#Chiro Rants

[drchiropterajones]

Man, I don't want to start arguing on somebody else's post and start drama, but there was something that felt so weird and off about this take that I feel the need to ramble about it, so bear with me.

(Standard caveats, you are of course allowed to play DnD or write fantasy in whatever way makes you happy and you're not beholden to make fiction that one opinionated paladin-appreciator on the internet thinks is Correct, etc, but I'm gonna use the rhetorical approach of 'all of my subjective preferences are objective fact!' that tumblr is so fond of, so whatever)

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but like... yeah... a real-world equivalent of a paladin or a knight IS in fact a cop. Or a soldier, or a security guard, or what have you? That's kind of what they... inherently are? They are a person who uses violence on behalf of an abstract or concrete moral authority. If that isn't what they are, then they aren't really a paladin anymore! If what you want to write is a healer or a general do-gooder, that's fine but the violence is kind of inherent to a paladin or knight?

This feels like the kind of attitude you have when you say "ACAB!" because it's the trendy leftist thing to say and cops are The Bad Guys, but you don't actually have any... deeper understanding of WHY police brutality is bad? Or any conception of, like, authority and violence and power and etc being twined together? And how 'violence to protect/defend' is so hard to neatly separate out from regular violence? You just know that violence is bad when The Enemy does it, but good when Our Side does it? And cops are Bad, and my character is not Bad, ergo can't be a cop!

There is just such a disconnect here between "Fantasy world violence is good and fun and slicing people in half with zweihanders is cool to imagine yourself doing!" and "Real world violence is obviously usually horrible". And like, fair I guess, you're allowed to want to turn parts of your brain off when you're in a story. And if you try and consume or create only media that never uses cathartic righteous violence as fun, you're going to have a bad time in fantasy.

But like... What is it that makes a paladin hacking apart 'bad guys' with a sword in a fantasy world good and morally uncomplicated, but real-world violence not? What exists in the fantasy world that handwaves away the moral concerns?

Is it that the authority your paladin is acting on behalf of is Inherently Good and therefore so long as your paladin obeys their orders it's fine? If so, Hoo Boy, that is a can of worms.

Is it that a fantasy setting contains Evil Guys who are just inherently evil and you don't need to feel bad about killing them? Even worse!

What are you saying when you write these stories? What is the meaning? What are we saying about authority and violence?

If your paladin isn't allowed to engage with this stuff - if a character archetype usually defined in equal parts by their Lawfulness/duty and their Goodness isn't ever allowed to grapple with the contradictions inherent between those two things - man is there even any POINT to writing them as a paladin? You are stripping away the most interesting bits!

Why is it more 'progressive' to posit a world in there IS such a thing as absolute authority that is allowed to use all of the violence it wants free of judgement because they're The Good Guys? And as long as your character aligns themselves with that side then they're peachy? Is that really progressive just because the thought process stems from 'ACAB'?

[star-ocean-peahen]

so its not normal for your shoulder/chest to go click click click click when you laugh apparently

[borealtwilight]

COMPRESS ME, IM ACHY

[party-pixie]

THEY'RE HOME🥰

[keruimi]

Found You

Muichiro Tokito x reader

Warning: Angst but have a proper ending

Note: I notice that my most favored post is Muichiro's oneshot. So I made another one, I hope you enjoyed it

And all along, I believed I would find you. Time has brought your heart to me.

I have loved you

__________________

"Muichiro" I heard Kyojuro-san call for me as I was standing at the engawa of the Ubuyashiki's household.

The other pillars were celebrating inside as I decided to be alone for a while until the Flame Hashira looked for me when he noticed my presence is not with them.

Both of us were silent as I didn't even bother glancing at him.

My heart always feels heavy so talking to anyone wouldn't make it better if they can't grant it.

"It's been 7 years kiddo. You need to move on" I heard him as he sat on the edge of the Engawa that made me stare at him.

He tapped the place beside him as he looked back at me.

I silently sat down on that place and he already had his arms resting on my shoulder.

"Your mind and heart should not always be on her. You have yourself too"

"I can't" I muttered as I felt my eyes started to sting a little as my memories with her keep flashing in my mind.

"She was..." I trailed off as I saw my imagination on her sitting down on the grass as the moon gracefully highlighted her existence.

For my vision, she was the angel that God sent to me.

So why did we end up that way?

Her fading silhouette disappeared in front of me as I swallowed the lump on my throat.

"She was the only one I have"

"And she left, kid. There are really times in our life that the heavens above would send to teach us a lesson and that lesson you learned can be found on someone else" he advised me as he pat my back.

I look down and I can't help but fisted my hands on his words.

"What if I want her to be my everything?"

"Then that's dangerous" he exclaimed before he stared at me.

I felt the tears in my eyes slowly build up as a small smile lifted from my lips on his words.

"You told me.." I breathlessly whisper as I started to have a hard time speaking knowing my next words would make me break down sobbing.

"You told me to set my heart ablaze. Go beyond my limits. Follow my dreams"

Tears started to slide down from my cheeks as I looked up as his facade softened when he saw my state.

"I did what you told me and in exchange..." I started to heave breaths as he ran his hand on my back in an attempt to comfort me.

"In exchange, she left me" I breathlessly let out as he brought my head to his shoulder to help me silence my cries.

I miss her...

I miss her so badly.

"Why is it so painful when I set her free. She was the only one I had when I lost my twin. Why didn't she stay with me" I continue crying as he let me rant the painful words I didn't manage to say to her.

"Why did she deprive me of the explanation I needed. She knew I only have her, she clearly knew that"

My body trembled in anger that would die down the moment I remember my moments with her.

But for now, I can't take it anymore.

"Kid, listen to me" he pulled away before he tapped my arms in a way to get my attention.

"Some people are meant to stay for a while even if we want them to stay forever"

My heart broke more on his words as I can't prevent my sobs from being drowned down.

"You followed your dreams. You love and that's not wrong. But for me kiddo, you need someone better. Someone who would support your dream of protecting the world. Someone who would stick beside you no matter how cruel the destiny you will face. True love is about staying even if there are reasons to leave"

I wiped my tears using my trembling hands as I looked up to him.

"But I always wanted her"

~•°•~

"Chiro" I heard her voice behind me that made me look up and saw her bring food for me and my brother.

She is one of the girls in the village who started to look after me and my brother after my parents died.

She didn't say her reasons but her happiness with us was unexplainable.

Even my brother can't help but soften up with her.

She is the one who put an ointment with the scratches on my arms and always tried her best to get along with my brother.

I overcame my parents death because of her.

She put colors back in my dull world. She helped me manage my brother's anger.

She made the world more bearable.

Until everything fell apart when my brother died due to the injuries the demon inflicted on him.

I almost died too if she didn't immediately call for help.

She helped me survive because of her gut feeling. It broke me when I barely even remembered her the moment I woke up but she didn't hold any hatred against it.

She still stayed as I trained myself to become stronger, to become a better defender.

Because I won't make it if I lose her too.

I train myself to protect her from the cruel challenges that the world will give to her.

But I didn't know she was slowly drifting farther away from me.

That one day, she suddenly burst her real feelings to the new me.

The new me who became a hashira, to help me ease the deep hatred I had for the demons even if I forgot my reason is to avenge my brother.

"I don't want you to become a slayer!" She shouted that loud and clear. That I could hear the fear and disappointment in her tone that broke my heart further.

"I did this to protect you"

"No!" She snapped back as tears filled her own eyes. "You can't risk your life in a battle"

"Y/n" I softly called out for her as I took a hold of her cheek but she didn't want to look me in the eyes at all.

"I'm doing this, so I can protect the people I love" I muttered as she slapped my hands away from her.

"How about yourself? Did you ever think of your life at least? Why do you always need to look for others!" She shouted as anger filled her eyes that made me step back.

It finally dawned to me that she has the same mindset as my brother.

I wanted to become a sword man because I want to protect the people. My brother thought I was useless for it, and she...

She think I would let myself die on the battlefield.

With my heart burning with hatred, I would not let myself die as long as the demons are not annihilated from this world.

"Y/n" I pulled her to an embrace as she tried to remove herself from my grasp.

"I need this to protect you"

"You don't. If you really think I would like this then let me tell you. I really don't!" She shouted as I could feel her hitting my chest but I refused to let her go.

"Why do you need to end up in this fate"

I felt my world stop the moment she weakly uttered those words.

"I ask for help from the wrong people" I pulled away from her as my own eyes reflect my disbelief on her words.

"Y/n"

It sounded like she regretted everything. Just because I chose to become a fighter?

"I hate you!"

Those dreadful words were the last thing I heard as she turned her back from me and walked away.

My feet were frozen and I couldn't even run to catch her.

No

I can, but I don't have the right words to make her stay.

What was I supposed to do?

Who am I supposed to be just to make her stay in my life.

That day...

I felt like I was really alone in this world.

~•°•~

It's been seven years ever since my family moved to the countryside for a more peaceful life where the village is in harmony and has not been attacked by demons at all.

A place where demons never existed.

Most of the time I thought of that sentence, it only reminds me of the person I decided to leave.

Cruel or not but I did it for myself.

I just can't handle the path he chose for his self.

My thoughts were snap when I remember what I was doing.

I was praying for his own safety.

I looked up and saw the kamidana as I put down my offering before clasping my hands together.

"I pray for his safety"

Even if I left him, even if he thinks I hated him, in the end, I would want him to continue living even if I was not there.

I couldn't accept his dream so I left hoping that he could reach it without me.

Because I know I can't support him knowing he is putting his life at risk.

I don't want to lose someone important to me again.

So cruel or not, I left early so it won't be that painful anymore.

I kowtow in front of the Kamidana before I looked outside the window and the moon started to rise.

How can the night be this peaceful and beautiful but dangerous.

I didn't think of anything anymore as I started to head my way back to my room.

I felt the cold breeze in my room as I noticed that the windows were open. I went outside so I can think better about the choices I made in my life.

One of them was the choice of leaving him.

There are no days I didn't berate myself for it.

It was selfish, because I wanted to lessen the pain and just left him hanging after he lost his family.

But at the same time, isn't it better?

He could follow his dream and at the same time, meet a better woman.

In his story, I am just a side character he shouldn't protect.

Because in the end, I would keep choosing myself.

I sigh as I embrace the coldness of the night as I gaze at the stars above.

I was just a stepping stone for him to be stronger. His reason, but should never be his first choice.

I want him to put himself first before others, before me.

"Yuichiro, I hope you're guiding him" I whispered as I felt my chest tighten.

Seven years, and I still remember both of them no matter how our destiny lined up.

I am still trying to unbind the tangled paths in front of me. The path of my life that I wanted to live peacefully.

I wanted a chosen destiny where I can be happy.

A Fate that wouldn't revolve around him.

My blood turm cold when I hear my mother scream outside my room. Without thinking further, I ran towards her direction and saw blood across the kitchen floor.

My father was holding a sword as the demon had his hand on my mother's neck.

I felt my hands shook in fear as I saw the terror in my parents'eyes.

I put a finger on my lips when my father was about to call my name.

Without a second thought, I took a knife and cut myself on the wrist and finally heard my father calling my name.

"You blood lust monster! I have the blood you wanted" I felt my voice lowered as I said those words.

No matter what, I won't let myself die in this situation.

The demon turned his head on my way and saw his face that almost looked like a zombie.

My body was trembling but I know, I need to stay calm.

"Leave... My mother... Alone" I stated those words with a cold tone as I keep my eye contact with him.

When he let my mother down the floor, I started to step back.

"Dad, I know what I need to do. Just stay with mom" I uttered those words as I keep my eyes on the demon who took a step forward as I step back.

On the side, I saw my father's silhouette embrace my mom's before I opened the door and made a run outside.

I can hear the quick footsteps of the demon beside me as I see the village. There are bodies on the ground as I realized there are more than one demon here.

"I have marechi blood!" I shouted like a lunatic in hopes to get the attention of the demons that attacked the village.

And I did

Knowing the selfish nature of these creatures, they would fight with each other for my blood.

I took the sword of one of the bodies and realized they were from the demon slayer corps.

These people were his peers.

I removed that from my mind when they started to run towards me while others fought with each other.

I slashed the neck of the other demons with all the strength I've got but it was not enough.

One demon manages to take a hold of the edge of the sword before pulling it away from me by force and knowing one of the wrists has a wound.

It started to sting in pain. I hissed as I fell forward to the ground.

My fears were gone the moment the pain settled into my system as I took a hold of my bleeding wrist to stop the blood from flowing.

They just growl when I do that.

Well as long as they are far away from the village, I can make it.

As long as I find a way.

But not even a minute passed by, a demon pounced on me with its fangs shown.

I thought I was going to die at that moment.

If it weren't for a sudden figure who showed up behind me and kicked the demon away from me.

He took his sword out and I immediately recognized the words written on his sword.

'Destroyer of Demons'

I felt my heartbeat quicken when It finally dawned on me the pale turquoise color at the end of their long hair as they easily killed the demons that surround us.

With their back facing me, I can only hear the wind and the sound of insects across the forest.

The figure in front of me finally turned in my direction and I knew...

I knew my destiny is tangled with his again.

His blank gaze slowly softened when his eyes laid on me. A look of relief crossed on his ways as he took strides towards me.

"Y/n" I heard his voice tremble when he called my name as tears built up on my eyes.

"I finally found you"

The happiness and relief on his tone was recognizable as he pulled me into an embrace, hiding his displayed emotions on my shoulders.

I felt my clothes started to get wet and I realized he was crying.

"Mui" His arms grip around me as I feel my chest tighten. The pain...

It was clear to both of us.

It was really clear that no one wanted to be away from each other. All those years because of selfishness, we went through the feeling of longing and heartbreak.

The Selfish I chose for myself. A choice that should be a fuel to his hatred for me.

So he can forget about me...

Yet the emotion I expected him to give me the moment we meet again, was nowhere to be found.

It was simply happiness when he found me.

It made me realize the precious someone I have abandoned that made me have the urge to embrace him like he did.

In the end,

I can't completely remove the feelings that have slowly built up within me

The truth is...

I just don't want him to die on me...

[sparkymalone]

here again getting back on my bullshit :P

undiagnosed autistic fuyuhiko who’s entire immediate family is also undiagnosed autistic. so he’s very confused when he gets older and sees that everyone doesn’t have a favorite plate or drinking glass. his classmates looking at him weird when he complains about the sound of the lights buzzing.

his main special interests are crime/true crimes shows and movies, and old mafia movies. mostly bc he likes poking holes in them, but sometimes he finds one that actually gets things right and you’d think he just found the cure to cancer with how happy he is.

everyone being surprised at how good of friends him and kazuichi are but it’s because they both love parallel play. kaz will be tinkering with something or reading the latest issues of his favorite car magazines, while fuyuhiko sharpens his knives or cleans his guns while he rewatches his favorite movie.

sometimes kaz will show him a picture in his magazine or he’ll talk about his latest project. or he’ll listen to fuyuhiko’s rants about how accurate or inaccurate whatever he’s watching is.

and sometimes hiko will answer kaz’s questions about whatever he’s watching, or nod along to whatever hot gossip kazuichi is talking about.

they’re besties ok idc. also yes im autistic and yes im projecting on my favs what about it

also my other list of autistic dr characters bc i feel like it: gundham, sonia, nagito, peko, taka, chiro, kyoko, chiaki, gonta, ibuki, hiyoko, toko, and probably others that i can’t remember rn

yours truly, LB

I like this idea a lot, but I'm not gonna be able to write anything for it because my IRL son is autistic and I'm trying to cut down on the number of similarities between him and Fuyuhiko because it's WEIRD lmaoooo

Anyway I think this works better as a headcanon post. Feel free to send more headcanons! I love them!!

[cwpiqwons-archive]

Y/n, a hopeless romantic who can't seem to get over her crush, shim jayoon. her love for the girl is very evident to everyone including the girl herself. follow our mc: y/n, her ride or die: seeun and the love interest: yoon as they knit a tale of unrequested love, friendship, heartbreak and pure, unfiltered angst<3

*masterlist*

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@rosiehrs hehehehehe👹

[shima-draws]

So sorry you aren’t feeling good :( What does the pain feel like? I can’t even imagine what a hip tear must be like

Aaa ty I appreciate it 🥺

Hmm yeah it’s kinda like…growing pains? You know when you have growing pains and your leg is really achy? Imagine that but multiply the pain by like a hundred and that’s where I am lmao

Put the rest under a read more bc I can’t shut up and also to spare the rest of you from reading about my issues if you don’t wanna wink wonk

Sometimes the pain will just shoot down my leg and it’ll be sharp. It’s mostly on the side and in the back, I don’t really have any pain at the very front or in my knees which is good. Usually right after I wake up and start walking around my whole leg acts like it’s been asleep and the crawling ants feeling is SO bad 😭 It’s too fuzzy LOL I gotta give my leg a good shake to wake it up

There are some places where my body just feels sore too, like it’s the day after I’ve done smth really physically strenuous and I need to massage my muscles bc they’re all tight and stiff.

At the beginning I couldn’t really pinpoint the pain but over the past couple weeks it’s definitely more centered right in the pelvis area. Idk if my brain saw the MRI results and went “Aha yeah THAT’S the issue! Let’s make the pain there worse then” or what but fnndndn

Also idk if it’s because of the chiro or just bc of the hip tear but the left side of my foot has been numb for like 2 months now,, not COMPLETELY numb but enough that I notice it’s got a fuzzy feeling 🤔

It’s so weird tho bc again most hip tears happen to athletes, of which I am not. And I wasn’t in an accident or had some sort of traumatic injury. It just happened out of the blue for no reason at all;;

Anyway I was reading up on labrum tears and found out that some people will get them and not even notice bc they don’t show any of the pain symptoms? Bro I WISH that were me holy shit

Sorry for the long lonnggg answer you probably didn’t need that much info but personally ranting about it helps me wheeze

[robotslenderman]

A patient once came in with an Xray referral from a chiro. They kept talking about "the doctor" who referred them and I was so fucking pissed off about it.

But I also have anxiety so I googled it before I ranted about it to a friend, but:

I discovered that in my state, chiropractors can legally call themselves doctors.

That's right.

In NSW a fucking quack can legally put a "Dr" before their name.

I am so fucking mad about this you have NO idea

[theblacksunking]

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I'm being more experimental with this mini comic It will be in black and white and it'll read from right to left like a manga lel, also will have many differing art styles through all the pages. So are you ready for Evil Jinmay?

[mejomonster]

Chiropractor Said he treated my dairy intolerance* sure

Ate 2 pieces of pizza today lets see bro

Afterward had a lactaid cause Remembered back when I could tolerate small servings i still needed that digestive enzyme ;-; mejo really wanted to go zero to a hundred like I'm not just gonna manage to eat dairy again but also completely handle it without help sjdjdjdj

On the upside I guess? No stomach pain yet! Whereas a year ago I would've felt awful stabbing pain

[createuntiltheendoftime]

lots of ppl shit on chiropractics for being some dort of money grab pseudoscience but i dont think its true. without chiro, i wouldn’t be able to turn my head or walk freely without pain, my mom would still have a piece of vertebrae floating in her neck. my dog wouldn’t be walking. my moms horse would still be trying to kill her. i wouldn’t be able to ride, or more accurately, i could be ruining my horses spine because id be unbalanced

chiropractics are a science, and a medicine. they might not be necessary for survival, but in many ppls experience they’re necessary for a life without pain and with free movement

[astridthevalkyrie]

man this was such. a terrible new year.

[looney-mooney-studio]

I’m so tired

Have some monkey doodles

[looney-mooney]

SRMTHFG META

After re-watching the whole series on Disney+ with my little sister, I think I know how season 5 might have gone. And, how it might be resolved.

Thing is, Season 5 wouldn’t actually be all that different from seasons 1 and 2. They’re still fighting the Skeleton King, and they’re still protecting Shugazoom from his forces: it’s just that now they’re fighting an army of undead instead of an army of formless, he lives in a castle of bone on the other side of the planet instead of a citadel of bone in space, and they have ALL their allies living on Shugazoom with them instead of living in random places scattered around the galaxy. Unpopular opinion? If the show absolutely had to be cut short, this would be the place to do it. They’ve returned to the old status quo, but everyone’s together now. It’s a hopeful end to the series.

Chiro might even have the chance to have a childhood in this new status quo! With all their allies gathered in one place, I can see him having the chance to hang out with kids his own age, especially the post-apocalyptic kids who are fighting alongside him. The allies can handle more threats, while the core team recouperates, and they might have a chance at happiness this way. It would help his no doubt catastrophic PTSD, to be able to rely on others from time to time so he can be a kid with similarly-traumatized friends his own age every once in a while...

But the big question is, how would they END the show, really? They’ve already tried killing the skeleton king about three times already, and now he’s back and just as powerful as before. It’d be a little bit anticlimactic to just kill him again, especially since they’d THOUGHT they’d killed him for good so many times before. They’re gonna need a new solution, if this is to be the true end of their conflict.

And now there’s so many former allies of the Skeleton King on the Hyperforce’s side: Captain Shugazoom, the Sun Riders, Scrapperton (last we saw Scrapperton, he was begging the Robo-Simians to hide him: now that the Robo-Simians have joined the war effort, it’s likely that Scrapperton has come with them and joined the side of good to fight against his former employer), even the monkeys themselves! And a core theme of the season 4 finale was that the power of the Power Primate, the power of the Hyperforce, the power of LOVE, can defeat/overcome any evil.

It freed SPRX from the influence of the Dark Ones, after all. And another thing that’s interesting about that finale, is that we got to SEE how exactly Mandarin and the Skeleton King were initially corrupted. It was by coming into contact with the Dark Ones. Just like SPRX. And the main reason why the Alchemist made that portal in the first place was to know what the Dark Ones were doing, so that they could (potentially) FIGHT THEM.

And, let’s not forget, one of the key ingredients in the Skeleton King’s revival was the return of the Alchemist’s cloak. “A piece of clothing from his human days,” Valeena said. This little scrap of humanity was NECESSARY to bringing him back to life. So... what if his humanity is an essential part of the literal fabric of his existence? What if, instead of defeating the Skeleton King by trying to kill him (again), they had to heal him? By defeating the dark ones, removing their influence, and bringing the Alchemist back? What if the final, FINAL boss of the show weren’t the Skeleton King himself, but the Gods who created him to do their bidding...?

[yellheahnerds]

mmm i can't wait till im able to get an actual diagnosis for why my body is constantly out of place and hurting for no reason