mickiperspicacious

Micki, 34, she/her • digital native, amateur creative • mostly reblogs, but I have good taste • check out my reddie fanfic @ archiveofourown.org/users/micki914

[mickiperspicacious]

hi! i’ve just finished ur reddie fic (AMAZING btw. my life has changed) and was wondering if u have any plans to write more reddie? no pressure obviously but ur writing is absolutely gorgeous, some of the best i’ve read on ao3, and im actually craving more reddie from u 🫶

if not, do u have any good long reddie fic recs? tysm :]

Ahhhhh, thank you so much for the kind words, anon! 🥹 You know, I have a few little reddie ideas on the backburner — some in the same AU universe, some not — but I haven't worked on them in a while. I've also been trying to work on my own original fiction when I do have the time and inclination to write . But who knows. I may revisit Richie and Eddie someday!

In the meantime, here are some of my favorite longer reddie fics. I intercepted "long" as at least 20k words of a specific narrative (so, no pwp here... check my ao3 bookmarks for that 😜).

"Feed Me, Richie!" by Dr_Amuly (21k) - As the description so aptly puts it, "the one where Eddie comes back as a zombie and Richie falls hard into that 'Little Shop of Horrors' lifestyle." This one fits so much into 21k it's actually astonishing. A great concept executed beautifully. (And there's a happy ending, don't worry.)

"Like a Prayer Against His Skin" by slugboy (23k) - The AO3 description says it all: "Eddie Kaspbrak works as a security video monitoring operator at a train station, and one man keeps flirting with the security camera." I remember this one being extremely cute.

"Welcome to the Pie Chart of Your Life" by Padnn, what_alchemy (25k) - An AU where Eddie meets up with long-lost childhood friend Richie, then he discovers some secrets about his father and ethnic heritage. Fascinating stuff. Made me emotional, especially at the end.

"Comforting Pressure" by Lorel77 (35k so far) - Teenage Losers, set right after IT Chapter 1. Eddie's mother is secretly a vampire... and she's feeding from Eddie. This one is still a WIP but it's so intriguing and horrific (compliment). Just one chapter left that I am eagerly awaiting!

"fruit from a forbidden tree" by glorious_spoon (46k) - The description: "a week before he's supposed to get married, Eddie hooks up with a stranger in a bar, and it changes the trajectory of his life." Full of yummy angst. And after you read this, go read everything else that @glorious-spoon has written.

"Brighter Lights Back Home" by kaspbrak_kid (51k) - Eddie inherits a farm and moves from the big city to the small town of Derry. Basically a Stardew Valley AU, so if you like SDV you'll love it. But it's lovely even if you've never played it.

“Wrong Number” by Blisssymbolics (54k) - A classic ‘wrong number’ fic. If you love the ‘Richie helping Eddie out of an abusive marriage’ dynamic, this one is great for you. Heart-pounding.

"Predicament Bondage" by dgalerab (107k) - Richie is a comedic actor who goes to Eddie, a professional dom, for research. (Well, at first.) This is a BDSM fic but it's also so much more than that. Seriously. One of the funniest, most memorable "disastrous dinner out" scenes I've ever read in fiction is in this fic.

There are even more great long reddie fics out there in my own Marked For Later, but I haven't read them yet! lol

[dogpuppy]

[squirrelly-13]

they got married btw

[visit-me-here-in-wonderland]

oh you’re not kidding

[ilivebyshipping]

I would like to see all versions of Sherlock Holmes locked in a cage together, fighting for victory. Im not sure who would win but Im betting on the mouse

[half-gobbled-piece-of-toast]

“I ain’t reading all that” your brain is rotting and shrinking

[springsgreenleaves]

Yes, but also, I am begging you on bended knee, paragraph breaks.

[cartoonpolitics]

(cartoon Clay Bennett)

[fancygentlemelon]

Not "psychologically demolished by Sam," not "the players have unionized", but a secret third thing: "terrorize Sam to the point he begs for the game to end"

[ltwilliammowett]

The Danish training ship “Georg Stage” (1934) dresses in rainbow colour, 2021 

[dragon-in-a-fez]

not the kind of gay ship I’m used to seeing on tumblr but cool

[dubiousculturalartifact]

ship georg is an outlier but SHOULD be counted

[frailbug]

you think that you're so alone in the world then you read literature from hundreds of years ago and you realize that other people have always felt this way

[headspace-hotel]

I'm trying to write a post about tick safety and avoiding tick bites, but a lot of the info on websites is like "Avoid going in the woods, in plants, and where there are wild animals" and "Activities like hiking and gardening can put you at risk" and I'm like thanks! This is worthless!

As ticks and tick borne illnesses are expanding their range, I think it's important for people to be educated about these things, and I think it's especially important to give people actual advice on how to protect themselves instead of telling them to just...avoid the natural world

Rough draft version of Tick Advice:

Ticks don't jump down on you from trees, they get on you when you brush against grass, brush, bushes etc.

Ticks get brought to an area when they get done feeding from an animal and fall off them. In the USA, the main tick-bringing animal is deer, but I've seen plenty ticks on feral cats and songbirds.

Ticks get killed when they dry out so drier areas with more sunlight are less favorable to ticks.

The above is useful for figuring out whether an area is likely to have lots of ticks, and how vigilant you have to be in that area.

Wear light-colored, long pants outside. Tuck your pants into your socks, and tuck your shirt into the waist of your pants. Invest in light, breathable fabrics idc

IMMEDIATELY change out of your outside clothes when you come back from a tick-prone area, wash them, and dry them on high heat to kill any ticks that might be stuck on.

Shower and check yourself for ticks after coming inside. Hair, armpits, and nether regions in particular. You can use a handheld mirror or rely on touch; an attached tick will feel like a bump kinda like a scab

While you're outside, you can just periodically check for ticks by running your hands down your legs and checking visually to see if anything is crawling on your clothes. Light colors make them easy to spot, and they don't move fast.

Combing through each others' hair to check for creepy crawly critters is a time-honored primate ritual and is not weird. When hiking, bring a friend who will have your back when you feel something on your neck and need to know if it's sweat or a tick

If you're careful, you can usually catch ticks before they bite you, but if one does bite you, it's not the end of the world. Since tickborne diseases are different regionally i suspect this advice will differ based on where you are, but the important thing is remove the tick with tweezers (DON'T use butter, a lit match, or anything that kills the tick while it's still attached, please) and contact a doctor to see what to watch for. Most illnesses you can catch from ticks are easily treatable if you recognize them when symptoms first appear

[spyderqueen]

Also, don't assume that just because you weren't in tall grasses you don't need to be checked.

[paper-rose-doodles]

Some advice from a former camp counselor:

- If you’re camping, check your towels, blankets, and anything else you’ve hung up before letting it touch your body. Ticks are drawn to wet towels and find it an easy jump to a person.

- If you’re out with a dog, check them over thoroughly before you pet them. Anti-tick medication can kill ticks that attach to your dog, but they can still hitch a ride on fur and then jump on you. Consider getting an outdoor comb and wear gloves while checking.

- Invest in a pair of fine-tipped tweezers to remove ticks. There are a ton of special “tick removal” tools that will work, but they’re essentially a riff on a basic set of fine-tipped tweezers. The fine tip allows you to pull a tick off without killing it while it’s attached. Standard, blunt-edged tweezers for eyebrows don’t work as well, because they can crush the tick’s body and release germs into your skin at the bite site.

- If you have a tick on or near your genitals, just go to a doctor. Just...just do it. Trust me. I’ve seen this happen. Do not engage with the junk tick.

- When you need to remove a tick, grasp it firmly with your tweezers as close to the skin as you can get it. If you can, grasp it under the head. Pull straight up - do not twist the tick. That’s going to be your best bet to pull it all off without leaving the head or mouth embedded.

- If you do break the tick, leave the mouth alone - don’t dig in to get it, since that can break your skin more and cause infection. Without the tick attached, the mouth should eventually fall off. If it doesn’t within a day or so, call a doctor.

- Disinfect, disinfect, disinfect. I’d recommend hitting the area with rubbing alcohol several times.

- Keep the tick in a plastic bag in your freezer or fridge. It’s gross, but if you start having any illness symptoms, it can be helpful for your doctor to have the tick itself.

- Watch for a rash on the site, a fever, chills, or body aches. If you experience anything like that, go to an urgent care or hospital.

- Don’t panic! Lyme disease is treatable. The quicker you get medical treatment, the less likely that you’ll have significant long-term effects.

[mybigfatgaylife]

Speaking as a long time outdoorsman this is all great advice. I’ll add one thing: in the past many places have had traditional tick seasons. Be aware that these seasons are shifting and expanding due to global climate change. I’ve spent a lot of time in the central Rocky Mountains and traditionally tick season was early to mid spring. That has shifted to late winter in the valleys and ranges to mid summer at higher altitudes.

Additionally, tick species ranges and the tickborne illness ranges have also been shifting because of climate change. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever used to be moderately common in the Rockies and has expanded east.

Teal deer: don’t rely on traditional information, verify seasons and ranges before assuming you’re safe.

[platonic-activity]

As a medical entomologist/disease ecologist I am thrilled to come upon a tick-borne disease thread containing all accurate information. Everything above is fantastic but I’ll add a couple of things I would love for everyone to know

1) re: climate change. @mybigfatgaylife mentioned that tick seasons are shifting. This is absolutely true. Consider also that if it is 45 degrees or higher, ticks are out. If you have an unseasonably warm day in January the ticks will be questing. There is a clear relationship between winter Lyme diagnoses and warm weather roughly one month prior to positive tests.

2) Diagnostic tests for Lyme disease are often complained about but in fact they are really accurate though often improperly used. A blood test for Lyme will not be positive unless it is administered 4-6 weeks after the tick bite. Often physicians do not know this and give patients false negative results. You know now so you can inform your doctor. You can ask your doctor to look up the guild lines for testing and treatment on the CDC website.

2.1) The Lyme blood test is two part and they both have to be positive for diagnosis. There is a really good reason for this. The first test is not specific to the bacteria that causes Lyme. It’s an assay for immunoglobulins that the body creates during an immune response. This can be caused by many infections and even autoimmune disorders. The second test is a western blot that looks at antibodies specific to flagellum on the bacteria. There are a few other important pathogenic bacteria that will show up positive on this assay including the bacteria that causes brucellosis. It’s important that these tests are administered correctly because while we want to catch Lyme disease and treat it we also want to avoid missing an alternative diagnosis such as autoimmune disease or other pathogen.

3) If you have been bitten by a deer tick, are in the general range where Lyme disease is endemic and the tick has visibly swollen from consuming blood… go to the doctor and request a post exposure prophylaxis antibiotic. Stop the infection when it is still migrating away from the tick bite and is not yet systemic. Fewer doses of broad spectrum antibiotics, no risk of long term symptoms from Lyme. Win win.

4) PERMETHRIN! @headspace-hotel mentioned a bunch of ways to prevent tick bites or to catch them early. Do all of those. Also, consider adding an a pesticide to your arsenal. Permethrin treated shoes and pants are excellent because you don’t put the pesticide on your body and the clothes continue to kill ticks for a few washes. When I do field work I wear a specific set of treated clothing and I change when I am no longer in tick habitat. I have never gotten a tick bite even though I actively go into tick habitat during their peak. Sawyer permethrin is my favorite. Treat clothing away from cats… permethrin is dangerous to cats while wet.

5) Be aware of all tick species because they all come with their own horrors. While the black legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) is the big baddie in public health the others cause issues as well. The American dog tick transmits the causative bacteria for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. While rare these two pathogens are way more dangerous than Lyme disease. The lone star tick transmits the causative agent for Ehrlichiosis and Tularemia.

6) An immune response to the lone star tick can cause people to develop a severe allergy to mammalian meat. This disease is called Alpha-gal. It’s a sugar found in mammals that can be transmitted to humans from a previous blood meal taken by that tick. 25% of cases result in anaphylaxis and many others present with GI symptoms only. This is a big enough problem that a company is creating alpha gal free transgenic pigs. Science can do amazing things when motivated by bacon.

Lyme disease vaccine is on its way!



[mandana-the-service-pup]

Highly recommend having your dog on a tick preventative pill PLUS using a spray like Wondercide when you go out. The pill will kill the ticks when they feed but by that time they have already been brought into your car and house. We haven’t had any problems with ticks since keeping a bottle of Wondercide in the car and spraying us both down before going on walks.

[fittingoutjane]

There are a number of tick diseases. In general, if you live in an endemic region and you get a bad fever without respiratory symptoms, even if you don't have the rash, it's a good idea to get checked for tick diseases,

[ororium-z]

Happy Pride!

[rootbeergoddess]

Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

[thesaltofcarthage]

I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.

[theconcealedweapon]

With socialized healthcare, you pay for other people's healthcare.

With capitalist health insurance, you pay for other people's healthcare AND rich people's profits.

There's an easy solution that keeps everyone happy. Just have socialized healthcare, with the option to set aside additional money to give to your favorite rich person. Then, those who only wish to pay for other people's healthcare can do that, and those who wish to pay for other people's healthcare and rich people's profits can do that too.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[mapswithoutwyoming]

"my wife and I saw you from across the lake and we think your vibes are rancid"

[longseasons]

[gwydionmisha]

Bonus: If I buy a book I get to keep it! The publisher can't turn up at my house at random and confiscate all the books I bought.

[have-you-been-here]

GLBT Historical Society Museum & Archives, San Francisco, California, USA

Have you been here?

I have been here

I have not been here

Remaining time: 4 days 15 hours

Happy pride month from your hybh admin!

[icantspellthings]

Top 3 things people love insisting they don't have despite it being impossible

Pronouns

An accent

Bias

[rimpyspinkeye-deactivated202406]

[krudman]

[tundrakatiebean]

[undeadentropy]

Never have I seen the perfect application of two memes back to back so that both can stand without any alteration but the lack of words itself. This is a work of art. I would call this meme poetry.

[kushblazer666]

[yourfriendfrogs]