half of sp's features).

we do hope that someone will come up with something like sp that will be as accessible and easy to use.

--- Ylva (they/it/she/stone)

[lyteh0use]

I feel a bit silly but if youre comfortable sharing: what age did you guys discover/realize you were plural?

I dont think we acknowledge it till 19ish years, which i suppose is the nature of a disorder/function that keeps you from knowing things but darn.

[the-gremlin-gang]

I think we kind of knew when we were younger (like maybe 10-ish years old) but we didn't have our actual syscovery until about a year ago when we were actually able to learn about plurality and given an opportunity to realize that our experiences were not normal for singlets

[the-gremlin-gang]

sometimes I think we only get clarity when it's funny

comic by unknown starring unknown/blurry front (black), Russel (blue), and Baron (red)

[theremainderlightsystem]

i need our irl friends to start matching my freak and asking whos fromting in as unhinged ways as possible

(and just start asking in general but that's beside the point)

like bitch, fucking autistic power stance at me, point and ask who, get weird with it, please, im begging, literally on my knees

[the-gremlin-gang]

--- blurry/unknown

[the-gremlin-gang]

ok we're working on a plural resource so we thought we would share The Vision with all of you

our website will have:

a list of resources including apps, websites, discord bots, and more

a resource that's entire purpose is explaining the basics of plurality (and interacting with plurals) to singlets you& just came out to

articles about plural experiences and answering questions we see in the plural community

a "crash course" for newly discovered plurals that presents basic information without being overwhelming

general information about plurality

a place where others can submit their own articles and resources

probably more that I don't remember

--- blurry/unknown

[the-gremlin-gang]

Calling to non-system plurals!!

Can you describe your experience and define non-system plurality for us? We're making a plurality resource and we want to include you guys, and since it isn't something we experience we want to get information from those that do experience it!

(you can answer in an ask, which will not be posted, if you don't feel comfortable answering directly)

--- Ylva (they/it/she/stone)

[heres-that-shall-make-you-dance]

hi oomf we're a plural non-system not because we're structured differently but because we dislike the term system does that count

[the-gremlin-gang]

yes, thank you!