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a bit ago you got a (different) anon that was asking about the intersection between plurality and f/os, and you mentioned that the strong connection self-shipping can bring can form/summon (depending on your experience i guess) system members. we had this happen to us recently and honestly i don’t even know if there’s a point to this message i just like… got so excited seeing someone talk about this and say “yeah this is a thing that can happen.”it’s totally new territory for me (we have some fictives sure but he feels like… a different type of fictive i have no idea how to explain it) and i’ve never seen anyone talk about it, maybe because there isn’t a lot of intersection between the two communities, i dunno i’m not super connected so i could be wrong or just not looking in the right spaces but.we’ve basically been navigating blind which has been working but that doesn’t make the experience any less “lonely” i guess when you’ve never heard of it happening before yanno. and i’m also struggling with a weird amount of guilt around it— a lot of overwhelming feelings both positive and negative. i won’t go into detail because i don’t want to feelingsdump in your guys’ ask box lol, but… yeah.sorry i don’t even know what i was trying to convey here, feel free to ignore this, just seeing that ask made me do the metal gear solid “!” thing LOL.

Anon, we are so glad to meet you, an so glad our posts resonated with you!

This part in your message stood out to me

we have some fictives sure but he feels like… a different type of fictive i have no idea how to explain it)

I think you should check out some posts over at our (very out of date) blog @soulbonder and see if some of the experiences talked about over there resonate with you.

Please feel free to put anything you like in our inbox if you want to talk more about your experiences.

Hi, uh. I tend to be neutral to pro in the ~shipscourse~ but there is one ship that I am very aggressively against because it involves me and someone who harmed me in my source (I’m a fictive with memories). I will complain about and insult the ship in private with friends but I have never posted anything outwardly hateful about it to anyone who does ship it. Still, I cannot help but feel negatively toward those who do ship this pairing and think badly of them because of it. I really hope this doesn’t make me a hypocrite.

I don’t think that makes you a hypocrite, anon.

People, all people, are allowed to have ships they don’t like. You’re allowed to complain about it an insult it in private.

As long as you’re not being outwardly hostile to the people who ship it, you’re not doing anything wrong.

We’re in the same boat as you are. There are people who have hurt us in our kin lives that we just can’t forgive or accept. We don’t like to see art or fic of them. It makes us a little ill.

Remember, its not what you think about people that matters, its about your actions.

All the judgemental and nasty thoughts in the world won’t hurt a person until you actually directly act on them.