See now I’m imagining if I read that 10 years ago and how I would have interpreted (much less felt) differently, versus how I read this now.
I had heard of some of those communities before, but only vaguely referenced. Haven’t really heard much about it, but at the time I was hearing about it I still hated gay people, so did I know about people identifying as other species? I didn’t understand the phrase “identify as”.
So I am still playing catch up on stuff.
Now that that makes more sense, I need to go back. For being multiple entities, is it like, I don’t have the vocabulary for this so pardon the expression, is it like vessels commandeered by multiple observers, or more like a multiple personality thing, or what? I feel that sounds bad but I don’t know how else to phrase it. I’m not trying to call it a medical diagnosis, I’m just curious about it.
Yeah, sadly people often need time. But it’s annoying they need it at our (us and people like us) expense.
It can be either, however, for us it’s like different entities who start controlling the body, thinking the thoughts etc, we all have our own dislikes, like etc, so we’re definitely different . Sometimes one of us will be fronting and another will pop up and start talking to the other. Sometimes, we co-front where more than one of us is controlling the body or one is and the other is in the background observing and we can hear them but they don’t have control of the body.
Word of advice: Please don’t look to media for what it’s like to be plural, the only one (we have seen) that came close was Moon Knight and even that was bad at the end. Most media about it is incorrect in that it paints us as dangerous killers etc. We’re not, most people who are neurodivergent, including us are more likely to get hurt than to hurt others, indeed, a lot of the time plurality and some other neurodivergencies come from trauma, not always, but they do a lot of the time.
That’s what I was trying to get at in the previous comment. I don’t have much else to relate it to. It’s hard to speak about it without referring to the only examples I know of.
And lacking any other vocabulary, I feel like I’m stuck in the Darmok episode of Next Generation in terms of that topic. Not sure how familiar you are with Star Trek to know if this makes sense to you. (The short version is speaking in historical metaphor due to a lack in language. Great episode tho, one of my favorites.)
Which is again using a media example, I guess, but for my own situation this time lol. Hope I didn’t offend. I’m not trying to imply they’re similar, I just don’t know another way to say it so I’m using the language I have to get as close as I can relative to my current understanding. Definitely not trying to attach everything else about the examples I use, but just the individual ideas.
We aren’t offended, just warning you off media that’ll give you the wrong impression, that’s all.
Yeah, we like Star Trek a lot and are well aware of that species/culture from Lower Decks, they talk in memes basically, right?
It’s okay, you can relax, we’re not out to get you. We have enjoyed this conversation so far 🙂. If we don’t understand something we’ll ask or clarify. Please talk in ways you understand until you can understand more.
See now I’m imagining if I read that 10 years ago and how I would have interpreted (much less felt) differently, versus how I read this now.
I had heard of some of those communities before, but only vaguely referenced. Haven’t really heard much about it, but at the time I was hearing about it I still hated gay people, so did I know about people identifying as other species? I didn’t understand the phrase “identify as”.
So I am still playing catch up on stuff.
Now that that makes more sense, I need to go back. For being multiple entities, is it like, I don’t have the vocabulary for this so pardon the expression, is it like vessels commandeered by multiple observers, or more like a multiple personality thing, or what? I feel that sounds bad but I don’t know how else to phrase it. I’m not trying to call it a medical diagnosis, I’m just curious about it.
Yeah, sadly people often need time. But it’s annoying they need it at our (us and people like us) expense.
It can be either, however, for us it’s like different entities who start controlling the body, thinking the thoughts etc, we all have our own dislikes, like etc, so we’re definitely different . Sometimes one of us will be fronting and another will pop up and start talking to the other. Sometimes, we co-front where more than one of us is controlling the body or one is and the other is in the background observing and we can hear them but they don’t have control of the body.
Does that make sense?
I see. So it sounds like a much friendlier, more cooperative version of the guy in the movie Split.
Except for them being humans and at least a few of them being psychotic. At least I assume you’re not.
Word of advice: Please don’t look to media for what it’s like to be plural, the only one (we have seen) that came close was Moon Knight and even that was bad at the end. Most media about it is incorrect in that it paints us as dangerous killers etc. We’re not, most people who are neurodivergent, including us are more likely to get hurt than to hurt others, indeed, a lot of the time plurality and some other neurodivergencies come from trauma, not always, but they do a lot of the time.
That’s what I was trying to get at in the previous comment. I don’t have much else to relate it to. It’s hard to speak about it without referring to the only examples I know of.
And lacking any other vocabulary, I feel like I’m stuck in the Darmok episode of Next Generation in terms of that topic. Not sure how familiar you are with Star Trek to know if this makes sense to you. (The short version is speaking in historical metaphor due to a lack in language. Great episode tho, one of my favorites.)
Which is again using a media example, I guess, but for my own situation this time lol. Hope I didn’t offend. I’m not trying to imply they’re similar, I just don’t know another way to say it so I’m using the language I have to get as close as I can relative to my current understanding. Definitely not trying to attach everything else about the examples I use, but just the individual ideas.
We aren’t offended, just warning you off media that’ll give you the wrong impression, that’s all.
Yeah, we like Star Trek a lot and are well aware of that species/culture from Lower Decks, they talk in memes basically, right?
It’s okay, you can relax, we’re not out to get you. We have enjoyed this conversation so far 🙂. If we don’t understand something we’ll ask or clarify. Please talk in ways you understand until you can understand more.
Oh, that reminds us: https://pluralpedia.org/ hope that helps!