#altship

Flag 1 on the left. Flag 2 on the right.

Hello all! I love coining stance flags and have had this on my mind for a while now. I've loved the Nonor label for many reasons as it's separate from Queer, and can be more inclusive to identities not deemed queer by society (pretty much anything not a gender or orientation.)

And I've decided! Why not a flag for us who are even MORE non-normative than others. This includes Nonhumanity, complex system/plural experiences, TransIDs (and especially TrisIDs), unacknowledged labels like Ci & Ti [1], those who reject the Trans/Cis dichotomy all together regarding their identity, complicated worldviews ("contradictory" discourse stances, rejection of societal norms, experience moral shifts, etc.), Para pride, Non-Queer Nonors, etc!!

Radnonor is radically accepting of ANY non-normative identity that is done in good faith. Good faith here is defined as an identity that is labeled without intention to mock, harm, or harass others. Radnonor is against labelling anything as inherently harmful or "bad faith," and believes everything should be taken by a case-by-case basis, with few exceptions*! Always be critical and questionable of things that may cause harm or can be used as a tool to harm, caution keeps us safe.

Of course, is always anti-harassment, and is against calling any slightly critical or curious question about an identity or reason for the identity harassment. Primarily promotes blocking over reporting, however, finds sometimes reporting is necessary for safety. Radnonor also promotes keeping NSFW/NSFT out of main tags of any space, or at least properly tagging them.

Outside of the few notes below (under the cut), Radnonor is generally unset on discourse, outside of being radically inclusive of any Nonor identity. (Well, not really unset on discourse, just intended to be a discourse-free space.) Feel free to use this term for yourself if you call yourself Nonor, but don't typically prescribe to discourse labels (or prefer to coin your own), or don't really fit into certain coining cliques.

This term is generally inspired by Radinclus, Critinclus, and FLEUR. Could be considered a Critinclus version of Radqueer maybe. Just generally being Nonor all around in that aspect, I guess when it comes to discourse. Lowkey wanted to also explicitly include a space for those who refuse or dislike to disclose their Trans-Cis status for any ID. (I plan I coining a term for this, a general ID term and a -punk stance term.)

For emoji code I guess maybe 🌇🎆 could work? It's similar enough colors to the flag I guess.

[1] Ci is Tris but closer to Cis, Ti is Tris but closer to Trans.

I remember seeing this term a while ago named Altship, that generally described my stance on shipcourse. Generally, I think I'd be considered somewhere between Neuship and Comship, or an Anti/Ex-Anti by some of the more militant shipcoursers. I'm against some Darkship things; however I do enjoy toxic dynamics.

However, a lot of people consider Comship to just be Proship, or an off shoot of it. And I don't identify my stance that way. Explicitly anti-harassment, follow your own DNIs when it comes to shipcourse, and properly tag your works.

The emoji code is taken from both the (unproblematic) comshipper and neushipper emoji codes I found.

So here we go!

Alternative Shipper: (Emoji Code 🌙🌿)

Someone who ships or supports fiction written that doesn't romanticize or sexualize beings who cannot consent or did not consent. Any toxic dynamic can be explored, and toxic X toxic is encouraged over toxic X nontoxic. However, disclaimers should be given in such media to not replicate these actions.

Altship supports writing any kind of media privately to vent/cope, and if it's publicly posted it should be posted with disclaimers of the content, so it cannot be used as a tool against others to claim that those actions are normal or healthy in a relationship.

Essentially profiction when it comes to toxic dynamics. However, explicitly is pro-consent and includes dynamics like: Stalker X Stalker, Cannibal X Victim, etc. as long as it's consented at some point. Against the uncritical writing or consumption of media including Minor X Adult, Feral X Non-Feral, etc. So, can be considered Antiship in that part. Minor X Minor is an iffy zone and should be written and consumed critically.