Multi Bechdel
Dec. 29th, 2025 02:06 pmRogan: After making my silly Bechdel in Bookshelf post, I found myself thinking about other variations. I also found myself thinking about how community is shown in fiction.
Book list for Rhincodons
Nov. 25th, 2025 01:55 pmEveryone ignore this; this is a book list for Rhincodons whose email keeps bouncing me.
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Vax LB Reads Books
Oct. 3rd, 2025 09:35 amGetting double vaxxed means we spent yesterday on our ass, reading all our backed up library books. So, what’d we read? (Combining with other books we finished a week or so ago.)
( queers and multis and cat people, oh my! )
( queers and multis and cat people, oh my! )
When we joined the soubonding comms on Livejournal in 2007, we often saw the following bar in people's profile pages:
(Color bars of this type were common things on Livejournal at the time; I expect because it wasn't an image and thus didn't require imagehosting, saving bandwidth and work.)
Because it is in danger of being lost, I want to credit the originator of this. I also want to talk about some of the context around it, and why it got made.
( This is a post about death and murder. )
| They're people, friends, lovers. NOT Satan. Destroying your soulbonds is murder. | |||||
(Color bars of this type were common things on Livejournal at the time; I expect because it wasn't an image and thus didn't require imagehosting, saving bandwidth and work.)
Because it is in danger of being lost, I want to credit the originator of this. I also want to talk about some of the context around it, and why it got made.
( This is a post about death and murder. )
LB’s Multi Media
Aug. 15th, 2025 07:18 pmRogan: since we run ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
pluralstories, maybe you wonder what multi media we actually own! So here’s a list. All of these we own at least in part because it gives us happy multi feelings. (And we use the term extremely broadly, encompassing soulbonding, spirit marriage, exploring geographies of story and the imagination, and other stuff.) Things labeled “private print” are things we either printed, folded, and stapled from ebook, or collated and formatted and bound from online posts.
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pluralstories, maybe you wonder what multi media we actually own! So here’s a list. All of these we own at least in part because it gives us happy multi feelings. (And we use the term extremely broadly, encompassing soulbonding, spirit marriage, exploring geographies of story and the imagination, and other stuff.) Things labeled “private print” are things we either printed, folded, and stapled from ebook, or collated and formatted and bound from online posts.( Read more... )
Mara, by Lois Metzger (1981)
May. 14th, 2025 09:20 pmThis is a short story for pluralstories that I found in the sci-fi library, in an apparently impossible-to-find anthology called WomanSpace: Future and Fatnasy: Stories and Art by Women. It came from New Victoria Publishers, a long-shuttered feminist press. While digging around in the library archives, I stumbled upon it, and it's short enough that I decided to type it up here for plural posterity.
Mara
by Lois Metzger
I don't wear glasses, but I put them on. My mother's face was a blurry haze; her clothes were without detail, only color.
"Please give them back," she said. I took off the glasses and saw clear gray eyes and white hair. My mother was sixty-two.
"You won't cause any trouble?" sh said.
I listened and heard nothing. "No trouble," I said.
My mother cried. Mara told me a story: On my world people don't cry: their skin changes color. When they're happy they look yellow or red; when they're sad they turn dark blues and greens.
pluralstories that I found in the sci-fi library, in an apparently impossible-to-find anthology called WomanSpace: Future and Fatnasy: Stories and Art by Women. It came from New Victoria Publishers, a long-shuttered feminist press. While digging around in the library archives, I stumbled upon it, and it's short enough that I decided to type it up here for plural posterity.Mara
by Lois Metzger
I don't wear glasses, but I put them on. My mother's face was a blurry haze; her clothes were without detail, only color.
"Please give them back," she said. I took off the glasses and saw clear gray eyes and white hair. My mother was sixty-two.
"You won't cause any trouble?" sh said.
I listened and heard nothing. "No trouble," I said.
My mother cried. Mara told me a story: On my world people don't cry: their skin changes color. When they're happy they look yellow or red; when they're sad they turn dark blues and greens.
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The Undeparted, by Leslie Fish
Dec. 25th, 2024 09:25 pmFor context, I didn't write this. This is a textual transcription of a 1983 Kirk/Spock/McCoy fanfiction by Leslie Fish, which I found in the Star Trek fanzine It Takes Time on Impulse, Vol. II, which I found in a dusty box just now in the Sci-Fi library. I transcribed it for posterity, making a couple minor corrections of typos. It dates to after Spock’s death in Wrath of Khan, before the release of Search for Spock.
THE UNDEPARTED
copyright by L. [Leslie] Fish
/// take care, take care how you lift this body, for it was once loved. ///
( He's here he's here two ends of the circuit he's here migod we're holding him between us!!! )
THE UNDEPARTED
copyright by L. [Leslie] Fish
/// take care, take care how you lift this body, for it was once loved. ///
( He's here he's here two ends of the circuit he's here migod we're holding him between us!!! )
hm.com update
Nov. 20th, 2024 03:50 pmSam Medlock gave us permission to rehost their comicWar Zonebecause Webtoon locked it behind an account log-in and(EDIT: upload keeps failing, no clue why, nothing we can do but try again another day.)pluralstories requires things be publicly accessible.- Digitized and added Saras Makiya and Paige's poetry zine my heart beats in seismic waves because it appears to be impossible to get anymore and trying to contact the creators led to no response. Textual transcription here.
- New resource on the list: On Dating My Partners, by
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dismallyoriented. "My amateur roundup of things you need to know, if a partner comes out as plural." Local copy here. - Susan of Alexandrites took a family photo of Rogan, Mori, and Sneak, and with her permission, we made it our image on our Info page!
- Made of NOODLES!: 2016. Oh no! Sneak's arms are made of NOODLES! Very silly. 1 page. Script here.
Pluralstories Waitlist
Nov. 11th, 2024 04:02 pmSneak: There are a lot of things for pluralstories that we really want to take in, but due to shoulder/migraine issues haven't been able to get to. T_T So I thought I'd list them here, for people who can more easily read ebooks, play games, and might be interested!
pluralstories that we really want to take in, but due to shoulder/migraine issues haven't been able to get to. T_T So I thought I'd list them here, for people who can more easily read ebooks, play games, and might be interested!- Children of the Void, by Regina Snow. I don't even know how to explain this book. There's an all-girl universe where the cast page has everyone in groups, which "represents characters that manifest in the same body (and which therefore cannot appear at the same time)". There are lots of spankings and domestic discipline.
- Ghost Trick. PSP game about being a ghost who tries to solve murder puzzles through semi-incompetent possessing! It looks so cool and fun! I just can't play it or even watch the Let's Play. T_T
- D.I.D., by kyui. Free computer game with a multi protagonist. "Each alter possesses unique abilities and traits that can be harnessed to overcome obstacles and complete tasks. For each task, the player needs to choose the alter with the right proficiency to do that task. However, a malevolent force known as "The Shadow" seeks to manipulate the alters, rendering them inactive and hindering progress."
- Imaginary Friends, by Manny Tsu. Pay-what-you-want RPGmaker computer game. "Hailey finds herself in an imaginary world. With the help of a mysterious young boy with red cap, she has to confront her childhood and herself. The game contains elements of psychological horror, non-graphic violence, blood and mentions of bullying. It is not recommended for players under the age of 13."
- A Friend in Me, by BotchBrother. Solo Journalling RPG that "encourages the players to explore how a Child grows over the course of their life with a fantastical Friend encouraging and challenging them in a partnership, not unlike the friendships of children's books, fairy tales, and folklore."
Pluralstories Back-up stuff
Nov. 9th, 2024 07:49 pmMori/Sneak: We've been organizing our pluralstories back-ups so that we can make copies for bodyetal, and also taking the opportunity to grab things off archive.org that we doubt will be around for much longer. <_< I now regret giving the House our copy of Paranoia Agent, oops.
Since emailing the creators got no response, and my heart beats in seismic waves seems to be completely impossible to find anymore, we finally bit the bullet and bookscanned and uploaded it. The scan is very ugly, and the silver ink isn't done justice at ALL, but at least this zine won't be completely lost media.
bodyetal, and also taking the opportunity to grab things off archive.org that we doubt will be around for much longer. <_< I now regret giving the House our copy of Paranoia Agent, oops.Since emailing the creators got no response, and my heart beats in seismic waves seems to be completely impossible to find anymore, we finally bit the bullet and bookscanned and uploaded it. The scan is very ugly, and the silver ink isn't done justice at ALL, but at least this zine won't be completely lost media.
Hey guys! We got an email from the Alexandrites:
"Susan in our system is doing a photography project for school and was wondering if you would be willing/available to be photographed some time in the next few weeks? The project is supposed to incorporate multiple exposure techniques, and she thought it would be interesting to use that to capture different members of one system in a single photo. [...] if you know any other systems who would be into this, let us know, it would be super helpful 😅
"I'm only able to do the Northeast, maybe as far up as Southern NH/VT, but would prefer the general tri-state area of MA, CT, and RI. Some time in the next 2-3 weeks, the absolute last day I can do is November 20th.
"The photos will be used for a school photography project. The only people who will find out the subjects are plural will be the 7 people in my class. There is a chance the photo will be displayed in the hallway of the school, but probably not a very high chance since it will be the end of the semester. If they are particularly good, they may go into my portfolio, but that's not something I display online, only something I show to some people in person."
If anyone is interested, you can contact Alexandrites at wearealexandra@gmail.com or WeAreAlexandra on Discord!
"Susan in our system is doing a photography project for school and was wondering if you would be willing/available to be photographed some time in the next few weeks? The project is supposed to incorporate multiple exposure techniques, and she thought it would be interesting to use that to capture different members of one system in a single photo. [...] if you know any other systems who would be into this, let us know, it would be super helpful 😅
"I'm only able to do the Northeast, maybe as far up as Southern NH/VT, but would prefer the general tri-state area of MA, CT, and RI. Some time in the next 2-3 weeks, the absolute last day I can do is November 20th.
"The photos will be used for a school photography project. The only people who will find out the subjects are plural will be the 7 people in my class. There is a chance the photo will be displayed in the hallway of the school, but probably not a very high chance since it will be the end of the semester. If they are particularly good, they may go into my portfolio, but that's not something I display online, only something I show to some people in person."
If anyone is interested, you can contact Alexandrites at wearealexandra@gmail.com or WeAreAlexandra on Discord!
Seeking Many-Selved Family Portraits
Oct. 7th, 2024 04:53 pmDo you have visual art depicting your group? We would like to see it and save copies for posterity (and maybe a slideshow).
All mediums and skill levels welcome, all interpretations of “family portrait” and “many-selved.” Please give a date and artist/s name for attribution and citation purposes. You can link in the comments below or send them to us at loonybrain at healthymultiplicity.com
We can’t accept non-digital copies; space forbids. :p
All mediums and skill levels welcome, all interpretations of “family portrait” and “many-selved.” Please give a date and artist/s name for attribution and citation purposes. You can link in the comments below or send them to us at loonybrain at healthymultiplicity.com
We can’t accept non-digital copies; space forbids. :p
Owl drew Bob's fursona!
Sep. 19th, 2024 12:35 ambeepbird gave us a delightful surprise and drew Bob's fursona! This is especially exciting because we've always dreamed of receiving fanart of all our favorite characters (which includes all the story people in our roster), and Bob was the lone hold-out straggler for many a year.NO LONGER! *crosses it off the bucket list*
Maybe at some point we'll post all our favorite fanart of the story folks in our crew. Another time.
The Genocidal Healer, by James White
Aug. 26th, 2024 03:55 pmRogan: I never thought a sci-fi book about an alien atheist failed doctor who accidentally becomes a chaplain would make me cry multiple times but it did!
On a recent trip, I needed a book to keep me busy for 30 hours of flight, and I chose the Genocidal Healer, by James White. James White, a now-deceased Irish sci-fi author, is most known for his Sector General series, which includes the Genocidal Healer. He wrote the series for over forty years, and it's basically a medical procedural in space with a solid formula: (mostly nonhuman) doctors at the Sector General space hospital work together to solve medical conundrums for very inhuman beings, many of whom have are very upset and uncooperative not because they're stupid jerks, but because they're deeply unwell and being a being is complicated.
( There are no bad guys in Sector General. Spoilers from here on out! )
( There are, however, multis! Alien interspecies in-head love behind this cut. )
On a recent trip, I needed a book to keep me busy for 30 hours of flight, and I chose the Genocidal Healer, by James White. James White, a now-deceased Irish sci-fi author, is most known for his Sector General series, which includes the Genocidal Healer. He wrote the series for over forty years, and it's basically a medical procedural in space with a solid formula: (mostly nonhuman) doctors at the Sector General space hospital work together to solve medical conundrums for very inhuman beings, many of whom have are very upset and uncooperative not because they're stupid jerks, but because they're deeply unwell and being a being is complicated.
( There are no bad guys in Sector General. Spoilers from here on out! )
( There are, however, multis! Alien interspecies in-head love behind this cut. )
Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive!
Jul. 29th, 2024 08:14 pmAkwaeke Emezi, who never seem to sleep, have released an EP of hiphop/afropop, called Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive! It's good! Check it out!
Sneak: While Mori was digging through old soulbonding pages for Madgic #4, we stumbled on the origin of "outsourcing"!
Coined By: Laura Gilkey (AKA Half-Esper Laura)
What it Means: It describes a soulbond (a fictional character that someone forms a relationship with) that comes from media created by an outside party.
Time Used: May 2002-?
Locations Used: Soulbonding arenas (websites, soulbonding Livejournal groups); seems to have fallen out of favor with the newer generations where soulbonding kinda got assimilated into the greater plural arena.
( Origin of the term 'outsourcing,' plus 2002-era discussions of soulbonding, plurality, and multiplicity as a greater spectrum )
Coined By: Laura Gilkey (AKA Half-Esper Laura)
What it Means: It describes a soulbond (a fictional character that someone forms a relationship with) that comes from media created by an outside party.
Time Used: May 2002-?
Locations Used: Soulbonding arenas (websites, soulbonding Livejournal groups); seems to have fallen out of favor with the newer generations where soulbonding kinda got assimilated into the greater plural arena.
( Origin of the term 'outsourcing,' plus 2002-era discussions of soulbonding, plurality, and multiplicity as a greater spectrum )
A Cure For Plural Pissfight Poisoning
Nov. 22nd, 2023 08:00 pmRogan: hey friends, for those of you who've been poisoned by plural political backbiting, I have found the perfect palate-cleanser: Go read stuff about other forms of bodysharing, bodyborrowing, and manyselvedness that have NOTHING TO DO with the subcultures that poisoned you.
( Ask me how! )
( Ask me how! )
The Magic Daughter, by Jane Phillips, 1995
Jul. 3rd, 2023 11:28 amMori: in my great medical multi booksweep of the big downtown library, I ended up checking out The Magic Daughter: A Memoir of Living With Multiple Personality Disorder. (There's already a digitized copy on archive.org, so no need to scan it.) We had first read it back in middle school, when I was reading every MPD/DID book I could get my mitts on, but it didn't have what I was looking for at the time, so I tossed it aside as a wash. But I was wrong!
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Kirby the Multi Book Scanner
Jun. 24th, 2023 10:11 pmMori: one nice thing about moving: we are now closer to the big central library (and its book scanner)!
That library has in-library use only copies of Oneselves, and Trance Possession in Bali. I plan to scan them both come Monday, along with a better scan of Living With Your Selves and any other never-digitized multi book of interest I can procure. The files will be bulky unscreenreadable PDFs, but at least they'll exist! If you have any requests for a multi book you find in the bpl.org catalog, let me know! (Oh jeez, I just realized I could do that for that crummy gay multi boy's love manga too. I dunno, I feel weirder doing it for works of fiction that came out semi-recently. Maybe stick to nonfiction.)
Unfortunately, I only had ten minutes on the scanner today, so all I managed to get done was the super-short United We Stand, by Eliana Gil. Will upload that with whatever I get done Monday.
That library has in-library use only copies of Oneselves, and Trance Possession in Bali. I plan to scan them both come Monday, along with a better scan of Living With Your Selves and any other never-digitized multi book of interest I can procure. The files will be bulky unscreenreadable PDFs, but at least they'll exist! If you have any requests for a multi book you find in the bpl.org catalog, let me know! (Oh jeez, I just realized I could do that for that crummy gay multi boy's love manga too. I dunno, I feel weirder doing it for works of fiction that came out semi-recently. Maybe stick to nonfiction.)
Unfortunately, I only had ten minutes on the scanner today, so all I managed to get done was the super-short United We Stand, by Eliana Gil. Will upload that with whatever I get done Monday.
Quick Plural Linkdump
May. 31st, 2023 12:00 am- erinptah did a three-part history of Marvel Comics' Aurora, AKA Jeanne-Marie Beaubier, the multi twin sister of Northstar.
- Part One: an overview of Aurora and/or Jeanne-Marie’s appearances and development in the first Alpha Flight team book.
- Part Two: stuff from 1997 through 2011
- Part Three: post 2011 stuff
- Lighthouse System created a journaling app for all sorts of plurals. We don't use such things and know nothing more about it, but maybe it'd be of interest to folks here!
- kinda_lost has added a TON of cross-cultural plural/ish citations to that post I made about it! I am massively behind on reading them but didn't want the citations to disappear into the ether.
