Headcanons and Short Fics

I do headcanon and ficlet prompts! As well as random reblogs Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to any of the transformative work seen on my blog. The rights belong to their respective rights owners. FFXIV Side Blog: https://ffxivkitiarayhima.tumblr.com/ Fandoms for Prompts: Ayakashi Romance Reborn, Star Trek DS9, Final Fantasy VII, FFXIV, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Whew. That's a lot.

[ransomnote]

my personal argument for open borders is really simple it just boils down to "i believe restricting human movement and barring certain people from certain places on this earth is a human rights violation"

[ransomnote]

i mean this. everyone should be able to walk freely between mexico and the united states, fuck an ID, fuck a passport, fuck a visa. it's land, continuous, uninterrupted land. the soil on one side of the fense has the same geologic makeup of the soil on the other. we drew this invisible line in the sand, we can wipe it away with our feet together. it is well past time the world organizes en masse for our freedom of movement.

[squirreltastic]

nursing homes are not punishments.

They are supposed to function as care centers for people who are disabled.

So why is it our culture thinks its a joke to say "shape up or you'll be sent to a nursing home". Families are not trained medical staff. It is a luxury to stay in your home as your care needs increase. You can need a nursing home or similar level of care at any age.

Pay attention, how they are run is a sign of ableism and ageism. The lack of funding and abusive staff stories should matter to you NOW because if you arent disabled now you will be in someway (and well, because its basic compassion but if we had that I wouldn't need to make this post)

[tlirsgender]

Arguments with your mom can never just be about one thing it always has to be about your entire life and her parents and your siblings n shit under the guise of like, somebody needing to do the dishes

[tlirsgender]

And then under all the layers of subtext it's actually about her currently having a headache

[littlepinkbeast]

Last night I dreamed that Sailor Moon was fighting Nazis and the villain demanded a chair to sit in while he explained his evil plan. and Moon didn't have a chair handy so she shouted to Jupiter to get a chair. and Jupiter just grabbed a chair and took a few steps and hurled it, and the villain tried to catch it and got plowed into the dirt by a full sized armchair, and i laughed so hard i woke myself up

[occultbooks]

every time someone says “look how they’re looking at each other! they’re in love!” about a non-canon ship i just think of the kuleshov effect for a second but then i come to my senses and decide to have fun

[occultbooks]

ok i’m going to explain the kuleshov effect because im a film student and its fascinating to me. basically its the principle of film storytelling that states that you can juxtapose a blank expression with an image and the audience will read a different emotion from the expression depending on the juxtaposed image. its incredibly interesting to me.

[luisonte]

Pues yo me lo había creído

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

I was completely ready to accept this was a diplodocus for longer than it could plausibly look like any animal

[prlssprfctn]

[bludmd23]

Pats all of them 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[ayeforscotland]

Pretty incredible news to hear during tough times

Source.

[inber]

Writing period dramas in the discord, lads

[elodieunderglass]

@inber you have tapped a deep vein here

[communistkenobi]

i understand you guys now. like i get it

[quasi-normalcy]

I feel like this is even better when you know that the context is that they've just seem three spectral hags emerge from the fog to recite a prophecy of doom that mentions Captain Kirk by name.

[just-queue]

To all my fellow POTS / Dysautonomia / long-COVID people out there- LMNT, the electrolyte company, posted their recipe online. I’m not sure how the prices compares to buying generic packets, but still wanted to share

Ps add some sort of sugar/glucose to ensure your body actually absorbs this stuff!

[tizzychardia]

Having an incurable comorbidity where their treatment plans contradict the other is a hell that no one should ever have to face.

Gerd: Stay away from salt. It irritates your stomach and causes heartburn.

POTS: You need a decent amount of salt to function.

Gerd: You can't skip meals. It causes even more acid reflux and nausea since there's nothing to break down.

POTS: There are going to be days when you are too nauseous to eat meals and be forced to skip meals.

Gerd: Carbonated drinks will severely worsen reflux and heartburn.

POTS: Carbonated drinks can help with nausea.

Gerd: You can't eat too much fiber, it will make symptoms worse.

POTS: You need to eat a lot of fiber in order to keep your bowels moving.

Gerd: Intaking a lot of fluids will exacerbate painful bloating.

POTS: You need to constantly be intaking fluids in order to function.

Gerd: Do not lay down after you eat. It will immediately promote reflux.

POTS: You will need to lay down after you eat to alleviate the tachycardia that comes with digestion.

Gerd: Anxiety and being in a fight or flight (FOF) response can make all symptoms worse.

POTS: You will always be in a FOF response during a flare. Along with constantly having symptoms that make you anxious.

Gerd: Nausea, constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal pain will exacerbate symptoms.

POTS: Nausea, constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal pain are all side effects of the medication you take for POTS.

Gerd: Any kind of trigger that worsens Gerd symptoms will exacerbate POTS symptoms.

POTS: Any kind of trigger that worsens POTS symptoms will exacerbate Gerd symptoms.

I hate this shit. So fucking much. I want someone to just cut out my fucking stomach.

[rainbow-jello-wizard-man]

Health Potion (for the chronically pained and/or ill)

Hello, yes, this will not cure anything. I am not claiming a miraculous fix all potion for those with chronic issues. What I AM claiming is that I'm pretty sure I have POTS and a few other things, and that making my Health Potion helps ME.

What to do & How to do it:

You will need

Drinking water. Can be tap, can be filtered. Can even be moon or crystal charged if you have the spoons.

Frozen fruit. I use frozen berries and cherries mix. You could use fresh, too, but let's be real - everything goes bad so quickly.

A little salt

A little natural sweetener, such as honey or agave. I skip this sometimes because my fruit is higher in sugar.

A very large cup with a lid and a straw, that's easy to wash.

Optionals: ice, lemon or lime juice, turmeric and herbal additives.

Salt to ground and balance, fruit for its health sustaining properties, water for its life Creating properties, sweetener to make things easier.

Mix together. Use your own internal correspondences for extra magical juice.

I do this to balance my electrolytes and keep up on my water intake - since I'm pretty much chronically dizzy and dehydrated. Plus, there's fruit in the end. I love me some fruit at the bottom of a drink.

[choixsimple]

Hey you with the chronic hypermobility and/or orthostatic intolerance issues

If you have a menstrual cycle, has anyone told you how it affects your chronic illnesses?

Probably not so I'm gonna!

First here's a basic chart showing the large fluctuation in hormones during your cycle:

If you have hypermobile joints, the level of estrogen in your body will heavily impact the stretchiness of your connective tissue. During ovulation, estrogen has a huge spike, which will make you extra stretchy! You are more prone to injuries, subluxations, dislocations, and general joint issues during this time. There's also a smaller increase in the week before your period, which can also affect joint laxity.

If you have orthostatic issues (or even if you don't, tbh), you'll be interested to hear that both estrogen and progesterone affect your heart rate. Generally your resting heart rate will be higher in the days before your period due to rising progesterone levels, and then drop back to normal after your period starts and progesterone levels fall. Estrogen is also at its lowest level during your period, and with low estrogen levels comes a higher number of heart palpitations and potentially a higher heart rate, depending on the person.

This combo of low estrogen and high (and then low) progesterone, plus the whole bleeding thing, means you're extra susceptible to dizzy spells, presyncope, and fainting in the few days right before your period and the first couple days of your period (and if you have a heavy flow, this can continue longer). It also means you might feel a lot more stable, less dizzy, have less heart palpitations etc around ovulation due to the extra estrogen.

There are a bunch of other bodily functions, chronic illnesses, etc that are affected by hormone levels during our cycles, and there are some good resources online about what these hormones do — I didn't even talk about FSH or LH, the two other big hormones that are part of our cycle! But I didn't want to get too far into the weeds in this post.

PS there's a theory that the reason more AFAB people (even many without a uterus or menstrual cycle, AFAB hormones are Kind Of A Bitch) get diagnosed with things like chronic fatigue syndrome, hypermobile disorders w/chronic pain, POTS etc is because we have a built-in flare up every month (sometimes two, if you flare up at both your period and ovulation). So it's just much more noticeable in AFAB people because AMAB folks don't have to deal with those built-in flare ups every 2-3 weeks.

[tizzychardia]

Fuck everyone who says that escapism is bad when it comes to coping with lifelong impairments. Boo on you. 🍅🍅🍅

What makes escapism "bad" to most therapists and psychologists is the fact that it's an avoidant habit. That you're "ignoring your problems and refusing to fix them, instead just hoping they get fixed for you."

You can't fix a problem that has no one cause or cure. All we CAN really do while managing symptoms is hope that one day, a miracle comes, and we either go into full remission, or the problem magically goes away.

Even on good days, we still can't do the things we used to be able to do, or could have done if we weren't sick. So we settle for what we CAN do, and sometimes, that is escapism.

Sometimes, it's playing a videogame that makes you remember being outside and playing in the sun. Sometimes, it's collecting things that smell and taste like good memories. Sometimes, it's relying on nostalgia and living through it. Sometimes, it's spending hours listening to music that reminds you of old times while you look through old photos. Sometimes, it's distancing yourself from your social life for a few days because that social life is a reminder of everything that you can't do anymore. Sometimes, it's spending a lot of money on things that give you a small dopamine rush. Sometimes, it's daydreaming, roleplaying, or reading - imagining yourself with a completely different life where you aren't sick.

That may be "escapism," but it is not the same as people who have very fixable problems and run from them. What we do is called coping.

Our problem isn't fixable. We don't have another option. Keep your armchair psychology to yourself.

[mybodychoseviolence]

hi god this body is fucked and i would like to exchange it for a new one. no i don’t have the receipt can’t you just look me up in your system. i want to speak to your manager