The Peanut System

Don’t you DARE say I would’ve allowed such a thing! You know NOTHING about the things we went through for days on end trying to make the movement happen!

People started speaking out because we spoke to them in private first. Stop being so judgemental. No way in hell would I have allowed it and I was the first to cut through Nan’s bullshit and say “no, that doesn’t wash” within the “big DID YouTubers” group. The group is made up of victims can I add? Victims who are used to being minimised and gaslit. Our ABSOLUTE saving grace was that we were the only people in the group *not* close to Nan because we never allowed ourselves to be.

I waited on the excuses. I waited on the apology. I waited on SOMEONE ELSE who should have said something...! And when that didn’t happen, we were done waiting and approached other systems to make our rise together because if we had done it any sooner (or on our own!) we would’ve split the community in half. And from those few, the systems were worried (us included) about making the first move because of the impact it could’ve had.

This mess isn’t anything to do with our system and just because someone else is taking a break doesn’t mean you can throw your anger at us in their place. Their actions (or non-actions) have nothing to do with us. We don’t control someone else’s behaviour and we rarely speak to them other than from an advocate perspective within the conference group. That’s it.

If you have an issue; take it up with Nin when she’s back.

i had a traumatic experience but i’m 100% fine and never think about it

unless i see a neurotypical-approved trigger

then i will remember it all of a sudden and have a horrible panic attack

how triggers actually work

i had a traumatic experience and the long-time effects of trauma influence my life every day

seriously, no one forgets about a traumatic experience

(unless they repress those memories completely)

a trigger is something that makes those memories resurface

triggers can be anything; words, phrases, smells, symbols, colours, things that seem ridiculous to you but to me have a connection to my traumatic experience that i am not obligated to explain just because you think i’m “tossing the word trigger around like it’s nothing”

reactions to triggers can range from slight discomfort to severe panic attacks; none of these reactions are less valid because they’re not ‘bad enough’

my general mental health influences how i respond to a trigger. the same trigger might not bother me on a good day but make me suffer from paranoia and anxiety on a bad day. it is still always a trigger.

veterans are not the only ones suffering from ptsd. “war” is not the only real trigger. 

mocking triggers (no matter how silly they seem to you) means mocking and disrespecting everyone who had a traumatic experience and asks people to tag triggers because they don’t want the memories to resurface more than they already do anyway

you’re not my therapist. you have no say in what triggers me and how i am supposed to deal with that. 

so if i ask people to tag penguins, but don’t feel comfortable telling everyone that the reason for this is that they are my abuser’s favourite animals which they often talked about (when they weren’t hitting me, locking me up and letting me starve, and telling me i deserve it), you have absolutely no right to make fun of that

newly discovered systems? yes, us too!

talking about trauma and memories and feeling way less alone

talking to other systems’ alters!! We want to meet all of you and get to know you!!

same hat

when the other systems’ protectors are out when your little(s) is/are out, so then they feel safer

being able to talk about switches and different alters

different music tastes!

we’re not “crazy” or overreacting for feeling this way and being like this

relating to DID and OSDD posts by other system blogs and being able to talk about them with people who also get it!

comparing what your system looks like versus other people’s headspace, alters’ voices, likes/dislikes, feels really healing

heck yes we survived this far, even through intense trauma, and we’re still here, and that’s all so important to remember

But now for New Horizons they look like this

The new characters are a treat. Daisymae will send you bamboo shoots if you buy turnips often enough, Flick will basically pay off your house with his love of bugs, and CJ will talk about his boyfriend and buy fish, as well as hold the fishing tourneys in a much better way than old games.

Tom, Timmy and Tommy haven't aged because they're tanuki which are often considered yokai.

Blathers and the Able sisters got in with Nook early so he shares his power with them.

Kicks started as a young skunk so he can slowly age with the series.

They liked tricking humans into giving them money by trading them leaves magicly cloaked to look like other objects. Sound familiar?

They are not evil however, just mischivous, and in modern iderations of the mythos they generally bring good luck and fortune to small businesses. People even place their statues outside their stores to bring in customers.

Nook also started out as a small town businessman, down on his luck, and eventually with his quick wit grew his company into a housing empire where he builds homes, furnishes buildings, populates towns, and mentors others in good business practices ala Timmy and tommy, who were his pupils, and Lyle the otter later on.

Lyle being a former conman who likely got in over his head working with one kitsune...speaking of, one of the biggest bits of evidence of Tom nook being a yokai is his bitter rivalry with said fox, Crazy Redd.

Crazy Redd was a character in the series known for running a black market of fake and real art and would regularly con the player character out of their money selling them overpriced items and fake paintings.

In the back lore of wild world and happy home designer we learn that when Nook was young he went to the city with hopes and dreams to earn his fortune, but his dreams were crushed when all his money was stolen from him by a business partner he trusted, thus why he took Timmy and tommy and eventually Lyle under his wing and helped them learn better business practices to avoid, or at least get themselves out of, a similar fate. In happy home designer we learn that Nook once worked with a fox when he was young and he would never make that mistake again. Redd also makes multiple references to nook in that game as well, making fun of his home, ect. You can infer from this that Redd was the fox who cheated him and likely was the same one who broke his spirit in the big city. Tanukis and Kitsunes (fox yokai) have a similar bitter rivalry in mythos, to the death sometimes even.

Kitsunes also have the power of illussion but are much more malicious generally and regularly trick people into thinking sticks and leaves are valuable objects or food, much like Redd tricks people with his paintings.

Take care of yourself and share content that you are comfortable with others reading. The internet is not as perfect of a place as we would ideally like to think it to be, so protect yourself and take care of yourself. You do not need to put your pain on display to be valid or cared about.

If the internet is bothering you or hurting you, it is 100% okay and recommended to unplug and step away.