#colds

[tealin]

Mucus Buster

Everyone's got lingering congestion this year, so as someone who's no stranger to phlegm, and inherited the folk wisdom of a stage actress (the show must go on!) I share with you my recipe for making things better:

2L water

the juice and rind of one lemon (just dump the juiced rinds in, don't zest them, you maniac)

a small thumb of fresh ginger, sliced in coins

about a dozen cloves, some star anise, peppercorns, and maybe whole cinnamon or allspice or whatever else you like, in a tea ball (except the cinnamon if it doesn't fit, obvs)

good dollop of honey, to taste

Bring the water to a boil then dump in all the stuff. Keep it hot but not boiling – a slow cooker is good for this. Keep this pot on a low heat all day and serve yourself a mug every so often, adding water as necessary. At some point you will need to add a new lemon and some more honey, but the spices can generally carry over two pots if you're drinking it regularly.

The acid helps clear the gunk, ginger is good for the circulation, and clove/aniseed/pepper have some sort of decongestant/soothing properties. Honey is both nice and antiseptic, and apparently is a cough suppressant as well? Anyway, I just got over another run of Covid and this was wasn't 100% effective but it worked better than phenylephrine.

[sickficsaturn]

Just got butterflies from the sentence, “You’ve got this too, don’t you?” Between a couple that are both extremely bad at admitting they’re getting sick.

[blanketsnifflin]

Okay I don’t know if the recs thing is still on the table BUT……would you be willing to share some Mathias sick ideas, like him stifling, or with a fever, in denial perhaps… (if that’s not in character that’s fine lol)

thanks anon for setting me free

[snzymae]

imagining my favs snowed in at a cabin with stuffy, sneezy colds. neither of them know who brought it with them since they can’t keep their hands off each other. I imagine them in thick sweaters and warm socks, cuddling in front of the fire under a bunch of cozy blankets. outside, the frosty wind rattles the windows. their pink noses glow in the firelight. after they finish a lazy dinner of steaming soup and soft bread, the one whose voice sounds less hoarse than the other reads aloud from a cozy mystery book in a whisper—but not too soft—because both of them have clogged ears. a box of tissues sits beside them at the ready to catch every inevitable wet sneeze and gurgling blow. lots of soupy sniffles set off fits of tickling sneezes. they have been drinking tea all day for their raw throats, and have decided to add just a bit of whisky this time for good measure. maybe it’ll help them get some much-needed sleep tonight, they think wistfully. and although they feel miserable, at least they are there together.

[selene-and-the-cold]

This has probably been said before, but: someone sneezing so much that when they are passed a box of tissues, they sneeze right into the box.

Everyone else better stay away from that box unless you want to catch that miserable, sneezy cold.

[jeffsneezes]

A shoutout to all those whose cold sneezes are bigger, more desperate and wetter. Like you know when you catch a cold, those sneezes hit different and honestly feel more reliving than regular sneezes. Bless you all and cheers to the relief of a sneeze 🤧

[sickandvomiting]

I CANNOT believe they gave us one line of throwaway sick dialogue with the most classic trope in existence (below)and didn’t give a follow-up? So yeah it’s been living in my head rent free since I saw it. Might do more on this scenario (I also have a longer vanilla comic in mind that I hope to do soon because my brain is rotten)