#well spoony :p

[victorluvsalice]

Happy Birthday Nebby!

@nebbychan -- As per your suggestion of doing something with your Modern AU takes on Dan and Kiya from MediEvil (specifically "Maybe the two chatting at a museum about their favorite time periods (Dan can brag about his minor degree in Medieval Studies and Kiya can do the same with her Egyptology studies)"), here's the pair at a museum, specifically chatting about Medieval European and Ancient Egyptian weaponry! Because, to be honest, the first things that popped into my head when thinking about the prompt were these two posts on wacky polearms by prokopetz. XD Hope you enjoy!

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“...and that one, right there? That’s a Bohemian Ear-Spoon.”

Kiya raised a suspicious eyebrow at him. “You are definitely making that one up.”

“Nope,” Dan told her with his biggest, toothiest grin. “Completely real. Check out the label.”

Kiya squinted at him, then turned her attention to the identification tag plastered to the case. A moment later, her eyes went wide. “What even,” she declared, standing up straight.

“I know!” Dan said, laughing. “And you know what? That thing is not nearly the weirdest polearm out there. I’ve seen one that looked like one of those fancy pointy spikes you see on top of churches with a blender attachment on the side.”

“Seriously? European weapons are bizarre,” was Kiya’s opinion on that. She glanced up at him. “So – did they tell you in uni why that one’s called an ‘Ear-Spoon’ of all things?”

“Oh, this is one of those weird ones where the original name doesn’t translate well to English,” Dan explained. “But most people think it’s ‘cause they call those two triangular bits forming the guard the ‘ears.’”

“Ah – well, that’s better than what I originally thought.”

Dan tilted his head. “Do I want to know?”

Kiya made a motion like she was jamming something into her ear while pulling a face. “I think you can guess.”

Dan grimaced, his very teeth seeming to flex with the motion. “Yeah...kind of prefer to avoid that kind of ear-spooning,” he said, absently brushing his bangs a little more over his eye patch.

Kiya winced. “Yeah, I – sorry, I didn’t mean to–”

“No, no, it’s fine!” Dan assured her, holding up his hands with an awkward grin. “Shit happens, you know? It’s not a big deal or anything. I definitely don’t want it spoiling our date.”

“Me either.” Kiya took one of his hands, smiling warmly. “I’m having a really good time. I didn’t expect learning about the fifty million polearms Medieval Europe invented would be so interesting.”

Dan snorted. “Well, I gotta make sure someone other than me gets some use out of my minor,” he said, smile much more genuine now. “And it is pretty neat that they came up with so many different variations. You wouldn’t think there would be that many ways to change up ‘sharp pointy metal bit on stick.’” He regarded Kiya curiously. “You get anything like that with Ancient Egyptian weaponry?”

“Not really – Ancient Egypt honestly had something of a problem making any effective weapons until the New Kingdom period,” Kiya said, slipping into “curator” mode. “And even then, they mainly advanced because they’d been conquered by the Hyksos – foreign rulers who slipped into power while the main Egyptian dynasty was crumbling – and they were able to pilfer a lot of knowledge of arms off them before they drove them out.”

“Yeah? Like what?”

“Mainly, using bronze tips on their spears to help them hold an edge better and longer,” Kiya said with a little chuckle. “Though they also created the javelin in that time, and they used that to pretty great effect in their later campaigns. Honestly, though, my favorite Egyptian weapon from that time period is the Khopesh.”

“Oh?” Dan leaned in, intrigued. “What’s that? Guessing not a spear?”

“Nope – a large curved sword that looks something like a sickle,” Kiya told him, grinning. “Only with the sharp edge on the outside. Pharaohs from that time period are often depicted wielding it because it was known as a very dangerous and powerful weapon – one more than fit for a king.” She giggled. “And like your Ear-Spoon, the name might come from a body part – some scholars believe it was derived from the Egyptian word for ‘leg’ because it looks vaguely like a haunch of beef.”

Dan laughed. “That’s great!” He looked around the room. “You think they might have one of those here? I know they’ve got an Egyptian exhibit...”

Kiya linked her arm through his, face bright. “Let’s go and find out.”

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Bohemian Ear-Spoon On Wikipedia

Ancient Egyptian Weapons: The Evolution of Warfare

Khopesh On Wikipedia

[ladyimaginarium]

Okay so I'm& revitalizing this again.

Hi, my& name's Arcana& / Angel&, and I& am the core / host / singletsona of The Imaginarians Galaxy. If you want to help support a local queer, trans, nonbinary, genderfluid, intersex, mspec, aspec, autistic, disabled, neurodivergent, hoh, chronically ill, psychotic spoonie witch two spirited mixed native and ashkenazi jewish bodied multigenic DID system who's an aspiring activist, fashion model, voice & film actrex, ASMRtist, youtuber/vtuber, polyglot & writer, it'd be greatly appreciated.

This month is Pride Month & Indigenous History Month so please support our indigenous turtle island communities, know who's land you're on and support queer indigenous turtle islander creators, & on top of that, July 13th is also my& birthday & July is also Disability Pride Month & Queer Wrath Month !! I& just find it's funny how white queers get all this support & clout, but the minute a queer Native Jew asks for any kind of mutual assistance, it's like cricket noises, but anyway, here I& go again, I'm& putting out these links just in case someone actually does wanna help out because it's only right to do so being an indigenous queer two spirited bodied system, after all.

If you're white, you can think of this as paying reparations for us& for dealing with antinative racism, antisemitism, ableism, sanism, pluralphobia, psyism, audism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, multitransphobia, aphobia, exorsexism, intersexism and the ongoing colonization of my& people and fighting on the behalf of the indigenous, queer and plural communities on here while for any POC reading this, you can think of this as extending your solidarity with us&, so after I& spent a lot of blood sweats and tears into what i& do, I'm& finally asking something that would benefit me& for a change, even like 10$ could help, but even if you still can't for whatever reason, please spread the word out to help us& live easier as a disabled, neurodivergent mixed native system in this ableist & racist world.

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[serenebutterfly]

I recently came across this quote on #Twitter and thought that it just brilliantly summed up the experience of living with #chronicillness perfectly. Because although there are good days, sometimes even wonderful days - pain and illness are still there, still a part of that memory and experience. In my experience, there is never a day when pain or the #symptoms of the #neurologicaldisorder I live with are not there; it is my full-time job, just one where I never have a break or a holiday entitlement, and which I work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This illness and these symptoms have now been a part of my life for so long, I can no longer recall what it felt like when they weren't there, or what it feels like to feel healthy, what it feels like to feel well. #spoonie #chronicpain #chroniclife #chronicallyill #invisibleillness #spoonielife #chronicillnessblogger #chronicallyillblogger #spooniecommunity #neisvoid #wherethetiredgirlsare #chronicillnesswarrior #chronicpainwarrior #chronicpainblogger #fnd #functionalneurologicaldisorder #fndaware #voices4fnd https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIM1NLtGp2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[venusmantrapmodel]

Low energy day today, coupled with a restless and demanding old basset girl. It translates to dozing/resting being interrupted every few hours by my girl demanding something or another 🐶 - to go out, more food, lifting on the bed... and the poor younger pup always gets up to go with her and then just sits all groggy for a few moments. I feel you little one, I feel you 😅😴 Do you have pets? Do they have you well trained? 😁 Blouse and from @scarletdarkness_official Harness from @uchronictime Photo by VBstills #witchstyle #witchaesthetic #cottagecore #spoonie #darkacademia #goth #gothicgirl #gothsofinstagram (at Zagreb, Croatia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpsgjqboHyN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[myositisandme]

"A chronic illness is not a life sentence. One can learn to live well despite it. But first, one must learn to live with it." Paul J. Donaghue & Mary E. Siegel, Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness. #quotes #bookstagram #motivation #chronicillness #sickandtired #selfhelp #mentalhealth #book #life #living #invisibleillness #truedat #motivationalquotes #livewell #learn #myositis #myositiswarrior #spoonie #zebra #antisynthetasesyndrome #autoimmunedisease #raredisease #interstitiallungdisease #raynaudsphenomenon #mechanicshands #health https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgKH00PYHp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[megpie]

"I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something." -- #jrrtolkien #tolkien #LOTR #lordoftherings #bilbobaggins #gandalf #weary #tiredasamother #tiredselfie #anxietyanddepression #anxietybelike #overthinker #overwhelmed #anxiousmind #chronicillnesslife #chronicpain #chronicallyill #spoonie #thespooniesisterhood #spoonieselfie #spoonies #quoteslover https://www.instagram.com/p/Co8WPxyviQn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thechaoticbookwyrm]

Most people think of getting sick as a part of life. You get sick, you go to the doctor, take your medicine, and like “magic” you get better, and afterwards you go on with your life as if nothing happened. Those few sleepless nights with stuffed noses, stomach aches, and body pain are nothing compared to the long, healthy life that most of them will live. ☆ That’s the funny thing about chronic pain and chronic illness. You’re healthy… until you’re not. Some days you have more energy, or more spoons, and others, you don’t. Last week I was staying in bed every day until 2pm because I wasn’t sleeping at night, wasn’t feeling well, and played it off as “staying up all night reading” to my family because, I am a bookworm, and that is believable to the people I love. I almost dropped out of NaNoWriMo this year because, I have just felt like absolute shit. ☆ I also have a huge week ahead between an Allergist appointment, having to go to Rush on Tuesday, a DEXA scan Wednesday, and more that I haven’t even called to set up yet. All the while my little brother turns 21 on Monday, and I NEED to get my shit together enough to make his birthday pie, and the casserole that he asked for because this is his 21st birthday, and I cannot drop the ball here. Our mom passed away in 2020, and she can’t be here to make it a good birthday so I HAVE to. ☆ I am fucking STRESSED. ☆ #EDS #EhlersDanlos #Stress #Insomnia #Depression #ChronicIllness #ChronicallyIll #Insomniac #Spoonie #SpoonTheory #POTS #ChronicPain #CRPS #InvisibleIllness #ButYouDontLookSick #Disabled #DisabilityAwareness #AuDHD #ChronicPainAwareness #DisabledCreator #MCAS #PTSD #Dysautonomia #InternationalDayofDisability #MentalIllness #nanowrimo #aspiringauthor https://www.instagram.com/p/CluFGucv7Bc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[brooksmeatswift]

𝓜.𝓔. 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 . do not mix well at times. But I have come to terms with that and doing the best I can . It means trying to pick your battles, which is sometimes hard when you have to get them out of the door and at school/nursery on time and you already have a handicap . I do have my moments where I think ‘why!?’ But if they want breakfast in my bed with their tablets, we’ll why not… . They did this morning and actually, we got out of the door earlier than when they go down to the dining room 🤦‍♂️😂 . In other news, the girls love making dens, still dancing to Encanto and after 9 months or so of back and forth; I was awarded PIP which will be a massive help considering the childcare cost and help we need whilst I’m unable to look after them all day . It gives that bit of help so I can rest and know that Attie is developing too - after all, we want her to be able to have social time considering she was born in lockdown . And for me, rest is the hardest thing as it means full period of no noise, no light, no anything really, to give me a little energy for when the little buggalugses get home . . . #ME #CFS #Relapse #PostExertionalMalaise #PEM #spoonies #spoonieandparenting #spoonieparent #papaandrory #andattietoo #dontforgetmama #berkshiredaddies #chronicillness #warrior #millionsmissing #invisibleillness #spoontheory #decodeme #decodemestudy #butyoudontlooksick #ouch #aches #pains #dizzy #sensitivity #brainfog #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgicencephalomyelitisawareness #pwME (at Windsor, Berkshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cno89OGMklh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dmnsqrl]

Posted @withrepost • @chronicallycandidmemes Planning ahead never ends well for me • • ID: a painting of a comfortably seated woman with her hands crossed on her lap, and she’s looking unamused. The caption reads “What’s my 5 year plan? Bitch, I’m just trying to make it to Friday”. #ChronicIllness #ChronicallyIll #ChronicIllnessMemes #ChronicIllnessMeme #Spoonie #ChronicIllnessHumor #Humor #SpoonieHumor #SpoonieMemes #Art #ArtMemes #ClassicalArt #ClassicalArtMemes #Lol #LaughterIsTheBestMedicine #SpoonieStrong #DisabilityMemes #Friday #5YearPlan #Plan #PlanAhead #Goals #ChronicallyCandidMemes https://www.instagram.com/p/CmaNPfNPV4DZceuGUyyEvybpen_Yualtty6t5Y0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[flintbian]

Me on one blog: mental breakdown, very upset and sobbing (in real life too)

Me on this blog: haha jousting

[apricotshark]

does wannabe by the spice girls count as a depression song if you play it 9 times consecutively to drown out the gnawing sadness and gaping, unfeeling void

[ladyimaginarium]

Hi, my& name's Arcana& / Angel&, and I& am the core / host / singletsona of The Imaginarians Galaxy. If you want to help support a local queer, trans, nonbinary, genderfluid, intersex, mspec, aspec, autistic, disabled, neurodivergent, hoh, chronically ill, psychotic spoonie witch two spirited mixed native and ashkenazi jewish bodied multigenic DID system who's an aspiring activist, fashion model, voice & film actrex, ASMRtist, youtuber/vtuber, polyglot & writer, it'd be greatly appreciated. It's disability pride month and my& birthday is exactly next week on the 13th of July, & on July 11th is Two Spirit Awareness Day while last month was Pride Month and Indigenous History Month and i& still didnt get anything, not even a single cent despite the reblogs & shows of support so if y'all wanna help out a queer disabled mixed native, y'all can help me& out, especially because we're& also saving because we're& likely gonna be moving out for the first time next year as well as for our& future service dog, we& can't work due to our& multiple disabilities and neurodivergencies & just being an overall madcripple so it'd be greatly appreciated, especially if you like what we& do and our& content.

Our& P*yP*l

Multipurpose Psychiatric Service Dog GFM

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[caleighmiller]

Love my new workout ‘fit. Thank you so much, @__nickitty, for the leggings! 💪🏻😍🖤 • • • #tuesday #happytuesday #selfie #mirrorselfie #smile #tuesdaymotivation #workout #workoutmotivation #workoutfit #workoutclothes #leggings #comfy #black #model #modeling #pose #fitness #health #wellness #beautiful #confident #confidence #yay #happy #grateful #warrior #spoonie #strength #staystrong #love https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb_DgK7Ox7j/?utm_medium=tumblr

[megpie]

My dr is starting me on norethisterone acetate for #endometriosis. Every time in my life I've tried birth control, the side effects were brutal. Big thumbs down, zero stars. I had a #hysterectomy last year, so starting #birthcontrol now is weird af. But Dr is hoping it helps with the pain I've been having. Due to other #chronicillnesses she thought this #progesterone only pill was the safest - is it very different than traditional BC? There's no pill pack, just a bottle of daily pills, since it's for meds/not pregnancy prevention. I'm not excited at the prospect of getting chubbier + moodier. But, I will love my darn self anyway. ;) This body has gone through a lot of drama + trauma, so we'll vibe no matter what size. ✌️😘 Anyone else take this for endo pain/symptoms? (They found #endo during my #hysterectomy last year, I'd asked drs about it since I was 19, I was always assured I didn't have it. Well, surprise. 🎉 lol. New dr thinks they didn't remove it all, that's where pain is from. But I don't know a ton on this yet?) Any #endosisters types have advice?) Thanks. 🖤 #hormonehealth #birthcontrolproblems #girlproblems #endobelly #endowarrior #womenshealth #birthcontrolismedicine #spoonie #spooniesisters #chronicillness #chronicillnesslife #chronicallyill #newmeds #norethisterone #chronicallyawesome #chronicpain #pelvicpain #hystersister #strongwomen #chunkydunky #bodypositivity #bodypositivequotes #loveyourbody https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgdk32BuqO9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thechaoticbookwyrm]

Firstly, I want to say that I absolutely hate this movie. ☆ (No hate to anybody who loves it because, I know there are a lot of people who do.) ☆ But it’s 100% accurate. Especially with as little sleep as I feel like I’ve been getting lately. Muscle spasms are no joke, especially when they wake you from a dead sleep. So much for Tizanidine- because it is not Tizanidoingitsfuckingjob. ☆ Sigh. Can we also take a moment to point out the absolute fucking TOLL this kind of shit has on someone’s mental health? Because I’m tired of being called mean for not wanting to interact with my Grandma’s guests if I go upstairs for something, and I’m not feeling well. Especially when I didn’t know there were people here, and I go upstairs with headphones in and she’s yelling, “it wouldn’t kill you to say hello!” Yeah, I know it wouldn’t. But I have noise cancelling headphones in, and I didn’t fucking hear you. I saw motion, and that’s what got my attention. 🤬 ☆ #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #Rant #SickofBeingSick #EDS #POTS #Dysautonomia #Dystonia #ChronicallyIllAuthor #DisabledCreator #Spoonie #IHateTheHolidays #Disabled #DisabilityAwareness https://www.instagram.com/p/CmcvykTMHml/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[brooksmeatswift]

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀… when you are mainly housebound - you still want some moments of interaction that you miss . It can be taxing on energy levels as spoons are spent quicker - but you do crave human contact . So going to the hairdressers and having a fresh fro is not always obtainable - but discovering that Moe who runs Moe’z Barbers in Windsor (where I used to go pre covid) had closed and went mobile due to the pandemic - well I got in touch and I was groomed on my doorstep . Great lad, great new way of getting my hair done, great to have a catch up and not have to leave my house . . . #moezbarbers #freshfro #ME #CFS #Relapse #spoonie #spoonies #spoonieandparenting #spoonieparent #papaandrory #andattietoo #dontforgetmama #berkshiredaddies #chronicillness #warrior #millionsmissing #invisibleillness #spoontheory #decodeme #decodemestudy #butyoudontlooksick #ouch #aches #pains #dizzy #sensitivity #brainfog #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgicencephalomyelitisawareness #pwME (at Windsor, Berkshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVJfuAMoea/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=