WSPR ‘cuz we’re whispering about you

we suggest respecting systems. or else. || CURRENTLY IN COLLEGE - SPORADICALLY ACTIVE ||

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

about us & this blog:

hello, everyone. we’re nightshade, an disabled POC system. you may call us nightshade or WSPR, and you may use they/them, it/its, and any neopronouns for us. we made this blog because of issues that we feel concern any and all systems and plural allies.

as such, this blog will feature discussions on pedophilia, CSA, grooming, abuse, and various forms of bigotry. we are most engaged with discussions of racism and ableism, but feel free to direct our attention to other issues that you feel need more awareness.

we’ll archive any resources, articles, infographics and more that might be useful for you or the singlets in your life under #respectful resources!

meet the mods:

Mod W 🌪️ - The usual mod. It’s their job to handle this blog and generally educational and triggering matters.

Mod K 🦋 - The angry one. Can handle himself, but tends to show up in deeply aggravating circumstances. He curses a lot, if that bothers you.

Mod L 🕊️ - A rare sight here, but will sometimes show up for conversations on grief, acceptance and moving on. She’s mellow and usually quite tired.

on syscourse:

this blog is NOT INTERESTED in engaging with syscourse. we are firmly endo neutral, with our personal belief being that it’s not really our business, but if it’s helping you, it’s probably fine. that being said, we are a traumagenic system, and thus cannot speak for endogenic systems. if you are endogenic and have any unique insights or resources on the topics we discuss here, we welcome you to add them.

rules:

absolutely no discussions of syscourse. the goal of this blog is to highlight issues that concern ALL systems, regardless of your stance. attempts to incite discussion of syscourse will be blocked.

anon will be turned off to discourage bad behavior. if you’d like your thoughts kept anonymous, please let us know at the bottom of your ask and we will do so.

any form of bigotry is unwelcome. if you attempt to perpetuate anything in the inbox, not only will we block you, we will shame you. bigots don’t deserve platforms.

please try to remain respectful in the notes of discussions. it’s incredibly important that we keep ourselves focused on the issues at hand.

the content on this blog is often triggering and frightening. if engaging is causing you stress or anguish, PLEASE disengage. speaking up is important, but being safe and prepared for the topics at hand will always be more important.

thank you, and let’s look after our community together.

[nullandsuch]

A little tired of having to make my own representation for everything lol

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

this is your reminder that we are a south asian system, and that we spoke against eden for their racist and orientalist treatment of us.

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

Post by @rainn-station-rally · 1 image

💬 1  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · Hello everyone! Mod Scythe here. Unfortunately, this is not an artist post you were expecting, nor is it a fun update. r

hi there station rally! would you like to explain why literally no action was taken here until this was made public? this ticket was opened over 24 hours ago. it took you half that time to kick someone literally days prior.

[roxtron-rbs]

Really "classy" to censor these to avoid taking accountability for what actually happened, too.

Along with gaslighting me, and saying I must not be calm and must be hysterical triggered.

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

it should be noted that this ticket was closed while prev had taken a break to eat, which was incredibly disingenuous.

[roxtron-rbs]

Sorry for the late response but yes I can confirm this. I took a break not because I was told to, not because I was "triggered" as they put it, but because I hadn't had any meals yet that day and figured I'd take that opportunity to get a break from the drama and go eat.

The messages shown above were the final messages in that chat before mods closed the ticket and shut down the conversation, all without addressing my main concern, whether or not shima would be banned bc they "don't trust" that my evidence I showed them wasn't "fabricated."

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

Post by @rainn-station-rally · 1 image

💬 1  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · Hello everyone! Mod Scythe here. Unfortunately, this is not an artist post you were expecting, nor is it a fun update. r

hi there station rally! would you like to explain why literally no action was taken here until this was made public? this ticket was opened over 24 hours ago. it took you half that time to kick someone literally days prior.

[roxtron-rbs]

Really "classy" to censor these to avoid taking accountability for what actually happened, too.

Along with gaslighting me, and saying I must not be calm and must be hysterical triggered.

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

it should be noted that this ticket was closed while prev had taken a break to eat, which was incredibly disingenuous.

[rainn-station-rally]

Meet the Artists

For our next round of introductions, please welcome our participants @guppyfish77, @shima-draws, and @mangleschmidt!

All three of these verrry talented individuals are people we feel honored to have on the Station Rally for RAINN team, and we hope you're just as excited to see what they'll make as we are to help bring it to everyone.

[roxtron-rbs]

Reblog by @roxtron-rbs · 10 images

💬 0  🔁 6  ❤️ 2 · I am also VERY concerned with grooming, considering these posts: https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/161907582261/whats-on-

I encourage anyone interested in this fundraiser to read this.

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

we heavily encourage you to read the attached post. we have also been racialized by the mods of this project.

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

Post by @rainn-station-rally · 1 image

💬 1  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · Hello everyone! Mod Scythe here. Unfortunately, this is not an artist post you were expecting, nor is it a fun update. r

hi there station rally! would you like to explain why literally no action was taken here until this was made public? this ticket was opened over 24 hours ago. it took you half that time to kick someone literally days prior.

[roxtron-rbs]

Why is Shima still part of the Station Rally for RAINN fundraiser 24 hours after I reported them and sent these screenshots to mods? Prefacing this with the fundraiser's stance on proshipping:

And, Shima's posts:

https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/610976220955443200/getting-back-into-senyuu-has-been-tons-of-fun-and

I've been told Senyuu has lolicons treated as harmless individuals who are empowered by their love for lolis. there’s a loli organization in the series. Shima has been talking about her love for the series as recently as this year.

https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/811256065181286400/dont-know-if-were-still-talking-senyuu-but-i (Posted on March 16th) + this post sexualizing two characters who were minors. Shima was an adult at the time of this post and all of the posts I am showing.

https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/659919858462572544/spicycoffeebean-the-few-times-we-talk-anymore-its

As a massive fucking nerd who owns the book that confirms their ages at the time of this "blindfold" thing (or, right after Riku takes it off.)

(Sora: 15. Riku: 16.) Yeah this is really fucking gross. Part 2 coming soon, hold on.

[roxtron-rbs]

I am also VERY concerned with grooming, considering these posts:

https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/161907582261/whats-on-page-80-of-the-bmc-book

This alone isn't a problem, entirely anyway, it's the interactions that followed: https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/161908842646/pfffft-both-lol-and-i-have-no-problem-w-nsfw-im-17

Shima would've been 20 at this time. Immediately seeing a minor asking for NSFW and saying "I dunno if you should read it, you're underage," then IMMEDIATELY following that with this CREEPY AS HELL "I didn't know you were 17! When's your birthday? You're close to my age haha." Especially considering, again, what would follow in their interactions with this person: https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/178326338656/chanting-post-the-full-post-the-full-post-the

And this: https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/169373675221/that-anon-who-just-sent-me-that-ask-its-great

No, Shima, your blog is now "SFW for the kids" when you are conversing with minors about NSFW scenes and posting about them. https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/178301120966/tododeku-not-really-smut-under-the-cut-remember

I will remind you of the ages of these characters she is aware of and sexualizing as a 21 year old. https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/617576026853228544/i-feel-like-quirks-who-need-a-persons-body-to-be

So, that's a pattern of behavior now.

+ Directly saying they would be okay with proship content. https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/177246008116/what-would-you-do-if-you-found-out-one-of-your

Shiro is an adult and Pidge is a minor for the entire series. That is normalizing and being okay with an adult x minor ship.

And, the first screenshot I sent to mods where they said they were on the fence about banning them for being proship: https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/749958374112772096/hey-im-not-sure-if-yk-but-lawlu-is-a-proship

The post promoting them for RAINN's fundraiser is still up at time of posting: https://www.tumblr.com/rainn-station-rally/822312113354752001/meet-the-artists It is likely the comment will be deleted, but they were also warned of this and gave a very dismissive response on the post itself.

Essentially, they accused anyone saying Shima was proship of lying, directly accused me of faking the screenshots, and more. Not only was it a disgusting oversight for Shima to ever be approved and make it past initial screenings, but it is further disgusting she has not been removed 24 hours after being informed, despite days before removing a member for "making an anon uncomfortable" showing a non-proship post as proof, and accusing that person of being proship.

[roxtron-rbs]

Why is Shima still part of the Station Rally for RAINN fundraiser 24 hours after I reported them and sent these screenshots to mods? Prefacing this with the fundraiser's stance on proshipping:

And, Shima's posts:

https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/610976220955443200/getting-back-into-senyuu-has-been-tons-of-fun-and

I've been told Senyuu has lolicons treated as harmless individuals who are empowered by their love for lolis. there’s a loli organization in the series. Shima has been talking about her love for the series as recently as this year.

https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/811256065181286400/dont-know-if-were-still-talking-senyuu-but-i (Posted on March 16th) + this post sexualizing two characters who were minors. Shima was an adult at the time of this post and all of the posts I am showing.

https://www.tumblr.com/shima-draws/659919858462572544/spicycoffeebean-the-few-times-we-talk-anymore-its

As a massive fucking nerd who owns the book that confirms their ages at the time of this "blindfold" thing (or, right after Riku takes it off.)

(Sora: 15. Riku: 16.) Yeah this is really fucking gross. Part 2 coming soon, hold on.

[strawberrycheesecakehare]

I also no longer support Station Rally for RAINN as at least two of the mods have displayed an inability to handle concerns in a timely manner and one of them was very ableist towards someone who tried to bring an issue to their attention.

Do not support Station Rally, support RAINN on its own but don’t support Station Rally as it is run by people who will either be incredibly ableist towards you or will try to manipulate you,

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

we’ve also retracted our support for SRFR, due to the above, but additionally because the mod team is incredibly disorganized, unprofessional, and wildly hypocritical. they have broken their own rules on multiple occasions, have lashed out disproportionately at those “nobodies” who they could get away with abusing, while stalling and refusing to act on their morals when dealing with more popular users with fans/social sway within the fandom.

donate to RAINN directly. do not support this zine. it is run by a dysfunctional, hypocritical, ableist and racist team who singles out and spreads lies about those that its mods personally dislike.

[strawberrycheesecakehare]

Shima-draws, a well known proshipper has been included in Station Rally, how she got past the screening I don’t know. A member of the server who is a mutual friend of me and the mod of WSPR reached out to the mod team to tell them of Shima’s past.

That was twenty four hours ago, Shima has not been removed and they have not said they WILL remove her yet.

I fully believe they’ve been dragging their feet on this because of Shima’s popularity.

[strawberrycheesecakehare]

I also no longer support Station Rally for RAINN as at least two of the mods have displayed an inability to handle concerns in a timely manner and one of them was very ableist towards someone who tried to bring an issue to their attention.

Do not support Station Rally, support RAINN on its own but don’t support Station Rally as it is run by people who will either be incredibly ableist towards you or will try to manipulate you,

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

we’ve also retracted our support for SRFR, due to the above, but additionally because the mod team is incredibly disorganized, unprofessional, and wildly hypocritical. they have broken their own rules on multiple occasions, have lashed out disproportionately at those “nobodies” who they could get away with abusing, while stalling and refusing to act on their morals when dealing with more popular users with fans/social sway within the fandom.

donate to RAINN directly. do not support this zine. it is run by a dysfunctional, hypocritical, ableist and racist team who singles out and spreads lies about those that its mods personally dislike.

[thevoillohiarchive]

a hastily made comic because I’ve been Having A Time. mostly for people who already know what systems are/what polyfragmented means (cuz I didn’t explain it) but feel free to show anyone who you think needs it

[id: on the top is a large box with text reading: "HOW TO TREAT POLYFRAGMENTED SYSTEMS"

a drawn being is shown in 4 panel boxes with text reading:

"being back in plural spaces has shown me some people... do not know etiquette! Which is fine, we all have gaps in knowledge. That's why I'm here to teach you!"

"1. Don't react with disgust/fear/dread/etc."

"How do you live LIVE like that?"

"That's TERRIFYING!"

"I'd kms if I were like that."

"These are real responses we've gotten. Just. Don't. Especially the kys one. Don't say that to anyone. Don't say any of these to anyone Not just polyfragmented systems, but anyone who is unlike you. It betrays a belief that their life is not worth living, that [thing] is so horrible nothing good could impact you outside it."

"2. Don't fetishize it. Fetishize here is used in a non-sexual way, but definitely don't do in the sexual way either."

"Let me study you!"

"How did you get that big? I wanna do that!"

"You have so many friends :33"

"People sometimes presume high headcounts are willogenic. Willogenic high headcount systems exist, but don't assume! For us in particular, it's just... how we are."

"Plurality isn't always sunshine and rainbows. Headmates are a bunch of people shoved in one body, often we have fights or arguments with each other. It isn't some utopia."

"We're just people. Treat us like a normal person."

"3. Don't expect simplicity."

"The whole POINT of the label 'polyfragmented' is that we're COMPLEX. The things going on inside tend to be very complicated and difficult to explain. You don't get it? Great, the system themselves probably doesn't either. That's just how it goes."

"You want a list of all the headmates? It'll take hours. The relationships between them? Don't get me started. Okay, maybe just frequent fronters? There's 20 of them at the minimum. Who's fronting right now? Hell if I know."

"Polyfragmented systems are often expected to 'boil themselves down'. Become palatable, become understandable. But that usually just... isn't possible. Like at all. Or maybe they try and it's STILL really complex, because that's just how they are."

"the point is: we're people, just like anyone else! treat us that way!"

"This guide is mostly for first interactions/acquaintaces. When getting closer to a polyfrag sys (in whatever relationship you wish), it is important to talk out boundaries and how they wish to be treated. Everyone is different, after all. But if you approach most conversations using this guide, I think the chances of it going well with significantly increase!" end id.]

thank you @godofwish for the id!

[courtkossai]

absolutely non-comprehensive comic ! this is just everything that come to mind from discussions with each other , not every possibility ever .

[singtiple]

Plurality, as conceptualized in peer-reviewed research:

Plurality, often also called multiplicity, is "having more than one self in the mind and body" (Eve & Parry, 2021).

Plurality "is not a diagnosis" (Eve, et al., 2023) and is "a broader concept than DID" (Christensen, 2022).

Plurality is "a broad term, which encompasses a range of experiences" because "people have individual conceptualizations of what it means to be ‘more than one’" (Eve, et al., 2023).

Plurality is "a term coined to be more inclusive than only that of traumagenic multiplicity" (Christensen, 2022).

Not all people who experience plurality will identify as a 'plural' or 'multiple.' Plurality is a useful umbrella term for the experience of more-than-oneness "but not necessarily a term reflective of one's identity or self-expression" (Christensen, 2022).

"[N]ot everyone who identifies as multiple will want or require mental health intervention for the condition they experience" (Eve, et al., 2023).

The concept of non-traumagenic plurality does not hurt DID research. "[T]he research confirming DID as a trauma-based disorder is doing just that: confirming traumagenic DID, the disorder, not Plurality, the identity . . . Distinguishing between the two does not need to invalidate either" (Christensen, 2022).

The idea that plurality is inherently disordered is a product of Western culture. "Within Western linear frameworks . . . there has been an emphasis on the ‘healthy self’ being integrated and whole" (Eve & Parry, 2021). "In indigenous cultures, esp. shamanic societies, a polypsychism (i.e. many selves) prevails" (Scharfetter, 2008).

Fakeclaiming and anti-endo / anti-plural rhetoric is traumatizing. "[H]aving a condition such as multiplicity that is not generally validated and recognised in a community can be, in itself, traumatic. Even if trauma does not precede the development of multiplicity, trauma-informed care would still be appropriate for many young people who seek help for multiplicity" (Parry, et al., 2021).

[we-suggest-plural-respect]

Hey so a friend of mine was listening to me talk about my dissociation issues and they told me to look up Median systems and I felt a connection to it! I’m still testing things out but thanks for reblogging median stuff!! I always felt weird about how intense emotions ‘change’ my personality (I feel very meek and young when very sad and it always felt off to me) but since I still felt like myself I thought ‘there’s no way I’m anything close to a system even tho I can’t control how I act when I’m like this’ and learning that ‘no yeah there’s a term for that’ has been WILD??? I’ve seen it explained like sides of a coin, but for me it feels like I’m wearing different masks or like I’ve got video game modifiers applied to me. But yeah thanks!!!

yes of course!!! absolutely happy to help :)

[the0peratingsystem]

Median systems – Diving bell theory

Turns out I quite enjoy making "red string and cork board" style diagrams to explain my experiences, so you might be getting some more of these.

I mostly made this for my own sake, to understand myself. But it might also be useful for other folks, so I figured I'd share!

I'd describe myself as median - I'm sometimes a system, but not always. I use the analogy of a diving bell. At the top, my system members feel, at most, like imaginary friends I talk to or emotions and desires I am experiencing. As we go deeper, "I" slowly disappears to make way for a collective "we" - but it's a gradient. Below are some examples!

How strange it is to be anything at all.

[dreamers-collective]

It’s okay if you don’t know who you are. It’s okay if you don’t have clear profiles on every system member. It’s okay if you struggle to make sense of yourself and your alters.

You can take as much time as you need to figure it out, but it’s also okay if you never figure it out.

You are allowed to simply exist as you are. Even if you don’t know who that is. Even if it changes by the hour.