the critter collective

collective

we collectively call ourselves 'critter'. we were born in 1989, we are bodily in our 30s. mentally, we ageslide around and age regress (often influenced by headmates). we're autistic, disabled, fat, and queer. we're demiromantic, grey-asexual, aegosexual, fictosexual, objectum, and a lesbian. we're transgender in a genderfluid and genderqueer way. we're also xenogender in relation to our theriotypes, and autigender as our autism effects our gender perspective. we're a furry, a holotherian, and otherkin; we consider ourselves 'alterhuman', 'transspecies', and 'physically nonhuman'. we have multiple theriotypes, a few kintypes, and many kithtypes.obviously, we are plural and call our system 'the critter collective'. we're a mixed origin system; we don't use exact labels but can say our headmates formed due to a combination of abuse related trauma, struggles with depersonalization, derealization, and dissociation, and autism for the most part. we originally considered ourselves median and diversian as we do not experience amnesiac barriers, only experience co-fronting and not total switches, and definitely have some parts that are more like facets and are not differentiated much. however as we have explored this part of ourselves, some headmates we thought of potentially as median facets turned out to fully be distinct headmates and are increasingly able to communicate internally, have specific triggers to co-front, and we have learned to detect who is who more reliably. we now consider ourselves to be a blurian and hybrid system, as some of our headmates are partitionary headmates and some are facets or floating facets.we are endogenic friendly and avoid syscourse. we are inclusive of good faith identities and labels around plurality, queerness, and alterhumanity. we are extremely kink positive and kink friendly. we are profiction / proship, and avoid fictional content that is triggering or uncomfortable without making it the problem of the creators.

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headmates

thistle (it/its). coyote holotherian. identity host & concord. pack leader. front anchored, other headmates co-front with it. very fluid in identity and personality, very heavily influenced by co-fronters. enjoys singing, arts and crafts, and spending time with our wife. favorite colors are sky blue and grass green.dove (it/she). speciesfluid/shapeshifty; most often a rabbit girl but sometimes a sheep or goat girl. usually with wings, usually quadrupedal. often latches on to the core's fursonas and takes them on as herself, name and form changes when it does. contains some of our angelkin feelings. often extremely blended, but does have distinctions and distinct modes of fronting. similar to mia, is attached to our collective girlhood and has a lot of nostalgia for our childhood toys and experiences, but in a calmer way and more from an age regression angle than an agesliding angle. also experiences a lot of our autism much like milo, but generally the more pleasant experiences. very stimmy, loves flapping its paws, loves researching special interests and infodumping. the headmate that comes up with a lot of our OCs and their lore with us. anxious and people pleasing. favorite colors are cornflower blue and mint green.mia (she/her). cat girl, very feminine. agesliding across a wide range, anywhere from 5 to 21, but most often around 15. along with agesliding does also engage with more direct 'age regression' for fun like ABDL, etc. overall encompasses memories and feelings related to our collective girlhood, including nostalgia for our toys, early real life and internet experiences, but also some experiences that would be out of canon for our timeline like enjoying more gen z targeted nostalgia. generally positive and excitable, tends to come out to co-front for good vibes, loud music, playing games and having fun. can sometimes skew more manic in a negative way and has a difficult relationship with our more teenage trauma. favorite colors are magenta and cyan.nana (she/her). a pastel angel kitten, sometimes an orange tabby kitten? a former blend of mia and dove that introjected into a distinct headmate. personality is most similar to mia, but less intense, and more babyish. often engages in more animalistic, cat like behaviors. has less interest in toys and nostalgia, more interested in autistic behaviors like stimming similar to dove. loves chewing on things and babbling. very close to mia, they consider themselves sisters. favorite colors are periwinkle and peach.auggie _(she/her). a tuxedo kitten. mix of nana and dove? created by nana? either way, a same age same species friend of nana... twins together. likes to play childish video games and with our plushies. prone to throwing tantrums if things aren't going well. spoiled and wants to get her way all of the time. favorite colors are lavender and pale yellow.milo (he/she). little boygirl, trans masc and also trans fem, manifestation varies. usually a mouse but sometimes species fluctuates, usually to other rodents (rats, hamsters, gerbils, even sometimes into things like squirrels or even rabbits.) somewhat agesliding but generally stays young, between 2 and 5. does very, very rarely manifests as a teenager physically (around 14), but mentally can be a teen while physically still being young. very emotional and easily overwhelmed, the system crybaby. often comes to co-front during negative situations regarding our autism, and if we feel distress. experiences our meltdowns and shutdowns with us and has to be kept from head banging. favorite colors are baby pink and baby blue.winona (sie/hir). butch american badger dyke. adult. grouchy, grumpy, growly, grumbly. originally a facet that showed up for more cranky and crabby feelings but has filled out to a more distinct headmate. loving but sometimes harsh. very defensive, wants to keep the system and especially the syskids in it safe. sometimes acts as a caregiver, especially when someone in the system is sad in a way that requires some anger to it. favorite colors are brick red and pine green.esfir (it/she). demiwoman shapeshifter and psychopomp. favorite forms are sighthounds and ungulates. contains a some amount of divinekin, deitykin, and angelkin feelings and motifs. stern, serious, and emotionally detached. holds a lot of the systems alexithymia. misanthropic. often self critical and judgmental, it has high standards for the system's behaviors and actions that aren't easy to meet. very rejection sensitive. tragic type of girl. favorite colors are gold and jewel tones.raisa (it/she). female raccoon dog, magically inclined. seems to encompass a lot of our more magical thinking and practice. creation influenced a lot by Thorn and Esfir. sadist, enjoys negativity, so it also shows up for schadenfreude, drama, and 'bitch eating crackers' types of situations. would love to be allowed to create chaos and drama and watch it all fall apart. favorite colors are plum purple and gold.leo (he/him). trans masc lion. usually an adult, nebulously late 20s to current age (30s). very rarely ageslides younger, when he does it is usually to an age slightly older than other headmates currently being 'little', on average about 12-17. mostly nonspeaking, manifests more as 'vibes' or feeling of encompassing the body with his presence. very collected though not necessarily calm, can sometimes co-front to experience more internalized anger, but is usually just chill and somewhat dissociated. usually fronting when we're playing puzzle games. favorite colors are gray and sunflower yellow.bear (it/he). trans masc small shaggy dog. relaxed, confident transmasculinity. encompasses a lot of our 'male' feelings. extremely chill, similar to leo but more interested in speaking and interacting with others. favorite colors are teal and cream.lydia (she/her). adult trans woman. not a furry or animal actually but does have a kangaroo x cross fox hybrid as a fursona. she is a caregiver, especially for other headmates who are small. a nonspeaking, motherly, comforting presence; can be called along in times of severe distress and manifests in some body sensations (ASMR like reactions). our first noticed headmate when we were a teen, potentially even a created parogen, someone we used to 'call upon' to take care of us after self harming. favorite colors are burgundy and navy.thorn (it/its). shapeshifter, it shapeshifts to be relevant to the current headmate in the space that it is likely attempting to antagonize. always a quadrupedal animal with golden eyes, black fur, and a white patch on its chest. it's default form is a wolf or coywolf, sometimes a lynx. deitykin. often edgy. used to purely be a highly judgmental persecutor and abuser alter when we were a teenager, has gained a lot of depth since then but still skews towards co-fronting during negative situations. contains a lot of the system's anger and trauma. does enjoy tormenting headmates when they are vulnerable, but can be somewhat cartoonish about it and often easily told to fuck off by stronger willed ones. favorite colors are black and white.

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facets

adam (he/they). trans masc black bear. at our bodily age. very calm and seems to be somewhat related to our 'autopilot'. quietly gets things done and leaves. a calming masculine presence.hemlock (it/he). trans masc marble fox or spotted rabbit. always a quadrupedal animal. strongly attached to adam and usually with him. manifestation of autistic, animalistic joy. loves wagging, 4-paws dancing, making animal sounds (gekkering, yapping), play fighting, rolling around. enjoys spending time with the system littles, likes to play with them (gently). doesn't really verbally 'talk' much, mostly sends out vibes.rusty (he/him). a sort of occasionally clinger-on to milo. a teddy bear hamster boy around milo's same age who he can play with. patient and sweet, always up for whatever milo wants to do, just happy to keep him company. does not speak often and when he does is very quiet.briar, bramble, & teasel (it/its for all). a pack of usually coyotes, sometimes wolves. in a pack with thistle and thorn. vague animalic accompaniments for inner world animal romps. seem to be 'collective' with each other, having a core personality and thoughts that link them together.willow (she/her). silver fox, sometimes a plush silver fox, specifically a douglas sterling silver fox plush that i own and often bring around for comfort. as a headmate, seems somewhat related to lydia, perhaps just another manifestation of her? but often feels different. very rarely around as a headmate.

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