The GAY Collective

Secret system sideblog bc we're exploring plurality and are not out yet. also we're not 100% sure if we're even a system yet. pro Endo.

[this-sys-moved]

Hiiiii Everyone!!!

We moved to @edens-pantheon!

Now we can send asks and likes and follows from there!! And give everyone their own sideblogs!!!

See you guys there!

We might reblog things here sometimes, as this is a sideblog of our main.

[thru-the-void]

Collective Nouns to Inspire Your System Titles

This is a brief list of various collective nouns to be used as an alternative to the common descriptor of "system" so multiples can reference it to choose tags for PluralKit. Tags make it easier to keep track of everyone! This list can be shared and used by anyone.

Alternatives to "system:"

Armoury, phalanx, Fleet

Congregation

Troupe, team, class, guild, league, club, fellowship

Cast, crew

Swarm

Family

Company, business,

Menagerie, bestiary

Gang, gaggle, mob, riot, posse

Flight, rookery, brood, murder, nest

Communion, pantheon, sect

Choir, chorus, symphony, ensemble, melody, band, parade

Pride, den, ambush, colony, pack

Batch

Squad(ron)

Congression, coalition

Drove

Codex, array, index, anthology, linkage

Constellation, galaxy

Village, realm, town, kingdom, manor

Hailstorm

Web, string, chain

Amalgamation

[simply-spud]

big ol sp member template. there's no way this works properly on mobile sorry champs

copy and paste in comments cause i dont trust tumblr to not break the thing

feel free to edit, frankenstein, add and cut stuff as much as you want! credit is not at all necessary but would be appreciated.

example below cut

[kur8]

⸺ symbol dump .

𒈔 　⸸ 　ε❤︎з 　♰　‎‎꒰ঌ　ಇ　‎‎𓊆ྀི 　𓊇ྀི 　

𓏶 　꒰❤︎꒱　　𒋲　´ཀ`　‎‎ ༎　‎‎ 𐎕　‎‎𐏐　‎‎ 𐎍

𓏵　᧔♡᧓　ཫ　⋯　.ᐟ　⸺　(＠´ー`)ﾉﾞ

༒　✟　‏‏⸝⸝　﹕　〃　꒷꒦︶︶　　ଘ　 ଓ⁾⁾

﹐　﹒　(¬_¬")　𝜗𝜚　┄╮　𝐢𓈒 　𝐢𝐢𓈒　˘

⩋　⌓⌓ 　౨ৎ　♪( ´▽｀)　✚　𓎟𓎟　┊

[hadal-coining]

COINING: PLURIGENDER

Plurigender is a gender modality in which one's relationship to gender can only be defined in the context of their plurality.

For example, a system may identify as plurigender because their gender is unstable due to plurality, a transfem headmate in an AFAB body or vice versa may identify as plurigender because of their uniquely plural relationship with transness.

However this term is intentionally broad, and can be used by any system/collective/etc who

Plurigender and its subterms can be used collectively by a system, sisasystem, or by individual headmates.

Plurigender flag:

Sublabel: pluritrans

Pluritrans is a gender modality in which one's transness can only be defined in the context of their plurality.

Pluritrans flag:

Sublabel: pluricis

Pluricis is a gender modality in which one's cisness can only be defined in the context of their plurality.

Pluricis flag:

Pluri- can also be used as a prefix for other gender labels, for example plurigirl, pluriboy, plurinonbinary, or pluri-agender.

Similarly, plurigender subterms can be used as a prefix, such as pluritrans boy or pluricis girl.

[This term was coined by a pro-endo system. Anti-endos may use it, as we don't see any use in gatekeeping labels based on syscourse views, so don't recoin or anything, we don't care. We do, however, ask that anti-endos do not follow our blog.]

Flags without symbols under cut!

Plurigender - pluritrans - pluricis

(if anyone is willing to help with alt text, that would be appreciated! We don't know how to describe flags properly.)

[plural-vrz]

PLURAL ASK GAME!! ⋆˙⟡

⊹ ࣪ ˖͙͘͡★ get 2 know ur sys!!

!! this post is for everybody! u may use this regardless of origin/beliefs, just remember to follow ur own dni

🌸 - how many alters do u have? do u consider yourself to have a high headcount?

🧩 - do u have any subsystems? if so, how do they work?

🍧 - are there any alter(s) who u would consider the “core”? if so, are they the host?

💞 - do u have an innerworld? how complex is it?

💧 - how does fronting work for your system? do u have a “front room”?

🍀 - how do u communicate with ur headmates?

🍡 - do u use alter roles/labels? which ones do u use?

🌺 - who fronts the most? who fronts the least?

❄️ - how often do ur hosts/fronting patterns change?

🥝 - how often do u switch?

🪷 - do you co-front with other alters often? is co-fronting easy or difficult?

🌷 - how long does it take for u to switch?

🌨️ - do ur alters have specific voice claims for what they sound like in headspace?

🌱 - do u have any introjects? what are their sources?

💐 - do u have any hosts? co-hosts?

🍃 - if u have an innerworld, can u see into while you’re fronting?

💗 - do u use any origin/-genic terms? what are they?

🌿 - do u have any npcs in your headspace?

🍬 - has ur system created any rules ur alters are expected to abide by?

[wonder-locket]

Collection of terms other than "System". Sorry if there are duplicates, the organizer I used barely functions -_- not all of these have similar meaning of "group", whatever ...

A

Abbey Actors Administration Affiliation Alliance Apparatus Archive Armada Arrangement Array Association Assembly Aggregation Assemblage Assortment Accumulation Amalgamation Album Audience Anomaly Ascension

B

Band Body Batch Battery Bunch Bundle Battalion Bracket Brigade Battalion Bevy Bind Board Bounty Branch Brand Brotherhood Banditry Bank Business

C

Class Club Chain Circle Crew Collection Cluster Clutch Clique Clump Clot Combine Conglomerate Congregation Crowd Company Collaborative Communal Cooperative Common Corporation Compilation Collation Caboodle Convocation Constellation Clan Consort Crop Coalition Classification Conspiracy Coven Corps Camp Cast Chapel Choir Church Club Collaboration Collective Commune Community Company Complex Compound Concert Corps Creed Crew Crowd Composite Charm Cast Cete Cloud Conspiracy

D

Division Domain Dorm Dominion Department Dancers Database Datacenter

E

Establishment Enterprise

F

Faction Function Formation Foundation Fellows Fellowship Family Force Faculty Faith Fleet Framework Fraternity Fluffle Facility Flock

G

Group Gathering Grade Gaggle Grouping Guild Genus Generation Guard Gang Government Garden

H

Herd Horde Hoard Heap Huddle Hodgepodge Hierarchy Hive Home House

I

Institute Institution

J

K

L

Lot League Legion Layout Lads Lineup Laboratory

M

Mass Medley Miscellany Mobilization Muster Mess Melt Mutual Mob Mates Military Ministry Murder Machine Massacre Matrix Motherboard Mainframe Mindscape Menagerie Mosaic

N

Number Network

O

Operation Outfit Order Observatory Office Officials Ones Organization Organism Oddity

P

Platoon Party Parcel Posse Phalanx Pack Personnel Pile Pack Pantheon Polycule Pride Parade Plague Parliament

Q

R

Round Ring Realm

S

School Squad Squadron Set Species Syndicate Staff Stack Stock Suite Structure Sanctuary Sect Set Ship Show Shrine Sisterhood Society Sorority Stage Swarm Skulk Swarm

T

Team Troop Trust Temple Treehouse Troupe

U

Union Unit Universe

V

Variety

W

World

X

Y

Z

Zoo

pls add on if you feel something's missing!

[censys]

Attention ALL Systems!!!

We decided to run a census to gather anonymous data about members of the system/plural community

We also want to make sure as many questions people's questions can be asked as possible so if you have any question ideas feel free to comment on this post or send us an ask!

Depending on how much engagement we get the census will open in (hopefully) about a week or so, though it may take longer depending on various factors

Go forth and spread the word!!! (please)

Further info below the cut:

Roughly how many alters are you aware of? (Can name, describe, etc.)

Current question possibilities:

Most questions will be optional

How do you collectively identify yourselves? (Collective title, name, etc.) (Not asking for specific names/titles, just multiple choice)

If you use collective pronouns, what are they?

Do you consider yourselves traumagenic or endogenic?

Do you use I or we more often?

Do you post about your experiences as a system online?

What age did you discover your system?

Are you open about your plurality with irl people?

What are the main role(s) that your headmates identify with?

[dusk-noir-system]

Conglomersys

Coining post.

Flag Explanation

The flag is the plural flag with the addition of an outlined container in black. The container is symbolic to the idea of the system itself being a person that holds many people. The plus sign in the middle is representative of the connection between the system members and the personhood of the system itself.

Definition

Conglomerate Systems (Conglomersys) is a term for any type of plural system that views themselves as a collective to hold one identity and personhood while also being all separate people. Though it may seem paradoxical upon first glance this could be understood in various ways. One way is to think of a hive mind who is one being (the system) and also each part of the system is an individual person with their own ideas, beliefs, and actions (the headmate). This may be based upon spiritual ideas, metaphysical concepts, philosophy, psychology, or similar. Systems who do not view their headmates/alters/parts (or similar terms) as their own individual people cannot be a Conglomersys. Neither can those who do not view themselves as one person collectively. This label describes the experience of the presence of both facts of personhood.

Conglomerate Systems usually do not have a "system name" as their system itself is a person. They tend to have an actual name rather than a way of titling their system. They believe the system is its own sentient person- and that the headmates are their own sentient persons.

Example

Violet is a system. She is a person all on her own. Violet is not merely a singletsona or an attempt at masking, but a cohesive identity. Every single headmate is something that makes up Violet. Violet is the collective identity and person. Her headmates Matthew, Audrey, and Talia for example are all their own people as well. When Violet is out and about in the world she lives as Violet. She always feels comfortable in the name and sees the identity as herself. The headmates may be happy to be recognized and noticed but their collective identity as Violet is just as affirming and real.

Matthew is in fact himself a person and a man for that matter, but Violet is a woman. Matthew is his own person who is encompassed in the identity Violet. They are all Violet- but they are not each other. Violet is Matthew, Audrey, and Talia. Talia however is not Audrey. Matthew is also not Talia. So on and so forth. These three headmates are separate persons who also make up one person.

My Experience

I am Dusk. Regardless of which of my alters are fronting I will always be Dusk. However it is also true that I currently am Butcher as well. Butcher is my identity as an alter and I myself am a person separate from Dusk. Dusk is us as a collective, every aspect of our bodily experiences and physical life. I also go by my legal name which I will not divulge here. (Dusk and my legal name are the same person).

In my experience I believe that I myself as an alter am a full person. My other alters are also fully people of their own. We see ourselves as all having individual souls. I as an alter have a soul, my alter Vixin has a soul, and we also believe that we as Dusk have a soul. We see our soul(s) in a very specific manner. Dusk has the main soul, a soul that works as a container, something like a bubble. All of us as alters have our own souls inside of this bubble. No matter how many splits, fusions, or changes, we will forever be together as Dusk.

Alternative Flag Designs

Here are two different designs (different colors for the border & plus).

[this-sys-moved]

How do people control the body alone, this shit is hard for 16 of us.

[this-sys-moved]

We downloaded simplyplural again to keep track of us. Rereading everyone's information from when we were newly discovered, and Rammy's description is the most vulgar thing I've ever seen. She scares me.

[this-sys-moved]

A guy's talkin to me online because he thinks I'm cute, but I'm face first in a bowl of ramen noodles scarfin it up like a wild animal because there's a dog in my brain who needs that for her enrichment.

[this-sys-moved]

Patches did a great job fronting today. They kept the body fed depite thier discomfort, and handled themselves alone for a very good minute :)

[this-sys-moved]

Our stepdad is mad now and I'm not quite sure how to handle that. Being in front was nice for a bit, and I don't want to leave, but this is stressful.

To be clear, he is not the one in wrong. He almost got attacked again by the dog that attacked him a month ago (and that the police haven't done anything about).

Chime isn't fully here, but he's trying to help me out.

[this-sys-moved]

I'm not used to being in front for so long without it being three in the morning. I have mixed feelings about it.

I get to draw, eat, talk to people online. I get to walk around and move. I get to be in control for a bit, without the stress of having to strain that control.

But... on the other hand. I can feel my nails and hair and hands and feet. I can feel my organs move and my heart beat under my skin when I should only feel soft plush fabric sliding over my cotton innards and plastic armature. And it is nauseating.

I have to feel the weight of all the self hatred and self loathing I hold for us, taken physical form and filling our lungs and chest cavity like a horrible grey fog.*

But maybe it would do me some good to try and use our lungs to breathe fresh air. Maybe it would do me good to walk around and try being a Person in a Body for a bit. Maybe I should try getting used to it so I don't feel like throwing up because there is liquid inside the tubes of my body (Vanilla cream soda).

I'm... not used to being in a human body. I'm not quite sure how to remedy this.

[this-sys-moved]

Ftlog do we have to start tagging our posts with "proship dni"?

"You're impending on my free speech!1!1!1" YOU MADE ME THINK INCEST WAS OK WHEN I WAS 13. YOU ACTIVELY INVITE CHILDREN INTO SPACES THAT SEXUALIZE THEM. YOU LED A PEDOPHILE STRAIGHT TO ME AND MY FRIENDS. GO AWAY.

[this-sys-moved]

I'm fronting right now and I can feel our body's organs I don't like it