Obsonātor

An obsonātor (alt. obsonator) is a type of soother that surrounds the body's mind with an overwhelming song or thought to block out another sysmate's distressing thought, intrusive thought, or stuck song syndrome.
Obsonātors don't sing the music or speak the thought directly. It projects from them at their will, and fills the space around them. They can continue to talk or think their own thoughts while this happens, but it can be difficult to focus on doing both at once.
==History==
This term was created when Grave/Eric, a musifictive from A Shattered Dragon's Spirit, was unable to find an existing term to describe his role. When "G" in draer system had a triggering song stuck in his head, Eric blocked out the song by projecting music from his source artist to envelop G, giving him something else to focus on until he had calmed down and his stuck song had faded away.
Eric and G coined the term together in Discord DMs with draer singlet friend "Crow", over the 29th of March and the 1st of April, 2023. Drae took the Latin root "obsonō" meaning "to interrupt by a sound or by speaking, drown out"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obsono#:~:text=obson%C5%8D%20(present%20infinitive%20obson%C4%81re)%3B,by%20speaking%2C%20drown%20out., and the suffix "-tor", to create a job title.
==Related Terms==
* This role is considered a type of soother.
* This role can be considered an emotional protector.
* This role is similar to sirens, who directly sing a song to calm the system, instead of projecting a song.
* Obsonātors are probably more likely to originate as songorma, musiorma, songtives, albumtives, musicatives, be melogenic, etc.
==Gallery==
File:Obsonātor Flag alt.png|alt=A flag with 4 straight stripes, and a wavy one in the middle. The stripes are in a gradient from teal blue to dark pink. It has a black obsonātor symbol in the center, which looks like a sideways shield, similar to a crescent moon, emitting sound.|Remade obsonātor flag by PrinceOfHearth (request)
File:Obsonator Flag alt Clean.png|alt=A flag with 4 straight stripes, and a wavy one in the middle. The stripes are in a gradient from teal blue to dark pink.|Remade obsonātor flag without symbol by PrinceOfHearth (request)
File:Obsonator Flag.png|alt=A flag split into two. The left side is teal blue, and the right side is dark pink. It has a black obsonātor symbol in the center, which looks like a sideways shield, similar to a crescent moon, emitting sound.|An obsonātor flag, made by Grave/Eric
File:Obsonator Flag Alt.png|alt=A flag split into two. The left side is teal blue, and the right side is dark pink. The bottom half of the flag has slightly darker colours than the top half. A thin, dark gray line goes through the length of the flag, and there is a diamond in the center, which is also dark gray. The line and diamond are slightly darker on the right side.|polyextranth's role template, coloured by Grave/Eric
File:Obsonātor Shield.png|alt=The obsonātor symbol, drawn by Crow. It looks like a sideways shield, similar to a crescent moon, emitting sound.|The obsonātor symbol, drawn by Crow
== References==
Category:System Roles
Category:Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Terms
Category:Disorder-Related Terms
Category:Protector Subterms
Category:Caretaker Subterms
Category:Headmate Terms That Relate To Abilities
Category:Music-Related Terms
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