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One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.

Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.

It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?

Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.

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Shoutout to the dedicated cheerleaders of wips who comment on each chapter and motivate the poor fic writer to keep going you are crucial to the ecosystem

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The little mutual label that appears after your URL in my notifs are friendship bracelets to me btw

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reminder to submit your art to tumblr radar it's like a free blaze + they will usually accept it

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friend threw an idea at me that doesn't really fit jacque, so i'm tossing it out here for anyone to pick up for their scrooge ocs

the morning after a one night stand, pre-haunting ebenezer has misplaced his wallet, but is so money-minded and paranoid that he thinks your oc has robbed him lmao

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Two Elves by John Quincy Adams (Late 19th - Early 20th Century)

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ah yes, it's that time of year again....

do you remember him?

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it's that time of year again, so how about everyone go read this fic i started last year about these two, and recently picked up again?

<3

jacque teasing ebenezer, his favorite pastime

(click for quality)

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every friend group has the

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Guys you won't believe what I just ma-

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A man and a woman platonically raising a child together and not falling in love has to be the biggest plotwist in the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie AND my favorite part

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Honor Among Theives...

As text posts!

(I'm still sitting on so many because I can't get images of the exact scenes they correlate with, sob)

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Might as well make another one, eh?

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the last unicorn lived in a lilac wood,                  and she lived all alone

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is it self centered for my comfort character to be my own oc? this is saint fayren 💖

had him for a couple years, but pre-dating him was another oc of mine hahaha!

tagging @spoon-is-cuddly :3

The original post for this tag game was super long, so I'm starting it over. Tagged by @prismarts to show a picture of your comfort character!

Him <3

Much as I love some of my other babies, when it comes to comfort, I always go back to Douxie when I'm feeling down

@when-dxrkness-falls @spinaroos-47 @lindendragon @insaneillusionist and anyone else who wants to play!

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hi girlies! i’m not dead. have a jacque!