How Many Hosts Do You Have, If Any?
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pluralquestionsOur host count is kinda complicated.
Our total count is 9. However, only 4 can be considered main or primary hosts, while three of the others are hosts of subsystems or Solar’s sidesystem, and the other two are are the hosts of our sidesystems. The last four are all hosts in the main system, so we tend to front more than any of the others.
Also, bonus question because I’m curious: Do other systems have hosts who are also caretakers? Asking because three of us have both roles (me being one of them) and I’m just curious how common it is for these two roles to be found together.
Our total count is 9. However, only 4 can be considered main or primary hosts, while three of the others are hosts of subsystems or Solar’s sidesystem, and the other two are are the hosts of our sidesystems. The last four are all hosts in the main system, so we tend to front more than any of the others.
Also, bonus question because I’m curious: Do other systems have hosts who are also caretakers? Asking because three of us have both roles (me being one of them) and I’m just curious how common it is for these two roles to be found together.
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Date: 2026-01-13 05:08 pm (UTC)we have one dominant host, and the rest are co-hosts.
luca (he/him) is a co-host and one of our caregivers. we also have a few other co-hosts, but many of them rarely front.
technically, all of my alters are, in some way or another, co-hosts. and to us, a co-host is more of an "emergency backup plan"/"plan B", in case the dominant host is incapable of handling certain scenarios.