Tag: child death tw

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aerefyr:

‘eeeey, that fic for @determamfidd is, uh, done. I know it’s been FOREVER since I first said I’d work on it, but uh, it happened. The ending could be better, but you know, whatever tbh. It took me a year to get that ending, I’m okay with it. My crops are watered, even if it won’t be a bountiful harvest or whatever.

Here, ya animals. That AU where Wee Thorin dies during the siege of Erebor.

“Bet I taste horrible,” Wee Thorin clutched his axe in shaking hands. The Orc before him was terrifying, but he would stay strong, and be brave. Like his adad and amad. Like Uncle Balin. “Bet I make you choke.”

“Well, we won’t know until we try!” The Orc sneered, and moved quickly towards him. As it lunged, Wee Thorin swung out his axe as he let out a terrified shriek.

He remembered nothing else.

=0=0=0=

It was very bright, where he found himself, and he didn’t hurt, but he was cold. He felt naked as a newborn bairn, and his nose scrunched a bit at that. He hated being naked, but mostly he hated being cold, and here he was both. He wrapped his arms around himself.

“Welcome, my inùdoy.” Thorin jumped and looked around, though he couldn’t see now.

“Who’s there?” He asked.

“I am Mahal.” The voice said, and the dwarfling froze.

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ajsdhgfkagfkaghfkagh OH MY GOSH PATRICK, this made me whimper and giggle like a toddler, I am totally charmed and ALSO ARRRRGH WEE THORIN NO

(lmao at Hrera and THE DOOFUS. you star you!)

thank you, thank you SO much!

Maybe you can help me with a sticky social situation. I host a huge annual Seder at which some guests are immune-compromised. I recently discovered that another guest’s children (also guests) are unvaccinated. I tried to gently bring up the issue with her (I have had actual success with this with other mothers of my acuaintance) and discovered that this wasn’t a result of just discomfort or idle ignorance, but rather this woman my friend their mother the guest is a huge anti-vax advocate because

(Cont) huge anti-vax advocate because her infant dies (this I knew) and (this part I didn’t know) she knows in her heart that the round of vaccines the infant got two days before her death somehow contributed. I have the safety of other guests to consider–I can’t have unvaccinated guests–but how do I uninvite a long time guest with obvious trauma in a not-insensitive way?

Oh my god. Nonnie, what an awful dilemma.

I honestly have no idea. You’re doing the right thing, thinking of the most vulnerable people. You’re also a good friend to think of this woman’s pain and suffering.

I can’t imagine how hard this is for you. All I can suggest is to be honest as well as gentle. You can understand her feelings and her position and are sympathetic, but her unvaccinated children pose a huge risk to the lives of others. 

Beyond that, I am at a loss. I am so sorry.