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. pack leader. front anchored, other headmates co-front with it. very fluid in identity and personality, very heavily influenced by co-fronters. enjoys spending time with our wife and singing. favorite colors are sky blue and grass green.winona (sie/hir). femme dyke. adult. woman. usually an american badger but sometimes a raccoon dog. caregiver, protector, and defender. fronts often for stressful but necessary situations like doctor's appointments and situations we need to be more social and masked for. is willing and capable of being rude and harsh when it feels necessary. very defensive, wants to keep the system and especially the syskids in it safe. deals with a lot of our more healthy anger. enjoys doing more feminine-associated activities like assorted arts and crafts, beauty related stuff. favorite colors are bronze and dark brown.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 our collective's fursonas and takes them on as herself, name and form changes when it does. contains some of our angelkin feelings. 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. 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.maple (she/it). vixen holotherian. nearly always quadrupedal. strongly attached to dove but can and does co-front without her. friendly, social, and polite but often in an awkwardly masking customer-service voice type of way, so only does it when winona isn't around to do it. much more sassy and fun when she is relaxed. loves nature and existing within it, has the most dysphoria with our physical body's disability, wishes it was more capable of hiking, running, playing. favorite colors are gold and emerald 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. later formed auggie (below) as another sibling. favorite colors are periwinkle and peach.auggie _(she/her). a white kitten with black spots. a same age same species friend of nana, dualmates with her and 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.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.thorn (it/she/he). 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.skygga (it/she). technically a shapeshifter, but usually a female arctic wolf with luminous golden markings and 6 eyes. 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 blinding white and gold.bear (he/hym). trans masc small shaggy dog. adult. relaxed, confident transmasculinity. encompasses a lot of our 'male' feelings. extremely chill and very social, likes to chat with people but only once he feels comfortable. likes playing video games and roleplaying. favorite colors are teal and cream.

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facets

leo (he/him). trans masc lion. mostly nonspeaking, manifests more as 'vibes' or feeling of encompassing the body with his presence. sort of adds a 'boy' feeling to other headmates, and seems to have ties to some more frustrated feelings and gender dysphoria while not having much depth beyond that.lydia (she/her). adult trans woman. cross fox x kangaroo hybrid (foxaroo). 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.milo (he/she). little boygirl, trans masc and also trans fem, manifestation varies. a siamese mouse kid. somewhat agesliding but generally stays young, between 2 and 4. 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 where we feel distress, but does also front for more fun activities like playing with games or toys, age regression, etc. doesn't like communicating outside of headspace often.rusty (he/him). a sort of occasionally clinger-on to milo, never fronts without him. 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, skygga, and thorn. vague animal accompaniments for inner world animal romps. seem to be 'collective' with each other, having a core personality and thoughts that link them together.hemlock (it/he). trans masc marble fox or spotted rabbit. always a quadrupedal animal. 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 and often co-fronts with them, likes to play with them (gently). incapable of speaking human language, mostly sends out vibes and uses animal sounds.willow (she/her). object introject of a plush silver fox, specifically a douglas sterling silver fox plush that i own and often bring around for comfort. not able to speak and is more just occasionally There in the headspace as a comforting object.

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