Problem 1 - A divided community
Any attempt at making a new term would be met with resistance. Not from everyone, but by most. It's likely that those who use other terms would move away from the tulpa community. So instead of actually getting tulpamancers to change their term, you would be just be making a new community outside of it.
But maybe you can manage to stick around in tulpa spaces, get other people to as well, and somehow slowly change the language from the inside. But what is that language?
Problem 2 - Finding a word for everyone
Thoughtform is a bad term because its connotations are too spiritual. There is also an active spiritual thoughtform community out there right now that this will be stepping on the toes of, smashing together two largely disconnected communities.
Many feel parogenic is too broad. And willogenic presents the practice as just "willing" a headmate into existence. Both also would result in the tulpa community losing its identity, becoming yet another xeno-origin and being assimilated completely into the endogenic community.
Senpia is just never going to happen.
None of the alternatives are going to be universally-agreed upon. And having the community divided amongst multiple terms exacerbates the first problem.
Problem 3 - Domain shifts
Anti-tulpas like pointing to the shift from "natural multiplicity" to "endogenic" as an example of how you can change terms. For those that are unaware, "natural multiples" were basically the precursors for endogenic systems. Many argued that the term was ableist because it suggested systems formed from trauma were "unnatural." Which is a silly and bad faith way of framing it, since the opposite of nature is usually environmental in this context, as in the nature vs nurture debate.
But regardless, the websites that existed at the time didn't include the terms in their domain names. They could change their terms without ever worrying about this. Furthermore... most of these communities were already dying as the plural community migrated to Tumblr. The whole internet landscape was morphing in the early 2010s.
Problem 3.1 - r/tulpas
On Reddit, changing a subreddit name is literally impossible. The only possible way to accomplish this would be to have the mods delete r/tulpas and create a completely new subreddit. At which point, a huge number of subscribers are instantly lost.
As is a ton of history on the subreddit, and even some guides that never got posted anywhere else.
Problem 3.2 - Tulpa.info
While it may technically possible to change the domain, that instantly breaks every link to every single tulpamancy guide on the website in an instant.
The whole thing becomes a huge mess. Perhaps they could setup redirects, but that would require paying for the old domain as well as the new one, driving up server costs.
Problem 4 - Visibility
Any new community terms will lose the visibility of identifying as tulpas. For people who are experiencing sentient imaginary friends and looking for a community, this transitionary period will make it way more difficult to find a community to support their needs.
It also makes it more difficult for the tulpamancy community to expand and bring in new members.
Problem 5 - Academic Research
Tulpamancy is currently the primary form of endogenic plurality being researched, including an fMRI study. All other research into endogenic plurality has mostly been surveys. Finding people to take part in FMRI studies is difficult. Not everyone has a lifestyle where they can just fly off to California for a brain scan.
If research continues, there are multiple ways this could hamper it going forward.
Mixing with the thoughtform community could mean a larger spiritual influence in the community, reinforcing the idea that endogenic plurality is only valid if it's spiritual. There are plenty of studies into spiritual possession happening, and it's imperative that we match that with research into plurals with psychological origins.
Losing our identity by assimilating into the larger endogenic community through -genic labels like parogenic and willogenic will end research into tulpamancy as a phenomenon of its own.
And dividing the community means fewer people are going to be found who can take part in these studies.
A term isn't just a term
It's our identity. It's our community. It's our connection to each other. It's our websites and the resources they host. It's our ability to be seen. It's our connection to the academic research into our community and ongoing advancement in the field.
There is no genuine "pro-tulpa, anti-tulpa terminology" side. Changing the terminology as a whole would divide and devastate the tulpamancy community.
If you're fighting against tulpa terminology, you're fighting against the tulpamancy community.
The final stage of every OC's creation is having to go through websites like this to name it:
Please. I want to be a creature.
Name: Alia, Britta, Cyrus, Dree, Karla
Honorifics: Warrior, Bodygaurd
pronouns: she/her they/them They/Them She/Her she🩸/her🩸 they🩸/them🩸 she🛡️/her🛡️ they🛡️/them🛡️ 🩸/🩸s/🩸self 🛡️/🛡️s/🛡️self strong/strongs/strongself
typing quirks: short and to the point
gender: Paragirl🛡️ https://pin.it/yApsZeHRk , horrorangel🛡️ https://pin.it/5N7zsVIuF , Vulcuric🛡️ https://pin.it/6hztdUkQ6 , angrysongic🛡️ https://pin.it/51rd8FdRs, voidwound🛡️ https://pin.it/7gqYDQjRf ,
orientation: Lithoromantic🩸 https://pin.it/2XqTAiUNF , Nebulasexual🩸 https://pin.it/5UFQ6qvJF , Caligosexual🩸 https://pin.it/4HCov1IpH ,
other identity: Scarenvyic🛡️ https://pin.it/6YRBJ5ESm , humanish🛡️ https://pin.it/4qk1aM4cy
species: Unique species, nonhuman
age: 27
personality: Mature, wise, close-guarded, quick to anger, hard to calm down.
quirks: swishing her tails when angry, ears twitching when she’s amused.
likes: Daggers, butterfly knives, dual blades, big need for these things.
dislikes: most everyone
role: Auxiliary Protector🩸 https://pluralpedia.org/w/Auxiliary_Protector , Avenger🩸 https://pluralpedia.org/w/Avenger , Defensor🩸 https://pluralpedia.org/w/Defensor , Dvalen🩸 https://pluralpedia.org/w/Dvalen
sign off: 🛡️🩸
even our ancestors sang Popipo
BIG BIG TW!!!!!
[PT: Important information for RQs.]
**TRIGGER WARNING for talk about nsfw activies with (young children.**
For this post, I will be referring to chrono children simply as children for the sake of simplicity. This does not (always) apply to transage children.
There is a server that I've seen being advertised a couple of times as a radqueer, pro-c server.
This server is called rad.haven, and is run by a user known as hibiscux (also on tumblr, they have the same pfp as their discord pfp).
Here is a series of screenshots of hibiscux and other members of the server, arguing with a member (who, IMO, has common sense. I blocked out their user as I don't believe they deserve to be brought into anything related to this).
As you can see from these screenshots, hibiscux and the other members of this server believe several things
That young children (as young as six, and possibly younger) can consent, and
That sexual acts with children do not harm the child, or
2a. That children understand the risks and possible harms that can be caused by sexual acts with adults, and can consent to those.
None of these things are true. MANY sources can tell you that sexual acts performed with children are harmful and cause mental and physical pain. This server saying that these things are ok, and that VIDEOING and POSTING these acts online is also ok, is absolutely fucking disgusting. This makes me feel sick to my stomach. This is horrendous.
If you are in this server, or support hibiscux in any way, don't ever fucking interact with me (unless it's to tell me to block you).
This is important. If you are in agreement with what I am saying here, please reblog this post to let others in the community know about this person, either so they block them or block me.
Shout out to people who are plural for "weird reasons"
Loneliness
Internet access
Illness
"everyday stress"
Bullying
Emotionally unavailable parents
Hoarding
Poverty
Gaslighting
Psychosis
Drug use
Perceived risk of abuse (no active abuse)
Neurodivergency
"gifted kid"
Lying
Etc.
You are just as valid as those with textbook traumas and we love you <3
- Tobie
as a cisdisabled transabled individuals are valid. the ones with BIID the ones w/o BIID even the ones that just wanna fuck around with mobility aids.
if the mobility aid fucking helps you, regardless of reason, USE IT. it's a fucking AID. it HELPS.
adding onto this..
"but they just want it for aesthetics" okay and? im being so fucking for real rn when i tell you that it's fucking ENCOURAGED by me. we need more people in the world to be okay with canes, crutches, wheelchairs, etc.
if you saw a random fuckwad in public using a cane that was decked out in pride flags you wouldn't fakeclaim them, would you? would you really go up to a random stranger and deck them in the face for their transabled pride sticker on their cane?
like idk. it seems ableist.
Hey! Do you use terms for your system besides "headmate", "alter", or "facet"? This post is for you!
Shoutout to:
Systems that use the term "system member" or "sysmate"!
Those who choose "part", "piece", or "aspect"!
The ones out there who use "pluralian", "pluralment", and "pluret" are so cool!
"Ceter" is unique and lovely!
"Walk-ins" and "spirits" deserve just as much space as anyone else!
Even the ones who see their members as "personalities" are welcome here!
And anyone else who uses a non-typical system term!
We love all of you so, so much! We wish you& the best of days, no matter what you choose to call yourselves!
🖤💜💙💚💛
Reblog to kill it faster
I LOVE ENDO SYSTEMS !! i love endo systems who chose their plurality i love endo systems who didn't i love nondisordered endo systems i love disordered endo systems i love transgender endo systems i love cisgender endo systems i love endo systems i love you
Headmate adopt/dump, I do take requests :) Also apparently I coin terms now :,)Minor safe DNI: Anti-radqueers, I'm not radqueer myself nor do I agree with every belief they have but I do use some radqueer terminology and am a practicing tulpamancer/system.
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