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Personal Life Updates (Plurality and HRT)
5 years ago
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Hi everyone! Rebecca here with some personal updates. If you hang out in my Discord Server or know me on Telegram, none of this will really be a surprise for you.
★ Plurality ★
Early this year, I started thinking about the concept of plurality. It was a concept I'd known about before, but had only recently been able to really contemplate, understand, and accept. After a lot of inner reflection (aka literally asking if anyone was there and then getting answers), it became clear that I, we, were plural - and had been for a long time.
Pause her for a brief explanation of terms:
"Plurality (or multiplicity) is the existence of multiple self-aware entities inside one physical brain."
It's commonly known as, or associated with, Multiple Personalities or Disassociate Identity Disorder.
https://morethanone.info/
http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/
http://areweplural.com/
Coming to this realization back in March put a lot of past experiences and memories in a light that made a lot more sense. I've been open about this in chatrooms since then, but wanted to wait this long before a real public announcement just to make sure it was "real," I suppose.
This won't really change much of anything with my posting or work, but it will hopefully explain some minor discrepancies and also explain where all these random characters like Wrath and Gamma came from. A lot of this isn't necessarily people's business, but we're all pretty tired of having to explain it again and again.
There are seven of us in total and you can read some about us here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36299969/
We use the metaphor of a starship's crew as shorthand for the system as a whole, a nice little theme to unify us all. We have different personalities, tastes, and origins, but we're all here and we mostly just want to chill and live. The emoji we have in our profiles can be used to show who's posted, if it's relevant.
★ HRT/Gender ★
So. Part two, Rebecca again. I've stopped taking HRT and ceased my gender goals.
This year, among so many, many other things, was punctuated for me by pretty bad health problems. Severe chronic pain and weakness. It was eventually discovered that it was my HRT medicine causing it - stopping the hormones caused almost all the pain problems to disappear (still have a fair bit of issues though, so it's more likely that the HRT exacerbated underlying issues, rather than causing them).
Stopping HRT made me re-evaluate my gender identity, which some of you saw in some gender-twisting raptor art late this year. I had to think about what I really was, what I wanted, and what I could. I've settled on being agender, ideally using they/them pronouns, though she/her is still acceptable and still what I use out of habit for now.
Honestly, "monster" was already becoming a more important identifier for me than any gender label :P
It's pretty crushing to have to cease HRT, but I hope it's not too discouraging for anyone trying to pursue the same goal. This sort of reaction is rare - if hormones will give you the body you want, then keep at it, keep trying. Me, I can be happy without them.
★ TL;DR ★
Summing it all up: we're plural, and this body is shared by seven different personalities, please do your best to understand/respect that. Rebecca is now agendered and prefers they/them.
Hopefully that was all... clear enough? I'm open to questions, if you have them. Don't be a asshole.
🐝
★ Plurality ★
Early this year, I started thinking about the concept of plurality. It was a concept I'd known about before, but had only recently been able to really contemplate, understand, and accept. After a lot of inner reflection (aka literally asking if anyone was there and then getting answers), it became clear that I, we, were plural - and had been for a long time.
Pause her for a brief explanation of terms:
"Plurality (or multiplicity) is the existence of multiple self-aware entities inside one physical brain."
It's commonly known as, or associated with, Multiple Personalities or Disassociate Identity Disorder.
https://morethanone.info/
http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/
http://areweplural.com/
Coming to this realization back in March put a lot of past experiences and memories in a light that made a lot more sense. I've been open about this in chatrooms since then, but wanted to wait this long before a real public announcement just to make sure it was "real," I suppose.
This won't really change much of anything with my posting or work, but it will hopefully explain some minor discrepancies and also explain where all these random characters like Wrath and Gamma came from. A lot of this isn't necessarily people's business, but we're all pretty tired of having to explain it again and again.
There are seven of us in total and you can read some about us here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36299969/
We use the metaphor of a starship's crew as shorthand for the system as a whole, a nice little theme to unify us all. We have different personalities, tastes, and origins, but we're all here and we mostly just want to chill and live. The emoji we have in our profiles can be used to show who's posted, if it's relevant.
★ HRT/Gender ★
So. Part two, Rebecca again. I've stopped taking HRT and ceased my gender goals.
This year, among so many, many other things, was punctuated for me by pretty bad health problems. Severe chronic pain and weakness. It was eventually discovered that it was my HRT medicine causing it - stopping the hormones caused almost all the pain problems to disappear (still have a fair bit of issues though, so it's more likely that the HRT exacerbated underlying issues, rather than causing them).
Stopping HRT made me re-evaluate my gender identity, which some of you saw in some gender-twisting raptor art late this year. I had to think about what I really was, what I wanted, and what I could. I've settled on being agender, ideally using they/them pronouns, though she/her is still acceptable and still what I use out of habit for now.
Honestly, "monster" was already becoming a more important identifier for me than any gender label :P
It's pretty crushing to have to cease HRT, but I hope it's not too discouraging for anyone trying to pursue the same goal. This sort of reaction is rare - if hormones will give you the body you want, then keep at it, keep trying. Me, I can be happy without them.
★ TL;DR ★
Summing it all up: we're plural, and this body is shared by seven different personalities, please do your best to understand/respect that. Rebecca is now agendered and prefers they/them.
Hopefully that was all... clear enough? I'm open to questions, if you have them. Don't be a asshole.
🐝
Because that's all that matters, especially this year...
You guys will always be super cool and from one Monster to Another: loves you~
It is good to be who you are, and I am happy, and I'm sure we will all live healthier lives because of it.
ur all great
Your journey has been inspiring to me and your journals and art have helped me consider many things, including sexual and gender identity.
The only thing I'd like to ask is, would this affect any ideas people might want to commission you all for involving a certain gendered version/s of your fursonas? (IE: Rebecca and all her forms? Or some of your previous fursona designs that were either intersex or identifying as wholly female/male?)
I've had a couple ideas I'm sitting on involving some of them, and if you're all uncomfy with one or all of them, that's no issue, just want to ask before I insult or hurt without meaning to.
In particular this means that Joel is being way stricter about how he's being drawn, since he's not just some comic character.
Rebecca's queenly raptor fursona is staying as it is regarding gender expression; if you want an earlier male raptor, that's all Syd now and probably okay!
When I am able to buy again, I'll ask then. I have multiple ideas and I'm pretty chill, I don't mind whichever end up being unsuitable, plus the idea can always be reworked. Hopefully can do so soon!
Can’t wait to see more work from you all