#/hospital

[hellodahliah]

starcrossed

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hermia: *sighs*

tybalt: hermia...

tybalt: what happened?

hermia: i don't know. we just found him unconscious in his room. jules said it looked like he had coughed up blood... and his pulse was weak. we didn't know what else to do than calling 911.

tybalt: *sigh* he said he was fine. shouldn't have believed him... sorry i didn't answer my phone... or come sooner.

hermia: you're here now. none of us knew grandpa was this sick.

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juliette: grandpa... *sniffles*

juliette: tybalt... y-you're here.

tybalt: hermia told me what happened.

juliette: *sobs*

tybalt: shhh, it's okay.

doctor: excuse me, i'm here to check on mr. capp.

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a few hours later

kent: oh sweet children. they must be exhausted!

[all-fleshed-out]

[wizardnuke]

"skibidi toilet is ruining gen alpha" do none of you people remember asdf. i remember asdf.

[brightlotusmoon]

[taviamoth]

art by the.gauntlets

Dr. Huda Abu Khater's Instagram

gofundme to help them

[sevenoctober7]

Don't stop talking about Palestine 🇵🇸

[sayruq]

[daisywords]

One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.

Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.

It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?

Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.

[egberts]

companies really have got to be okay with stagnant profits. what is wrong with earning the same amount every year? why does it always have to be more? it's not sustainable. there are only so many people on the planet you can profit from 😭

[totallynotcensorship]

there are NO tunnels under al shifa hospital

the IDF is LYING to excuse their war crimes

don't stop talking about palestine

[hellodahliah]

starcrossed

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consort: thank you, doctor!

doctor: i recommend we start the treatments tomorrow.

consort: * sigh* may i have a moment in peace?

doctor: of course, sir.

regan: father.

consort: you too, regan. take a cab home, get some rest.

regan: but-...

consort: the hospital will call if anything happens.

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regan: father was always a fighter, he believed in himself even when the odds weren't in his favor. but to see him like this...

cornwall: don't worry, he'll come back to his senses.

regan: i know he will.

cornwall: ...but?

regan: he might hate us for what we did.

cornwall: he'll never know.

regan: mother would never forgive us if she was here.

cornwall: it was their own poor judgement

[teaboot]

I have to go get a needle right now and I am being SO brave about it

[bruciemilf]

Alfred honestly can’t say shit about Bruce bringing in strays, because what if the Waynes got him the same way?

I genuinely can’t recall HOW Alfred, British special forces extraordinaire, ended up working for Gotham’s (scary) sweethearts.

In my mind, he came to them bleeding.

There’s a tang of bitterness pooling in his gut. Soldiers don’t have friends. They have guns. And he’s all out.

Just when Alfred thought all is in peril, a tiny little hand gently covers a nasty bullet hole on his abdomen.

The first thing Alfred thinks about is: ‘Jesus, this kid has scary eyes.’

“Hi, Alfred.”

“…How do you—“

“Bruce! Jesus FUCKING Christ, I swear, I’m not paying for your ransom next time you run o—…What the fuck is that?”

If there’s one thing about Thomas that Alfred will never forget is his voice; The bass , so chasmic and powerful it could shake the whole world, and the burning care in his eyes despite his vulgarity.

Bruce, — who’s the tiniest bundle of a boy Alfred witnessed, is yanked up by his father’s strong hands, squeezed to his chest carefully. “Hurt,” he says. There’s a tiny, red handprint on Thomas’ shirt.

“Yeah, I didn’t notice,” Thomas mumbling, looking around.

Maybe local gangs? The bullet point is too precise, too calculated. “Who the hell are you?”

Alfred, with his raspy breath, says, “I’m the terribly rude bloke dying on your doorstep, I’m afraid. Alfred Pennyworth. At your service.”

For a guy who’s about to bleed his last, he sounds awfully sarcastic.

“Yeah, wise guy, no one’s dying on my kid’s birthday. Bruce, tell Dotty to prep up the basement. And tell your mama to get my Budlight out of the cooler. Jesus Christ.”

Alfred ends up hoisted on this man’s back. Thomas asks if he has anyone he wants to call? Anyone that’ll come pick him up? Anyone to bury him, if it comes to it.

Alfred whispers he does not.

Thomas sighs. “Well. Kid‘a been asking for a playmate.”

[pangur-and-grim]

I’m too gullible with people. I’ll have encounters and be like “aw they seemed nice ☺️” and then everyone around me will be like NONONONONO THAT WAS THE DEVIL!!!!!!!

[choosingfreeze]

i made another