The original Gallery of Names post

There’s been a bit of an update regarding my identity so I wanted to actually update my cohost to reflect that. However, I will leave the original post going over my identity as it is, because I believe it is still a perfectly viable way to talk about the same thing, that thing being myself. Both this post and that one can simultaneously be valuable, worthwhile, and even true, despite seemingly contradicting one another. For example, I used to say that I am not plural, but in this post I will say that I am. Even so, both sides are true in their own ways, because human identity is more complicated than simple binaries.

Oh I guess that was kind of a spoiler, uh, I’m plural! Which is to say, I have, for the past few weeks, been using that lens to think and talk about my identity. I’ve been treating my “names” more like “headmates”, referring to them as separate entities (though I still like calling them “names”, I just think it’s cool idk. They don’t seem to mind) and even having them talk to each other and whatnot. They’re all still me, and I’m still all of them, but thinking of them as multiple entities just lets me think about things in new ways and is generally freeing.

The crux of what I believe with regards to this is this: People feel and act and are different and different times. For me, treating those differences as “headmates” is a new way to get at the same thing. To be clear, I still do not experience certain things like strong shifts in preferences or separate sets of memories. All of my names/headmates are asexual and probably all think tf is really hot, too.

Speaking of which, it’s nice in rp-type stuff to be able to “play multiple characters”, not necessarily at once, but just… in general… It means I can say “oh this name can use magic but this other one can’t” and that type of thing. It’s neat!

Anyways yeah I’m at like… 50ish names… I think…? So the gallery’s a little out of date. It already was pretty out of date just from the artstyle alone, though.

Oh, my system name is “Refractive Geode”, by the way! And also I still identify as genderfluid. Thanks for reading!

Hi! I’m new to this site! This introductory post will feature a lot of oddly specific things that I especially like. If you want broader and perhaps more serious info about who I am, I recommend checking my profile description. If something appears on this list, that means it (and things like it) has a decent chance of showing up in future posts of mine.

Color: Green
Word: “Design”
Number: 8
Video Game: Terraria
Song: Certitudes by C418.
Book: There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
Show: Jujutsu Kaisen
Animal: Raccoon (snow leopards are my second favorite, though!)
Pokémon: Luxray
Shape: Hexagon
Card Suit: Spades
Element (periodic table): Bromine
Element (my own secret system!): Storm
Video Game (for its soundtrack): Risk of Rain 2
Video Game (for its story): Iconoclasts
Video Game (rhythm): Thumper
Video Game (educational): HyperRogue
Minecraft Mod: Tinker’s Construct
Book (non-story): The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell
JoJo Part: tossup between 7 and 4
JoJo Stand: Sticky Fingers
Flow Controller: for()

This list is getting long and increasingly specific so if I think of more stuff later I’ll just make a separate post of it or something… anyways, that’s all for now!

This community is the reason why I started sharing my art and writing on the internet. I wouldn’t have ever dreamed of being my authentic self to this extent if it weren’t for your acceptance and support. Though I am still in contact with many of you, I am going to miss this place, and I will never forget what it has meant for me.

Chris Christodoulou writing the RoR soundtracks like “It’s important to put really weirdass sounds in these songs so I can reference them later and people will say ‘Oh shit I can hear the reverse didgeridoo polyrhythms from It’s Never Sunny on Petrichor V in the background of this new song!’”

The only thing I made up there is the didgeridoo and the song name. And I guess the case I’m thinking of is “quintuplets” and not “polyrhythms”. But still. It really be like that.