#hisashi Ouchi

[silvermoon424]

hey, i just wanted to tell you that i checked out Wendigoon because of you and i love his videos so much!

i adore the amount of compassion he puts into his commentary, especially about cases that have a lot of cold-hearted internet controversy (i knew about Hisashi Ouchi before, for instance, and Wendigoon is the only person i've seen who told his story as it was and without demonizing the doctors or the family).

anyway, i just wanted to thank you for introducing me to Wendigoon; it's rare for me to find Youtubers i like, so i'm glad i found his channel!

I'm going FERAL over this, I'm so glad you checked out his channel!! He's one of my favorite Youtubers currently <3333

And yes, Wendigoon's video on Hisashi Ouchi is one of my absolute favorites because I think he's truly the only person I've seen cover the case with such compassion and humanity:

For those who don't know, Hisashi Ouchi was a Japanese man who was involved in a horrific nuclear accident that literally involved his DNA being destroyed. Because his cellular DNA was destroyed, his cells were incapable of repairing the damage caused by the radiation. So Ouchi was basically left to rot and disintegrate over a period of months as his body failed him. A dedicated team of doctors kept him alive on life support and through blood transfusions, tissue donations, etc, but again, because he was damaged on a cellular level his body was unable to heal itself. He finally died when his heart gave out for the second (or third maybe?) time and his family chose to not resuscitate him.

I'd heard about Ouchi's story before, and every single time the doctors and/or his family were demonized. I'd heard that he was kept alive as a sick medical experiment to study the effects of radiation poisoning, or that his family were selfish jerks who didn't want to accept he was already dead. This is an especially prevalent view on Reddit. And whenever I've seen the story covered on Youtube, there's often this shock value present, where Ouchi is reduced to a horror story.

Wendigoon is the first person I've seen who truly brought the humanity to this story. He really emphasized who Ouchi was as a person, as well as his family and the doctors who dedicated their lives to trying to save him. I highly recommend anyone reading this to watch the video, but Wendigoon really makes it clear that Ouchi's family and doctors genuinely, truly believed that there was a real chance that they could save Ouchi's life (and at points it really did seem that way), and it was only when they understood how dire the situation was did they choose not to resuscitate him.

So yeah, I'm so glad you love his channel! I highly recommend him to anyone else.

[uncontrolledfission]

The most radioactive man in history

Post #18 in Physics and Astronomy, 07/02/2024

A story that chills many, astonishes others, and sparks controversy in most. A story enough to inspire the username you’re seeing right now. This is the brief story of Hisashi Ouchi, the most radioactive man in history.

Note: please be careful if you decide to look anything up. There are many misleading and frankly disturbing images commonly (and wrongfully) thought to be associated with Hisashi Ouchi. You have been warned.

Before anything, what is nuclear fission?

This is a science blog, after all, so I think it’s fitting to explain what nuclear fission is before anything. 

Discovered in late 1938 by German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, nuclear fission is a reaction involving the nucleus of an atom splitting into two or more smaller nuclei. Alongside releasing gamma photons, a very large amount of energy is released, even when considered in the context of radioactive decay. 

In 1939, Hahn and Strassmann also elaborated on the existence of neutrons within the process of nuclear fission. This opened up the possibility of a nuclear chain reaction, since the release of extra neutrons could induce further reactions in other fissile nuclei, and so on. 

The products of nuclear fission are significantly more radioactive than the heavier elements that made it up in the first place. They remain radioactive for a long period of time, too, which is part of the reason why a nuclear chain reaction can be so incredibly dangerous.

The day’s events

At a uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, Japan, three employees, named Hisashi Ouchi, Masato Shinohara, Yutaka Yokokawa, were speeding up the processing of a batch of fuel to meet shipping requirements. The process they used wasn’t approved by the Science and Technology Agency, leading to a range of issue that ultimately led to their downfall.

The shape of the container, for one, was important. The designated procedure for dissolving uranium oxide powder involved using a narrow, tall tank; in contrast, a stainless steel cylinder was used by the team, which made the process rather prone to criticality. This meant the solution reached critical mass when there was about fifteen kilograms of uranium in the tank. 

For reference, “critical mass” is defined as the smallest amount of fissile material needed to create a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

What was so dangerous?

A nuclear chain reaction can release several million times more energy than any old chemical reaction. When combined with the fact that this involves radioactive isotopes, and the reaction sustains itself, being exposed to a nuclear fission reaction can be fatal. 

The workers were only supposed to mix 2.4kg of uranium with nitric acid. Instead, they mixed up 16kg. 

At 10:35 on the 30th of September 1999, criticality was reached, which set off an uncontrolled fission reaction, emitting radiation for over 20 hours, which was quite possibility the worst case scenario for the three technicians present.

The aftermath

The magnitude of radiation received considered lethal stands at a whopping 7 Sieverts. For reference, the radiation the average person receives passively from their surroundings is approximately 2.7 millisieverts a year. That difference in itself is massive.

Ouchi, who was stood immediately above the tank to mix the fuel, received 17 Sieverts of radiation in one go. Just over 2.5 times the lethal dose. Shinohara received around 10 Sieverts, and Yokokawa around 3 Sieverts.

They experienced symptoms immediately, collapsing with nausea and quickly beginning to experience symptoms of diarrhoea and dehydration. 

On the other hand, outside of the plant itself, locals were warned by authorities not to drink water from wells or harvest and eat crops, for fear of further radiation poisoning. Many emergency workers and residents living nearby were hospitalised, and many, many others had to stay indoors. 

Ouchi was hospitalised for eighty-three days. His organs suffered damage, and his white blood cell count was near to zero. Many solutions were tested, but after numerous cardiac arrests, it was eventually decided he wouldn’t be resuscitated a further time, since his body wouldn’t handle it either way.

Masato Shinohara, on the other hand, died four months after Ouchi from organ failure. He had survived, but eventually succumbed to infections worsened by irradiation.

Yutaka Yokokawa received treatment and was released three months later (he was slightly further away, meaning he received less radiation). He later faced negligence charges. 

The incident had many after effects, from the JCO paying $121 million in compensation to settle nearly 7,000 claims from people nearby who were affected. In early 2000, the company’s president resigned. Seven months later, six officials from JCO were charged with negligence, having failed to ensure technicians were fully trained, and subverting safety procedures (as an incident similar to this had occurred in 1997, but no further safety measures were taken). 

Many suggest that Hisashi Ouchi was kept alive against his will. Though it is impossible to say for sure what was going through the heads of the doctors and close family members around him, it is a stretch to attribute what we can to hesitance in letting someone go to human cruelty. It’s also worth noting that Ouchi’s family wished for him to be resuscitated each time, hoping to see a cure to his suffering.

[cerebrodigital]

Fotomicrografía de cromosomas (células ilíacas de la médula ósea). Destruidas en pedazos y no identificables. Fecha de colección 3 de octubre de 1999 (cuarto día de exposición).

Tras ser expuesto a 17 sieverts de radiación, Hisashi Ouchi sobrevivió durante 83 días. Sufrió una de las muertes más dolorosas jamás registradas en la historia de la humanidad.

Por normas de la comunidad no podemos mostrar todas las imágenes sin censura, así que las dejamos en el enlace.

Solo debes hacer clic en las imágenes:

[dougielombax]

Hisashi Ouchi was NOT kept alive against his will by the doctors at the hospital.

This is a stupid myth borne of sensationalist thinking.

Stop spreading it!

For fuck’s sake.

[ezra-loomis]

some art i did when crying while my brother stole my radithor

[0luna123]

Don't search him tho /srs

[iamsahilparwaiz]

THE MAN WHO CRIED BLOOD | Japan's worst nuclear accident | Hisashi Ouchi Suffered an 83-day Death By Radiation |

The torture of hell means so much pain and suffering that no human being can bear. Perhaps nothing is considered worse than that in this world, but there is one person in this world with whom so much bad happened which was probably more terrible than the torture of hell. He was the most radioactive person in the world, whose DNA was destroyed. Blood was coming out from many places in his body. His muscles were breaking and falling. Body parts were automatically separating from the body. The condition of that person. It was so bad that he was in so much pain that after read this entire story today, you yourself will pray that even if someone gets possessed by a ghost, such an accident should never happen to him and such a big incident happened behind it. There is a small greed of human being. I will tell you more

https://theroyalspedia.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-man-who-cried-blood-japans-worst.html

THE MAN WHO CRIED BLOOD | Japan's worst nuclear accident | Hisashi Ouchi Suffered an 83-day Death By Radiation |

The torture of hell means so much pain and suffering that no human being can bear. Perhaps nothing is considered worse than that in this world, but there is one person in this world with whom so much bad happened which was probably more terrible than the torture of hell. He was the most radioactive person in the world, whose DNA was destroyed. Blood was coming out from many places in his body. His muscles were breaking and falling. Body parts were automatically separating from the body. The condition of that person. It was so bad that he was in so much pain that after read this entire story today, you yourself will pray that even if someone gets possessed by a ghost, such an accident should never happen to him and such a big incident happened behind it. There is a small greed of human being. I will tell you [more](https://theroyalspedia.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-man-who-cried-blood-japans-worst.html)

[spytefull]

I was the Reaper that was never needed.

For millennia, I lay dormant, tattered black cloak clinging like cobwebs to my sallow form, skin like leather sewn to bone.

I should never have been needed, but-

A brilliant blue light burst forth in the world, and my eyes snapped open in kind.

-humans truly are foolish creatures.

And yet, they are oh so stubborn.

Only two men were marked that fateful day. Two innocent men, who gave their all to their work. Two men who were let down by their leaders.

The one that was not mine would have the specter of death looming over him for months. His organs would eventually fail him, but it was reasonable that he would fight.

The fight that mine put up, however… the sheer force of will that kept his heart beating, that kept that spark of life burning within him… that sheer, indomitable human spirit that I could do nothing but watch… it was an inspiration.

Neither my charge nor his family gave up. The doctors and nurses and all of the staff, not one of them surrendered to despair. They matched his strength with their own, despite everything. Despite his chromosomes themselves shattering beyond recognition. Despite his body's inability to generate replacements for every part of him that was slowly dying. Despite his body destroying every single donation of cells and blood. Despite his lungs being little more than a machine. Despite his heart continuously failing. Despite his body being so fragile that a single, small cut could end his fight.

Despite

EVERYTHING

he

fought

and

fought

and

fought

and

fought

until

he could fight no longer.

And as his wife, for the first time during those long, painful days of fighting finally allowed the tears to fall freely, as she allowed heaving sobs to fill the silence that was once occupied by too many machines and people, I greeted Hisashi Ouchi with all the respect I could offer. With not enough respect for a man like him. With everything I had, and my withered soul longing to give him more.

And I took his hand.

And no-one in that hospital questioned how an 83 extra paper cranes appeared in a neat little row the very next day.

Each type of death has a unique type of Reaper. The Reapers of Drowning collects the souls of the drowned. The Reapers of Old Age collects those that have come to their natural end. Write a story about a Reaper for an unusual death finally having a soul to collect.

[vam1mav]

|| THEORY TIMEEE||

|| Ok first of all, ouch- (I hit my tooth on my cell phone by accident when this theory appeared in my mind ಥ⁠╭⁠╮⁠ಥ) ||

|| What if this new character is not a new character, but rather Inko (Well, THE young Inko) ||

|| Maybe we'll finally have some context for Inko and her past (How she met Hisashi/All For One) and this is the first taste of it (I'm just going crazy and I'm hallucinating, ok? Leave me alone-) ||

[aztrosist666]

grrrrrrhhhh radiation and nuclear disaster hyperfixation goes insane

[undeadcourier]

Ghouls are, put simply, humans suffering from advanced, prolonged radiation sickness and whose bodies have mutated such that gamma radiation extends their lifespan past natural limits.

The process of ghoulification is outlined in canon sources, but I wanted to make a guide that goes into more detail on the effects of radiation sickness in various cases, since the level and type of exposure significantly affects the outcome.

This is the first in what will be a series of posts exploring both real-life cases of radiation sickness and the sci-fi concept of ghoulification in some depth. Graphic descriptions of the physical deterioration of the body are included for informative purposes; reader discretion is advised.

For this first case study, I examine the effects on the human body of exposure to high levels of radiation in a short period of time, with a focus on the real case of Hisashi Ouchi.

On September 30, 1999, a lack of appropriate safety measures and the proper materials resulted in an accident that caused three workers at the nuclear power plant in Tōkai-mura, Japan, to suffer from severe radiation poisoning while purifying reactor fuel.

Point of Criticality

An uncontrolled fission reaction was produced when technicians poured nearly seven times the legal limit of uranium oxide into an improper vessel containing nitric acid. The men reported seeing a bright blue flash—indicative of Cherenkov radiation—when the mixture reached critical mass, flooding the room with radiation. The workers evacuated to the decontamination room, but already, the two who had been handling the reactive solution were overcome with intense pain from radiation burns, severe nausea, and difficulty breathing. Hisashi Ouchi, who suffered the highest level of exposure, also experienced rapid difficulties with mobility and coherence. Upon reaching the decontamination room, he vomited and fell unconscious.

~1 Hour Post-Exposure

Ouchi regained consciousness in the hospital about 70 minutes after the criticality accident, where doctors confirmed that he had been exposed to high doses of gamma, neutron, and other radiation.

The maximum allowable annual dose of radiation for nuclear technicians in Japan was 50 millisieverts. Exposure to more than 7 sieverts is considered fatal. Yutaka Yokokawa, the supervisor, had received 3 sieverts. The technicians who had been handling the uranium, Masato Shinohara and Hisashi Ouchi, received 10 sieverts and 17 sieverts, respectively.

~1 Day+ Post-Exposure

During the first few days in the ICU, Ouchi appeared to be in remarkably good condition, given the circumstances: the skin of his face and right hand was slightly red, as if by a sunburn, and swollen. His eyes were bloodshot, and he reported pain under his ear and right hand, which had received the most direct exposure, but he could speak normally, and he joked with the doctors and nurses attending to him.

6 Days Post-Exposure

Tests revealed that the high energy radiation that Ouchi had been exposed to had obliterated the chromosomes in his bone marrow. They were unrecognizable—some severed, some fused, all out of order. This damage meant that his body was unable to create new blood cells. The red blood cells that transport oxygen could not be replaced, and Ouchi's white blood cell count was near zero, leaving him extremely vulnerable to infection.

~1 Week+ Post-Exposure

Intensive treatments, including numerous skin grafts, blood and bone marrow transfusions, and revolutionary stem cell transplants were conducted in an attempt to stabilize Ouchi, but ultimately without lasting success.

The skin grafts couldn't hold; when medical tape was peeled from his skin, his skin came with it, and the marks left behind couldn't heal. Blisters like those of a burn appeared on his right hand.

Ouchi reported frequently that he was thirsty.

~10 Days Post-Exposure

By this point, Ouchi's oxygen levels were so low that even speaking required tremendous effort. Ouchi was placed on supplemental oxygen and required sedatives to be able to sleep.

2 Weeks+ Post-Exposure

Ouchi was no longer able to eat and required an IV. By day sixteen, most of the skin on the front side of his body had fallen off.

His low platelet count and lack of healthy skin meant that his blood and bodily fluids leaked through his damaged pores, resulting in unstable blood pressure.

Donor stem cells that were meant to allow his body to create new tissue were also destroyed by the radiation present in his body.

~1 Month Post-Exposure

On the 27th day following the accident, Ouchi suffered from intense diarrhea. The mucus layer of his large intestine had vanished, exposing the red submucosal layer beneath. His body could no longer disgest or absorb anything he ingested; even water was excreted as diarrhea.

The skin of Ouchi's right hand was almost entirely gone, leaving the surface of his hand raw and dark red. Blisters spread across his right arm and abdomen, then over his entire body. Gauze was required to replace his skin, and his fingers had to be individually wrapped to prevent them from sticking together. Without skin to keep him warm, Ouchi required an electrothermic device to maintain his body temperature while his bandages were changed—a daily procedure that took hours. Every time the gauze was removed, more of Ouchi's remaining skin went with it. His eyelids could not shut, and his eyes bled. His nails fell off.

Ouchi's right arm was necrotizing, leading to an increasing amount of myoglobin—a protein in muscle tissue—flowing in Ouchi's blood. Untreated, this could result in renal failure as the kidneys could not process the amount of myoglobin present.

Ouchi's body could not regenerate the platelets that form scabs, meaning the risk of hemorrhage was extreme.

By day 50, more than two liters of fluid seeped from Ouchi's damaged skin each day. The amount of fluid prevented skin grafts from adhering. Furthermore, he began to suffer from blood in his stool, and permeated blood seeped between his inflamed small and large intestines.

2 Months+ Post-Exposure

On the 59th day after the accident, Ouchi suffered the first of many heart attacks. His kidneys and liver were also failing. He no longer showed reactions to stimuli.

By day 63, Ouchi's macrophages—the immune cells that normally attack and consume bacteria and viruses—were attacking his own healthy blood cells.

After 67 days, Ouchi suffered internal hemorrhage. He bled from his mouth and intestines.

Ouchi would continue to suffer from heart attacks, as many as three in one hour. Each time, he was revived, but he suffered increasing brain damage, until multiple organ failure ended his life after 83 days in the hospital.

Ouchi's colleague Masato Shinohara underwent numerous successful skin grafts and a stem cell transfusion as well as radical cancer treatment, but he, too, died of multiple organ failure after seven months. Their supervisor, Yutaka Yokokawa, was treated for minor radiation sickness and was released from the hospital within three months of the accident.

This detailed chronology was referenced from the book A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness by Iwanami Shoten, translated by Maho Harada. My post, of course, focuses on Ouchi's physical condition in his final months, but it’s important to remember him not just as a victim or a patient. He was a loving husband and father whose sense of humor and resilience left an impression on everyone he came into contact with. The book is available in its entirety here and provides a moving, nuanced account of the incident and the efforts to save Ouchi's life.

[lucifer-the-fetus-eater]

I have a few ideas!!!

Now this is long, so... Prepare to venture into the pandora's box that is my category 7 autism event.

Below the cut for sake of space !

So long it could be the colors of the sky post... just significantly more cursed because it's tf2 lore speculation.

"You've been a real monster up there. Honestly, you probably would have ended up here anyway. I feel silly that we even bothered with a contract."

-The Devil on pg. #209 of TF Comics #6

The Devil himself called The Medic a monster. And honestly, I doubt he's far off.

Kill count alone can't be enough to get someone into Hell. As we saw, Sniper and Scout got into Heaven. It's not explicitly stated what gets one into Heaven or Hell in the TF2 universe. All we have to go off of is implication.

Sniper and Scout are paid killers. This is widely considered by humanity to be pretty damn immoral. But here's the thing. They're killers who kill killers. They're paid to kill people who also kill.

"But you left a lot of rotten @#$%s down there that need killin'." "Yer mum's right. A professional wouldn't quit when there's still more work to be done."

-Sniper's parents on pg. #61 of TF Comics #5: Old Wounds

By "rotten @#$%s" I'm going to assume Sniper's mother is talking about other paid killers; mercenaries. I believe Heaven operates on grey moral principles in this universe. Yes, Sniper's killing people... but he's not killing innocent people.

It's similar for Scout (ignoring the Mall Santa Training Facility incident for just a moment...) I don't think it's mentioned or shown anywhere that Scout has explicitly murdered an innocent person. Sure, he's been an asshole. But based on God's behavior, I don't think that's enough to bar him from Heaven either. I mean-- regardless of what Scout has done, God does state that he's His gift to women... So I don't think God is the best person either. (Honestly, God is biased and must have ignored the Mall Santa Training Facility incident all together.)

"Aw, come on, God. Don't destroy humanity. They're good people at heart. Just a buncha dum-dums tryin' their best."

-The Scout on pg. #180 of TF Comics #6: The Naked and the Dead. (Holy shit, I can't believe Scout of all people had to convince God not to smite everybody.)

So it seems God is a little forgiving when it comes to letting people into Heaven. (And... He's also just kind of a douche.) In that case... What does it mean when The Devil Himself tells Medic he probably would've ended up in Hell anyway?

Now this is definitely my own perspective, but...

There are fates worse than death.

The act of ending someone's life, while cruel, isn't... the worst you can do. That would be torture-- prolonged suffering. Unethical medical experimentation would certainly be one of those things.

In Meet the Medic, while Medic is telling Heavy the story of how he lost his medical license, he specifically says "When the patient woke up..." implying the patient survived the procedure. Maybe this is conjecture. It's possible that the medic was being sarcastic. But what if he wasn't?

Not only did he steal a man's entire skeleton, the patient might've just survived the procedure. The Medic was able to preserve BLU Spy's severed head in his refrigerator. Who's to say he didn't find a way to keep somebody alive without a skeleton? In real life, you can't survive without your skeleton. But... I mean... the TF2 universe is full of science fiction crap that isn't all that realistic. We also wouldn't know how long he could've survived without the skeleton. Could've been anywhere from hours to years. (This is a wildly different case from real life, but I this reminded me of the case of Hisashi Ouchi, who received a lethal dose of radiation in 1999 during a criticality accident. He survived for 83 days after the ordeal with drastic medical intervention. Why I started thinking about it is because the man's bone marrow was utterly destroyed, so his body couldn't regenerate new cells. Something to consider when thinking about the logistics of somebody surviving without their skeleton. Ok I'm getting distracted-- discretion advised if you decide to look that up. It's genuinely horrific. Can't emphasize that enough.)

There's also the whole brain-inside-a-pumpkin deal. Yes, the victim was a criminal; a mugger, to be specific. Sure, he wasn't the best person in life. But does that mean he deserved to have his brain meticulously cut out and relegated to being trapped inside of a pumpkin?? I'll go out on a limb here and say that's some I Have No Mouth and I must Scream bullshit. I mean... He can still talk, but... Outside of that and think, not much else. That's terrifying. I'd even say, the skeleton-lacking patient probably experienced something similar if he survived and only had some rudimentary structure to keep his body's structure. (Sidenote: The Engineer was an accomplice in the sentient pumpkin debacle... just throwing that out there...)

With incidents like the baboon uteruses, the uber-heart transplant, and Sniper's resurrection also in mind, we can establish that Medic has a clear pattern of behavior. That being... He likes to experiment on people. Not always for their benefit. (He's no stranger to experimenting on himself, either. He does state that he surgically grafted 8 other souls into his own. In the game, he can receive the benefits of übercharge. Oh, can't forget The Second Opinion or Medimedes cosmetics. Depends on whether you consider those canon or not.)

"...the Medic considers healing a generally unintended side effect of satisfying his own morbid curiosity."

-Medic's bio on the official TF2 Website

I sincerely doubt, in the Medic's approximately fifty years of existence, these are the only experiments he's conducted. They're the only ones mentioned or shown, but I sincerely believe he's got a whole undepicted track record of doing whatever the hell he wants with those unfortunate enough to find themselves on his operating table. It's no wonder he'd end up in Hell with or without a soul-binding deal.

Given the Devil's statement about feeling silly that they even bothered with a contract, I doubt it was his "corruption" that influenced Medic to behave the way he does.

"Well. You're a clever man. You tempted me once, after all. I'm sure you'll figure out a way to trick me out of my other eight souls."

-Medic on pg. #220 of TF Comics #6.

Medic does admit he was tempted by the Devil's proposition. But I believe he was appealing to the Devil's ego here. He even says "I'm sure you'll figure out a way to trick me out of my other eight souls." This doesn't read genuinely. In the next frame, he immediately jumps to mentioning the Devil's "lovely looking pen." He then proceeds to further imply that the Devil could "trick" him out of another soul with it.

The devil looks confused, bamboozled, even. The Medic is walking away all smug like this:

"Ohhhh, what have I done? See, you're well on your way! I don't like my chances."

-The Medic on pg. #225 of TF Comic #6.

This is definitely sarcasm. I'm gonna go ahead and say I don't think the Devil tempted Medic at all. Rather, Medic was the one who tempted the Devil.

The circumstances regarding Medic's first meeting with the Devil are debatable. I could definitely concoct some theories as to what might've happened, but for now I'll conserve some mental energy and process that later.

Medic's procedures are not only unethical, but extremely difficult to execute. One might say, even impossible.

"Please. I am a doctor. You will not die on my table. I'll just kill you here."

-Medic on pg. #101 of TF Comic #6.

Alright. This doesn't prove anything. But it did give me an idea... One could even say... a headcannon... [lightning crash]

What if Medic used his deal with the Devil to decrease the mortality rate of his patients?

Medic's experiments can be very drastic. He kind of just does whatever the hell he wants and gets away with it. It's possible that perhaps somewhere in the clauses of his contract with the Devil, it's explicitly written that his patients "Can't die on his table." Meaning whatever he does to them can't kill them outright.

Or, alternatively, to preserve the idea that Medic is very skilled on his own, the Devil provided him access to ✨forbidden knowledge✨... Such as some visceral idea as to the inner workings of the universe. Some divine... or cursed inclination as to the ingredients for life. No doubt it took him a while to figure out how exactly to use that knowledge. Memorizing a book doesn't make you a rocket scientist until you put that knowledge into practice.

It's nothing the Medic could ever explain. It's like instinct, it's just something he's aware of. That's why he can take a man's skeleton and leave him living (allegedly.) Why he can remove a delicate brain and put it in a pumpkin. And with some engineering expertise at his beck and call, keep that little shit alive.

The Medic isn't magic.

He just knows things nobody else does.

Alright yeah I think that's all. Unless there was something substantial I forgot to consider. Likely because by this point I'm exhausted.

Except I need to circle back for a moment because I forgot to explain what I meant by the Medic tempted the Devil. So. Quick Encore:

I think, perhaps, the Medic proposed an additional clause in their deal. He'd be allowed to handle souls. He claimed he'd use this ability to send more of them to Hell. Collect them... sort of like the soul gargoyle... and ferry them off to the Devil somehow. It just so happens being able to handle souls also makes it so you're able to interact with them in other ways, too. For example... Surgically grafting them.

And that's not something the Devil considered.

Hey, remember when TF2 comics were a thing, and there was this great scene of medic bargaining with the Devil?

Well in that scene there's this particular line which got me wondering.

First -: How likely is it that medic only went to hell for selling his soul? I mean scout and sniper went to heaven and they for sure killed more people, Scout even blew up a Santa training facility , which I'm fairly certain is terrorism. And sniper's whole thing is killing people and he's proud of it.

Meanwhile while medic did probably kill some people, it's not likely that it's more than these two. His biggest crimes are stealing a skeleton, stealing a brain and stuffing it in a pumpkin, and stealing 8 souls from other mercs, and all victims of these crimes survived, sooo...

The other thing it got me wondering... What exactly did he sold his soul for? And here I don't really have an answer, immortality clearly isn't that since he did, well, die, in order for this scene to happen. Talent or intelligence ? Doesn't sit right, I mean it implies that he didn't worked for his achievement , or even worse that he's so immortal only because da devil corrupted him, and that just stinks. So I'd like to hear your ideas if you got any.

[cerebrodigital]

83 días... 💀

Contexto:

[tempural]

Started with this B/W sketchbook drawing. Got inspired by the look of the sketchbook spiral on the side, cuz it looked like film notches. Made me think of x-ray scans. Ended up doing the whole medical route on the final drawing.

Coloring method was mostly pressing the "invert" tool to turn the canvas black. Then painting red/yellow with gradient maps. And then drawing the glowing blue lines, as well as typing the "medical" text, on an "add" layer.

Spoilers and long head canons and unlicensed medical talk under the cut.

The text reads:

REVIEWED BY PONY EXPRESS AUTODOC MODEL-SCUMSUCK

PATIENT: CURLY

Near total body disruption from explosive decompression

Complete dermal vascular system collapse

Severe radiation poisoning

Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state

Muscle and bone cachexia

Single eye rupture

Chronic obstructive pulmonary

Testicular rupture

Severe leukopenia

Itchiness and dry eye

RECOMMENDED TREATMENT

Administer intravenous therapy and catheter

Support neck and spine

Change bandages as supplies last

Orally administer paracetamol for pain

Turn and reposition patient every 2 hours to prevent bed sores

Create relaxing enviroment

Listen attentively to understand emotional state

Allow time for exercise and meditation

Encourage positive thinking

Brush teeth

Administer mouthwash

SIGNED OFF BY DOCTOR ANYA

Of course none of the treatment is actually good. In the game itself, you give him paracetamol (TYLENOL) for pain haha. So I thought I'd go along with the bad medical advice. Including that universal medical advice you get to do "exercise and meditation" if you are in a bad mood :)

I think I spent about as much time looking up the medical stuff (specifically things in relation to explosion damage and radiation damage - thinking of the Byford Dolphin Incident as well as Hisashi Ouchi) as I did with the coloring! We don't know what exactly happened with Curly, but I'd just guess with my lack of medical knowledge that the ship crashed, something exploded, and he was exposed to intense radiation.

Realistically he wouldn't be surviving with the level of medical care they have available on the ship, so I drew a couple things I thought would help him... namely the IV and catheter haha. Also thought it'd be a fun time to introduce my favorite headcanon to gift cute characters: the gift of genital nullification. Yes, I drew this mostly to show off my not-buff and no-pp headcanons!!!!

I like Curly with no skin, no muscle, no hair. It's ok if he had those before. I probably wouldn't draw him "recovered" with perfectly functioning prosthetic limbs and magically regrown vocal cords and sexy 8 pack abs. That's just me. He could get a wheelchair, perhaps some sort of eye controlled assisted communication like Stephen Hawking (but Curly doesn't seem to be able to control his jaw or cheek?).

Thinking about ~da dystopian future~ and what support he would even get? His job ain't gettin him anything :P He doesn't seem to be in the sort of society with universal healthcare, they'd drain his savings and then put him in a dark room with a nurse that turns him over once every 24 hours... Well, that's if they find him. I think he's staying frozen for 20 years and then melting like Walt Disney once the power runs out.

[ezra-loomis]

HELP ME HES TOO HOT

[kintsugibody]

i knew about the 1999 incident, didn't know the plant already fucked up a couple years earlier. they should've been shut down after the first accident and cover up

radiation and cults are fascinating to me, especially radiation. the stories of people unknowingly picking up radioactive material and dying or even killing the populations of towns is haunting, the elephants foot is haunting, the fact that humans can't detect radiation without a machine is haunting. you can't perceive it at all but it does so much damage without you even realizing it until you see the injury, then it gets worse and worse. no other predator or sickness or anything that kills you can do it so insidiously without you even knowing what hit you