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The Rule Piece is the sequel to The Maverick fic I wrote back in 2016 instead of studying for an exam lol. The Maverick is a coffee shop AU where Obi-Wan is a student, Qui-Gon owns a coffee shop, there's some shenanigans and I managed to include an entire subplot of murder and mayhem.
The Rule Piece is the sequel I started in 2018 which is still unfinished and has a load of material partly written for it, an obnoxious amount of notes hand-written researching a plethora of topics (of which I've lost track of maybe half over the years) and what I've wanted to try and work on and finish since I started it.
Where The Maverick was set within a relatively short period of time, its sequel covers a broader range of time with some of it being based almost 30 years prior to when The Maverick was set. I discuss some heavy topics and have parts of The Rule Piece set during time periods where tensions were very high, specifically in Northern Ireland. It is part of what makes The Rule Piece a much more labour-intensive fic to research and plan out than The Maverick was.
I actually plan to sort the notes and research for The Rule Piece out so I have it archived digitally instead of haphazardly spread across multiple notebooks. Once I've got that sorted, I should be able to actually seriously look at the fic and maybe get to writing the rest of it.
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my name's cougar but my friends call me mountain lion and my mama calls me puma and today's my first day at big cat high. i'm so nervous i hope they don't realize i'm not panthera >ܫ<
emo cheetah jughead smoking behind the school: it's hopeless, catamount. they'll never see us as 'real' big cats... us outcats gotta stick together -ﻌ•
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Oh that's a challenge! Just ten favourite sharks?? Oh this should be fun! Lets do this in reverse order, so from number 10 to 1 :D
Ten: Greenland Sharks!
Greenland sharks are one of the most long lived species of shark out there. They live in such cold waters that they age incredibly slowly and can live for literal centuries. Idk what others thing but I find that amazingly neat.
Mentioned here and here.
Nine: Basking Sharks!
I think the main reason I love Basking Sharks is because of where you can find them (around Scotland) as well as the fact that they're plankton-eaters who are huge af and ten times as chill as they are big. Idk, I've just always liked them. Whale sharks too but Basking sharks seem to get less love than Whale sharks so that's why I picked Basking sharks here.
Vaguely referenced here.
Eight: Blue Sharks!
I remember watching a David Attenborough documentary when I was a kid (twenty+ years ago) that had footage of Blue sharks and it absolutely locked me in. I ended up so fixated on the show that for Christmas that year my mother got me David's Blue Planet book and it legit had my brain explode from the sheer joy. That sense memory is forever tangled up in my love for Blue sharks and why they're on this list. I also love them because of the way they look and the fact that I always have a little giggle when Blue sharks get mistaken for Great Whites ngl.
I mention them here and also here.
Seven: Wobbegong Sharks!
These shag rugs from the 70s are absolute abominations to look at but I genuinely am delighted by that fact about them. A kind of carpet shark, they honestly spend most of their time chilling out on the sea floor in mid-shallows so the biggest danger for people is accidentally touching them because you think it's just part of the decor lol.
I talked about them here and also here.
Six: Short-Fin Mako Sharks!
I don't think I've really talked about these sharks before but I love them because they are so speedy! It's the fastest species of shark out there and shares a lot of similarities with the Blue Shark. They're not prone to attacking humans but there's been 10 recorded attacks in about 40 years, though only 3 were fatal.
I actually have one ask I've found where I mention them so that's something!
Five: Goblin Sharks!
They look so... Weird and ugly but like, in a way that also makes them oddly cute and adorable. To me, at least. They're such a rare species to see because they're deep-sea sharks but I love them anyway lol.
I've answered asks about them before (here) (and here) and I made a post about the new, amazing information we've learnt about them too!
Four: Great White sharks!
I've always loved seeing photos and videos of Great Whites because they're such power houses but, also, they're actually kinda chill. The main danger from them is their geographic range and how that puts them in contact with humans who are big enough for them to mistake for seals. They're incredibly beautiful, however, and I find them to be very majestic even with the 'scare' factor popular media has saturated them with.
Here's some asks I've answered where I talk/mention Great Whites btw: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Three: Lemon Sharks!
The thing about Lemon sharks that I love is that they're surprisingly possessive of divers they're familiar with. Like, they will bully Tiger sharks away from their favourite diver! Lemon sharks are, in all other ways, incredibly chill and there's (afaik) never been a recorded attack on a human by a Lemon shark. They're just sweet.
I talk about them here actually.
Two: Thresher Sharks!
The reason why I love Threshers (and why they're so high on my list) is because of their amazing evolutionary adaptation that has given them a literal whip for a tail! It fascinates me.
Mentioned here.
One: Small-Spotted Cat Sharks!
There's no real competition really for me in the end to have these sweethearts as my favourite shark, ngl. I've loved them since I was a kid and first saw them at the Blue Planet Aquarium lol. Think I always will tbh.
I've actually answered asks about my favourite shark before (here) (here) (and here) (also here if I didn't link it already) but I'm always happy to reiterate that my most beloved shark is this adorable baby :D
This is a general PSA to go speak to your doctor about any symptoms or concerns you've got about your health lol.
Okay so, idk how many of y'all are aware but my health and my relationship with looking after and addressing me health are equally shite.
More under cut bc some bits may bother folk.
TWs: vague mentions of attack; menstruation mentions; heart conditions.
I've been having some problems since before the attack in May (someone tried to choke me, yay) and a few weeks after the event, I developed when felt like swelling on the right side of my neck, down my shoulder, arm, and even parts of my chest. It made breathing Not Great and I went and got checked at the walk-in for it. They didn't really find anything and couldn't order tests for neurological stuff etc bc that's not what they're for unfortunately. So, they advised I try and see my GP to get tests run.
Then the heatwave hit and I refused to risk me ending up in hospital if doctor decided sth wasn't right (our hospitals are the Worst in summer bc AC always breaks and the windows are big and never really let air in so it's just a big ol brick kiln with radiators on even in summer too). So I waited that out until this week and-
I finally saw the doctor yesterday (Wednesday).
Thanks to multiple issues with the NHS, both pre- and post-COVID, trying to get an appointment at my GP's office is like impossible since it's been "call on the day at 8:00" for years now (even to try and get a meds review done is next to impossible even though they call you and tell you to make an appointment for it!!!).
However, if you're lucky, you can get to see the doctor if you go in-person to the GP's office and they have an open slot for you on the day to slip into. I had the dentist on Tuesday and after I thought, "well the GP is just 20 steps away from the dentist so might as well give it a try" and, shockingly, the receptionist legit was like "oh we can pre-book you one" like- since when?
Me @ the universe: holy shit they can do that now???
Anyway, naturally I said the socially acceptable version of "yes fuckin please omfg yes fuckin please" and the receptionist managed to book my an appointment for next day (Wednesday) at the over-capacity clinic (sad thing that they have a clinic for over-capacity but, honestly, kinda very thankful for that fact rn) and I went yesterday and- honestly? The doctor I saw was absolutely brilliant.
Like, brilliant brilliant.
I come in, tell her what my issue is (tingling across my face, possibly swelling along right side of my neck and body, etc) and she checks if I've had bloods recently because that's usually a good place to start from (spoiler: I haven't in two years, oops) and then!
Y'all! Then, one of the first things she asks me is how I am when I'm on my period and if that affects me. Like... I have NEVER been asked that by a doctor before (legit, even when I've gone in with actual period-related complaints I've not really been asked how it affects me compared to when I'm not having my internals attacked with a chainsaw with ghost pepper sauce slathered on it). Like, never had a doctor actually question me about the fatigue I experience during period and other things like nerve pain etc. Never. And especially never had a doctor even bother to consider the potential complicating factor of period in relation to my other conditions.
But she! actually! asked! and I was able to actually tell her that: "yes, actually, absolutely I have heavy af periods and I feel a thousand times worse across the board during them especially my joint and nerve pain and fatigue" and she actually listened to me and believed me right off the bat (no, 'are you sure' or dismissive vibes at all).
She took that on board and then, considering;
the way my periods make everything Worse, my fibro,
the fact that I have bilateral instead of unilateral tingling on my face (typically) ruling out some neurological concerns
and also the lack of bloods for two years at this point for her look at.
She orders me blood tests because she wants to see what my levels are when I'm not on my period and (if I remember correctly) what they are when I am on my period (legit never had any doctor even think of checking that before like, holy shit). Because, she wants to rule out any potential deficiency-related reasons for me to experience the bilateral tingling on my face (which she expected for me to tell her was decreasing over time but was more 'concerned' when I told her it's not fading so much as sometimes it'll be slightly tingly on my face and other times it'll be like I'm wearing a mask that makes the entirety of my face from the nose-down tingle) before moving on to trying other things that may simply be signs of my fibromyalgia treatment needing to be changed (like increasing my nerve-pain medication dosage).
If there's nothing deficiency-related causing my symptoms then she wants to try my nerve-pain meds because one of fibromyalgia's symptoms is paresthesia (basically abnormal sensations similar to 'pins-and-needles', tingling, or mild numbness that the central nervous system causes because it goes hyper when processing nerve signals sometimes).
If it's not my fibromyalgia causing it (or changing my medication dosage doesn't help) then she's going to do further investigation which could mean scans and more blood-letting.
A fun little complicating factor which may, ultimately be the culprit for all of this is that I have a congenital heart defect. Well, my arteries do. One of them, at least.
Basically, I have a narrower brachiocephalic artery of the carotid that sends blood and oxygen to my brain (the brachiocephalic artery branches off into two directions: one for the brain and the subclavian which goes to the right arm) there's also possibly a compression issue there but, since I've had physical evaluations (at the walk-in especially) that don't suggest any sort of blood flow problem, that's less likely unless the nerves near the carotid are being compressed. Which, may eventually mean I get an actual MRI (not an MRA like I got in May to check if I had a tear in my artery aka a carotid artery dissection. Which, tbf to A&E for doing their job, props to them, that was a major concern after the CT scan I got and ended up keeping me at the A&E overnight and well into the next day. The doctor refused to let me leave bc there was serious risk that I could have a fuckin stroke or need a stent to prevent a stroke and they needed to get an MRA done to really make sure they knew what was going on with the artery in the right side of my neck and that led to "surprise, it's not a tear; your inner-artery is narrower than normal and means there's a bigger gap between the inner- and outer-artery which we couldn't tell on just a CT scan, you're fine!" 36 hours of being awake after most of a day awake and, like, 4 hours sleep prior... That was not a fun experience at all).
So yeah... Anyway, by some miracle, I was able to get an appointment for blood tests today (Thursday, woo) and I'm gonna have so much blood drawn from me (rip me, I guess) before, probably, ending up with a repeat blood letting when I'm next on my period. I probably should have mentioned to the GP when I'm next on but I didn't think of that at the time lol.
Minor chaos ensued when arrived for blood tests. Couldn't find my blood form on the system so went from walk-in to out patients blood clinic and back again before receptionist at walk-in managed to get my gp receptionist to forward the blood form. Now I'm waiting for the vampires to have at me before I'll be allowed to leave and stumble back into the sunlight and hopefully not turn into a pile of ash lol.
This is a general PSA to go speak to your doctor about any symptoms or concerns you've got about your health lol.
Okay so, idk how many of y'all are aware but my health and my relationship with looking after and addressing me health are equally shite.
More under cut bc some bits may bother folk.
TWs: vague mentions of attack; menstruation mentions; heart conditions.
I've been having some problems since before the attack in May (someone tried to choke me, yay) and a few weeks after the event, I developed when felt like swelling on the right side of my neck, down my shoulder, arm, and even parts of my chest. It made breathing Not Great and I went and got checked at the walk-in for it. They didn't really find anything and couldn't order tests for neurological stuff etc bc that's not what they're for unfortunately. So, they advised I try and see my GP to get tests run.
Then the heatwave hit and I refused to risk me ending up in hospital if doctor decided sth wasn't right (our hospitals are the Worst in summer bc AC always breaks and the windows are big and never really let air in so it's just a big ol brick kiln with radiators on even in summer too). So I waited that out until this week and-
I finally saw the doctor yesterday (Wednesday).
Thanks to multiple issues with the NHS, both pre- and post-COVID, trying to get an appointment at my GP's office is like impossible since it's been "call on the day at 8:00" for years now (even to try and get a meds review done is next to impossible even though they call you and tell you to make an appointment for it!!!).
However, if you're lucky, you can get to see the doctor if you go in-person to the GP's office and they have an open slot for you on the day to slip into. I had the dentist on Tuesday and after I thought, "well the GP is just 20 steps away from the dentist so might as well give it a try" and, shockingly, the receptionist legit was like "oh we can pre-book you one" like- since when?
Me @ the universe: holy shit they can do that now???
Anyway, naturally I said the socially acceptable version of "yes fuckin please omfg yes fuckin please" and the receptionist managed to book my an appointment for next day (Wednesday) at the over-capacity clinic (sad thing that they have a clinic for over-capacity but, honestly, kinda very thankful for that fact rn) and I went yesterday and- honestly? The doctor I saw was absolutely brilliant.
Like, brilliant brilliant.
I come in, tell her what my issue is (tingling across my face, possibly swelling along right side of my neck and body, etc) and she checks if I've had bloods recently because that's usually a good place to start from (spoiler: I haven't in two years, oops) and then!
Y'all! Then, one of the first things she asks me is how I am when I'm on my period and if that affects me. Like... I have NEVER been asked that by a doctor before (legit, even when I've gone in with actual period-related complaints I've not really been asked how it affects me compared to when I'm not having my internals attacked with a chainsaw with ghost pepper sauce slathered on it). Like, never had a doctor actually question me about the fatigue I experience during period and other things like nerve pain etc. Never. And especially never had a doctor even bother to consider the potential complicating factor of period in relation to my other conditions.
But she! actually! asked! and I was able to actually tell her that: "yes, actually, absolutely I have heavy af periods and I feel a thousand times worse across the board during them especially my joint and nerve pain and fatigue" and she actually listened to me and believed me right off the bat (no, 'are you sure' or dismissive vibes at all).
She took that on board and then, considering;
the way my periods make everything Worse, my fibro,
the fact that I have bilateral instead of unilateral tingling on my face (typically) ruling out some neurological concerns
and also the lack of bloods for two years at this point for her look at.
She orders me blood tests because she wants to see what my levels are when I'm not on my period and (if I remember correctly) what they are when I am on my period (legit never had any doctor even think of checking that before like, holy shit). Because, she wants to rule out any potential deficiency-related reasons for me to experience the bilateral tingling on my face (which she expected for me to tell her was decreasing over time but was more 'concerned' when I told her it's not fading so much as sometimes it'll be slightly tingly on my face and other times it'll be like I'm wearing a mask that makes the entirety of my face from the nose-down tingle) before moving on to trying other things that may simply be signs of my fibromyalgia treatment needing to be changed (like increasing my nerve-pain medication dosage).
If there's nothing deficiency-related causing my symptoms then she wants to try my nerve-pain meds because one of fibromyalgia's symptoms is paresthesia (basically abnormal sensations similar to 'pins-and-needles', tingling, or mild numbness that the central nervous system causes because it goes hyper when processing nerve signals sometimes).
If it's not my fibromyalgia causing it (or changing my medication dosage doesn't help) then she's going to do further investigation which could mean scans and more blood-letting.
A fun little complicating factor which may, ultimately be the culprit for all of this is that I have a congenital heart defect. Well, my arteries do. One of them, at least.
Basically, I have a narrower brachiocephalic artery of the carotid that sends blood and oxygen to my brain (the brachiocephalic artery branches off into two directions: one for the brain and the subclavian which goes to the right arm) there's also possibly a compression issue there but, since I've had physical evaluations (at the walk-in especially) that don't suggest any sort of blood flow problem, that's less likely unless the nerves near the carotid are being compressed. Which, may eventually mean I get an actual MRI (not an MRA like I got in May to check if I had a tear in my artery aka a carotid artery dissection. Which, tbf to A&E for doing their job, props to them, that was a major concern after the CT scan I got and ended up keeping me at the A&E overnight and well into the next day. The doctor refused to let me leave bc there was serious risk that I could have a fuckin stroke or need a stent to prevent a stroke and they needed to get an MRA done to really make sure they knew what was going on with the artery in the right side of my neck and that led to "surprise, it's not a tear; your inner-artery is narrower than normal and means there's a bigger gap between the inner- and outer-artery which we couldn't tell on just a CT scan, you're fine!" 36 hours of being awake after most of a day awake and, like, 4 hours sleep prior... That was not a fun experience at all).
So yeah... Anyway, by some miracle, I was able to get an appointment for blood tests today (Thursday, woo) and I'm gonna have so much blood drawn from me (rip me, I guess) before, probably, ending up with a repeat blood letting when I'm next on my period. I probably should have mentioned to the GP when I'm next on but I didn't think of that at the time lol.
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