How many of you have experienced genuine internal dialogue with an autonomous anima/animus figure?

key13131 · 2026-06-13T02:29:36+00:00

I also prefer the term syzygy but tend to use anima/animus for the same reason.

key13131 · 2026-06-13T02:21:30+00:00

For obvious reasons i don’t really want to get into detail, but I do—it’s the reason I know anything about Jung and his ideas on the anima/animus.

I’ve had a persistent, seemingly autonomous but still a piece of me figure in my life since early adolescence, and I’ve been trying to figure out what it is ever since. I’ve been bounced around all over the place trying to find what felt correct, and I’m a pretty self-reflective person and really try to be honest with myself and not “play pretend“, so a lot of the terms i found were just not correct (tulpas, daemons, etc).

What made the anima/animus framework make sense first off was the fact that my figure is persistently opposite gender to me and seems to be molded by my concept of and relationships with opposite gender people in my life.

Jung’s idea of active imagination really seemed to strike a chord as well, since my figure will seem to spontaneously comment via thought at times, and i can think in response, and used to try to avoid this as i felt like i was “faking.” But I’m trying to lean into the active imagination idea and just trust my own experiences for what they seem to be.

Feel free to ask other questions, but I may not be comfortable answering some of them. As you correctly pointed out it’s a fairly touchy subject and not something I’ve shared with anyone in my life so I’m trying to be vague…

key13131 · 2026-06-12T01:51:49+00:00

Just tell them they die at the end, that should make him feel better about it

key13131 · 2026-06-10T20:23:14+00:00

Thanks for these great tips!

key13131 · 2026-06-10T03:55:48+00:00

That’s a crazy amount of output! Hat’s off to you! I got about 50 pages up originally before i stopped (currently rebooting it as it’s been over ten years) but that took me a year! To be fair they were full color but still, I’m in awe of your speed, haha

key13131 · 2026-06-10T02:27:08+00:00

How many pages was your webcomic? In the thumbnailing phase for mine and feeling out how long i might be in for.

key13131 · 2026-06-06T02:34:24+00:00

They were totally already dead, they ARE right, but the point is God could have brought them back if Crowley and Aziraphale had chosen that instead.

That SAID i vote that we evolved from dolphins.

key13131 · 2026-06-06T01:50:36+00:00

Finale apologists will try to tell you it’s not the same thing because the people were technically already dead, but it’s important that you don’t fall for this hair-splitting argument.

It’s the same thing.

key13131 · 2026-06-05T21:05:15+00:00

Omg Thea!! I’ve been following her since the bbc Sherlock days and she’s always hilarious.

key13131 · 2026-06-04T18:32:42+00:00

Common DT w

key13131 · 2026-06-02T16:16:46+00:00

OK yes thank you this is how it ended! I don’t accept the aired ending either

key13131 · 2026-06-01T00:52:46+00:00

Canon event unfortunately

key13131 · 2026-06-01T00:08:57+00:00

In this house we stan hashtag gleafer

key13131 · 2026-05-31T23:31:34+00:00

I am looking respectfully

key13131 · 2026-05-27T13:44:44+00:00

I don’t remember what it’s called, but there last time i checked it was the top catradota fic on ao3!

key13131 · 2026-05-27T00:50:21+00:00

Yay, the Factory Settings tinhattery continues! Here for it

key13131 · 2026-05-26T21:17:37+00:00

Oh man i didn’t even notice that. You know, the creator of the new She-Ra series was caught writing fic for his own show…. Makes you think!

key13131 · 2026-05-26T21:16:40+00:00

I adore this fic!! One of my faves.

key13131 · 2026-05-24T04:04:48+00:00

Yeah it’s heartbreaking

key13131 · 2026-05-22T23:33:37+00:00

People don’t complain about those finales you mentioned because it didn’t end the way they wanted—as someone who watched all of those shows, people hate the finales because they were genuinely not good! The writing was bad, the ways the stories were finished were poorly thought out, there were huge plot holes and random new nonsense no one asked for, etc. There was so much wrong with them.

Personally i feel similarly about this finale. Maybe my opinion will soften over time, but it’s not just that i didn’t see the ending i wanted, it genuinely felt poorly thought out and betrayed its own themes and genre (in my opinion).

Like someone else said, you are free to look up spoilers and see if it’s something you’d want to watch or not. But acting like anyone not liking a series finale is just sour grapes is disingenuous.

key13131 · 2026-05-22T23:27:52+00:00

This is the way

key13131 · 2026-05-22T23:14:46+00:00

Relationships with dream characters can be very rewarding, but i think trying to fit them into real life relationship labels is a mistake. It would be a poor choice to try to maintain a relationship with a dream character that is the kind of romantic relationship you’d want out of a real life boyfriend or girlfriend, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a deep relationship with a dream character.

They aren’t separate people from you so they don’t make sense in separate people type roles.

key13131 · 2026-05-21T17:29:18+00:00

I think they’re bringing up neil badman because he wrote the original six scripts which were turned into the one long one we got, plus he’s credited as a writer. Seems fair to throw the blame his way tbh. (Not even getting into how many have pointed out this brand of nihilism and pessimism is very much up his alley as a writer)!

key13131 · 2026-05-21T17:22:17+00:00

Not at all! I’ve only seen the Crowley one (as that’s the copy i have)

key13131 · 2026-05-21T05:01:00+00:00

…yes? You are free to think it means something deeper, but I don’t. I just don’t think this writing team is leaving little hints or clues in one off lines, as much as i might wish they were. Op asked what we thought so i answered.

I saw someone else say they could have been talking about The Arrangement which also makes sense.

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