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Due to supply issues of my regular medication, you can probably guess what medication that is without too much difficulty, my work schedule has been all over the place these last two weeks.
I'm lucky I'm only getting the headaches and fatigue, some folks in my position are having it a heck of a lot worse. Still, that means work has been patchy for a while now.
In attempts to get back into some kind of routine, I've been looking through the story I've already written for Ana's route (the next route to be released in the demo), and found very early on a reference to a plant called Sweḟenwyrt. This gave me a little burst of inspiration.
Full disclosure, Sweḟenwyrt is not a real plant. Do not go hunting through your local boggy wetland for it. The drawing is based off of Betonica Officinalis, otherwise known as Betony, Bishop's wort, or Wood Betony.
In the Tudor period, the writer Nicholas Culpeper ascribed many virtues to Betony, including but not limited to; aiding with sores, ulcers, using the leaves as a flavouring for meat or medicine, drawing out splinters, alleviating symptoms of coughs, colds, and shortness of breath, staying bleeding, etc.
Modern studies have found little of this to be true, however the herb does show signs of potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
As with any plants I ever mention on Tumblr, in the stories, or anywhere else: Do NOT take medical advice from strangers on the internet, always consult a medical professional when it comes to health concerns, and especially don't go looking to four-hundred-year-old plus medical writings as alternative for modern studies.
Robin and their keeper
I love the persistent fandom take that Jason is the only one who holds Bruce accountable to adult standards
Despite the *waves in the balcony incident* for the most part he got a semi experienced father, who already knows the dos and don'ts of the mundane variety
So while Dick did have a happy childhood, letting a baby vigilante operate in a mob town with a habit of producing homicidal maniacs, is absolutely inappropriate behavior
Bruce utterly fails to communicate belated boundaries on life threatening stunts is a show of love, and not a declaration of " I think you're a useless kid who isn't capable of independence "
So just [what I'm saying is] despite Tim being the stalking king of Fanon, there's canon material of Jason being a somewhat obsessive intel gathering surveillance aficionado
okay so developing research project question: where do you guys see standardization/rule formation of fandom happening? like why a particular name is adopted for a specific ship, or how the rules for things like soulmate aus develop? or like what’s the division of hurt/comfort vs angst? or how far does a fic have to stray where it’s not just canon deviation anymore it’s an au? Where do these things come from or where did you personally learn them? Is there a difference in what you write for prompt response fic vs stuff that you just come up with on your own? Is there ever a point where an AU becomes an original work? More details under the cut:
Since fandom is regarded as kind of a lawless space without any really hierarchy or organization or source of authority I’m curious about how a certain level of standardization has developed and evolves over time. Some terms like slash can be traced back to a particular fic but what about that term made it so sticky that we still use it today? Other things though, like hurt/comfort as a genre category is harder to place. The project doesn’t have a specific scope or even a defined research question yet (honestly I still have to meet with my adviser about it) so right now I’m working on getting ideas for where to start my research. I’ve got a pretty good working knowledge of ff.net and ao3, in particular I used to tag wrangle for ao3, but if anyone could explain and give me a tour of how wattpad works that would certainly be helpful, but I’m also just interested about the perception of authority and standardization in fandom, particularly as it relates to fan fiction because I am working on a masters degree in English and right now am in a writing studies class any way shoot me an ask or a message or whatever if you have thoughts I’d love to discuss them with you
I'm in the process of language diving again, and find myself paying Cornish a visit. The 'why' isn't important, but I thought I'd share part of the forward from Frederic W. P. Jago's 'Cornish Dictionary':
Quite the label that, the last known person whose mother tongue was Cornish.
Also, 102 in 1777 is no mean feat.
The sceptic in me raises an eyebrow, but the storyteller gets excited.
Charming Spiders
Sorry it's been a while since I posted anything, the last week has been very tough, and I've just been focusing on getting my head down to work rather than dwell on matters beyond my control.
But, since it has been a while, how about some Anglo-Saxon medical shenanigans to lighten the mood?
This section is from Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England Vol III, pg 42-43, and is all to do with the treatment of warts.
I've included both the given translation and the Old English for you to compare, and I've highlighted the sung incantation in both.
Modern (ish) English:
Old English:
For a little bit of fun, I've highlighted a few keywords in the copy below to help you orientate yourself in the Old English:
Why I'm doing what I'm doing isn't really important.
What I'm doing is looking at calendar systems (again).
I thought some of you might find this interesting:
From the Wikipedia article on the Roman Calendar
Despite my... complicated feelings towards the Romans, this intrigues me. Not that having mixed feelings towards an ancient historical culture should stop you being intrigued by it.
Tell you what though, makes the maths a heck of a lot easier, not easy, mind, but easier. Calendar maths is a nightmare.
Bless
Well...
That was not what I expected from looking up the origin of the word bless.
Gives the phrase:
"Bless me, father, for I have sinned."
A whole new feel, doesn't it?
Wonder what the Early Church Fathers thought of that translation and history.