#alcohol experiments

[dailyheavymedic]

day 62

The Stages of Alcohol Intoxication (2/2)

[annabelle--cane]

so my thing about vampire media that goes for the addiction metaphor is that the most notable examples (the addiction, being human, midnight mass, etc) are some of the most sympathetic-to-addicts pieces of media I've ever seen. which you might think would be a paradox because, yknow, vampires are bloodsucking monsters, and it's not like that isn't the case in any of those examples, but apparently that isn't really a roadblock. these narratives have basically no problem humanizing their addict-vampire characters even as they lean into monstrosity and kill and eat some guys. it's the kind of thing where on paper it's a Problematic angle for representation but in practice it really works.

[fl4tlines]

I want to see whumpees suffering the aftermath of a night of drinking. It’s so mundane (in my social circle at least) but it’s just so versatile. Bonus points for it maybe being accidental or whumperless. No this has nothing to do with my current raging hangover, not in the slightest. So here’s a list of just some possibilities:

Nausea, vomiting & stomach upset

Headaches

Muscle pain & weakness

Dehydration

Photosensitivity & noise sensitivity

Exhaustion

Strained personal relationships

Irritability, agitation & apathy

Insomnia & hypersomnia

Chest pain

Drastic appetite changes

Heartburn & acid reflux

Low body temperature

Dizziness, spinning vision & vertigo

Intense food cravings

Hangover shakes

Shortness of breath

Hallucinations

Nicotine (or other drug) cravings

Heart palpitations

Waking up drunk

Hangxiety & Sunday Scaries

Vivid dreams & nightmares

Brain fog

Blackouts & memory gaps

Waking up somewhere they didn’t go to sleep

Symptoms persisting for days at a time

[marysyp96]

When your life was a roller coaster by 1985, and your immortal man also forced you to continue living a boring and unsatisfying life without him until you were almost 70 🥳

[wildpiercy-art]

[affectionate clunking noise]

[blue-jos10]

‘wow dr minyard how are you so calm and patient even with the insane ones?’

‘i’ve had practice.’

[crooked-jett]

Finding the headmasters stash. (Bonus under the cut)

A lighthearted version and an angsty version.

There are 3 types of drunk shown here

Louis: Sleepy (couldn’t keep up)

Violet: Sad (guilt from her drunk of a father)

Clementine: I drink to forget but I always remember (recovering alcoholic)

You can thank @voltstone for that one ⬆️

BONUS ❤️⬇️

[denpamen]

90% of shane sdv discourse is caused by people not knowing the difference between alcoholism vs alcohol abuse. former addicts who aren’t alcoholics can drink in moderation. he learned moderation in marriage. that’s fine guys. shane will be fine.

I mean it’s fine if you interpret him as a constantly relasping alcoholic. but I don’t want to.

(also his dialogue says cut back, not stop.)

[hiddenonigiri]

I'll prove to you that we can have fun without drinking.

[legobiwan]

I want to spend a moment talking about Ford's relationship with alcohol and how it ties back to both his social isolation and relationship with Bill. Warning, there's no real thesis to this post, but I do want to explore the concrete tidbits we get in so-called 'canon.'

Before Ford meets Bill, it's more or less stated that Ford doesn't really drink - maybe on occasion (high school/college shenanigans and such) and in small amounts, but never to excess. To do so would be to lose control of both his intellect and actions, and we all know Ford loves to try and exert control over his environment.

And then Bill comes around with this proposition:

"How about I mix you a drink to make it up to you? It's called the 'Myoclonic Jerk' and it can get you loaded in your sleep. Salvador Dali loved 'em!" "I was flattered but politely declined - I'm not much of a drinker."

Well, we know how that turned out.

Long-standing crush/obsession peer pressures you into drinking and you give in, finally able to slough off your many, many inhibitions for a delightful evening of...well, we're not exactly sure what happened but we're kind of sure via insinuation. (And let's be honest. The man did build a literal shrine to Bill, a point which I feel we're ignoring in the whole Bill-crying-over-his beer-because-he-got-dumped fiasco).

Anyway, Bill feels awkward. Ford feels awkward. They get cosmically smashed and then whatever happens, happens, but there's no reason this is considered a negative event considering Ford's escalating shrine and Bill's consistent fixation.

Fast-forward to the Krampus incident.

"He asked if I was finally coming around on holidays, or if this was just to keep the Krampus from coming back. I told him it was time to drink nog until we couldn't remember what a Krampus was."

I don't think Ford's referring to virgin egg nog here.

This is fascinating shift for a man who claims he doesn't really drink not all that long ago. There has to have been enough positive reinforcement for Ford to default to suggesting getting blackout drunk again for him to even bring this up. (The last time ended up with him and Bill doing something...good - he thinks. Ford doesn't want to consider the Krampus and how he insinuated that Ford was a callous, lonely man who cared for no one by not offering 'holiday cheer' to others. He might even feel that his natural anxiety and 'oddness' dissipate when he's drunk - a common enough rationalization for people with social anxiety/issues finding a social home. Hell, it might even be a fragment of what could be attraction to Fiddleford that he's working through the same unhealthy way Bill did with him).

This isn't the last time Ford gets plastered in canon.

"I was so excited that we [Ford and Jheselbraum] spent the entire night partying and drinking Cosmic Sand - the very same kind Time Baby himself consumes. When I awoke the next morning, she was gone and I was in another dimension entirely."

Again, I don't think Cosmic Sand is a Dasani bottle in this universe. Ford waking up in a whole new dimension with no idea how he got there is more than enough evidence, not to mention the fact the Oracle used to run with Bill's gang of Henchmaniacs and Ford himself outwardly states that they (him and Jheselbraum) 'party,' which is amazing for a man who was so socially tortured for so long. (But there is something to be said for being a freak in a situation where you know you'll be a freak. For example, living abroad in a country you have no chance of fitting in due to the way you look. You accept that you're going to be perceived as weird and that takes a certain amount of pressure off you, although it doesn't really help if and when you go back home. I have the feeling Ford experienced something similar on the other side of the Portal, and aside from not being able to kill Bill, it may have contributed to some of his bitterness upon coming back to Gravity Falls. Because at the end of the day, you can't run from yourself, and Ford had been running for a long, long time).

Funny enough, this habit doesn't seem to cease even after Ford comes back through the Portal, the most notable moment being after Stan and Ford are captured by Bill while the kids run off on a - as Ford so aptly puts - 'suicide mission.'

I would bet good, legal currency that this isn't water. Why even include it in the animation - in a set of episodes that were already constrained in terms of time and plot - without good reason? The fact that he passes his canteen to Stan afterwards is telling.

They're bracing themselves.

Now, why Ford had this on him before the surprise Weirdmaggedon (and that has to be when he equipped it, as he was in captivity throughout the rest of the timeline up to the point where the Shacktron and Stan/Mabel/Dipper freed the Gravity Falls citizens) - well, that's anyone's guess.

Addiction? Wanting to feel something the way he did so many years ago? Trying to bury a fuckton of emotional issues, including the nature of his relationships with Bill and Fiddleford? (He is a child of 1960s New Jersey, and that is bound to fuck you up). Too much time spent hanging around Rick Sanchez in the multiverse? (Not out of the realm of possibility).

I've seen a few fanfics touch on this topic and I don't think it's that much of a stretch to consider that Ford - for many, many reasons - may have developed an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, not solely, but at least partially due to Bill's initial influence and that first true influenced moment possibly resulting in a scenario where Ford would be able to drop so many of his barriers and, for once, (in his mind), be a human who is worthy of acceptance without needing to prove and justify his existence through achievement and accolades.

Anyway, this would be great fodder for Stan O'War II content, especially considering the massive guilt complex/hair shirt Ford dons after the whole Weirdmageddon event.

[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 6: Happy Ending

[phonification]

woaaahhh woahhhh woahhhhhhh que no pare la fiesta dont stop the parrrttaaayyy

[fisheito]

... peace on planet bottom, then there's whatever this is

[chinzhilla]

Only Friends episode 1: What's Your Role in a Bar? premiered August 12, 2023

[oftenoffler]

“And drunken Captain Vimes of the Night Watch staggered slowly down the street, folded gently into the gutter outside the Watch House and lay there while, above him, strange letters made of light sizzled in the damp and changed color…”

Guards! Guards!, Sir Terry Pratchett

[daily-basil]

I just imagine in a different Au where there all adults and they never said the truth, and Basil just gets batshit drunk it’s them all and is just like “heh remember that time we killed Mari” to sunny and everyone else is just confused

It was just an omori reference guysssss don't worry guyssss