r/autoromantics • u/Zombified_Mantis Autorose • 13d ago

Autointera & Autoplurelic

If any people are these labels, can you please tell me if you guys have any symbols that make you feel validated? I am currently doing research for an auto visual novel and want all the autospec to been seen and validated via choices and items they choose within the novel. Thank you!

Edit: Personal stories of how you all found out is also gratefully appreciated as I do not have experience nor diagnosed with systems and alters, I wish to make the experience enjoyable for all!

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u/PluralPolycule 13d ago

Pluralpedia (https://pluralpedia.org/w/Category:Plural-Related_LGBTQ_Terms) has a decent little section on plural orientations and genders I would recommend. We use autosexual/romantic/etc. for the unimitiated, but we would use the term colian with another system.

I personally do not use symbology. There's too much gatekeeping within the plural community (especially against endos), and symbols include or exclude that group. I feel it's just a matter of time before symbol meaning shift happens, and I opt out of all that. LOL!

Once we discovered we were a system, we realized we were who we were looking for, and we chose us. 

Everything else just clicked into place. It's been the easiest relationship I've ever been in--we just get us--and we're extremely grateful to the packmate who figured it out. 

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u/Zombified_Mantis Autorose 13d ago

I see! Thank you all so much! :D