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 'transspecies' and 'physically nonhuman'. we have multiple theriotypes, a few kintypes, and a few 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 may have OSDD but are uncomfortable self-diagnosing at this time.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. we are supportive of paraphiles as long as they are anti-contact when it comes to paraphilias that involve beings that cannot give meaningful or fully informed consent.

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headmates

mishi or critter (it/its). identity host. singletsona. what we all present as to the outside world. who we are when we don't know who we are. doesn't ID with the physical body but also can't have a fursona without it becoming a new headmate, so. favorite colors are every color.winona (sie/hir). futch dyke. adult. woman. therian, usually an anthropomorphic american badger but sometimes a raccoon dog. fronts often for stressful but necessary situations like doctor's appointments and situations we need to be more social and masked for. often the one who can muster energy for tasks. is willing and capable of being rude and harsh when it feels necessary. enjoys doing more feminine-associated activities like assorted arts and crafts, beauty related stuff. spiritual, animist. favorite colors are yellow and brown.thistle (it/its). coyote holotherian. animal. instinctual responses. very often around, likes to be a companion for other headmates. not capable of verbal communication but can sometimes 'say' things body language and intention. enjoys spending time with our wife, and with Winona when sie is singing and weaving. favorite colors are light purple and grass green.chicory (it/she). anthro or feral bobcat or lynx. autistically quiet and stoic. has difficulty communicating, sometimes needs to use AAC. often socially isolates. struggles with alexithymia, doesn't show feelings well and has a hard time placing them. often animalistic, needs to get frustrated feline feelings out. likes doing quiet repetitive tasks, playing puzzle games, and spending time alone. favorite colors are spruce green and dark brown.mia (she/her). anthro 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. generally positive and excitable (though not as much as nana), tends to come out to front for good vibes, loud music, playing games and having fun. also fronts when we draw. can sometimes skew more manic in a negative way and has a difficult relationship with our more teenage trauma, and a difficult with our other teenage trauma attached headmate, thorn. favorite colors are magenta and cyan.nana (she/her). an orange tabby kitten or tiger cub. syskid, age varies between 5-8, but is capable of handling adult problems & and exhibits a mix of childish and adult behaviors. very close to mia, they consider themselves sisters. later formed auggie (below) as another sibling. very excitable and cheerful, loves loud fun music, playing games, and talking to our friends. favorite colors are lime green and neon orange.auggie _(she/her). a white kitten with black spots or a white tiger cub. a same age same species friend of nana, dualmates with her and twins together. likes to play childish video games and with our plushies and toys. prone to throwing tantrums if things aren't going well. spoiled and wants to get her way all of the time. favorite colors are baby pink and periwinkle.bear (he/hym or ze/hir). boygirl, agefluid syskid and kidfur. either a st. bernard puppy or a binturong cub, kind of adopts our genderweird kidfur OCs and names them all bear. so they are all hym and he is all of them. very relaxed, enjoys a more chill age regression than headmates like mia. just wants to silently color and watch bluey when regressed. simultaneously non speaking but social, capable of typing in small bursts but often communicates using AAC in real life. favorite colors are teal and violet.dove (it/she). speciesfluid/shapeshifty; most often a rabbit but sometimes a sheep or rat. 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 a lot 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 and enjoys 'for fun' age regressing & ABDL. 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. keeps getting us into bad relationships. favorite colors are cornflower blue and mint green.esfir (it/she). demiwoman shapeshifter and psychopomp. favorite forms are sighthounds and ungulates. contains a some amount of divinekin and deitykin feelings and motifs. stern, serious, melancholic, depressed. sometimes entirely emotionally detached and numb. holds a lot of the systems anhedonia. 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, but has more of a depression response than an anger response unlike thorn (below). tragic type of girl. favorite colors are gold and jewel tones.thorn (it//they/she). shapeshifter. deitykin, but also permanently 17. 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. 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, and has a difficult relationship with mia (who was the main fronter when thorn formed and was tormented by them.) contains a lot of the system's anger, trauma, and self loathing. very rejection sensitive, spirals from it. prone to self harm urges. favorite colors are black and white.skygga (it/she). technically a shapeshifter, but usually a female arctic wolf or arctic fox with luminous golden markings and 6 eyes. deitykin. dualmates with thorn. magically inclined. seems to encompass a lot of our more magical thinking and practice. creation influenced a lot by thorn and esfir, it also contains a lot of the system's anger and depression. sadist, enjoys negativity, often acts abusively towards other headmates, enjoys making them feel worse. occasionally gets thorn to join in on the abuse, but often also abuses them. would love to be allowed to create chaos and drama and watch it all fall apart. favorite colors are blinding white and gold.monkey (she/it). goeldi's monkey. exotic pet in a dress. girl. kid? terrifed! terrified! terrified! covering face with harms curled up in a ball. crying. tfw you get brought into a home environment as a wild animal and get punished for screaming crying clawing biting and throwing your own shit around. favorite color might be light purple?

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facets

leo (he/him). transmasc 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. also seems to front often for autopilot.lydia (she/her). adult trans woman. a plushie 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. her plushie kangaroo pouch is a pocket portal to a daycare/pre-k for the syskids.gorse (they/it). agender anthro north american porcupine. prickly. wall. grey rock.lucky (she/they). mini lop rabbit, vienna marked black and white with blue eyes. very much a pet rabbit, encompasses a lot of our collective 'rabbitkin' feelings. enjoys RPing as a rabbit with other therian friends, but usually only capable of cofronting with dove present. overall positive feeling, happy, wants to play, enjoy things, and be present for socializing otherwise.hemlock (it/he). transmasc marble fox, very rarely a 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.maple (she/it). vixen, usually just an animal but sometimes bipedal furry. dualmate with dove, siblings with hemlock. will often show up for dancing with him. with dove she often exists as a warm, kind companion.rye (it/they/she). swift fox or grey fox. quiet, sneaky animal. enjoys cofronting with other animal alters like thistle, thorn, maple, and hemlock. incapable of speaking, strongly desires to act on animal instincts. especially wants to hide away.briar, bramble, & teazel (it/its for all). a pack of usually wolves, sometimes coyotes, sometimes even foxes. 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.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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