Plural Cove

About

Intro

Are you a traumagenic and/or programmed system who's pro-endo and fed up with how much anti-endo rhetoric pervades traumagenic/programmed system spaces?

Are you an endogenic system who's experienced trauma that affects how their system works? Are you a mixed origins DID system who doesn't feel seen anywhere?

Are you a disordered system who uses willomancy and related techniques in order to recover?

This may be the place for you!

Plural Cove is an all-adults Discord server for traumagenic and traumabased systems, with an emphasis on programmed/RAMCOA systems. However, any system that was caused or affected by trauma or that is disordered is welcome here, so long as they are friendly to endogenic, willogenic, and non-disordered systems. It also welcomes singlets, especially trauma/RAMCOA survivors, if they don't mind being in a plural-centric environment.

There is a verification process that is not based on ID but does require you to provide social media stating your age (including just "adult"). If you want access to Deep Ocean, the RAMCOA section, you will have to fill out some additional fields, but they are mostly about obtaining your consent to be in a space where highly triggering things are discussed.

Stances

Firstly, this is overtly a pro-endo and pro-willo space. It believes that traumagenic and endogenic plurality, while often different, are both valid, and that becoming plural on purpose or forming headmates on purpose is valid. The purpose of this server is to be a space for trauma-affected plurals to discuss their experiences without having to be in anti-endo spaces.

While this server doesn't officially align itself with other discourse stances and discourages discourse in the server, it is in favor of contradictory identities and queer inclusionism, anti-harassment, anti-censorship (cases against fascism notwithstanding), pro-kink, and anti-contact for consent-related paraphilias. It considers itself more profiction-aligned but has issues with the entirety of shipcourse.

Its owner believes the transID community should use a different word for their experience and does not welcome use of the term "transID" in the server (transspecies is unrelated), but some of the experiences are valid, especially if alternative terms (e.g. desirdae) are used. Its owner also wants nothing to do with radqueers or the radqueer community.

Big Disclaimer

This server is AN EXPERIMENT. I, individually, have an above-average tolerance to triggering and trauma-related content if not presented in an overly-emotional or venty way. I am also personally disappointed with the lack of endo-friendly trauma-based plurality spaces, so I am being the change I wish to see in the world.

I am currently the only mod because I do not have anyone I trust to help me run a server like this, and I feel that this environment should not require constant supervision if the people in it conduct themselves in an orderly and reasonable way. I may take on extra moderation if it is volunteered, or request it if running the server gets too much for me.

If running this server becomes too draining for me, I will either delete it or hand it off to someone else if possible. Please do not be the person who makes the server too hard for me to manage.

About the Owner

This server is run by the Local Void system, a 32 year old mixed origins DID system. While we are mostly traumagenic, we are partly endogenic, and we use what we call "willobased methods", e.g. BAH packs, to manage our condition.

We remember the old web days, and they were more peaceful and generally more judgment-free than the current day internet. People's experiences weren't scrutinized by arbitrary labels, and they put a lot of thought into how they talked about those experiences. We feel we moderate our spaces in an older style, which may lead to a more personal feel and pace.

We are most available between 8 AM and 8 PM Pacific Time. To learn more about us, check out our personal site on Neocities.

This server is a part of Social Rodent, a ring of Discord servers run by my system with much the same policies and feel.

Feel free to DM us for anything.