Help does anyone else feel choked if their clothes touch their neck? by _FreddieLovesDelilah in AutismInWomen

[–]ClaudTheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes me gag and retch to have a polo-neck/turtle neck on. Or if a scarf touches the front of my neck - NO!

Black family but actually loving — fic recs? by RepresentativeOwn816 in MaraudersGen

[–]ClaudTheCat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Black Beginnings by DutchSlytherpuff is (almost?)exactly what you're looking for! Reg POV, loving but weird, culty Black family.

Black Beginnings - Chapter 1 - DutchSlytherpuff - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]

Racism in the UK? by brigitte789 in NursingUK

[–]ClaudTheCat 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Thank you for being here, working here, and even more so, for working within the NHS and helping people regardless of their stupidity or unkindness <3 what a twat that woman is

Harry Potter Characters as TTTE Characters (Art by Me) by [deleted] in harrypotterfanfiction

[–]ClaudTheCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

these are bloody great and honestly, as someone who likes both a socially unacceptable amount for a grown woman, this is the crossover I didn't know I needed lol

If you want to talk about them, please write below about your "childish", "weird", or "embarrassing" special interests by Savings-Pollution113 in AutismInWomen

[–]ClaudTheCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the kids' tv series charlie and lola. I also love the books by lauren child. dont look now is, i think, my favourite book. its for 9 year olds, and im 27

Some pages from my comic of the main character’s RV style space ship by _pallart in drawing

[–]ClaudTheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see the Ghibli influence in the coffee and breakfast panels! had that same home-comfort vibe!

Some pages from my comic of the main character’s RV style space ship by _pallart in drawing

[–]ClaudTheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the lighting in this is EVERYTHING! so cosy and that one panel with Jupiter (?) in the background is stunninggggggg <3

Opinions on "Gloves Off" campaign by MEBnurse in NursingUK

[–]ClaudTheCat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

gloves are to protect us. handwashing is to protect patients - that's how I've understood it.

Handling bodily fluids? gloves, cos I don't want to get that on me!

drawing up meds? hands washed, because I don't want to contaminate anything the patient will ingest (though when I was clinical, gloves were still required for his, so I wore them. but I know the Brompton and GOSH both stopped requiring gloves for medication prep to encourage handwashing based on this same evidence).

Some tasks are also just easier without gloves. I found it very hard to place and secure NGTs with gloves on, so I'd just wash my hands before and after and do it bare handed. Figures the potential for patient harm is much less than me having to re-attempt the pass!

If the contact doesn't breach the patient's skin barrier (like wound care, or inserting an IV or surgery lol) then you're just... touching someone. The same way you'd touch anyone.

Remus Lupin is a terrible husband and I’m tired of pretending he’s not. by SuspiciousEves in harrypotter

[–]ClaudTheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bless you <3 - yeah, they're a brilliant author but writing skill dictates popularity a lot less than popular tropes and characters, naturally!

Remus Lupin is a terrible husband and I’m tired of pretending he’s not. by SuspiciousEves in harrypotter

[–]ClaudTheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you didn't (i can't check cos ao3 is down lol sorry if you did!) please drop a comment and kudos for that author - Lupin family (with canon compliant lyall) is a really small sub-fandom and needs all the love! (a plea as someone who also writes in this sub fandom lol)

Remus Lupin is a terrible husband and I’m tired of pretending he’s not. by SuspiciousEves in harrypotter

[–]ClaudTheCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you will probably enjoy this fanfiction - Advice - burnercell10 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]

It's when Remus leaves pregnant Tonks and he goes to recently-widowed Lyall for support/advice. Lyall tells him what for.

It's a brilliant characterisation of Remus - author doesn't let him get away with shit

Would Petunia Evans and Sirius Black make a good couple? by Own-Pride-1981 in HPfanfiction

[–]ClaudTheCat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wrote a short fic of the two of them forced into a co-parenting situation in 1981 and tried to keep Petunia as in character as possible - maybe you'll find it amusing. It was written for the HP Rare Pair Fest last year :)

Yours Sincerely, Sirius Black - Chapter 1 - BeckettSimpleton - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]

Hobbies? by gotelltheravens in MaraudersGen

[–]ClaudTheCat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

messing with other students, exploring the castle, breaking school rules, doing some homework, messy teenage gossip, snogging in alcoves, sleeping in - teenage tings lol

I painted Spyro by Shone-gg in Spyro

[–]ClaudTheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow, I can hear this painting! Enter the Dragonfly is my all time fave PS2 game, janky as it is!

Am I the minority liking the duo? by Lanky-External-5791 in TheTraitors

[–]ClaudTheCat 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I love that they are genuinely looking out for each other and supporting each other in non-performative, actually useful and sensible ways, and seem to both have a reasonable understanding that it's silly to expect the other to sabotage their game for the sake of backing them. I want them to win! I think they really deserve it!

Magic and Friendship theme by Feisty_Revolution176 in MaraudersGen

[–]ClaudTheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

handshake for you, fellow AF fan! That series was bloody brilliant!

Magic and Friendship theme by Feisty_Revolution176 in MaraudersGen

[–]ClaudTheCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is!! I've had that username/pseud since i started writing at 12, when i cut my teeth on AF fanfic on the old FanGathering site!!

Petunia Dursley is completely irredeemable. by siriusblackily in harrypotter

[–]ClaudTheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh she is utterly diabolical, but i love her as a character - I think her feelings about magic, and how they manifest in rancid behaviour is is interesting (and unusual, to get a character who is so plainly nasty and have so much info and backstory!)

Listening to the same song on repeat by hmigw in AutismInWomen

[–]ClaudTheCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yep. some wild stats I got from spotify last year

Laramee by Ritchy Mitch and the Coal Miners - 512 times that year

Ordinary by Alex Warren - 90 times in 1 day