System-Partnership

A System-Partnership and/or SP is a type of relationship with two different meanings. The first would be when one dates an alter or alters in their own system. To some, this may appear as being self-partnered, however it is technically not, since they arent dating themselves, but rather eachother.

The second would be a polyamorous relationship between multiple systems. For example, it could only be two bodies, and appear monogamous from the outside, but because there are multiple alters in both systems dating, it is polyamorous.

If one wishes to express the difference in conversation, they would say "SP" for the first definition, and "System-partnership" for the second definition.

Examples: "the crystal system is in a system-partnership with the jewl system." vs "I heard some of the crystal system is in SP with one another."

History
The terms System-Partnership were coined by a user going by Anderson on December 20th, 2020.

Flags
Both flags were coined by Anderson on December 20th, 2020. The first flag symbolizes a relationship within ones own system. The second flag symbolizes a relationship between multiple systems. Both flags use the system pride flag as the background.

The greys in the first flag represents the ace and aro spectrums, as well as system roles. It also symbolizes the outside appearance of the body, and how society percieves them. The rainbow within represents the allosexual spectrum and fluid sexualities, as well as the personal depth of each alter, and differences.

The greys in the second flag also represent the ace and aro spectrums, while the rainbow also represents the allosexual spectrum and fluid sexualities. The design in the middle represents polyamory between multiple systems, while the pink and blue represent healing and peace. The hearts represent love and attraction of any kind, and the stars represents the uniqueness of each system.