#let the courts decide

[sweaters-and-vertigo]

trigger warning: medical procedure, gynecology

been thinking about the insertion of my IUD a lot recently. my doctor assured me the procedure lasted no longer than five minutes, but that stretched into nearly 20.

my gynecologist kept telling me that the reason it’s taking such a long time and the reason it’s so painful is that my cervix wasn’t “opening like it’s supposed to”. this Trained Medical Professional and her assistants were all women, and they all started scolding me to open my cervix. idk how to open my cervix. and they offered no help. they were condescending and unsympathetic.

“just open your cervix, ok, honey? then we can place the IUD in your uterus.” “you gotta open up that cervix for us, sweetie! work with us here!”

it was humiliating and painful. at one point, i said “maybe we should just stop” but they told me that they were so, so close (they weren’t) and i agreed to keep going. my mom had to hold me down. and i wasn’t allowed to take any pain medication or stress relievers before the procedure.

these were my doctors. i trusted these women with my body. what was supposed to be quicker than a pap smear turned into a freaking nightmare, in which sharp metal objects were being shoved inside me. they made me bleed and told me it was because i “moved around so much”. they laughed when they were done and made me feel weak for being in pain. i was crying and sweating, and when we got home i passed out for several hours.

EDIT: i reblogged this with my second IUD insertion awhile back. but not everyone sees it. it went much more smoothly because i had pain meds, and a more respectful doctor. it lasted two minutes and i barely felt anything. i just wanted to add this, in case someone was considering an IUD. just make sure they give you some pain meds and you’ll be fine!! i’m getting IUDs until menopause now lol

[ew-selfish-art]

DP x DC AU: Danny desperately wants to find the explosion guy. Tim is really good at covering his tracks... he didn't account for ghosts.

The explosions make it onto TV as purported terror activity and most people haven't heard of that part of the world much less ever given a second thought to care about it. The only real reason it gets reported on has something to do with the Justice League and... Danny knows too much.

He's been in training for Clockwork's court (which he's suspicious of- feels like kingly duty bullshit- but Danny is playing along out of curiosity for now) and he's learned a lot about how the living and non-living worlds collide. That means learning about CW's usual suspects- one of which just happened to have a ton of bases around the area Danny was seeing on the news.

It didn't take long for Danny to try to piece together that whoever blew up Nanda Parbat was trying to fuck with the League of Shadows, and was doing it successfully. Less green portals in the world the better, same goes for assassins. But it gets Danny thinking... Maybe he can employ similar tactics on the GIW Bases that keep spawning on the edges of Amity Park. It would at least set them back while he and his friends navigated the help line desk to request Justice League intervention. None of them can leave Amity Park, so outreach is going to have to be creative.

So Danny figures he'll just find the guy. Call up some ghosts who were there, or er, came from there and get a profile and track him down. But the ghosts keep saying it was The Detective. Annoying!

Danny goes full conspiracy theory, gets Tucker and Sam involved, and begrudgingly asks Wes Weston his thoughts.

He hadn't expected Wes to garble out a thirty minute presentation (that had 100 more slides left to go before he cut it off) about how Batman totally trained with a cult and so did his kids. Danny kind of rolled his eyes but... hey, new avenue of searching in the Infinite Realms at least.

The ghosts confirm that Bombs is for sure not Batman's MO- But maybe his second kid would know? The second kid was already brought back to life though, so no way to easily reach him... Danny starts to realize that this might be the work of a Robin now. Wasn't the red one known for solving cold cases? (Sam provides this information- its a social faux pas to not know hero gossip at Gotham Galas- everything she's learned is against her will).

It all comes to a head when Danny goes about the hard task of opening a portal for the guy to come through at just the right time, explain the infinite realms so he doesn't panic and then describe what the fuck was going on with the GIW. It takes months, just over a full year, of random (educated guesses) portal generating- Finally, Red Robin drops into the land of the dead.

"So, you're the guy I've got to talk to about explosions right?" Danny enthusiastically asks.

Tim thinks he's died and landed in the after life following 56 hours of being awake and plummeting off the side of a building into a Lazarus pool. Nothing makes sense about the kid in front of him.

"Yeah, I got a guy for munitions." Tim answers cooly.

"How do you feel about secretly sanctioned government operations that violate protected rights?"

"Gotta get rid of 'em some how. Need me to point you in the right direction?" This might as well be happening.

[copperbadge]

I think there are some court cases or situations in which the jury should be allowed to heckle the attorneys. If not verbally, we should at least be provided with popcorn and allowed to throw it.

[littlemeltymarshmallow]

A03. A03 don't do this to me. Please. Please I've been so good to you. I've written you so many wonderful fics. What do I do with my life now my wife left me and took the kids.

[mediaforanya]

a d20 au where twyla and chirp briefly dated decades ago and this is the first bloom they had as an official couple <3

[bruciemilf]

I think I'm gonna die soon if I don't talk abt Martha and her brothers

[etherealhoneypie]

hey so any of my friends in the uk or canada or australia or really anywhere that isn’t the us wanna adopt me? i have a lot of thrifted furniture and a big record collection i can bring 🥰

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

Ah, Major Winchester, the party of one! Dinner is served.

[shyshitter]

Interesting how Johnny depp donated his money to sick kid and environment charities instead of women’s rights charities like. Yea those things need funding too but buddy. Do you understand what you were on trial for?? Violence against women. You’re not gonna idk. Maybe try to amend that? Even for your image? biting scratching

[grooviestguru]

“An orange bandana got his hair out of his face, and he hooked it tight at the back” SUGGESTS that neil’s hair is otherwise IN his face the rest of the time. right? RIGHT?

[joanofexys]

Emiko ends up retiring at 29 btw. She's 25 already so she only plays for 4 more years. Having to admit she can't stay on the court any longer nearly kills her but she becomes an assitant coach for Wymack before she eventually goes on to coach exy full time

[empath-demon]

Link to the decision:

[ednito]

I'm getting off work early! Real question is do I wanna draw the scarecrows now or do some self ship art? Or maybe I wanna draw something funny- leave your comments down below LMAO