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First things first: thank you for being my first official ask! (I think…) Also sorry for the REALLY big word splat.

To answer your question, yes! Granted I’ve only really thought of illness and health headcanons though. I think I’ve posted a less detailed version of some before…but I don’t know.

My first headcanon is: canonically, we know dust-keepers don’t sneeze. They would blow away the precious pixie dust if they did. But, I think that’s only partially true. They can’t sneeze when healthy or on the job…but they gain the ability to sneeze when sick. It not only gives them that sinking feeling of realization, but it lets the other fairies around them (if there are any) know EXACTLY what’s happening.

This next part is my health ledger. I’m going to be honest…I did use AI to organize/develop my ideas. But most of the ideas there are mine. Some I got inspired from elsewhere (like real life science or another fanfiction) But ngl the AI actually did help because it forced me to personally think about aspects that I’ve never thought about before. Moving on though:

Pixie Hollow Medical Ledger (Definitive Edition)

Maintained by the Healing Talents of Pixie Hollow

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I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Any fairy may become ill or injured regardless of age or talent

Talent does not grant immunity

Illness and injury often interfere with talent function

Proper treatment and rest are essential

Neglect worsens all conditions

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II. ILLNESSES

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Fairy Flu

Type: Systemic illness

Prevalence: Common

Severity: Moderate to severe

Symptoms

Fever

Coughing & sneezing

Congestion

Sore throat

Headache & dizziness

Muscle aches

Severe fatigue

Nausea

Talent Effects

(Author’s Note: I’m aware some talents are missing, I’m just not sure how they would be affected by the flu.)

Frost: sloppy, uneven patterns

Water: unstable or sluggish flow

Garden: wilted or weak growth

Light: light slips through fingers

Tinker: mild brain fog, reduced problem solving.

Dust-keepers/alchemists: pixie dust repels away (magnet-like behavior)

Animal (warm and winter)

May forget specific animal languages

May hear normal sounds instead of meaning

Severe Cases

Talent may temporarily disappear

Treatment

Strict rest

3 dried and ground rosehips in hot sassafras tea three times a day

Outcome

Full recovery expected

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Fairy Colds

Type: Mild respiratory illness

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Warm Fairy Colds

Symptoms

Sore throat

Runny/stuffy nose

Headache

Sneezing/coughing

Mild fatigue

Notes

Fever rare

Minimal talent impact

Care

Rest and warmth

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Winter Fairy Colds

(Author’s Note: I personally believe winter fairies don’t get sick with colds that often due to them being hardy and living in a harsh environment. But because of that…when they DO get colds, they’re REALLY bad and mess with their talent.)

Symptoms

Fever (always present)

Severe sore throat

Heavy congestion

Intense coughing and sneezing

Moderate to severe fatigue

Headache

Possible voice loss

Talent Effects (Triggered by coughing & sneezing for the first three)

Frost: large uncontrolled bursts of frost (A.N. I got the idea from @ranibell’s ideas for when Periwinkle gets sick)

Glacier: medium ice block formation

Snowflake: miniature blizzards

Winter animal: auditory confusion (fairy vs animal voices)

Care

Rest

Limit speaking

Outcome

Full recovery

Fluttering Flight

Type: Wing coordination illness

Symptoms

Wing tremors

Irregular wingbeats

Difficulty hovering

Inability to fly straight

Treatment

Added to daily pixie dust ration:

1 scoop dandelion fluff

5 ground hawkweed hairs

3 minced speedwell petals

(A.N. I personally believe each aspect of the remedy deals with a specific flight aspect: dandelion fluff for altitude, hawkweed hairs for agility, and speedwell petals for speed)

Recovery

With treatment: up to 3 days

Without treatment: 10-14 days

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Hazy Glows (A.N. Obviously it deals with a fairy’s glow…but the name also made me think of “hazy thoughts”)

Type: Exhaustion-induced illness

Cause

Prolonged overwork

Multiple nights without proper reset

Symptoms

Cognitive

Mental fog

Slowed thinking

Difficulty concentrating

Impaired memory retrieval (knowledge intact, access difficult)

Physical

Moderate fatigue

Reduced stamina

Glow

Faded, cloudy-looking and flickering (stable)

Talent Effects

Talents weakened, not lost

Physical talents: sluggish, imprecise

Cognitive talents: unsafe due to impaired clarity

Treatment

Strict rest

Cure scrub (3 days)

1 crushed sunflower seed, 3 grated fireweed petals, sprinkling of goldenseal pollen

Outcome

Full recovery

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Fairy Pox

Type: Contagious illness

Prevalence: Outbreaks every few years

Severity: Moderate

Notes

Any fairy can contract it

No immunity

First infection is worst

Symptoms (A.N. Granted we do know about the multicolored spots and the dangerous sleepiness parts, courtesy of Prilla and the Butterfly Lie. But I personally believe it can also be pretty itchy and also manifest other symptoms like our own chicken pox)

Multicolored spots across body

Itching

Fever

Moderate to severe fatigue

Headache

Sore throat

Stomach ache

Muted but stable glow

Treatment

Mandatory hospitalization

Daily oral remedy: (A.N. Again, we do know about the daisy pollen remedy, but as pollen is powdery, I thought of a way to actually administer it )

Test tube with 2/4 water, 1/4 daisy pollen, and 1/4 air to allow mixture by shaking.

Rest

Topical itch relief

Duration

7–10 days with outcome as full recovery

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Fairy Distemper

Type: Rare, highly contagious severe illness

Prevalence: Extremely rare

Symptoms (A.N. Again, we know some symptoms courtesy of The Trouble with Tink. Decided to develop it a bit more)

Insomnia

Persistent coughing

Glow discoloration (any color)

Skin discoloration (any color) (A.N. Actually got that idea from one of @ask-the-fairies’s answers)

Complete loss of talent

Treatment

No established cure

Supportive care

Mandatory hospitalization

Duration

Approximately one month (A.N. Part of what makes it so detrimental is the long duration…the other is there’s no known cure)

Outcome

May resolve naturally

Talent returns after recovery

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Disbelief

Type: Acute fatal condition

Cause: Loss of human belief in fairies

Symptoms

Severe fatigue

Glow destabilization

Weakness

Cognition intact (A.N. Which differentiates it from Hazy Glows)

Treatment

Intervention by Prilla

Outcome

Fatal within 24 hours if untreated (Taken in part from Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland and the very very rare English book Prilla and the Fading Fairies. I do want to read it myself one day…)

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III. WING ANATOMY

Two translucent membranes attached to the back

No blood vessels; nerves present (A.N. Taken from the Secret of the Wings movie and subsequent fanfiction. Tink definitely seemed to be in pain when she first broke her wing after flying to winter. Also I believe wings get their oxygen from the surrounding air)

Extremely sturdy under normal conditions (A.N. While they can be wrinkled, they don’t seem to be able to rip easily.)

Moisture

Contain microscopic internal moisture (A.N. I know, I know, this goes against everything the franchise tells us about wings…but I personally believe that that moisture is precisely why wings are so sturdy and is also part of the reason why warm fairy wings break in winter.)

Absorb external water

Water Effects

Wet wings prevent flight

Drying takes several hours

Flight Mechanics

Wings provide control and balance

Pixie dust provides lift and endurance

Individuality

All wings unique

Identical only in same-laugh siblings

Sibling wings glow pink and blue when near

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IV. BROKEN WINGS

General Rules

No cure (except sibling restoration)

Permanent loss of flight

Lifelong pain (A.N. Again, all the fanfictions involving Milori…)

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Warm Fairy Wings (Cold Exposure)

(A.N. I got the idea from the real science involving water seeping into rock cracks. When it freezes it expands and splinters the rock apart)

Internal moisture freezes and expands

Membrane fractures internally

Wings break even when dry

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Winter Fairy Wings (Heat Exposure)

Wings wither and become brittle

Nerves temporarily shut down (numbness) (A.N. Courtesy of Periwinkle saying she couldn’t feel her wings in SOTW)

If Returned to Winter in Time

Wings reform

Nerves reactivate

Must not fly immediately (A.N. Important: got the idea from Ao3. Author is emrys (living shitpost), fanfiction is “we’ll take it all in stride”, Basically Periwinkle returns to winter, her wings reform, she tries flying under Milori’s guidance…and one of her wings subsequently snaps from the strain. Link below)

http://archiveofourown.org/works/37879060

If Warmth Exposure Continues

Wings melt

Refreeze incorrectly

Nerve reactivation causes extremely severe pain

Partial amputation required (A.N. Idea courtesy of a WoS fanfiction featuring Milori returning to Winter after his wings start melting)

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Partial Breaks (All Fairies)

(A.N. This entire section is also based on emrys’s “we’ll take it all in stride”.)

Treated with sap and splints

Immobilization required

Less than 10% success rate

Failure:

Sap detaches

Additional wing loss occurs

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Sibling Restoration (Exception)

Only same-laugh siblings

Identical wings placed together

Glow intensifies

Broken wing rebuilds using sibling pattern

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V. LIFE WITH BROKEN WINGS

Walking unaffected

No flight

Pixie Dust (A.N. Hey, they may not be able to use it to fly…but they can at least use it to add a little more sparkle to their talent. I consider it a bit of kindness that they’re still allowed dust.)

Reduced to ¼ teacup ration

Used for:

talent enhancement

Lifting objects or animals

Support

Animal companions assist mobility

Pain relief remedies available

Physical therapy prevents muscle atrophy

Mental health support available

Glow

Unchanged

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VI. SEASONAL CROSSING (A.N. Granted, I do believe Zarina eventually makes protection dusts for both Winter and Warm fairies. Courtesy of this author’s Tinkerbell fics:

https://archiveofourown.org/users/october1/pseuds/dmrobb

Until she does however, these are the regulations)

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Warm Fairies → Winter

Requirements

Wings must be frosted by a frost fairy (protocol)

Frost:

does not wear off in Winter

acts as insulation

Additional Requirement

Warm clothing required to prevent hypothermia

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Winter Fairies → Warm Seasons

Protection

Must remain within snowmaker range

Critical Rule

Must return before snowmaker ice is depleted (A.N. Granted I know there’s a huge plot hole with Clank and the snowmaker in the Pirate Fairy. But to make it more believable: I believe the Stadium is in the Spring Area, plus it was nighttime, so it melted slower than it would in Summer. That’s the best I can come up with right now…)

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Heat Exposure (Winter Fairies)

Outside snowmaker protection:

Heat stress and wing damage occur simultaneously

Symptoms

Flushed face

Sweating

Dizziness

Nausea

Fatigue

Wing withering and degradation

Published in the hide BIBLE (by Akemi Oshima) 2008

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