Gonna talk more about this.
For this post, we/us/our/etc. is being used for just the Shay Subpack unless otherwise stated.
We are all different "sides" or "facets" or "parts" of Shay, which is different from the rest of the pack.
They are separate from us in a way that's different. They are their own beings through and through. We aren't.
We are mainly just different lives that Shay has lived. Though there are some things that are slightly different between us. For example, Zuki is definitely cupioromantic, while both Cyan & Akay definitely aren't (and Shay [this life's version] is totally confused on their romanticity & sexuality). But overall, we are mainly just different "parts" of Shay.
We don't quite know if this makes us median or not, and maybe it's not that important to know, but we still would love to hear what others think.
Edit: [Also, we are pretty sure all of us had Shay in our names (middle name) in all of our lives, so there's that, lol. It's how Shay came up with using that online from having Shay as a middle name as Zuki]
- Shay Subpack 🐾🪶🩵🖌
We'd love to hear more about median plurals.
Cause we are kinda wondering if we (Shay subpack) are a median subpack cause we are technically all parts of Shay.
We are different from our other packmates. They are distinct. They are their own beings in a way that we in the Shay subpack aren't.
We'd just love to hear more about median plurals and their experiences.
- Shay Subpack 🐾🪶🩵🖌
We'd love to hear more about median plurals.
Cause we are kinda wondering if we (Shay subpack) are a median subpack cause we are technically all parts of Shay.
We are different from our other packmates. They are distinct. They are their own beings in a way that we in the Shay subpack aren't.
We'd just love to hear more about median plurals and their experiences.
- Shay Subpack 🐾🪶🩵🖌
Coining post time!!!
Term: Special hyperfixation
Meaning: When something isn't clear between if it's a hyperfixation or a special interest. So it's just called both in an easier way.
Extra: This term is for neurodivergent beings, thought of with AuDHD beings in mind, but if a being genuinely has hyperfixations and special interests, they can use it. This term can be added to similar things as hyperfixation and special interest can. Such as alters/headmates/etc. that hold special hyperfixations just like those that hold special interests and hyperfixations.
So far, there is not a flag or symbol, if any being wants to make one, that is 100% fine.
This term is free to use. Credit is appreciated but not required.
- Shay 🐾
questions! 1, 4 and 21 :}
This post is gonna be long, so if you want to read it, press the "keep reading" thing!
1. Kintypes?
Ok, gonna answer for all of us who are known, lol. We are working on making/creating some packmates that aren't included in this post.
For me, it's wolf, dog, cat, crow, and ockins (Zuki, Cyan, and Akay. Zuki is MHA/BNHA, Cyan is RWBY, and Akay is DDLC). And then also "mixtures" of the previous ("actual") animal kins (such as wolfdog, cat + crow, etc). I might actually have more kins than this, but these are the known ones.
We have Shirley, who shifts between multiple (if not all) medium and big dog breeds [and some other canines, like wolves and foxes]. There is also Lynix, who shifts between multiple kinds of felines (domestic cat breeds, lions, etc). Declan is a cat. Den is a dragon.
Mystery and Lakey are hard to actually pinpoint what they actually are, lol. But they aren't human.
We have (oc) fictives as well. We don't know whether to really count them for their "fictiveness," but they do fit under the alterhuman and nonhuman communities, and they use those terms, so we will talk about them a bit. Vesper is a fallen angel from the Helluvaverse (if you [general you] don't like that we have a Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss fictive than just block us pls). Okami is a werecreature from MHA/BNHA [my cousin!!!]. Oynx is a wolfdog animatronic from FNAF. Phalen is a werecreature from the Harry Potter universe [not sure what timeline they are from, lol]. Moonfire is a tiefling dragon mix from DND [we have never actually played DND in this life sadly].
We also have a "subsystem" (we call it a subpack, lol. As we use pack instead of system) that is fictive(s) from Encanto [we are bodily white, so if this upsets anyone, just block us please]. We aren't gonna go into any real detail about this subpack, but we will say that none of them are (actually) human, lol.
4. Favorite kintype?
This is hard, lol. For the longest time, I was mainly talking about Zuki, but I don't think I would call Zuki my "favorite." I miss my life as Zuki, but I also miss my life as Cyan and Akay. I miss being more animal-like than this stupid human body [this body is stupid cause it doesn't fit any of us, not because 'humans are bad' btw. We don't hate humans. We may have fear and shit of (unknown to us) humans, but we don't hate humans]. Anyways, I would probably just say a mixture of all of my ("actual") animal kins, so a wolfdog cat crow creature, lol.
Don't think we/I am gonna answer for the others, cause this is longer than we thought it'd be.
21. How does your plurality affect your alterhumanity?
Hey, it's our question we added for us!!! Also, did we use "affect" right?
Anyways, our plurality affects our alterhumanity in many ways, lol. We have talked a bit about multiple of our/my packmates in this post already. None of us in the "Wildlife Pack" are human. We are all alterhumans and nonhumans.
Our plurality is also very much intertwined with our alterhumanity. It is essentially part of our alterhumanity. While some plural beings may not consider themselves alterhumans, plurality is/can be a part of the alterhuman umbrella. And that is definitely the case for us.
We don't know exactly what our origin is for our plurality but we are pretty sure (around 99.99% sure) that we do not have a CDD [CDD means complex dissociative disorder, which are things like DID, OSDD, etc]. We also think trauma at least impacted our plurality even if it didn't cause it, so we mostly call ourselves quoitraumagenic, but we might not 100% fit under "traumagenic." Anyways, we are 100% pro endo and endo safe!! If anyone doesn't like that, block us.
- Shay 🐾
Anyways, we/I have ranted for a lot of this post, lol. So this is gonna be the end of it for now.
Also, if there are any mistakes with spelling, grammar, etc. Only correct us if you are meaning it in a constructive way, please. As we are bad with English (despite it being our main/only language in this life/body, lol). [We are disabled in multiple ways, and it affects us in multiple ways.]