Idk, Iâm bored, thought Iâd make one of those posts ppl pin at the top of their blogs
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 hereâs this, just to be safe, because Iâve seen too many posts accidentally come true. Not putting any more DNIs, because I donât wanna spend ages trying to list every possible group of shitty people. If I donât like what youâre doing, Iâll just block you.
Some fics Iâve written under the cut, just in case youâre interested.
The Adventure of the Sphinxâs Riddle
Complete. ACD Johnlock, pre-relationship, mutual pining. Itâs basically a Percy Jackson au, set in the same time period as canon Holmes. Most of the fic is Holmes figuring out that heâs a demigod.
The Adventure of the Buried River
Complete. The sequel to The Adventure of the Sphinxâs Riddle. I plan to write a third part and turn it into a trilogy, but I havenât gotten around to it yet.
âTill All That Remains is the Arms of the Angels
Complete. Eternal Duo enemies to queer platonic partners slowburn for the teen titans au. Each chapter is probably gonna be really short, just a scene or two. Itâs kinda inspired by that one episode of Good Omens thatâs mostly just a bunch of scenes of Aziraphale and Crowley throughout history, showing the development of their relationship. I put any necessary context in the authorâs notes, so you donât really need to know anything about the ttau for this to make sense.
TTAU Season 1
Technically a series, not an individual fic. Itâs kinda an intro to the above mentioned teen titans au, set up like episodes of a tv show. Currently Includes:
Pilot- Thereâs a breakout at Essempei City Prison and the Titans (Sam, Ponk, Bad, Puffy, and Ant) must work with the Syndicate (Techno, Niki, and Phil) to prevent all of the cityâs most dangerous prisoners from getting out.
Who Am I That I Should Get to Hold You?
Incomplete. Flower Husbands angst with a happy ending. Itâs another TTAU fic, but like with âTill All That Remains is the Arms of the Angels, you shouldnât need any background knowledge on the ttau to understand the fic. Basically, 3rd life happened in the ttau, but it was a simulation and everyone got returned to their bodies safe and sound after they died. Everyone except Jimmy and Scott, who, because of a glitch in the simulation, ended up actually dying. Scottâs scientist coworkers managed to upload his consciousness to a computer before his body died; Jimmy wasnât so lucky. So now Jimmyâs dead, and Scottâs basically immortal. This should be the end, right? Wrong. There is always hope, they just have to find it.
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Pleased to report that after a day of this i am not longer craving caper brine and my mouth is not dry as usual. There's some good suggestions in the notes too that I want to try.
-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)
-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt
Come to think of it, it really is insane that my entire country is burning alive and literally no one in the rest of the world cares. Thousands of Indians are dying every day from the heat, it's 45+ degrees in multiple areas, the government couldn't give two fucks, we're getting severe warnings and red alerts, and not a soul outside of South Asia is speaking about it because why would you ever care about brown people
Not superstitious and not not superstitious but a third secret thing (read a lot of fairytales as a child and doesn't believe them but also would never be rude to a mountain while still on it just in case)
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Omg it's so sweet... These sheep were brought here on purpose to manage the grass and weeds and keep the graveyard neat, the whole community loves them, children play with them. A woman was apparently startled by them and fell over and complained on Facebook, and the church was like okay well. We should sell the sheep. And the community all went YOU ARE NOT SELLING THE SHEEP
The beloved and extremely friendly black sheep that keep the graveyard neat and clean for all those that visit. I love these sheep
Maggie is still a fucking idiot, to be clear, to complain about things being posted about in the days when they actually happen, and we have people from many religions here, but there are literally bishops in the House of Lords and the king is officially the head of the Church of England, so. Yeah.
Why are mosquitoes considered the dealiest animal to people? Like, I get that they spread a lot of dangerous diseases and everything, but we don't usually consider it murder if someone dies of a disease that's transmitted directly person-to-person.
when you're mad at your parents you should be allowed to leave the situation, and you should be allowed to be mad at them. Your parents don't get to control how you feel about them.
it's not normal to feel like you have to hide very basic information about yourself from your parents. it's not normal to feel terrified of expressing that your parents did something wrong, or that you dislike how they treat you.
Itâs not normal to set a basic boundary over and over again only to have it breached over and over again. Itâs not normal to have parents decide for you that your boundaries are conditional, and allowed to be violated under specific circumstances that you donât agree to.
& it's not normal for any other adult to have this kind of power over you either. That includes every teacher, every therapist, every coach, every aunt and uncle, every grandparent, every person.
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My favorite âhumans are space orcsâ idea is that trope where aliens kidnap some humans for their zoo, except it ends up like Jurassic Park. And the poor Alien Humanologists who were invited to the park are like:
âYou mean you locked up a pack of curious, highly competitive persistence predators with NO enrichment in the enclosure? You FOOLS! If you had bothered to throw a basketball or half a box of Legos in there, KE-X9 would still be alive!
âWell of course they climbed the retaining wall! Did you think to study their evolutionary lineage AT ALL?â
The humans would find a way to use the basketball and legos to escape. I mean one time a guy somehow escaped from a prison in Mexico without breaking any laws so his escape would be legal so honestly given enough time the Jurassic park situation is inevitable.
Jurassic Park would be awesome, but now that I think about it I also kind of love love the idea of humans as the alien zoo equivalent of those octopuses that climb out of their tanks and wander around taste-testing other exhibits or throwing sub-par shrimp at handlers.Â
Like theyâre totally unable to figure out whatâs happening because the cameras keep going out, but every night things get moved, or stolen, exhibits are disappearing, WHAT IS GOING ON, theyâve moved facilities twice and itâs still happening, are they haunted, are the ancestors angry, WHAT IS HAPPENING!?
And then a weary humanologist is all â⌠your humans are getting outâ.Â
âThat is impossible.âÂ
âTheyâre getting out.âÂ
âThat enclosure is COMPLETELY SECURE.âÂ
âAnd yet somehow theyâre getting out.âÂ
âTHE HUMANS ARE NOT GETTING OUT.âÂ
âOh yeah? I bet you twenty glarks theyâre getting out. Stay after closing time with me and Iâll show you.âÂ
*next day*
â⌠the humans were getting out.âÂ
â⌠why did they keep going back in, then?!â
(In a deeply embarrassed mumble) âThey said they werenât going to escape until they finished their behavioural experiments. Uh. On us.â
1 - at our own zoos the MOST notorious jail breakers are the orangutans, who exploit all manner of methods, including literal lock picking. One orangutan, Ken Allen escaped several times WHILE THE ZOO WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC without getting caught by watching Zoo employees, even when they tried to disguise themselves as tourists to catch him at it. While he was being âsecretlyâ surveilled, he managed to escape AND show the other orangutans how to escape. They finally found out he was doing some thought-to-be-impossible rock climbing to escape. To fix it, they brought in a team of human rock-climbers to locate all possible methods of climbing out. So.
Humans would absolutely be the worst to try to keep contained. Like, âescape roomsâ are currently seen as a fun date idea. Iâm sayin.
2 - animals that escape most often return to their own enclosure (after all thatâs where their beds and dinners are, and if the zoo is any good it is the place best suited to their species-specific needs for miles and miles) after they have had sufficient excitement. Ken Allen the orangutan would escape and wander around the zoo looking at the animals like heâd bought a ticket. So if the keepers were nice, and formed a bond, and the set up was comfy, once the human knew they could get out if they really wanted, theyâd probably go back, depending on how uncomfortable/dangerous the alien environment was.
I mean if they were raised in captivity. Wild-caught humans, all bets are off; depending on age of capture a return home could be a full blown obsession, the sabotage of engineering from mechanisms up to entire facilities is a strong possibility, and they may go on a murder spree with improvised or stolen weapons if desperate.
The wild humans thing does depend a LOT on how good the zoo is, IMO. If you, as the alien zookeeper:
âRescuedâ humans who werenât thriving in the wild. (Aka dire medical debt.)
Made sure to take an entire social troop instead of lone individuals. (Your closest friends/family members are there.)
Offered VERY good care and enrichment.
Then I think youâd have at least a PARTIAL chance of your wild humans proving to themselves that they can escape and immediately going, âOkay but the zoo is obviously better.â
so embarrassing when you finally get around to watching or reading some landmark piece of media well known for having a massive slash fandom and finding yourself completely drawn in by the homoeroticism as well like oh my god has anyone else heard of these kirk and spock guys? sam and frodo? sherlock and watson? anyone else seeing this?
like many people have said this better than me but no it IS odd that we've come to think of potatoes as so quintessentially european that their presence in historical fantasy where they're anachronistic doesn't jar. and yes people are trying to have the trappings of post-colonial europe without engaging w the icky colonialism part and yes people are neglecting to imagine what a european cuisine without potatoes would be like.
im fully in favour of 'let people have fun w their fantasy world' but is considering how the potatoes got there in the absence of colonialism not a fun exercise? maybe every year the dragon riders go on a great transatlantic potato pilgrimage
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[ID: a screenshot of a comic speech bubble. The black text in it reads "No matter how open-minded, socially conscious, anti-racist I think I am, I still have old learned hidden biases that I need to examine. It is my responsibility to check myself daily for my stereotypes, prejudices and, ultimately, discrimination." /ID end]
antiracism is a constant process. i was raised in a racist village and it's not easy to get rid of it. i moved away over 10 years ago but those ideas are still haunting me.
also keep in mind that shame + guilt are not conducive to growing as a person. when it comes to "checking yourself" it should be a non-judgemental process. it's not about flagellating yourself for every bad thought or trying to purify your mind of all corruption. it's only when acknowledging your own racist thoughts doesn't fill you with dread that you can really progress past the white guilt of it all.
radical self-acceptance & genuine self-critique are not opposites. they need each other. do not let obsessive-compulsive behaviors colonize your desire to grow as a person.
