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EXCEPT to say- commonplacecaz.

If you're writing a character with a medical condition you're not familiar with, please reach out to people with the condition. We won't get angry, we will be relieved.

I have epilepsy, and if I read one note scene about people shoving things in the mouth of someone having a seizure, I may scream. That's how I broke one of my teeth, someone shoved a wallet in my mouth. Fucked up a molar bad enough it broke into THREE PIECES. Another resulted in the frequent replacing of a filling in my front left tooth.

You cannot choke on your tongue. You can, however, inhale the vomit that the object is preventing from escaping. Yeah, a lot of us vomit while we seize. We also chew tf outta our tongue and bleed and drool, and putting things in our mouth is a very good way to kill us.

Don't hold the seizing person down. That's how I nearly shredded my triceps and pulled several muscles. It's very bad! Roll them on their side, move things out if the way, support their head and put something under it for cushioning. If they're scratching their face up, cover the hands in loose fabric, like a shirt. I claw at my face and all that's needed is a gentle barrier between my face and hands.

Talking to those of us who live with these conditions will provide more insight than any doctor can give you. They have the science, we have the experience. We will not be insulted by you ASKING politely. We will be relieved.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Wait what's a buildings fire evacuation plan if you aren't supposed to use the elevator to get down

hello yes I would die for my friends and their talent

ok but like when did self-sacrifice become synonymous with death? writers seem to have forgotten that people can make personal sacrifices for the greater good without giving their lives. plots about self-sacrifice and selflessness don’t always have to end in death. suffering doesn’t have to be mourning. you can create drama and emotional depth on your show without killing everyone. learn to explore the meaning of living rather than dying

everyone needs a creative outlet to stick a creative fork into

Good morning! I’m salty.

I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.

This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.

You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.

“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.

If you’re not prepared to see adult content, created by and for adults, don’t fucking click through this. And if you do, for all that’s holy, don’t blame anyone else for it.

well, this fic isn’t going to write itself, but i’m going to wait a bit longer to make sure. 

Emotion-based magic is just...10/10. Characters causing destruction in a rage, only to be horrified by what they’ve done? Excellent. Characters being ten times stronger when someone they love is in danger? Wonderful. Characters claiming they don’t care, yet their magic says otherwise? Perfect.

LOVE YOUR OCS!!! YOU DID GREAT ON THEM!! EVEN IF THEYRE OVERPOWERED!! EVEN IF THEYRE EDGY!! EVEN IF THEYRE CLICHE!! YOU PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO THEM AND YOU SHOULD LOVE THEM AND LOVE YOURSELF FOR MAKING THEM!!! 

tag the oc who would eat plain frosting with a spoon

Overly Sarcastic Reminder

 That the Red Cross, following the FDA regulations, does not allow men who have had sex with another man in the past three months (refered to as MSM) to donate blood, even if you are monogamous. Even though they test for HIV/AIDS and other blood borne diseases in every single bag of blood they get. Even though it isnt the 80s and we are well aware that anyone can get HIV. Oh, but don’t worry, they aren’t trans exclusionary - if you are a trans male who has had sex with anyone who identifies as male in the past 3 months, you can’t donate blood either! But trans women and lesbains can because clearly AIDS is a gay men thing.

 And if your nonbinary or intersex? Sucks to be you, you need to pick male or female and they will keep pestering you until you pick one because they are allowed to “verbally confirm” answers. Don’t like this rule? Fine, you can appeal through an incredibly long process. 

But they are totally not homophobic, they swear they are working to fix it*! (*in certain cities, with a single study that will likely need to be repeated multiple times, and not to get rid of it entirely just to find “alternatives” and to see if a “time-based MAM deferral” instead of individual donor questionnaires). 

As an interesting fun fact they exclude literally 62% of the population from donated which, gasp, could be seriously decreased if they maybe let gay men donate blood and maybe then they wouldn’t be having such dangerous blood shortages! what an idea!!

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A NOTE:

Because tumblr likes to twist things i’m going to make things really explicitly clear - THIS IS NOT A CALL TO BOYCOTT THE RED CROSS. This is NOT a call to harass the people drawing blood at your local donation event. This isnt even a call to harrass the Red Cross who are actually working to fix it, albiet very slowly, and have recognized the hurt it causes our LGBT community. The Red Cross is a great organization who are just trying to save lives and they need more donations desperately. Please, please go donate blood this month if you can. Taking 10 minutes out of your day to get a slight prick and a cookie could be the reason an infant lives, or a soldier gets to come home to his family, or a mother can see her kids grow up. I know this pandemic is making everyone have care fatigue but you can help someone without having to care or do anything difficult - for fucks sake just go for the cookies and juice, they are good cookies okay. 

This post is a call to petition, organize, hell harrass if you want, the FDA. They are at fault here, they are part of the reason that we are having such a massive blood shortage, the FDA and their homophobic regulations are the REASON PEOPLE ARE DYING. its more important than ever for these nonsensical rules to change. Because remember - these rules are stupid. these rules do nothing to protect blood donors or those who recieve it. All blood is tested. Anyone can get AIDS/HIV. This rule just hurts the LGBT community and hurts those who can’t get the blood transfusions they desperately need. THE FDA NEEDS TO CHANGE. 

You do not have to reblog this and i will not guilt trip you to do so. But next time you see your work or town holding a blood drive, do your country and fellow human beings a favor and donate if you are eligible. (Post made 1/9/2022)

There’s a serial killer in your town. Unfortunately for them you are a necromancer and you have fun driving that maniac insane.

she had the face of an angel, a snow angel though

Giving yourself permission to write as slowly as you need to in order to maintain a healthy balance in your life is a whole new form of leveling up that definitely deserves more appreciation.