For example, our Gem fictive finds it amusing to find rocks and crystals and take pictures with them. A streamer factkin might enjoy documenting themself wearing their source's merch.

And me? I'd take a picture with certain objects and be giddy with euphoria... or laugh, because it's something secret/discreet, yet fun and very much me.

"Hahaha," I'd think deviously whenever I'm leaning on a [censored] to take a selfie, "nobody knows I'm actually X!"

(Goes without saying: If you have any guesses on my identity, please keep them to yourselves. Thank you!)

Hello and thank *you* for your confession, Anon!

It's okay to miss your friends and boyfriend, they seem like really valuable, close people in your life.

And your love and gushing about your boyfriend is so sweet! He sounds wonderful :D I support you!!!

being a factive and looking nothing like your source feels so good and at the same time so bad cus i look at my source and im like thats me but also not me and thats okay, only to be hit with a feeling of thats not okay i got to look like my source to be seen as valid. wich is stupid cus every one in the system is verry excepting of me looking nothing like him but i just feel like i will get us in so much trubble by fackeclaimers that will just put hate on my post that i dont even want to post anything about myself even tough i really want to make a intro and some other posts about myself plus the fact that my source only speaks in our native launge means that it will just be more messy when people find out my source (most people in our system arnt comfy with not close friends knowing where we live) - E he/they

(feel free to ask me to remove the response)

hi, E, thank you for sending this vent.

you're valid no matter what you look like, E. you are still you and you're still a factive of (source) with your current appearance. i'm glad your systemmates are accepting! that's great and you deserve that n_n

we (particularly mods silhouette and december and a lot of our fictives/soulbonds) can relate a lot in feeling that our existence makes the system a target. but if fakeclaimers disrespect you/your system, it's not your fault. you wouldn't "bring it upon them/yourselves" for existing as a non-conforming factive. you're not "reflecting badly on the system" or "causing them to be cringe/fake-claimed".

you're not someone to be hidden by your own system so they can look "better", you don't deserve that. and bigots will keep being assholes and fakeclaim anyone they see fit. there isn't a set category for them, they'll keep moving the goalposts until all of us hide and silence ourselves.

you deserve to be respected, including your being (source). i wish you safety in the plural/alterhuman/factive/etc. community, E.

and it's okay to be uncomfortable with revealing your location. i hope you can express yourself without people trying to be invasive about it.

take care of yourself, if you can.