eldrai

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i am. so sorry if i have ever used the phrase “i have an au where—” and led you to believe that there is an actual fic out there for you to read rather than, at best, a post where i explain the concept, and at worst it is simply something that lives in my brain

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My controversial opinion is that I think chronically ill people should be able to fight one doctor a year

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no character or plotline will ever fully explore an issue from every point of view, and that's okay. art can and should be a starting point for a discussion rather than seen as a 'one size fits all'. each and every person who experiences a story will see it in a different way, will pick up on things that someone else didn't, and might find a viewpoint that speaks specifically to them that even the creator themselves didn't intend.

art is a conversation, not a textbook. it is not supposed to tell you a fact, but rather show you an inkblot test and ask what you see.

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You can plan out a fanfic to help you sleep, but watch out! You will Forget.

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The Stages of Not Going on T

From Something That May Shock And Discredit You by Daniel M Lavery

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*watching video from "mental health educator"*

"we should be allowed to have mental health days! Mental illness shouldn't be stigmatized!"

ok, very much agree.

"I mean, if you have a migraine you're allowed to go home and no one questions it. No one accuses you of faking or exaggerating when you're in a wheelchair."

*extremely loud sigh as I open the comment section*

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the "cycle"

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i hate it when a ship is so popular fhat you cant go into a character tag without seeing the other guy too... i dont want him. go away

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On writing sexual tension

⊹ standing too close. like just barely not touching. why are their shoulders breathing on each other??

⊹ conversations that sound normal but feel like foreplay. “pass the salt” has never been so loaded.

⊹ one of them says something flirty and the other freezes for 0.2 seconds like “oh.”

⊹ eyes dropping to lips and then—back up. with effort.

⊹ holding eye contact just a little too long. like... are they gonna kiss or duel??

⊹ unintentional physical contact that lasts one second too long and now they’re both broken

⊹ a hand on the small of the back. that’s it. that’s the tweet.

⊹ tension so thick that other characters start noticing like “hey are you two okay?” (they are not)

⊹ “accidental” sleepovers. “oh no there’s only one bed.” yeah. suuuure.

⊹ biting back a smile. biting back a moan. biting anything really.

⊹ one of them walks away and the other has to physically restrain themselves from watching the hips

⊹ lots of sighing. frustrated sighs. horny sighs. “i want to kiss you but I’m emotionally unavailable” sighs.

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I do think that the language surrounding disability helps reinforce the ableist idea that disabled people somehow benefit from being disabled. Just look at how in English we are expected to call it "disability benefits" - even though they merely allow people to scrape by when approved and are usually not even accessible, they want us to confirm that we are benefiting and should be grateful every time we discuss our income. And in Denmark where I live, "disability benefits" are literally called "too early retirement." Because they want me to say that I am doing something wrong by needing this income every time I discuss it. I don't think this is a coincidence.

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I love when fics start off with "here's that oneshot I was talking about" and the word count is like 250k

The worms got them

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Discord group chat full of dietary issues coined a new phrase

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Kinda annoying how it's always called "disability benefits" when it's at best the bare minimum

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has this been done

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15..... what an age to hear a song

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sometimes men are obsessed with other men not because theyre secretly gay but because theyre so misogynistic that they literally dont view women as people worthy of any degree of attention or value

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ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)