sweet talk
logan/oscar, logan/oscar/alex | e | ~4.7k words
"Right, sorry. Back to the silent prison of the cuck chair."
"Well, it's not really cucking, is it. Since you're not in the relationship."
"A cuck chair is a state of mind, Oscar."
"Dude."
>read on ao3
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okay weird q incoming but what ways do you think speedsters can get sick? Like to my understanding, they can’t really come down with normal virus’ like the flu, right? But they could get things like chronic migraines?
NANOBOTS!!! This is one of the best pieces of canon lore ever. I did a whole post on it but TLDR: normal human metabolisms have so much shit going on that they don't even notice nanobots in their body BUT speedsters have hyper accelerated metabolisms that are the equivalent of the straight A's overachiever in school on meth. So speedster metabolisms do notice nanobots and they attack full force, triggering all of the body's defenses and responses.
But the nanobots are metal so it obviously doesn't do anything. It just leaves the speedster lethargic, feverish, vomiting, dizzy, with a headache, sore muscles and a runny nose, ect. It's basically an allergic reaction.
Now, poisoning them can work depending on what the poison is/what the dosage is. You would need a 100% fatal poison and you would need a fairly high dose. Because speedsters heal fast and they have a hyper accelerated metabolism, so any poison that is based on toxicity (alcohol poisoning for example) would be out of their system faster than it could even take effect.
But poisons that can't be cleared out/processed by the body (take cyanide for example, it binds with the chemical receptors in your body making it physically impossible to use oxygen) wouldn't really be affected by their metabolism at all. So while the speedsters could heal the damaged tissues from these poisons fairly quickly (making it seem as though they were only slightly affected) they would ultimately need time to do so, time they would not have if it kills them first. This isn't technically what you are asking because there would be no substance that 'makes them sick', there would only be 'fine', 'not fine for like a minute and then fine again' and 'dead'. (... unless they were hooked up to a steady supply of the toxin)
Likewise, (this is getting more into theoretical territory, less canon) there might be some illnesses that would affect them? Not for long but if you got something super fucking fatal like Rabies, it might make them display mild cold symptoms for a day or something.
I don't know though. They have really fucking good immune systems. And even super fatal diseases can be fought. Take my example of Rabies, while it is commonly thought to be 100% fatal once symptoms show up there actually have been cases of people surviving it. Rabies is a very stealthy and fast disease, so the main problem with treating it is that your body's immune system isn't fast enough to stop it. People have survived by being placed in medically induced comas (slowing their bodily functions and thus the disease) for long enough that the medication can eradicate it. So for a speedster? That's gone in a minute tops. You would need an insane disease that I'm not sure even exists.
There's also like... pregnancy and menstruation. Growing pains, muscle pain from running is a BIG ONE, being dehydrated/starvation, blood loss, ect. Lots of ways to fuck with a speedster in a way they can't immediately fix.
There are also speedster specific ailments. It's basically 50/50 if a natural born speedster gets a weird highly fatal aging disease. Sometimes speedsters can be born without a kinetic energy shield which makes using their powers at all incredibly fatal to them. All speedsters will have connectivity issues at some point that can be fatal. Sometimes Time Gets Bad™ (shout out to when Barry kept chronically stealing time from people/things every time he used his powers). Sometimes they have too much energy and can't maintain human form (shout out to when Wally didn't know what the speedforce was and was accidentally cosplaying Ghost Rider). Velocity 9 is a highly addictive drug that works on speedsters and makes them display typical addiction behavior (and withdrawal). V9 can also cause a speedster to 'overdose' (burst into flames/lightning/energy). They all have the constant urge to yeet themselves into the speedforce. Ect.
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I've been awake since 5AM.
Today's is my husband's DnD game night, which means his players will be over, and none of them are quiet. I have issues* with sleeping in a room with a closed door, so that's not an option.
I opt for staying up and waiting until they've gone.
That was at 9PM. They didn't leave until after 11PM, and it's nearly midnight.
Husband noticed my grumpiness and impatience, and immediately checked the time. Zero argument, just apologized, and wouldn't let me apologize for my react to basically everything.
There was a large cellar spider, legs stretching beyond the palm of my hand, working on making a spiderweb between the ceiling and bedroom door. I have zero chance of reaching it without a ladder, so off I go to ask his help. Even tell him why. Takes him over 10 minutes to come help me, and he springs into "oh, shit" and takes care of the issue. He was a bit put off by my tone until he saw the time...and dark circles around my eyes.
I have two modes to needing sleep.
Cuddle Bunny - I just wanna cuddle and snuggle, which only happens when sleepy.
Tired Grumpy - I'm unpleasant, impatient, snap at everything, because I'm tired and getting near sleep deprivation.
I'm Number 2 right now. What's got me so bitchy is the fact that I rarely sleep past 5AM. Cacoa comes in yelling and yowling because she's convinced starvation is having to her. She's loud and I'm a light af sleeper. If she starts before 5AM, she gets locked out of the bedroom. Light coming through the barries next to the a/c makes the space tolerable for thr door being cut.
Fuck, I hope she lets me sleep. I have handquilting to do tomorrow.
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