#anyways this is why i avoid strong meds.

[bitchfitch]

got prescribed the Good meds and you can barely tell from the sorts of conversations I've been having with my friends and loved ones

[chkn-soup]

.PUDDLE.

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Warnings: These little demons are too silly..silliness overboard (also some slight sexual innuendos/references)

Syno: Helluva cast and what they’d do if there was a puddle or wet spot infront of you while you were walking to your date…(this is so stupid..)

(Suffering with severe writers block rn but I managed to juice this out of me, bare with me yall!!)

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Moxxie:

Moxxie is a die hard gentleman, and I will stand by that. So he will totally be prepared for this occasion (like he was in the Loo Loo land episode with his little Fanny filled with meds for Via) He’d most likely whip out some sort of plastic or cardboard like walk way for you to step on..and he just like had that..on hand, meanwhile you’re saying things like…”I can just walk around it”, but please let him be cautious and spoil you, he loves being prepared for such drastic situations to get his partner away from danger..even if the danger is just getting your shoes wet. Afterwards he’ll ask if you are alright..as if walking over a puddle is traumatic or like it took a toll on you.

Blitzø:

Blitzø probably won’t care or even notice the puddle in the first place. In fact if he does notice it, he’ll purposely push you into it so your feet get all wet, especially if you’re trying to avoid it in the first place, then he’ll laugh at you and your pouty face. But if you’re actually upset about it and don’t start laughing with him he’ll definitely be like “What..you mad your shoes are wet?” Once he realizes you’re pretty pissed about it he’ll say “Ok ok..sorry.” And will then join you in the puddle and make sure his feet end up equally as soaked or even more so just so you aren’t mad at him the whole night.

Stolas:

Stolas will most definitely see the puddle and he’s all for keeping his partner out of harms way especially the smallest ounce of it, and he knows that appearance is everything and so is comfortability, he doesn’t want your feet to be wet and soppy therefore uncomfortable for you. So he’ll do the reasonable things and use his powers to make you float over it…like Stolas..really? He’s one that likes to one up, and he really loves to show off, especially to his partner. So he will use his magic for the smaller things just to impress you, that includes making you float over a puddle just so your precious feet stay dry and warm.

Fizzarolli:

Our little froggy will do what he does best and leap! You don’t think he’ll extend the both of you over a mere puddle then you are wrong, Fizz is the king of Drama, and he will be super dramatic about this whether you like it or not, He’ll extend the both of you over thoroughly and will look very badass while doing so. And he’ll even ask too “didn’t I look so cool.” Sure Fizzy, the coolest.

Asmodeus:

This big boy will not hesitate to pick you up into his arms, and he IS strong enough to do so, all while he walks into the puddle himself, but you know anything to make sure his sweetheart is alright, and no no, he won’t be setting you down afterwards, he’ll just carry you the whole way to the date just because he feels like it..and you know what you’re much safer up there with him anyways…so why would he let you down?

Striker:

This mf cowboy (“save a horse” iykwim) will not hesitate to pull some dramatics as well, he’ll whip out his little lasso from his side and wrap it around you throughly while he pulls you away from the puddle in the last moments before you even get the chance to step on it and he’ll draw you in to send you spinning (or more like falling) straight towards him and into his chest..he’ll hold you mighty close to him as he walks the both of you to your date and he will keep the lasso on you…just incase there’s anymore danger up ahead, or he’ll totally lay down his jacket for you over the puddle, just like an old school gentleman would do.

Mammon:

Mammon will definitely pull a Blitzø where he’ll purposely push you into it and will laugh at your reaction but on the other hand he won’t join you in your wet shoe’d state, he’d rather just laugh at you and say that you should audition for his pageant because watching you in dreadful situations is funny to him. He will be kind enough to dry your feet up at home/or even the restaurant, and he’ll make sure your feet are dry.

—girls—

Millie:

This precious lady will honestly want to get into the puddle with you just to splash around, it doesn’t matter that you have reservations that you’re already 20 minutes late for, she’ll dead stop and be like “Baby look a puddle!!” and you’ll understand her and begin to jump in it with her, she loves just doing childish things with you even if some people might find it gross. But! if you don’t like puddles and won’t jump in it with her she understands completely and will quite literally pick you up over her head and carry you over it…doesn’t matter if you are taller or bigger than her, she’ll carry you anytime, anywhere.

Loona:

She’s another one who will pull you into her closer so you aren’t near the puddle but instead near her. She doesn’t want your feet wet and will try to protect you or prevent you from going into it, just because she knows how annoying wet socks are, But don’t even try to mention she did it or she’ll go back/find another puddle to push you into….the shell feel bad and will lend you her socks..don’t mention that either.

Verosika:

Hehe..Verosika really loves you she does, and that’s why she has high expectations of you. One of them being that you’ll carry her through the puddle instead of her carrying you. So she’ll see the puddle, purposely get closer to it and pause when she’s a step away from it..she’ll look down roll her eyes and say something about her shoes,…take the hint [reader]! And if you do take the bait and carry her (if you can) well..she’ll give you Tenfold for treating her so nicely and will peck your cheek after..but don’t think you’re putting her down immediately after..the fun has just started.

Stella:

Hello..??? She’s royalty and is lowkey a little bratty (she need a brat tamer..I’m here for her😏) so she’ll obviously expect you to do something for her to get her out of this drastic situation, do you want her new heels to be ruined by mud? She doesn’t think so. So she’ll pause before the puddle and eye you to see what you’ll do, you can do anything and she’ll absolutely love it, pull her out of the way, lay your jacket on it, or even carry her and she will laugh and grin smugly, kissing you before continuing to walk with you again. She likes when you treat her nicely..she’ll do the same for you coming back that way at the end of the date.

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Hello my loves! I’m trying to write your requests, thank you all for being patient and supportive I love you all and you deserve your asks to be answered, you beautiful people!!🫶🏼🫶🏼!!

[marisramblings]

You asked for some touchstarved requests so here I am! Can I get something fluffy with mhin where kuras mentions that tonight is mhins transformation night. So the mc heads over to mhins place with some pain meds/medical supplies to help with their monster transition. First, it starts with mhin being kinda aggressive due to their monster form but ultimately ends with them cuddling afterwards once their monster form realizes the mc isn't a threat.

Went a little overkill with the word count…hope you enjoy 😅

Mhin x reader (cw cursing)

“You want me to do what?”

Kuras bites his lip. “It’s an odd request, I acknowledge that. Normally, I would go, but the most recent soulless attack has created a higher demand for my services. You’re the only other person they’re comfortable with.”

“I understand that, but I’m still lost. You want me to visit Mhin and do what exactly?” The good doctor was light on the details. Why do they require a personal home visit? Why couldn’t a courier handle this?

Voices clamor behind the clinic door. Kuras looks between it and you, eyes almost anxious. You sigh again. He’s a friend. It grates on you to see him flustered. You are close with the soulless hunter but you’re careful about it. Skittish people bolt easily, and Mhin hasn’t deemed it suitable to tell you this secret.

“Fine.”

He smiles. “Thank you, and take this.” As reticent as he seemed before, Kuras doesn’t hesitate to shove an aid kit into your hands and you out the backdoor.

“Wait,” The door slams in your face before you finish. “where does Mhin live?” You peer at the kit in your hands and see a hand drawn map taped to it. You have a strong suspicion that you’ve been played.

“I better not get eaten.”

***

How should you approach this? Mhin doesn’t know that you’re coming and imagining how the freakishly strong mercenary will react to an uninvited guest is…unpleasant. You steel yourself and knock.

“Mhin, it’s Y/N. Kuras sent me.” You wait for a minute before knocking again. You step back as the door creaks open. You can barely make out their face, but what you see isn’t good. It’s gaunt and their eyes seem even more flat and lifeless.

“Bring it in then leave.”

Whatever quip you had ready dies on your tongue. They clearly aren’t well. You nod and enter.

“Is the table fine?” You turn and see them hunched over. “Mhin, what’s wrong?” You move to their side but they push you away.

“Get back. Don’t…don’t come near me.” They collapse to the floor.

You curse Kuras. “Fuck me. Mhin, hold on.” You dive for the kit you had abandoned and start digging through it. There’s a vial marked “pain relief” and you rush back to the hunter’s side.

“Here, drink.” You lift them into your lap, but they fight.

“Mhin, hold still.”

“G—go. Before I hurt—”

Your back hits the table knocking the breath from you. You scramble to your knees as a piercing wail fills the room. You blink the stars from your vision and gasp. This is why Kuras sent you?

What used to be Mhin shakes itself and stands. A crow? A raven? Whatever it is, it stands heads taller than you with wings that span the width of the room and human-like limbs with talons longer than knives. Before you can move, you’re knocked back and pinned against a wall. You’re surrounded by large feathers that gleam in the lowlight.

“Mhinnie?” Your voice breaks.

Crazed eyes blink at you. A razor sharp beak is a few inches from slicing clean through your skull. Through the fear you feel heartache. Is this why Mhin came to Eridia? Why they also sought entrance to the Senobium?

“Ah, Mhinnie.” Even if you could unwrap the bandages, do you want to add another curse?

If you’re going to be devoured, then Mhin should know you weren’t mad in your final moments. They’ll feel guilty enough anyway.

“It’s okay.”

You close your eyes and wait for pain, but Mhin gently nudges you instead. They even angle their beak to avoid cutting you.

“Huh?”

Their eyes are calmer now, almost aware. Still not them, but the air of danger has passed.

They settle against you and you carefully reach a hand into the feathers. You stroke them. “Aw, who’s a cutie?”

They give some kind of purr, a low sound you know means they’re comfortable. You squish their face and the sound grows louder. Seems like this form is separate from normal Mhin. You’re tempted to unleash every sappy thought you’ve had about them, but exercise restraint. Not content with your lack of attention, they lean more of their weight on you. You both sink to the floor near the kit. You reach for it, patting reassurance when they chirp.

You dig deeper and find books, blankets, and a bag of sweets? “Kuras, I will murder you.” You bandage your cuts and take out some cookies, giving one to Mhin and another to yourself.

Mhin wraps around acting like a makeshift pillow of sorts. They’re clearly unaware of what they’re doing in this form and the thought of the full face blush they’d have at this makes you smile. “At least you won’t know about the nickname, will you, Mhinnie?” you coo. A wing covers your body like a blanket and you settle in for the night.

[happyk44]

hiiii happy!!!! how do you feel abt jason's adhd? in my opinion, the books didn't really do a job illustrating it. how do you think it would manifest and affect him? i'd love to hear your opinion ☺️ i love you!!! 💖💓💗

Personally, I think of Jason as being autistic versus having ADHD. We know through Frank that having ADHD and dyslexia (both of which Frank does not have) is not an exclusive requirement to being a demigod. On top of that, Rick’s use of ADHD is not… great. My sister has been diagnosed with ADHD since she was five – she is very much the inattentive subtype, and I think Rick’s use of ADHD as a superpower of hypervigilance does sort of exclude people who primarily experience inattentive symptoms.

But those kinds of symptoms are not easily rewritten as “benefits” (which. yeah. It’s a disability), so I get why he didn’t include it. I remember reading a while back that when the books were first published, rewriting ADHD as a superpower/benefit to kids who had it was a common narrative, so, like, okay, but also. It’s been two decades.

But anyway. Jason. Yes! In general:

He gets easily distracted by different tasks, but to other people it just looks like he’s multitasking

He forgets to take care of himself a lot, forgets to eat, shower, drink water, sleep, talk to people and be social, etc

Auditory processing issues. During long speeches he starts to zone out because the sound eventually merges into all the other background noise he’s trying to filter out (wind powers and wolf vigilance amplifies the sound of everything) so he often encourages people to just get to the point and be upfront, and gets frustrated when people won’t. Also can’t stand people who talk in monotone (which is ironic because I think Jason doesn’t inflect or shift his voice very much)

Leo definitely uses his voice in various tones during conversation, so while Jason is like “oh my god, please stop talking in circles I have no idea what you’re saying”, it’s a lot easier for him to listen to Leo’s rambling monologues because he doesn’t speak in one or two tones

If it doesn’t interest him, the conversation can start to blur together as well because he struggles to focus on what’s being said. Fortunately, just because of how CJ and New Rome are structured, most topics at hand are things he likes (ancient Rome, gods, politics, etc). Unfortunately, Jason doesn’t really have strong human connections and his position as the golden boy of Camp Jupiter, champion of Juno, son of Jupiter, etc, etc, etc distances him from a lot of people so casual topics, like video games or TV shows, rarely get brought up to him in the first place

The onslaught of sensory issues makes it hard for him to focus. He’s taught himself how to filter things out, but it’s a constant practice to do and gets very tiring

Object impermanence – if he can’t see it, it doesn’t exist. Luckily for him, he doesn’t own a lot of things, but for things he has to keep tucked away in a drawer (like clothing), he slaps labels onto the container/drawer. Everything else, like the couple of misc trinkets he owns, he keeps out and obvious

One of things he does to help it avoid blending into the background is using sharp colour contrasts. So if its important – like medication or something, he might use a bright yellow basket on top of a black dresser or whatever because the yellow stands out so sharply it’s hard for the basket to blend into the background and so he remembers to take his meds.

Another thing is moving location. So he might move the basket from one side the dresser to the other and back again every so often

He’s pretty good at maintaining habits and routine (autism), but also if something happens that throws off the routine it takes months to get back on track and it is the worst thing ever, it is grueling and he hates it. Habits and routine are not innate, they are a constant active conscious choice he makes every day

Making plans can be difficult, even in battle or on quests when strategy is key. He can get tripped up on the small details and overlook the larger picture, or be so focused on the larger picture, he doesn’t see the small details. Because people have been so reliant on him for strategy, he’s more or less managed to get away with looking competent, but it’s always a competition with himself to remain on task, instead of narrowing into something that doesn’t matter

People will often comment on how fast he can get things done but its literally that he gets things done fast because sometimes he waits too long to do the thing (procrastination) and now he’s got like five seconds to the deadline, OR he has a burst of focus and gets that thing done as fast as he can before the executive function dips

He does get bored easily, so he'll flit between task to task, but it’s really that he needs stimulation, needs to be doing something, and if he’s not doing something, he’s losing his mind, and because he lacks a core sense of identity, he flits from task to task to find something that interests him (but there’s so little that does because he does not know who he is and he’s just mimicking people and it’s not the same)

Emotional dysregulation

He gets lost in his own head a lot. Part of it is just standard dissociation, but the other part is that his brain is always on, everything is firing at all cylinders, there is no quiet, it’s just noise and reminding himself of things he needs to get done on repeat, 24/7, loud as can be and he can't turn it off or lower the volume. His brain is full of bees and they won't stop buzzing

As a result, he probably has pretty bad insomnia

I think he has a lot of trouble getting stuff started. Body doubling encourages him to get started on stuff, and he’s never not been surrounded by at least one other person, so when he starts living alone in Cabin One after The Lost Hero, he is so confused that he can’t seem to force himself to pick up his shirt off the ground. And it just stays on the ground for days. Until he runs out of clean underwear and has no choice but to pick it up to get laundry started

He doesn’t own enough stuff to be fully disorganized, but if he does, he’ll have the most organized areas in his room ever, and then his closet is a mess because “well I don’t go in there a lot”

I think he tries to keep a spreadsheet/list of items he owns that he doesn’t use very often, but he still has doubles of a few things. Also so many batteries. He’s constantly like “I don’t think I have enough batteries” and then he buys the batteries and comes back, goes to update the list on the back of the door and it’ll be like “you have batteries. Stop buying batteries. There are too many batteries” and then he throws the batteries in the box that’s overflowing with batteries and forgets they exist again, but then, when he does need the batteries, it takes him so long to find the box

He would self-medicate on coffee if he didn’t hate the taste. He also doesn’t like soda. Or chocolate. So, you know, RIP to him. He’s rawdogging life. At least Leo can inhale caffeine like his life depends on it

He has the waiting mode problem, where if he has something scheduled at a certain time, it doesn’t matter how much time he has until that thing, he just. Waits. For the thing. Like he could get so much done in that time, but he can’t. Again, body doubling has helped, but living alone makes it so much harder

Reward systems don’t work with him. He doesn’t get the same sense of satisfaction that a neurotypical would after getting a reward after task completion. So when he absolutely needs to get something done but his brain is like “nah we gotta sit here and stare at this wall for seven hours while dissociating”, he just ends up screaming at himself a lot

Jason’s probably in a burnout so intense that if he took a minute to rest, his body and mind would shutdown for like three years.

He forces himself to get things done and screams at himself the entire time, and it hurts in a way he doesn’t understand but he has to do these things because there’s no other choice and people are relying on him.

Since he’s been groomed for leadership since day one, he’s never really had a chance to breathe that the other kids would get, so even when he finally has the chance to rest, it’s like his mind knows how unsafe that would be because shutting down completely would never be safe for him (trauma!!) so he just refuses to rest, which involves a lot of him getting lost in his own head or hyper-focusing on something (like spreading recognition of minor and forgotten gods) instead of. You know. Breathing

I think a lot of his issues with ADHD become more present after TLH when the quest is over and he’s alone. CHB has structure, but its not as narrow as Camp Jupiter’s routine and structure, and Jason lives alone, operates his own schedule, doesn’t really have other people to remind him of things, etc, etc, so the sudden shift makes him start to spiral a bit in his fears of incompetence.

It’s not that he’s incompetent, he’s very competent, but his problems were never as evident because other people had his back as he had theirs. He’s kind of like people w/ undiagnosed ADHD or autism who leave their support systems for university and suddenly school and life is the most difficult thing in the world, when before it was a lot easier

Timeblindness does affect him a lot, especially when he's doing something he enjoys. He wears a watch everywhere. And has a lot of backup watches

A lot of these probably overlap with autism but like, lol, I do primarily view him as autistic.

[beanghostprincess]

Usopp has chronic pain specifically headaches and migraines

It used to be chronic headaches after alabasta. They would dull but would last all day. He'd stay inside and avoid bright lights when he gets them. He doesn't really try to get ready in the morning due to the pain. He loses his appetite and is not as cheerful as he usually is. Sanji of course is concerned as is every one else, but usopp says he's fine he can handle himself. It's very noticeable that he's uncomfortable but seems to be functioning he tells them not to worry about it so they respect his wishes. Sanji does keep an eye on him letting him have private moments of vulnerability, holding him kissing his head and whispering words of comfort.

After Skypia after Luffy dropped that weird fruit on his head (He really could have killed him 😭) and mainly wano his headaches got worse and quickly started becoming migraines. Something he kept to himself not wanting his friends to worry about him. He'd power thru them the best he can going the whole day in pain without anyone noticing.

It started to become difficult to hide when it started affecting his vision and hearing. They found him in the bathroom sick from the pain. Franky carried him to his bed while copper brought strong pain meds that knocked him out. Sanji would be in bed with him feeding guilt for not noticing his pain sooner.

Why would you say this-- I had enough with the headcanon of Zoro having chronic pains, I did not need this,,, But I love it, though, big fan of the angst.

After everything they've been through (especially Usopp, who's not built different like the monster trio) it's just normal that he ends up like this. He keeps saying he's fine because he doesn't want to be a burden, but Sanji knows something's wrong. You can't help somebody who refuses to be helped, though, so Sanji just tries to keep an eye on him and give him private moments to rest.

I think Usopp ends up telling Sanji about his pain, but only Sanji. He's the one who takes care of Usopp when his head hurts too much to work. Usopp gets frustrated because he really wants to be helpful and not turn into somebody they have to carry around, but everything hurts too much to even complain about that. It breaks Sanji's heart to see his sniper act this way, and even if he normally would ask Chopper for help, he doesn't say anything because Usopp told him not to. At least not yet. So sometimes they go to sleep earlier than usual. Sometimes Sanji stays up with Usopp when he's the one watching the ship. Sanji hugs him close, kisses his temple, and keeps whispering sweet nothings to him in order to help him sleep. Usopp is only this vulnerable when it comes to his boyfriend. Sanji is being optimistic, though, everything will be okay. He won't let it become too much for Usopp to handle.

But he doesn't notice when it becomes too much because Usopp starts hiding it from him too, and when they find him in the bathroom and they have to take care of him, Sanji feels the weight of the world crushing him completely. His whole universe is crumbling down. Chopper gives something to Usopp to help him sleep for a while before they start asking him questions, and Sanji literally goes into breakdown mode instantly. He repeats "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I should've helped you sooner. I should've known. I'm sorry. Love. I-" next to Usopp's bed. Nobody wants to say anything, but Nami is the one to approach him and tell him that it's not his fault. Nobody noticed anyway. But Sanji shakes his head and explains that he should have known because he knew he was in pain, he just didn't know it was that bad. And then something like this happens:

Chopper: Sanji! I'm not mad, but... If you knew something was wrong with him, you should've told me. I'm your doctor, after all. Sanji: I know. I know. I'm sorry, Chopper. I know. I- Zoro: This is not something you can keep to yourself, curly, you should have said something. If something happens to him- Sanji: Do you think I don't know?! What the fuck did you want me to do?! Zoro: I don't know, tell somebody instead of keeping it a fucking secret and risking his life? Sanji: ... He told me not to tell you. Zoro: Awesome. Next time I get stabbed I'll just not tell you. Nami: You don't tell us now, anyway. Sanji: See? This is the fucking problem. It's not the same! You wouldn't understand and that's exactly why he didn't want you to know. If marimo gets fucking stabbed, he'll sleep the pain away. If Usopp gets hurt, he'll- He won't be a burden. He could never be, but- But he'll think he is. Do you have any idea of how hard it has been for me to see him like this?

Long story short, Zoro and Sanji fight like always but Nami stops them and Sanji stays with Chopper and Luffy waiting for Usopp to wake up. They will eventually find something to help Usopp deal with the chronic pain, don't worry. I just really like angst.

[nei-ning]

Me earlier this week: God, my acne has been so strong and bad for days! Even washing my face hasn't helped with a soap for acne. All these have to be because of my hormones and upcoming periods next week.

Me today: My acne seems to be getting even worse! What the hell!? I hate this! ... ... ... I think I will google what makes acne more worse. Google: "People with acne should avoid sugar."

Me: ... ... ... *realizes I've eat 6 x 200g big chocolate bars this week* ... ... ... NO WONDER MY FACE BLOOMS!

But yeah, in all seriousness, I KNOW I eat too much chocolate. Hell, I basically LIVE by eating ONLY chocolate. I don't eat junk food almost at all. I might buy mini vegetable burger once a month when I visit nearby city. Pizza and kebab I eat rarely too. Maybe one pizza per month (from store) with a luck so to say.

Anyway, all that sugar and fat makes my skin all over the body greasy and I hate that - not to mention those acne pimples on my cheeks and jawlines (right side worse) AND those darn pimples are spreading behind my ears and towards the back of my neck!

I'm also overweight. I calculated one day I have 20-25 kilos too much weight. I weight 88 kilos, while being 163cm tall, while I should weight 65 at max. But hell, I would be happy even with 70 or 75 kilos!

I KNOW I've brought this to myself, I'm not asking anyone's pity etc. I'm just ranting out my own frustration about myself, lack of self-control, self-discipline etc. I just sit and eat chocolate, and sleep. That's honestly all I do. Every day, around the clock. I had motivation more when I had Verti with me but when he died... it all left me too. Nothing in my life hasn't feel the same anymore after his death - and it soon has been a year since he passed.

I want to try to drop chocolate out next month. I mean I have been able to be without any sweets in the past and back then I felt SO ALIVE and so good! I want to feel that again. I also want to try to start to eat more vegetables, fruits etc. next month. The issue just, sadly, is that most things give me so horrible heartburn that it honestly feels like my stomach is burning out through my body like some acid. I am not kidding. That is strong and horrible feeling and no meds help to it. That's why my eating is very limited.

If anyone wants to drop me any tips, hints, recipes etc. about healthier food, vegetarian food, taking care of acne (no meds! I asked meds once from nurse and she just said: "Taking care of acne is long and hard process.". She refused to treat me) and exercise tips or motivation, please, leave a comment or contact me via chat!

Thanks!

[retphienix]

Well that was a pretty fun time :)

I still feel like the scan objectives are just, pointless, utterly pointless.

For most of them it was simple- go to the planet, scan, leave.

But for 2 of the scan sessions it just didn't spawn enough things to scan, or worse, the water one split the scans up RIDICULOUSLY between ground level and 300000000000000 tiles under the sea, it was annoying, not fun.

Anyways, not a big deal in all truth.

I really enjoyed this- moreso after I put a couple mods in place to alleviate the crafting/storage issue and give me a touch more to invest in during the scanning distractions.

But with those? I had a blast. WAY more of a good time than I expected- genuinely :)

The RPG mod is REALLY fun. Overpowered. But really really fun.

For most of the gameplay it wasn't overpowered- but holy hell if for the Glitch orb and final area I was a god, it was unfair, and kiiiiiiiiinda killed some of my fun because there wasn't any challenge anymore.

But! It was ONLY during those segments that it hit- because it was at that point that I unlocked the final version of my class weapon and the final version of the soldier class weapon is Buuuuuuuuuuuuusted lol

It's REALLY FUN, but it's TOO STRONG and made the final boss a joke that I didn't even get to pretend to be stressed over x.x

But I'd say I got far more good out of that mod than bad- I got a LOT of fun from grinding it out and exploring my options, 10/10 experience.

Anywho. Starbound.

I'd love to have some grand statement to say but I kinda don't have anything flowery to say.

The dev is a shitter for what he did.

The game looks aesthetically pleasing.

Scanning was a bad quest objective and the pre-fab locations are far more fun and should have been the vehicle for orb coords- not scanning nonsense.

All of the dungeons (save for the water one) are VERY entertaining- there's even some variance so you don't get bored doing 6 of them! :D

Crafting/storage is balls without a mod to improve storage- but is perfectly fine with a mod :)

The "crew" is barely skin deep- hell it's barely got skin- these aren't even cardboard cut outs- they're paper masks.

BUT. I WANT to like them- because their single note personalities are fun! They don't even get enough to say or do to actually sell those single notes- but I LIKE THEM LET ME LIKE THEM- the final scenes painting it like these are my beloved crew of friends is funny because they really REALLY don't get so much as a flashlight let alone a spotlight- LET ME LIKE THEM, GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That one genocide lady is just. What a lazy turn lol.

"She's VERY smart and VERY talented and she had her whole family and planet attacked by pirates that were suspiciously lacking in human members and she wants to CLEANSE the universe as it's the only (final) SOLUTION" yeah yeah cry me a river and go fuck yourself- would 2 seconds of writing have been too much to grant her a more interesting character?

Come onnnnn.

There's a good amount of "things" to play with, but a lot of it doesn't feel.... impactful/rewarding enough to do, I guess is what I'd say?

Like I could farm and cook foods that buff me, but I failed to care. Just bring meds and fancy bandages if normal med kits aren't enough (kits were enough).

Pets are a thing- it just takes a lot of pointless setup to be able to heal and reuse them so I caught some and just never used them, what's the payoff? I have a guy who dies and needs healed? I'll just avoid damage and keep shooting.

Mechs are a thing, not really sure why. I LIKE them but it's such a self contained bit of content- you can do mech stuff to get mech parts to do mech stuff- I have a similar issue with entire sections of content in Warframe- I can do Railjack to improve Railjack to do Railjack (I love Railjack but MAKE IT COHESIVE- MAKE IT WORTH DOING FOR THE OTHER GAMEPLAY!). I do like that you can just start using your mech wherever but it's really not necessary and it's so awkward in some ways- like it's genuinely annoying to mine with.

Vehicles are a thing, not really sure why. I didn't even bother buying one despite having the money lol

Space bases are a thing- REALLY not sure why- I bought one but never bothered building it out because it didn't appear to have any payoffs beyond "a place to make" which is nice! It IS nice! But it's another feature that either lacks payoff or fails to convey what it's payoff is because I couldn't find it.

I LIKE that these things are here- but I wish there was some more interconnected functionality in all this.

If I push the discussion too far I'll just be asking for a different game.

Starbound was far more entertaining than I thought it would be after hearing some critique later in its life.

It VERY MUCH earns the critique- there's a lot of "Why?" in what features are here versus what basic QOL or features or quest design or NPC interactions are missing.

But you slap all that is here together and you still get a nice final game. Not a perfect one, but one I enjoyed plenty :) One I'd gladly play through again in coop (probably with the RPG mods because it is really fun >:) )- and Maaaaaybe- MAYBE- a game I'll come back to to build out a base and enjoy just making more outposts in the stars (not that THAT has much payoff if we're being honest lol).

Game pretty good 👍

I'd give it a "We really thought this was a Terraria killer when it was announced, but what's here is still pretty nice" out of 10 :)

Also a "Get fucked for taking advantage of young artists" out of 10. Probably more that on principle- but you don't really get much of an idea on the game itself from that rating lol.

Oh yeah wait:

My final stats for the RPG growth mod :)

The soldier's class weapon is OP as hell once you get it maxed out, and I say that both as a positive and negative lol

Also my fashionbound (it needs work but I'm not some player with hundreds of hours to actually make that x.x lol)

Fun time :) Pretty good game with unfortunate events surrounding it and bizarre design decisions (still baffled at the lack of QOL around chests in a game like this lmao)

💜

[just-a-queer-fanboy]

Long ass ramble about special interests and vivziepop drama because the new trailer has me all the way fucked up

Uhh this starts off being like "wow I'm so weird about this cartoon I kind of hate myself for it" and then the story about how I cut myself off from my special interest (said cartoon) and ruined my mental health in the process just to avoid being weird

Never in a million years did I think a cartoon made by a tumblr girlie would have a chokehold on my psyche but here we are and I am somehow more emotionally attached to it than half the other interests in my life

Like. I'm usually super emotionally numb to almost everything but then act unhinged to seem like I'm not and to be funny but THIS FUCKING TRAILER somehow emotionally affected me?????? Is this a fever dream what the fuck

I can even tell if this is a special interest or a hyperfixation anymore but it is legitimately a part of my identity now and I don't know how to feel about that. Especially with how many allegations go around about the show and the creator and the voice actors and all this shit that never has enough evidence or explanation so you can never tell whether it's real or fake and I just fucking???????????

Like. When I first got sent a screenshot of viv allegedly being transandrophobic, I genuinely broke down. I was sobbing and shaking for 2 or 3 hours straight and I struggled to sleep for a week. My mental health was legitimately wrecked because of how strong my attachment to the creator and her work was/is. And that was DURING a period where i was the most miserable and anxious i had ever been! Then, when I told my sister why I was so stressed and showed her the screenshots, she explained to me how easily they could be faked. And it all felt so stupid.

I've had a similar experience with close to every other drama. The person who sent me the poison music video edited it to seem like it was much more explicit than it really was, and I yet again broke down, because I filled in the blanks myself. Whenever I saw people mock the character designs or writing, I internalized it and decided I was a bad person for enjoying or being inspired by it.

I managed to detach myself enough from it to not seem weird, but I just made myself depressed. I couldn't find something I could replace it with, so I was just empty most of the time. I felt like a horrible person every time I thought about it or saw something related to it, and, spoiler alert, depriving yourself of your special interest(s) isn't good. At all. I couldn't sleep, I was only eating at school so people wouldn't think anything was up, i basically relapsed on every issue I've had in the past 4 years.

So uhh idk how to finish this off but don't be like me don't cut yourself off from your special interests to avoid being judged that is fucking dumb. Also most of the vivzie dramas were fucking dumb anyway. I can think of 1 that was confirmed to be actually wrong, and any others showing actually bad shit have yet to be confirmed, so I really don't care.

Make fun of it with me all you want if you're my friend I accidentally made someone feel like shit about that once when I told them. I don't automatically make it into "I'm bad for liking this" anymore I will gladly mock the bean pole boys

What the fukc did I just write I'm off my meds if you can't tell so I kind of can't string together a coherent thought

[titanicfreija]

The commlink stayed open, and Three knew the little shit was waiting for something, but she couldn't decide what "I told you so" she wanted first.

"You were right. She's a fucking guardian."

Instead of any crowing or glee, Freija sighed loudly with relief. "I was so afraid you were putting it on!"

"What, pretending? Why would I bother?"

~

"Shit, I don't know. Get an excuse to kill Jinx? Trying to avoid upsetting everyone at the party? Lots of shit that wouldn't be a change of heart."

Three had several things to say, and they raced each other to her mouth. "So you just took a bet that I wasn't going to get violent? You're not hunting for an ah-ha, I was right? Are you one of those Good People?"

Freija and Sunny left the comms on while they bickered, but they overlapped too much to pick out.

"Sunny says yes, but I say no, because she thinks you don't count the killing people thing, but I do."

"I got nothing good to say about you, Brute, but your Ghost is right. Killing isn't enough to take you out of the running. You're a Good Person. Trying to help and shit. You're gonna burn out hard like that."

"I'll burn bright while I do it," Freija declared shortly. "Anyway. Thank you. If you'll help teach her the Light, I can try to help her be a person, I guess."

Three growled irritably and sat back hard with her arms crossed, feeling childish. "She's a person, too," she sighed. "Pissed me off to see it, but it's there. Hive as she is."

"Yeah, but I mean like philosophy kind. Jinx got her out of the sword logic, but I just gave her the Traveler's Undead Army theory to run with. We don't know what Savathun might have done to her, we don't know if she might remember anything from her first life, with Savathun having the power she does to help bring it back. You can't be immortal with nothing to do, it hurts."

Three opened her mouth, then closed it, unable to come up with a good response and unwilling to throw out a bad one.

"I know you scavenge because it's better than starving, lots of us get with the Vanguard but that's not an option for her, the Lucent Brood would probably regard her a traitor, and she doesn't have a strong attachment to the Traveler like l grew, she didn't get the chance. She's got to have something to fall back on, or she'll do what we do all do when we're lost, alone, and scared-- fight. I've been trying to come up with ways to help Jinx contact me, but.... Never mind, I know you don't care. Sorry. I appreciate the help."

Letting Freija open up would mean letting whatever came out get all over her, and Three didn't want it, regardless of caring. Kid was a sap, that shit was sticky. "You're welcome," she forced out before she killed the comm and broke away from Freija's passive orbit to fly sunward.

~

Helping (short-med)

The Hive Hunter (short-med)

Yol Asks Again (short)

Three Says No. (short)

Three reaches out

Nightstalkers

Tests

Hunters

Burn Bright <-

~

@annieruok94

[lucysweatslove]

So after my other assessment about a month ago I called a psych NP to medically address the ADHD… I wanted to see somebody outside of my hospital group because 1) I didn’t want to have to go through my PCP (who, for the last three years, has refused to even consider I might be ADHD, let alone the potential autism) and 2) I might have rotations at the hospital and I wanted to keep my own medical stuff independent from the people who are required to assess me and give me grades.

Anyway she didn’t call me back for like 3 weeks, but she DID call me last week and I met with her this Tuesday. Yay, right?

And while she is operating under the belief that I likely DO have ADHD, she wants formal neuropsych testing (you know, like the computer based TOVA thing, I think, and other assessment tools). I was referred out AGAIN, and I think Thursday THAT provider called me back. I set up an appointment for this upcoming Friday, and now I can’t remember when I see the psych NP again, but we are actually going somewhere.

And I’m a little scared?

Like what if the testing doesn’t show enough impairment and thus they don’t think I have ADHD? I did the CAARS scale already online to prep for it, and since I don’t really have strong emotional lability and pretty much no anger, and I’m very much inattention and no hyperactivity, which may be not enough. Like I’m just not inattentive ENOUGH. If I was just a little hyperactive or had just a little more anger it would be enough, but it’s not enough now. And if it’s not enough will they try to give some other BS reason why I do what my husband calls “squirreling?” (which is when I start a project or a task, get distracted, get distracted from my distraction, get distracted from THAT distraction, and eventually I have done maybe 5% of 50 different tasks that I haven’t finished and I’m so tired and burnt out I need a nap).

The rational mind says “it’s so classic inattentive ADHD; of course testing will show it,” but the fearful part of me just says nope, the problem is you, you don’t try hard enough, you don’t have grit, that’s why everything is harder, and they will tell you that and leave you on your merry way to tell your husband it turns out you just suck and if he wants to have a happier home divorce may be required because why stay with somebody who can’t just choose to be a normal functioning adult. (Yes this is catastrophizing).

This doesn’t even touch the autism part. Which since I don’t think that needs any treatment, I wasn’t seeking anything about that with psych NP and she didn’t include it on the referral. It’s not that I hide it, I disclose it to my medical team, I just am not coming into the appointments with anything autism-related as my “chief complaint.”

But I’m also a little concerned that the neuropsychologist is going to blame EVERYTHING on the autism, and then say there isn’t anything I can do to treat it, so now it’s at least not my fault but I don’t have much hope of being successful because I just have to live with it and work within my means which at this point in time maybe I can do med school or maybe I’ll struggle with focus so much alongside the, you know, stress of being autistic and having my cohort know something is “off” about me but it’s not SO obvious that they’re nice because they know it’s autism and instead they just avoid me because I’m weird (and yes I’m catastrophizing again)

Also also my car still has its snow tires on, so my husband tried to get an appointment to swap them out, but they are booked for over a month… so instead he is dropping it off Monday and they will do it whenever they get around to it which could take all week. Not that I’m ungrateful to them always being able to work my car in for tire changes, but our other car is a manual, which I can’t drive, so I’ll be stuck at home. I also didn’t get a say in this so it was just thrust on me like “oh btw starting Monday morning you can’t go anywhere for an indefinite amount of time that you have no control over.”

Which is also an issues because Thurs and Fri I was too distracted with assessment intake paperwork and disorganized to get myself into the gym so I was really hoping to go on my normal days next week, but alas.

It’ll probably all be fine. I’ll get my car back on Wednesday or maybe Thursday morning and just miss another couple days. The neuropsych assessment will be fine because I AM disorganized and distractible with attentional control issues. And even if the NP requires I start with Strattera (nobody in my family with ADHD has had success with it), I’ll still be one step closer to medical management to actually help me function better.

[elprupneerg]

it sucks, enjoying seeing my family and yet having everything that surrounds seeing them be filled with pain and stress and discomfort. especially since half the discomfort and stress could be taken out if i didn't have to deal with my mom's bullshit. putting in a readmore cuz i'm trying to get better about my vents being too visible/triggering for people that don't wanna see that shit. warning for unsanitary stuff, bodily fluids (both animal and human), abuse/neglect of a disabled elder, very long explanation of events because nothing in my life is simple and i don't know how to cut things down very well

so my parents headed down to iowa for the family reunion a day early. we all met at a restaurant at noon, and in order to get there in time those of us who left the same day had to leave between 7am and 8am. my parents wanted to avoid that, so they left friday night and stayed in a hotel.

however, this meant they needed someone at the house at 7pm friday night and 7am saturday morning to give 2 of the dogs meds (one is every 24 hours, the other is every 12 hours. the third doesn't need meds but gets a piece of hotdog anyway because otherwise she feels left out). none of my younger siblings were willing/able to do it, and picking me up from my parents house instead of from my apartment shaved about 45 minutes of drive time off the trip. so i slept over.

last time i slept over was on the night of the 4th since i'd thought everyone would be drinking on the holiday and didn't wanna worry about people getting into trouble with holiday traffic. my old room got turned into a guest room (and oohhhhhhh boy do i still have thoughts on how that went down, but that's another story) and there's now 2 beds in it. my mom warned me on the 4th that one of the cats used to sleep on one of the beds, but she kept him shut out of the room after she realized he was peeing on the bed. once he got out of the habit of being in the room, she'd started leaving the door open and the dogs had taken to sleeping on the other bed. so she recommended that i sleep on the bed that the cat had previously claimed and now none of the dogs laid on. i was very very very stupid and took her at her word.

the blankets and sheets had been cleaned (several months ago) and had some hair from being generally Around the dogs (expected) and a spider living between the sheets (unexpected and upsetting). however there was an odd and very very very very very strong smell of cat piss. i'd thought it was something wrong with the large teddy bear sitting on the bed (stuffed animals soak up smells very easy and are hard to clean) and brushed it off. i didn't sleep much, but i survived.

i knew that i was gonna have the house to myself for several hours before i would be anywhere close to sleeping, and i knew that i didn't want anything to smell that strongly of piss again. so the first thing i did when i got dropped off at the house was take the blankets and sheets off the bed to take them to the laundry. the blankets and sheets were clean and smelled fine. no stains or anything.

the mattress pad underneath the bottom sheet had a giant piss stain. we're talking "if i laid down on the bed with my head at the top, the other end of the stain reached my elbows" size. gross. nasty. explains why i smelled piss the entire night last time. i start trying to get the mattress pad off, with the thought that i would wash it and then put it back on the bed with the stained side towards the foot of the bed so it wouldn't smell so strongly.

there was a second mattress pad underneath. it was also stained in the exact same spot. "how odd" i'd thought "that they'd change the sheets and wash everything post-cat-pissing, and just happen to put the stained parts lining up together". but i was starting to get a very bad feeling about this.

everything was machine washable and dryable, so i did 2 loads of laundry to get everything done before bed. i pulled things out, used a basket to take everything upstairs, and started examining things so i could find the stained parts and put those at the foot of the bed.

the stains were almost entirely gone. there was still a faint smell of cat piss if you shoved your face too close and the slightest bit of off-white coloring if you knew what to look for, but otherwise? completely gone.

after realizing that the cat was peeing on the bed, my mother had taken the blanket, top sheet, and bottom sheet off the bed and washed them. she had then put them back on the bed, Directly On Top Of The Piss Soaked And Stinking Mattress Pads, and then called it a day.

i was hurt and disgusted and sore (partly from having to lift up a mattress to get sheets on it while having joint problems, but tis the nature) but i was able to get over my anger and hurt and go to sleep. after all, my mom doesn't always think things through, and she doesn't always notice smells and things like that, so its. well its not Fine, but its fine. i guess.

the next day we're all at the reunion, we've gone out to eat and then gone to my cousins' house to hang out and chat. and mom starts telling a story about work.

my mom drives for uber and lyft. sometimes they get contracted out for medical transport without getting told, and while she's not Sure this is what happened here, she was getting offered 3 times the normal rate for the distance she was driving and there was a "do not deviate from this route" warning when she was told what directions to take. so while she's kinda confused she ends up taking the ride.

mom gave too many personal details so i'm gonna try and cut that shit out. the relevant parts are that the guy who scheduled the ride seemed high off his gourd, and he'd scheduled it for his elderly relative who uses a wheelchair. high guy carried his relative down to the car, and leaves him to get himself in while saying weird and mean shit to my mom. relative has trouble controling his bladder, and ended up putting mom's floor mats on the seat so when he had an accident it wouldn't soak into the seats (dude was obviously doing his best with a crap situation, i hope the elderly relative gets better supplies/caretaker soon because jesus christ). high guy eventually wanders off to grab his relative's wheelchair and blankets, which were also soaked in piss. mom noticed the smell, and when she commented on it high guy started screaming awful things at her and his relative. they're eventually able to get the chair in the car and the high guy away from the car so they could drive off. rest of ride goes without a hitch, but mom notices the smell the whole way there.

she then goes on to explain how she cleaned out her car, and how much effort it took, and how she was so so so careful with it to make sure the back of her car and her car's trunk were nice for her and her passengers.

so like. she's able to notice the (honestly not that strong) smell of pee from this poor guy, but not the ammonia heavy Stench of cat piss on the bed she told her kid to sleep on? she's willing to go to all that effort to clean and detail her car but can't even do a 2nd load of laundry to clean off the cat pee on the mattress pads?

she's gone on and on and ON about how sad she is that none of us want to spend any time in the guest bedroom sleeping over by her. but she hasn't thought that maybe the fact that the room is decorated kinda weird, or that one of the beds has been claimed by the dogs, or that the other bed was literally fucking soaked in cat piss, could have anything to do with it?

she's perfectly willing to moan and complain about how none of her kids want to sleep over in this room that she worked soooooooooooo fucking hard to clean out all the "junk" (my belongings, which she had a lot of fun looking through and then gossiping about with my siblings) and redecorate to make it look "nice and welcoming". but she can't put in the energy to Wash Some Fucking Sheets? she made a big deal about how she made a diamond art picture for me that she thought fit my aesthetic (it doesn't, it fits the vibe she Wants me to have). but she Can't Make Sure That When I Sleep Over There I'm Not Sleeping On Top Of Cat Piss.

not sure how to end this. just like. fuck. goddammit. what the fuck. jesus fucking christ. i hate that house and i hate that room. i should've taken a picture of how nasty those fucking mattress pads looked before i washed them so i'd have proof to show her cuz i know she won't believe me if i tell her. and she'll Still wonder why none of her kids want to sleep over. and it'll be all her fault

[welcome-to-the-flock]

The doctor put a gas mask up to his face and pulled a remote out of his coat pocket. He clicked some buttons on the remote and some gas started pouring into the room. Making it hard to see, hard to breath, hard to think. After ingesting these toxic fumes I passed out.

Doc: "Good morning sleepy head!How are you doing?" 

Baxter: "Wha.." "Where..." "Am I?"

Doc: "You are currently in the med bay." 

Baxter: "Why?"

Doc: "Because I'm currently evaluating your progress when it comes to my serums effects on you. Your hooves are progressing splendidly by the way. Do your feet hurt?" 

Baxter: "Surprisingly no..." "Very numb though." 

Doc: "Good I knew I gave you enough pain killers last night."

"So what lead you to the conclusion you should take a piece of my state of the art equipment, and smash it into scrap metal with a sledgehammer?"

Baxter: "The fact that your precious mind control collaar was making me hear voices in my god daamn head!"

Doc: "And why exactly did you? Throw it. At me."

The Doctor said with a thinly obscured amount venom in his voice, Like he was ready to shout but forcing himself to stay composed.

Baxter: "You baaarged into the room and slaammed the door open like you wanted to break the hinges off." "So I paanicked and threw the collaar. You give off very scummy outputting vibes, Why wouldn't I want to avoid you?" 

Doc: "Anyway wait right there I will only be a minute."

He came back into the room with another collar and then made me wear it.

Baxter: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" "I DON'T GET TO HAVE MORE THEN HALF AN HOUR OF TIME HAVING THAAT STUPID THING GONE BAAFORE YOU GIVE ME ANOTHER!!"

The Doctor clicked some buttons on the remote. As a strange purple gas filled the room he grabbed a gas mask. Doctor hardwick went to hook up and turn on a small television screen. A black and white spiral pattern appeared on the tv.

Doc: "So what I'm going to need ya to do is to look into the spiral and take deep breaths, Does that sound fine."

Baxter: "So are you hypnotizing me!? "Am I not a Docile enough of a sheep for you?" "Am I baa, being too much of nuisance?"

The doctor chuckled to himself before turning a knob on his remote and releasing more gas. I started coughing on the strange substance I think it was different then gas he used last time. That gas had a very strong smell and taste but visually looked no different then fog or water vapor, While this stuff was nearly odorless but had a noticeable lavender hue.

Doc: "Now then, Calm down, Relax, All I want you to do is say a few simple pharses and breath in an out think do you can do that?"

Baxter: "Am I, cough, getting, cough, out of here, wheeze, otherwise?"

Doc: "Well I could always try one of my riskier tools on you."

Baxter: "Fine."

The Doctor asked me to breath in and breath out, he repeated those two phrases over and over again for about half a minute. With each breath I had inhaled more and more of the intoxicating air.

Doc: "Now, Repeat after me." "I'm not a human, Not anymore."

Baxter: "Yes I am?!" BZZZZT

Doc: "Do humans have horns, Do humans have muzzles? Now Baxter I need you to repeat after me." "I'm not a human, Not anymore." 

Baxter: "I'm not a human, Not anymore."

Doc: "Its great that I'm not human anymore."

Baxter: "No it isn't!?" BZZT

Doc: "Its great that I'm not human anymore." 

Baxter: "Its "GREAT" that I'm not human anymore."

Doc: "I'm a sheep who works on a farm."

Baxter: "Unfortunately I'm a sheep who works on a farm."

Doc: "I love being a sheep, I love working on my farm."

Baxter: "I hate being, a she" BZZT "HUMAN. I hate." ZAP "I, I, LOVE" BEING A SHEEP, AND, LOVE WORKING ON MY FARM."

Doc: "I love being a sheep, I love working on my farm."

Baxter: "I love being a sheep and love working on my farm."

Doc: "Good sheep, Good little sheep."

The doctor gave me scritches beneath my chin fed me some fruit flavored candy. To my embarrassment made a bleat like affectionate hum from the chin scritches.

Baxter: "What no! Why? Why are treating me like a kid?!" "Or some god daaaamned pet!"

Doc: "Because you were finally cooperating."

Baxter: "MAYBAA I DON'T WANT TO COOPERATE!"

Doc: "Yet."

I was slowly losing control of myself, It was like couldn't speak my mind, it felt like my own body was fighting with itself.

Doc: "I'm not a human, Not anymore." 

Baxter: "I'm not... Not a human... Not anymore..." As I drowsily repeated his words it felt as if my body was on autopilot.

Doctor: "Good sheep." He pet the top of my head and scratched under my chin.

Doc: "Its great that I'm not human anymore." 

Baxter: "Its great... Great... I'm not human anymore..." 

Doctor: "Good sheep, Only bad sheep miss being human." He pet me and scratched my chin. 

Baxter: "Only baaad sheep..." "Miss baaing..." "Human..."

Doc: "I am a sheep who works on a farm." 

Baxter: "I am a sheep... Who works on farm..." 

Doctor: "Good sheep." He pet me. 

Baxter: "Baaaa" I bleated affectionately at his pets.

Doc: "I love being a sheep, I love working on my farm." 

Baxter: "I love baaa... being sheep... I love working on farm..." 

Doctor: "Good sheep, Only bad sheep hate working on their farm." 

Baxter: "Only baaad sheep..." "Hate..." "Farm..."

Doc: "As a sheep I have soft fluffy wool." 

Baxter: "As sheep... I have soft... fluffy... wool..." He patted my head.

Doc: "As a sheep I love my soft fluffy wool." 

Baxter: "As sheep... I love my... soft... fluffy... wool..." 

Doctor: "Good sheep, Only bad sheep hate their wool." 

Baxter: "Only baaad sheep... Hate... Wool..."

Doc: "This farm is my new home I would never want to leave." 

Baxter: "This farm is new home... I would never leave..."

Doc: "Good sheep, Only bad sheep leave their flock." 

Baxter: "Only baaad sheep..." "Leave..." "Flock..."

He Scratched my the underside of my chin, Scratched behind my ears and gave me a fruit salad. After that I fell into a trance not doing anything but repeating the doctors words to myself, Staring at the spiral and falling into unconsciousness.

[thatonesystemig]

Vent abt my exes under the read more

Love the fact that i was gaslit and invalidated so much i feel guilty and second guess myself on if im making a bigger deal out of my trauma than it deserves

But then the flashbacks and random memories and nightmares hit me lmaoooo

Would be so yolo swag if i went one night without a fucking nightmare regarding my trauma or those assholes. They’re going to continue telling everyone how im spreading rumors when i go to friends for advice on how to cope and wont go into detail about what happened publicly because I don’t want attention and to not let them have that power over me

Mother fucker if i was really evil and spiteful id tell your whole family about what you two did. About the gaslighting, about the invalidating, about the yelling at me during breakdowns, about the constant arguing, about how unhappy i was and telling me i was gaining a shit ton of weight because i was “happy”, about the worse things you did that ill take to the grave other than the few people I’ve told so you don't hold power over me anymore and because you’ll tell all our friends im “lying” and “spreading rumors” out of spite when i have constant fucking nightmares about what you fucking did.

If i wanted to i could post it for the world to see. I could write a callout post. But I don’t because i still have some resemblance of love for you and i believe you can change. I believe you can do better. That’s all i fucking want. I don’t want you to do what you did to me to your current partner and hopefully im just a learning experience. I don’t tell people shit “out of spite” i went to my close friends about the shit YOU DID because i needed advice on how to cope. I needed a friend to listen because I had no one else. I couldn’t go to a fucking therapist besides in the psych ward. and then those friends went around and told you anyways.

And they believed you. Just like I did when you told me all the other girls that you did it to were just lying and jealous. Just like i did when my own fucking best friend told me you did it to her and i believed you over her and will FOREVER hate myself for not fucking listening and leaving your ass

Yeah, it’s no big deal. I was just diagnosed with CPTSD and went to the psych ward twice over the span of a year because what happened to me didn’t effect me and i told some close friends what the fuck you did just to “lie” and “be petty”

I only agreed with the shit y’all told me about me over reacting and it not being what it was because I didn’t want to fucking believe what you did to me because I LOVED YOU. I wanted to MARRY AND SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH YOU. And then the memories kept hitting. Then the nightmares about that one fucking night kept happening over and over and over again to where I stay up for days at a time just to fucking avoid them.

And im just spreading rumors right???

I kept talking to you because every time i fucking blocked you they would message me about it. i was afraid of your ass. Why else would i put off hanging out with you. Why else hadn’t i seen you in months?????

I went into psychosis because of you from Jan-April. I felt so much guilt for feeling the way i did about everything, for the trauma i kept repressing and trying to tell myself it was no big deal like y’all fucking led me to believe. Then the voices got worse. I kept having hallucinations of suffering, burning, living in hell. I was told i was going to suffer until the day i die and beyond that because of everything that happened. Thank god they put me on meds to help with that shit in the psych ward or i would’ve killed myself. I know I said I would’ve killed myself a lot but what’s the point of living if all life is is just suffering.

I am still suffering but I’m too fucking strong and stubborn to die. I want to, but i wont because i have something to live for now. I have a family. I have a fiance, 4 step sons, a god daughter, roomies i consider sisters, and i can lean on all of them and they all fucking support me.

Funny thing? They don’t resent me for my mental health issues then take it out on me like y’all did. They actually fucking help and have compassion.

My fiance tells me every day how lucky he is to have me. He smothers me in kisses and helps me with my flashbacks. He holds me when i get triggered and doesn’t refuse to and make me suffer alone because “it’ll enable bad behavior” like you did as if i was some kind of dog that needed to be punished.

I’m loved for once. And with how much i loved you both, it’s hard for me to open up and be vulnerable with my current fiance because of what you two did. But now im actually happy other than the trauma y’all gave me. He gives me all the love y’all never did. Even when we were dating our third, he loved me equally and didn’t tell me shit like “oh, i love her more than you. but its okay, im working up to that point with you”. He wants me around and didn’t ignore me a majority of the time to spend it on the computer like one of y’all did.

We actually talk. We have conversations every day just about. And he doesn’t act annoyed with me wanted to talk to him like one of y’all did.

He doesn’t treat me like a burden, or stay with me out of obligation like y’all did.

And guess what!!!!!!! He doesn’t put me through “trust” tests because thats obviously a very fucking normal thing to do in a relationship because its 100% totally healthy to be in a relationship with someone you don’t trust. And yeah i totally don’t have did and im just faking it despite being diagnosed while you completely believe the other one who hasn’t been diagnosed because “he acts a certain way” and since I didn’t act exactly like him, i must not have it, right????? I must be making it all up for attention right????????????? I must be this horrible evil liar as if I didn’t HAVE to lie to you constantly because you would get constantly angry at me and trigger me RIGHT???????? If you didn’t believe me, why did you stay with me???? Oh yeah, you broke it off because I vented in my own discord server and you didn’t even read it and assume it was all about your ass and “if you cant come to us about everything, how do you think that will make us look?” Not to mention when I DID come to you about shit, you’d run me through ‘trust tests’, get mad at me for it, and all this shit. And you wondered why id rather vent to my server full of my friends who understood and loved me more than you ever fucking did.

Also remember that time i deleted my discord server because you started telling my friends “i hope you die” for not agreeing with you?? Yeah totally normal fucking behavior.

“Love is a promise” is just a fancy way of y’all telling me “love is an obligation and because I’ve been with you for so long im going to stay with you and put up with you despite the fact you can very obviously see how much we resent you because you can hear us talking shit about you”

Yeah

Anyways fuck y’all for what y’all did to me. I know y’all wont read, and hopefully y’all don’t because i really never want to talk to or interact with or have y’all in my life again because i avoid going out in public with the slightest chance of seeing y’all because ill have a breakdown and y’all would find joy in it and think its hilarious because im sure at this point y’all just want me to suffer. I’m pretty sure y’all wanted that while we were together too, otherwise y’all wouldn’t have yelled at me while having breakdowns and talked shit about me within earshot

But yeah, don’t worry about it, im just over reacting because im so mentally unwell :]

[starlightkun]

omg omg omg okay so im like in the middle of my final exams before im done with highschool but i need to tell you all about the fics that you have been releasing because wOW.

okay BUZZER BEATER

GOD THOSE TWO ARE SO FLUFFY. i dont have chronic illness but the way you described it just reminds me of starting adhd meds where i had to take so many pills at random intervals during the day and felt awful 24/7 and how im afraid that going into uni, people are going to ask for my meds for recreational purposes (which makes me so mad btw cause like i need meds to live dont ask for medication that is in limited supply so you can get lit but anyways). But yeah i didn't know that much about migraines other than the fact that its terrible but yeah the way you wrote mc was so beautiful and relatable and im just so sorry that you have to be burdened by these migraines and spend so much time and energy managing it. The way you wrote sungchan though was beautiful. his character is absolutely the most pure and loving guy (whilst also being a loserboy) and the fact that he did not question or judge or put pressure on mc ever was so healing. just watching him be so open with his affection and just blatantly pine for mc without any reservations about it makes me really want a sungchan of my own now. I just want a cute, sweet, uncomplicated, loserboy so i can just live my life in both sickness and health and not be judged by what hurdles my body choses to throw at me today (my psychiatrist was saying my stomach is just really sensitive so thats why ive been going through hell which is sucky but at least i have answers and know what to avoid lmao). But yeah thank you for writing something so beautiful about an experience that i felt so alone in having, because now i feel less guilty about struggling with my own health and most importantly less alone.

now onto Dr Magic!

dear lord jesus if i felt seen by buzzer beater, ive never felt more out of my depths by Dr Magic. Its such a hilarious fic and renjun and mc are both so insane and crazy but in a way thats realistic (i go to one of the top high schools in australia and there are people here who are so dedicated to school the same way renjun and mc). The way renjun just wants mc to spit in his mouth, I swear ive met boys like that too. also the steamy makeout sesh?! soft renjunnie with caring and dominant reader who asks for consent?! mc is so sexy for that, i love her. Also! your description of renjun wearing a yellow hoodie, jeans and a red cap was so scrumptious that i embodied mc in that moment and wanted to eat him whole also. the scene where renjun owns up to the mean things he said to mc whilst mc talks about spitting in his mouth in front of TEN?! shes so confident and strong despite being hurt and i love that for her. i really love how in your fics, you mix humor with maturity to create such well rounded works that really celebrate being wild and having fun whilst also being a grown and mature person. just like you, i could never be renjun and mc but im happy for them and what they have.

side note: thank you for being pro palestine, i know being pro palestine is a simple thing and a low bar to set for myself in finding good people in the world, but with all the people in power and celebrities (cough eric nam cough) publicly supporting the genocide that is happening, im very glad to find others who see the horrors for what it is.

-��anon

yeah i will always be anti-genocide and anti-apartheid ethnostates, and it truly does boggle my mind to see people support that??? somehow???? but seeing all the pro palestine demonstrations and protests and posts all over does give me hope to hold onto

rest of my response to ur lovely feedback under the cut to not make this post any longer lol <33

BUZZER BEATER!!!!

i also want my own loserboy sungchan so bad 🤧🤧 he was just so perfect in that one ugh. im glad that u were still able to see urself in some of the mc (tho im NOT glad that ur having side effect trouble w ur meds, sending out my love as a fellow tummy trouble side effect haver 🫶). and yeah i rlly wanted my bb sungchan to be not necessarily a himbo per se (bc imo u have to be like BUFF and stupid and sweet, i.e, kronk from emperor's new groove, and alas, sungchan is not built like wonho im not that delusional) but he is at least a big (read: tall), sweet, not quite dumb but not as academically rigorous in the same way as mc, jock who is used to kind of following the same script when in that college "talking phase" with a girl (a little bit of flirting, parties, inviting her to a game maybe, buying her a drink, etc.) bc it's safe and he rlly likes reader so he doesn't want to mess it up but then he realizes that he has to throw it all out bc reader can't actually do like most of that and is like ok. new plan. and ends up just fully embracing his pining, soft loserboy self and how down bad he is for reader. ugh i love him 💗💗💗

dr_magic2303!!!!

i would greatly admire, respect, and fear in equal measure anybody who feels seen by dr_magic2303 lmao. like good for u but COULDN'T BE ME!!! like some of the bits of mc's hyperfixation on her personal projects and that raw hunger for knowledge (as opposed to being the best) was modeled after my own hyperfixations and kind of manic flow states that i get with my adhd (i've yet to put up a conspiracy board in my apartment but i do routinely feel like the pepe silvia meme from it's always sunny) but i have not been a neurotic overachieving academic since jr yr of high school thank god! 4 years of cognitive behavioral therapy and a lot of anti-depressants cured me of that. this is coming from a former gifted kid lmao.

when i knew that i wanted this fic to take the this route (renjun getting consensually dosed up w siren venom) i knew i wanted there to be some form of a convo like that. like consent is sexy!!! and making sure ppl r being taken care of when they're consensually giving up and transferring power for a limited time (with or without the use of magical aphrodisiacs) is sexy!!! aftercare is sexy!!! (even tho renjun threw reader out before they could rlly finish that part but u know) and i rlly hope that came across in that scene

reader talking about spitting in renjun's mouth in front of ten isn't THAT weird for sirens (reader and ten were JUST talking about ten's nipple rings and their lack of sex lives like five seconds earlier in that same convo so like yknow) but ten could obviously tell that there was something a lot deeper going on than just some casual saliva swapping between pals so that's why he left lmao

as always thank you sm for your ask and your feedback on my fics 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶 good luck with the end of school you got this b 💗💗💗💗

[msmental-madness]

Meltdown

**Potential trigger warning: Thoughts of self harm / suicide

To give you background first, my boyfriend, Gavin, and I have been together five years and we've been living together for almost five years. We had to go to couples' counseling a year or so ago because of how bad my mood swings were. He is very aware of all of my mental illnesses and I'm incredibly lucky he didn't leave me when I went to the outpatient program when we first started dating and when I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. He is a wonderful man most of the time, let me make that clear.

With that being said, I tried to explain BPD to him and asked for him to read up on it but there was some kind of disconnect in which he wasn't understanding of how sensitive I am. It's very frustrating to me because he will say shit such as "You're being dramatic." "You take things too personally". OMG it takes so much to hold in that Sicilian rage to not just put a hole through a wall.

The therapist did explain how much more sensitive we are to things, so I figured him hearing a professional confirm this would help so I wasn't deemed as "dramatic" or "faking" it and to also help him to be more understanding and patient with me. We both explained to him that I perceive things differently. I full heartedly admit I take everything personally. Perception is everything so I believe that if you know you're speaking with someone knowing how sensitive they are, you should be conscious on how you word what you're saying to avoid conflict. Is that too much to ask? Maybe. Maybe not. I'm the type of person who is too nice and does everything in my power to not make anyone feel as horrible as I do everyday.

Gavin is also aware of the mental and verbal abused I endured growing up and still continue to experience with my narcissistic Mom. We had gotten into an argument and because I was so riled up from being upset, I disassociated and I honestly can't remember what it was about exactly, but I know it was just a misunderstanding as usual. I had a manic episode yesterday to the extent that I was in hysterics and cried for almost an hour. I was so disoriented that I was thinking that today was the day, the day I finally end my life. The pain was so much that I didn't even care or worry about the pain or consequences.

The mental anguish was so strong and I could just hear my Mom's voice in my head telling me "You're worthless!" "You're so stupid!" Then my voice chimed in and went on about how much of a worthless piece of shit I am. That I can't do anything right. Why do I even bother trying? You're so stupid. In between gasps for air, I began to Google "quick and painless ways to kill yourself". The only thing I read that sounded reasonable was taking a lot of Nyquil. When I went back to the search engine, I came across an article pretty much saying "don't do it. you're loved." blah blah blah. Then the numbers for the suicide helpline appeared and I thought about calling them. I didn't because I didn't want to be a burden.

I just had constant thoughts of slitting my wrists (Never have and will never do that) and just dropping to the floor or ODing on meds (I did that once. Wouldn't recommend). I even thought about driving to a parking garage to try the carbon monoxide method but decided against that because I was too lazy to drive (ha!) Death just sounded so much better than being alive. To be honest, I think about dying every day. I don't think about killing myself every day, but I constantly ask "why can't I just die already?" Or I say "I wish I was dead." Most days, I think being dead would be a vacation compared to being on this Earth. Being dead would be easier than living this life. Just to be clear, I would never kill myself because I'm too scared to do it, I just think about it.

Anyway, I became so dehydrated from crying that I nearly fainted. Gavin found me and became frantic, asking "What's wrong?!" and kept hugging me. He tried so hard to console me and slow down my breathing to stop hyperventilating. Now, anyone who has ever hyperventilated knows that it's not just something you can easily stop and come back from. From my perspective, when it was taking me time to calm down, he seemed to become impatient with me because he said, "You're being dramatic. I'm going to leave the room and come back when you calm down." This made me burst into tears and start up again because it was so hurtful and insensitive to say, especially when I thought maybe he would have been understanding in that moment. I just don't understand how anyone could say that to another after seeing how hard they were crying just minutes ago.

It's frustrating because I needed someone there to just talk me down and tell me things are ok, to ride out the wave with me for however long it took. Maybe I'm the one who is selfish. Maybe I expect too much. My problem is that I expect people to act as how I would. I just know that if the roles were reversed, I would do my research as to how to console someone during an episode to avoid saying anything that can be thought of as insensitive.

Being in any type of relationship with a person who suffers from this disorder, romantically or not, requires a lot of patience and support. Please be that person. We don't want you to leave. We sincerely do not enjoy this life.

[softrozene]

Reacting to Reader’s Braces Headcanons

I took a break from my event to create this extremely self-indulgent and rushed headcanons since I finally got my braces off! I have a very strong dislike for my retainer now but it will grow on me :’) Anyway this is comfort for me since my mouth is in pain lol.

One Piece Characters Reacting to Reader getting braces vs. getting them off!

One Piece Characters x Reader (Gender-Neutral/Nonbinary)

*I just did the Straw Hats, Law, Marco, Ace, and Thatch for this! (I did not add Jinbei as a straw hat since I am still not all the way caught up)

Warnings: This is long, Fluff- The characters reacting can be considered platonic/romantic- I will have any romantic (kissing) headcanons in bold. Except Chopper. He is strictly platonic because he is baby.

This is their normal One Piece world since I was a bit curious how they would react since I imagine that if there are dentists/orthodontists in their world it would be rare or only in like huge cities like Water 7.

FLAKSDSA Honestly just imagine Reader leaves the crew once in a while to go get their adjustments done or something lmfao. We ignore logic for this one. Only care about the reactions XD

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Monkey D. Luffy:

When he firsts sees the metal in your mouth he is curious!

He will be in utter awe or laugh if he thinks they look funny (which of course makes Reader’s confidence plummet lol unless you laugh with him)

May call you a robot

He wants to know why they are shaped around your teeth- It is not like the gold or silver teeth that other pirates have that accompany missing teeth

This is weird for him since your teeth seem to be trying to look straight?

When you explain the reasoning of braces to him he is even more puzzled but excited for you!

He is not sure you really need them since he likes your smile regardless but he is happy if you are happy!

As for when you get them off- He is in awe that the braces did their job! And now you get to wear this weird plastic thing in your mouth

How the heck did you even get it in there?

He has no clue what a dentist/orthodontist is so he will just call them mouth doctor and think Chopper is the one helping you lol

Kissing with them on is also a weird experience for him! (I really hate to say it but he will love if you do not clean them very well. It makes him surprised but happy if he tastes food on them alfdjaslkf I HATE THIS lol)

He likes the way the metal feels when he explores your mouth but hopefully he is not a harsh kisser- You fear something will break if he really wanted to flakdfa

When you get your braces off he is in even more shock! That is so cool! Your smile is straight now! But now you got this weird plastic thing in your mouth... He does not mind he is just forgets you wear it since it is clear!

Luffy honestly does not care what you look like smile wise from before or after. He has no preference. He only cares that you are happy with your smile!

Roronoa Zoro:

“What the hell is in your mouth?”

THIS MAN BATHES ONCE A WEEK SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IS THE SAME WITH HIS DENTAL HYGIENE?! I really hope not. I hope he cares for his mouth and will pretend he does now falksdfja

Anyway, he sees the metal and he is confused but once you explain it, he really does not care anymore

“Oh, cool, I guess.”

If you are partners though- He will be intrigued how kissing you would be. He takes the chance and decides it is an experience for sure tasting the metal in your mouth. (May remind of blood so he pretty cool with it alfdjalk)

Speaking of blood- If something ends up poking him or cutting him... He will enjoy it to the max tbh however if it is you that is hurt he will cease all kissing and only go for pecks until later

When you get them off I think he would miss tasting the metal

When you get your braces off he does not notice at first... It takes a few smiles before he goes... “Wait a minute...”

Then it hits him!

He will smile and be happy if he notices that being braceless brings you confidence with your new smile!

Nami:

SHE NOTICES THEM IMMEDIATELY AND SHE LIKES THEM

Nami is huge on hygiene so I think she would love to know more about dental hygiene and the concept of braces

She is understanding with your diet restrictions and will scold anyone who gives you weird looks or tries to get you to eat something you should not

She is your go-to for this since she also wants to see the end result as perfect

She is tad worried in the kissing department- Not wanting to mess your braces up since she knows how much effort goes into them but she also worried about her safety and if a wire or lose bracket will poke her or worse you. So she sticks to gentle kisses until they are off

She actually goes with you to your orthodontist to see how they take them off and to be there for you

She is happy with and for you upon seeing the end result!

and now her kisses can be harder >///<

Usopp:

As a tinkerer he will notice and also be intrigued. He has never seen braces (like Luffy and Zoro) and has never heard of them

He asks so many questions

Luffy, Zoro, and him are the ones who forget your diet restrictions which causes much irritation on your side. You will constantly glare at them for offering foods or drinks you can’t have

Usopp will eventually start remembering and be considerate on your behalf

When he kisses you he is soft and gentle- Not wanting to hurt you or himself. If he tastes blood he will pass out in fear just because he will blame himself and think he hurt you. He is too sweet :’)

As soon as your braces are off he will ask SO MANY QUESTIONS about the retainer like how was it made and such? Does it feel weird?

He is just so intrigued by it and of course- It makes you smile even more.

Sanji:

Tbh I feel like he would have had them as a kid or wanted them if his dad cared enough aldfjakl

Also notices them immediately

He will actually cater to your diet needs/restrictions because he knows how much they mean to you if you are going through such a time consuming thing to get your teeth fixed

Besides that he is just a friend you can go to if you are in mouth pain- He will make something soft for you every time you go for an adjustment or tea to help sooth your mouth

If you are kissing on the other hand- If homeboy does not pass out first he will be so gentle. He is terrified of hurting you or making you uncomfortable with your braces on (and lowkey is the same way even if you get them off- You will have to be the one to make the first move)

When you get them off- It is a food celebration! Whatever you missed eating or that you could not eat he will make it all for you!

He does notice if you are smile more and if you are more confident with your new smile! : )

Tony Tony Chopper:

HE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND DURING YOUR BRACES TIME.

He will constantly worry about any mouth pains and since he is a doctor is intrigued how someone labeled as a doctor for teeth does their jobs

He will asks questions constantly and write about your journey with this

10/10 cutie and best buddy for this

Make sure he is stocked on simple pain meds for you

Nico Robin:

She notices them but does not say anything or ask questions unless you want to talk about

She is sweet and looks out for you

Makes sure Sanji helps with your diet restrictions

Besides that she does not notice much or ask much

She is just happy that you are doing this for yourself

Her kisses concerning this are always gentle. She refuses to risk anything with you until after your braces are gone. Only then will she let herself become more heated with kisses.

After your braces she will always compliment your smile (and tell you it was beautiful before too but notes how confident you are)

Cyborg Franky:

“WHOA THAT IS SUPPPPPERRRR!”

He likes them.

That is all.

Okay but seriously. As a man who completely turned himself into a machine in the front he has mad respect for you for putting metal in your mouth. Like that concept is wild to him since the mouth is so sensitive (yet he also can blow flames out his mouth due to working on it aldfjal)

He will refuse to kiss you since he knows how is strength and hard kisses can damage your brackets/wires so he refuses anything until after they are safely off.

Besides that after your braces are off and you have your retainer on (He honestly didn’t notice the retainer lol) He will go “You have a SUPERRRR smile!”

Brook:

Brook honestly does notice them at first but he does not say anything until you do

Cue his jokes: “I NOTICE THE METAL IN YOUR TEETH WITH MY EYES BUT WAIT I DO NOT HAVE ANY EYES YOHOHOHO”

Besides that he is not that interested in them

For kissing though he also refuses to do so since he is straight up a skeleton. He does not want to risk his bone breaking ANYTHING. Though he will peck your cheek. Even after you get them off he is hesitant since he is a skeleton- That does not mean he will not try. If you ask he will get flustered and be gentle for you

When you get your braces off- Brook may tease you and say your teeth are almost as straight as his! And remind you constantly that he is a skeleton adlfjakl

Trafalgar Law:

Is just a king- I should stop all headcanons here alfdkaldks

He knows what braces are and is not that interested in the work only because he prefers his medicinal studies that are more morbid than the mouth

However, he is very observational still and notes how you care for them and what your diet is

For kissing- He acts like he does not care but he is gentle and careful when things gets heated. He is actually a big softie so he will do everything to avoid ruining your braces that would involve a setback.

After you get your braces off he also notices how much more confident you are. How much brighter your smile is because of that

Besides that- He does not make a big deal out of it

Marco the Phoenix:

He and the Whitebeard pirates have been nearly everywhere and met all kinds of people so he is not that surprised when he notices that you have braces

He has seen them before so not a big deal

Much like Law, Marco will not make a big deal out of it

However, if you both are close to each other he may tease you whenever you develop a lisp or when are embarrassed after an adjustment.

Either way he means it with a good heart

God- Kisses with Marco when you have braces are so, so, so, gentle. He is the king of kisses no matter what. He is careful but he sure as hell will not let the metal win when you both get heated. So he knows how to maneuver around your mouth with his tongue >///<

When you get your braces off- It is a celebration with the whole crew. Marco helps plan it and of course takes photos of your smile afterwards since you have every right to be proud of your smile

He will always comment on how your smile is brighter

Portgas D. Ace:

Also with Marco (and Thatch) he is rather used to seeing different kinds of people with different situations so he is not surprised to see metal in your mouth

However when you get close to him he does ask questions and get intrigued

He only teases you when you have some trouble speaking a few words but besides that- He is also respectful and does not think much of the braces

Though since he is one that eats all the time he tries to be considerate for you since he knows that it can be frustrating with your diet restrictions

If you are in a relationship with him he actually is not confident in kissing you with your braces. It is because he cares so much about you and because of his self-loathing- He would HATE if he messed up your braces so he is cautious and tries not to push anything until after you get your braces off

When your braces comes off homeboy is going to dine-and-dash with you EVERYWHERE

Thatch-

Like the other two- Thatch is used to this kind of thing so he is not surprised

Since he is the culinary chef for the Whitebeard Pirates you bet your butt he will have better foods for you to suit your needs

He is also teasing like the others and may take it a far sometimes but he will remind you that you are good with or without braces!

He constantly makes sure you are doing fine though since he is aware of how the other whitebeard pirates may not be as considerate as he is

Kisses with Thatch are gentle but I think if it gets too heated he may forget that he is supposed to be gentle. He definitely ends up tearing up his tongue on the metal if this is the case and he feels bad if you feel bad- If not he will laugh it off and continue if you want

After you get your braces off- He will check with what you want to celebrate! What kind foods you have to eat first and you get the honor of taking the first bite!

OKAY LAST BUT NOT LEAST HERE IS A LIST ON WHO WOULD MAKE SURE YOU ACTUALLY WEAR YOUR RETAINER :’):

Would forget you you wear a retainer so they would not be helpful as a reminder: Luffy, Zoro, Franky, Brook, Ace

Remembers then forgets after a while: Usopp and Thatch

Makes you wear your retainer as instructed and will give you a death glare (out of love of course) if you are not doing so: Nami, Robin, Sanji, Chopper, and Marco

Will make sure you wear your retainer even though he says he does not care, and will murder your soul if you do not do so (out of love but he will lie about it): Law