#dragonsatmidnight

[saunteringvaguelydownwards]

Okay, so this is a long shot. But I'm looking for a story that I saw on tumblr. It's about a tug ship pilot who burned up saving an alien ship, and then when Earth is about to be invaded by aliens, the race of the people who were saved show up to blast the invaders to bits. Humans are confused, until someone finally explains what's going on. You're the most organized tumblr I know, so I figured I'd give it a shot. No worries if you don't know what I'm talking about though.

Well my house may be a disaster, but my computer files are immaculately curated and my Tumblr is organized, so that's something xP I did actually remember the story you meant, and tracked it down in the 'humans are space orcs' tag. https://saunteringvaguelydownwards.tumblr.com/post/161145743241/the-real-seebs-madddscience-an-interesting

[vaspider]

I keep bumping into people who are like. Gluten free. It's a white people thing and a fad, it's part of gentrification, etc. Do you let stuff like that slide or do you try to call it out? Especially when it's Black people making fun of White people. I know a lot of Black people struggle to get accommodated because of this perception. Is this something I should call out, or leave be?

Call that shit the fuck out. It’s bullshit, it’s ableist, and it contributes to people not taking celiac disease very seriously, which leads to people fucking with the food of celiacs, and I would very much like to not get colon cancer because some shithead decided ‘hurr hurr gluten free white people.’

It’s not cool. I don’t really care what excuses people make. I don’t really care that gluten free shit is trendy. That shit directly contributes to me getting sick.

[missparker]

I remember something you said to me forever and a day ago, when I asked how you kept writing being chronically ill and working and you said it was how you coped and I'm starting to understand it. I've been to the ER four times this week, been admitted to the hospital for a total of two days, and I've gotten more writing done this week than I do in most months XD. It's keeping me sane, and grounded.

i hope you don’t mind that i published this - if you do, let me know and i’ll take it down. anyway, i’m so sorry you’ve had to go to the ER so many flipping times. i hope you get to go home soon!

i’m the kind of sick where i still have to, like, have a job and live a normal life. i just have to do that while 100% always feeling like crap. emoji shrug. part of finding the balance for that, i think, is making time for the things you like to do. even if it’s a weird internet hobby. i mean, spoonies talk a lot about self-care and that of course means taking your meds and drinking water and getting enough rest and like, buying expensive bath bombs or whatever, but i also think it means consciously carving out time for the fun stuff in your life. honestly i basically go to work and then rest when i’m not working so that i can have energy to work again. i don’t get to do a lot of really fun stuff like go out all the time or see people or travel a bunch because it takes me so long to recover from that sort of stuff and i can’t work if i’m always recovering and if i can’t work, i can’t buy food or gas or makeup. so to me it’s important to make time for doing what i love and i’m lucky that writing is something that i like and also something that i can do from my bed. 

and let’s be real, it kind of an escape, right? it’s a way to live the life that i don’t get to live and sometimes when your life is difficult, escaping becomes an important part of of achieving balance. but i still go through phases. i write a lot, or i feel blocked or, like now, where i’m sort of actively taking a break because i just think i need one. i have 113 works on ao3 and my word count is at 1.7 million and i’m taking a summer vacation or whatever. 

i know from experience that sick people don’t get to feel better but i hope you get back to whatever normal is for you soon and i want to read what you wrote when it’s ready!

[dimensionhoppingrose]

dragonsatmidnight replied to your post “*Sigh* So after another month and a half+ of varying down moods and...”

Yay! Proud of you :).

rexalexander replied to your post “*Sigh* So after another month and a half+ of varying down moods and...”

Getting help and meds was one of the best decisions i've made and it took far too long for me to make it. You can do this <3

Thanks guys <3 I’ve been looking into medication off and on for about a year (because therapy alone just isn’t doing it), but the idea of having to make phone calls is fucking TERRIFYING and I have no idea what I’m doing or how to find a doctor, so it keeps getting put off (thanks anxiety!).

So...hopefully things go alright, I guess.

[vaspider]

I have... kind of a weird question, and if this is bad in any way, feel free to just delete it. This came about because I'm a visually impaired person who does better with an ereader, because of the increased contrast and bigger text size. Could a visually impaired Jewish person use an ereader and still keep Shabbat?

In my opinion, yes. Accessibility needs trump pretty much anything, much the same as a diabetic should not fast for Yom Kippur, and I should not eat glutenated matzoh for Passover. 

[vaspider]

I saw some stuff about the Chevron. I couldn't find anything on your tumblr about its meaning, and I'm curious. If you have spoons to answer

@officialqueer and I came up with the idea a few years ago, and I’m SO sorry but i can’t remember who did the first graphic, if someone remembers, PLEASE tag them. 

The lavender chevron is the Queer Pride flag, for people who specifically idenfify as Queer and part of the Queer Community. 

The two colors of lavender (which can be condensed to one chevron for ease of production) are for the Lavender Menace, and the fact that we don’t always ‘neatly match up,’ as is the fact that the background of the flag is cream, not white. 

The chevron is because stripes are, well.

Straight.

And we’re queer. We’re un-straight.

It’s a nice, simple, bold design for Queer folx. It’s easy to produce on merchandise, as we’ve put it on patches, mugs, shirts, skirts, pants, buttons... :) 

[vaspider]

My small town had its little pride today! It's bigger than it used to be, and I saw people wearing your merch. Including a custom design! It was nice to see.

That’s amazing!

[vaspider]

My partner had to have their galbladder out and I was a wreck the entire time they were in surgery. Even if it's a mild surgery, with little risk, I'm a wreck. I hope it goes well for your beau. Sending good thoughts and wishes.

We’ve been through this before. Both Steve and I had surgery which requires overnight stays. It’s just... never easy. Thank you.