#positively multiple

I know we were mentioned in a few inclusive masterposts.

There’s also @plural-labels @plurgai-archive @pluralrights @plural-culture-is (sorry for the mentions everyone!). To name a few.

Here you go!

Multiplicity May again!

Anti-endos and similar: Do Not Interact!

🌺 You& are doing great regardless of system origins! 🌺

💐 You& aren’t faking a disorder by being plural not through trauma 💐

🌷 Bullies only hold as much weight over us as we give them, so don’t give them the satisfaction. Easier said than done, I know, but we have to stick together and persevere🌷

🌹 Kindness over bullying, always 🌹

🌻 Keep up the good work! 🌻

🌼 You& can do anything you set your& minds to, use it to spread the good 🌼

✨ This all applies to systems of all other origins as well, you& are doing great! ✨

💫 I’d rather be excluded for who I include than be included for who I exclude. Who’s with me? 💫

🎉 Endogenics, Mixed, All Origins are Valid and Loved! What you& experience is real and no one but you can decide your& identities. That is not the right of the masses 🎉

🎊 If you& have to think to yourselves “am I faking” then you aren’t faking. Someone who’s faking knows they’re faking 🎊

🧸 Your& syskids, systeens, and all other system members are valid. Be kind to each other and those around you& 🧸

🎁 Kindness is a gift, use it wisely but make it go as far as you& can 🎁

🎈 Pop the balloon that is exclusion and discrimination 🎈

👑 You& don’t need to understand someone to treat them with respect, to treat them with kindness, to treat them humanely 👑

“What is Pluralkit for?”

Pluralkit is a discord server bot that allows multiple/plural/system members to talk with proxies!

“What’s a system (plural/multiple)?”

A system is multiple people or consciousnesses in one body!

Imagine it as many friends in a room except that room is one body. Everyone is their own individual or person but have to share a body with other people.

“Why is Pluralkit important for discord servers?”

It helps so that multiples/plurals/systems can talk to their full extent! Each system member can talk as themselves and not as their host/frequent fronter(s) and not get confused as them.

“Why can’t they just change the nickname on their discord account?”

Because not everyone will be aware that they’re a system right away and to anyone who’s not educated on being a system, it would just look like the person was changing their name as opposed to it being someone different talking. Which, it is someone different talking.

For example, if you were always hanging around your best friend and went off on your own for the first time to talk to someone, you would probably feel really crappy if they mistaked you for your best friend. Especially if that was the only reason they thought you were cool to talk to.

“How will I know the account that it’s tethered to?”

System tags! Most systems set up tags with Pluralkit and add them to their nicknames to help aid the moderation team and other members. You can also react to a proxied message with ❓ to get a dm with the account information!

“What if one of the system members was mean to another server member and that person wanted to block them?”

Unfortunately, there are limitations with the bot and discord for this. But if a system member was mean, it’s up to the system to make sure they don’t keep interacting with the other person if they can’t be civil. You can still block the main account, but unfortunately proxied messages are a different thing. Which I realise seems like a flaw, but this bot is very important for systems to have!

“What if a system member breaks a rule? Does that mean the system gets off scotch free?”

No! System members are all responsible for each other and keeping everyone in check! If the person refuses to keep fronting after they’ve done something wrong, other system members are expected to do whatever needs to be done to take that responsibility (ie apologise, not fight if they get a warning or banned or kicked, etc)! Besides, most systems are really good about not letting system members talk in places where they could get everyone into trouble.

“What about roles? Would it give them extra permissions?”

Nope. The only permissions members will have is whatever is tethered to their original account. Pluralkit doesn’t make additional accounts nor does it give anyone any roles.

“How would I know someone’s pronouns if I can’t see their account information just by clicking on their name?”

Again, you can always react with ❓ to get their account information that way. A lot of systems also set pronouns in the displaynames of their system members. Or, you can always ask!

“Why do the proxied messages get labeled as ‘bot’?”

This is due to limitations with discord. They aren’t actually bots, they’re real people. Pluralkit doesn’t invite any other bots, I promise!

“What about Tupperbox? Or is that rude to suggest?”

There’s nothing wrong with Tupperbox, it’s just less widely used by systems and can create double proxying issues if both bots are in the server! It’s not rude to suggest Tupperbox at all, but you’re better bet is still likely with Pluralkit.

“What if plurality isn’t what our server focuses on?”

It’s still important to have. You never know how many systems would like to join your server or have joined it already without offering them what they need to be open about it. Plus, it shows further inclusivity to those in your community! Just because someone is a system, doesn’t mean they aren’t apart of other communities as well. You can be a system and kin, a system and lgbt, a system and bodily a poc, etc.

“What about security? I don’t want to add any bots that might be dangerous.”

Pluralkit has a very open source code and doesn’t save anyone’s information or data outside of the systems using it. And, even then, they’re really only saving front percentages, message count, and information on individual members that has been put into the bot. They don’t keep any track at all on who’s using it or not using it. They don’t even take the time to search for trolls to ban them from using the bot. They do not care for your data at all.

“Is it a hard bot to set up?”

Nope! You really just add it. Just make sure it has all the permissions it needs in every channel and you’re good to go! The most important being “manage webhooks,” “read messages,” and “send messages.” If you’re confused by any of this, you can message us. We’re very good about setting up server permissions for members and bots!

Below are some example screenshots from me (Aspen).

This is an example proxy. Not all systems use emojis like ours. This is an example of what it may look like while the system member is typing their proxy.

This is what it looks like directly after the message is sent! Top is our original account, bottom is my proxied message.

End result! The original message gets deleted and what’s left is the system member’s proxied message. That snake next to my name on the message is our system tag. All systems (who use tags) have different tags and do them differently. We have our tag set in our nickname for just about every server we’re in (at least all of them that have Pluralkit). The tag helps to indicate that it was our account that the proxied message came from.

Things to note:

System members are not their proxies! They’re real people. The proxies (ie the emojis and such) that create the proxied messages just tell Pluralkit to re-send the message as a proxied message. I reiterate, System Members Are Real People With Real Feelings! They just happen to share a body with others.

If you have a bad run in with a system or a few, that’s not how all systems are! Most of them are very nice! We’re not trolls either, we don’t want to attack your communities, we just want to feel more included elsewhere.

Non System Terms

Age Forge / Age Forging: When someone grows up mentally rather than physically in some way. They would normally act more mature and maybe take on a more caring and a teenager or adult role while they’re mentally progressing. It doesn’t have to be caused by stress or trauma, but could certainly be. Like age regressors, they don’t stay the age or ages they progress to all of the time. Synonyms: Age Progress / Progressing, Age Develop / Developing, Age Strengthen / Strengthening.

Con-:  A person who feels no attraction in general due to trauma but can feel some or moderate attraction towards another who they’ve connected to and know they can trust. This attraction may steadily grow over time but is likely to plateau once it reaches a certain point, which is individual to each person.

Modifier System Terms

Alder(s): A systemmate or systemmates who get older every year, not on the body’s birthday. If multiple systemmates do, they would likely get older on different days than each other but don’t have to. Over time, the systemmate or systemmates could look older in headspace, but don’t have to. What’s most important is they identify as a year older, every year. Synonyms: Uzee, Età, and Aldur.

Alder System: A system where everyone gets older every year, not on the body’s birthday. Though, one or a couple members could happen to get older then since everyone may get older on different days. Again, they all don’t have to look older every year, just identify as a year older. Though, they could all look older. Synonyms: Uzee System, Età System, and Aldur System.

Växer: A headmate or headmates that grow up with the body. So, every year on the body’s birthday, the headmate or headmates grow a year older as well. Synonyms: Grandir, Lumaki, Kukua.

Växer System: A system where all the headmates grow older each year as the body grows a year older. Synonyms: Grandir System, Lumaki System, Kukua System.

General System Terms

Foggy or Fogging: This is when there are too many members fronting or trying to front but there is no loss of identity. All the system members are aware of who they are and maybe even the other members fronting with them or trying to front with them. This could make it a bit hard for them to see through the body’s eyes and cause the body’s vision to be unclear for them but it doesn’t have to.

Headmate Terms

Absorber: A headmate who “soaks up” either the optimism or pessimism of other system members. They mirror that optimism or pessimism. Some Absorbers may choose to “soak up” both, though. If they choose to “soak up” or absorb the optimism, they may be seen stuck to the hip of the system Optimist (if there is one). In this case, they’d be trying to help the Optimist’s (or Pollyana’s) goals to lift the system up to better, happier places. If they choose to “soak up” or absord pessimism, they may be stuck to the hip of the system’s Worrier or Cynic (if there are any). They’d be trying to help with their goals to point out bad things that could happen and maybe even help disrupt system life.

Antagoniser: A headmate whose morals don’t align with most or all other system members. This could be in big or small ways and it doesn’t have to disrupt system life but could. They could also just be seen as a small annoyance rather than a disturbance but that’s doesn’t have to be the case either! It all depends how they interact with the other system members and how those other members handle their differing morals. Synonyms: Intimidator, Annoyer.

Artist: A headmate who has the most artistic talent. They can also be the only who expresses their artistic talents most as opposed to the one with the most talent. These talents can obviously include drawing, painting, and things like that; but, it can also include writing and just anything creative! Synonyms: Artiste, Artista, Artisan.

Coach: A headmate whose role is to make sure the system’s body is healthy with a healthy and balanced diet along with good exercise. They will often try to teach other system members about what they know to hopefully gain some help and support from them. Their success rate depends on how much effort other system members are willing to put in to keep up the effort. Some Coaches may also be helpful to system members in the mental health department as well, making sure everyone is mentally healthy or as mentally healthy as possible. Synonyms: Mentor, Trainer.

Cynic: A headmate that thinks very negatively, like a Worrier, but wants to disrupt life in someway for other system members or the system as a whole. They may do this because they want other system members to understand or relate to their constant negative emotions or because they have some anger issues or because of a number of other reasons. Their disruptiveness can be “small” things or things that are bigger. It all depends on how disruptive to life they want to be and how disruptive they’re allowed to be.

Emotionalist: A headmate that feels a lot of emotions, but is good at expressing those emotions to others. They are good at advocating their emotions to others as well as advocating for other system members. They also tend to be good at expressing the feelings of the system as a whole to other people as well. Whether this be through actions or words.

Escutcheon: A headmate who is very open with their feelings, but try to put up a shield of sorts so that external forces or internal forces can’t hurt them at all or not as much. They’re often system members that are normally described as being tough and don’t like the idea of being or being seen as vulnerable. They often times will try to detatch themselves from their emotions in someway, especially if any or all other system members are feeling the same or in a similar way to them.

Executioner: A headmate who tends to be a bit aggressive or off-putting to others; who feels the need to interject themselves into arguments outside of the headspace. They don’t try to calm the argument down or come to a compromise, instead they assert themselves into it and say their peace before potentially backing out. However, if the outside person they’re arguing with continues arguing as well, they may likely stay in front to continue arguing back. Often, they are inserting themselves into the arguments because they felt personally attacked in someway and the argument or person upset them in someway. Their goal is not to protect themselves or anyone else in the system, but to try to have their feelings and opinions on the matter heard. This can but doesn’t have to include headmates who may sometimes purposely and personally mess up relationships outside of headspace that they deem “not important,” “not worth while,” or they believe is somehow harmful to them and maybe even the whole system. Even if other system members don’t agree that this is the case.

Frijōn: A headmate who’s very friendly and wants to be friends with everyone inside and outside of the system. They love to work on group projects and are happiest talking to or making friends! Synonyms: Comrade, Chum, Frēond, Friund.

Hygienist: Pretty straight forward, but this is a headmate who makes sure that the body is kept clean and well-maintained in the hygiene department. They may do this by taking front when needed, at (a) certain time(s), once a day, and/or by keeping up with what other headmates are doing while in front to make sure they do their part as well.

Jokestar: A headmate who’s a jokester and looovveess being the centre of attention! Depending on their personality, they may be very helpful to a system’s Optimist. However, they can also tend to make jokes in a wrong situation. Some may even make a lot of dark jokes when they think it fits a situation, even if it may not always be the best time to joke or best thing to joke about. They’re contribution really depends on their other personality traits and how much they yearn to be the centre of attention.

Känsla or Kanslive: The opposite of an Emotionalist; a headmate who does very poorly at expressing their own emotions. Some may even do so poorly as to need another system member or the system Emotionalist to help explain for them to other system members or people outside of the system. They may even be afraid or uncomfortable to express their emotions but don’t need to be. This is not a result of a system member being non-verbal or otherwise hard to communicate normally with.

Lone Wolf: A headmate that sticks to themself. They may or may not be close with only a select number of system members or they may be close with most everyone in the system. However, they don’t tend to front much and don’t like interacting internally or externally in big groups. When they do front, they often like to do so alone (not co-fronting) and don’t engage externally with many people unless necessary. Just because they like to be alone, though, doesn’t mean they can’t contribute to the system or that they don’t have a lot to contribute. Synonyms: Loner.

Negotiator: A headmate who’s role is to settle disputes or arguments externally with singlets or other systems apart from their own. They find compromises where other system members may be reluctant to or too stubborn to even consider. They take pride in finding the “middle ground” that everyone can in someway agree on.

Optimist: A headmate who is always trying to find the good in things for themselves, the system, and others! Whether that be finding more good in an already good thing or the little bit of good in a prinarily bad thing. They try to boost other system members up when they’re down and are always looking for any of the potential positives in anything that happens. They also tend to be, but don’t have to be, the life of a party. Synonyms: Pollyanna.

Peacemaker: A headmate whose purpose is to find compromises for internal disputes between system members. They take pride in settling arguments for the better in which everyone is happy with the outcome.

Protescutor: A headmate who would technically be a prosecutor otherwise but they and/or their headmates don’t feel it totally fits or don’t like the connotations. Usually a headmate who “isn’t as much of a jerk” as persecutors are seen as. Can also be used for headmates who are both persecutors and protectors. Synonyms: Defender, Vigilante, Shielder.

Shida or Shidlive: A headmate who likes to cause trouble, but not always to necessarily disrupt system life. Like Jokestars, they like to be the centre of attention. Unlike Jokestars, they don’t always make jokes though. The amount of trouble and/or disruption they may cause depends on the headmate’s personality.

Syllogist: A headmate who focuses on logic and statistics when it comes to just about anything. They especially use it to determine how system wide or system member decisions might turn out. They can also tend to use it to justify their own feelings about certain things or to try to shut down their emotions if they view them as “wrong” or “illogical.” This can either be a headmate that already feels a lot of emotions or very litte or in between. Synonyms: Logician.

Timerkeeper: A headmate that “keeps time” for the system and makes sure the system is where they need to be on time (work, school, meetings, hangouts, parties, etc). They tend to get stressed if anyone (inside or outside the system) is running late but can sometimes also get stressed out if they tend to be places too early and have to wait for things to begin or other people to arrive.

Worrier: A headmate that often worries for the worst even if they don’t mean to. They often focus much more on the bad than the good, even sometimes finding something bad in something that’s primarily good. They don’t want to disrupt the system, but sometimes their over-worrying can do that. Synonyms: Pessimist, Downer.

Other System Terms

Morceaux D’âme: A spiritual headmate term for systems that have some soul splitting going on; wherein some or many or all headmates are pieces of on person’s soul. They are still, usually, individuals though. While they may share some or many similarities to the soul they “split” from, they are their own beings and should be treated as such.

Parcelle D’âme: A spiritual headmate term for those who could use Morceaux D’âme but prefer this one. It’s also for those whose headmates all (or some or many) have different souls than each other.

Cruxen: For those whose spiritual system experiences split souls. This term is for the “core” or “original” or “main” soul piece.

Kroppens Ursprung: Sort of a synonym for “original” or “core” but wherein no headmates split from them and they just happen to be the first to control or enter the body. Primarily for spiritual systems. Synonyms: Kär, Tera, Ker.

Plural Mogai Terms

Plurbéton (based on this term): A gender/orientation that’s static or primarily static despite plurality. Wherein all or most system members identify the same or similarly in at least one thing (orientation or gender). Most or all system members may identify this way due to passive influence from each other or just because they do.

Also known as Harkness Sexual, Harkness Romantic, etc.

Based off of the Torchwood/Doctor Who character, Captain Jack Harkness. This term is inclusive to kin, fictives/factionals, and non-human system members but isn’t exclusive to them.

Note: This orientation isn’t inclusive of p-dophilia, z—philia, any other kinds of non-consentual relationships, dub-con, or the like.