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| | synonyms = midcontinuum (adj.), singtiple (n.)
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| | usage_noun = yes
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| | specific_median_systems = yes
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| | usage_adjective = true
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| | coiner = Blackbirds
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| [[Category:Common Terms]]
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| A '''median''' [[system]] (also called midcontinuum) is a system where members are not as distinct or separate from each other. It can be considered being somewhere between [[multiple]] and [[singlet]].<ref name=":0">http://astraeasweb.net/plural/mediantalk.html</ref>
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| Some are dependent on a single individual, or the dependence can be mutual in that there is no central individual. Some median systems feel more blurred between themselves<ref>https://kinhost.org/Main/Medians</ref>. Others may also be based around a shared identity or [[kin]].
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| The members of a median system are often described as ''aspects'' or [[facet|''facets'']]. Some median systems may identify as different archetypes.<ref name=":0" /> Despite being more fluid and similar, median systems can be very diverse.
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| Median systems are often opposed to [[multiple]] systems, with multiple systems experiencing more distinction between [[headmate]]s. Some may also oppose it to [[partitionary]] systems, but in fact, median systems can be either partitionary or [[blurian]], as variance in identity and presence or absence of memory sharing do not necessarily go hand-in-hand.
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| == History ==
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| Originally, median systems were referred to as ''midcontinuum''. It was coined in 1997 by Vickis, describing an experience of not explicitly [[multiple]], but not a [[singlet]] either. Encompassing the gray area across the dissociative spectrum, it amassed a large community<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040603021307/http://www.asarian.org/~vickis/continuum.html</ref>. However, there was some concern with framing dissociation and plurality as a simple straight line (and the assumption that dissociation & plurality were one and the same). In 2002, the term ''median'' was coined to replace it by Blackbirds<ref>http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/term.html</ref> on Pavilion Hall<ref>https://pluralwiki.noblejury.com/books/groups/page/pavilion-halllancers</ref>. It has stuck around since.
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| == Related Terms ==
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| Median is often used as opposed to [[multiple]] or [[partitionary]], where members in a multiple system are distinct. However, [[mixed system]]s exist, in which one system has both median headmates & partitionary headmates.
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| Additionally, for some median systems, the term [[facet]] is preferred over [[headmate]] or [[alter]], creating new labels like [[polyfaceted]], for example. Others may use terms like [[medianmate]], especially but not exclusively if they feel more separate or fully-fledged as individuals.
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| Median systems can be diagnosed with [[Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorder#OSDD-1a|OSDD-1a]] if they also experience amnesia. BPD & PTSD (or [[Complex PTSD|C-PTSD]]) are also possible diagnoses for [[traumagenic]] or otherwise disordered medians who do not experience amnesia.
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| A median system closer to the [[singlet]] side of the spectrum is called a [[parasian]] system; in the middle, a [[mesosian]]; the [[multiple]] side, a [[diversian]]. A [[webbed]] median system is one without a [[core]], while an [[orbital]] median system has one.
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| [[Mediple]] have a mix of median and multiple traits and architecture and may identify with both median and multiple labels, or neither of them.
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| A [[headspace]] [[layer]] where all inhabitants are median with one another is called a [[median layer]].
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| == Gallery ==
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| <gallery mode="packed">
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| Median2.png|Vertical median flag by extranth.<ref name=extranth>https://extranth.tumblr.com/post/648534878091116545/median-system-flag-i-wanted-to-make-a-median</ref>
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| Median3.png|Horizontal median flag by extranth.<ref name="extranth" />
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| Median4.png|Median flag with plural spiral<ref>https://extranth.tumblr.com/post/642800149806137344/a-proposed-new-system-symbol-i-wanted-to-make</ref> by extranth.<ref name="extranth" />
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| Median by plurgai.png|Median flag by plurgai.<ref>https://plurgai-archive.tumblr.com/post/618673705665675265/median-midcontinuum-green-being-neither</ref>
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| Median5.png|Median flag by [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/greys-dawn GreysDawn]<ref><nowiki>https://sites.google.com/view/plural-terms/system-modifiers?authuser=0#h.5wol71o6zdns</nowiki></ref>
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| </gallery>
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Terms specific to median systems]]
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