Sometimes I wonder if I might be a rock, buried somewhere near the roots of the mountain. Never having seen the light of the sun, dreaming that I’m a human in my rocky dreams. https://maiaofmischief.tumblr.com/aboutme
The worst-sounding piece of advice I've ever been given that does actually work is to frame your health concerns as coming from someone close to you, whom you do not believe. Tell your doctor that you've been having pain and your mom/friend/partner thinks it might be an ovarian cyst, but you don't think so because the pain is much more intense and it has to be something else. This gives your doctor an unseen third party to fight instead of you. They can't just tell this third party, who isn't present, that you pulled a muscle, they now need to prove to this third party that it is not an ovarian cyst.
At which point they will find an ovarian cyst, but they now get whatever fucked up satisfaction they derive out of proving you wrong, because you didn't believe it could a cyst at all, but guess what? They did find a cyst! It's such a good thing you didn't listen to your intuition and came to them to verify your lay diagnosis from that third party! Bonus? Doctor doesn't have to feel like they look stupid in front of a patient, which is really what all this is about. Not your health, why would you think your medical diagnosis is about your health? It's obviously about a doctor's potential ego.
And apparently this works. Apparently you just need to be able to always play 4D chess with your medical professionals in order to find an avenue of advocating for yourself and getting you medical needs met. Isn't that great?
Thinking about Silver falling asleep or dozing, but the times he isn’t?? Is when Lilia says food is ready. That’s when he’s wide awake and ready to fight for his life from when he was a babe to even now into adulthood.
It’s one of the few phrase that will have him wide awake, “food’s ready, Silver.”
Other phrases I think that would be cute and have him wide awake:
“Malleus! You’re here!” -> happy to see Malleus.
“SILVER!” -> his personal alarm clock: Sebek Zigvolt
Malleus Draconia, temporary member of the Equestrian Club (by special request of his excitable knights)
Short gag drabble below
Yuu: “Woah, what’s with that getup?”
Malleus: “Ah, apologies for not having changed into my regular uniform yet. Silver and Sebek are participating in a competition very soon, and so they asked for an experienced rider to play as their mock opponent.”
Yuu: “You ride a horse? Don’t you just kinda fly or teleport everywhere?”
Malleus: “You are correct to assume that mounts of any kind are indeed quite pointless for a dragon such as myself. However, upholding tradition entails participating in numerous, equally pointless ceremonies. Thus I have learned to ride mounts of all sorts since I was little.”
Yuu: “Right, upholding tradition is important.”
Malleus: “Quite so.”
Yuu: “Say, Hornton… Let’s say you’re a member of the equestrian club. Hypothetically. Does that mean you’ll… be forced to look like this everyday?”
Malleus: “Forced? Well, this is their uniform… So I would be required to dress like this, yes.”
Yuu: “So hypothetically… I’ll get to see your ass in full view like this everyday.”
Malleus: “??? Ass? Ah, you mean a donkey? The equestrian club does not have donkeys.”
Yuu: “Sorry, I meant horse. By the way, did you know that a student can join two clubs?”
Malleus: “No, I did not. But how is that relevant to— where are you going?”
Yuu: “I’m going to ask the headmage to put you in the Equestrian Club.”
Malleus: “Why? I am perfectly content in my own club.”
Yuu: “You need to practice your riding skills.”
Malleus: “Once in a while, perhaps. So casually joining Sebek and Silver like this is—”
Yuu: “Everyday.”
Malleus: “That is too much.”
Yuu: “You’ll get rusty. You’ll embarrass yourself in ceremonies.”
Malleus: “I am not yet demented to forget how to ride a horse after a year or two of non-practice.”
Yuu: “Silver and Sebek will beat you in a race.”
Malleus: “They are knights. It would be embarrassing to never manage to beat me in a horse race.”
Yuu: “Silver and Sebek will out-ass you if you don’t exercise your glutes as hard as they do.”
Malleus: “Yuu, what in the world are you talking about?”
these cats are displaying remarkable theory of mind skills by not only registering that the humans can perceive them but actively trying to manipulate that perception! that requires one to be aware that other individuals have complicated interior thoughts of their own, to know that those thoughts are not always based on truth, and to quickly decide on the best possible “lie” for the situation. this is why I despise animal intelligence tasks based on obedience— some of the most clever moments stem from intelligent disobedience.
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