A doctor saying “Good news! Your labs look great” is like if you were watching a cop show and the chief walked in like “Great news, everybody! The best news! The killer is still at large and we have no leads.”
One time I was like pretty sure I had finally figured out that I had Symptoms Disease due to all the Symptoms and my doctor did some tests and she was like. Good news! You don’t have Symptoms Disease!
And I started crying and she was like, is there something in your eye? And I said no I’m crying? And she was like, oh? Why? And I said, because we can’t fix my Symptoms because we still don’t know what’s wrong with me? And she was like. Nothing’s wrong with you! :)
Actually something similar had happened to me multiple times (and in some of those cases I did in fact get diagnosed with the relevant Symptoms Disease years later) but the one where the doctor asked if I had something in my eye because she couldn’t comprehend that not having answers would be upsetting, that was definitely one of the most situations ever.
Hi, I’m award-winning queer speculative fiction author Natalie H. Ironside and this is my “blog” where I talk about history, mythology, fantasy, occultism, and, of course, writing.
I’m trans of gender, ace of sexual, and I’m an anarchist author of dark fantasy and dark science fiction, usually with lots of queer characters and cinematic action violence. Most of my stuff explores themes of trauma, recovery, mental illness, and life in the American South (though I also write trad fantasy and space operas from time to time), with a healthy dose of monsters, magic, and women with big guns. I’m a member of the Horror Writers Association and the IWW Freelance Journalists Union and my job is reminding you to pay your union dues.
You might have heard my short story The Wishing Tree on the Tales to Terrify podcast! Other stuff I’ve published to date includes:
THE LAST GIRL SCOUT: A post-apocalyptic wasteland adventure story and transbian romance about two women who fall in lesbians together and fight Nazis and draculas in the bombed-out ruins of Old America
IN THE COURT OF THE NAMELESS QUEEN: A collection of dark fantasy f/f erotica about sexy swashbuckling swordswomen (both cis and normal) and a giant scary monster lady in a far-off realm of adventure and dark magic.
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had the wildest interaction today some random woman called me a slag and my dog a fucking faggot because I was using a pink lead/harness and he’s a boy like what the fuck lmfaoo
he did start wagging his tail when he got called a fag so good for him <3
imagine seeing this and being like oh my god oh my god i need to say a slur right now
