Constelic

Constelic refers to those who take on or adopt an identity, or multiple identities, throughout their lifetime. These adopted identities are called constels, or stels for short. People who are constelic may have any number of stels, and it may fluctuate in count or intensity.

Constels aren't usually there at birth, instead being adopted at any point later in their life- however, someone might feel as though they were born constelic in general, with the want / need to take on identities. As such, someone might still be constelic while not having any current stels.

Someone who is Constelic may feel as though their stels shape how they act, present, refer to themselves, and potentially more. Stels can range from very intense, active identification, to something more casual and unobtrusive; they may also be fluid, changing in prominince and intensity over periods of time. Furthermore, they can range in how long they last, from very short to incredibly long periods.

There are many reasons why someone could be Constelic. It can be neurological, stemming from something like a hyperfixation or hoarding. It can be spiritual. It could simply be the way someone's identity, or brain, works, without any particular reason. Maybe it's entirely casual, or not known at all. Similarly, there are various ways Constelic could be experienced or explained; some have described having personas, identity masks, or an unconscious need to take on new identities. Whatever your reason may be, if the shoe fits, you can always wear it.

Someone who is Constelic may or may not call themselves a constari, where the "i" at the end can be replaced with another letter, such as constara, constare, and such. Playful names, like stellie, have also been used.

Glossary:

-Stelic: The suffix for constelic identities and subtypes (ex: I am deerstelic). Can be attached to specific identities, or to things like fiction, concept, etc. the same way other alterhuman terms are (ex: fictionstelic, conceptstelic, etc.)
Constel: The name of an adopted identity. Can be shortened to stel.
Constelity: The quality of being constelic. Comparable to terms like nonhumanity, otherkinnity, etc.
Fel: A former constel.
Constelist, Constellation: A list of someone's stels (comparable to a "kinlist.")
Phasing: Refers to when your stel has changed, whether in intensity, or in regards to which one is the most prominent or primary at the moment. Taken from the idea of moon phases, and is comparable to kinshifts. Can be elongaged to stelliphase.
Veiling, Cloaking: In which someone's stel becomes someone's full identity for a temporary period, as though it has overtaken everything else in prominence.
Orbit, Orbiting: In which a constelic person has a constantly shifting level of identification with a stel, or all their stels. As though in orbit, these stels might constantly fluctuate in closeness or intensity.
Magnistelic: When someone only experiences short bursts of gaining a stel, veiling immediately, and then dropping entirely. Comparable to otherflicker.
Stelhoarder: Someone who hoards stels.
Stelnull: Someone who is constelic, but does not currently have any stels.
Permacloaking, Permaveiling: When someone's stel is always cloaked/veiled, for whatever reason.

Grammar:

As a Noun:

"I am deerstelic."
"I have a constel."
"I have a deer stel."
"One of my stels is veiling."
"I'm magnistelic, so my stels tend to only last around a week."

As a Verb:

"I stelled him."
"I'm stelling her so much right now."
"They stel Pearl from Steven Universe."
"I stel because of projection."

Here is a folder of all the flags and symbols made for this term.

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