raynaissance: An armored woman with red hair kneeling with her sword planted in the ground (Anna)
So yeah we can pretty safely say now that rays insecurities are fucking things up really bad for us right now

It's not really their fault? They're scared of losing themself/losing control, they apparently have a lot of anxiety whenever they do have gaps in their memory and that's understandable. It's also possible that things recently have made it worse, like school. But it could be part of what's keeping everything from stabilizing.

Maybe a therapist could help with this? Assuming they accept all of us and don't try to "cure" us. We just need this to be stable so we can stop worrying and fighting and start getting to know ourselves as individuals. That's all I want and I know it's probably what most of us want right now. It would just be nice if it didn't seem so improbable.
raynaissance: An armored woman with red hair kneeling with her sword planted in the ground (Anna)
So...Alistair told us some stuff that probably needs to get aired out, at least a little. And since he apparently can't do it himself (can't as in genuinely can't, not can't as in won't) I guess it's up to the rest of us to try and help. Especially since this problem has apparently been going on for weeks.

Content warnings: sexual harassment, ableism, ace-phobia
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This post was really hard to make on an iPad, just ftr -Ray
The pun is nice but it's based on Ray's name.

-Céleste
She's not actually our family's dog. She belongs to a family friend (my age) who's been staying with us for years. Said friend just got her own apartment on the other side of the river and is taking the dog with her when she moves :(

The plus side of this is that it will now be Safe for us to get a cat without worrying about Koda hurting it. But. I'm going to miss my Large Hairy Dog Friend :(
I'm kind of underwhelmed by the number of people who migrated here from tumblr but honestly i cant say im surprised
We didn't realize until something forced us that yes, Alistair does come from a universe where he did the dark sex ritual with Morrigan, and yes, there is a very important implication to that

It's entirely possible that Celeste is the original, or... an original, if that's a thing.

It also appears that Celeste is the one who got all of the memories/knowledge of HTML/CSS, for some reason. But she doesn't understand Java.

We seem to be, developing, away from being facets and towards being a Fully Fledged System™

WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE in some ways because it seems to mean that a) some of our skills are getting partitioned off to different system members, b) I, as Ray, am having trouble with like... not being in control? we all might be tbh. definitely we're switching a lot (me and celeste today, in particular). Which equals the body having a pretty big headache

It doesn't help that we don't really have a well-formed headspace? those who aren't the host go SOMEWHERE when they aren't around/fronting/conscious... don't they? its, very confusing, and a little bit stressful

We told Counselor Pam about being a system and she said she was glad she told us because it meant it could be discussed. Which is basically what we/I was talking about with Leli

But yeah we are learning more about ourselves and each other which in itself is a good sign bc it means (at least I think it means) we CAN get more stable eventually it'll just take time.
We share consciousness and memories, and self-awareness to an extent, but not self-knowledge? Like, I, Ray, can't know for sure what kinds of things Celeste finds aesthetically pleasing unless Celeste is around. I spent a lot of time freaking out that the other facets were scared of me because they thought I was going to banish them but the real reasons were completely unrelated to that. And of course there's the whole "I've just switched back in and only have the vaguest memories of what we just did, like someone else told me about it" thing that freaked me out REALLY BAD the first time (still sorry about that btw)

im pretty sure the others know what ive done though so that doesn't really seem fair but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

though tbf i could be wrong since, of course, i can't actually speak for their experiences

anyway. it's probably not good to dissect this TOO Much since we don't, actually, know what Normal memory is like and therefore how much of this is Nothing, how much of this is median-related, or how much of it is symptoms of something else.
There are potentially two facets we haven't fully identified yet

1. has wings, seems to be the voice of reason here? appears to be a "he," we don't know his name yet though we've been trying to guess
2. is female but we're unsure if she's real or if she's some kind of fusion between ray and celeste. alternatively she might be a fictive who just hasn't found herself yet

(because yes. there are five of us and we definitely need MORE)
you know a while ago i saw a post on tumblr about some guy who wrote a paper about human psychology being designed with fear responses that are no longer evolutionarily necessary and like

ppl were rightfully criticizing him for coming off as a douchebag who was saying “there’s nothing in modern life for people to be afraid of” which would not surprise me

but also... there is a version of that idea which is valid? like. my brain definitely has fear responses that are unnecessary and counterproductive. my brain is designed to avoid things that make it feel scared or stressed. originally that very helpfully meant “don’t eat that poisonous plant” or “don’t go in that cave where bears are”. In my actual life it usually translates to “don’t do your homework ever even if it makes you fail the class” which is much, much less helpful

because my brain was not designed for tests or homework or bills or taxes or jobs or any of this modern nonsense it was designed to not get eaten and it seems to be having trouble with the rest of the stuff
Ray was thinking about relationships the other day because they've been kind of romantically frustrated lately and honestly it's a good question: like, can we be in a relationship with someone while still being respectful to each other + the other party in the relationship? Would it be too confusing, with our collective sexuality being so complex? What happens when we feel more distinct from each other but then go back to feeling less separate, how do you explain that to someone and work with it? It's so confusing :( These are mainly rhetorical questions, especially given none of us are likely to come anywhere within a hundred miles of a relationship anytime soon, but I think it is worth thinking about.
The other day, we had the thought, that none of us have any family to speak of besides ray and what it would mean if their parents understood and accepted us

but that's not going to happen, it's never going to happen, we're barely even here/distinct & havent been for days and even if we were they wouldn't understand/believe us/etc

so yeah
Lol apparently we had our first system fight (apparently thats a thing)

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We might have identified a facet who isn't a fictional character! i think her name is 'Celeste' (that was our French Name when we took french in high school) and she's the one who we are when we're talking to strangers who expect us to be a Cis Girl (she's not, bc we're not cis, but she's the part who doesn't mind getting misgendered and is more feminine-leaning and non-dysphoric overall so she is Good To Have Around, u kno)

she is also currently the only version of us that doesn't have any Emotional Issues(TM) so lets celebrate that while it lasts

(sub-thought: is ray the sum of all different parts? is ray a facet in their own right we need to think on this)

:)

Nov. 9th, 2015 09:17 pm
Well apparently Alistair shifted in just long enough to feel REALLY UPSET about almost becoming a templar and then shifted back out

(this terminology still feels so awkward ugh but it's what we've got)

I think the gist of it is, "I was a templar trainee for ~10 years and never got weeded out as disloyal or disobedient, and would literally have ended up becoming a templar despite it being the worst thing I could imagine had duncan not come along, because it literally just did not occur to me to rebel against this thing that i found deeply unpleasant"

and like

yes we do have a deep-seated fear of hurting ourself or others because it literally doesn't occur to us to disobey things sometimes why do you ask :)
Spoilers for the end of Act 3 or DA2

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I need more stuff to do on this site
Okay so in my fantasy series, I've been exploring the idea of magic originating from a world of dreams (think the Fade in Dragon Age) and that anyone can navigate it in lucid dreams (a process creatively called Dreamwalking)

And if you can encounter other people who are also dreamwalking and talk to them??? Especially if the normal laws of space and reality don't apply???

Fantasy internet

People meeting strangers from all around the world; this being remarked upon in literature and culture since its always been a thing (for as long as people have been able to dream and understand that some of what they're experiencing is Real)

People meeting their lovers in the dream world 4 secret romance

...Assassins and intelligence networks trying to take advantage of dreamwalkers, people coming up with countermeasures

And ofc people going to spirits for guidance and seeking out Hidden Knowledge via visions and stuff

I'm so glad i thought of this idea. im keeping it
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