Vistroject – An alter/headmate whose appearance is based on or connected to an external source, however the alter/headmate themself is not an introject. While this term can be used by any system, it is specifically coined with aphantasia (an inability to see images in your head) in mind, as such systems may struggle to understand what alters look like and thus cause them to be visually based on or connected to an external source.
The term is a portmanteau of “visual” and “introject.” The flags don’t have any significant meaning, but the central four stripes are inspired by an introject flag we’ve seen. On the micro label flags, the added external strips use saturations to symbolize the level of connection to a source.
Term and flag made by us (Please let us know if a similar term already exists. We looked around a little but we could have missed something)
Additional micro labels:
High-Vistroject (left): A vistroject that is either extremely similar to an external source or that is based on the eternity of an external source
Middle-Vistroject (middle): A vistroject that is somewhere between high and low. Basically a vistroject that has significant connection to an external source but is not entirely reflective of it.
Low-Vistroject (right): A vistroject that only holds a small level of similarity to an external source. It can describe a vistroject that only share one or two features with the source or one that has a source that only presents a small number a features, while the rest of the alter/headmate’s features are unique.
