raptordyne

Although we're not at all sure what to say, we wanted something else to be the first thing visitors here see. Things aren't all better yet, and maybe won't be, but we're not a generally negative group. Most of the time it's me or Sky fronting, or Albert, who's more of a realist than us.

I guess we should write up some sort of introduction? Not everyone is very cohesive right now so I'll just try to give a rundown!

I should probably start with myself first; I'm Twilight. I'm a caregiving facet that spends most of my time keeping the emotions of the collective in check, or at least managed... usually. I also deal with most people in real life, since I'm very good at making friends and people-pleasing. Usually I deal with old entitled white people, since we live in a relatively conservative town, and it's easy to offend them. I also keep men trying to flirt with us pacified until we can get help so nothing escalates. I'm the first to talk in new groups, to make sure we make a good impression, and really really like making friends!

Sky-Byte also likes people, but he's a lot more of a know-it-all, even if he doesn't mean to be. He's interested in most of the same things I am, like literature and writing, and spends a lot of time co-fronting with me. We usually log books together! He loves all kinds of different research and topics but can be a bit more pushy about them than me. He really loves aquariums!

Albert is a bit tougher to get to know. He's kind of cynical, but usually very realistic. He spends most of his time researching heavier topics, like psychology, virology, epidemiology, and genetics. He's one of those "hatch the chicken with no beak" types who thinks CRISPR is both a great thing and really easy to abuse. Albert likes intelligent conversation where he doesn't have to perform for people, since he's not very good at it. He doesn't have the same kind of emotional capacity me or Sky have, and sometimes comes off as mean because of it. Albert protects the collective from danger, like dangerous situations or people, and is extremely good at problemsolving. He was getting more talkative as the collective starts college, but not so much now...

Kuro archives things for us. He's the one who keeps all of our overflowing information on track, particularly with our memories. He's smart like Albert when it comes to trouble, but doesn't like to put effort into anything. He spends most of his time reading and sleeping. I don't think he likes people very much.

Maxwell is an entertainer! He doesn't talk often, and has only fronted a couple of times. He loves performing, nice clothes, and tricks! Unfortunately, he doesn't get much time to his hobbies.

Elktaur (Elk for short) fixes things that are broken. He doesn't like to do much else, and since the body has RA, he doesn't get much time to fix things. He does like hiking and walks on trails, though!

Megatron is a persecutor. I know how that can sound scary, but he's not all bad. Megatron took the brunt of a lot of the body's physical trauma growing up. He's every bit the gruff, jaded, angry old man he looks. He hates deeply and feels a lot, but ultimately he wants to protect us and others. Still, he's self-righteous and angry, so when he's fronting we isolate ourselves. None of us-- him included-- want to cause problems for the whole.

Julian likes Warhammer, Rimworld, and similar stuff. He puts together figures and wants to play, but hates people to much to bother (we're working on it!). Similar to Elk, Julian struggles when fronting because of our body's RA. Normally he just abandons fronting altogether at that point. Julian is our only member (that we're aware of!) that can't be talked to. He just doesn't want to interact with people, ever! Oh, he's also a completionist for video games, but I don't think that's exclusive to him.

Two-Brains is... a lot. He's hyper and tends to make bad dietary choices, and often makes the body sick. He doesn't really mean to be harmful, but living in a body with so many issues is hard for him. I think he needs more hobbies, because right now all he does is eat bad food and binge TV shows. We're... going to work on that, too.

David is our host, our collective whole. The gem with the facets reflecting different things. He's somewhat inspired by David 8, but isn't a 1:1 introject. He's the one that talks to our therapist, family, and friends, since we're not out to everyone. He's all of us; and our collection of real-life experience. He seeks community and companionship as much as I do, but has had issues "fitting in" all his life. There was a point in time where it wasn't much of a problem, but now that the world and net is so volitile, it's a real struggle to be... anyone, honestly. You're either a good or bad person, and there's no in-between. That's harder when you're trying to come to terms with yourself as a person, I think.

If it's confusing, I understand. We're all facets of one person. You don't have to worry about us not knowing who you are; we remember you! We're unified in that sense.

Anyway, there's ten (10) of us that we're currently aware of. We've got more information on our neocities, but not everyone's page is filled out. It's hard getting them all to work on something!

https://raptordyne.neocities.org/

Thanks for reading. We're really hoping to be able to be ourselves safely, and Dreamwidth seemed like a better place than social media.