started writing more arm recently. also started watching the pitt and the new scrubs series which means i have courtney & prudence on the brain again. thinking about how different species would respond to different medical emergencies and what hospital staffing would look like in that universe. few things before i commit to sharing the big ol doc im putting together
'witch' is a shorthand for anyone who practices divination, personal or communal health, and alters autonomy/appearance/wealth of oneself through means of materials accessed through our world or another 'spiritual' plane of existence. in this world there are no clear labels between magic users outside of media representation; if you get your powers from a patron or a higher power or study the practices for years and years and years or you just born like that youll be classified on like all accounts as a witch.
witch doctors are only local to their personal communities, like their families or tribes based on the regulations in their area. recently watched rungano nyoni's "i am not a witch", where the women in their village are dubbed as witches if they so much as cause any disturbance to their social structure and are put to work under exploitative labor conditions. this i think works in the arm universe as well. outside of certain social orders, a witch doctor or anyone using 'unnaturally holistic' treatments on themselves or others in certain parts of the world may be arrested and forced to do hard labor or, like in i am not a witch, take part in law enforcement and government hearings with their ability to manipulate autonomy or other material conditions
witches are not allowed to work in hospitals as doctors, as well as another other oddform like vampires, werewolves/lycanthropes, or fae, hybrid fauna (centaurs, harpies, etc), due to perceived biases that they may not be able to 'control themselves' around certain patients or 'provocations' ie a vampire being around a lot of blood or a lycan on their 'time of the month'. witches especially arent allowed to perform protections or summonings in or around a hospital if it would alter someone's autonomy, health, or get in the way of standard procedures. things like prayers or a patient being allowed to wear their protections (if it's a recognized religion, not every 'witch religion' is recognized) because patrons or gods dont really Intervene if its your time
