#archival answer

Hopefully we are not 4 in the askbox asking for the same question 😄

G R E E N

To be more specific those shades of green-blue that are an absolute nightmare for blue-green colorblind people. Which fun fact, the body is partially blue-green colorblind! @kitty-chan-art-den loves pointing to things we find a pleasing shade & asking us if it's green or blue (we are usually wrong), & friends can usually pinpoint if an OC design is going to appeal to us pretty easily based on hue alone. >.>

Headmates most closely tied to the color!

Row 1: Dusty - technically a shift our Little Host Clover takes, a little service pup critter // Archie - originally a systemsona that took form, shocker - a weed dragon; his tail is a bong! // Nug - a sentient pillow-plush critter & companion to Archie.

Row 2: Clover! Little Host of ArchivalSystem & a median subsystem of their own - loves anything related to clovers! // Mota - stoner furlongs, mostly associated via weed connection // Al - introject from The Hollows book series; a demon most often described as wearing a crushed velvet green suit. Wears a modernized version in-system.

MONTHS LATER we finally remember to post this answer!

2. Which headmates are the unlikely couple?

• Hmm. Honestly this was a tough one! My (Roane) first instinct was to say Susie (Deltarune) & Pomni (TADC) but given some thought they actually make some sense, especially with how anxious our Pomni is. Asked partner system & their bid for most unlikely was Nova & Li.

Which... I can see seeming unlikely, I suppose? Nova is November 11 from Darker than Black but identifies as a he/him lesbian & physically transitioned so already majorly different from his canon source. Li split off from Hei, also from Darker than Black, when he was visiting from our partner system - if you consider their canon, they are a damn unlikely pair. Still though, when you have couples like Bo (creepypasta hybrid creature) married to a 10ft tall 7-eyed werewolf former demon familiar/shadow things like "ok but they'd never wind up together in canon" seem a little less unlikely by comparison lol!

9. Are there any headmates from a specific state/country/etc different from the body?

• Most of them lol! MANY fictives means MANY different states/countries/worlds/dimensions of origin. I'd say by percentage Brits make up at least 40% of the system; there's also a surprising French presence thanks to the St Louis SideSystem holding so many fucking vampires from there lmfao. Surprisingly small Latinx presence considering the body is half-Irish & half-Mexican but we were raised VERY whitewashed so that actually makes sense. Valentinè (Hazbin, transfemme Val) & Vaggie are probably our most EXPLICITLY Latinx alters.

13. What headmate has a skill that the body doesn't usually, but when they front the body gets it (or almost gets it)?

• Well, months after getting this ask we finally have an answer lol. Cam is the ONLY system member who isn't actively triggered by maggots & is in fact ambivalent to them. This might not sound like a skill, but believe me, it is.

3. Which headmates were enemies at first & now best friends &/or a couple?

• A few contenders here, but we think the best examples are Ren & Strade (Boyfriend to Death) or Jimmy & Curly (Mouthwashing).

They had to work through a LOT of shit, mostly Jimmy beating himself up until he learned what taking responsibility actually meant. He & partner system's Anya are even on good terms.

Art: @kitty-chan-art-den

These two had an easier time reconciling as they had a love interest or two in common & Ren wasn't letting Strade near ANY of them until he knew the big lug wasn't going to try anything he shouldn't. Luckily his partners are... very receptive to the requests he has within said boundaries.

7. Which headmates have the most unique music taste?

• Big Al (source: The Hollows books by Kim Harrison) probably wins this as he's basically either listening to Panic! at the Disco, primarily the Death of a Bachelor album, or classical music. While many of us ENJOY classical music, it's too calming & tends to put us to sleep. He's the only one who gets actively engaged with it.

Art: @kitty-chan-art-den

His tastes HAVE broadened since then, in part thanks to his partner shown in the right image, but he's still pretty set in his ways regardless.

12. What headmate was the biggest surprise?

• Oh, this one's an easy tie between Al, Gerry & most recently Travis Phelps from Sally Face & Berdly from Deltarune. Al because, much like the author we found out from attending a virtual reading, he tended to vacillate between being our least favorite & favorite character. ....Mainly the former for a long time.

He initially formed while we were still trying to hold onto our last relationship, proceeded to absolutely fuck with that & then turned himself around to keep us safe & alive when we were homeless & alone.

Gerry is... complicated. He's 98% introjected from a specific artist's iteration of him in TMA alongside a specific fic, but the latter is in part because he shares aspects of an ex's Gerry. We know we can't control any of that but he still tends to feel guilty about existing & avoid fronting unless Mahtin, Michael or another partner needs him.

Travis is less complicated & more funny. Our now-dormant ex-Host was also named Travis & frankly was a BPD nightmare shoved into a literal Chihuahua body. His upbringing had a lot of parallels to Phelps & since we discovered the game shortly after our old Travis went dormant we had kind of a visceral revulsion towards him. Then Sal moved here from SelfLove & turns out he'd been holding out a candle for thr internalized homophobe for years. Apparently Phelps showed up months ago & has been hiding in Sal's room most of the time.

Art: @wu-does-art (Sorry there's just no official art of them sob)

...We still don't know why the fuck Berdley is here. He sure isn't saying.

🌘-Do you have a large or complex headspace?

☀️-is your system bad at masking?

🔭 - Some of us do, some of us don't - almost all of us at least respond to they but some neos used in-system are pup/pups, pillow, plush, doge(half-ironic), void, bun/bunselves, smile & likely more I'm forgetting.

🌘 - Oh, incredibly. The main "building" the core system resides in is built more like a space station even though it's in the middle of a huge clearing surrounded by woods. There's also an entire sidesystem that's the city of St Louis - loads of NPCsthere, but it's mostly occupied by the St Louis SideSystem. There are also portals to various other headspaces a lot of us haven't even explored yet that tend to warp & shift to mirror what fixations/systems are most prevalent!

A fair few of us also bounce between our own & our partner systems often enough that we have dedicated areas set aside in both as well. All the "Core" fronters have at least a room in the main building though, even if it's just to house a portal to their preferred area. (Matcha, for example, spends most of its time in the Lonely.)

☀️ - Apparently we're GREAT at masking as neurotypical in general, & have grown decent enough at masking as a singlet that we actually had someone split who is just. The Singlet Fronter. They don't mind, though. ...Honestly though, in some ways we've always been very bad at masking. Our temper, for instance, tends to play very badly with the BPD when we get overstimulated - this has been happening a lot at work due to one specific coworker who will. Not. Accept. That we do not like listening to his faux-liberal opinions on things.

Gonna answer this one for him because he refuses. xD

Either:

For obvious reasons, OR!

So cute... ;w; But Kacchan will kill me for these choices. >.>;

I noticed that you guys followed us recently and I wanted to mention that we are bodily a minor.

I say this because I see in your pinned post that you guys would prefer if minors do not interact.

Of course, we're not here to attack you guys or anything just making sure!

Hope you guys have a great day!!

-Marnie

@atom-system Hey, thanks for the warning! I don't mind following minors as this is mainly a reblog/journal-type place for me to sort of crow things away; so if you're alright with that so are we. If that makes you uncomfortable though please don't hesitate to say so as we don't ever want to make anyone uncomfortable.