#i know it's today

[kazoosandfannypacks]

My favorite genre of musical theatre songs is "Girl Has A Hobby." They never had a bad run! "Watch What Happens?" BANGER! "I Know It's Today?" BANGER! "I Love Play Reharsal?" BANGER! "Hiding In Your Hands?" WE WERE ROBBED!

[t4tozier]

they've all heard tell of the ghost in the castle.

the elven king and queen have been blessed with three beautiful children: a set of twins, just as lovely as each other, and their oldest, their boy, their shining star.

there's another, though.

nobody's ever seen him. to many, he's a simple tall tale, meant to deter any peasants from daring to approach the castle. the ghost of the young elven prince, destroyed from the inside out by his own magic.

said prince, if he could, would tell you he is very much alive. very much bored, but alive, nonetheless. and though he is as much flesh and blood as the king himself, he still haunts the castle with his presence--or lack thereof. even his mother and father rarely catch a glimpse. not that they deign to look all that often. the only one to ever see the young sorcerer with any sort of frequency is the paladin who guards him.

guarding others from attacking him, they'd told him. but the princeling knows better. the knight who waits outside his door at all hours of the day is guarding him from hurting anyone else. he hates his paladin for it. even his strongest spell wouldn't bring him any meaningful distance from his chambers, but were the massive frame of the stoic goliath not blocking the only true exit, the prince would have escaped long ago.

so he hates him. his last obstacle to freedom. but no one cares to check on him but the knight and the servants who fetch his meals--and they pretend not to notice when the paladin isn't at his post in the wee hours of the morn, nor to know where he is instead: tucked around the young elf, whose perfect skin is bruised and marked from his neck to his thighs. the prince may be of the crown, may have magic running through his veins, but he belongs to no one but his knight.

[queer-boo-radley]

I Know It's Today (Sutton Foster) | Shrek The Musical | TUNE

[puppyeared]

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

[marzipanandminutiae]

As someone who works with social history for a living, I feel like I’m the aggressive opposite of an anti-vaxxer

I fucking LOVE vaccines, friends. Give me the science stab. I’m so ready. it’s a beautiful day to not die of a Bajillion and one diseases that carried off like half the population before they had even reached age 10, and a significant portion before they made it to old age, 150 years ago

I go to the old cemetery. I see the vast numbers of infant and child and young adult graves. And then I go to my doctor and get injected with Potion of Fuck That Noise. This is beautiful and miraculous and I do not remotely understand how some people can reject it – not just for themselves, but for their children

[obsob]

i am a being capable of immeasurable love and whimsy

[deadpanwalking]

HELP

[doctorsiren]

sock opera

[semetarycosplay]

This was my last time cosplaying Fiona because I just don't feel confident as her. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm glad I got these beautiful photos as a last hoorah. Photos: Yuki Cat Captures

[damiel-of-real]

ive had this fuckig image in my brain for ages. i dont know what it means

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[t4tozier]

stayed late at work to finish this <3 will update tags when i get home!

[cyancees]

i have neither a good imagination nor aphantasia, but a secret third thing

[faggotisaacfloofs]

the person who helped today when I fell out of my wheelchair actually did a really great job, so I want to share in case other people wonder what to do. [Note: this is not universal, this is merely a suggestion from one person, every wheelchair user's needs are different! I am a person who uses a manual chair usually pushed by someone else who is also disabled.]

Scenario: you see someone in a wheelchair fall out of their chair, and you have the ability to help.

1. Approach and ask "are you okay?"*

2. Next question if they say no, are vague, or open to continuing conversation** is, "is there anything I can do to help?" Or "what can I do?"

If they say no to help, then that's the end, just leave and go do whatever you were doing!

If they ask for help or say they are mildly injured, ask "what would you like me to do?" And wait for an answer before doing anything! If they seem dazed or confused, they might have hit their head or had another medical event*, or they might just be like that due to regular disability. Be patient.

Do not touch the person unless they say to, or they are like, unconcious in the middle of the road, ya know?? Wheelchair users usually have conditions that mean being handled improperly can severely injure us, you could cause much more damage than the fall.

Some things they might need you to do:

Bring their wheelchair closer (mine went about 5 feet away after it dumped me)

engage the brakes of the wheelchair

hold wheelchair steady if it's an unsteady surface (mud, hill, ramp, wet, etc)

offer an arm for them to hold onto to get up (them grabbing you, not you grabbing them) or move another solid item closer for them to use (i.e. a chair) [only do this if you physically have the ability to!]

If the terrain is rough (i.e. a parking lot), they *might* ask you to push their chair to a more stable area once they are back in their chair

nothing

Something else

Do what they ask, NOT what you think would be helpful. If for some reason you have to do something (i.e. you can't stop oncoming traffic and need to get them out) ASAP, tell them what you plan to do

Keep in mind they might also be D/deaf, have a communication disability, be stunned after the fall, have a head injury, not trust other people, etc. Be patient and treat them as a person with autonomy and agency! They might need to just sit on the ground for a few minutes to recover before trying to get back in their chair. They might want everyone to leave them alone. They might ask you to call someone specific. Their chair might have broken and that can be extremely distressing. All of this is like if your legs spontaneously stop working when you're out and about!

A lot of wheelchair users (NOT ALL) have ways to get into their chair on their own once the chair is close enough and brakes engaged (but it's hard from the ground!). Here's what brakes look like on a lot of manual wheelchairs, in case they ask you to lock the brakes. They're levers on each side and pushing the lever pushes a bar against the wheel to hold it still.

ID: A manual wheelchair with the brake levels circled in red and labeled "user brake levers"

*There is also the possibility of course that a person fell out of their chair due to a seizure or other medical event, so that is why it is important to ask if they are okay. If you saw them hit their head, tell them so. If they had a medical event, follow protocol for that, I'm not gonna get into it here (thought I could).

**sometimes a person will be clear after the first question i.e. "I'm all good thanks" clearly means they do not need you to ask another question, you can just leave them alone. Keep walking and don't stare. A lot of the time people will be a bit banged up but be totally fine and able to manage on their own.

TLDR: Ask the wheelchair user if they're okay, then what they need, and then do exactly that, including leaving them alone. Thanks!

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

[nipuni]

"I am a higher dimension life form, I am a complex space-time event"

A step by step process of this will be available at my Patreon next month, you can find prints of my work at my Store 😊