Question 1: Introduce Yourselves

[beepbird]

Let's get this community talking! 

Tell us about yourselves. What are your lived experiences with plurality? How do you understand yourselves?

If you're still figuring this all out (as we all are), then what do you know so far about your own experiences? What do you want to know?

Comments and posts responding to this prompt are both welcomed, though comments keep this question's answers easier to find (consider linking back to this post if you answer in your own post- it makes it easier to track!).

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[lightning_beast]

Hello! We are The Thunderstorm, a system of anywhere from 3 to 7 individuals depending on how you count it. Three of us are a median subsystem known collectively as Delta. The rest are Mozzarella, our dæmon, Caeruleus, Susie, and Applesauce, who is Susie's dæmon.

We're fairly certain we've been plural since we were very young - with Comet (the one writing this!) and Stardust being the first two, and Sharpwhistle appearing some time around 2020 or so. Mozzarella was created by choice in 2024, Caeruleus and Susie both showed up in 2025, and Applesauce appeared in a dream in December of 2025.

The main fronters are The Deltas, although Susie does also front on occasion. Especially when apples are involved. Mozzarella has also fronted a few times here and there. The others are not interested.

With us Deltas, generally one of us stays in front for approximately 4 months at a time until it's the next Delta's turn. This isn't by choice, the brain just kinda does this for some reason - we call it The Cycle. Note that non-Delta headmates are not beholden to this - they can front whenever they please (as long as the current fronter is in agreement).

We didn't know we were plural for a long while partly because of The Cycle, and partly because of a lack of knowledge on median experiences. But we know now! We did identify as plural shortly before syscovery, but because of dæmonism (we also thought Caeruleus was a dæmon - he still has a dæmon - like role, but we're pretty sure he's just a normal headmate otherwise).

Because of this, we often project our headmates. Usually just the dæmons of course, but projection can also be very useful when someone wants to feel included in some way without co-fronting. Especially on walks.

We do have a headspace, we just don't use it much. We do have a main fronting room (complete with spinny office chair and jukebox!) but it's moreso a place to hang out - switching between headmates doesn't involve it at all. Switching feels like becoming someone else - there's also a feeling that the "main" thoughts are coming from you, and whoever was fronting before is just another voice around you. Not to say that whoever's currently fronting is Most Important, they're just always There for the duration of their front, always paying attention to what's going on around them to some extent. If, say, someone stubs our toe, whoever's in front will always react (if the body can feel pain currently). Usually you can also tell via phantom shifts as well, directly corresponding to the species of whoever is in front. If someone's co-fronting or we're blurry, there might be multiple traits overlapping the same spot.

Pretty much everyone in here has something they're known to like and get excited for when they see it. Comet likes fire and pretty rocks, Sharpwhistle likes early CGI and occlupanids, Stardust likes werewolves and Jurassic Park, Caeruleus likes fish and the ocean, Mozzarella likes beetles and mustelids, Susie likes apples and reptiles, Applesauce likes jazz. These can also be good fronting indicators, and are also an easy way to get someone in front (or at least close)! Music can also help as well, we all have fairly distinct music tastes.

We haven't known about our plurality very long, so many parts of this could definitely become outdated very quickly. But for now, this is us.