No, no, don’t panic. I’m not leaving forever. Promise!
I took a hit to the head Tuesday, ended up in the ER on Wednesday, returned to the ER today, and long story short, I have a traumatic brain injury.
Basically, I received some blunt force trauma to my head, my brain did a little shakey shake inside my skull, and now I’m out for a while.
I am not allowed screen time until medically cleared to reintroduce it. That’s means I won’t be on Tumblr or AO3. I won’t be updating fics or making posts. I won’t be answering DMs or asks. I won’t be looking at comments. I won’t be doing anything that requires me to be on a screen. Right now, my care team is looking at a week minimum, with an evaluation on Friday to extend or begin my gradual return to daily activity.
I am not dead or dying. I will recover. I just need some time away.
Thank you for your understanding and patience. Can’t wait to see you all when I come back!
Me playing around with adjectives and nouns until I was happy!
2. I will always order this food.
When the budget allows: medium rare prime rib with lots of creamy horseradish and mashed potatoes
On the regular: gyoza (or really any dumplings)
3. Overused emoji?
Purple heart emoji. I love the color purple.
4. Current favorite/show/movie?
The Return the King: Extended Edition, any Mike Flanagan show (Midnight Mass and Hill House live rent free in my head), and Spirited Away
5. Song on repeat?
shut down entirely - meat computer
6. Last thing you fixated on?
Traffic laws about using a middle turn lane to merge.
7. Oddly specific thing that brings you joy?
When I use a pilot G-2 gel pen and it glides
8. Phone wallpaper?
Lock Screen: Pride flag, Home Screen: black and white photo of Ghost
9. What smell makes you happy?
Vanilla. Or fresh lavender bushes
10. Morning, night, or other type of person?
Afternoons or nights. Not a morning person (and yet I have a 6:45am job LMAO)
11. Whats your work/profession?
I'm an educator :)
no pressure tags: @gemmahale @fairyboygenius @the-californicationist @unseaworthy @silverlullabies @firelightinferno @lialucis and literally anyone else that would like to do it
Saw you in my notifications and I might have screeched in excitement. So, this is me stepping out of my comfort zone and saying hello! Because I totally haven't been watching you at a distance like a weirdo.
anyway, I hope you're loving Dog with No Teeth
~ Poppy
hi poppy! i loveeeeee your series. it's got that perfect flavor of simon nasty and simon sweet that i constantly yearn for <3
Can’t stop thinking about Price’s wife pregnant with twins. Mama Cabbage and her brussel sprouts
Oof, that's a throwback. How long ago was it that I started writing domestice!price calling his spouse "cabbage" (affectionate)? But I know you're referring to a specific fic in the Imagines series. I think the one with pregnant reader carrying around power tools or something dangerous to do a project around the house and 141 flips out about it.
In Price's, reader is pregnant with twins, calls her cabbage, but I don't recall if he called the twins his little sprouts, or if it started in the comment section and now it's just canon that Price does since and I've written domestic!price that way since...
...although I think it's been a hot second since I've written domestic!price, or really domestic!141.
hehe, you read that right! well...partially back. BUT LET ME EXPLAIN!
I'm out of the rest phase and into the light/moderate activity phase. For the most part, I feel like myself, and I'm doing MUCH better than when I said I was going on a medical break. However, there are a few things that I'm still sensitive to that can bring the headaches on if I'm not careful.
I am gradually returning to normal activities, so you'll start seeing posts from me on Tumblr and ao3 again. I also have lots of messages and comments I need to respond to. I will do my best to chip away at them. I'm not fully back, but you'll start to see activity from me. Please be patient with me as I transition back to my normal routine.
On that note, I did write a lot (mostly on paper because I couldn't be on screens for a solid week and a half), and I'm very eager to share them (once I type them all up.)
Thank you to everyone who left comments, sent me messages, and dropped into my inbox to wish me a speedy recovery. I saw them all, and I felt so loved, even when I was frustrated at my body for not taking a linear path toward healing, and struggling with that process.
I am once again LOUDLY announcing, that I do not want my work fed into c.ai bots or my writing used to create one.
I’ve already had this issue arise with my imagines series…and now someone out there is attempting to feed the entirety of Dog with No Teeth into a chat bot.
To go off your recent post, i was thinking about how the guys would react to a reader who doesn't want to have children. Whether through personal trauma, career, or simply put: they don't feel as if a child will complete their relationship. They're happy and satisfied as is. And maybe the guys are supportive and defend them from curious/rude people prying into their relationship always asking, "so when are you having kids?"
I’m fully aware that you’re referring to THIS post from back in January, or you might even be referring to THIS post, and I apologize for such a delay in answering this. I’m not going to answer this as part of the Imagines Series. Since I've already touched on the topic (at least twice and maybe more at this point) I'm going to take the headcanon route with this one.
To me, Soap wants to be a father. While he’s supportive of this decision, I also think he’d be a bit disappointed that it’ll likely never happen. However, I can easily see him defending you against curious/rude people who think they can pry. He’d do it with a smile, even a joke, but it’s just him giving the same energy. If they can’t take the hint, expect him to be blunt and upfront.
Price is content with your decision. Completely supportive. You’re in his life, and that’s all that matters to him. If others try to ask about when kids are happening, Price is quick to shut the conversation down, or divert it elsewhere. You don’t have to answer because you’re already always having to defend yourself about not having children. Price will carry that burden when he can.
Gaz, like Soap, has a desire to be a father, but I firmly believe he wouldn’t be with you if he wasn’t happy with your decision. He’s not going to try and change your mind. Fill the house with cats and/or dogs. That’ll make him happy. Hell, even take some chickens in the backyard. But one thing Gaz will not stand for is anyone prying, especially if he’s around to hear it. He won’t hesitate to put that person in their place, even if they’re asking from a place of innocence. It’s not a question you ask. Period.
No kids is fine with Ghost. They’re messy, loud, and he doesn’t think he’ll be a good father anyway. If it’s just you, him, and the dog, Ghost is perfectly content with that. But more importantly, this is a decision between the two of you. It’s private. Off-limits. Anyone asking about whether or not you’re having children should probably run in fear. “What a weird thing to ask,” he says each and every time. Ghost will make them uncomfortable.
