Hi! We're the Indigo Symphony. We have a pinned post we recommend you check out! Header edited together through art by arianzackril (blogger on Tumblr), bluryyyblu (blogger on Tumblr), and Hristo Fidanov (photographer on Pexels)!
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Hello! We're the Indigo Symphony. This is our blog, which is primarily centered around plurality, but other common topics are disability and alterhumanity. Our collective name is Ambrosia (Ambi for short) and our collective pronouns are ty/tem/plur/plurs/plurselves and it/it/its/its/itselves (conjugated like she/him/her/hers/themselves).
Who are we outside of our names? We're a mixed origin, hybrid, polyfragmented plural system with DID that likes to philosophize and write about plural related topics, such as news articles and plural characters. We run four other system blogs: funnier-as-a-system, plegg-culture-is, factive-culture-is, and pluralprompts. We discovered our plurality a few years ago and have been working to become a cooperative collective ever since then, with a mix of fusion and healthy multiplicity.
If you want to support us, you can buy us a coffee here!
Under the cut are some quick links to posts of ours that we especially like, as well as miscellaneous resources, some extra facts about our system and blog, and then some userboxes about our system.
Have a nice day, remember that any hate sent to us will just inspire more positivity posts, and feel free to send us asks about anything on your mind. Most of us don't bite.
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Resources and Links:
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art of Emmengard's Plural Rings
discourse disclaimers
multitasking and the innerworld
News Summary: "The blind woman who switched personalities and could suddenly see"
Endogenic and Non-traumagenic Resources/Studies (Masterlist)
French plural vocabulary
Letters: Am I Plural?
More Than One
New Alter Carrd
No one owns the word "tulpamancy"
Partielles (French Plurality Site)
Plural Etiquette Questionnaire
Pluralpedia
Plural Soapbox
Primer to Plurality
Resource Index – healthymultiplicity.com
Should I Tell
The Plural Association
The Plural Playbook
Tracking the Tulpa
"Tulpa" and Cultural Appropriation
Tulpanomicon
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BYF/Other Info:
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We don't want those heavily involved in shipcourse to interact with us. This isn't so much a discourse thing as it is a personal issue we have regarding that sort of thing; for our own mental health we'd like it if we could just avoid each other.
We use a mix of terms to describe ourselves/our system members, though not everyone in our system is comfortable with every term out there. For followers or visitors of our blog, we ask you use "selves" or "instruments" when referring to us.
We're also uncomfortable with being called "friends" by other people unless we give permission. Nothing personal, we're just largely aplatonic.
We try to avoid hosting discourse on this blog, but vents may reference it on occasion, or we may reblog a discourse post if we think it has relevance outside of discourse (ex. social commentary on how people view systems).
We'd also like to say, for the record, that we fully support endogenic, self-diagnosed, and non-traumagenic systems and plurals here.
You're free to use our collective name and pronouns when referring to us if you're not speaking about anyone specific in our system, or don't have or know anyone specific you want to talk to.
Finally, to answer a frequently asked question, the flag in our icon is our system flag, designed ourselves to represent us. The treble clef is a nod to our system name and the symbolism behind the treblesand (harmony and manyness), and the stripes have specific meanings, which we are still working on.
I think anyone who ever makes a website should be required to use it with large text. Maybe that would reduce the number of times I try to navigate a website only to find some pop-up, menu, or page that's completely unusable if you dare to use the accessibility tools that come with your device.
I had to use a website for school. I am visually impaired and didn't have glasses at the time. I would zoom in on the website, and all was fine, but if I dared to put in the information it needed me to, it teleported me to another part of the screen, and if I tried to move back, it would delete the information I put in.
The amount of vitriol I held inside my body could fill an atom bomb.
I think anyone who ever makes a website should be required to use it with large text. Maybe that would reduce the number of times I try to navigate a website only to find some pop-up, menu, or page that's completely unusable if you dare to use the accessibility tools that come with your device.
fictive culture is forgetting that your body doesn't alter with who's in front and looking in the mirror on accident and getting so scared you were very, very close to passing out. based on a true story btw.💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
Waking up to see two different blogs tagging you in the same donation post is a little unusual, but not alarming
Going to those blogs and seeing they are both apparently normal blogs that happened to reblog a lot of donation posts recently is also a strange coincidence and a little suspicious, but not super alarming yet
Realizing all the donation posts are nearly identical + the blogs have filled out bios but the exact same background and header is more concerning
Scrolling to discover these blogs have not actually posted any regular content in several years until they both suddenly started spamming donation posts starting on the 6th of July this year... That's the flashing red alarm
So... I'm not sure how this scam (or whatever the technical term for it is) spreads. Since these users don't seem to have been on for years, I doubt it's being spread through Tumblr alone. Just be careful of any emails or DMs you get, okay folks? Especially if you get an email asking for your Tumblr or email login info. Unless you've specifically asked for a password reset or other help, it just might be a scam meant to take over your account. And of course, be wary of donation scams, as always:
check who's actually getting the money vs who claims to need the money, and if there's any explanation for discrepancies + how the money will get to the person in need
check for updates or other posts that aren't just asking for donations; real people should be able to show that they are real people with real lives
if there are photos, check if the photos are original and actually show what the post is talking about (since sometimes scammers will just take already existing images to get an emotional reaction out of you)
be aware photos can be staged even if they are original – and of course, today they can be AI generated
be wary of blogs with AI generated images; the low cost of using AI makes it attractive to those who want to make a quick buck out of scamming
if possible, check if the text is identical or near identical to other donation requests you've received or seen recently; copy-paste (with or without a few tweaks) means less work for scammers
if possible, check if the blog has any twins (blogs with similar names that are also focused only on getting donations)
do not just take "this is verified/vetted by xyz" at face value. Sometimes, scammers will set up fake verification blogs to make their scams look real. Check for yourself regardless
and, in the wake of this newest development... check if the blogs have posted at all in the last year or two before beginning to reblog a lot of donation posts.
I must admit I'm a little nervous to raise any alarm because, hey, what if I'm wrong, and there was no need for a fuss? But on the other hand. You gotta admit this is weird at the very least.
[image description: cropped screenshots of two blogs, ghostling-go-home and lantern-dog. The screenshots show two posts from each blog, as well as the posting dates for each.
The first blog shows part of a post about wanting sharp teeth from February 22nd, 2019, and then a donation post from July 6th, 2026. The second blog shows part of a post with a fancy digital art design from August 22nd, 2016, and then a donation post from July 6th, 2026. Both the donation posts are hidden due to containing filtered content. / end description]
For any newly discovered systems feeling self-doubt because you struggle to hear your headmates, or rarely hear from them: don't worry, that's really common when you're new to all this. Being able to hear your headmates is a skill you can build up with time and practice. Give yourself some slack; you didn't even know there was something you should be listening for! You've gotta train yourself to pick it out! Don't strain yourself, but don't close yourself off either, and you'll find it becoming easier over time. A couple years ago, We also had a lot of trouble communicating, but now I can get interrupted by someone saying "sandwiches" out of the blue just to mess with me.
As a tip: you can build yourself up to internal communication through external communication. You'll train yourself into accepting + expecting their commentary, and start dismantling walls that impede communication. When internal communication feels fuzzy and hard to hold onto, external communication can be your best friend, especially if you're doing both at the same time (e.g. your headmate writes down what they're saying as they're saying it).
Just as kind of a fun fact, I wrote this post back when I was having an episode and my doctor said my symptoms could indicate Bipolar Disorder. The "have an easy time sleeping tonight" part was directly inspired by how I was having a lot of trouble sleeping. This has never really come up again in my life – I haven't had another episode like it since then – but I'll carry that experience for a long time, I think.
I love solarpunk fantasies and art as much as the next system but... Sometimes it feels like everything is figured out except for how disabled people fit into this. Y'know? There's a lot about reusable energy and restructuring cities and gardening and yadda yadda and it's like. At some point you gotta ask what the system will do for people who can't take care of plants, or people with allergies, just for instance. I would love for there to be more flowers and trees and bushes and everything else but. Buddy. The fucking hay fever. At least plan out some antihistamine distribution.
Prev brought up fatness/thinness so I want to mention that, too. Reusable energy will not suddenly turn everyone thin, yet you might think otherwise based on some solarpunk art out there.
Remember to think about how fat people will fit into your solarpunk utopia. Will the sidewalks, paths, and aisles be large enough (especially if there are large plants around)? Will the tailors, knitters, etc. be given proper education on how to make clothes for many different body sizes and shapes? Will fat people be able to sit comfortably on the public transportation that today's activists and optimists love so much?? (Hint: the answers to these questions should be "yes".)
A brighter future should be an inclusive future, because otherwise you get a dystopia. So if you're planning out a brighter future, remember to account for many different bodies in your plans!
Recently we figured out that we constantly have a bunch of little critters hanging around in front. Usually they act like a regular peanut gallery, commenting on whatever we're doing and offering companionship to the current fronter(s), but they also play another role: to act as messengers from our bodymind.
We're not the best at listening to our needs or signals from our bodymind. But that's where these critters come in! They'll shout things at us that indicate how we're doing or what we need, and can push us to take action to fulfill our needs. For example, the other day, one little critter shouted to remind us that we're hungry, and motivated us to stock up on food while we had the opportunity (since we were at the store). Or, if one of them starts suddenly screaming something like "Nowhere is safe!", we know we're probably about to have an anxiety or panic attack.
I don't know how long these little ones have been here, but everyone that's interacted with them so far has absolutely adored them. They're cute, like little shadow creatures that scurry around! They remind me of the soot spirits from Spirited Away, but they're a bit bigger than that, and more like crabs or spiders. And they're doing their best to help us all.
We've nicknamed them a bunch of things, like "chat" and "the peanut gallery". But mainly they're "the audience [members]", because we're a symphony and they're here to watch us.
We have something similar! We refer to them as companion headmates (something we've been kinda planning to coin for ourselves or anyone who wants to use it), or just compainions. We have three so far, each with a different task. Hound is a companion to our protector, and he ... I don't actually know what he does, Just that he is a critter that follows our protector and does some sort of task. Luci (fragment(???) Of Lucid that also follows them around) is like a little mini clown that is silly and does fortnite dances in our head, and Luna, companion to and made by Stitches, who is a sentient plushie we can project with our minds eye to help with stress when we can't have an actual physical emotional support plushie.
I guess Eden (stand in name for whatever we consider made our system and decides who becomes a member and stuff) decided that it wasn't gonna waste valuable garden space on fully formed members for tasks that instead could be done by little mini members that don't take up as much "space" and aren't as full of members.
We also use the term "companion" to refer to some members of our system. Specifically, it's a term used for instruments who offer companionship (who would've guessed?) and/or help with problems like loneliness and abandonment issues. The audience isn't included in that, but Arnold is! But he's definitely a fully crafted instrument, unlike your mini members. I suppose some of our fragments might fit the bill but I can't think of any rn.
