Thank you so so so so much <3

and it's LOOKING like I've been able to strengthen and fix my neck in a way to avoid surgical treatment, but we find out really within the next month or so)

(I'm on the warpath of an extruding disk in my neck, caused by wrestling, which has caused some fucked nerve issues in my sword arm, but I'm on track to having the issue and fixing the issue within 3 months,

I'm super appreciative of any help, the out pouring of help has been super appreciated as I've missed quite a bit of work due to a very fucked injury lately, and this has helped me not be completely financially crippled by such

I have a Patreon where I post constantly and semi regularly, the money for it helps me continue with what I'm doing and being able to devote so much time to developing fencing ideas instead of having to let things like career development have to take priority so I can be able to pay rent

QUIET THOT, YOU WILL DISTRACT JOSH

BAHSHDUSUWBS

The threats of things getting worse, don't outlive the progress we do have, don't let the bastards grind you down

It has progressed, this was the inverse of the queer hospital visit experience and we will be able to keep making this the case, as long as you make your life safe, your community safe, your friends safe, and then you reach further with each layer <3

That is just archaic bullshit

We are blessed that such things can happen and it's fucking derranged and abhorrent that we need to fight for it, when people are born with other things being wrong, we just try and fix that with medicine and surgical procedures and it is rad for that, but the line is drawn with what we fuck with?

It was joyful and goofy and we were rat bags and accidentally freaked out the nurses because a bunch of us were in the room and she didn't know

It was the happiest and most joyful hospital visit of my life

To have that experience, as my trans friends grow up and can afford to fix their stuff more, instead of living the experience of queer friends of only 40-50 years ago, and how visiting them in the hospital could be, is something I do cherish

I got to go see one of my closest friends a couple hours after she was able to get her shit inverted into how it's all meant to be

She's groggy and tired, can't move and needs to be babied by the nurses a little, but she's all good

Longsword is mostly being treated as the MoF sabre of HEMA, and yeah, sometimes, epee and foil fencers fuck around with a sabre for funnies or even eventually go into it, but they don't often respect it

It's mostly happening because of younger players accepting it's a sport, but also, being young enough that the weird hang ups on trying hard and working hard, and learning meta play, is what's expected of them, and that depth of knowledge just is not available in any literature for longsword

Yeee yeeeeeeeeeeeep it's a slow but inevitable international occurrence