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It was that time of year to just forget about all the potions and curses left undone at home.

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The Summer Break Fic Exchange is back!

And it's open to all Motorsport fandoms including -

Formula 1 (and all the feeder series),

MotoGP (and all its feeder series),

Formula E,

IndyCar,

WEC.

It’s running on ao3 (since it will do all the matching for me :D)

If you would like to take part, please sign up on ao3:

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/SummerBreakFics2025/signups/new

Gifts are to be:

A 1000 word fic (minimum, longer fics always welcome!)

Schedule:

Sign-up deadline: Sunday 27th July 11:59pm GMT+1

Requests sent out: Monday 28th July

Finished fics submitted by: Monday 25th August 11:59pm GMT+1

Gift reveal: Friday 29th August!

Submissions:

All gifts are to be submitted through ao3

Be proud of your work! I don’t like seeing when writers say that their work isn’t any good, and it isn’t fair on the person receiving the gift.

Please do not publish gifts elsewhere until after Friday 29th August!

(The surprise is some of the fun!)

If there are any questions please send me a message either through this blog or through one of the contact options on my ao3 profile.

If you need an ao3 invite to take part, drop me a message and I’ll send you out an invite code!

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Moses Supposes

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Its currently 33°C in Sweden, which is really fucking hot and people are struggling, AND OF COURSE American / Australian fuckers have to chime in like ROFL YOU THINK THAT'S HOT???? MY CUNT IS LITERALLY ON FIRE AS WE SPEAK NOW THAT'S HOT HA HA HA

Like YEAH? You're used to the heat? It's a NORDIC COUNTRY, WE'RE NOT USED TO TEMPERATURES OVER 20-23°C DURING THE SUMMER??? actually fuck off I hate you all.

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YOU. have YOU been having weird audio issues with windows 11? where if youre on a call itll cut out and distort any audio not in the current application?? i have. i have and ifigured out why. it is one setting. ONE setting. go to your sound settings. go to your output device. click on your output device. you will see advanced settings.

see this setting?

turn it off.

it is turned on by default. turn it off. immediately the issue is Gone.

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the purest form of serotonin is when a cat looks at u and u go like “what?” and it meows at u

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When you get mad, take a deep breath and count to ten. Throw a punch at eight. No one ever expects that.

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actually kinda funny to me that fanfiction is known as a hobby for cringe 13 year olds because personally over half of the fanfic authors i know are married 30 year olds with mediocre admin jobs they attend to inbetween posting chapters of their latest gay sex epic adventure

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Lady and the Tramp (1955)

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Ok breaking containment for this one because I need everyone who will listen to hear this.

Women who suffer bad cramps are told cramps shouldn't affect school/work/etc, but no one ever investigates further because no one can possibly know if what someone experiences is just typical pain or something much worse.

Well after 15 years of stage 4 treatment-resistant endometriosis that came with pain as bad as, if not worse than, actual labor contractions every month, all the while being told I was 'typical' and 'just had bad cramps', I've finally been healed (another post for another time). I have had what everyone describes as the elusive 'normal period pain' for several months now, and I am begging you to look me in the eyes and listen because I need everyone who can hear this to hear this.

I have been on both sides of this. I have the hard-earned knowledge of what a period 'should' feel like.

If you have to put in any effort to hide your cramps, you need to get help.

Even during of the PEAK OF CRAMPING (i.e., as bad as your cramps possibly get), you should still be able to stand, speak, walk, eat, work, and sleep with no problems. These tasks should require very-little-to-no extra effort beyond what you would normally do when you aren't on your period. When you do these things, you should feel grumpy and a little bit icky and maybe a twinge of nerves and NOTHING MORE.

If you have to sit in the corner and hope no one approaches you because you can't speak or stand without showing pain, even slightly, you need to get help. If your pain is showing on your face, you need to get help. And most importantly, IF YOUR PAIN DOES NOT RESPOND TO 1-2 TYLENOL OR IBUPROFEN, YOU NEED TO GET HELP.

Your period cramps should make you grumpy. Your period cramps should make you feel a little icky and tired. Your period cramps should make you feel your insides existing/moving a bit and a twinge of nerves that makes you groan slightly then the "pain" should stop there, NOTHING MORE.

If your cramps put you on the floor but you make believe you're the captain of a ship who has just been stabbed and has to hide it to fight on, and you force yourself to power through the day, please understand: you are not okay, that does not make you okay. Just because you can power through the pain doesn't mean you aren't sick. If you have to force yourself through any basic task beyond the effort it takes you to do when you aren't on your period, and I am holding your face and looking you in the eye as I say this because I need you to hear me: You aren't normal. You don't 'just have bad cramps'. You are sick and you need to get help.

Now most people will tell you if your cramps are beyond a 3 out of 10 on the pain scale, you should see a doctor. While this is usually true, you have to consider chronic pain CAN AND WILL BREAK YOUR PAIN SCALE. Most people will only compare pain they currently feel to pain they may experience one day but probably never will. "Sure these cramps feel bad now, but if I had a leg amputated with no anesthesia, that would hurt WAY worse, so this pain can't be that bad-" No. Your pain is what it is, objectively, full stop. My cramps were at a 10 out of 10 every. Single. Time. And nobody told me claiming they were a 6-8 because I thought to myself 'what if I lose a limb one day?' was completely wrong. 10 pain is 10 pain. And if there's something that hurts worse than that, guess what. The thing you are experiencing right now is still a 10 out of 10 on the pain scale. Just because you experience it every month doesn't mean it's magically not as bad is it is. And if your pain is worse than a 3 out of 10, you need to get help.

Now when I say get help, I mean find the root cause of your pain. You can't just throw drugs and hormones at it without knowing what it causing your pain. Endometriosis, fibroids, pcos, cancer, adenomyosis, polyps, thyroid issues, there is always a cause. And if you leave it untreated, it will grow and get worse to the point where it resists treatment and the drugs and hormones you've been throwing at it for years don't work anymore. You have to find a doctor that will investigate. If your doctor tells you you 'just have bad cramps' get a new doctor. I know you've been told that but please hear me: no one ever just has bad cramps. A healthy human body doesn't spontaneously cause itself pain so bad you can't stand up; there is ALWAYS a cause.

I was sick for more than 15 years. My entire life was put on hold and now I'm in my late 20s trying desperately to play catch up for everything I missed. I want to pick up 12yo me, spin her around, and tell her she doesn't have to die before she finally stops hurting. I don't want anyone to suffer the same fate I did simply because everyone told them they were normal. A little twinge of pain here and there is normal, suffering is not. I promise you your pain is real, it is not normal, and dear heavenly day I am begging you you need to get help now.

TL;DR: There is no such thing as 'just bad cramps.' If you feel anything more than grumpy, icky, and pain greater than a 3 out of 10, you need to find out what's wrong with you before it gets worse.

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Batman: The Animated Series 1x40 - "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?"

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Antibes, France (by Anthony Salerno)

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Doggo receives a puppy

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