#VWD

[losersforvwd]

Got Flat?

[derekcasey]

You ever wanna watch Life with Derek and get drunk as a skunk? Well we have the solution for that!

We made a Life with Derek drinking game!

And we are going to be going live on our instagram tonight (11/25/2023) to play it! Join us!

Our Instagram!

[the-devils-angel]

The fanfic writer curse is so real. Like, I had virtually no symptoms (or at least not as bad) of my chronic illness/disorders/disabilities before I started writing fanfic😭

Like I wonder what would've happened had I never downloaded Wattpad all those years ago🥲

[martin-presid]

Another chapter of club work:

As every member know, we had a club own, from members volunteering developed, event registration and administration system in the VWC, freely to use for all associated clubs. We had? Yes, because the current board did not like to takeover the responsibility for! Instead to take care about, two club representatives started with the elections 2021 stupid rumours that "some made money with". Sad, stupid, easily to proof that this accusation is wrong, but it's spread now - why they did so? First; those people, who are the spreaders, are the same which where not nor are they willing to take responsibility for a serious activity as our club system is. Secondly; it fires the "we against the others" - negative politics, funny wise from people who always say "it's just a hobby and I don't like to have politics in" (to this point I will post later on). Third: Those people never supported the system and never used it (why ever - because, not their idea?!?). Instead to supporting our own internal system, they force with their blockade mentality their members to use any other system and handover herewith club members data to third parties! That's more then sound stupid, that's imho a heavy violation of the officers responsibilities and basely an action against the members interests. As everyone knows, nowadays personal data are what commercials like to get. That's all just because some board officers do not take their obligations serious and weight their personal issues (ego) for more serious as the club well being - I'm very sorry for that, because I still believe that those people just took the wrong junction and originally didn't plan to damage the club community.

With the VWC system not even Piaggio is getting our club members data! The whole system runs internally, and yes it's not professional (because voluntary members driven), and it is secure as it can be by volunteers, on "GNU" base, hobby work. But it's our own, tailor made for our needs, cheap (fitting to our budget😆) and a typical club approach ("one for all and all for one"). And it is definitely not commercial! So, what is wrong with it and why not using it?

The VWC General Secretary approached now the old team to evaluate a restart of the system and it looks fine (at the moment) that the system will be online for Q1/24 to maintain the registration for our biggest annual Vespa Club event April 2024 in Pontedera and herewith for every memberclub who like to use it. One side effect will be, we will get with again an official calendar of all official Vespa Club event around the globe!

[tbotv]

NEW UPLOADDDDDDDD go watch

[chronic-illness-cultureis]

Chronic Illness culture is..

[pt: chronic illness culture is ]

Hello and welcome to this blog, a [blank]-culture-is blog for chronic illnesses!

There's only one mod for this blog, and my name is Milo! I use he/she/it pronouns, and am a DID sys host. I have hEDS, POTS, chronic Migraines, and VWD type 3. :)

Alright, time for the Rules:

[pt: Alright, time for the Rules: ]

- All asks (aside from questions about the blog and the like) must start with "chronic illness culture is", or "[insert specific chronic illness here]".

- If you have something triggering in your submission, please add a TW!

-Any kinds of chronic illnesses are allowed! Wether that be diabetes, MCAS, fibromyalgia, and so on!

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[losersforvwd]

More Fun For All Involved!

[derekcasey]

Attention CANADIANS!

Watch family channel on 12/30/23 if you want a life with luca series because it feels like this lwd day is a TEST.

[blueboyluca]

For fun I did an Embark Pair Predictor for Luca x Marcie and Luca x Topaz.

All the puppies produced in either litter would just be black.

The health results are the same for either potential litter. Luca is a vWD carrier, so 50% of the puppies would be too in either litter. Marcie carries two copies of the CDDY variant so the entire litter would inherit one or two copies. Topaz carries one copy of the CDDY variant so half the litter would be clear and half would carry one copy. As they're mixes, both litters would have a COI <1%.

It would be so fun to be an actual breeder and use this for all your breeding prospects.

[martin-presid]

There are variouse rumours out regarding the Vespa World Days Canada 2024. As member and former president of the Vespa World Club I had to learn about some unpleasant details and additional rumors what's currently "going on" in and with the current Vespa World Club board, which makes me VERY sad (and which I do not like to comment).

This is not the reason why I post here (it's my personal issue), BUT I like to state public my deepest respect and THANKS to the president of the Vespa Club of Canada and his team for their efforts and patience they showed the last year!! Doesn't matter what you will finally decide now after this unacceptable process, but, I guess I'm allowed to say this, the Vespa Club community will stay with you! Thank you very much, please do not loose your ambition as well as efforts and stay strong!

We all wait now for the decision you will take at the VWC AGM next week - and never forget; you was elected by unanimously VWC AGM decision as organizer of the VWD24 and no legal change was ever made!

[theshywolf-art]

Trying to figure out my mutual's Star Wars OC while knowing nothing about SW is like being a fish and trying to run on land

I am trying MY BEST-

In detective mode

Roko is from the @vwd-askblog and belongs to @harperfrost :] (Sorry for messing up her design I rarely draw sneks)

[tainebot01]

List of reasons for why Eustace Winner wears those white gloves

(with varying degrees of canon possibility):

To not leave fingerprints at the crime scene (possibly canon according to an interview with the devs)

To hide injuries caused by Ex*lsius (heavily implied but not outright confirmed)

To hide injuries caused by general clumsiness combined with blood/skin conditions (again not confirmed but still probable. Happens to me a lot due to VWD.)

They were a gift from Verity along with the baton (no canon hints iirc I just think this would be cute)

To stop skin picking / nail biting due to stress (maybe I should do this)

Hypersensitivity or touch aversion (and only takes them off around people they completely trust)

To avoid the Bad Textures (again maybe I should do this)

Mysophobia (I almost wrote this as misophonia. Am I just irl Stacey.)

To prevent accidental atroquinine poisoning (Kristoph stop leaving your ariadoney lying around this is becoming a problem)

Sonic wears them, so they gotta be cool (silly.)

[doberbutts]

sorry if you've been asked this before, but what are some doberman breeders you personally trust? ive been saving up for years to get my own puppy, and i have already done research on a lot of breeders myself, but i would love your input too. if it matters at all, im looking for a pet, not a show dog, though i will be doing a lot of training :3

I don't do breeder recs because literally every time I do them- or even get this question- I get a frankly stupid amount of ridiculous drama and I'm very done with it at this point.

What I will recommend is doing your own research and making sure to buy from a breeder who is doing the following:

Fully health testing their breeding dogs. Embark! Is not! Enough! The dogs need to have their hips and elbows (shoulders preferred not required), eyes, kidneys livers and thyroids, and also most importantly have their hearts holtored and echo'd, as well as genetic tests for DINGS, vWD, and the DCM markers. ALL of these should be done, but the most important is truly the heart testing. If the heart testing is missing, I would 100% pass on that breeder. Over 50% of the breed dies from cardio problems with the majority of those deaths being DCM-related. There is no cure and no preventative or predictive method for ridding the breed of DCM, but it also causes sudden death, so doberman breeders NEED to be doing the best they can to make sure they are keeping on top of their dogs' heart health.

Some sort of breed-specific temperament testing. In dobermans there are several- the WAE, the ATT, the breed survey, some form of bitesport, some form of police/military/border patrol testing, etc. Remember that the doberman was created to be and always has been a breed for biting. "They are therapy dogs" is not breed-specific temperament testing. "They are good companions" is not breed-specific temperament testing. The breed is intended to bite. If you want a doberman, you want a dog that bites.

This requires a little pedigree knowledge, but personally I think it behooves everyone to look for breeders who are prioritizing pedigrees with higher -than-average lifespans (10+; average in the breed is 7.5 years) and who are prioritizing pairings that produce less than 30% COI. I also think you should see for yourself what the reported COD is for the dogs who have passed- any that seem very odd should be thought of as a DCM death (you wouldn't believe how many dogs in Russia are supposedly hit by lightning right at 5 years old...). Breeders that do necropsies on any dogs that die suddenly with no other explination (because otherwise it needs to count as a DCM death as that's DCM's calling card). And breeders that participate in projects related to genetic diversity and heart health.

Similarly this is less dog ethics and more human ethics but I think it is very important in this breed to make sure you are not buying from an obvious bigot. There are a lot, and I mean a LOT, of nazis and racists and klan members in this breed. This is not an exaggeration or hyperbole. There are literal nazis in this breed. There are literal klan members in this breed. There are a lot of QAnon people and Trumpers who support them. And there are a lot of homophobes, transphobes, racists, antisemites, islamophobes, xenophobes, and misogynists in this breed. There is a guy who labels himself a wonderful family-oriented breeder who is a convicted pedophile. No, seriously, the case is public record and he was charged with the kidnapping and assault of a minor while he was in his mid-20s. You need to be careful, and you need to not just trust what people tell you about themselves.

[thisisadaseyblog]

Evidence something happened with Dasey in between the finale and VWD:

1. When Derek says “you need to pick a side.” There is an intensity there that was formerly absent; he’s done with not caring/pretending he doesn’t care what she does.

2. When Lizzie says “Casey wants you to leave” and he gives her that INTENSE stare. Like right at her. No humor. It’s like “I admitted my feelings and I need to know what she feels.”

3. When he pulls her away from kissing Jesse. She really doesn’t freak out all that much. And she keeps dancing with him even afterwards. Again, there’s a different energy, more ease and comfort. She knows he likes her and didn’t want to see her kissing another guy.

There’s definitely been some admission of feelings, either a kiss or a conversation. And it’s made the energy between them different.

[irish-urn]

As one does, I've been thinking about Dasey lately (what else do I do? Absolutely nothing) and how utterly unhinged they are for each other.

They've never really admitted their feelings in the canon of the show (because the writers are cowards) but they're just insane. Constantly. And I love that for them, truly, but how did either of them ever have a relationship?

I get the Sam thing, because Sam is a pacifist and a little bit of a coward and there's Casey and Derek's giving the all clear so Sam doesn't want to step on any toes. Casey has never had a problem with it, it's why she pursued the man (well that and it pissed off Derek and that's always a plus, he's so entertaining when he's pissy and staring at her like that), but they call it off because Casey just doesn't feel enough.

(please ignore, much like the writers, that Casey feels too much for Derek consistently throughout the show.)

Her next serious boyfriend is Max, who definitely makes sense as a guy Casey would date. He's enough of a douche, while also being attractive (ig, I don't see it) and Derek hates him. Being captain of the football team gives her an existential crisis because she completely changes herself for him, but Max is popular and the opposite of Derek. Max is supposed to be Prince Charming! But he pisses her off because he just doesn't understand. He doesn't even try to get her fucked up relationship with Derek, because he just sees it as insane and Casey being neurotic, because he doesn't get that no matter how annoying and insane Derek's being (like thinking he can fight The Fridge, what the fuck is he thinking?! Even Derek has more sense than that), she's going to fight to the death for him. Max just doesn't get it. And in the end, they break up because they're fundamentally incompatible. Max can't accept Casey, flaws and all, because he doesn't want the flaws.

(please ignore that Derek accepts all of Casey's flaws from the moment they meet, and as much as he pesters her about them, he very clearly appreciates them all like the writers did.)

And then there's fucking Truman. Not one of the better presidents or love interests. His introduction being rating women is definitely a sign he's fundamentally wrong for Casey and just her excuse to rebel, because he's not even that cute. He's just there and a "bad boy" and Casey wants to rebel a little. Truman is an ass and the worst and an obviously terrible person and partner, but she loves him because she sees the good in him. Even after he makes out with her cousin, which. Casey's a better person than me; I never would've spoken to either of them. When they break up, it's because Casey respects herself again.

(please ignore that Truman is a manifestation of all of Casey's worst fears about Derek, that he's all of his worst traits brought to life, that he parallels him in a weird number of ways for it to be normal like the writers did.)

Jesse is just there. He's boring, he's got a shaved head and facial hair for some reason, he can dance. Theoretically, this is Casey's Prince Charming. A boring, normal guy. Except they obviously don't work out because the man has no personality or spine. Throughout VWD, he just lets Derek do his thing, which is probably the only reason they last at all.

(please ignore that Jesse is literally designed to be the opposite of Derek, someone who's boring and living by a plan and that Casey should end up with logically but who it's clear she doesn't feel passion with like the writers did.)

Peter, arguably Casey's worst choice, is the absent husband who we know nothing about. Except that he plays hockey and lives like he's 15. Now, I have lots of headcanons about that, but Peter specifically seems to be someone that Casey doesn't want to talk about. There's no passion, there's exhaustion because he's not there.

(please ignore that Peter is Derek on the surface, in college, but he's nothing like him at the core of it because Derek sees Casey struggling and moves in without a second thought like the writers did.)

And then there's Derek's love interests. Kendra, who definitely was someone he only dated for status who liked him more than he ever liked her (which is truly tragic, because I love Kendra so dearly). She's supposed to be perfect for him, and on the surface, she is, but there's nothing deeper. That relationship was less intimate than most of Derek's friendships. Kendra bored him because she never challenged him on anything, she never really made him feel alive.

(please ignore that, for better or worse, Casey has always made Derek feel too much and too strongly and been there, in the front of his mind, since they met, like the writers did.)

Sally is sweet and kind and challenges Derek and forces him to deal with his emotions. She's everything that's theoretically perfect for Derek, but for whatever reason, what he feels for her is clearly never the strongest force in his life. He loves Sally, more than he's ever loved someone romantically, but I think they both know, even as the relationship is happening, it's not forever. Derek's always on his best behavior, trying to prove himself and Sally, I think she knew this was fun and young but not permanent.

(please ignore that Derek refuses to try and be anyone other than himself, whatever version he is that day, to Casey, that she's always the strongest force in his life no matter how much he loves Sally, like the writers did.)

Truly. With their behavior, how did either of them ever get into a relationship? And not canonically fall in love, have three kids, get married and live somewhere together surrounded by Casey's library (which, yes, Derek, was a necessity), the pond out back that Derek can play hockey on in the winter with the kids (well, except their son, who ironically refuses to play hockey. It's the greatest bane of Derek's life) even though Casey has 911 on standby the entire time, the basement that has somehow been turned into a half man cave half game room that is constantly full of teenage boys arguing over such things as the best Jane Austen adaptation and whether or not burping the alphabet is sophisticated, the old office (before Casey's library was finished) that the girls have turned into a sitting room, covered in whatever chaotic projects they're involved in (this week it's a robot and a skirt. Casey refuses to question it), and their entire family surrounding them? Truly, how is that not the canon of Life With Derek?

(writing this might actually make me write the fic where they have three kids and a domestic life. goddammit. I fully blame you.)

Do you mean to tell me that there are people out there who DON'T think about Dasey every day? Honestly, sounds fake.

Listen: I have been thinking about Dasey so much this week that I started and am already half-done another fic that I'm hoping to finish in the next few days when I SHOULD be writing a paper for school.

So first of all: yes to your thoughts. And to add to them: do you ever think about how utterly terrifying it must be to have these feelings? I mean, basic emotions are bad enough, but imagine having huge, fiery, irrational feelings for your STEP-SIBLING. Who is, by all accounts, the absolute worst.

And I know you and I have been very respectfully screaming at each other about Derek's self-esteem issues, but can we talk about how Casey's terrible choice in guys is a reflection of HER idea of her worth??? Like, I always understood why she liked Sam -- for all that he is passive, he's NICE and sweet and respects her (I don't think he's that cute, but attraction is irrational anyways). Max probably has a lot to do with Casey wanting to be seen as more than a keener and a grub. And Truman, well. We all know what Truman is.

(A+ analysis on Jesse too, btw)

The thing that gets me is Casey taking Truman back and Derek asking Emily out, because we as viewers are pretty sure it's the writers going, "Oh snap, we can't have Derek and Casey going to ANOTHER prom together. Once is a funny accident, two is a pattern." But if we remove the writers, what do we get? We get a Derek and a Casey who are equally as afraid to end up going to senior prom together, so afraid that Derek asks out Emily, who he has never shown interest in before, Casey takes BACK Truman, and then Casey wraps a bow of "same difference" around it just to finish it off.

They're. Both. So. Scared.

ALSO, we can scream about LWL, but I am a very vain person who thinks of her kick at the darkness series as more canon than that movie, as much as I enjoyed that movie, but we CAN scream about Derek and Casey as parents and how bruised they both are and how that movie just proved how much they need each other.

OR we can scream about Dasey's children and how I know all four of them and their lives and their very chaotic and loving household, and Derek's three girls who adore him and have him wrapped around their fingers, and Casey's little boy who everyone thought would be just like Derek because he LOOKS just like him, but he's a keener and clumsy and such a McDonald it makes Derek's chest hurt with how much he loves them. We can talk about dance sessions in the kitchen, about guitars and music sheets that don't stay in the music room, about video game tournaments and blanket forts when there's bad weather or a hard day at school or work; about stay-at-home Derek after he retires from hockey and how the basement becomes his hobby room (because once the kids are in school, he gets BORED, okay???) (Don't worry, I know where he ends up; it's in podcasting with Marti), about baking weekends with Casey, and family grocery trips.

Yes. Let's.