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[thatuselesshuman]

Writeblr Introduction Post

✨ Also known as, I'm just rewriting my normal intro post to include more author shit ✨

General Bio Information

I'm fine with being called any variation of ThatUselessHuman (also acceptable: anything I find funny)

Pronouns: whatever makes the joke funnier

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering w/ a chem minor but I'm working on my Master's Degree

Not a minor (don't do anything diabolical with that)

Colorblind, Autistic, and generally just ill

Writing Interests

Suffering/angst enthusiast

Fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopia are my shit bro

Found family, morally dark gray characters, religious elements and/or mythology, and trauma=character development

I tentatively like romance cause it's great when it's a side plot (I'm just ass at actually writing it)

I absolutely adore spinning my religion (Christianity) into fantasy worlds and concepts bc the lore is always IMMACULATE

Other interests

Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

Bungou Gay Dogs

Epic the Musical

Jujutsu Kaizen (known to dabble in other animes)

The Case Study of Gay Men (The case study of vanitas)

Twink men (Zelda)

Six of Crows

Books in general

Genshin (out of nowhere)

Solo-Leveling

Hunger Games

I do art occasionally

Gummigoo (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Danny Motta

Goals

maybe write a book idk

Be entirely unserious

Make a friend or two

Scream into the void abt my WIPs

Survive.

Common/Important Tags

#dying stars burn the brightest

#sorrow's victor

#bloody hands are kind

#among the living (casper)

#caspers random things

My Works

*blue = Ao3 one shot / green = Ao3 long work / purple = unposted / pink = short (non fandom) writings

Bloody Hands are Kind (wip series)

• Sorrow's Victor (fin.) • Plated Gold Smiles (fin.) • Capitol Perfume (fin.) • The Scars You Leave (fin.) • Bloody Hands are Kind (fin.) • Among the Living (wip)

None of Us Heroes (wip)

Gates of Hell (wip)

All Things Sacred and Blasphemous (fin.)

Writing. (fin.)

Creation. (fin.)

Dear Icarus (fin.)

Human Nature (fin.)

Why. (fin.)

Indebted to the Sea (fin.)

The Love Was There (fin.)

DNI if you're a bitch :)

[theshadeblindcolor]

Oh no! Pvp Jesus! No!

I’m going crazy.

[thatuselesshuman]

Living, Dying, and Immortality

Is immortality something to be reached?

Is living something worth the pain?

Is death the scary dark thing it's portrayed as?

I am enamored with the concept of mortality and humanity. Though I myself believe in the fantastical and near mythical, it is not what dazzles me in fiction. Instead, I find the nitty gritty details of what makes us human most interesting; things such as living, dying, and the lack of both.

I think I find such things so interesting because I myself deal with these ideas. I have many illnesses (as many of my followers already know), and a lot of them are detrimental to my long-term health. I have had to come to terms with the fact that I may not be able to live a life that is as long as my peers, at least not one worth living. Because of my illnesses, I am already crippled, and I fear that it will only get worse with age and life. I, like my characters, am left to wonder: "Is death what I fear, or is it the unknown of it that makes me fear it?"

Death is a theme in my work a lot. In Sorrow's Victor, for example, Jem is constantly running away from death. His entire purpose is to live, but his terminal illness is killing him. When death haunts his every step, he no longer has the chance to live his life. In his fear of death, he loses his ability to live. Would Jem consider immortality the cure to his suffering, and therefore something to be grasped? I think so.

Another way death is a theme is the lack of death. Simon Cruz, a man who appears to be in his mid 20's but is in reality much much older, is immortal. He has these moments called "glitches" (because of how his body splits and contorts like a glitch) which heal all wounds and reset his internal age back to the day he was cursed. The glitches are incredibly painful, but the true curse is watching his great great great grandchildren die while he still looks to be no older than 27. He craves death, either as a distributor of perfect nothing or as a way to reunite with his wife and children. He used to prefer one option, but he doesn't quite care nor remember which anymore. Is immortality the end of all suffering? Simon doesn't think so.

Both of these characters have opposing views on immortality, so who is wrong? Are either of them wrong? If Simon is right, then is immortality inherently evil? If Jem is right, then is death scarier than the possibility of watching other's face it? If both are right and/or wrong, is there an inherent morality of immortality, or is it just a broken law of nature?

[thatuselesshuman]

No one talks about how Dokja's original plan to get rid of all the constellations is inherently suicidal

Part of his plan is to become a constellation, then what? He also recognizes himself as worse than a constellation before he even gets his first story

His (original) perfect epilogue doesn't include the constellations, and we know KDJ doesn't settle for anything less than perfect, so where does that leave him?

[hehearse]

[hehearse]

[4listr]

this frame. this scene.

luka runs to embrace hyuna, the same embrace he gave as a child.

but he didn't receive the same embrace back. at least, not exact.

the one that hyuna gave was not an embrace, but an act of protection. she did not reach out to luka to hold him 'lovingly' but to protect him from the bullet that was about to go his way.

you can see in her eyes how worried she was for luka, and how focused she is in protecting him, in seeing him safe.

only then when she was reassured that he was safe was when she gave an embrace. a hold that never let's go, a hold of forgiveness, a hold of love; an embrace.

because to hyuna, her priority at that moment was to protect luka. unlike luka, who didn't even mind the gun in his head, whose gaze was only focused on hyuna, only focused on the love he feels for her that it transcends death.

meanwhile hyuna focuses on the death that luka is about to receive, an act of protection that is an act of love as well. point is, they both love eachother, but they're looking at different ways, luka at hyuna and hyuna at the gun. but despite this, they love eachother, they care for eachother. a love that transcends the thought of death and a love that's willing to die in order for the other to live.

[thatuselesshuman]

Also take into consideration: the guy holding the gun ia in the same position as Hyunwoo. It's Hyunwoo's revenge

[viralfrog]

[notsafeforbinary]

[lillylikescats]

I'm an electrical engineer and for the longest time I was saying that electricity and electronics isn't magic, but think about it.

You literally have to collect rare stones from remote locations, put them into specific formations to work. All of this gets written down in symbols which don't make sense to the uninformed. It gets powered by energy which can not be seen in most cases.

Like what else do you want. What's your standard for calling something magic.

[transcribepaige]

"It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works."

Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld #30)

[stanarrators]

‘unreliable narrator’ but it’s ’narrator is deeply in love with the person they are narrating’

[thatuselesshuman]

'unreliable narrator' but it's in third person and the mc is just lying to themselves

[afterword]

idk who needs to hear this rn but suffering is not noble. take the tylenol

[wahoo-shem]

One time when I was younger I was refusing to take headache medicine and my mom said “the person who invented that medicine is probably so sad you won’t let them help you” and now every time I find myself denying medicine I just imagine the saddest scientist making those big wet eyes like “why won’t you let me help” and whoop then I take the medicine

[nonbinary-witch-sam]

scientist when you don't take the medicine they developed to help your pain

[fandomsandfeminism]

As long as you are taking a SAFE dose of it, then it's *good* for you. Pain is bad for the body. The inflammation from prolonged pain can worsen chronic issues and make it harder to heal.

Ibuprofen is best for pain that has inflammation, while acetaminophen doesn't help with inflammation but is more broadly effective on other types of pain. As long as you are taking the recommended dose, you can even take them TOGETHER, since they have different mechanisms of action.

You do need to be aware of how much and how often you are taking any pain medication. Overdoses can be very painful (even lethal.) And if you are in chronic pain often enough that you need more than the safe dose, then you need to look into other medications to manage that pain.

(Also, if you are specifically taking Acetaminophen/Tylenol for your go-to pain management, getting some NAC and taking that with it reduces the risk of overdose AND may strengthen the effect.)

[bemusedlybespectacled]

One other thing: NSAIDS (ibuprofen, aspirin, and naproxen being the three big ones) can cause digestive issues with chronic use, including stomach ulcers. That doesn't mean "don't take them," it means "if you're at the point where you're on them all the time, every day, constantly, you should talk to a doctor about either reducing that risk or switching to another medication that doesn't have those side effects."

[solarianvoidthearoace]

I don’t have the source for this table anymore but I felt it should be added to this post.

[peskytimepirate]

Also please please please consult your doctor if you are on any other type of medication that put large strains on your liver or kidneys before taking any kind of NSAIDs as they can recommend alternatives.

[stcndupeight]

Yes Chronic Kidney Disease and liver disease prevent the use of NSAIDS entirely. Please remember this. Tylenol is the least harmful to these organs. If migraines are your problem, ask neurologist about the triptan drug family. Downside with these is nausea.

[grison-in-space]

I feel that it is worth bringing up again:

As a scientist, this is the way I feel when people in pain don't take the medication that was developed to help with pain:

Especially because as a scientist, I know that pain sensitization is a thing, and that experiencing pain for long periods of time can even train your whole nervous system to be even more reactive to potential pain. So if at all possible, I want my friends who are experiencing pain to try to control that pain as much as possible.

So if you are in pain, and you do not have any massive kidney and liver strain that prohibits you from taking a NSAID or paracetamol/Tylenol?

Please take the pain medicine. Please. Pleeeaaaaaase. I'm a scientist.

[justletmeremember]

yeah i'm a scientist who specializes in designing new pain meds. suffering is not noble, this is exactly how i look when y'all don't manage your pain:

take the meds! i became a scientist in this field explicitly to help people! i became a scientist because i too experience chronic pain and i failed out of literally all pain meds on the market. those of us in this field, we make these things to be used. be safe, follow doses, and if you have questions, ask your doc and pharmacist!

[thatuselesshuman]

This reminded me that I have had a headache for the past 6 days

[cyndaquillt]

I agree with JHW. The second one would be terribly boring. The first one however? Great reference material for writing slash fanfic

[within-ur-intro-verse]

[hawt-me33]

Coming into a fandom late

[baxterdamus-deactivated20130513]

Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck

[valorious]

Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie

[leatherpatches-deactivated20150]

Don’t forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war. 

[fauxmoux]

Accuracy at its best

[street-of-mercy]

Being in a fandom and not even knowing there’s a war going on…

[my-reylo]

all of this shit…lol

[nerdsagainstfandomracism]

When You’re Not In The Fandom But You’re Nosy AF

[not-so-secret-nerd]

When you get into a fandom only to discover it’s dead

[jupiter235]

This gets better every time I see it. 

[sageblackrose95]

@fuboos-mess

[inverted-mind-inc-sideblog-deac]

Being in a dead fandom…

[illogicalarchive]

Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one

[erilias]

The accuracy hurts.

[fanfic-yes-please]

Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.

[it-is-bugs]

When you’ve been fangirling long enough, you’ve experienced all of the above.

[sweetferalbaby]

Being in a fandom meant for kids.

[teaganvamp]

This just gets better..

[hamboj2]

@mi-kleos

[thatcrazysonicchick]

When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you

[knightofbloodcancer]

Fandom hell in general

[morathavictoria]

Yes.

[marvelanimelover]

This^^^ just… ALL OF THIS.

[stop-talking-babe-deactivated20]

Being in so many fandoms that you don’t even know what’s going on

[raise-cain-archived]

THIS IS THE SKULDUGGERY FUCKING PLEASANT FANDOM IN ONE POST!!

[crochanblackbeak]

Trying to recruit people to your fandom

[kateriverameliawolfe]

Annnnnnndddd it’s back

[ishipwhatiship247]

Being in a fandom which has so many antis

[ravenhilarious]

I’ve probably reblogged this before, but that was before these great additions.

[swanqueen-author]

Being in a fandom that actually works together

[commanderunhingedmongoose]

Why is this so true? All of it.

[pillowprincesslexa]

being in a fanbase but all your mutuals suddenly turn into Kpop blogs

[hangingfire]

I always enjoy it when a good post comes around again and has been improved by the reblogs like the years for a fine wine.

[priory-of-stars]

Being in a fandom when shit goes down and everyone has different opinions

[marianagmt]

When you are in a fandom and don’t care for others people opinion…..even if they are right…(believe me, I have met several of those)

[batbyte-alghul]

Being in a fandom you never meant to join

[takescrackseriously]

Joining a Fandom when it’s new and small but when you leave, suddenly it’s popular???

[thatuselesshuman]

WAIT I STILL WRITE? Crazy work

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58429495/chapters/155358793

Chapter Summary:

Conflict

Story Summary:

James Blackthorn has done the impossible: he's been through two sets of Hunger Games and has lived to tell the tale. But now, he's been captured by the Capitol for saving Peeta and Katniss. Even if he were to escape, he still has a timer on his back from the disease that has yet to be cured. With snakes on both sides and a game of lies that could end in execution, how much time does Jem really have left?

First in the Series: Sorrow's Victor

[dct239394cvvd098dffgggp]

[gayvampyr]

[shadowkat678]

[incorrect-alnst]

[anyanary]

Is now the appropriate time to point out Luka is leaning DOWN, which means that he's taller or the same height as Hyuna when he's not...yk. Malnourished and half dying

[thatuselesshuman]

THIS FANDOM IS A PRISON

[lyra-weis]

"live with love"