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helloo ! ive been wanting to ask if you have any specific tips or things to focus on while writing characters with DID ! im not a system myself but psychology in general has been a topic that ive always been interested in and want to depict it to the best of my ability + i love your art and wish you the best ^^

Good question!

Writing about DID/OSDD is incredibly difficult- even I a system probably couldn’t do it, but I can give you some advice regardless. Obviously saying “research” is expected, but finding good research on it is hard. As always I recommend as a starter for understanding the fundamentals of the disorder : “The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and Treatment of Chronic Traumatization” just look that up and I’m sure you can find it on the internet archive or docdriod. As a rule of thumb don’t trust system tiktok, tumblr, carrds, or any personal account to get the majority of your information from just because there’s an incredible amount of misinformation (of course there’s plenty others on there who probably know what they are talking about, but I’d always recommend using credible peer reviewed sources.)

With the research disclaimer thing out of the way here’s a few points:

-It’s a trauma based disorder, everything is structured around trauma. Not just a singular trauma but repeated emotional, physical, and typically sexual trauma that is experienced under the age of 10 (You don’t need all three, just a lot of systems experience a mix of trauma) To write DID/OSDD right you should be able to write child traumatization accurately and be comfortable with writing it.

-There is a vast amount of different experiences with DID/OSDD. There are varying levels of amnesia, alter presentations, system structures etc. not all systems use plural terms, have names for alters, or have much personality differentiation between alters. The experience of a Osdd1a system will be different to a DID system, so you’d probably want to look into the specifics of those differences and stick to one type of system.

-Try to avoid misconceptions and DID tropes in media. The most obvious one I can think of is “the evil alter” trope, there’s quite a lot of demonization of the disorder so you have to be critical when viewing media depicting it (fuck the split movie).

-unless it’s apart of a character arc avoid the uncritical idea that alters are just their source. it’s healthy for them to branch out and expand from their baseline purpose and identity.

As for things I’d like to see in DID/OSDD rep it’d be:

-representing extreme denial

-loss of time

-source separation would be cool

-fusion and dormancy being mentioned

A lot of media hyper focuses on Alters when that is only one aspect of system hood. I think I’d be cool to look at the other symptoms.

But overall, it would be a really hard task to write a system especially without being one. I’m not saying it’s impossible but it’s easy to fall into misrepresentation even if it’s well meaning (it’s easy to do that even if a person is a system, that’s why I’m too scared to write it) If you are going to do it, do a very thorough amount of research before you develop an idea of a character. I know I sound really upset at the idea, I’m not I do really like the idea of representation- but DID/OSDD is such a stigmatized disorder that you have to be so so so careful not to add onto the stigma. I do believe it’s possible to do it right though! I wish you luck and thank you for the compliment.

One thing I find interesing abt Vi, is the fact that, she seems like she haven't grown up since her's 15.

Like, yes, she is a adult now, but her mind seems to not have developed properly due to trauma, making her stuck in that moment in the finale of act one of season one, Vander's death, Milo and Claggor's death, the shock of everything being her own sister's fault, she didn’t even had the time to process this bc she saw her sister last with the same man who was very willing to kill them, got kidnapped and then enjailed for 7 fucking years.

LIKE DAMN. And this surely brought several consequences to her brain, how she acts is typically with violence, impulsivity, without a racional thinking and being emocional about things, like a child, and im not saying in a derogatory way towards her, i'm saying that she didn’t had any opportunity to interact normally with people, to develop these type of skills and learn.

Vi likes to see things in a simple way, she thinks that she can resolve things just punching her way out or by just talking, because she never had any other chance to understand any other way.

She lives for protecting, simple as that, because that's the only thing she lived for in all those years in prison. That's why she even accepted Caitlyn's way of doing things as a enforcer, ofc she is wrong but, oh my girl how manipulated you are. How much of yourself you use for others because you can't lose anyone else.

And she realizes in season one, after fighting in the Shimmer's factory with Jayce, how much she lost of her own humanity, to not feel anything for a dead child now, she saw how vulnerable and broken for this is Jayce (that's why I think their relation important, because Jayce is all abt vulnerability and being open minded, learning to make a better future)

And Vi in the first act of season two is so vulnerable now, different of season one, because now she truly understands she lost Powder, she has no one, except the girl she thinks she could have saved the mother, spared the pain she herself understands. And even if it isn't intentional of Cait (which sometimes I doubt, because she threw all her morals out of the window in the first act), she manipulates Vi with her needs for a constant and fear of abandonment.

The way she acts with Caitlyn, is how she wishes she have been treated all these years, affection, understanding, tenderness. The thing she needs to be rebembered until act two, it's that Cait comes from a totally different environment, and the ruthlessness she wish Cait shouldn't experience, its exactly the reality shock she needs right now.

Vi is a really cool character in all ways I wish people could see, she isn't a "just", the way the turned to be all that she hated out of desperation for love is a tragedy. And yeah I love the memes with her stupidity but PLEASE see my vision when I say that my girl deserves more :(((

words to use instead of ______

"Very"

Mild: clearly, decidedly, distinctly, markedly, considerably, notably, largely, recognizably, especially, indubitably Moderate: especially, surprisingly, substantially, uncommonly, chiefly, incredibly, obviously, unmistakably, considerably, awfully, wonderfully, particularly Bold: profusely, unequivocally, strikingly, astonishingly, exceedingly, absolutely, exceptionally, extremely, unquestionably, vastly, incontestably

"A Lot" (time)

Mild: often, oftentimes, sometime Moderate: frequently, usually, various, generally Bold: regularly, recurrent, persistent

"A Lot" (size)

Mild: many, much, several Moderate: numerous, bountiful, considerable Bold: multitude, profuse, vast

"Big"

Mild: sizable, ample, large, considerable, great, above average, important Moderate: ponderous, significant, crucial, vast, copious, magnificent, substantial Bold: enormous, immense, colossal, extensive, endless, paramount, boundless, prodigious, imposing, gigantic, voluminous, limitless, essential

"Small"

Mild: slight, limited, trivial, minor, light, puny, superficial, undersized, dinky, negligible, faint Moderate: scant, petite, inconsiderable, microscopic, dwarf, unsubstantial, minimum, miniature, tiny Bold: insignificant, minute, meager, infinitesimal, ineffectual, undetectable, inconsequential

"Good"

Mild: acceptable, favorable, agreeable, pleasing, satisfactory, satisfying, super, able, relevant, accomplished, efficient, reliable, ample, useful, profitable, adequate, adept Moderate: great, honorable, admirable, commendable, sound, splendid, superb, valuable, wonderful, worthy, clever, proficient, qualified, apt, skillful, thorough, wholesome Bold: excellent, exceptional, gratifying, marvelous, reputable, stupendous, superior, exemplary, virtuous, expert, solid, advantageous, flawless, extensive, perfect

"Bad"

Mild: cheap, dissatisfactory, faculty, off, mean, wrong, unpleasant, unwell, low, grim, sour, regretful Moderate: careless, defective, inferior, imperfect, deficient, rough, ill-suited, inadequate, unsatisfactory, delinquent, sinful, unruly, wicked, rancid, grave, harsh, terrible, downcast Bold: awful, unacceptable, corrupt, dreadful, putrid, erroneous, detrimental, ruinous, vile, villainous, diseased, adverse, evil

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Something I find interesing abt Pomni's character is that, at first, bc of her reaction to being transported to the digital Circus, it was plausible to think she is the "always done with everyone's shit character", but its actually very cool for her to be the character who has shown to be very much empatic, she actually cares

And better yet, to have a full comparison of empaty VS sympathy, like Ragatha. Ragatha has shown sympathy multiple times in the series, but actual empathy? Its very much show in ep 4 that she actually uses this mask of sympathy towards others bc she is a people pleaser, Idk if she really cares (Ofc that doesn't mean she is a bad person, but its hard to feel you really care abt other people situation when you cant actually put yourself in their shoes, i talk from self-experience), she cant actually put herself in their places, like when she tries to confort pomni but forget she is a whole ass adult, not a child.

Idk I love how that difference is made and how important that is to their characters

Btw, Ink wouldn't even be negligent, to be negligent he would be making an active efford to ignore them, but Ink, ignoring creations? Ignoring something so fascinating and special as beings who merged from him? Beings who are outcodes just like him? Beings with new purposes, chosing for themselves?

Cmon you cant say Ink wouldn't love the concept of fanchilds and decide he would learn everything he could abt them, he could be reckless and not as mature as a father, but he wouldn't be straight up abusive

Transcript: i hate how people think ink would be a bad dad just because he "forgets everything" and doesnt have a soul. its one of the stupidest things ive ever heard. sure, he might forget their favorite color or food, maybe even a few names, but he wouldnt be abusive or just forget his kids.

“Cringe culture is dead” isn’t just about letting 15 year olds cosplay MHA (but is also an issue). It’s about letting 50 year olds dance at clubs even if they’re “bad at it”, it’s about letting 10 year old’s wear random bits of clothes to make an outfit that’s “weird”, it’s about letting adult men experiment with artsy makeup looks even when they’re “messy”, it’s about letting teens scream music even if they “sound bad”.

“Cringe culture is dead” means letting people learn new hobbies at any age, experiment with their identity at any time, expressing themselves in ways outside the norm just as much as it means let 20 year olds play roblox. 

Cringe culture is just social norms being forced on people rebelling against societies value consensus, it’s keeping people in brackets that are easier to market to. 

Let cringe culture be dead in every aspect of life outside online spaces.

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Interesting..

Ink sans human design + some underverse 0.7 screencap doodle redraws with that design \o/ idk I felt inspired, so here it is

Tell me how this is about Hamas. "Well you shouldnt be supporting Hamas" "well what about oct 7?" "Do you condem hamas?". Ugh cmon, yall just wanna steal a land and use the excuse of "it was promised to us bla bla" and kill others.. its not about hamas, its all about colonizing.

I have not heard about hamas in Lebanon or Egypt. Come up with something new...