#idk if those are the rules at all

[be-side-my-self]

10 characters I am attracted to!

Tagged by @densofyarrow ... ten days ago.

This is really hard because I am rarely attracted to fictional characters? I didn't manage to find ten... also many of them are... thin cases. Also I ship many of them with other characters which will instantly mute my attraction. XD ... so no guarantee about the order.

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#10 ??????? idk I’d probably find another One Piece Character. Maybe just Oscar from Syberia? But then I kind of ship him with Kate so that would be weird too... idk.

#09 Bobby Fulbright - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies (don’t question this............ Bobby ;_; we hardly knew you... or maybe we did.)

#08 Boromir - Lord of the Rings (Book version ... yeah... when I got older he became more interesting? idk)

#07 Vimes - Discworld books (like... It’s him or Vetinari if you’re into men, let’s be real! But also Vimes/Sybil = OTP)

#06 Hannemann - Fire Emblem Three Houses (I do ship him with Manuela but... I dig the gentleman scholar vibes.)

#05 Ponder - Discworld books (I like my men either lawful and/or loyal and/or good and/or so fucking nerdy that couldn't function in the real world)

#04 Vice-Admiral Momonga - One Piece (There is just something about him... idk)

#03 Dedue - Fire Emblem Three Houses (There is a trend of me enjoying to romance the right hand man of the "main characters")

#02 Kuririn - Dragon Ball Z (so the adult version... fml I had a real crush on him... I just remembered that I got really upset when I learned that he was together with Android 18... lmao. I was young. Also in reality I’m more attracted to men who are around my own height... so... that was the first indicator for that?)

#01 Mr. Husbando: Frederick - Fire Emblem Awakening

Please I need me a freak like that. And with freak I mean a battle butler who loves fire as much as I do and is too loyal for his own good.

Damn I wish he was real and I could have him.

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I tag no one, because I don’t want to annoy anyone. But you can always tag me, I don’t mind! Thank you!

Oh wait... @burning-peanut if you want to?

#about myself #fictional characters #attraction to characters? #idk if those are the rules at all #also sorry for being so late #Also really Freddy is the only one who gets the husbando tag #Wow the way I just remembered that I had a real crush on Kuririn #weird #but true #I love loyal men #I’m willing to share you with your liege but in your free time you’re mine #I love lawful good men #There are also at least three in there that count as cops #suprise no travis though #because I ship him with Laura #he belongs to Laura #So my attraction to him is instantly muted XD #no idea why my brain works that way #also let me post this before I get kicked off tumblr again

[lord-squiggletits]

With all due respect IDW Megatron is the kind of dad that would go out to get cigarettes and then never see his kids again considering that's what he did to all of the Decepticons leaving on the Lost Light + he groomed Tarn into worshipping him as a mentor/authority figure and then basically stopped caring about him.

#squiggposting #a meme was posted in a discord chat and we discussed #i think all dad comparisons should be purely for memes and not lik #textually interpreting characters as being parentz #but still come on megs would be a horrible dad ksfjaidjsj #at the very least he's so full of personal issues that i would see him seriously struggling #idk idw megs can be like an AUTHORITY FIGURE or someone who lays down the rules #but he's like 0 percent nurturing or emotionally communicative #he has almost no ability to be vulnerable and is overall very cutting in the way he speaks #idk like i'm not gonna say YOUR HEADCANON IS WRONG if people like dadly megatron #but this is just one of those things i dont agree with the fandom memes and jokes

[suncrat]

Maybe I’m just dumb so if someone has an explanation for this pls help me out but it’s kinda odd to me that Gwen, one of the spiderpeople whose universe is extremely visually distinct from Miles’s universe, doesn’t keep her world’s watercolor/color-changing aesthetic in other universes. Like she basically looks like someone from Miles’s universe when she’s not in her own universe, whereas other spiderpeople from visually distinct universes (like Hobie, Noir, and Peni) maintain their universe’s aesthetics regardless of what universe they’re in. So why doesn’t Gwen?

(Also I get that her universe’s art style is a bit inconsistent in that it changes and “ripples” a lot, especially with the characters’ emotions, but it would be cool if they utilized that to have Gwen shift into her universe’s art style during emotional moments)

#it makes a lot of thematic sense for characters like Hobie to not change at all btwn worlds (because he doesn’t abide by those rules) #but it kinda just seems like an established thing that people don’t undergo massive stylization changes btwn worlds #except Gwen DOES #idk I’m just ranting at this point and it’s a really tiny detail overall but it still bugs me- #across the spiderverse #gwen stacy #across the spider verse spoilers #atsv spoilers

[intermundia]

I think one of the reasons that people make fun of the prequel dialogue is that so often the characters like Anakin just say exactly what they mean without disguising it with implications. This writing is great for kids and also appeals to autistic people who appreciate it when people say what they actually mean. The dialogue is often kind of bare, open text.

Obi-Wan is a bit of an exception in that he is sarcastic, but it's pretty obvious when he's joking or being contextually polite. There's sometimes tragic irony in the sense that duplicitous characters like Palpatine can lie in ways that are clear to the audience as deception and manipulation, but he's still not really playing language games.

It all just sounds a bit stilted and awkward because it violates 'normal' adult conversation rules of implying what you mean for unclear social convention reasons. People are always looking to supply those extra implications bc it rings false and flat to people trained to expect those games, but no—the characters really are usually just saying the truest version of their opinions at any moment.

Idk it's a stylistic choice that makes sense for the genre and tone of the films, and the fact that people make fun of it for being literal, obvious, or stilted is kind of frustrating.

#idk man ill die on this hill #i may be alone on this hill #but i don't care #it's cringy bc it breaks rules #but it breaks them in a way that i like #and makes sense tonally #plus as an autistic person im well attuned to parsing all those dumb games all the time elsewhere so it's like... a relief to not have to #it's comfortable to just. have them say what they mean. like thank you #sw

[zeldasadork]

going into session 8 I was so excited to see joel start wreaking absolute havoc on the server now that he’s legally allowed to on his last life how could I forget this guy turns into a cartoon character on red

#secret life spoilers #secret life #life series smp #mcyt #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #dragon rambles #this is absolutely /pos btw it RULES. my fail little guy and his tnt cannon that blows up on his face #idk if he’s gonna win I really want him to. but. I think he’s gonna certainly leave an impression however it all goes down #he needs like. goofy villain music following him around as he shoots 30 arrows into the sky and goes ‘woah who’s shooting those???’ #(also his watcher-assigned wolf army call back what’s up with THAT)

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

yazs faith in my fic mostly amounts to no alcohol and vegetarian jelly babies and vague religious anxiety on occasion, partially bc i dont know a lot about islam so i dont really have a lot to work with and partially because the show doesnt really give us a whole lot to work with either

but i do kinda like how, especially in this current fic where i give her a sort of explicit eating disorder past, that like, the main ways that god ends up playing a role in her daily life this way is through what she puts in her mouth or not

if the doctor is restrictive, emotionally psychologically nutritionally, and the master is excessive, yaz sort of hovers in the middle, pulled at from both sides

seduced by restriction vs seduced by excess. swallowing your anger vs spitting it out. desire and consumption and the way the human and the holy meet in the fallible body. you can become the doctor by acting like the doctor. you can make yourself holy by Doing The Right Actions

#i dont know.........which religions that fits and if theres overlap #the doctor isnt..............................a god. but. idk. vaguely divine sometimes #what if i want to eat her. what if she explodes. what if i explode with the desire to eat her. what if i eat her and she explodes inside me #its probably insensitive to...........literally everyone #muslims. bulimics. bulimic muslims #lesbians #but im not here to write that story im here to write my yazs story #i would have liked if they had given me more to work with though #like those rules or whatever they have for muslim astronauts #wouldnt it have been fun to see that #i wouldve loved for yaz to like try to keep track of the time of day and also in what general direction earth is #wouldve loved to know how she feels abt it all #if only to mirror with the master so we could extrapolate stuff abt him too #i suppose theres stuff abt him. those halos in timeless children right? #but also bc now i mostly just have my own feelings to work with #and my own feelings abt god are a little bit atypical i think perhaps who knows #are anybodys feelings abt god typical #are there typical god feelings? probably not #as many gods as there are bodies i think #which means a little bit of god dies with every body #whatever. my own feelings are christian probably which i dont think does yaz justice

[coulsonlives]

Omg, Dante Basco ships Zutara! My life is complete.

#EDIT: taking this from the zutara tag and locking bc some of y'all are NOT it. #this was never supposed to be a 'gotcha! see i told you your ships suck and mine rule! i have the VOICE ACTOR on my side!' post #i like most of the ships in this show. i'm just happy to learn at least one of the voice actors even ships something #like the amount of ppl who reblogged this to shit on other ships when i also ship those things.. i'm right here.. #have some common courtesy please i beg. because why are we acting like if you ship or post about zutara you have no other atla ships #and that you hate all those other ships #icb i just walked into all of that #ALSO apparently azula is totally irredeemable i guess? i didn't get that impression at ALL #she's a groomed child with clear mental health problems and idk if i can get behind her being irredeemable #doesn't have to be forgiveness but cmon. why are people so pressed about her coming to terms w her actions and finding adequate peace #can we just enjoy the show and not rip each other apart #anyways here are the og tags: #i'm watching the lwatla series with him #every time there's a kataang moment he says 'kataang!' too in a knowing way lol he knows all the ships before he's even seen the show #it's so funny #aang #katara #atla #atla aang #atla katara #avatar the last airbender #dante basco #shipping

[sonknuxadow]

its so crazy seeing the new tailstube episode and hearing modern team sonic talking about mighty and ray and fang like i know its probably just meant as sonic superstars promotion but Helloooooo i thought those guys were banished to the classic sonic hell dimension forever

#tailstube #tailstube spoilers #idk do people even care about spoilesr for this #team sonic includes amy btw when i said it here it was so cute seeing them all on an episode together #Like i knew that the modern characters must have met them at some point and remember them #since the classic cast is their younger selves #but i just assumed that they would never be mentioned in modern media again #because of those weird rules about certain characters only being allowed to be used in classic sonic media #maybe this is a sign they could be given modern counterparts someday...? #archie sonic did it . but thats archie sonic . but it also shows that classic characters can appear in modern media without the world endin #ALSO the events of knuckles chaotix being mentioned #i could have sworn that knuckles chaotix was considered non canon #and classic team chaotix were considered separate guys from modern and thats why the classic versions never show up #because their first canon appearance was considered to be sonic heroes #but. that could just be outdated information or something i made up in my mind who knows

[xmoonlitxdreamx]

How do you say worcesteershsire sauce

Idk why ur asking this but unfortunately i studied linguistics in college so im gonna send a pointlessly specific answer.

I speak general american english & i usually say it like one of these (rough IPA transcription in brackets; closest word approximation in parentheses, but this may only work to read if u also speak gen american english):

[wʊs.tr.ʃɑɪr] (wuss-ter-shire)

[wʊs.tr.ʃir] (wuss-ter-sheer)

sometimes [wɔr.tʃɛs.tr] (war-chess-ter), but I think I mainly said that as a kid? I don't think it's an uncommon pronunciation in america tho. idk i might b wrong.

I think [wɔr.tʃɛs.tr.ʃɑɪr] (war-chess-ter-shire) and [wɔr.tʃɛs.tr.ʃir] (war-chess-ter-sheer) are possible pronunciations ive heard here too

None of these are how it's pronounced in the UK, i think. iirc I think it's [wʊs.tə] (wuss-tuh). I dont know much abt british eng tho so idk.

Sauce is [sɑs] (the "a" sound in "father").

Tbh i dont eat worcestershire sauce (i dont like most condiments) so i dont really say this word often LMAO;;

#sorry for annoying answer #also yeah i used [r] instead of [ɹ]. i was trying to be 2% less pretentious. #sorry if my transcriptions are wrong in other ways i havent been in school for like 4 years #replies #if you truly wanna know how i pronounce this word you can look up 'worcestershire sauce american pronunciation' on youtube or sth idk #i think the 'officially accepted' american pronunciation (like the one that shows up in dictionaries and stuff) is wuss-ter-sheer but #im p sure ive heard all of these. there's a lot of variation bc it's just a long-looking word and isn't a place here #also like the rule (?) of 'blahblah-shire' being pronounced 'blahblah-sheer' or 'blahblah-sure' isn't rly strong here so a lot of british- #placed ending in '-shire' get pronounced like '-shyer' #idk if this is what that ask was about but yeah whatever #(also was too lazy to use ipa for those last tags so pls bear w my rough spelling approximations.)

[compacflt]

my apologies if this is too simple or juvenile or personal a question but HOW did you become such a proficient writer? and do you have any tips or pointers to keep in mind? i know you must do a lot of reading and a lot of writing, but your skill is just incredible to me. your prose!! your cadence!! when we get around to talking about it is genuinely one of the best things i've ever read and i'd eat it if i could!!!

this ask was so sweet thank you!! rly made my day when i needed a boost. Hope you don’t mind i took a couple days to think about it cause no one’s ever asked me for writing advice before

idk how i became a “proficient” writer bc I really don’t write that much. something about my fic gave me brainworms and i went into overdrive but that’s…not my usual MO. which is why it’s weird for me too. admittedly i am studying english/creative writing as my second major at uni, but i haven’t learned anything in any of my classes you couldn’t learn by just reading and writing on your own. honestly i should’ve stuck with my IR major instead, i find structured cw classes a complete waste of time. but here are some little tips i thought of that would’ve helped ME:

This is more a “do as I say not as I do” because I’m really bad at habits like this, but keep a diary. You can write about the big events (went to the store, did homework, got laid etc.) but that’s boring—focus on the details (watched someone at west side market throw a glass bottle of olives at a rat, broke a pen and permanently stained my dorm desk and won’t get my deposit back which pissed me off because I move out in a week, this guy’s breath smelled like lemon pledge and it made me wonder if he drank window cleaner before kissing me etc.). Real life is really interesting! How can you write about interesting real life in an interesting way? It’s a good way to practice. You don’t have to do a big reflection at the end of the day or anything. It’s okay to jot down something you saw & then immediately forget about it. It’s the act of figuring out how to translate life into words that’s important

If you type, learn how to type FAST. This is just my experience, but I think typing faster makes your cadence, clause length, dialogue, IDEAS flow better/more naturally. We think in words/sentences, not letters.

This is a super lame tip that’ll make you roll your eyes, but read poetry. Poetry is all about how words/ideas/images sound and interact with each other. Don’t get hung up on one poet—im not really recommending any for precisely this reason—read poetry you love (for me, Ada Limón, Jack Kerouac, Frank O’Hara, ghazals etc) AND read poetry you hate (for me, Rupi Kaur, Emily Dickinson, Whitman, etc)! Read all genres you can get your hands on. (I think there are like “great poetry anthologies” you can find for free online if u don’t know where to start. Also you can’t go wrong with subscribing to/reading a variety magazine like the NYer. It’s pretentious but it exposes you to all kinds of weird topics, ways of writing about them, etc.) Figure out how certain combinations of words and punctuations make you FEEL, and why, and why the writer chose (or not) to make you feel that way. Figure out which literary sounds you like and which ones you don’t. For me, i figured out that I REALLY like alliteration, comma splices, zeugmas, the rule of three, and

“he’s [verb]ing again… yeah compacflt’s characters are [verb]ing again… big shocker”

If you have an idea for a piece, figure out what it is you really want to get out of it—to say something? to experiment with a different style? to see your fav characters do something? to have fun?—and then figure out how, on a technical level, you should write to match that goal (this is where the poetry training comes in handy). If you’re just writing to have fun, don’t listen to any writing advice (incl. mine), because most of it is bullshit and over-generalized and will make you feel bad about yourself. Just take the advice that you think will work for what YOURE trying to write.

But if you’re writing to explore some political idea, then you should think about HOW to best write about that idea. What would be a convincing story/allegory/scene to engage with this idea vs. not convincing. I talk on this blog all the time about how disappointed I am that my very-adult-grown-up attempt to deal with the dynamic of “immovable internalized homophobia vs unstoppable falling in love anyway” is rendered a little childish/immature by some pretty unconvincing plot points like the characters buying a house together—I really should have considered how that plot point would interact with the characterizations I’d built already (hint: poorly). You can think of writing as kind of a military structure if that helps—you have strategy on the overarching campaign (plot/character growth/allegory/theme) level, the battle (scene that advances the above) level, and the tactical (sentence-level construction/syntax/wording) level. They all have to work together. If a scene is failing to properly engage with the idea you’re trying to convey, you’re losing a battle that will weaken the overarching campaign. Same thing if you choose a weird word in a sentence/write in a style or tone that’s weirdly out of place with your idea—it makes your engagement with the theme/idea less convincing. just try to be purposeful and consider your strategy on all levels of your work as you’re writing it!! At the very least it’ll make editing easier lol.

But then again when I read my own writing from just a couple months ago I cringe out of my skin, so like—just also accept that it’s a process and we’re all just making it up as we go along. Be proud of being embarrassed of your old work, because it means you’re growing. Own that shit. When I finished writing WWGATTAI i thought it was the best thing I’d ever written, and maybe it was. But since the day I finished working on it, it’s the worst thing I’ve written since then. That’s a great feeling. Not to be like writing grindset obviously bc it’s supposed to be fun—but if what you want is to get better at writing, the strategy is to WRITE a whole bunch of shit, and then own your embarrassment about how much you’ve grown since you started. And know you’re still always growing and learning. there should never be any “goals” where skills are concerned 👍🏽

#fake it till u make it #the good part about fiction is all you’re really doing is makin shit up #no rules!!! #fiction is just trying to sell a lie right #so it’s all on a sliding scale of convincability (at least that’s how i judge fiction) #and figuring out how to convince people of your lie is where the art is #anyway. #not top gun #asks #writing tips #idk how to tag this #also i love ao3 because trying to get published traditionally genuinely made me hate writing/MY writing #i have indeed had the cliche 100+ form rejection letters experience #unfortunately writing is also one of those things where you can see it as a competition so easily #(admittedly a small part of why i don’t read other TG fics—i don’t wanna read people doing it better than me😭) #BUT you tailor your experience to have a healthy life. it’s not a competition if you don’t make it one. put yourself first

[touchlikethesun]

so while i do think hinata loves parties and dancing and all that - i mean just look at him, he is the most extroverted energy-filled guy, ofc he loves parties - he does all of it stone-cold sober like there is no universe where hinata gets drunk on nights out, don't you know he has training in the morning?? also like the main reason people drink on nights out is like as a social lubricant or to relax and let loose, and hinata - besides being mindful of his health - does not need anyyy help in that regard that little sunshine is just as bubbly and enthusiastic as a normal person might be three drinks in

#idk i feel strongly about this #like in canon we're shown that he choses not to drink as part of staying healthy #which you could say is shonen rules but i don't think so hq!! doesn't shy away at all from showing its (of age) characters drinking #and it always pulls me out of fics or w/e when people talk about hinata drinking or getting drunk at parties bc like.... #that's just so not like him #i understand it's just a bit of fun #but i think shou is just as fun if not more when he's sober why are we the fandom peer pressuring him??? #just know if ever i write shou at a party he has been on water and lemonade the whole night #anyways #those are my thoughts for the day #hinata shouyou #haikyuu #alcohol mention tw

[honeyfizzly]

The biggest shock of purge march for me was that amane didn't kill the cat and the cat was a real cat. Also did anyone notice her like baton thingie when she was twirling it around was covered in blood.

#amane momose #purge march spoilers #milgram spoilers #milgram #my guts saying she either killed the man or mom #idk those were the only 2 characters #i feel like the mom could be apart of the cult #and the dad maybe wasnt??? or dad was but more lax with rules #and then amane killed her dad after all the brainwashing and abuse from her mom to convince her that her dad was the evil onr #ill have to rewatch though to make a full theory

[sporesgalaxy]

tjinking abt that "least favorite music genre" poll post as i finally cave and start myself a country & blues playlist. surely the blues are not anyones least favorite genre. what kind of sick freak doesnt like the blues

#mostly kidding but also ive legitimately never once considered the possibility of anyone hating the blues #adddna #like wgat...you dont like a weird story....and twangy guitar....and a slightly raspy voice w country accent..... #like no way....those things all rule #like i aim to always respect that preferences can be totally random and beyond control #but i tjink if you dont even like folsom prison blues i have to just fight you 1 on 1 idk that just seems right. #<- sorry JCash is white the only other blues artist name.i can remember rn is Taj Mahal and i have no idea if hes well known

[vv-ispy]

also also I know everyone likes to talk about how good of an archon Venti is because he left mondstadt to do its own thing and hey look Zhongli's doing the same now with his retirement but I also like how the story shows it isn't without flaws, with so much freedom in the city it's all too easy to take control with power, Mondstadt's people may be free but they also don't have a god to actually uphold the ideal they stand for and how personal freedoms conflict, discrimination(eg. against Eula and her clan) is allowed because the people are free to do whatever they want, the fatui really wormed their way into mondstadt during the webtoon + nearly did with Davalin bc the people of mondstadt do whatever they want so Jean is overworked and the knights are ineffective(according to Diluc), and how mondstadt might have been the least free place for the common people during the Lawrences rule despite being the region governed by the archon of freedom

Zhongli at least first tested his people were ready before retiring, Venti kinda acended, organized a bunch of celebrations for his people, then left them to have fun with their newfound freedom only interveining when things get really bad

#to be fair zhongli's only left his people for a couple of years so who knows maybe if he left them for long enough #despite honing his nation on honesty and contracts things would delve into chaos too #or a capitalistic mess and we all know what it's like to live in one of those #now if liyue didn't have plot-armour-due-to-chinese-region-in-a-chinese-game............ #my thoughts on liyue are 'god i wish its story was actually about the common folk common folk #but what i know of the chinese government is the communist party represents the common folk #so in reality it's more like common-folk-party-does-so-good-for-the-common-folk see????' #i really like liyue and its environment too! #wish they explored its flaws too and didn't present it as perfect due to china-chinese-media-relationship! #all of liyue's plots are like 'it's the time of the common folk i want to tell stories about the common people' #'(but also hold on to tradition and respect the traditions which are represented by the adepti)' #can we pls have some actual flaws like the rigidity of contracts and lack of change and rule of tradition #instead of 'contracts are good and honest and also change as the times change for the good of the people' #like yes zhongli at least tested his people before implementing that big change of stepping down #but also if the game didn't have to put china in a positive light tbh idk if he would have done that #as it might be more interesting to explore his archonhood ideal in both its good and its bad #and may have focused more on liyue's difficulting in changing and adapting to the modern tiemes #if venti is the god of freedom and is too free at times then zhongli the god of contracts is too stagnant at times #i have. complicated feelings about liyue due to my complicated feelings about being raised chinese #so mondstadt my fav for representing and giving people freedom #genshin talk

[yonpote]

tbh i still have my hesitations abt the idea of dnp on twitch, ppl who have never been on twitch might not understand the streamer culture and twitch ppl who happen across dnp might end up less than savory... i know for a fact pj's and charlie's streams have some of the chillest chats (and some of yall are even in there hai!!) so hopefully we can create an environment on twitch that is similarly welcoming and maybe chaotic but not too toxic or too weird.

#i was a lot more hesitant when i thought abt the gaming channel streams cuz those were SO chaotic like way too much imo #but then when i think abt the younows and stuff those were just full chillout streams #idk how to explain my hesitation succinctly lol a lot of it is abt how phannies treat dnp #and how toxic strangers in twitch chats act can be kinda similar #like for dnp im sure if they see smth kinda rude being hurled at them from someone w a dan icon they can know its all bants #but on twitch u dont necessarily know that #and theres good moderation tools as well as you can have the chat rules and stuff like that #mytext

[healingheartdogs]

How does one go about getting tested for MCAS...

#still trying to see a geneticist about EDS #and now because of long covid conversations talking about MCAS im realizing that may be a relevant problem to me as well #from BEFORE I got COVID #ive had idiopathic anaphylaxis episodes in the past but its been a few years since i had one #so idk if that rules that out #but i do have seemingly ever-changing food allergies/reactions too #like i went a whole year without eating red meat because everytime i ate it i had food poisoning symptoms after for a day or so #and have had constant gastro problems with seemingly random triggers since i was a teenager #also year round allergies #to what? idk #but i live my life sniffling with my ears and throat and skin itching all the time #and heat intolerance #and being seemingly allergic to my own sweat #idk it feels like im looking for reasons for it to be that because imposter syndrome but also with the pots dx #and then my rheum sending me for genetic testing for EDS cuz my labs show i have an autoimmune disease but no positive for anything specific #has me side eyeing in the direction of MCAS because i know how those issues all love to show up in a three for one bundle #ig ill wait and see how the genetic testing goes #cuz idk where to even begin for possible MCAS #and now having long covid too i feel like anything possibly related to that will get shrugged off #because doctors HATE long covid and things that are possibly related to long covid