#Post-Covid service

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

All the fics I’ve read and really enjoyed in the past week-ish. Reminder: This list features any and all ratings and themes. Please look at tags and warnings on ao3 before reading.

DC

midnight sun by merils

Who would win: four men with guns who just happened to get Red Robin to walk into a trap, or one royally-pissed Kryptonian juggernaut?

Yeah, it's not even a contest.

reasons are better than rules by destiny919

"No one will actually explain Father's rules to me," Damian blurts out. "They tell me we don't kill, and killing is wrong, and Father would never do it, but no one ever actually says why! As if repeating the rule is the same as explaining it! As if I am supposed to just know, when I do not!"

Drake is quiet, eyes on something in the distance that Damian cannot see. "Damian, may I tell you a secret?"

Marvel

Thirty Hours by polaroid15

The sun sets. Peter breaks three toes and hits his head hard against concrete. There’s a steadily bleeding wound in his side that he’s staunched with his webbing and tries not to acknowledge it when it burns. He can still walk in a straight line, which is good. He’s starving and tired and cold. It’s been fifteen hours.

Or, Peter doesn't take any breaks during a lengthy fight with the Avengers. The mind-melting fever that follows really should have been expected.

Clone Wars

An Hourglass In Hand by ecarian

“I thought daemons didn’t eat,” Rex noted once, during a celebration feast, as he and Cody watched Boga devour her meal with some fascination. Varactyl she may be, but she was a tiny one. There wasn't much interior space for the truly momentous amount of meat she was ripping into.

Boga daintily rubbed her beak against a folded serviette that looked kind of like a bird, and said, prim, “I can do anything a human can do.”

“Oh?” Obi-Wan said mildly, from where he’d been tapping at a datapad. “Shall I save you a portion of these reports then?”

Set My Mind at Ease by Eightbitpale

Marshal Commander Cody - clone commanding officer of the 7th Sky Corps, second in command of the 212th attack battalion and, currently, the proud caretaker of one still-warm lightsaber - was having a very long day.

Actually, fuck that. It had been more than a long day. Long days were Cody’s bread and butter, practically his comfort zone. Marshall Commander Cody ate stim shots for breakfast and every shiny this side of Coruscant knew it. Long days were his bitch.

No, this had been more than a long day. Today had been a bad day.

———

The one where Cody and his general try their best to tell each other that they care. At least they’re trying.

Your Smile In Stone by ecarian

Wooley: can we arrest people for yelling this early?

There were two figures standing at the foot of General Kenobi's statue with their backs to Wooley, an adult with a hood, and a child with light hair. The child was pointing at a puddle of Temple tookas who were curled up in General Kenobi’s lap, lounging in the stone folds of his robes, the bend of his knee.

Wooley: belay that. Child nuisance.

The Goblin Emperor

Sweet Hope by baladric

Maia Drazhar arranges a festival, meets his gay aunt, falls in love with his secretary, and misses his mom through it all.

"In the way of true stories, there was no discernible beginning. Perhaps it had begun that first day, in the shabby receiving room at Edonomee; in the cockpit of the Radiance of Cairado; at the mooring mast of the Untheileneise Court, with that first smile.

The pith of the matter was that Maia Drazhar was wildly, tremulously in love, and love had made fools of much wiser men than he."

In All Its Forms by Anonymous

Before his father ruined everything, Nurevis Chavar only thought to introduce the new emperor to all the most beautiful things life could offer.

When he found himself free from relegation again after his father's death, would the emperor whose friendship he had sought so long ago wish his presence at court? And, if he could return to court, would his emperor wish his friendship again?

[skitskatdacat63]

Nando being silly in S2E2 of his doc 🥺

[oflgtfol]

i was talking to my therapist last week about how i'm kinda excited but also equally apprehensive about starting grad school this fall because yes, i so so desperately needed a gap year otherwise i think i literally would have killed myself and/or had a breakdown big enough to land me in the hospital, and even beyond that i just needed to figure out a more concrete plan of what i'm going to do with my life in general -- while all of that is true, and i'm glad i took the gap year for it, i'm also apprehensive because i genuinely feel like an entirely different person than i was even at this exact point in time last year, nevermind anything earlier than that. it's only been a single year of me being out of school but my life has changed so dramatically, mostly for the better, and my whole personality has flipped on its head, it's just going to be so fucking weird going back to the same school, the same campus, potentially seeing my old friends around. augh

[maulfucker]

I can't even joke about wanting a show about Maul fucking because first of all they would try to make him straight (which he absolutely isn't) and second of all you knowwww he didn't fuck before he had his legs cut off. he was too busy being a moody teenager and going on murder vacations. so it would have to be set post AotC. so for him to fuck they would have to canonize cybernetic dicks.

[heich0e]

hi this should go without saying but please be fucking nice to people working in the service industry this time of year (all times of year, ideally.)

[andremonochrome]

Return to Office (RTO).

Your supervisor is here to help you.

Help you perform better.

Help you.

Help.

[artemisiatridentata]

whenever I post about covid on my instagram stories I wonder what goes through the minds of everyone who watches them, all the people I know who no longer mask or take any precautions (and haven't since early 2022, at the latest). do they think I'm crazy? or do they know what I'm saying is true, but it's easier for them to ignore it and keep partying themselves into an early grave? did they think I'd have given up on this by now and gone back to ~normal~ myself? Are they surprised and annoyed that I keep on talking about the ongoing pandemic? much to think about

[bonyfish]

my first delivery of the day had me driving 20 minutes out into the country, and when i handed off the order, the guy said to me, "you stay safe out there, alright?" which strikes me as a slightly ominous thing to say to a stranger in the middle of nowhere. what am i keeping safe from, in this scenario? i thought i was aware (acutely) of all the applicable dangers, but who knows. anyway, i drove the 10-or-so miles back into town and no horrors leapt at me from the trees, but i appreciate this fellow's concern nonetheless.

[fayeandknight]

Did another PA training session at the local mini mall with Forte.

This time he gave the elevator banks one glance and then deemed them unworthy of attention.

My plan was to have him do some training in the lobby of the movie theater. My friend is throwing a surprise birthday party for his wife and rented out a theater for it. I'm undecided on whether to bring him so wanted to see how he'd do.

The floor the theater is on was pretty empty when we arrived so I did some warm up/engagement stuff first. Forte took in the environment well and was moving confidently. There was one of those photo booth things with flashing overhead lights and since no one was on that side of the floor I decided to have him try getting in.

I thought it might give him pause but he stepped in without hesitation, sat and happily accepted a cookie, and exited calmly.

I was set to move on to the actual movie theater when a security guard stopped us. The guard wasn't hostile, just super interested in Forte. I politely explained that he's a service dog in training. I hoped he would take the hint but he proceeded to hover over us and make kissy noises.

So I opted to move down a floor and hope we could quietly come back after.

The next floor down has a grocery store and was much busier. We did basic obedience, heeling, and some alerts in motion. Forte did really well and only seemed unsure after the second small dog, in someone's arms, barked at him. (He completely ignored the first small dog that barked at him from a cart.)

I was running low on treats because at this point we were out longer than I anticipated. So we went down another level to grab treats from Target.

In retrospect that wasn't my best idea. Target was super crowded. Several employees started following us cooing about the service dog and I told them, over my shoulder because I didn't want to stop, yup he's working. But they followed us all the way from the entrance to the pet aisle and back to the checkout lanes.

After I checked out a different employee stepped in front of us and loudly exclaimed oh that's a service dog! I don't think anything malicious was meant by it. But unfortunately the way he did so cut off my path out and I could feel myself getting seriously effected.

Gave Forte the exit cue and he navigated his way around people to the exit. I'm so proud of him for this in particular because it's a relatively new task and I've never asked for it with so many people in a limited space.

Had him do DPT once we were clear which and he did it so seriously. But as soon as my hr was at about 80 he got off, rolled onto his back, and demanded belly rubs. I obliged because he worked really hard and I think he was releasing a bit of stress himself.

I called it quits then and we went back up to the level I parked on. I did tell him to find the car and then overruled him when I thought he was going down the wrong aisle. He went by two cars and then made a wide turn and took me back down where he wanted to go initially and led me straight to the car. I have to stop doubting him.

Anyway it was about a two hour outing and, as per usual, Forte exceeded my expectations.

[disasterhimbo]

You can get free covid tests right now if your last order was before December 15.

[mxddyhero]

my Good bitches, I am so Tired

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

me, confidently strutting in 2 hours late because i didn’t check that there had been a time change and the service i went to was an outlier: i am here for services

[regallibellbright]

Phone calls have been made! I have not cried in frustration while on the phone! This is a win.

I still can’t get anything filled before Thursday, though I have at least confirmed I will be RECEIVING them on Thursday, but I at least get where the issue is. (Either: There has in fact been a massive misunderstanding between the pharmacist and the person giving the instructions on how often it has to be taken, and calling the clinic while I’m at the pharmacy on Thursday to make sure everyone’s on the same page while I’m there to clarify ‘This means I need it refilled every twelve days, is this doable?’ should get us what we need, OR everyone does in fact understand that I’m on a prescription where I will go through a new box every twelve days, however, it cannot be filled every twelve days for whatever arbitrary bureaucratic reason, so I cannot take it as prescribed, in which case calling the clinic while I’m at the pharmacy on Thursday should make it clear that I have to be taking it three times a day logistically.)

(The person at the clinic who gives instructions believed the ones she gave were very clear and explicit. Given the previous instructions were at least ‘not clear enough NOT to confuse an autistic person whose memory is still spotty enough from all the Assorted Issues not to remember the doctor said to take it four times daily,’ I’m a bit skeptical, but I can also fully believe it’s a problem on insurance’s end and arbitrary limitations, so.) 

Either way, come Thursday afternoon there WILL be both cromolyn and a gameplan so that I know how to take my meds to get them sustainably refilled. So there’s that.

[sweetxvertigo]

Artist friends, please don't use StickerMule

Full tweet

I've been on the "Fuck Stickermule" train for a few years now after they posted COVID conspiracy bullshit, and it was found out their CEO was a Trump / Anti-LGBTQ+ donor.

Take your business elsewhere. Just because they have good deals occasionally shouldn't mean they should be able to use your money to support shitty recipients.

Some businesses I'd recommend checking out:

StickerGuy -Been using Sticker Guy for like 15 years for my bands stickers over the years. They have some of the best vinyl stickers I've ever used and those things are practically indestructible. Ridiculously good prices too.

RockinMonkey - I've only ever used them for one run of holographic stickers but the quality is so good and I'd definitely go to them again if I were to get more printed.

StickerNinja - Never personally used but I've seen so many people recommend them and their quality shows on their socials. And I'm fairly certain they're BIPOC owned, super pro-LGBTQ+ and are very vocally Pro-Palestine which is a plus in my book!

StickerApp - has been getting a lot of positive feedback in the reblogs! Vograce - I've read some good things about them in the reblogs, and I've also seen some people on Tiktok showing off acrylic keychains they've made with their services!

EDIT [7/18/2024]:

Found this cool document full of information on other sticker / merch printers with a ton of comparisons and examples compiled by Theresa Chiechi! They also have a series of Tiktok videos linked on that page showing the different businesses they've tried. Be sure to check it out if you want a comprehensive look into your best options.

Please feel free to leave any other suggestions!

[gandhitechnowebsolutions]

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