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Reel-to-reel. Bollettino Tecnico Geloso 077. 1959.

Hey everyone! I'm so glad you all like the Keegan story with the Biters so much! There are so many questions, and they are all so good, and so many ideas!

I thought creating a post that is just for talking about it would be a great idea! Maybe not—you decide! I will be linking this in my master list so it can more easily be found by everyone.

You can all talk about the storyline as much as you want here! Comment and comment on each other's comments about what you think might happen or try to piece bits of the story together to figure things out.

Make suggestions! I encourage you all that if you think something should be changed or added to the story, that you put it in here! It will make it easier for me to find and respond to. I can even try to write in a character of your own invention if you want! Keep an eye out because I'll hold little contests and quizzes to pick the winners, and they can design a character that will be mentioned in the story. It could range from the ID of a person to a person's house or even them joining a colony or being a Biter.

I'll be constantly linking everything related to the AU here, and you are all free to use any material of it so long as you mention that it came from this post since other people may have also helped in creating things. I would love to see your ideas and what you can make in this AU! There are about 1 billion people still alive in it, so I think there is enough to go around. Haha.

I read everyone's comments and messages in my inbox. Sometimes I might take a while to answer because I'm in school, at work, or sleeping. But I always like your comments and read them and try to respond to as many as I can! So please comment!

Story Parts

| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 |

Timeline

This post will be updated as the story goes on and suggestions are made.

Biter Rules Post

This post will be updated as suggestions are made and the story continues.

Characters

Ajax: Keegan's best friend and a member of the Ghosts. Also called Alex sometimes by Y/n.

Y/n: You, the reader

Keegan: Y/n partner and sniper/recon expert of the Ghosts.

Finn: A teenager who leads a cult and really doesn't like Y/n.

Eileen: Catholic lady who is from Manitouwadge

Elias: Leader of the Ghost team and father of David and Logan

Elodie: Elias's partner and a child psychiatrist, doesn't get along with Y/n very well

Benjamin: Also called Ben, he is a child that Y/n kidnaps from a cannibal town.

Selena: Finn's younger sister and a child adopted into Y/n's group

Ryan: Finn's right-hand man

Gabe: Leader of the Manitouwadge group

Makayla: A woman who is skeptical of Finn and later joins Y/n's group

Gregory: An old man who is skeptical of Finn.

Uncle Wagosh: Also known as Fox, he is Y/n's uncle

Reese: Wagosh's pregnant girlfriend

Logan: Elias's youngest son

David: Also called Hesh, he is Elias's oldest son

Merrick: Second in command of the Ghost team

Rorke: An ex-member of the Ghosts and a man who hunts them.

Shoe: Pet dog that follows Ben around because Ben feeds him

Doctor Keller: A traumatized and depressed doctor who continuously tries to feed himself to Biters

Biters: The "zombies" of the story. Called Biters because zombies eat brains and Biters eat everything.

ART

Elodie #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 |

Ben #1 | #2 |

Elias #1 |

Contest One

The winner of this contest gets to design part of a mysterious character. In summary, this character is going to be seen later on in the story and is not a big fan of a specific other character. This will be highlighted green when the competition is over.What the winner gets to pick: where this character is from, their accent, and what they look like. How to win: The first to comment when Y/n's grandfather died under my comment in the comments section. It will be "Contest One"

Contest Two

The winner of this contest gets to pick an event that happens later on for the group out of the following: Stomach bug, sudden storm, run-in with other people, or someone gets bitten. This will be highlighted blue when the competition is over. How to win: The first person to comment all three cities named so far in the book under my comment of "Contest two"

Tag List

I have been messaged multiple times and told that I am "speaking over real trauma survivors" and to "stop roleplaying." Aside from the fact that I have never—and will never—share information about parts online (not even my own), it is also clear that this harassment stems from the way DID is portrayed online.

DID is a dissociative disorder and one which forms in response to trauma. It always has been, and it always will be. It is not in the diagnostic criteria simply because it is also a disorder involving dissociative amnesia, which means many patients do not recall the trauma they endured.

DID is not, and never will be, a roleplay of characters, a creation of "traumatic backstories," or a diagnosis that makes someone's trauma less valid or renders them "not a real trauma survivor."

All of these messages have one thing in common: they assume DID is roleplay in your head. They believe parts are just characters created for fun. This stems from both ableism—such as people creating impossible standards for survivors to justify hatred of disabled people—and the way online communities highlight and center parts as the primary symptoms of DID.

I've even been told that DID only requires you to present with parts to be diagnosed. Look at what these communities' actions have caused. Look at how you impact the public image of a clinical disorder, and consider whether it is worth changing. Consider if it is worth highlighting the voices of those who are suffering the most—those willing to speak about dissociative amnesia, PTSD, depersonalization, and derealization in a serious and genuine manner.

for people with DID (& similar conditions) specifically, alters activity can be mapped in the brain. to that end, alters are part of one brain. to some, that means that means alters are parts of one person. but that's not how every system is going to feel.

in our system, we see ourselves as different neural pathways that together make up the appearance of one person, but it's more like we're... variants of a person who doesn't really exist. kind of like how there's the OG character and the AU character. they're the same character but not the same person and the person doesn't really exist.

some people see this as being parts of one person, others don't. if someone understands their system as being multiple people instead of parts, don't correct them! if someone understands their system as being parts of one person, don't correct them! if someone uses terms other than alter (ex: headmate, sysmate, etc), don't correct them!