el: Had a few headmates asking Sage, "Hey, so like, is Tootsie Flute an alter, or a tulpa?" and had to answer with this. After we stopped drawing pony when we were 17, 18, whatever, we kept the characters of Lyra, Bonbon, and Tootsie, and made them OCs. Eventually those OCs became headmates, and well, it's all history now. 
el: That being said, when I'm out of role, I go back to my house in head and chill with my gf, Hayley rather than with whoever's fronting.