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sasha_feather) wrote2012-07-12 10:27 am
sasha_feather) wrote2012-07-12 10:27 am
A Fanfic Trope that bother me!
A bad ass character is laying in a hospital bed and is badly injured, but they refuse pain meds or are reluctant to take them because they want to "keep their mind clear."
Guess what? Pain clouds your mind also. Sometimes all you can think about is pain and nothing else. The meds make it so you can actually function to interact with the world in somewhat normal way.
I am probably preaching to the choir here, but just once I would like to see a bad ass warrior character in hospital who is accepting of pain medication.
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I seem to have this internal conversation with the world a lot; it goes something like this: "I know that I'm an outlier in a lot of ways, but seriously? Seriously?
One of the great things about fandom and the internet is that I can find the other outliers.
Here is a really great post about body and fat acceptance that I think can apply to anybody despite the title: Ten Rules for Fat Girls by Dianne Sylvan.
Guess what? Pain clouds your mind also. Sometimes all you can think about is pain and nothing else. The meds make it so you can actually function to interact with the world in somewhat normal way.
I am probably preaching to the choir here, but just once I would like to see a bad ass warrior character in hospital who is accepting of pain medication.
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I seem to have this internal conversation with the world a lot; it goes something like this: "I know that I'm an outlier in a lot of ways, but seriously? Seriously?
One of the great things about fandom and the internet is that I can find the other outliers.
Here is a really great post about body and fat acceptance that I think can apply to anybody despite the title: Ten Rules for Fat Girls by Dianne Sylvan.
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Yes, this. The other argument that gets me is the one about pain being a signal from your body about what's happening (something wrong, attempting a position outside your range of motion, whatever) - sometimes pain is just pain. And even when it's a signal you don't need to keep experiencing the pain after you've received the message. Now that you know that your ankle is sprained (or whatever), you can take pain medication AND deal with the injury! (Rather than refuse pain medication AND go running around in hostile territory, I'M LOOKING AT YOU JOHN SHEPPARD.)
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And yes, this idea that the body and it's messages are sacred or whatever... is b.s.