To all my non-Jewish fanfic writers who want to write about Hanukkah: hi!! Thank you for taking an interest in our culture and traditions and for wanting to be inclusive. We really appreciate it! I just want to mention a few things to keep in mind while you’re doing this.
1. HANUKKAH IS NOT JUST “JEWISH CHRISTMAS”. This is the big one. Yes, the two holidays happen to be around the same time, and the Christian/capitalist society that we live in decided to make Hanukkah a big deal to sell more decorations or something. But it is in fact it’s own thing, and is a fairly minor holiday. Our big, most important holidays are in the fall! Which brings me to,
2. The original story of Hanukkah is about the Maccabees, a group of Jews who resisted the forced assimilation into an oppressive society that said “convert or die.” So in the spirit of that, I BEG you. Do not write a fic about a poor clueless Jewish person being shown the magic of Christmas and thinking it’s so much better, or any sort of trying to save/convert us bs. That’s just antisemitism, baby. We are proud of our unique culture and heritage that has lasted thousands of years of persecution.
3. Please be respectful when talking about Orthodox or Hasidic Jews. Orthodox women are not oppressed. (Many Jewish women born outside of Orthodoxy actually choose to convert into it, and to adopt the rules of modesty! They are called Ba’al teshuva!) If you’re going to write a fic about a person who grew up Orthodox or otherwise very religious but chose to leave it, please be kind and don’t make generalizations.
Mostly my point is to just be respectful. Jewish people are not a monolith. There are lots of different ethnic groups under the umbrella of the Jewish people with different traditions that are all incredibly beautiful and important. When writing about us, please do your research and talk to Jewish people about our experiences. If you don’t know any, message me! I’m always happy to talk about it.
Happy writing, and chag Hanukkah sameach!
Look, I’m not saying if Herman Melville was alive today he would totally have an A03/fanfiction.net account… but that’s exactly what I’m saying.
Still went a little over my time limit for this one, but getting faster I think.
@supergnome-a @wilted-woods
just a LITTLE something to tide over the crowd while we wait for the final verdict ~ FRESHLY prepared by @tsp-narrator-ask! ft @steampoweredwerehog!
Ya truly love to see it!
“Those poor boys”
“She deserves to be punished too.”
“I’m not saying I support rape, but-”
“Sorry to say - she deserved it.”
“She put herself in harm’s way”
“But if she was fingered, then that’s not rape.”
“She ruined their lives.”
Hit that one over there!
Okay, yes, I started listening to "Malevolent" podcast. So far, these guys give the impression of those idiots who, on occasion, will read the Necronomicon out loud. I like it!
I really love reading whump related stories, and I know that no one has the time to do 100% research, so here‘s somewhat of a cheat sheet including all commonly made mistakes. Feel free to write me what you‘d add, or ask questions.
I‘m not a medical professional, but I can explain most stuff quite well 😅
Temperature
Body heat CAN NOT be shared through wet clothes
Clinical treatments of hypothermia does most definitely include the administration of a bag of warm saline
Patients running a fever ARE NOT receiving cold baths/cooling bags. Because:
A too quick change in temperature can cause cellular damage
Cold can lead to shivering, which is warming the body up further
Burns
Burn wounds ARE NOT treated with cold patching, which would cause cellular damage because of a too quick change in temperature
They are, in fact, (if not third degrees) patched with a salve that has cooling and infection lowering effects
Burn treatment is incredibly painful, as it includes loosing the old skin in order to allow new sets of tissues to heal
Pulse / Breathing / Cardiopulmonary Resuscation
Pulse has to be analyzed given the context (resting, workout, ect)
Rescue breaths are no longer common practice (only if the patient drowned, asphyxiated, or a child / young adolescent)
A person can breathe without a pulse and vice versa
A flatline is the missing electrical activity in the heart, which means a patient is clinically dead.
A defibrillator disrupts an electrical pattern
A FLATLINE CAN NOT BE DEFIBRILLATED! Only thing this would cause is to burn the heart muscle
Cardiac Arrest DOES NOT necessarily mean a person flatlined. Cardiac Arrest is the term used for every sort of heart rhythm that doesn‘t produce a pulse
People who have suffered cardiac arrest and resuscitation efforts WILL NOT just miraculously be fine and talking and moving right afterwards
Nesting
Hoarding things
Taking things apart
Wandering
Shitty memory
Needing pressure on your body to sleep
No use crying over spilt pilk!
He’s a sore loser, congrats @rosetta222 on winning! Your Narrator deserves a flower crown!
“May the best narrator win”
Signed the narrator 🦐
Cleaning up my files and forgot that I had all these wing studies from circa. 2015 so thought, y’know what, I don’t need to hold onto these, so have this as a little gift from me to whomst ever needs some quick wings for their OC’s, AU’s, and Art.
I spent years just lurking on tumblr but recently I’ve been making TSP content so I guess this is a TSP account now?they/void/ink/star/eye(Always feel free to message me or send in an ask <3)
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