Because it is bitter and because it is my heart.

Discovered last year I couldn’t look at my 2015 MacBook Air without it triggering nausea and migraines, and figured the screen died. Have been getting by on my phone, but concluded I really need a laptop again.

Saved up, realised I could afford a brand new MacBook Neo, and got one.

-And I couldn’t spend more than five minutes looking at the screen without massive eye strain, nausea, vertigo, and if I pushed it, I-need-to-lie-down-in-a-dark-room-for-hours migraines.

Looking up MacBook and Eyestrain explained what is going on. The liquid retina displays that Apple currently has uses Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. In order to give the screens a deeper depth of colour and contrast, PWM flickers between several hundred to thousand times a second.

And there is currently no way to turn it off. There are settings and apps to reduce it, but there is no way to stop the screen from flickering. Checked Apple forums, called Apple Support, and the time I could look at the screen kept shrinking. Got the laptop Tuesday, returned it Friday, today is Sunday and I’m still dealing with a vertigo migraine.

For MacBooks, it seems to vary on the computer model and the software it uses. In retrospect, the issue with my MacBook Air started after a major software update.

And it’s not just an Apple thing. Current Windows and Android screens do the same thing. There’s even a Reddit for people who are sensitive to PWM flickers to help find computers and screens that won’t trigger eyestrain and headaches.

So, yeah. This week has been a learning experience. But for those who are prone to headaches and migraines, this may be something to be aware of, cause I was not.

2. Your creativity matters and so does your ability to share it

3. Serial harassers in fandom spaces are beginning to express discomfort that sites like AO3 completely strip their ability to do anything about fic they don't like, sometimes going as far as leaving entire fandoms due to the influx of "problematic fiction without a chance for consequences to the author". Posting your fanworks to AO3 actively contributes to making harassers feel unsafe and powerless in fandom

4. Militant anti-fanfic content creators also cannot do anything about fic posted to AO3

5. You can post anonymously to AO3, with the ability to de-anonymize at any time

I'll remember to mention that.

The TikTok Team is back again with a Tag Wrangler Hear Me Out Cake.

I have been editing and coming up with tags and summary for what feels like the last 5 days (ed. note: actually two hours) and I do not have the stamina to do a lovely formatted fic post.

But! I can still put all the info here even though it is not beautifully formatted!

This was for a Fandom Trumps Hate auction won by the incredible @icemav86 who gave me some truly inspirational ideas and has been very patient while I worked on this fic for 19 years (ed. note: four months, give or take)

Our Live Subject Has Graciously Volunteered

Summary:

At Montresor Academy, there's an anatomy class that only gets taught once every few years or so. Professor Fisher is the only instructor, and he's very careful about his planning. Only very particular students are invited to participate, and even then only if he can find a suitable live subject: Someone easy to coerce, easy to manipulate, and most importantly, someone who won't make any complaints.

Fisher is very good at what he does, and this year he's struck gold. Quentin Cross is the most perfect subject he's ever found. This year's class is going be extremely special.

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At the front of the classroom, central to the main demonstration area, was a doctor’s examination chair, the sort with separated footrests for the legs, semi-reclined. Spotlights borrowed from the theater department were arranged around it. A camera on a tripod was positioned off to one side and a large projection screen was set up so that observers and subject would both be able to see the screen. Four chairs for those observers were placed in a semi-circle towards the front of the classroom.

“No,” Quentin said, looking ill. He took a step backwards. “No, I can’t. It’s impossible.” Archive Warnings: RNC, UAS

Tags (wow, pasting this in from AO3 seems to have brought the tag links along?! I have never seen this happen before but it looks cool so I'm leaving it that way):

Humiliation

Voyeurism

Bondage

Power Imbalance

Age Difference

Being Put on Display and Used As A Demonstration in a Class

Abuse of Authority

Nipple Play

Nipple Clamps

Ball Gags

Hoods

Forced Orgasm

Orgasm Control

Cock Cages

Rimming

Anal Fingering

Hole Inspection

Anal Sex

Non-Consensual Kissing

Non-Consensual Oral Sex

non-consensual pretty much everything to be honest

Caning

Impact Play

Figging

Multiple Aggressors Using the Victim Simultaneously

Punishment

tiny bit of Stockholm syndrome maybe

Boarding School

Teacher-Student Relationship

Implied/Referenced Incest

there's a little bit of on-screen incest but it's not between the main characters