#pmt

PMT “set [their bike] on the lawn, leaning against the inside of the fence.” leaning is the key word here. why are they leaning the bike on the fence? does it not have a kickstand? most street bikes have kickstands. the only ones that don’t are for extreme motorcross, not street legal, and built solely for dirt. So it would look something like this:

worth noting that this is a KTM 300 which is really nice and PMT's bike is "...about the shittiest, smallest, cheapest bike ever, and it’s used..." so assume much smaller and shittier then this one. But also, please note: No kick stand, and especially nothing that makes it street legal (plates, headlight, taillight, signals, mirrors) Okay, so what? Well, PMT then begins "...Unlocking and lifting the seat of the motorcycle, [to] retrieve the shirt [they] had stowed away..." These hardcore enduros, and even most sport, naked, and cruisers Do Not have under seat storage, especially locking under seat storage. The only thing that does? Scooters.

Eat your heart out, taylor hebert.

Brief Side Notes here: While our protaganist is referred to as Blake in this chapter, we can assume this is world-editing fuckery, given the snip doesn't happen until 4mo later with Molly's death. Also, we do see them mention a helmet. However, they are also wearing paint covered "...jeans, the lap striped with narrow streaks in various colors." This means that either PMT doesn't wear gear (squid status confirmed) or they wear armored jeans around regularly to the point of getting paint on them from the Toronto artists/dykes.

Later on in the chapter, though, the bike has been "Tipped over in a way that had scraped it hard against the stone wall. Headlight and taillight broken." So it does have lights, and is thus street legal. In conclusion: Given the text in this chapter, we can assume the PMT/Blake's bike is either 1) a plated, street-legal converted dirtbike with no kickstand (It is mentioned as leaning against the fence twice, proving "Leaning" is a deliberate choice) and the seat thing is a continuity error. or 2) the bike is a shitty scooter with no kickstand. or 3) the kickstand AND seat are both continuity errors and blake rides an older model cruiser (my personal HC given. Everything about PMT)

See the storage saddlebags BESIDES the seat, not below. So yeah. Either the bike is a magic fiction model macguffin that doesn't exist and just does whatever it needs for narrative purposes. OR (more likely) Wildbow just doesn't know how to write bikes.

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Taking spasmolytics and painkillers 3-4 days before the estimated cycle (per my gynecologist’s instruction);

Drinking herbal tea instead of black and green tea (chamomile, mint);

Hot water bottle. Helps immensely. I just fill an empty plastic bottle (or two) with hot water from the tap and curl around it. The hardest thing is to make myself get off the bed to fetch it;

Taking sedative drops to help with the emotional rollercoaster during PMS (I’m not ashamed to admit that I feel weepy and irritable before the period hits and I need some assistance);

Drinking lots of water when it’s 1st and 2nd day of period;

Taking prescribed painkillers that can deal with cramps that spasmolytics can’t deal with (there’s nothing bad in taking painkillers even if people call you a “wimp” and shake their heads at your “weakness”);

Taking a day off during the 1st and/or 2nd day of period (if possible because the stress of “I’m gonna be bright and alert and productive in three hours” makes things much, much worse);

Eating junk food (yeah, yeah, the doctors tell us not to but I just feel so much better after a pack of crisps and a cup of tea with milk chocolate during PMS);

Doing easy stretching on bed. Not even on a mat, nothing serious. Cat-cow pose, then I stretch my arms until my chest touches the surface and stretch while still not changing the position of knees);