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@autumnalfrog
Super Late Intro + My Tag System
[Intro]:
Hi, my name is Autumn! (She/Her) I'm a bisexual transfem, 18-20 yrs old (not giving exact because privacy).
I post about a lot of stuff, but mainly The Owl House (Nocedas + Clawthornes my beloved)! I'll also occasionally make art / fanfic, once I get the courage to put it up here :)
I'll probably update this as time goes on, but... Anyway, my system for tagging stuff is below :)
happy Labor Day
I hate that I have to give this PSA at all- that I do is a failure on the part of multiple governmental organizations. But it is important.
COVID damages a lot more than you think. It damages more than your lungs, and does more than give you digestive issues. And sometimes, those issues can last well after you get better, even if you're not a person you would otherwise think of as being sick with long COVID.
If you only remember these two things, please just remember that:
COVID can and does damage your heart.
COVID can and does damage your nervous system, particularly your brain.
If you have had COVID in the last 18 months, you are at a highly elevated risk of sudden cardiac death compared to someone who hasn't. In the first three weeks after getting sick, your odds of dying from a heart-related event are 81 times that of an uninfected person, and five times higher in the following 18 months. You are also at a higher risk of of developing nonfatal heart disease; 40% likelier. (Source for all claims in this paragraph)
If you develop ANY cardiac symptoms at all after getting COVID- heart palpitations, blood pressure issues, fatigue, fainting, get out of breath easier than is normal for you- you need to see a doctor as soon as possible, and you need to tell them you've recently had COVID. You have long COVID until proven otherwise.
Similarly, your risk of neurological disorders remains heightened over a year after getting COVID; approximately 40% higher. (Source) This manifests in more ways than I have time to list, but includes a vastly higher risk of dementia of all types (doctors are particularly seeing this with the under-45 group that was previously extremely rare), memory disorders, sensory issues (like persisting loss or distortion of taste and smell), mental health issues like anxiety or depression, and even more.
These can manifest in a lot of ways. But if you experience new anxiety or depression, new behavioral issues (particularly for those under the age of 18), if you suddenly can't focus anymore or can't remember things anymore (ESPECIALLY words, COVID has been noted to cause extreme difficulty with word recall), if you have tremors, if you're tired all the time, if you have "brain fog", if you have trouble sleeping, I could go on... again. You have long COVID until proven otherwise. EVEN IF you aren't "that sick". Even if you have energy to do things and can mostly function but you just aren't doing well in school/at work anymore because you can't remember the things your teacher/professor is talking about/the new work protocols your boss went over with you.
If you hop over to the subreddits for teachers or professors, you will notice a lot of them noting their students don't remember basic things the teachers have been pressing for an entire semester, or that students can't sit long enough to focus through a movie. And sure, some of that is cell phones reducing attention span, or students just not paying attention- but they just can't seem to pick up the pieces there that they are seeing long-term sequelae (that is, a different illness arising from COVID infection) in their students. It is everywhere, but few people are connecting the dots.
Similarly, there is a huge wave of pilots being unable to pass their physicals and losing their licenses, or making mistakes due to brain fog (in some cases even leading to crashes) or falling victim to sudden cardiac death in the middle of a flight.
EVERYONE is at risk from this. No one is talking about this. I don't kn- well, actually, no, I do know exactly why, I just don't like it. People want to make COVID the new flu, but it just isn't. It is not and never will be the flu. And we are willingly inflicting cardiomyopathy and dementia and all sorts of awful things on people in the name of regaining a sense of normalcy that is gone, but ironically would be closer to returning if we had accepted for a while that things WEREN'T normal and acted accordingly. But that chance is gone now, COVID is never going away because people couldn't bother, but they still can't admit it, they can't face the consequences of their actions, so instead we're getting this attempted coverup of the real long-terms dangers of COVID that even "young and healthy" people have.
But pretending things are normal doesn't make sick people healthy. So instead, try to educate folks, because there is a very high chance you or someone you know is sick right now, due to COVID infections they had months ago, and doesn't know it because people are pretending COVID is just the flu but with tummy upset and a disrupted sense of taste/smell.
People NEED to know what the actual dangers are.
ALSO, sidenote: if you are masking, and ask your medical team to mask, and they respond by starting to suggest you are experiencing "COVID anxiety", find a new provider. Immediately. Don't even continue the appointment. They are not interested in helping you.
i have only one addition: the flu and other infectious diseases are also not harmless. all the symptoms we group under long COVID now have been affecting people post viral infections (and also through other means but I'm focusing on infections right now) for decades. COVID has affected so so many people and that's why we're seeing it so much more now. but viral infections aren't harmless and we need to stop acting like it's no big deal to spread infections as long as it's not COVID.
good post op 💜
Oh, definitely worth adding. I didn't mean to come across as downplaying flu-related risks either!
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sorry I’ve been away chat, dealing with health issues stuff for the past WHILE (trust me WEAR YOUR MASK. GET YOUR VACCINATIONS. FOR GODS SAKE PLEASE)
anyway not dead, going to try to be a little more active here
Happy Miku Monday!
Just a general reminder that the week of 18-24 February is another strike. Please don't ignore this, no one has the excuse of it being too spontaneous this time as it has been planned since the strike in January ended. Don't talk about anything other than the injustices in the world. Talk about Palestine. Talk about Sudan. Talk about the republic of Congo. Talk about West Papua. Do not let anyone forget about any of the genocides going on rn.
Educate yourself, donate to unrwa and buy esims, look up local protests, look up and read books, watch videos, listen to podcasts, learn more. Find local organisations who are taking direct action, email and call politicians, join unions, theres so much you can do. Please don't ignore what's going on in the world rn
For the people that don’t follow Dana Terrace on Instagram:
So I watched the drawing request livestream from today that I missed out on, and I must apologize! Near the end, Dana clarified that she preferred for the requests she drew to be Patron-exclusives, with her releasing them to the public as she saw fit; As such, I've deleted my previous post showcasing them. Sorry about that...
As for some fun facts I learned during the stream; Apparently Severine is named after Dana's middle name, Mary Severine! I thought Severine was a made-up name, in reference to the word 'Severing' as per Boiling Isles morbid aesthetic, but it's actually a real one! Dana Mary Severine Terrace...
Dana also mentioned how the red grass and purple trees of the Boiling Isles were meant to invoke a bruise that's healing; Symbolic of the Boiling Isles having issues it's dealing with, since even before Belos, and the colors of the isles were meant to convey the idea of Belos striking like a sledgehammer.
We very easily could've not had The Owl House, because of a coin flip! When deciding between Animation and Illustration as a career path, Dana literally flipped a coin to decide... Talk about a gift of fate! Though she did note throughout the stream that art direction isn't her thing, nor is illustration, as it focuses on fine-tuning specific details, whereas Dana prefers things like animation, writing, drawing, etc., getting her ideas out there. TOH might’ve still happened regardless.
And yes, Dana IS a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist, she watched both series when she was around 14 years old on Toonami! I freaking knew it, the similarities between TOH and FMA, the acknowledgement of Arakawa as someone Luz would've emulated in art... Dana prefers Brotherhood, since it's closer to the manga. The chimera episode messed her up like everyone else, and FMA was one of her favorite childhood cartoons alongside Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Champloo, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Pokemon.
Dana also watched Dragonball Z, including the Buu and Cell arcs in real time, and was quite creeped out by Cell, as he was unlike anything she'd seen before; So the reference to DBZ in Eclipse Lake is probably from Dana's own experiences, as was the realization of how long it's been. Dana's first and favorite Ghibli film is Princess Mononoke, followed by Princess Kaguya, and she obsessed over the Gorillaz music videos.
Someone in chat suggested that for artists who want to get used to streaming themselves drawing, they can begin practicing by drawing in public! Dana liked the idea and encouraged people to also begin with friends to ease into it.
tried a different artstyle
[id: two in-colour drawings of luz noceda from ‘the owl house’. in both, she is shown full-body. in the first drawing, she is standing with her hands on her hips and is smiling. she is wearing black harem pants with a white floral pattern, a wide orange belt, orange hi-top converse and a black cropped tank top. the second drawing shows her dancing, kicking her right leg to one side while moving her arms in the opposite direction. she is grinning widely. she is wearing a pale grey t-shirt with the words ‘vampire bait’ on it, dark brown trousers with a cream stripe down the outside leg, a brown belt and white lace-up boots with thick black soles. the background is a muted orange-red. end id.]
had 2 draw her in some of my outfits. post-s2 mood is just Full Of Love For Luz Noceda
[id: two in-colour drawings of luz noceda from ‘the owl house’. in both, she is shown full-body. in the first drawing, she is standing with her hands on her hips and is smiling. she is wearing black harem pants with a white floral pattern, a wide orange belt, orange hi-top converse and a black cropped tank top. the second drawing shows her dancing, kicking her right leg to one side while moving her arms in the opposite direction. she is grinning widely. she is wearing a pale grey t-shirt with the words ‘vampire bait’ on it, dark brown trousers with a cream stripe down the outside leg, a brown belt and white lace-up boots with thick black soles. the background is a muted orange-red. end id.]
had 2 draw her in some of my outfits. post-s2 mood is just Full Of Love For Luz Noceda
[id: two in-colour drawings of luz noceda from ‘the owl house’. in both, she is shown full-body. in the first drawing, she is standing with her hands on her hips and is smiling. she is wearing black harem pants with a white floral pattern, a wide orange belt, orange hi-top converse and a black cropped tank top. the second drawing shows her dancing, kicking her right leg to one side while moving her arms in the opposite direction. she is grinning widely. she is wearing a pale grey t-shirt with the words ‘vampire bait’ on it, dark brown trousers with a cream stripe down the outside leg, a brown belt and white lace-up boots with thick black soles. the background is a muted orange-red. end id.]
had 2 draw her in some of my outfits. post-s2 mood is just Full Of Love For Luz Noceda
[id: two in-colour drawings of luz noceda from ‘the owl house’. in both, she is shown full-body. in the first drawing, she is standing with her hands on her hips and is smiling. she is wearing black harem pants with a white floral pattern, a wide orange belt, orange hi-top converse and a black cropped tank top. the second drawing shows her dancing, kicking her right leg to one side while moving her arms in the opposite direction. she is grinning widely. she is wearing a pale grey t-shirt with the words ‘vampire bait’ on it, dark brown trousers with a cream stripe down the outside leg, a brown belt and white lace-up boots with thick black soles. the background is a muted orange-red. end id.]
had 2 draw her in some of my outfits. post-s2 mood is just Full Of Love For Luz Noceda
me when the disability disables me: oh what the fuck? this sucks. what the hell man!
You're not alone
since camila's mom joke never made it past the storyboards, I wanted to draw my own version of it
