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arsenicflame · 5 months ago

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(in general, removed from any specific au's where he needs to swim/not swim for Plot)

(personally, i think my stance is that he has some ability to keep himself afloat in calmer waters- on the shore or in a pool- but not in the way where its a particular skill. hes spend enough time dicking around in the shallows with Jack & Sam & Ed to know how to handle himself in water where he cant consistently reach the bottom, to feel comfortable cooling off by a waterfall, but is also keenly aware that if he goes overboard, even in relatively calm waters, being able to swim isnt going to do anything to save his life if a dinghy isnt sent. hes not gonna drown the second he's in the ocean or anything, but hes screwed if the waters a little too rough or its late or a raid and it isnt noticed before the ships a way away.)

#this came to mind bc i was writing a thing that had this 'of course izzy cant swim' moment and i suddenly realised. i dont know where people #stand on this. god knows i love a drowning fic but thats situational not swimming to me. for the whump #doesnt mean you think he has no swimming skills; you gotta put that man in a Predicament #so! poll #this was gonna be a yes/no/other poll buuuut i ended up deciding to add treading water (type things) as an option in the poll #because i figured itd be the most common nuance take (its my take after all) and id rather leave nuance for people who have unique ideas #(and maybe some people will consider treading water as just swimming too so. fair divide! give u ur own special button for Statistics)#ok but actually tell me your headcanons. tell meeeeee #nyxtalks #ofmd #our flag means death #izzy hands #israel hands #additional: i say stay afloat bc i dont see it as a traditional tread water as such. more like... leaning into natural buoyancy?#like how you can lie on your back and float. hes completely untrained but he has something that works for him #ed can swim btw. it was something he wanted to learn so he did. but hes never had any interest in teaching izzy #(this will come back to bite him later)#hes occasionally raised it with izzy; when hes doing laps in a quiet spring they found. but the topic switched and it never went anywhere #(i debated adding my personal comments to the op for a while but. i like hearing what other people have to say. so.)

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