"I shall be draped in white...one way or another."

anyways, if you're a trans girl and have never used a tampon before, here's some tips

- you shouldn't be able to really feel it, if you do it isn't tilted correctly or it's not far enough in. in my experience the easiest way to put in a tampon is squatting and tilting slightly forward but experiment and see what feels best for you

- it's completely normal to take a few attempts to get in correctly , that's what the string is for (easy removal)

- if you lose the string you can just Go Up There and pull it out, it's just more messy

- even though you don't bleed, do not leave it in for long. i'm serious. you can still get toxic shock syndrome, it's not pretty and you will need serious medical intervention. change tampons at least every 8 hours

- probably common sense but ill add anyways, tampons expand when absorbing fluid! do not worry if it's a little struggle to get out that's normal (but if you're having a REALLY hard time that is not, probably size down your tampon)

What is granulation tissue?

[Cyprozombiegirl] Granulation tissue is a normal tissue that forms underneath where the skin will form, its bright red and shiny (and painful to the touch). Unfortunately when the injured/cut area is consistently wet often too much of this tissue forms and prevents skin from growing over it. When this happens it’s called hypergranulation and needs to be chemically burned away. If you’ve got some but not a lot though, not enough to technically be hypergranulation but on the way there, you can use hypersaline to treat it.

It can’t stop anything once you’ve fully got hypergranulation, but if it’s only granulation it seems to help a lot. I found out about this from a friend whose special interest is bottom surgery

To Make The HyperSaline Solution

[Cyprozombiegirl] mix 2 teaspoons of table salt with 1 cup of warm water (which you’ve boiled for at least 20min) in a clean container until the salt dissolves. soak tampon in it. Insert tampon (this can be tricky because it will rapidly expand, so I suggest getting one for light flow).

[Dilsdoes] hi! just a note: make sure the salt youre using is non iodized! generally for saline solutions used internally like this you want to avoid iodized salt. it tends to irritate mucous membranes

Further information on Tampons can be searched online or on the Tampon box.

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A diagram for how to apply a tampon in a (neo)vagina.

1. Tampon inside a tampon applicator, with tampon chord (a string used to pull the tampon out).

2. Hand with the tampon itself pointed towards the palm and body. Index finger over the Tampon applicator plunger.

3. Spreading vaginal opening with the other hand, and placing the tampon with tampon applicator towards the vaginal entrance. Legs spread apart.

4. Push tampon applicator plunger with index finger, with tampon inside, to push it further inside.

5. Take out tampon applicator. The tampon should be secured inside the vaginal canal, with tampon chord hanging outside of the vagina.

you want something that looks like this:

Make sure to soak the tampon while it is in the applicator. do not remove it from the plastic casing (blue in this picture) or you will be unable to put it in.

I would also highly recommend avoiding tampax pearl tampons or anything similar. This means anything that advertises itself as having a thicker string or "leak protection". Firstly, if youre not bleeding or otherwise oversaturating the tampon with liquid you wont need it (yet again a reason to soak the tampon while its in the applicator). Secondly, that thicker string can be massively uncomfortable even for people used to wearing tampons (which can also be an issue if you dont yet know how to differentiate between "is this tampon not in properly?" and "the string on this brand fucking sucks eggs".) If youve never worn one, save yourself the trouble. A thin tampon string you shouldnt be able to feel is best.

If the tampon string breaks (which, if youre worried about this, dont be. It's extremely unlikely, I've had it happen once in my many years of wearing exclusively tampons) bear down like youre taking a shit and it should start to come out on its own. This can also help if youre having trouble taking it out or are just nervous. Like mentioned above, this can be even easier if youre in something of a squatting position, such as by putting a stool under your feet.

Walking on hot coal, in Abrahamic religions at least, is a symbol of purification and repentance, you aren't forced to walk on coal for no reason.

Act 1 is purgatory(the pilgrims & penitents try to prove themselves holy enough & pass difficult trials), Act 2 is Paradise (you explore heaven and meet "god"), Act 3 is hell. (A dark scary region below the world comes in, everything becomes terrible, the protagonist thinks she made an irredeemable mistake)

Obviously there's a twist (otherwise there'd be no story;) - the suffering of the pilgrims looks pretty senseless, the "heaven" they seek is a big fat lie & its god is an asshole/ tyrannical ruler, & Hornet not only redeems herself but also extracts Lace from "hell".

Might be seen as symbolic of also extending compassion/forgiveness to her own child self by saving a misguided child.

You can say that Hornet would've carried the guilt for things she didn't do all her life.

Her mom bought her existence with a faustian bargain of sorts; Herrah probably never wanted her daughter to feel like she "owed a debt" (just to get have an *alive* kid before she has to jump in the woodchipper for the common good) but Hornet still ended up feeling that way - plus there's the survivor guilt of being the only one of her siblings who got to have a normal-ish upbringing (as a princess, at that)

The she spent ages mopping up the mess when her father's plan went up in flames & he flat out wasn 't strong enough to persist in the doomed world he had created.

Add to this the new revelation that most of the Weavers (bar her mom) never accepted her (it's not explicitly stated but not far fetched to infer that she kinda ended up having their mommy issues taken out on her... there's prolly a reason Herrah ended up handing her half of the custody to Vespa (who in the flashback explicitly says something like "you must defend yourself against those who would fear you or use you because of your nature") & not one of her sisters.)

Now that it has been pointed out, I can also see the Dante's inferno inspiration in some parts.

Walking on hot coal, in Abrahamic religions at least, is a symbol of purification and repentance, you aren't forced to walk on coal for no reason.

Act 1 is purgatory(the pilgrims & penitents try to prove themselves holy enough & pass difficult trials), Act 2 is Paradise (you explore heaven and meet "god"), Act 3 is hell. (A dark scary region below the world comes in, everything becomes terrible, the protagonist thinks she made an irredeemable mistake)

Obviously there's a twist (otherwise there'd be no story;) - the suffering of the pilgrims looks pretty senseless, the "heaven" they seek is a big fat lie & its god is an asshole/ tyrannical ruler, & Hornet not only redeems herself but also extracts Lace from "hell".

Might be seen as symbolic of also extending compassion/forgiveness to her own child self by saving a misguided child.

You can say that Hornet would've carried the guilt for things she didn't do all her life.

Her mom bought her existence with a faustian bargain of sorts; Herrah probably never wanted her daughter to feel like she "owed a debt" (just to get have an *alive* kid before she has to jump in the woodchipper for the common good) but Hornet still ended up feeling that way - plus there's the survivor guilt of being the only one of her siblings who got to have a normal-ish upbringing (as a princess, at that)

The she spent ages mopping up the mess when her father's plan went up in flames & he flat out wasn 't strong enough to persist in the doomed world he had created.

Add to this the new revelation that most of the Weavers (bar her mom) never accepted her (it's not explicitly stated but not far fetched to infer that she kinda ended up having their mommy issues taken out on her... there's prolly a reason Herrah ended up handing her half of the custody to Vespa (who in the flashback explicitly says something like "you must defend yourself against those who would fear you or use you because of your nature") & not one of her sisters.)

Now that it has been pointed out, I can also see the Dante's inferno inspiration in some parts.

Yoh dislikes Jordan but sexy is sexy

"Yes, actually," they say with a smile. "I need you to bring the plum pudding closer"