oho? I love playing with character perceptions, so number 11 got my immediate interest!
AND THE LAST ASK for real thank you for sending in so many and another thank you to anyone who sent in any ask at all this was a blast:
Turns out this connected to a different document. I desperately need to clean out my drive ANWAY
11! "A large part of the Steve Harrington lore was that he left his throne, his popularity, childhood best friends, behind for Nancy Wheeler. This was a lie."
Snippet:
A thump as the object rolled out of its bag and onto the floor.
It was a wooden baseball bat, same as one might find anywhere--with one noticeable difference.
"Steve." Eddie said simply, eyes raking over the haphazardly hammered nails, some of which were bent from use, "What the hell is this?"
Steve at least, had the good graces to look abashed. "Ahhh…" He said, trailing off as he clearly fished for anything other than the truth and came up empty. "A nailbat?"
Spoken out loud it even sounded like a fucking fantasy weapon.
"Is that blood all over it?" Eddie asked, tone amazingly even given the panic that galloped wildly through his chest.
The fucking thing wasn't entirely covered but there was unmistakable red and black splatter that was either the product of the world's best prop artist, or the real deal.
"If it makes you feel any better, I don't think any of the blood is human." Steve said, who overall looked more embarrassed than anything.
Like Eddie has found his porno mags, and not whatever the hell this was.
"No Steve, that does not make me feel better." Eddie managed to get out, the words a little strangled. "You don't think the blood's human? What the hell do you think it is!?"
Because he had to know. There was no way he could not know, with a literal McGuffin, sitting in between them.
In fact this entire set up felt like something right of of a D&D scene and once Eddie was done panicking, he kinda wanted to write down a few notes.
There was a very long, dedicated pause, where once again it became very clear Steve was racking his brain for a lie.
Eddie let it go on, because he wanted to hear what possible excuse the guy could come up for this.
Particularly given that Eddie had once shared an English class with him. Steve Harrington was about as imaginative as a child's first chapter book (and frankly, the book probably knew more words.)
"Rabid dogs?" Steve said, sounding more like he was guessing than anything else.
How he had gotten away with lying to the cops about those house parties of his was a downright mystery.
"Rabid dogs that just might be human." Eddie deadpanned.
Steve winced.
"I might have swung it at a few people." He admitted.
"No shit." Eddie said, staring at him flatly. It almost felt like he was two people for a moment--a perfectly calm one, demanding answers out of a nervous and clearly spooked Steve Harrington like disappointed mother discovering a baggie of weed--and a person who wanted to fucking book it, immediately.
Before Harrington lost his shit and started swinging the nailbat at him.
There was no reason for King Steve, richest boy in town and previously its most popular (though given Hargroves penchant for violence, Eddie didn't doubt a lot of people would accept Steve back with open arms so long as the guy stood in between them) to own a clearly used homemade weapon.
"Okay look, you've caught me in a lot of lies and I'm gonna be real with you, this one came with an NDA." Steve said finally, like that wasn't a wild string of words. "The less you know about it, the better."
Understanding The Consequence Of Multiple Concussions. Animal Model Of Concussion Mimics Clinical Symptoms Seen In Humans - Gyrus Group
Following damage to the central nervous system (CNS), immune cells in the brain, known as microglia, are activated. Microglia are critical for protecting neural function and they have an important role in clearing debris and modulating the inflammatory response. However, following CNS injury, microglia can become dysregulated and play a key role in neurodegeneration.
Chahin et al., (2025) recently published in Communications Biology, present an animal model of single and repetitive concussions, which was able to reliably induce cognitive and learning impairments in the absence of deficits in motor function, a key confound in the assessment of cognition. The model did not induce macroscopic brain injury and did not induce hemorrhage, edema, contusion, bruising, skull fracture or cell death. As a result, the model was able to mimic human concussions, where cognitive impairments are typically seen in the absence of abnormalities on neuroimaging scans.
Following repetitive concussions, mice showed transient impairments in short-term and spatial memory which recovered 3-weeks post-injury. Authors found that repetitive concussions led to the temporarily microglia-mediated engulfment pre-synaptic excitatory inputs in the cortex and hippopcampus for several weeks after injury. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the neurobiology of concussions.
Authors found that repetitive concussions led to the temporary microglia-mediated engulfment of pre-synaptic excitatory inputs. Since the synchrony of pre- and post-synaptic excitatory signalling is critical for learning and memory, the temporary engulfment of excitatory pre-synaptic terminals in the cortex and hippocampus is likely to contribute to cognitive impairments following a concussion. These findings have important implications for our understanding of cognitive deficits following a concussion.
Dr McCorry considers that multiple concussions in clinical practice remain a challenging area to understand. At the recent international brain injury conference in Montreal, there were consistent findings of functional differences in imaging modalities in professional athletes who experience multiple concussions compared to those who don’t. Further research is needed to understand how these changes impact the risk of dementia, psychiatric conditions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
The only actually good suggestion someone has given me to avoid getting more concussions is my sister’s boyfriend who said I should wear a cowboy hat. Cause I’d hit the hat first, which would decrease acceleration and give me time to stop.
Taking into consideration the fact that I would never wear cowboy hats, I first thought about wearing straw hats. Now I have just had the perfect idea: a witch’s hat! It’s the ultimate height, provides shade, and has the added benefit of keeping away people who don’t like witches, plus I can store things in it. This is a fantastic idea!
I don’t normally write my own posts but I’ve recently realized that I’m not recovering from my concussion as well as I thought.
I got my 7th and most recent concussion in October 2019. It was my worst yet by far and even led to me staying in a mental hospital to get on depression meds. Even now 6+ months later I’m feeling the effects and realizing my memory and balance are completely shot.
Does anyone have any advice? My doctor has kinda washed his hands of it bc I can pass the concussion assessment.
I’m prettt sure I have Post Concussive Syndrome but I don’t know
