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please help my scruggly cat
Tommy, Tumblr micro-celebrity famous for featuring/being the muse for hit posts such as âfather isâŚevil?â and âmy cat can tell when Iâm sad and instinctively bites my toesâ and âfrustrating each other is our love languageâ needs a little financial support. Please consider donating to my ko-fi or buying something from my teespring store.
Tommy was diagnosed with diabetes earlier this year under dramatic circumstances that involved a week long intensive care vet stay. She has stomatitis (an inflammation of the gums and mucus membranes) that she was on steroids for and the steroids may have damaged her pancreas. Since her diagnosis weâve had a hard time controlling her blood sugar. Her insulin dose goes up and up. The vet thinks she has a good chance of stabilizing, that diabetic cats can and do live long, healthy and happy lives. Sheâs only 5. Her 6th birthday is later this month. Sheâs fighting. She wants to live.
Each insulin vial costs $160. Her prescription cat food is $35 for a 4 pound bag. Sheâs also on gabapentin for her pain and neuropathy and sheâll probably need another course of antibiotics. She currently goes to the vet every two weeks and the cost of that varies immensely. Basically, sheâs a much more expensive cat than she was before and the cost of living for me has risen as well. Itâs not an immediate emergency but we need funds. Iâm disabled, I have an autoimmune disease that attacks my colon, I have a hard time working outside of the home or even at all because my health fluctuates and my energy levels are low. Iâm trying so desperately to get better but for now Iâm living in my momâs house and sponging off my loved ones and tapping into my meager savings.
I know what youâre thinking, the thing people always comment on donation posts about pets, âif you canât afford to care for your cat, why do you still have your cat?â and as biting as that question is, I know itâs a valid one and Iâve thought about it myself. I still have her because I need her and she needs me. Sheâs like my soulmate animal. We met when I was 16 and she was about 4 weeks old. There was no way I could have known weâd both be struggling sick moneypits in 5 years. Iâm trying to give her the best life I can and sheâs trying to give me her best self. Iâm her person. Iâm home 24/7 so weâre so used to having each other. She brings me immense joy and I know sheâs brought a lot of other people joy. If youâre one of those people, please consider giving a couple of dollars. If you canât afford to, thatâs fine. Thank you for reading anyway.
TL;DR: cat sick. Iâm sick. please help.
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we managed to scrape together the money for this old man to have surgery to remove his lung cancer!
hey honest question, did anybody have GOOD stuff happen to them in 2024? cause it was really bad for me and for most people i know, so it would be nice to hear about anything that's been going WELL for any of you. even if it's small stuff. just to know there's light out there.
#i've had him since he was like 4wks old & he was the first cat that ever ''chose'' me as his person#he's now 14 and he has other chronic health issues but we're at least going to get a lil bit more time with him#so that's a pretty big win for 2024#cats#son boys#styx#styx's lobectomy recovery chronicles
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Masterlist!
Hell Loves! Below is the list of stories for Juicy January! If I get more request I will add them and as they come out I will put down the titles! Thank you all for joining me on my Juice obsession!
Yes....but I have a request- Fruit rollup shenanigans story
Elevator Chronicles Story: Neighbor Juice who is just trying to distract you from the fact you both are trapped in a small space.
Should've Been A Cowboy-Long Live Cowgirls Series: Juice falls in love at a rodeo.
Always Here from the Give Heaven Some Hell Series: Juice works through his grieve and regret at never telling you his true feelings.
We All Have Skeletons: Juice Confronts Chloe OC about the dead bodies that are piling up
One for Two: Juice and Scarlett OC post Lost and Found Series. Juices release from prison and post Jaxs death.
How I Met Your Mother: How him and Trinity OC met.
Tequila, Tacos and an Interrogation: Juice and OC Lupes first date is crashed.
May I?: Juice asks Happy for his daughter OC Coris hand in marriage.
Lazy Sunday- A lazy day of weed, painting and sex
Rescue Kitty: Juice finds an injured stray cat one night and nurses her back to health. Shapeshifter AU
Sorry About my Tail- Playful Trickster/Demon Juice who just cant seem to control his tail.
Call Me Mommy- Subby Juice Smut Fic
What Are You Doing?- When you enter his dorm room without knocking one day a Juices dirty little secret comes to light.
Request 1- Hate- Smut Fic
Request 2 -The Start Of Something-Fluff fic
Request 3 - What Do You Think Fluff/Smut Fic
Request 4- Butterfly-Fluff Fic
Request 5- You Love Me. Right?- Dark Fic
Request 6- Confiding- Fluff Fic
Request 7- Of All Times- Fluff fic
Request 8- Not So Funny Now- Smut Fic
Request 9- Rather Have- Smut Fic
Request 10- Didn't Mean- Fluff/Smut Fic
Request 11- Love Gone Sour- Dark Fic
Request 12 Both- Smut Fic
#sons of anarchy#ravennasmasterlist#juice ortiz#JuiceJanuaryStories#soa fanfiction#juice ortiz fanfic#juice ortiz fanfiction#juice ortiz fic#juice ortiz imagine#juice ortiz imagines#juice ortiz smut#juice ortiz x oc#juice ortiz x reader#sons of anarchy fanfiction#sons of anarchy fanfic#sons of anarchy smut#fanfiction#juan juice ortiz x reader#juice fanfiction#juice ortiz appreciation#juice ortiz x you#juice smut#juice x reader#juice x oc
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COMME ON FAIT SON LIT, ON SE COUCHE.
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âŁââ Ë đ. ⧠PAIRING: YAN! NEUVILETTE x SCUM! READER (ft. yan! other characters + mystery major pairing)
âŁââ Ë đđ. ⧠TW/CW: Typical Yandere Themes: Stalking, Delulu, Yunâs vv broken French. Canon Divergence.
âŁââ Ë đđđ. ⧠SYNOPSIS: When given the power to flood the world with your admirerâs tears and skip work, who were you to reject it? | This happens prior to the Archon Quest
dedicated for le sims ( @o-tears-o-tides ) , aka the object of my platonic love and affection. happy birthday employee!!
Fucking with Neuvilette was your lifestyle. Figuratively that is. You wanted him to work harder if you were to provide him with the more literal definition of the term but regardless â
â making him suffer was your favorite hobby.
You held the prestigious role of documenter at the esteemed Palais Mermonia, where the dramatic tale of "Furina's Courtroom Crying Sessions" unfolded under the watchful eye of Neuvilette. In addition to chronicling these legal theatrics, your literary talents blossomed, weaving novels and insightful commentaries based on the trials you meticulously transcribed. This dual creative and professional endeavor earned you a devoted following throughout Teyvat and established influential connections with prominent figures across the nation.
Your relationship with Monsieur Neuvilette started off differently than what many would assume. Those privy to your early interactions could discern an undeniable enchantment on your part towards this man. Undoubtedly, he exuded an aura of elegance, elevated prestige, and an unwavering work ethic, all of which captivated admirers across the spectrum of society. His demeanor possessed an intoxicating allure for young ladies and gentlemen alike, leaving an indelible mark of respect and awe upon those fortunate enough to witness it.
âMonsieur Neuvilette.â
You greeted him with a slight bow, resisting the urge to smile at his presence. He reminded you a bit of someone from back home. A man that youâd do anything to receive a single praise from.
âAh, Mx. [Y/N] to what do I owe you the pleasure?â He looked up from his documents. He too had to resist the urge to beam at your form. After all you were one of if not the only person he felt like he could never have enough time with.
âItâs just that I thought youâd be home by now. In any case I have this coffee a friend gave me but I canât drink it . . .â You looked to the side, breaking off eye contact from your superior. He would have frowned at the action had it not been accompanied by a sweet gesture of yours. You always excused your good deeds with some nonsense about self-interest but he knew you well enough that he could see through it all.
âThank you.â
Then, you realized that it rained whenever he felt sad.
And when thereâre intense rains there would be no work.
And when there was no work, you could stay at home or go out and do whatever the hell you want.
Also he liked you and whatever but that was besides the point! You could slack off and fulfill your sadistic needs.
And so began your journey to find what made your senior co-worker tick. Most of the time it was when you gave other people your attention ( aside from Furina for some reason ). A single headpat towards either Freminet or Lynette caused some light rain. Rejecting his advances caused the skies to stay blanketed for hours. Whenever you were absent it poured cats and dogs.
And lastly, when you and Lyney were practically fucking with words it was as if the Raiden Shogun herself was here to cry alongside him.
The man practically saw you as more valuable than the water he drowns himself with.
It was all you ever wanted and more.
Despite your excessive amounts of free time, you still found yourself to be stressed and tired. Due to your high profile job and connections, it was a must to move from place to place frequently as to avoid paparazzi among other dangers to your health and privacy.
You were planning to check the Fortress of Meropide that day to . . . have a date with Lyney. Donât look at me like that! You two are the ones with the weird taste in scenery.
âOh! Your Grace. How do you fare?â You bowed politely. You could feel the glare from the magician beside you burning as bright as his vision.
The man was a menacing person from looks to begin with, but there were also other reasons you often felt something crawl up your spine whenever you two met.
He always stared at you like you had done something wrong. When he was the former criminal between you two! Really, what a crude man. His trial was one of the biggest hits of your career so at least you had that to owe to him.
You still remove the chills you felt when he simply admitted his guilt.
âMx. [L/N]. I was told to deliver this to you.â
âOh? I didnât know that the Duke of Meropide also worked as part-time delivery men.â
âTrust me, this is works for my own self interest more than the sender.â
You gave him a pointed look. Well those words didnât seem suspicious at all. You shrugged as you examined the object. A letter. Cold pressed paper â the expensive kind too, bound together by stamped blue wax and what seemed to be a miniature lakelight lily.
Inside â in the most elegant cursive youâve ever seen â was . . . a poem. It read as follows;
Ma gouttelette du ciel,
Telle une ĂŠtoile dans la nuit,
Ton amour est mon miel,
Dans ton regard, tout est infini.
Tes sourires, doux rayons du jour,
Illuminent mes jours comme un phare,
Dans ce monde, tu es mon seul sĂŠjour,
Ton amour est ma plus belle fanfare.
La tendresse de tes mains,
L'ĂŠclat de ton rire mĂŠlodieux,
Sont pour moi de prĂŠcieux biens,
Qui ĂŠclairent ma vie, radieux.
Ma gouttelette du ciel,
Dans ton amour, je m'ĂŠgare,
Ton essence est mon miel,
Chaque moment avec toi est un phare.
It only took one line for you to recognize Neuviletteâs work. His water tasting hobbies was somewhat common knowledge to the public, and Lyney was less of a poem man and more of a showy partner.
And so, after making sure his eyes were on you, you ripped it apart.
âThatâs a bit too harsh is it not?â Lyney spoke with a nagging tone, yet his eyes were filled with the utmost delight.
âMonsieur Lyney. You know of its contents? Has your father ever told you not to pry into other peopleâs business?â
âPerhaps. But weâre friends arenât we? Friendâs donât hide anything from eachother.â
You sighed. You hated it when he knew where to hit. â. . .Then can you do me a favor and use your vision for its disposal?â
âMy pleasure.â
Orange flames barely appear for a moment before it is doused by the skyâs tears. But even then it was enough to destroy the letter.
âYour Graceââ
The clock was ticking.
A few months after youâd heard his screams, you found out that the traveler would be arriving to their next destination soon. There was only a small fragment of a moment to lose for preparation. The rain was getting unbearably strong. You could not count the amount of times youâve had to replace your umbrella.
In any case, you had invited Charlotte for a chat at the cafe. Partly because of her vision which helped with the rain, and mostly because you wanted to gossip with her as you usually did when slacking off.
Those works of yours outside of your actual career at the Palais Memornia donât make themselves after all.
âRumor has it that young women of have been disappearing of late. Do you have any clues on this phenomenon yet, Charlotte?â You leaned unto the table. Your signature smug smile on your lips as you presented your question to the young lady.
âNot yet. Wait â arenât I the journalist here? Why are you asking the questions? Donât tell me you missed another deadline again.â
âI just want to get ahead on my writing. The Steambird must have gotten a lead, no?â You dipped on your tea as you spoke, gaze directed at its reflection of your face and the dark skies above.
âSo you can slack off some more?â
âTâwas what my doctor had prescribed. I need to take care of my mental health too, yknow.â You smiled, poking your cheek in a cutesy manner.
This was no good. You were getting nowhere in your investigation and your anxiety bit at you as time could only pass by. You bit your nails. What would he do? How would he bypass such a situation? Oh, how useless you were without him.
â[Y/N]!â
You almost donât react to that name as you were overtaken by your thoughts. It seemed that you spent too much time worrying that Charlotte wasnât even at your side anymore.
âAh, Lady Furina. How may I be of service?â You stood from sit in a jolt. You were guilty of looking down at the archon from time to time but appearances must be kept in public.
âI came to personally escort you to Palais Memornia. We have a case that requires your presence.â She coughed. An unusual shaken demeanor on her. Not that she was a completely confident person all the time, but this look on her particularly screamed fear.
But what would an archon be afraid of?
âUrgently.â
âA case? But with this rain. . . surely â â
The rain abruptly stopped and with its sounds disappearing, a deep voice makes its way into your ears.
âIt is yours, [Y/N]. Youâre under arrest for suspicions of colluding with the Fatui.â
âMonsieur ââ
He looked away from you before you could finish your call. You feel metal touch your skin as none other than Wriosthesley himself puts cuffs around your wrists.
âStay put, Mx. [Y/N].â
You eyed the Iudex from beyond the âglassâ. This chamber had not existed the last time you visited the Fortress. Yet here it was, almost an exact same replica of your room â yet it did not feel like home at all.
You supposed Fontaine in its entirety was not home at all.
âYou framed me.â
You were lazy. Incompetent even. But you would never collude with those miscreants.
At least, those were the lies you fed yourself in order to feel better about the betrayals you made in a day to day basis.
You could imagine the looks on your colleagueâs faces. Would they be surprised, neutral, would they even care at all? Or would they be so utterly hurt by your actions that they fall into a spiraling abyss of despair?
You yearned to witness it all.
âAll you had to do was to accept me.â His gloved hand touches the material between you two, a ripple forming from his touch. You were surrounded by what seemed like primordial water.
âI would have forgiven your sins. I would have made you be reborn anew. Innocent and pure as water.â
The water parted for a brief moment but you do not dare do anything foolish. You stayed put, remained still as Neuvilette reached through, and allowed the dragon to drag his thumb across your jaw and lips.
âAll you did was push me away.â
And then â he pulls your head through the opening.
You close your eyes. One smallest movement would have your neck turn into foam.
â[Y/N], ma gouttelette du ciel.â
Perhaps, you had no need to see all the otherâs fall into hopelessness. After all, the man who put the most trust and adoration into you was right here with you.
If only you were able to empathize with him. If only you were able to return his feelings and live a fulfilling life filled with love.
If only you werenât cursed to feel nothing for him at all.
âComme on fait son lit, on se couche.â
After all, what the Doctor wills is what the patient gets,
and if you must sleep in your deathbed this day and suffer the Iudexâs judgement â then so it shall be.
âŁââ Ë IV. ⧠DIVIDER
[ TRANSLATIONS ] [ MY FRENCH IS VV RUSTY SO PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE ARE BETTER REPLACEMENTS/TRANSLATIONS FOR THESE] :
Ma gouttelete du ciel- My droplet from the sky/heaven/my droplet of heaven etc.
Comme on fait son lit, on se couche - You made your bed, sleep on it / You dug your own grave.
#yandere#yandere x reader#yandere imagine#yandere x you#yandere fic#yandere core#neuvilette#yandere neuvilette#neuvilette x reader#neuvilette genshin#neuvilette x gender neutral reader#genshin#genshin impact#genshin x reader#yandere genshin#yandere genshin impact x reader
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đŚ Batty About Books' Three-Year Bookstaversary
[ I hate posting pics of myself -- be kind ]
đ Hi there, my wonderful, beloved bookish bats! I hit my three-year Bookstavery on Monday (but kinda forgot and didn't do a full post)! Thank you to everyone who has supported me by sharing these posts, providing book recommendations, and lamenting over recent releases that stole our hearts! To celebrate, here are a few things about me:
⨠my goal for Batty.about.books was/is to spotlight queer, diverse, BIPOC, & indie authors who deserve to have their voices amplified
đŚ I think bats are misunderstood, stereotyped creatures (exactly how I feel most of the time), which is how this account got its name
đ my favorite books before creating my bookstagram account were: ⨠An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir ⨠The Wrath & the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh ⨠The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer ⨠Gearbreakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta ⨠Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell ⨠The Rajes - Sonali Dev ⨠Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao ⨠ACOTAR & GOT - Sarah J Maas
đŚ I have two black cats, Luna & CleoCatra
đ my favorite tropes are: ⨠second chance romance ⨠books about book lovers ⨠grumpy/sunshine ⨠found family ⨠friends or enemies to lovers ⨠forced proximity ⨠mental health rep ⨠fake dating
đŚ I've written a sapphic/queer young adult romance (trying to stay motivated as I survive rejections) and a follow-up sapphic romantasy series
đ my favorite genres are: ⨠contemporary romance ⨠young and new adult ⨠queer romances ⨠fantasy/romantasy
đŚ I've been applying to work in the publishing industry for over a decade and haven't gotten a lucky break yet (help!!)
đ my favorite shows are: ⨠The Owl House ⨠She-Ra ⨠Lost Girl ⨠Buffy the Vampire Slayer ⨠Ted Lasso ⨠Brooklyn 99 ⨠Charmed ⨠Shrinking ⨠Mythic Quest
đŚ my gf and I met on Tumblr in a writing group, realized we were going to college close by, and have been fangirling side-by-side for 11 years
âTell me one fun fact about you!
#books#booklr#book blog#book reader#readers of tumblr#batty about books#battyaboutbooks#romance books#queer books#sapphic books#bi books#queer#bisexual visibility#kindle
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the 'whole other post'
okay so january, i became close friends fairly quickly with a girl from a class we shared. by april we were going mad places, going to the movies, having sleepovers, etc.
late april i go to library where she's got some mutual friends + friends of friends, we're all helping to de-escalate a situation. there's this guy who she apparently thinks is hot, i also kind of think he's hot, but he's interested in her, not me. whatever. don't care.
so further de-escalation, we spur of the moment decide hey yeah let's all have dinner together ??????? just-bpd-moments (on her part i assume but boy i love impulses too) so yep we all have dinner and it's so obvious she likes him a lot and he likes her back but he's poking at me and like. that's flirting to me, indirectly but yeah.
uh anyways later wow he has fancy car lmao i don't care but my friend is . knowing her. immediately obsessed
which continues and then within a week and a half they're dating and i'm involved with a friend of hers and then we're not involved, but her now-boyfriend just thinks i'm a silly goose and encourages my silly goose behavior at this party. this is when he takes us all home and i accidentally blab a huge open secret i have that he still pokes at me for to this day
hm. anyways. he visits her several times over the summer (THIS IS A 4 HOUR DRIVE ONE WAY MIND YOU) and like one time after my shift ends we all get together and it's weird. the closest i can describe to it is a friendship threesome and my friend keeps bringing up how we should date. bitch you guys are dating right now. "okay well what if i was dead" and being the obsessive rule follower i am socially i flat out refuse several times and he's like "maybe like 6 months after, maybe" OKAY??? fuck anyways yeah. grrrrrrr. and they're talking and flirting and i love being a third wheel to them except for when
she
says
him and i should date.
NO.
rest of the summer elapses and they're reading my fanfiction over a voice call and i hate everything, and they're drunk and she's sending me pictures of him sleeping like ????????????
so by mid august they've broken up because 1. his mom 2. his dad 3. she needs space for her mental health. ok. valid. ok. fine. hyeah. okay. woosah.
thus begins the chronicles of him and i being close friends, or closer i guess, because somewhere between church and lunch after that he pays for (thanks for that still, buddy, if you ever read this; that was the best ramen i ever had and it was because i had it with you) we take up a tiktok streak, and we're talking about what we had for breakfast, i'm telling him my new PR for running up 6 flights of stairs, he's sending me pictures of his cats, we're eating dinner, he's telling me he's in the hospital for an allergic reaction and she's blocked him. he almost died and she wouldn't have known except through me.
Did I fall in love? Is it entirely brotherly? The poetry says the first. Not the latter. The shakes I get around him - why are those? Everything is deranging.
But I tell her that he's going to help me get halloween costume items, and she's getting jealous that we're hanging out, everything i tell her about him becomes a carrot for her to hang out at him in these long strings
Hey Res told me you said X, is that true? Wowwww okay you couldn't have said that to me first? Damn. That's crazy. Wow. Okay anyways just wanted to tell you that. also I still hate you. Bye i guess
A diagnosis is not an excuse. I don't want to tell you things that you can use as a weapon. A diagnosis is not an excuse. He's in therapy now. NOW, of all times.
Several girlfriends, he has, allegedly, but have you ever considered that they were to try and cobble together to fill the void you left in him? You had sex with him and told him it was horrible and gave no recourse, no ability to fix it. You worshiped him when you had sex with him, and now you're making it seem like he was horrible for even consenting to it.
And I can't talk to either of you for a month, but do you know who I cried about on the way home last night? It sure wasn't you.
I don't know how to feel about you or him anymore. A diagnosis is not an excuse.
addendum 1
really, from what she's said and he's said, she just wants him for his status and money. hell the fuck no. leave that man the fuck alone. he wants a genuine connection. that man wants to be loved, just like you do, except yours is threaded through with obsession and it sure as hell ain't calm. but what do i know. i'm booboo the fool.
addendum 2
think i'm js tired of the drama really. aint no drama with him. they is major drama with her. i aint with it
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Discarded Good Reads TBR
1/11/24
I was gonna leave this till New Years 25, but decided to do it early. Yes it's November, but I have over 600+ in my good reads tbr and would rather get it sorted sooner rather then later. Some of these books and been on my list for years. So long I didn't even remember I had a good reads account. So lets go!
Can I Steal You for a Second
The Lady Upstairs
Silverglass
Night Tide
Off The Record
Dearly Departed
Melt With You
Her Countess to Cherish
Two Winters
Never Ever Getting Back Together
Mistakes Were Made
The Fiance Farce
Victories Greater Than Death
Fake It
The Hellion's Waltz
Payback's a Witch
Cool for the Summer
In The Event of Love
Something Borrowed
In Her Shoes
The Fault In Our Stars
Bridget Jones Diary
The Devil Wears Prada
Confessions of a Shopahoplic
The Help (As you can see from the last few listings, I went through a time were I wanted to read the books of some of the movies I loved but I've just lost interest in doing this. Doesn't help that the people who wanted to read them with me didn't end up reading them either.)
Good In Bed
A Lady's Guide to Scandal (turns out this book was a sequel)
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
If I Stopped Haunting You
I Hope This Doesn't Find You
Funny Story
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
The Ballad Of Never After
A Curse For True Love (Iykyk)
Safe Haven (An Aussie Book, I'm wanting to read Chai Time of Cinnamon Gardens, and if I like this book I'll try the other one)
Wrong Text, Right Love
Spellbound in the Stacks
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon
Girls Weekend
Parties
Redeeming 6
Saving 6
Keeping 13
Binding 13
Not In Love
Taming 7
Hate Mail
To Woo And To Wed
Haunt Your Heart Out
Otherworldly
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Make The Season Bright
I Feed Her To The Beast Series
Tangled Up In You
Werewolf's Guide to Seducing A Vampire
King of Sloth (Kings Of Sin Series as a whole)
Ready or Not
Kilt Trip
Dead To The World
Dead of Night
Dead Weight
Dead Wrong
A Thousand Broken Pieces
She Who Rose From Ashes
Rebel Belle
Sinner's Anonymous Series
Pretty Little Liar's (I loved the tv show but I dont feel like reading the books anymore)
Peculiar Tastes Series
Children of Blood And Bone
We Used To Live Here
Shatter Me
A Sweet Sting of Salt
My Darling Dreadful Thing
The Summer of Broken Rules
Morrighan (The Remnant Chronicles)
Beasts of Gatamora Series
Dungeons and Drama
Rewitched
The Cottage Around the Corner
A Hunger Like No Other
Crimson Debt
Scream For Us
The Binding
The Betrayals
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank
The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam
A Rival Most Vial
The Volcano Girls
Vampire Girl
The Christmas Appeal
The Pairing
By Any Other Name
Small Miracles
Hum
YouthJuice (I DNFed this. Dunno why its in the TBR list on GR. Boring as all hell)
My Best Friends Exorcism
The Raag of Rta
Silent Sister
The Price Guide to the Occult
Never Fall for a Dragon
The Gathering Dark
Mortal Skin
At Least You Have Your Health
After The Forest
Fit To Do
Natural Beauty
The Glow
All Night Pharmacy
Guillotine
The Vanishing at Castle Moreau
Slasher Girls and Monster Boys
In The Dream House
The Dark Within Us
The Vampires Melody
The Invocations
Such Sharp Teeth
The Ones Who Come Back Hungry
Indian Burial Ground
Castle of the Cursed
Diavola
Haunt Sweet Home
The Dangerous Ones
Fang Fiction
So Let Them Burn
The Woods All Black
We Shall Be Monsters (Turns out I had two books under this name from two different authors)
The Botanical Daughter
Red In Tooth And Claw
Such Lovely Skin
Incidents Around The House
The House Of Last Resort
I Accidently Summoned A Demon Boyfriend
Together We Burn
Even Though I Knew The End
The Monsters We Defy
The Magpie Lord
Mortal Follies
The Dead Romantics
A lot of the books I got rid of in the older tabs were contemporary genre, and there's not a whole lot of contemporary books I like. At least as a whole. There are exceptions but mainly, I find the genre boring. I feel like if it's contemporary, it has to be something really gripping or deranged for me to stay entertained. Murder mysteries and thrillers that are particularly messed up (I loved Butcher & Blackbird), Dark Romance (Adored Haunting Adeline and everything else I've read so far from H.D. Carlton.)
(Also just side note, a lot of the older books listed in my list reminded me of bi erasure and how its alive and well. Bi characters are always listed as lesbian. It's so stupid. Anyway, rant over.)
Books I found that I forgot about (That sound amazing!!)
Spice Road
Off With Their Heads
Dragonfruit
The Lunar Chronicles (I always forget about this series but it looks really awesome, and really want to give it a go)
The Heir of The Beast (I keep missing being able to read this.)
I now have 490 on my list, I may go through it again. Cause there's still a lot on the list. If I go through it again, I'll edit this post. If you've read any of these books, and you think I should reconsider, please let me know!., , ..0 (Greetings from my cat apparently)
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What fandoms do you write for?
Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, Black Butler, Kane Chronicles
Can I read your stuff if I'm not 18+?
I mean, I can't stop you. Just don't, like, tell me. Even though most of the fandoms I write for are usually family-friendly, I focus on topics such as trauma, mental health, suicide, power struggles and dark relationships. While I do believe that teenagers should be allowed to explore a lot of these topics, please do not take all of these fics as a way to cope. If you find yourself recognizing symptoms or affects these characters have from mental health, please reach out to someone.
How do you get your writing so realistic?
Trauma. 9/10 times whatever Percy is going through draws inspiration, sometimes heavy inspiration, from my own experiences and thoughts. Please do not try this at home.
Do you accept requests?
No. As stated above, these fics are born as a way for me to vent. They come to me. Therefore, I probably couldn't do your request justice, or do it in a way satisfactory to me.
Can I translate your fic?
Not at this moment.
When do you update?
Whenever I want. I am in college, working on a conference presentation, and volunteering on historical projects. I write when I have the chance.
Your fics are too dark. Can you tone them down?
There are plenty of non-dark PJO fics out there. I aim to present the raw, ugly truth of what Percy, and many other demigods, have gone through and the lasting effects of trauma in a way Rick cannot delve into given his rating. It doesn't have to be palatable for everyone. There are warnings slapped on the fic for a reason.
Do you have a tip jar?
No. Fanfiction was meant to be free, and should remain free. If you want to show your appreciation, leave a comment or ask!
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THE WRITER
I am currently a uni student about to graduate and then pursue her master's. I'm studying archaeology and Egyptology, and have specific interests in the mortuary (death/afterlife) practices of the Ancient Egyptians, as well as the history of the discipline itself and the dehumanization of cultures in the process of being studied by archaeology.
I started writing for school. My mom homeschooled me and made me read and write for 30 minutes a day. I honestly hated it at first lol but then I slowly fell in love with creating my own worlds and stories. My first completed fanfiction was about an OC daughter of Marvel Loki.
I absolutely love dissecting characters in my writing. It's so fun to pick them apart and see what makes them tick, what their flaws are, what their greatest fears and loves are. Percy Jackson is honestly the easiest person to write for in this sense, because I saw so much of myself in him.
Please come yell at me about him, I would love to talk about him!
Some random facts about me: I was adopted, I lowkey have an obsession with the Undertaker from Black Butler, I love the dark and macabre, and I'm currently studying abroad (can you guess where?). I'm absolutely a cat person, and if there is a cat around, I will be petting it for the next hour. I have been late to class because of this.
#percy jackson#fanfiction#pjo#pjo fandom#heroes of olympus#percy jackon and the olympians#riordanverse#rrverse#pjo series#pjo hoo toa#black butler#kuroshitsuji#archive of our own#writing#fandom
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so for those who have been following our chronicles of Holy Fuck Not A Week Has Gone By Without Something Going Terribly Wrong, we had a pipe burst which cost $2300 to fix and handle the water damage before mold set in, and then the plumber found another corroded pipe and pressure problems that will be $1400 to fix to make sure this doesn't happen again in a month. at this point I'm just flat-out not going to make it through the summer without some serious help.Â
(for those of you who have not: I am the sole reliable source of income in my household, my previous job broke the contract it negotiated with the union resulting in us not getting thousands of dollars of backpay we contractually should have and a class action lawsuit there will take years, we ran into $5000 unexpected extra moving costs, and my beloved 18-year-old cat nearly died last month resulting in $3600 vet bills. before. you know. a pipe burst last week.)Â
we never filled up the ko-fi fundraiser goal from last year, which is pinned here: https://ko-fi.com/savrenim. any help would be VASTLY appreciated. I'm fairly certain if I make that goal and manage to negotiate for more overtime at my current job I'll be able to make it through the summer. any bit helps.
I've also got a patreon https://www.patreon.com/savrenim although that's going to be a bit choppy with respect to what I usually try to do monthly there just given my mental health right now and everything I'm trying to juggle. If you're interested in my writing, I'm going to try to throw together some of the stuff I already have to try to self-publish an original novel before summer as one last hail mary.
#my life#mutual aid#signal boost#if possible#I have spent months trying to hold back from making this exact post but like#we are so far in the red right now that it is not funny#and we KNOW that we have electrical problems upstairs and haven't even gotten a quote on what that looks like for fixing#I am at the end of my fucking rope#we have been SO CAREFUL#I HAVE NOT TAKEN A SINGLE DAY OFF IN EIGHT MONTHS#WE PLANNED FOR SOME EMERGENCIES#AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS BETWEEN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED#AND THE BACKPAY WE ARE JUST NEVER GOING TO SEE#ADDS UP TO $20 000#LEGITIMATELY DO NOT KNOW HOW THE FUCK I WAS SUPPOSED TO PREPARE FOR $20K#OR WHAT ELSE I COULD HAVE DONE
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Games Finished in 2023
Didn't get as much gaming as I usually do, due to a combination of health issues, my cat having cancer (she's fine now) and my computer breaking in a couple of infuriatingly nebulous ways.
Games I recommend are bolded.
Archvale
Franken RPG
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Signalis
Bound by Flame
Monster Train
The Last Door Season One
Unforgiving: A Northern Hymn
Dirk Smallwood HD
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Flynn: Son of Crimson
Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall
Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches
Sands of Salazaar
Adios
Talk to Me
Dishonored 2
Power Wash Simulator
Power Wash Simulator: Tomb Raider
Power Wash Simulator: Midgar
Pilgrims
Stone
Teacup
Cloud Gardens
Memory Traces: Japan
Khimera: Puzzle Island
Katamari Damacy Reroll
I was a Teenage Exocolonist
100 Hidden Frogs
lure
Lights Off...
Viltnemda
Suspicious Downpour
The Lost Dachshund
Resonance of the Ocean
Swallow the Sea
Shadow Burglar
Kore
Fears to Fathoms: Home Alone
Greedfall
Rapture: The Beginning
Adventure Escape Christmas Killer
Apeture Desk Job
Corridor Z
Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2
The Shore
Alder's Blood: Prologue
Mirlo Above the Sun
Stillwater
The Call of Karen
Karisvale
Momotype
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
Aztlan Uncovered: Prologue
Good Dog
Adventure Escape Mysteries: Cluedo
You are a Whale Also Part 1
Adventure Escape Mysteries: Midnight Carnival
I want to be a Triangle
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
The Case of the Golden Idol
The Darkside Detective
Project Exhibited
The Case of the Golden Idol: The Spider of Lanka
The Test
Fayburrrow
Faefever
You Will (Not) Remain
Bad Dream: Stories
Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery
Arcanbreak
Glass Masquerade 3: Honey Lines
Dot's Home
Westwood Shadows: Prologue
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
The Looker
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
Without a Voice
Escape Academy
One Night Stand
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice
Janosik
Don't Escape Trilogy
Spirit Cleaning
Fatum Betula
Viridi
Sarawak
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
Riddles of the Past
Desolatium: Prologue
Apocalipsis
The Vagrant
Apocalipsis: One Night in the Woods
Hayami Chan
Ginkgo
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Memory Traces: Egypt
Wilful
Distraint
Baldur's Gate 3
Zombie Admin
The Lost Night
Inside
Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix (PS4)
The Painscreek Killings
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
One-Eyed Lee: Prologue
Nasty Little Man
Halo CE: Anniversary
Technoccult: Covenant
To be a Herpwitch
Seethe and Scab
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition: Main Campaign
Moons of Madness
Dragon's Crown Pro (PS4)
Paradise Killer
Amnesia: Rebirth
Dave the Diver
Zemblanity
Fighting Fantasy Classics: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
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I can't help it... I'm obsessed with him...
A little "history lesson" (for the ones interested) about how I became a fan of Type O Negative... and my feelings towards them...
When I heard 'my girlfriend's girlfriend ' for the first time in 1996 I was just a teen. Watching MTV in my bedroom. I was, at that time, very much into 60s music and aesthetic. A hippie après la lettre, sort of speak... I was also, for as long as I remember, obsessed with vampires and a huge fan of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles.
So when this video came on I loved the colorful backdrop and sixties influences. And then there were 4 guys dressed in black, looking like vampires. Especially the singer. I lost it. This was my new favorite band. đ¤
When 'Love you to death' came out I ordered the T-shirt (a girl t-shirt, not the unisex shirts they sell now) via postorder catalogue Large. I loved that T-shirt and would still have it, if my mom didn't throw it out with all my other band shirts, because she thinks you need to keep the economy going by buying new stuff all the time and getting rid of "old" stuff. Insert *dramatic eyeroll*
Type O Negative were not a mainstream band and unfortunately, growing up in a small town, I was about the only one, as far as I know, that liked their music.
So, I completely missed out on their 1999 world coming down release. âšď¸
In the early 2000s, a record store in the city where I went to college had a clearance sale. I found the least worst of CD and bought it. Around that same time I bought the After Dark DVD. It was only then that I found out about world coming down. I liked the "new" songs, but also had mixed feelings about them. They depicted an unhealthy lifestyle.
In 2003 'I don't wanna be me' was playing on MTV and I was excited to hear more new music from them and seeing them on MTV again. I remember also being shocked with Peter's appearance in that video. He did not look well... It would become clear he wasn't doing well at all: mental and physical health problems, addiction, jail time, forced rehab, relationship problems, etc...
Later that year Type O Negative came to a festival a few hours driving from where I lived... Unfortunately I had noone to go with and my boyfriend and I were volunteering for a local 'save the forest' non profit that same weekend. I thought I would see them next time, but the same circumstances made me not see them in 2007... đĽ
And although Peter looked better (healthier) in the late 2000s, he aged a lot due to his addictions and lifestyle, he also looked kind of sad when he was performing on Wacken in 2007.
When he died in 2010 I initially had peace with it, thinking it was probably for the best.... knowing about his struggles and losses...
I did not know about the circumstances of his death until many years later and since then I've felt it could have been prevented. He did not OD, he did not commit suicide... he was clean for almost a year (!), he looked happy in his last interview đĽš... he died because he didn't receive the correct medical care on time... because he was taking care of his sick cat instead of himself, because the people nearby him didn't help (Did they not see/know how severely ill he was? I guess we'll never know)...
I've always felt like I missed out on something with not seeing Type O Negative live. From all the bands I've listened to as a teen until now, they're the only band that I love more with each time I listen to them. I don't have this kind of connection with other bands/artists... Seeing pictures, videos, ... of them makes me very nostalgic... it feels like they're still around. And then it hits me they're not đĽ I just miss this band a lot and wish we had more years with them, more music...
So... seeing old pictures of them, especially Peter in his more happier and healthier years (everything before world coming down era and even before 1997), makes me feel nostalgic ... "obsessed" ... and the pictures where he smiles are solid gold. đ
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I wonder... did he ever know how truly special he was ? Handsome, intelligent, goofy, creative, sensitive... I guess he didn't and let his value be determined by others. At least, that's how I interpret some of his lyrics... What do you think about this?
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So, what's your story? Why do you love their music? I would love to find out!
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This last picture is my absolute favorite đ
#peter steele#peter ratajczyk#Peter's smiles đĽ°#smile#green man#type o negative#looking for more type o negative mutuals#đ#about me#why I'm obsessed#it took me a long time to write this post#been thinking about how to put it in words...#searching for the right words and some pictures#đđđ#rip baby#gone too soon#gone but not forgotten#forever in my heart#personal#peter steele story#steeleheads#metal#gothic metal#90s#2000s#october rust#bloody kisses#goth#gothic#love you to death
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Tommy is not dying, not eminently! The vet thinks there is a good chance weâll be able to ďżźbounce back, that her quality of life and potential to get well is so that euthanasia is not a reasonable option. Unfortunately, her blood sugar was 500 which is extremely high. She was also dehydrated and needed subcutaneous fluids again. Sheâs up to 12 units of insulin a day and Iâm going to get a glucometer to check if sheâs hypo or hyperglycemic when sheâs acting unwell. But, she gained .3 of a pound since last week so thatâs good!
Sheâs having her piss sent to Virginia Tech to be cultured to see if she has a lingering UTI and what antibiotics would be best for her. If she has some sort of lingering UTI, that might explain her yo-yoing blood sugar levels. If the upping insulin dose dose doesnât work, weâre going to have to change insulins. But overall, the end is not near. Once her diabetes is under control, the vet has faith her quality of life will be fine and Iâll have her for many more years. Which is an incredible weight off my shoulders.
#cat health chronicles#< new tag so you can block it if you donât want to see it#her upkeep is going to be a lot more expensive now and I still canât work#Iâm probably going to have to make an ebegging post#umm but anyway check out my teespring!
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Blue Moon Pack
We don't know how to start these things, so we're just going to start with "welcome" and state this is our new pinned post.
We're collectively interested in video games as a hobby of ours, mostly we use laptop and mobile for them but we do have a nintendo switch lite. We will initiate any friend code giving for the switch, so we would rather not get asks about this. We also watch a lot of anime, so universes similar to that tends to be where a lot of our Xives and adjacent folks come from.
We graduated from university a few years ago but life decided to hit us with a ton of bricks just after that. We're nothing if not persistent, but we do get very randomly sad sometimes and then complain a lot. Sorry. There is nothing you can do about that and we don't have many places to do our complaining. We try to put a content note on it if we realize that's what's happening, but we don't always realize.
We have a fediverse account because we like VPNs and Tumblr hates them, and plan to start posting there more often. Please give us a follow or follow request over there: https://xelebre.com/@thebluemoonsystem
We're probably just going to slap all of our collective/shared labels amd stances here...yeah, yeah, that's what we'll do:
Cisautistic (with a few exceptions), cisplural/cissystem, cisendogenic, transradqueer (be warned, as we see this as both a stance and an ID), aniqueer, transmasbodyic, transneutrabodyic, female-to-queer (FtQ), 404gender, nonbinary, (cis)sysian, cisADHD/cisamistic, anti-contact (with the strong belief there is a lot of misinformation on what that means running around the rqc), proshipper, transgender
There is more but this is what we can currently put up with sharing. Most other IDs are on an individual headmate level.
For the love of all things, rqc, please stop reblogging Sophie. Sometimes we see her crop up because of someone new to rqc who found rqc we assume through her and...we're just gonna need to stop you right there.
Games We've Played/Have Interest In: Infinity Nikki + Love Nikki + Shining Nikki (all collectively tagged as #Love Nikkiverse on this blog), Genshin Impact, Rimworld, Project Zomboid, Stellaris, Clangen, Pokemon (through US/UM, and some of ScaVio, unless we're also talking fangames), Honkai Star Rail, Life Makeover, The Sims 4
We refuse to Play: Honkai Impact the 3rd
Stuff We've Watched: Death Note, HunterĂHunter, Owari no Seraph, Pokemon (through the start of DPP only), Blue Exorcist (is on thin ice rn), The Promised Neverland, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Magical Girl Raising Project, Zombieland Saga, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
We Refuse to Watch: Fairy Tail, Elfin Lied, the Hoopa Pokemon movie
Books We've Read: Warrior Cats (through Omen of the Stars only), the first book of the Hybrid Chronicles (god we have never felt so seen as an endogenic anti-psychiatry plural system), the Pretties trilogy
We Refuse to Read: To Siri With Love, Harry Potter
We do in fact have a basic tagging system running (although it's...spotty, to say in the least).
resource - stuff that feels like we would want to find later, and-or feel others might want as well
plz survive - not a mental health tag, not a positivity tag but...similar? we do not know how to describe this one but it's adjacent to those.
disc horse - teasing way of saying "discourse" and is a general tag for the overall nastiness if you wanna mute that.
stim stuff - we needed a general tag for all of the pretty gifs
terms - what it says on the tin.
flags - what it says on the tin.
icons - for your profile icon needs.
userbox - for your userbox needs.
Credit to @kodaswrld for the divider! It's gorgeous.
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By: Abigail Shrier
Published: Dec 22, 2023
At age nine, Chloe Cole started early puberty. By age twelve, she was uncomfortable in her body; online influencers convinced her that she was in some sense really a boy. She came out to her parents as âtransgenderâ and, not knowing what else to do, they took her to a therapist.
âThey didnât expect that by seeing a psychologist, I would just be funneled further and further into this pipeline,â Cole told a rapt audience at AmericaFest this week.
For Chloe, that pipeline meant puberty blockers at age 12 followed by cross-sex hormones. A medically unnecessary double mastectomy at age 15. By 16, she was filled with regret.
Itâs easy to see this as one more ghastly entry in the macabre chronicles of gender medicine: incompetent therapists and unethical doctors deconstructing young girlsâ bodies for reasons that seem alternately depraved, mendacious and confused.
But if you take a step back from the case of the detransitionersâyoung women shepherded into medical transitions they later came to regretâanother image emerges. Not merely of therapistsâ âaffirmingâ teensâ transgender identity, specifically. But one more instance in which the Bad Feelings experts made adolescentsâ bad feelings worse.
â[My parents] didnât expect that by seeing a psychologist, I would just be funneled further and further into this pipeline,â Cole said.
Like a lot of teen girls who suddenly adopt a transgender identity, Coleâs mental health treatment preceded her gender confusion. She had been medicated for ADHD starting at age nine or tenâgiven escalating levels of stimulants that made her feel lousy and disconnected from her body and didnât seem to help. She now believes ADHD was a misdiagnosis.
âIn general, this model of making everything a conditionâif a child is different in any way, if theyâre not focusing in school, if theyâre a little bouncy in class and they wonât sit in their seatâit takes the responsibility off of the adults to say, âOkay, letâs just medicate them. Thatâll fix the problem,ââ Cole told me.
Writing my last book, Irreversible Damage, involved extensive interviews with many detransitioners and American families in general.  In the course of my research, I became aware of three things: First, that unprecedented numbers of American kids were undergoing therapy or on psychiatric medication. Second, that therapistsâ diagnoses were often altering adolescentsâ self-understanding. And, third, that large numbers of parents had become profoundly dependent on therapists to guide their parenting and âfixâ their kids.
It wasnât only ideologically-motivated âgender therapistsâ who were making mischief, reifying the idea in adolescentsâ minds that they were really, truly transgender. Ordinary, well-meaning therapists were doing the same, not primarily for ideological reasons. Sometimes the therapists were simply following the guidance of their accrediting organizations. But just as often, affirming the adolescent â in place of treating her â was simply par for the course. That was simply what the therapeutic relationship with the teen patient had become.
Sure, Iâll call you âSebastian.â I can see why you feel Momâs taking away your smartphone was emotionally abusive. Losing a beloved cat can be devastating; letâs talk about coping with your grief for the next few sessions. It sounds like having to move after seventh grade was traumatic.
This model of making everything a conditionâif a child is different in any way, if theyâre not focusing in school ⌠it takes the responsibility off of the adults to say, âOkay, letâs just medicate them, â Cole said.
When faced with a surly teen who isnât yours, one you must somehow keep engaged for a potentially interminable 50-minute hour, and for whose mistakes you bear no direct emotional consequencesâitâs just so easy to validate their perspective. Her motherâs decision to take away the smartphone, her petâs death, her parentsâ moveâhow did they make you feel? Letâs talk about your pain, every week, for years.
The rising generation is swimming in therapy. Forty two percent of Gen Zâthose born between 1995 and 2012âhas been in therapy (more than any other generation). Forty two percent has a mental health diagnosis. One recent survey indicates the extent of diagnosis may even be more dramatic: 60 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 26 may have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.
Perhaps most alarming, by 2016âlong before the Covid lockdowns and well before American kids aged 2 to 8 were even on social mediaâalmost 20%Â of these little ones had a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder.
They are receiving unprecedented levels of mental health treatment. Curiously, they also seem to be getting worse.
For well over a decade, teachers and school counselors have assumed the mandate (and curricula, and use of instructional time) to play shrink indiscriminately with kids, often styled as âSocial Emotional Learning.â Parents stopped trusting their own judgment and family traditions regarding childrearing, instead relying on shrinks to guide their parenting. And we all allowed our kidsâ (largely normal) bad feelings to be pathologized by the those in the bad-feelings business.
Gen Z is receiving unprecedented levels of mental health treatment. They seem only to be getting worse.
Harrison Ford made this point nicely in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, in February of last year. A reporter had said to Ford, âYour fans online have done some armchair diagnosis, looking at things youâve said about being shy in social situations and some of your talk show appearances. Some assume youâve wrestled with social anxiety disorder. Are they onto something?â
âShit,â he said. âThat sounds like something a psychiatrist would say, not a casual observer.â
For the rising generation, the language of psychopathology provides the lens with which they understand themselves and each other. Where my generation would âself-diagnoseâ with laziness or procrastination, the rising generation might see complex post-traumatic stress disorder or ADHD.
But while laziness can be obliterated by a change of attitude and habits, a mental health diagnosis demands treatment or accommodation. Trying to lift yourself out seems futile. And so, unsurprisingly, the generation lavishly labeled with mental health diagnoses also has the least faith in its ability to meet even routine challenges or turn their lives around.
âNo. I donât have a social anxiety disorder,â Harrison Ford told the reporter. âI have an abhorrence of boring situations. I was shy when I first went onstageâI wasnât shy, I was fucking terrified. My knees would shake so badly, you could see it from the back of the theater. But thatâs not social anxiety. Thatâs being unfamiliar with the territory. I was able to talk myself through that and then enjoy the experience of being onstage and telling a story with collaborators.â
âNo. I donât have a social anxiety disorder,â Harrison Ford told the reporter. âI have an abhorrence of boring situations. I was shy when I first went onstage. But thatâs not social anxiety.â
A case of the fantods. To overcome those, Harrison Ford didnât require an expert or a prescription. He needed only to summon the guts.
Imagine if heâd been born in 2012 instead of 1942. Â
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You don't have a "gender," you have a personality.
You don't have a disorder, you've just never been told, "no."
This issue isn't exclusive to professional therapists. Tumblr and Twitter are filled with assholes who defend their assholery with self-diagnosed autism or "trauma." They're under the misconception that if they claim it's some kind of disorder, rather than them just being a colossal asshole, you can't complain, and they can do what they want. This also explains the multitude of "genders."
#Abigail Shrier#Chloe Cole#bad feelings#medicalization#gender ideology#queer theory#pathologization#psychology#gender affirming care#gender affirming healthcare#gender affirmation#affirmation model#therapy#religion is a mental illness
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Not A Prompt;
I have some book recommendations!!! I donât get time to read much, so itâs very short, but I have a few that I love to bits!
- The Travelling Cat Chronicles; When I heard they made a movie I was ecstatic! Nothing beats the book though. Itâs from the perspective of a cat! Itâs adorable and can get pretty emotional (I cried). I love it.
- The Deathless Girls; Lesbians! Has some extreme mature content though. Very sad. Sometimes you just kinda want that stuff though, you know? I honestly kinda hated it when I first read the ending because owch, but imo I think itâs good to sometimes find a book where the ending isnât all flowery. Also, vampires.
- Nowhere on Earth; Great story. Great characters. Absolutely one of my FAVOURITE books! Only trigger warnings I can really think of is asshole jock guys being asshole jock guys, but itâs definitely a good read. Very memorable.
- Between Us; One of those books I got forced to read in school yet somehow managed to like. Itâs based in Australian, so probably a bit far from most people, but itâs about the struggles of refugees. Itâs really good! The author did a lot of research on immigration and mental health to make sure the story was accurate, and the characters are very real. Trigger warnings for violence, PTSD, religious abuse, and I canât remember too many others; in general just mature content. If you like exploring complex characters this is a great book imo
- Finding Audrey; About a girl with social anxiety learning to grow past her trauma, with the help of her new crush. Very nice, it does have a very heavy scene about mental health; well actually the entire thing is very mental health focused, but thatâs why I like it so much. I feel like the issues were pretty well handled, especially in later scenes. Maybe a bitttt too much âmanic pixie dream boyâ but I donât have much experience with that kind of thing so maybe itâs a nitpick? Pretty good imo!
Thatâs all for now. Let me know if you end up reading them!!!
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chronicles of a vegan bodybuilder (31/90)
'u could have a trophy, i no longer need those'
~ Doja Cat, "Wet Vagina"
All i wanted on this health journey for the last half decade was to ride my bike to my grandad's again. Yesterday i inherited his bike & had the hardest ride of my life on the way back home.
Comparing my cheat day yesterday with today, i burned 250 calories during my 35 min bike ride yesterday and 175 during my 25 min one today. Because i doordashed non-plant based food my calories consumed came to [redacted] yesterday.
Today it was [redacted]... even with less exercise i had a much healthier day.
Today's Goal: Half hour of cardio everyday
Today's Question: How can i make my sperm healthier?
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