#Medical themes

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Whumpee is a punctual writer, and Caretaker hasn’t heard from Whumpee in a few days. Caretaker only finds out Whumpee is in the hospital after one of Whumpees fanfics updates and then the A/N is just something like

“Sorry this chapter was late I got hit by a car (or smth) lolll

Hospital put me on pain meds towards the end sorry about the typos enjoyyy :3”

THEN CARETAKER HEADS TO THE HOSPITAL SO FAST—

[tears-exe]

Dreaming of the only place I feel like I can truly feel at peace

[massgrav]

Headcanons no one asked for or cares about (bodily and medical themes)

Uldred is intersex and infertile, and has both genital systems. Since he is perceived as a man by most, he incidentally presents himself this way. In addition to being strangely limbed, too tall, and completely hairless, his "unnatural" anatomy has finished to make him a monster in the eyes of most. Over time, he took pride in being ostracised.

He isn't ashamed of it, and has even provided research on anatomical otherness, though the Chantry has refused to approve it. He wrote detailed accounts of experiments he carried out on himself, involving drawings (and bloodstains, oopsie) and theories on sex-reassigning surgery.

But opening himself out of mere curiosity only encouraged him to go further, and convinced him he could rearrange himself at will. He removed his external parts – which procedure induced severe blood poisoning – and ultimately gave up on his ideal of perfect neutrality.

[stalkhaus]

i forgot to post, so im going to dump art lol

[cosmicoptima]

[systematicallycapricious]

Concept — “For you to remember, for you to forget...”

Contextual breakdown below the cut, for those who want it.

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Papaver rhoeas, the red poppies, are representative of remembrance poppies, which supposedly honor fallen soldiers, sometimes all war casualties, and call for future peace.

Papaver somniferum, the white poppies, are representative of both sedation and bandages (even if somniferum-sedatives are probably not accurate for this situation from a technical standpoint >_>).

Meconopsis betonicifolia(?), the blue poppy, is representative of the Plume of Dusk. Himalayan species are supposedly difficult to cultivate outside of their native environment; which similar could be posited about Plumes of Dusk. The blue poppies in the vertical concept are probably still some species of meconopsis and have basically the same meaning, just applied differently.

The poppy stems, as you can sort of see in the first image, are intended to be IV tubes. The colorful connector ports are also reminiscent of the wallpaper you can find in the kids’ areas of some medical facilities.

The “sun” is a surgical lamp, specifically the one depicted in the manga (ch.30).

The white clothes are the same ones as depicted in the manga, though if you wanted to you could also ascribe them the meaning of “something untainted/pure”, as there isn’t any viscera staining them.

The flower crown I was kinda interpreting as being symbolic of children, innocence, and beauty. Obviously, nothing about this situation is any of those, though I wouldn’t be surprised if Ikutsuki saw it that way.

The color palette and perspective are supposed to invoke a dreamy/surreal state. Reality is the bright and sterile whites and grays of the surgical room, hazily blending into less “real” elements such as the poppies. The borders between the two are weak, and so you get stuff such as flowers and IV tubing merging. Perspective-wise, I tried to make it look like one was seeing the lamp overhead as if they were the one on the table, and then tried to invoke a feeling of distance with the size/perspective of Sho and the poppies, as if they’re disconnected from reality.

The epithet I have for this concept is mostly based on “remembrance” from the red poppies and “sleep/sedative” from the name of the white poppies, “somniferum”. Though, it could be applied to other aspects of this concept/situation as well.

Overall, it’s just an artistic/symbolic take on the Plume-implantation surgery and lowkey the beginning of Minazuki’s existence, haha.

[occultopossum]

Finished commission for @fundeadasylum

For such a fun lil meowmeow of theres (sadest wetest eyes ever vibes) Super fun to draw -w-

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[carvaiine]

I did a short thing

[vacueye]

looking through old tf2 stuff again + felt like reuploading some of my favorite (mostly spy) art throughout the years

[oblique-lane]

Wannabe

[zarla-s]

I never posted this old space-themed TF2 comic here before did I? enjoy heavy and medic bickering... IN SPACE!!! This was before Meet the Medic so no one really knew what Medic would be like, he’s too grumpy here! But how could I have known, haha.

I wanted to have the other three in here as well but I thought it’d make the last panel too busy. If you’re curious, Soldier and Demo would have crashed their rocket into a planet and would be pressing Engie to fix it, hehe.

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[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Cruel and Unusual Punishments (the PSA episode).

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[parachutingkitten]

*clears throat*

The reason everyone likes Kai this season is that he is both very wise, and incredibly dumb. If you don't have both of those, you don't have Kai.

[catcatb0y]

[heartshapedgreen]

really hate how 'avoid therapy speak' writing advice is to write your characters not able to convey their emotions period, instead of y'know... making them convey them less clinically (which is what i think 'therapy speak' is supposed to mean?) and more in line with your character's view of life.

like if your character is someone who is very self-aware, or someone who ruminates a lot (hello ocd), they're gonna have A Lot to say when asked about their feelings. maybe it's unreliable. maybe it's diverting from the real issue. maybe they're lying. even untruthful/'wrong' answers can reveal so much about a cynical mindset or that they hate their self or that they've been gaslit so much their entire conclusion is wrong, and it's a "oh..." moment for everybody.

i even have a character who actually would say 'umm... not good, i guess? i have no idea' to being asked 'so how does this make you feel?' but that's cause. they literally have alexithymia. or, i guess if that could be an appropriate reaction for a character who is overly guarded & has trust issues. i also wonder if displeasure at 'therapy speak' has to do with the fact most of us probably don't have many people who ask us about our feelings, and conversations like these feel sappy and uncomfortable and like fanciful imaginings of unrestrained trust that won't be betrayed, because often IRL trust like this goes betrayed. most 'therapy speak' advice comes across as really jaded, and i'm saying this as someone who has trust issues lol. also, considering that alexithymia is actually very common, i wonder if that plays a role in how weird these conversation seem to readers who have it. (i'm actually curious about this.)