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The nature of the System invites playing around with identity. With few caveats, it is a place for joyously celebrating the myriad ways that individuals lean into identity rather than prescriptivist approaches. | The nature of the System invites playing around with identity. With few caveats, it is a place for joyously celebrating the myriad ways that individuals lean into identity rather than prescriptivist approaches. | ||
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=== Splitting === | === Splitting === | ||
Some plural systems may wind up splitting. That is, the individual system members will, intentionally or otherwise, wind up as singular individuals within a clade. In these cases, other system members/headmates do not disappear so much as go dormant. It is important to recognize that this is not the ''de facto'' approach to plurality sys-side, and remains relatively rare. Stories such as [[Cowboy|"Cowboy"]] remain outside the norm, though they are absolutely still valid. | Some plural systems may wind up splitting. That is, the individual system members will, intentionally or otherwise, wind up as singular individuals within a clade. In these cases, other system members/headmates do not disappear so much as go dormant. It is important to recognize that this is not the ''de facto'' approach to plurality sys-side, and remains relatively rare. Stories such as [[Cowboy|"Cowboy"]] remain outside the norm, though they are absolutely still valid. | ||
=== Merge-induced plurality === | |||
In the case of trackers or dispersionistas merging up-tree instances/cladists who have diverged over time, some cladists may find that they wind up in situations where two or more identities exist within them due to that level of individuation. This is more likely in taskers than dispersionistas due to the latter's focus on individuation and the joy of letting identity drift, leading to the relative protectiveness of what one has become. An example of this would be {{Spoiler|[[Sasha née True Name]] merging [[E.W.]] and [[May Then My Name]]}} in ''[[Mitzvot]]'' leading to the various identities coming to and fading from front over time. | |||
== Species == | == Species == | ||