LB's Welcome Post!

[lb_lee]

Our Table of Contents has all the stories/essays. You can view a sampler of our work here; our opt-in filters are listed here. (The filters post, like most of this blog, is locked; introduce yourself and ask to have access.) For everything else (including who we are and "how to Dreamwidth"), check our profile page!

Writing Up For Public Vote

• The Girl Who Got Hit By Lightning (Infinity Smashed): M.D. gets hit by lightning, her imaginary friend gives her some advice, and her life unravels like a cheap sock.
• Reverend Alpert, the Traveling Exorcist: In a post-apocalyptic America where mythology ate the country, an exorcist travels with his personification of sin to deal with monsters of the week.
  • The Monster Under the Bed: As a constant traveler, Reverend Alpert makes his home by setting wards. At the inn he stays at, the children make their home by creating a monster. Illustrated
• Henchwench for Hire (technically Battle the Universe, though stand-alone): Shape-morph Jack escapes the cult she grew up in, hires herself out as supervillainous contract labor, and gets queerly laid.
• Rutless: filthy queer omegaverse porno about a fake omega guy and a failed alpha trans woman getting laid while working as sleepy-city cops in short shorts without guns.
• Flights of Reality: stand-alone short stories. Regardless of length, one chapter will get posted per vote-win. Current chapter up for vote:
  
  • The Cursed City: Dona Prudencia works to clean a nuked city of trapped dead with her giant stuffed owl friend. It's a long process.
• The Boy Whose Heart Is Home: Two queer teenagers in difficult times find a moment of solace in their love for each other. Content Warning: underage, coerced sex for pay, consensual sex, housing and money problems.
• Pluralstories: Why We Did It Like That: essay mostly by Sneak about how and why ze made the pluralstories catalog the way it is. Derelict from a "plurals in video games" academic paper that didn't end up happening.
• The Battleaxe and the Blood Eater: Hatchetface is a female prizefighter, used to being the villain in every bout. When she meets a man who's not intended to survive the bout at all, they decide to break the story their sport has created about them and twist it for their own purposes. (Many thanks to Dan Burns, whose khopesh and gladius demonstrations at Fitchburg Fandom Fest allowed this story to get made!)
• Anatomy of a Dance: Rawlin discusses how we pool our minds together to work cooperatively with each other and our headspace. Long-delayed follow-up to Headspace Discovery and Defense.

Sketchbooks/Comics/Zines up for Public Vote

• Death Watch: a 12-page experimental autobio comic about death in which all parties survive. The first time we ever drew the bony lady. CW: death and vomit. 2018.
• Protection: A short 1 (or 5) page comic about the dark side of being a "protector alter." Content warnings: bones, organs, disturbing imagery, discussion of physical and sexual violence. 2023.
• How it Was, How It Is: 2-page comic of Rogan's life in 2014, pre- and post-Big Crash. Originally in Inaction Comics vol. 1 and the floppy version of AllFam1 (not in the omnibus). CW: eating disorders and self-hate.
• Untouchable: 4 page sketch comic about trying to deal with Rawlin's chronic and infectious health condition. 2024.
• Cult Comix: 11 doodle pencil comics about the strain of making Cultiples. Includes attempted infiltration, threats of violence, and shadowbanning. 2016-2019.
• Genderful: tiny 8-page comic of genderful people and quotes from them about what it's like. 2025.
• 2012 Hospital Trash sketchbook (just the art, no comics)
• 2013 Homeless Year sketchbook (just the art, no comics)
• 2014 AllFam sketchbook (just the art, no comics)

Comments

[okami_no_mure]

My system knows you as pure-ass awesome in a can. :D

[lb_lee]

*laughs* It's like all my old multi buddies returning to me!

--Rogan

[ljwrites]

Yo! Just funded, I'll have an order of Very Concerned please!

[lb_lee]

Your wish is my command! You can read Very Concerned here.

--Rogan

[slashmarks]

Hey, just to verify, you're fine with being friended by strangers? Your profile and this post seem to imply it, but I don't want to assume. (I stumbled across you... I think via plures' journal, but I'm not totally sure.)

[lb_lee]

Certainly! You're more than welcome. :)

--Miranda

[sapphireblack]

Hello. I've seen your comments on f!s, and also saw someone's been harassing you there, so I just wanted to leave you a supportive message of fuck that person to the moon and beyond. (My boyfriend has schizophrenia. People who attack people with any kind of MH issue make me want to hulk smash their heads in.)

Read through some of you Q&A about being multiple the other day too, and found it fascinating. Also going to print out your zine for when feeling worthless - much more helpful than anything mental health services have ever given me!

[lb_lee]

Hi! Thanks for dropping by; I appreciate the kind words and support. Seeing how many people think the troll is full of it helps me feel better.

Uh, do know that the free version of Feeling Worthless I put online won't print properly! You'd have to cut it up and staple it back together again. The print version (which I sell here) comes in a different arrangement, and already cut and folded for you. Of course, if that's not doable for you, I understand.

Yeah, this is the troll that called me retarded and ghetto; their "concern" only started when they found out we were multi, at which point it became, "No, actually, my harassment and stalking is only done BECAUSE I CARE." *snort* If curing us of DID only required continued harassment, we would've integrated YEARS ago!

--Rogan

[we_are_spc]

Hey guys. :)

We're over here, too, and a bit more active here (Ha) Do you mind if we add you here? We tend to check this more often than LJ because moe people over here, and a bit freer.

(We still check LJ due to having a few people who don't use DW, but most of our posting is here now due to ease of accessibility.)

-Fallon (Was Faron; I changed it legally )as far as system/other relms/worlds sense, anyway) about a week ago.)

[lb_lee]

Sure, go for it! A-OK by us! (Though as a heads up, DW doesn't have the up-to-date story index; we still use LJ for that. The stories will still come out and get mirrored here, but all edits and indexing goes on at LJ.)

--Rogan

Thanks

[(Anonymous)]

Just wanted to express my appreciation for your site. I'm also an author, and while I haven't done anything special (yet), just fanfic, I've lately been writing a story concerning struggling with multiplicity, and finding ya'll's website has been a wonderful glimpse and inspiration for how a healthy system might look.

So, from one internet writer to another: great to see you!

--UnwelcomeStorm

(Also, seriously, I'm starting to think English needs more pronouns)

Re: Thanks

[lb_lee]

Thank you! We're glad to be helpful! :D Though health is totally a very variable thing; we're legally disabled, medicated, and still in care, so not sure we would fit under any conventional ideas of 'health!' But we're doing pretty good I think!

--Sneak

[ilwp]

hello, lb. we've bought your all in the family zine, and we've read many of your entries and essays. they've helped us with our own multiplicity. i truly admire the work you put out, and i'd like to add you as a friend, if that's okay.

[lb_lee]

Sure, by all means, go for it! Glad our work could be of help!

[dreamshaper]

Whoops! Just noticed that we’ve added you as a friend already but never made an intro here, hmm. I’m going to chalk that up to our patchy memory, sorry about that X)

We’re a system that really appreciates all your informative writing, and as people who are just now reeling from the beginning bubbling-up of some nasty stuff, it’s heartening to read about your journey and see how awesome you guys are!

[lb_lee]

Aw, thank you! Nice to meet y'all! Hope y'all enjoy the reading!

[stealthsystem]

Can I prompt a thing for free prompting. Only because you mentioned it and now it's gonna drive me nuts. It's ok if you never write it even, but the idea made me giggle and I was in desperate need of a giggle today. Could you please write a story about a cyborg (Bonus points if it's a wombat!) who deals with being a system and also PTSAID? I just can't help thinking that'd be interesting. I'd signal-boost your writing prompt call post, if you don't mind that our journal is pretty sparse in the friend department?
—Lizzi

[lb_lee]

Oh, that would totally be doable! Do you have a preference whether the vessel is a cyborg, or just the headmate?

[silvercat17]

Hey, if Ana Chronastic doesn't win the poll this month, how much would it cost for me to fund it? Cuz I've voted for it a bunch of times and I want to read it, darnit!

[lb_lee]

It's $300!

[hungryghosts]

Essay prompt time: a "fiction vs. reality" of like... what singlets actually understand and give a shit about in plurality. Probably from the perspective of "how to effectively educate."

Because we all know the best way to get singlets to understand plurality is to throw an absolutely obtuse dictionary of community jargon at them. The more hyper-specialized and COMPLETELY arbitrary the terms, the better! And we all know that what singlets care most about is why you're plural. /sarcasm

(This suggestion totally not prompted by spending years outside of the community chilling with singlets, and coming back to see people claiming "if we don't have 1000 different terms for the same thing in different system types, singlets will get us confused!!!")

[lb_lee]

Oh man, ha! That'd be weirdly tricky--I'm used to talking to singlets about multiples, or talking to multis about multis, but talking to multiples about singlets is a twist!

Also, in the end, I don't think I'd need an essay to express my feelings on it! Here, a mini micro for you:

Some folks won't like you no matter what words you use or how hard you try. Sometimes you can't squeeze blood from a stone, and part of teaching others is learning to recognize who's wasting your time and walk away.

Self-consciousness, defensiveness, and shame are the enemies of this kind of education. It's personal, sometimes deeply so, and some people (be they speaker or listener) can't handle that level of openness. They respond with anger or resentment, and that turns a lesson into a fight. Once someone feels they're being shouted at, they stop listening and start reacting, and then you're hosed.

Also all my feelings about jargon are well summed up by Tony Proscio's When Words Fail. It's pretty easy to find free online.

--Rogan

[hungryghosts]

Oh, we have another prompt! Strategies for surviving godawful situations as a system. (Might also throw this on the big multi meme post.)

Came to mind as we were reading the tulpa subreddit and found someone asking how they as a system could work together to survive a bad place. It seems like the only commentary we see on that is stuff like "hug the main fronter and tell them they're loved" and "take over and do things in their stead." (Or "there's nothing you can do, make them see a therapist." Which isn't always possible!) There isn't as much discussion of, say, how to do these things without burning out, or at what point you're just treading water instead of swimming towards land. And I feel like there have to be other strategies that haven't been discussed!

[lb_lee]

Oh man, this is a tough one just in general, never mind plural-specific! We'll have to think about this one.

[asco]

hello!

i'm a random person who discovered your journal from a google search and landed on this post (i haven't read it yet, though). i'm a median system and very interested in multiplicity history as a whole. i'm also a writer.

i'm commenting here to ask if i can subscribe to your journal. my journal is boring and written in brazilian portuguese; it's also not frequently updated, so you may not want access.

am i imagining things you have i seen you on mastodon? or was it pillowfort? or is this my head being its weird self? also, i'm sorry if this comment doesn't make sense, my head is really weird right now.

[lb_lee]

Sure, go for it! Subscribe away!

And nah, never did Mastodon or Pillowfort, but we were on Tumblr, back in the day. Someone may have reblogged us or something.

Our plural tags need reorganizing, but if it's history you're after, "plural: tales of yore" is a good place to start. Welcome!

[renegadez]

Hey--just restarted Dreamwidth after a few years and was looking to talk to more people in the multiple community because it's an absolute trash fire on Tumblr. Is it okay if we subscribe?

[lb_lee]

Sure! Go for it; you're free to subscribe at will, no need to ask.

[sorcyress]

Ah! I am realizing that I started following, but never did a proper introduction or request for your intro post. I would like to read your intro post, if that is cool by you! (If it is not cool, that is totally okay and reasonable).

Hello! I am Sorcy! We met originally because y'all gave me some books in Davis Square (and I have come to realize I've also met you at least once at MICE because I have one of your minicomics about gender).

I'm a folk dancer and a mathematician and a teacher and a geek. I don't generally think of myself as a multiple, but I do have my "Denizens" who are somewhere between "full-fledged other people who live in my head but never front" and "extensions of my imagination/personality or characters from fiction I connect to". I have never really explored multiple/DiD/plural community stuff, so I don't really know proper words for any of this (and I am wary of being appropriative or "not really" multiple).

I've been enjoying casually reading your journal for the last ? months (time is fake, but I know I can measure this one in months-not-years), and last night I bought and read All in the Family which was fascinating and complex and well-created and makes me want to observe more of your brain, (if you're willing to share it! I like people and I extra-like introspective people who spend time working on themselves and I love observing other people's how-to-brains because it helps me with my own, but I really don't want anyone to feel obligated to indulge my curiosity/nosyness.)

~Sor

OH NO YOU ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD

[lb_lee]

You've been added to the filter and should be able to access the intro post now! (Heads up, another recent addition had some problems, so if you get an error notice, please let me know ASAP!)

We remember you! You got the Andy Blake book. :p Poor you!

(Also, the "appropriation" argument about plurality is bullshit; a state of being is not a culture, and thus it isn't something that can be appropriated, and anyone who claims otherwise is trying to sell you something NASTY. I have very passionate opinions on this and will die on this dunghill and can give you citations if you like. But basically the "appropriation" argument seems to have been manufactured in 2014 on tumblr to stir shit and be shitty to people.)

--Rogan

[abalynealien]

Hey! I've been lurking about on Dreamwidth for a while, but only recently decided to make an account. I really look up to your writings on plurality, especially plural history (the tumblr wars really do obscure a lot of this stuff...).

I figure I'd say hi here, lest you wonder who the new person (people?) commenting are.

[lb_lee]

Nice to meet y'all! Hope you like it here.

[ellernock]

Hi there! I hope this is the appropriate place to ask. I don't really use dreamwidth by itself and don't want to go past your etiquette. I'm El and I was linked to this blog by someone in a webcomics comment section. I've read a lot of the essays you have available and they're really interesting! I was hoping I could have access to your intro post? Sorry if that's gauche to ask straight-out. Thank you!

[lb_lee]

Sure, you should be able to read it now. Let me know if you can't!

Hello

[lyremused]

Hello LB. I just made this account on dreamwidth, but I thought I'd leave a little message.

My name is Lyra, and I am someone who very recently accepted her plurality (I have been one for about six years, but I had difficulty coming to terms and had alot of things which made me not want to look into the matter until now.). I have been reading many of your posts such as the ones regarding plural history amongst others, and they have been very useful reads which have helped me understand better. Your comics and drawings are lovely and they are very unique!

This may be very awkward as I just made an account and basically asking straight off the bat, but may I have access to your intro post? If not, that is understandable.

I hope you have a lovely day.

Re: Hello

[lb_lee]

Nah, it's fine! We should honestly probably make that post public, considering. Access granted; enjoy!

[tomato_greens]

hi! I am a longtime fan of your comics and writing - I've been reading your work for over a decade now, I think! I've bought different bits and pieces over the years - but am habitually somewhat shy, so always read the public posts and never wanted to introduce myself. but now I'm coming to terms with why I've been reading your work for so long (spoilers! it's dissociation) and kind of want to introduce myself (hello!), and was wondering if I'd be able to access your intro post? I may remain habitually shy and haven't been a regular DW user since I switched to tumblr from LJ and stopped cross-posting, so totally understand if that's not your style.

in any case, thank you so much!

[lb_lee]

Oh cool! Nice to meet you, shy fan! And the info post kinda needs overhauling, but you should be able to access it now! Let me know if there's a problem!

[igel]

Hi. I'm the host of a huge soulbond system. I and a lot of the system members like reading your posts, so we though we should say hi.

So hello.

Also, could we have access to the filters post? We'd like to see what's there.

[lb_lee]

Hello! Nice to meet y'all! You've been added to the Basic filter so should be able to read the filter options now. Let me know if you want to be added to any of them!

Sneak

[thesebonesaregood]

Hi there! I had come to the realization that w3e never introduced ourselves. I'm Astor or Bast, and I'm one of the main fronters of a collective of folks who share the space. We've known we were a we since the original inhabitant was in middle school. Currently, we live with two other systems and are all making a go of finding lives for ourselves in lower Kentucky.

I'm sorry for takings so long to do intros and if it's all right, we'd love to possibly be added so that we might see the filters.

[lb_lee]

Nice to meet y'all! We've added y'all to the basic filter, so you should be able to read the post about the others! ^_^ Let me know if the link doesn't work or something!

--Sneak

[packbat]

🙋🏽‍♀

Looked at y'all's recent posts and would like to see y'all's future ones!

[lb_lee]

Sure! Would you like to be put on the basic filter, then?

Sneak

[inthywings]

Hi there! I'm the host of a system. We made a new account recently and haven't gotten around to posting yet, but we've been browsing your account for a while now. Would it be cool if we got added to the filter? thanks so much :D!

[lb_lee]

Sorry for the delay! You've been added and should be able to see the bigger filters post now! (If you can't, let us know and I'll fix it!)

Sneak

[plurabelles]

Hello there! We've enjoyed seeing your writing here and there and have finally decided to add you after a friend shared with us a post you'd written on the endogenic/traumagenic "discourse" that's been going around these past several years. The community wasn't like that when we joined in 2011, but we, unfortunately, seem to have joined at just the wrong time to witness the downfall into what it has become today.

I do hope it's alright to ask, but could we have access to your filters? We're very excited to read more of your writings and see you on our reading page!

-2

[lb_lee]

Hello! Nice to meet you! I've added you to our Basic filter; you should be able to see the further filters post linked in this one, and choose which further filters you'd like to be on!

Let me know if that doesn't work!

Sneak

[lb_lee]

Sneak: We have done so! You should now be able to view this post! Welcome! ^_^