I Scream About Whatever Pops Into My ADHD Brain

Hello! This is the main blog of the paluimbel system. We're a median, monoconscious, mixed-origins plural system of uhhh... too many people for individual introductions to make much sense. The name Fencer works for all of us, and we generally don't care that much about pronouns, but would prefer if you use they/it when referring to our system as a whole.

Feel free to ask us as many questions as you want about systemhood/plurality! We like sharing our experiences.

What is a plural system?

(EDIT: I've just had like 15 new people follow me for the tumblr poll conlang thing, so I thought I'd put links related to that somewhere easy to access. Masterpost/Intro is here.

Currently Active Polls: On hiatus for a bit due to exam season T-T)

My current hyperfixation is hermitcraft but also pokemon. Linguistics and conlanging are basically permanent special interests but we don't always post about them.

Oh and here’s this, just to be safe, because I’ve seen too many posts accidentally come true. Not putting any more DNIs, because I don’t wanna spend ages trying to list every possible group of shitty people. If I don’t like what you’re doing, I’ll just block you.

Some fics I’ve written under the cut, just in case you’re interested.

Eridians have clothes, but they aren't the same sort of social requirement that they are in most human cultures. (So basically, people walk around completely naked all the time, and no one cares.)

At the point I am in the book, Grace has described exactly 2 clothing items worn by Rocky: a shirt-like thing covering the top of his carapace and part of each of his legs, and something described as "overalls-like" with lots of pockets and places for tools to attach. I think this leaves Rocky's vents exposed because Grace describes them fairly early on.

Anyway, after this, Grace doesn't really describe what Rocky is wearing, but it's hard to tell if this is because the book is skipping over irrelevant information or if Grace hasn't seen Rocky wear anything else.

The area these two garments cover doesn't *seem* to line up (at least given how I interpreted the descriptions), so it doesn't seem to me like Eridians have certain areas of their body considered inappropriate to show in public, like humans.

On top of that, both garments seem to have some sort of functional purpose. The overalls-like one obviously acts sort of like a toolbelt, maybe with a bit of added protective functionality like an apron? The shirt-like one is a bit more speculative, but I think it might be a comfort thing. Eridians sleep next to others, if not with others outright on top of them. Something a bit like a compression garment with the configuration described for the shirt-like thing could act a bit like a weighted blanket. Other than that, I could also just see it just being comfortable, or else acting as some sort of uniform.

Point is, Eridian clothing might be culturally more like PPE, outerwear, accessories, or comfort items are to humans.

You can wear a toolbelt, but you don't look naked without one. You can wear a welding mask or face mask or safety goggles, but going outside without a face covering isn't usually taboo. There are certain uniform items, like a girl scout sash, for example, that are standard dress in certain specific situations, but have no equivalent that is required for basic day-to-day dress. Someone outside in the snow without a coat might be looked at weird, but only because of their insane cold tolerance, not because they're being indecent. Some people simply prefer wearing pajamas to bed, even when there is no practical benefit to doing so and it is considered perfectly socially acceptable to be completely naked. Items like scarves, hats, belts, and more are often worn purely for personal self expression, not to satisfy a social requirement.

The star system Rocky is from is called 40 Eridani. In the Star Trek universe, this star system also has a planet with sapient life! However, in the Star Trek universe, the earth name for the star system doesn't come up much.

Usually, they just refer to it as Vulcan. As in, home of the Vulcans. Spock's species.