#modular system

Tl;dr heres the pluralpedia link https://pluralpedia.org/w/Modular

A modular system is a system whose fragments will come together to create flares (temporary alters) specific to any given situation.

So for example fragment 'social around family', 'cautious', and 'agab holder' might merge together temporarily for a an event where homophobic family is around to create a flare.

Flares may have a name, pronouns, and identity before the fragments seperate again, the flare disapearing.

This can cause a lot of amnesia if memories disapear with the flare, but could also cause minimal amnisia if the fragments get to keep the memories they were a part of.

Modular systems can often look like polyfragmented and/or median systems as well as cyclogenic, and many people will identify with those terms before they find modular.

we ourselves identified with all of those at previous points in our discovery.

This blog is part of a community outreach effort by a newly discovered, strangely lonely feeling modular subsystem, in a system (mainly of full people) that has some other modularesque 'clouds' outside of that.

rules are simple: no hate, no community gatekeeping. & all asks/ submissions must relate in some way to being a modular plural. (do note that due to a LOT of similarities, "ad hoc plural" asks and other modular-adjacent experiences are also accepted)

pro endo. deal with it or leave. if youre anti endo just dont make it anybody's problem. dont bring it up in your asks. there's not a strict "antiendos DNI" for this blog because this experience isnt talked about enough as is. lets just all get along and try to help each other.

not keeping a list of anon tags so do whatever.

what is modular plurality?

while this description will mostly use clinical language, this is only so people understand the original concepts from which the identity has evolved. anybody identifying with this concept on some level is welcome.

First described by Richard Kluft in the days when it was called MPD, modular plurality is a state of being where the ego-states are individually so fragmented that they may embody only one or two traits. in clinical terms: if an alter is a glass pane and a fragment is a shard of glass, a fractal in a modular system is closer to a grain of sand.

rather than any one 'particle' fronting alone, they coalesce temporarily into an identity (literature says: usually for a week or so) to meet the demands of a situation, before the particles fall apart again & another new identity forms. Kluft noted that modular plurals have a correlation (not causation) with heightened creativity and computer literacy.

Kluft also describes what he called an 'ad hoc' presentation of DID, wherein a modular-esque plural's breakings and reforms are done by a 'helper alter', and certain fragments are essentially never seen again. it is described as presenting with 'evidence of DID and fugue states, but unable to find an alter to account for the lost time'.

by its very nature, modular and ad hoc plurality are considered to be at the very least adjacent to polyfragmentation, quite possibly being subtypes of it. they are also considered to be on the median spectrum.

But really

Just being a modular system at all

There's around 10 posts total in the modular system tag, and they're all old posts and/or from abandoned accounts...

@je-doute-donc-je-suis

Ooh... Maybe your system would like to send more experiences as a modular system then? It'd be fine by us if you want to.

By the Quicksilver Cycle

Warning! Do not check rebloggs! Someone has reblogged this post with gore!

We realized there doesn't seem to be a lot of info for sediment fragments in modular systems or similar forms of plurality, and wanted to make our own personal guide.

Remember, these are just examples, if you or your fragments and sediments feel that fit more into a higher or lower clarification than what's described here, then use that label!

If you visit pluralpedia, you may notice sediments are mentioned as being classified by something similar to the Wentworth scale, which is what we tried to use for inspiration here.

Without further ado, the Sediment fragments size guide according to us!

Sizes:

Clay - One or two symptoms, often of an emotion.

For example: The ability to cry/smile, laughter, tiredness.

Silt - One trait, like, or dislike,

For example: cheery, shy, likes green, dislikes apples, he/him pronouns.

Sand - Full emotions, more complex likes and dislikes, or 2-3 simple traits, very simple roles, a gender. May include simple traumas or responses without context.

For example: dislikes fruit, sensitive to loud nose, likes green and red but dislikes purple, scared of heights, flinches when approached, sleep role, demigirl gender, long hair.

Pebble - Multiple emotions, nuanced opinions, several possibly unrelated traits, system roles, a kintype.

For example: catkin, alienkin, all/most negative emotions, funny and a pacifist, a disapproval for poor diet with an understanding of how ready it is to fall into one, shower role.

Cobble - A personality or the majority of one without abilities, a fully fleshed out appearance, an identity, or a particularly complicated role.

For example: A gatekeeper(often front and memory management), feeling like a Bisexual man, the average height one one with the short pink hair who always wears green hairpins and a gothic style, a teifling who *hates* dragons.

Boulder - A person(-ality) with somewhat limited range, either emotionally, mentally, habitually, or in ability to front. Often similar in size to a non-sediment fragment.

We never know who we are (that when we even are someone)... And it feels pretty lonely too, as most plural spaces are mostly composed of multiples or those with similar experiences to them. And also because there's just a vague feeling of company and innerlove; there's not much inner communication or inner relationships to have when you're a bunch of temporary starmates.

Not even mentioning being maskbased and not having an updated mask/flare to use while meeting new people by ourselves, one that doesn't make us dysphoric and/or more prone to dissociation...