#faikitty

[kurofaificsearch]

this is the jungle world fic

Title: fight like lions; sacrifice like lambs

Author: faikitty

Genres: Hurt/comfort, angst

Summary: Sometimes, in a jungle world with danger that is both expected and not, strength must be more than physical.

[fillthedarkvoid]

[Imagine description:

A black background and the text: Drowning in real life looks nothing like in the movies, and in fact many parents actually watch their children drown, having no idea that it's happening.

Under the text is an image of a stickfigure in the waves holding up its hand and arm, you still see its head.

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[Plain text:

Posted by mermaibee:

Boost for the summer. Please please please. (All in capital letters)

Posted by faikitty:

Can I just say thank you to OP for putting such a detailed description on this?

I’ve been a lifeguard for 6 years now and of all the saves I’ve done, maybe two or three had people drowning in the stereotypical thrashing style. And even those, like the save I made last weekend, it was exactly like OP describes where the person’s head is going in and out of the water but it isn’t long enough to get any air. Mostly you recognize drowning by the look on someone’s face. If someone looks wide eyed and terrified or confused, chances are they’re drowning. That look of “oh shit” is pretty easily recognizable. And even if you can’t tell for sure: [Go after them anyway. (Capital letters)] I’ve done “saves” where a kid was pretending to drown and I mistook it for real drowning, but that’s preferable to a kid [actually (capital letters)] drowning.

Also please remember that even strong swimmers can drown if they have a medical emergency, get cramps, or get too tired. If your friend knows how to swim but they’re acting funny get them to land. And even if someone can respond when you ask them if they need help, if they say they do need help? [Go help them. (Capital letters)]

[However (bold letters)] If the victim is a stranger, I can’t recommend trying to get them. Lifeguards literally train to escape “attacks,” because people who are drowning can freak the fuck out and grab you and make [you (capital letters)] drown as well. If you do go in after someone, take hold of them from the back and talk to them the whole time. [If you are grabbed (capital and bold letters)]: duck down into the water as low as you can get. The person is panicking and won’t want to go under water and should release you. Shove up at their hands and push them away from you as you duck under. Don’t die trying to save someone else.

Please guys, read and memorize this post. Not all places have lifeguards. Being able to recognize drowning is such an important skill to have and you can save someone’s life.

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According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning—Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:

“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.

Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.

Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.

Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.

From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.”

This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble—they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long—but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.

Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:

Head low in the water, mouth at water level

Head tilted back with mouth open

Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus

Eyes closed

Hair over forehead or eyes

Not using legs—vertical

Hyperventilating or gasping

Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway

Trying to roll over on the back

Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder

So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you all right?” If they can answer at all—they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents—children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.

Source/article: [x]

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[cherishedboxart]

Happy Birthday @faikitty <333

[charmophron]

In with the twitter convo, Elias being well aware of Martin’s crush on Jon and planting images of Martin being cute or sexy or whatever in Jon’s head randomly just so he can watch Jon get flustered and embarrassed the next time he sees Martin

THIS IS VERY RUSHED BUT HOPEFULLY ITS COHERANT

[jonphaedrus]

faikitty

JON HOW DID THIS GET SO MANY NOTES

@gallusrostromegalus is a being of unimaginable and unfathomable power

[tsuncarrot]

Tell me about your favorite OCs. Your top 5. Go nuts.

MAN U CAME AT ME HARD UHHH (these are in no particular order)

1. Neil. Neil was the first OC I ever made, fandom and non-fandom included.  I made him around my freshman or sophomore year of high school so he’s about 12 years old.  A lot of the OCs I made shortly after him got scrapped, but I stuck with him and kept developing him as the years went on.  He’s changed a lot and I think for the better!  He definitely has more depth now.  Some things I really enjoy about his character are that even with his shitty and abusive childhood, he didn’t let that stop him from finding friends and learning to trust them.  He’s abrasive and surly and kinda violent and batshit crazy but he loves his friends and would do anything for them.  He’s a sugar junkie, loves plain glazed doughnuts and puts a gross amount of sugar and cream in his coffee.  He usually has candies hidden around his apartment. Whenever someone in their department has a birthday, they have to hide the cake from Neil.  And hide it well, or he’ll sniff it out.

2. Tanya.  Tanya was one of my minor OCs but since a certain friend showed a lot of interest her, I’ve developed her a lot more than I thought I would when I first made her.  She’s a techie and requested a transfer to Neil’s unit after her sickly sister was murdered and her fiance Andreas was almost killed, in an attempt to capture the people who killed Delia.  She’s a stickler for the rules and doesn’t like to break protocol even though most of her other teammates do, but if she can find a loophole to help them while not ‘technically’ breaking the rules, she will.  She and Andreas become good friends after her sister dies, and she sees him as a big brother.  She warms up to the others as well, but is still intimidated by them.  Tanya likes mobile phone games and bunnies, and has a pet rabbit in her apartment named Cheesecake (Cheese for short).

3. Andreas.  Andreas was another OC that made in high school, though I made him about a year after Neil, if I remember right.  He’s an orphan, and a member of a species that has such strong telekinetic abilities they were hunted almost to extinction.  Because of that, he was locked in the orphanage basement, chained to a radiator until he was 13.  His first real friend was Neil, and the two are devoutly protective of each other.  (Also Neil’s in love with him but neither of them realize that it for a few years after his fiancee Delia is murdered.) He’s outwardly warm-hearted and does his best to act ‘normal’ even though he is pretty messed up from what happened to him as a kid.  Also his telekinetic abilities are so strong, if he’s mad enough he can explode a person into a fine bloody mist, but he dislikes using his abilities.  He’s a sniper, and such a good shot that he’s known for being one of the best snipers in the Imperial System.

4. Erin.  I made up Erin three or four years ago.  He’s a high school dropout who ran away from home after his mother remarried (after his father died.  He saw it as a betrayal to his father’s memory bc he’s a dumb teen).  He ends up taking up with a ‘dangerous gang’ which is really a guy who takes in kids who have nowhere else to go.  His favorite color is purple, and he’s a mechanic and good with his hands.  One of his fingers got broken when he dropped something on it and it healed funny, so its crooked.  He’s often mistaken for a girl at first glance, because he’s really slight with feminine features (when he’s not scowling or looking surly), and he keeps his hair really long as a vanity.  He has a really low opinion of himself, though he hides it behind his prickly demeanor.

5. Grayson.  An actual monster.  Grayson is a species that was so feared its basically become a myth over the years, so most people don’t think they actually exist anymore.  They’re virtually indestructible and survived in the past by eating other species, so they’re equipped with sharp teeth and a paralytic venom in their saliva that renders their victims unable to move or fight back.  In higher doses it can even make them pass out, make them sick, or in severe cases kill them.  He’s a member of the FreeWinds Space Pirate Company, and the Vice Captain of Squad Eight.  He likes to tease other people, knowing that most of them are scared of him.  He’s a butthead, to be honest.

[oniusagimaru]

Fluri "you're half a head taller than me when we meet again"

“Need help?”

Yuri want to punch him in the stomach, because he can hear the smug practically seeping out of Flynn’s words.

I’d been a whole years since the two of them had seen each other, and even if they kept in contact, it wasn’t the same. So Yuri was beyond happy when the they could finally meet again…but there was one little hiccup he wasn’t excepting. 

For the longest time he and Flynn had been the same height, and it was something that never bothered. That was until Flynn came back a whole head taller than him. It was jarring, and not just for him. Apparently Flynn hadn’t noticed the change, and as Yuri began to spend time with him, he couldn’t help but notice a smugness begin to overtake his old friend. 

He’d reach for things that Yuri couldn’t, stand next to him like he was making sure the difference in height was apparent, and he’d snicker every now and then. Honestly, Yuri wanted to sock him. 

“No…I’m fine,” Yuri says through gritted teeth.

Snatching the peanut butter from one of the shelves in the cabinet, Yuri vows to give Flynn hell for the rest of his stay.

[chronicillnessproblems]

faikitty

Link?? I can't find anything;;

I'm so confused. Everyone is linking to different things. What everyone seems to be talking about is new nosology and classifications of hypermobility. Except I keep seeing links from 2015, or links with authors I know weren’t involved, and mostly I’m seeing Ehlers Danlos Society posting summaries and such of the articles which just seems to be making everyone (including me) mad because they aren’t posting the actual articles which we thought was the point. But I THINK this is the big article about new nosology? Idk because I don’t have the spoons for the webinar yet, and it seems short for being such a big deal, it’s just the only 2017 article currently available from the correct journal that I can find that uses the new term “hypermobility spectrum disorder.” 

[literalstardust]

just wanted to say I'm very sorry for going back to like... september in your blog but you have a lot of good posts ok

THATS FINE thats entirely fine and legal i make a lot of good posts youre right

however

you’ve gotta stop yourself before you get to the beginning of the blog because its far back! its way far back like four or five years back but you’ll know when you hit it because it’s all! roleplay! for ocs! one of which! i named! after myself!

[straw-hat-moro]

Hi! It was mentioned before but I would like to add one more thing! As a part of a Czech Red Cross course* we learned how to save a drowning person. One thing you need to know: even a small child can drown an adult person. 

Let’s say it one more time! 

Even a small child can drown an adult person. 

I remember the Red Cross nurse telling us a story of a previous attendee that it took her, a trained swimmer, several minutes to drag a drowning eight-year-old from the middle of a pool to the pool’s edge. People you’re saving, no matter the age, are desperately trying to stay alive and are not thinking straight, even if it means kicking, punching or drowning the person that’s trying to help them. They can even try to climb on you, just to get out of water.

Whenever possible, use anything to put between you and them. A rope, a swimming aid, a pool ring, hell, a big enough branch will do, if you have some. 

(Also, if you need to hear it from two strangers, ducking is the way to go, if they are already drowning you! Again, you’re the one with a clear mind, not them.)

But most importantly.

Your safety comes first. If they drown you while you are trying to save them, you won’t help them anyway. 

P.S. If they are unconscious when you drag them out, CPR the hell out of them, until they try to physically push you away or health professionals arrive**. Here’s a quick video on how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD2qTmDsiHk

(Though, I’m not sure whether the “no kissing” rule applies here, I think drowning is an exception. @faikitty  or someone else, would you mind to shed a light upon this issue?)

(*Just to explain, it’s a course called in Czech “Zdravotník zotavovacích akcí” (under the patronage of the Ministry of Education). After completing this course, one can be a nurse at summer camps, school trips and stuff like that. **The pushing away is important! You are probably not a professional, you can’t tell whether they are really okay, but if they can push you, you can most probably stop.)

According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning—Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:

“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.

Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.

Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.

Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.

From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.”

This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble—they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long—but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.

Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:

Head low in the water, mouth at water level

Head tilted back with mouth open

Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus

Eyes closed

Hair over forehead or eyes

Not using legs—vertical

Hyperventilating or gasping

Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway

Trying to roll over on the back

Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder

So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you all right?” If they can answer at all—they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents—children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.

Source/article: [x]

Follow Ultrafacts for more facts!

[taeyongruinedcitylights]

faikitty replied to your post: things i dont understand: why dont well-off...

WHO TF DO YOU KNOW WHO DOESNT BUY TISSUES?? EVEN WHEN IVE HAD TO BUY $1 PASTA PACKETS I STILL BOUGHT TISSUE PAPER

LITERALLY 4 OF MY FRIENDS WHOSE FAMILIES ARE MORE WELL-OFF THAN MINE HAVE NO TISSUES!!!! THEY JUST USE FUCKING PAPER TOWELS OR NAPKINS TO BLOW THEIR NOSES.......

[theaspers]

i personally am a big fan of fanaa by paopufruittt, nocturne by strawberrydaifuku, speak of love by savedbythenotepad, and all of faikitty's works! these are the ones that jump out in my mind atm ❤

thank you for your recommendations!! i know u just recommended these but i’ve looked them up and read them already and believe me when i say i’m srsly in my lucifer feels rn 😭😭😭

here they are linked in case anyone else wants to read them:

» fanaa by paopufruittt (lucifer x f!mc, gen, completed) - this fic was absolutely gorgeous, made me wanna cry a bit tbh.

» nocturne by strawberrydaifuku (lucifer x gender neutral!mc, teen and up, completed) - so!! cute!! i also want lucifer to k**s me 😳

» speak of love by savedbythenotepad (lucifer x mc, explicit - fem coded, completed) - aaaaaa so sweet and tender, i love it!! 

» ao3 user faikitty - i’ve only read fossil light (lucifer x gender neutral! mc, teen and up, completed) and touch (lucifer x gender neutral! mc, gen, completed) and they’re both absolutely beautiful reads and made me all soft 😭

[tsuncarrot]

Which of your OCs tried to play Dark Souls and got pissed off and broke the tv?? Which of them actually BEAT Dark Souls??

Tried to play and broke the tv: NEIL, Vice, Damien

Tried to play and rage quit: Ath, Faust, Leslie

Actually beat Dark Souls: Killian and Nero

[kurogabae]

faikitty replied to your post “It’s all so sudden. Just as Kurogane curls his fingers around the...”

I CLICKED ON THIS AT 2:30AM AND I REGRET THIS DECISION SO MUCH OH MY GOD

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[ineffablehusbands]

YO IS IT YOUR BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE

IT IS IM 22!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU DUDE

[pangur-and-grim]

Anyway I love Pangur and Grim and the buns, please give them all head smooches (if they like those) and tell them I love them and thank you as always for sharing photos of your little potatoes with it

tysm, head smooches delivered! I won’t post the first two parts of your ask bc I don’t answer medical questions on this blog (I’m a freelance illustrator, and have no veterinary training) 

your cat does sound like he needs to be seen by a vet, though.