I started using Head and Shoulders ten years ago for itchy scalp and dandruff, and then for ten years I have not had itchy scalp and dandruff, so I thought “why do I still buy shampoo to combat itchy scalp and dandruff when I do not have itchy scalp and dandruff,” so I stopped buying the shampoo for itchy scalp and dandruff and can you guess I have now? Can you predict what currently afflicts me? It’s alright if you can’t because apparently I fuckin couldn’t either
Cutting something out of your life because you think you don’t need it any more only to realize that it was in fact working as intended and preventing a problem that will return should you stop doing this is a good experiment to run periodically with something small like dandruff shampoo, lest you start to think it would be a good idea to do this with like let’s say public health and the social safety net and vaccines
I had a liver transplant when I was 14 and like six months later I was chatting with my surgeon and he said “there’s gonna come a time, probably when you’re a teenager, where you’re gonna think, ‘I feel great, why am I still taking all this medication? I haven’t needed it in years.’ and you’re gonna want to stop taking all this medication. Guess what’s gonna happen then? You’re gonna go into rejection and your liver is gonna start failing, and you’re gonna be dying again, and we’re gonna have to find you another liver. So don’t do that.” And I said “why the fuck would anyone do that?” and he said “people are stupid.”
every once in a while when I get annoyed by a pharmacy or don’t wanna get out of bed to do my drugs I think “ugh, this is dumb, why do I do this?” and that conversation slams into me like a truck and I remember that I am, in fact, stupid
what if I made my final project for a college class arguing my immortal’s cultural merit as a piece of digital folklore… haha just kidding… unless???
update 2: well i gave my presentation in full Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way cosplay
and enough people were intrigued by the greater My Immortal mythos that my professor asked me if I would be interested in doing a second, longer presentation about the authorship debate and the background Harry Potter fanfiction community drama
You’re going to accidentally get a masters in understanding bad fiction.
2. Sokka just showed up to the Northern Water Tribe with a boomerang and some cool stories and Chief Arnook was like “I respect this boy more than I have ever respected Hahn and I trust him with my daughter’s life”
3. The Earth King just vibed with him so hard? Kuei met this random water tribe kid who was able to articulate about 4 things and was like “I like this kid, I would trust him with my life, give all the nice belts to the water tribe boy.” But more importantly, Bumi vibed with him as he was Aang’s friend (because we all know Bumi is the REAL Earth King).
4. Prince of the Fire Nation is WEAK for him and would break into the most secure fire nation prison despite being a wanted traitor to help him out
5. Azula may not like him, but he has been one of the only people who’s successfully intimidated her and she respects him as a leader (The Day of Black Sun, The Boiling Rock)
Katara might be sweet and polite when necessary, but she’s not here to be confined by your polite society or gender norms. Sokka on the other hand, is a Stuff™ Gremlin and loves being treated like the treasure he is and every royal figure he comes across just picks up on that and wants to validate him.
“I’m sort of a prince myself” yes you are you bisexual disaster, yes you are