scary plural in your wifi

please remember tumblr etiquette! send an ask to who you reblog from! (this does not apply if you are reblogging from us, the creator, unless you want to! we won't complain lol)

this ask game is intended to be for any collective or singular members of a collective that identifies in any way with being a spiritual or metaphysical plural/member. this is inclusive of all ways this can be! if you identify as one, then this ask game is for you!

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🗺 (map) - how do you personally define your collectives experience? where do you come from?

🕸 (web) – about how many members of your collective are spiritual/metaphysical, if not all of them?

📺 (tv) - do you have introjects/intrpios, walk-ins, or some other secret third thing? (and what is that secret third thing if so?)

🧭 (compass) - where is the world you go when not in front located? is it "open" to people coming by and through, either from spirits, other collectives, and/or anything else? did you create this world or did it appear through some means or another?

🍒 (cherries) - if your collective only has some spiritual/metaphysical members, how are these members existences different compared to non-spiritual/metaphysical members?

🍋 (lemon) - how do these spiritual/metaphysical members feel about being in your collective?

🎟 (admit one) - did any of your spiritual/metaphysical members come willingly? how about unwillingly?

🐎 (horse) - can spiritual/metaphysical members of your collective come and go? do they tend to live lives outside of your collective?

⛪️ (church) - is any member of your collective religious or spiritual in any way? how does that affect your collective and/or that member?

✨️ (sparkles) - do you have religions or spiritual practices that are unique to your collective, not "sourced" from other religions from around the world (ex. original members that are gods that are worshipped)?

🪭 (hand fan) - do you have and/or practice intrareligion? (definition: an intrareligion worships gods or other spirits that exist within the collective. they may be beings that exist outside of the collective, inside only, or a mix of the two.)

👑 (crown) - do you experience godshards? do these gods and/or spirits ever come from religions your collective does not practice?

👹 (ogre mask) - do you have any members rooted in spiritual/metaphysical origin that you did specifically want? any that you specifically did not want?

💝 (ribbon heart) - are any of your members, spiritual/metaphysical or otherwise, the partner of a god and/or spirit that currently does not live in your collective?

🪄 (wand) - do the powers your spiritual/metaphysical members have have any capability to affect the world your body inhabits?

🎊 (confetti) - how do the powers of your spiritual/metaphysical members affect their lives in the collective? (ex. roles, things they do in the world you go when not in front, etc)

🦚 (peacock) - if you have any "original" deities in your collective, what are some of their signs and associations in a religious context? (think how zeus is the golden eagle and thunder, that sort of thing)

🫘 (beans) - do the rules your spiritual/metaphysical members have to follow in your world you go to when not in front match the same rules as other members? if all members are spiritual/metaphysical, are there any who follow different rules?

🏤 (post office) - do your spiritual/metaphysical members communicate with the rest of the collective in different ways than others? if all members are spiritual/metaphysical, are there any who communicate differently?

🏛 (greek temple) - how do your spiritual/metaphysical members feel about being religious and/or spiritual? how do they feel about interacting with spirits in another context?

🃏 (joker) - do you use magical practices such as tarot to communicate with your spiritual/metaphysical members?

🪞 (mirror) - how do your spiritual/metaphysical members view and feel about the body they inhabit now?

🎬 (film clapper) - do your spiritual/metaphysical members have memories of their life before this one? also, if they do live lives outside of the collective, do they remember these things when returning to the collective?

🩻 (x-ray) - if you have only some spiritual/metaphysical members, how do their existences in the world you go to when not in front differ from non-spiritual/metaphysical members?

🏗 (construction) - do "more powerful" spiritual/metaphysical members have more say over the body, the world you go to when not in front, or life you collectively live?

📟 (pager) - are spiritual/metaphysical members of the collective able to be reached through acts such as prayer or spirit channeling?

📖 (open book) - if any of your spiritual/metaphysical members come from recognizable places, how do they feel about being known like that? how do they feel about the common public perception of them?

⛩️ (torii gate) - does your collective welcome any and all spirits that want to live in it, or is there more a process to deciding who can? can people come and live there temporarily?

💬 (speech bubble) - dealer's choice! pick any question in this ask game to answer!

I keep seeing people say that they wish the plural community would focus less on labels and slapfighting and more on the experience of living as plural, so I decided to make an ask game about it. All systems welcome to participate as long as you respect the spirit of the post and don't drag discourse onto it. Feel free to copy and paste this wherever with or without credit, a bunch of these questions were lifted from other places anyway.

I tried to pick or at least phrase questions to be as inclusive as possible, but I've almost certainly missed things - plurality is diverse and my system only experiences a small corner of it. I encourage people to make their own ask games!

🌱 (seedling) - How did you discover you were plural?

💐 (bouquet) - What analogy would you use to describe your system to a curious stranger?

🌸 (cherry blossom) - What things were major influences upon your system? (e.g. life events both positive and negative; meaningful media; other identities)

🌻 (sunflower) - If you can communicate internally, what is that like? If you can't communicate internally, do you have other methods for communicating with each other?

🍁 (maple leaf) - If you can switch, what is that like? If you can't switch, is it something that you're interested in?

🪴 (potted plant) - If you have a headspace, what is that like? If you don't have a headspace, where do system members normally hang out?

🍂 (fallen leaves) - Do you experience yourselves as individuals, as parts of a whole, or some secret other thing?

🌴 (palm tree) - Is there anything that you do to spend time together?

🌿 (herb) - What tools, if any, do you use to navigate life as a plural system?

🌲 (evergreen tree) - What kinds of relationships (familial, romantic, platonic, etc) exist between members of the system?

🌵 (cactus) - Do system members have disagreements with each other? How do you resolve them, if so?

🌺 (hibiscus) - Is there a "common" plural experience that you don't experience?

🌾 (sheaf of rice) - What does your average day look like? How does plurality intersect with it?

🎍 (kadomatsu) - Do you decorate your space or keep mementos of/for yourself and other system members? (e.g. perfumes, clothes for specific people, art, jewelry)

🍎 (apple) - What advice would you give to a singlet looking to be an ally?

🍀 (four leaf clover) - What advice would you give to a newly selves-discovered system?

We reworked our system mapping post into a zine!

If you have any data that you haven't backed up yet, I highly recommend making an export file for that now, as once the servers are down this will no longer be possible. You can make an export by going to the cog button in the sidebar > account > export your data. From there you will be able to request a data export, which will be emailed to the email attached to your account (if you're unable to access that email for whatever reason, switch your accounts email to one you can access before requesting it!)

Once you recieve the email, you'll have 24 hours to download the export. Be sure to store it somewhere safe where you won't lose it! If you have avatars that you directly uploaded to SP, you'll need to download them via the second link in the email since they're not accessible through the main export (due to how SP limits access to images on it's servers from other services I believe)