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shoutout to fictionfolk who don't know where their memories came from exactly, but they sure as hell do have them! past life? don't know! psychological? don't know! they're just here! and they sure are my memories!
STARBOUND SYSTEM
STARBOUND SYSTEM // STARBOUND COLLECTIVE :: A system or collective that has a close connection to stars, feels as if headmates or headspace is heavily related to stars, or formed in a way relating to space or stars.
NOVASYS :: Starbound Subsystems
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Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis?
Yeah
Possibly/not sure
Nope
Results
As always RB for reach :]
General poll, you can answer if you aren't alterhuman, but its going in the alterhuman tags because that's my community and i wanna know more abt us. Gonna compare it with some polls imma do in human spaces and see if there's any difference (i can share in the notes if anyone is interested).

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unexpected plus of plurality: being able to talk about plot ideas with headmates because even if you can't put your idea into words to flesh out, they just get it and can still give feedback
-the host (he/they)
when you don't have an inner child or inner demons, just an inner sentient clump of dryer lint, and you're both too tired to be dealing with each other rn
@funnier-as-a-system
[ID: a picture of a worker at the British Wildlife Center holding a bird chick to their chest. They are looking at something out of frame with an expression somewhere between tired, done with this shit, and like they are trying to summon the energy needed to tackle a problem. The chick also looks tired and world-weary. / end ID]
I've been getting mildly into perfume and realized it would b so fun for a few of our more frequent fronters to have a signature scent they could pick out & wear if they wanted. Like a very subtle way of making the body feel more our own when we're around....
Is Your System Willogenic?
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for the most part we're a Created system but sometimes I remember things from my childhood that feel very plural-coded in a median system kind of way. I think in a way my identity has always been a bit fractured and getting into headmate creation actually helped bring parts of the brain together more, like parts of myself I couldn't name or access before are now my headmates and I can chat with them. kind of cool how that all works tbh.

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the post abt median systems definitely has me Thinking about how my 'kin experiences work and integrate with my plurality.
For me, being other/fictionkin had always been a combination of 'what I was in a past life' and 'what I still am', as in I was an angel at some point and then eventually became my current self, but sometimes I'm still an angel. But because I have a relatively clear timeline of my past lives (like there was a straight line from angel to sea serpent and from sea serpent into my later human 'types), sometimes kinshifts feel like moving a dial through that timeline if that makes sense.
Like sometimes the dial slides back to the beginning, to my First self as an angel, and for that time I'm back in that headspace. But if it slides past that, I identify not as an angel, but as as a creature who once was an angel. Which reminds me a little bit of median systems who, for example, might move between an older and younger version of themselves. Except my older and younger versions also happen to be different creatures?
Even when I'm not in a shift and feel somewhat disconnected from it, I still count it as a part/element of myself. But theres definitely times when i look back at my behavior during a shift and feel like it's decisively different than who I am now even though it is/was me. Which does seem to align with some medians' experiences?
Also sometimes the timeline is a circle and I'm every point along the circle at once bc who's ever heard of linearity but. Yknow. That's how it goes.
Anyways, when I lay it all out I can definitely see how it's similar to median systems but also, it does seem to fall solidly under other experiences I've seen from fellow other kin who wouldn't identify themselves as median.
When I think about my headmates, who don't really have kin experiences, they do seem like more solidly one person whereas I feel more like a literal wheel of people/creatures in one package. But if I didn't have headmates I wouldn't have the frame of reference to call myself median I think?
Idk someone once put an image in my mind of 'it you could see time, every person would look like a long snake made up of every version of themselves throughout time" and I feel like I am that snake 🐍
You Could Be Median!
We've seen some posts lately where people are saying they feel too plural to be a singlet and too singlet to be plural, or that they feel certain plural-ish ways about their kintypes... And, well, we have news for you--there's (possibly) a word for that!
See, while a lot of people see "multiple system" and "plural system" as interchangable, they actually have nuance to their meanings. And there's a third term, "median system", that might actually apply to you!
Some descriptions of the terms, for reference!
This won't be the only term list in this post, but to avoid dumping a ton of terms at the start without context, they'll show up where relevant. For now, though, here's a few.
Singlet:
The state of being one singular person/identity in one body. Synonym for non-plural.
Plural:
More than one entity, self, identity or consciousness in a single body. Simply, being more-than-one in some way. This is more of an umbrella term for multiple and median.
Multiple:
Having more than one distinct identities or people within a body.
Median:
The state of being somewhere between "singlet" and "multiple" on the plural spectrum.
Now, that's pretty vague, especially if this is a new concept to you! What does "inbetween" of multiple and singlet even really look like? The answer is, well... Anything, almost! But that's also vague and unhelpful. So...
Some examples of what being a median system could feel like...
You're like a metaphorical hydra--all part of one dragon, but there's different heads. You might feel parts of yourself arguing or thinking different thoughts, and some might be more in charge at times than others, but in the end, you're all a part of one unit anyway.
You're like a metaphorical coin--you're all one single thing, but there's different faces. Depending on what angle someone looks at you from, they could see something completely different.
You're like a gemstone cut for a ring--all one stone, but there's facets of you that reflect light just a little differently.
You speak to your subconscious, but because that subconscious is you, you feel like you're an inbetween of being just one person and two people. (This can also include things like daemonism!)
You feel like your identity itself is a shapeshifter (not in a kintype way--your identity as a whole).
You're otherkin/fictionkin/etc, and your kintypes have juuuust a little too much separation from you to feel like they're still you, but they're you enough that they're not separate people. They're not entirely distinct from you, but they're also not entirely wholly you, either. (More on this one later!)
You feel too much like a singlet to be plural, but too much like a system to be a singlet.
You age or pet regress, and feel like your regressed self is a different version of you. Sure, they're still you! But they're just different enough that they fall in a grey area of being "you" vs "not you".
You feel like "you" are, in whole, a person wearing a lot of different masks. The masks might make you act a little different, or look a little to-the-left of your normal appearance. All the masks are a part of you, as much as you're a part of them.
You feel like you sometimes have a different "filter" put over you, like a photo being digitally edited. You're still the same base thing, but sometimes there's an extra layer on top that makes you a little different.
You don't feel singlet or multiple, but feel like a secret third thing that's in any way inbetween.
You feel like you're almost a system.
Now, that's nowhere near an exhaustive list, but it's a bunch of stuff we've experienced and/or heard from others in the community. That gemstone comparison is actually common enough for the median version of the term "headmate" to be a sort of reference to how it feels!
Headmate (also alter, system member):
An entity/person that is a part of a system.
Facet:
A type of headmate that is a part of a median system.
There's also a term for identities that blur the line between "fictive" and "fictionkin", because the experience of being median while having identities that feel like fictives and fictotypes simultaneously is so common! (There's now a factbased identity term for the experience too!)
Fableing:
A type of facet in a median system that shares experiences of both fictionkin and fictives, making them an inbetween, adjacent to both experiences, or both at the same time.
Factling:
A type of facet in a median system that shares experiences of both factkin and factives, making them an inbetween, adjacent to both experiences, or both at the same time.
Otherkinity and Median Systems
In particular though, we see a lot of otherkin who say a lot of very plural-y things about their kintypes. While not everyone who says these things is 100% plural and maybe just one or two of these points to nothing plurality related at all... These are things we think are pretty good indicators you should at least consider looking into median systems, even if you've looked into being multiple before.
Your kintypes can speak or communicate to you, disagree with you or each other, or interact with things separate from you. This doesn't need to include written or spoken language, either! Sometimes internal instincts clashing can feel a lot like median facets disagreeing.
Shifting causes you to experience memory loss, amnesia, or anything similar.
Shifting causes a complete gender change, even if previously and after the shift you disagree.
Shifting causes you to act "out of character" compared to your usual self.
Shifting causes a complete sexuality change, even if previously and after the shift you disagree.
Shifting causes you to want to change your name, even if previously and after the shift you disagree.
You don't feel like you're yourself while shifted.
You get thoughts that you don't feel belong to you, and feel like they belong more to your kintype.
You don't feel too much like you are your kintype, unless you're in a shift. (Also check out fictionflickering/otherflickering!)
Your kintypes do things that you're unaware of while you're shifted.
You commonly dissociate during or before shifting.
Your kintypes change your likes and dislikes (for example, while shifted you might hate apples while when not in a shift you love them).
You'd call your kintypes headmates or you feel like they'd be classified as headmates if you had DID/OSDD (spoiler alert, you don't need those to be a system!)
Your shifts cause a full or very strong personality change--especially if other people notice.
You feel disconnected from your body or lose control of your body while shifting.
You come out of a shift and are confused, distressed, or surprised at how you acted during it.
Like I said, not all of these point toward being median if there's just one or two--but, if you have the time to look into it, I'd recommend giving it some thought!
Misc FAQs
Do I have to call myself a median system if I fit a lot of/all of this?
Nope! Your identity is yours to label, and this post isn't meant to shove people into boxes. This is simply meant to inform people of what a median system is, and let people come to informed decisions themselves.
Can you be both multiple and median?
Absolutely! There's plenty of ways this can be a thing, too. Some examples:
Multiple system with median subsystems.
Median system with multiple subsystems.
A system that fluctuates between median and multiple.
A system with a bunch of headmates who are median or multiple (regardless of subsystems).
You could be both at once, which we've seen called "mediple"!
Can you have a CDD (like DID and OSDD) and be median?
Yep! It's commonly believed that most (not all!) OSDD systems often fall under the median umbrella, even! A system of any structure or origin can also have median members within it, regardless of other parts of how it functions.
Can you choose to be median?
As with plurality in general--yes, probably! We haven't seen any guides to specifically form a median system, but we're sure it's possible. Daemonism, for example, is usually counted as a nonplural experience by their community, as daemons are "you" in another font--for lack of better phrasing. But a lot of people do consider this to be a type of median plurality in their own experiences!
Is this an endo system thing?
No. Endogenic and traumagenic systems alike can both experience median plurality, and can also be disordered or nondisordered. The term didn't even originate in endogenic-specific spaces, nor did it originate recently either. "Midcontinuum" was presented as a term in around 1996-1997, and "median" was created in 2002. Some early plural communtiy mentions of the terms:
What is a median? Neither multiple nor singlet.
Us and Being Median:
This was co-written by a median subsystem (Dagger of Decay) and one of said subsystem’s QPPs in-system (Shrapnel). While we don’t reflect the entirety of our experience of having median plurality within our system, we can share what we personally know of our own life in the hopes that it resonates with others in a helpful way.
Being a median subsystem to me (Dagger of Decay), feels like I’m separate sides of the same metaphorical coin. (At least, that was an accurate descriptor until I discovered more facets than just the two.) You look at this coin, and one side might have a picture of one thing on it, while the other has something completely different–but you’d be wrong if you said that this was two separate coins just because it’s different depending on how you see it or how you hold it. You’d also be wrong in saying that the coin only had one uniform side–I mean, it clearly has different pictures on each side, they’re clearly different!
The faces of the coin are the fableings that make up me as a person. If I really wanted to, I could probably label myself as one person with very strong kintype shifts, but that doesn’t feel like it covers the full scope of my identity. I can’t talk to my facets, I also can hardly ever disagree with them because we’re so close to the singlet end of the spectrum. But even still, when I’m Tomura Shigaraki, I’m not really the other facets of myself anymore–it’s like you’ve spun that coin around and they’re the ones who are face down, hidden from sight for that moment. The same is true for when any other one is in control. The coin just sort of flips itself occasionally and oops! I’m the same base guy, but in a different font. A little bit to the left maybe.
The amount of separatedness between us fluctuates–sometimes I say “I” to refer to all of me, other times we say “we”. That’s one of the more noticeable fluctuations between my facets, but there’s plenty of other things that shift and change too–how distinct we feel, how much we can disagree with each other, how much we feel connected to other identities we hold… But in the end, we’re solidly sat in the grey area between “one singular guy with no extras” and “multiple guys in one head”--and it took our system a while to get a hold of what that can mean and feel like, so I hope some people who are questioning or struggling with their identity can get a little bit of something out of this post.
For further reading:
The Dragonheart Collective's "Am I plural" guide.
Allium House's "what is the self?" essay.
Endogenic Hub's "Medians" page.
Otherkin Wiki's Plurality page (section on median plurality included).
Beepbird's "Median is More than People With Parts".
Beepbird's "For Medians: Fronting and Switching Control".
Beepbird's entire median plurality links section, honestly.
the idea of the "DID faker" allows people to very neatly discard any system who is too weird or overt or inconvenient for their comfort without having to actually confront their own ableism. you can see this in the way that people, including so-called "professionals," will claim with absolute certainty that real systems are always extremely covert and ashamed of their condition and seeking to become "normal" again— incredibly convenient for those who would rather sweep us under the rug so they never have to think about us as actual people who are just out there in the world trying to live, and not just psychiatric case studies or the source of countless sensationalized "based on a true story" movies
I was hit with nostalgia looking at my old phone and opening up Amino today, I remembered back in 2018 (7 years ago, yikes) I had joined some Tulpa amino and was sad to see they're completely inactive by now. I know Amino has a bad reputation but that's the only time I felt like I really had a community around plurality, tbh? Like, I know there is a community on tumblr, but it always seems a bit intimidating and broad, whereas something like Discord is almost too insular.
I kind of miss just having one place to see people making journal entries about their everyday experiences or their innerworlds or whatever, instead of sysc*ourse :') the ability to make wikis on Amino was actually quite nice now that I think of it
being fictionkin is a little funny sometimes bc it's like "yeah I know in this universe I'm some dude but in another universe I was another dude .... And he was British"

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being frontstuck feels like a free trial version of being a singlet except it’s cluttered with ads.
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oh man I almost forgot this blog existed . hi again if anyone still follows us.