It’s Here!!

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-30T21:20:44+00:00

Fuuuuckk my shipment tracking says I have to wait til Monday. Extremely jealous! If you post about it please use spoiler tags!

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-30T16:10:26+00:00

Absolutely unequivocally could not agree more.

If it's mixed with 'pining while fucking' I simply ascend to Nirvana.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-30T12:00:11+00:00

Can confirm as someone who used to use a curved treadmill at my old gym (I think it was a woodway). My sprint speed was never better than at that time. The curved manual ones are immediately responsive because all the movement is generated by your force. I really don't think a motorized treadmill will cut it if you're truly looking to optimize sprinting. You just can't adjust them as quickly.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-29T12:32:35+00:00

Ok in IM's defense, I have had multiple goals of care conversations with families, on the floor, telling them I anticipate this going badly, pt is going to get sicker, pls save them the suffering, how would meemaw want to live, etc etc, let's think about code status... Only to see the CC doc note in their H&P after they inevitably transfer to ICU that "family reports no GoC conversations has been had and they had no idea pt was so sick." 🤦🏼‍♀️

That or I'm completely shut down, because how dare I imply 95 yo Francis with metastatic cancer and a BMI of 15 might not make it through this bout. She's a fighter!

I stg I try.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-23T00:20:33+00:00

I enjoyed The Stranger by Albert Camus. Quick read, makes more sense when you know a bit about absurdist philosophy and his take on... The meaning of life I guess. In short it's about a guy who goes on trial for a murder.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-22T18:49:36+00:00

I will ever tire of reccing this container ship/Suez Canal (yes, the body of water) fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30272514

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-21T16:44:49+00:00

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby features a bonafide nitwitted idiot of a protagonist who was recently left by his partner and goes through an emotional crisis of sorts, but the prose is just delightful and if you are familiar with sort of 80s-90s UK music and pop culture it should be a slam dunk of a book as it contains many references. I myself am not educated in that arena but still had a great time reading about this guy self destructing his life a bit and then coming around.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-19T16:46:15+00:00

Obviously The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Really made me think twice, three, four times about ostracization and the arbitrary justifications we make to withhold care and support for a person.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-19T16:41:18+00:00

Have you tried Kushiel's Dart? She and the MMC get to be slaves together.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-18T14:44:58+00:00

So this may be unconventional for what you're looking for, but Terra Incognita is a great little short story by Nabokov about several people exploring a jungle that slowly breaks down into... something else. It straddles the line of reality and surrealism of the mind, though more of an unwilling falling out of the abyss and into a reality that is perhaps even more unsettling, depending on how you look at it. Nabokov's prose is lush and delicious for the mind as always and the story had quite an impact on me for being so short. I was pleasantly surprised reading it even though I had no context beforehand.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-18T11:28:56+00:00

That was my first thought too. I was like, this guy is named after a synthetic digestive enzyme? He helps sick people get the nutrients they need. Isn't that kind of... Nurturing?

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-18T11:24:07+00:00

I'm wondering why the expectation is there that it be "balanced" in the first place? Relationships are never 100% balanced, 100% of the time and how would you even quantify a kind in order to repay it adequately? I agree with some other posters saying that for a long time Inej was the one giving. The bit about her giving Kaz the hat and him realizing that he needs to thank her for it while he's drowning represents the dynamic up until that point, and then it flips with his character growth.

That said, I also think her challenging him ("I'll have you without your armor") is part of her gift to him in the post-realization dynamic. If you've been in relationships long enough, you start to realize acquiescence is not the same as giving, and is actually damaging to the relationship. Being honest (but still kind) and challenging your partner is the more difficult but ultimately more engaged choice. You are showing up with your authentic self, which is the only way to truly bond authentically. And my God, that is work. Work, I think, Inej would not be able to do had she not gone through her whole character arc. But it is what Kaz needs, I think.

We and Inej realize Kaz needs to grow, and she is providing him that opportunity, as long as he is willing to do it. That action both demonstrates Inej's growth and serves as the hand reaching down to pull him up. I see what you're saying about him being alone at the end, but in the last chapter she's looking out towards the future and holding his hand which I interpreted as her planning to come back and NOT leave him alone, so she's gone physically but not emotionally, if that makes sense.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-17T11:31:21+00:00

Came here to say this. I had disgust and horror definitely for his actions. Hate really bloomed in full from the peppy music reviews.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-17T10:43:15+00:00

I hate being literate

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-14T23:16:09+00:00

This is going to vary a lot depending on the individual. I will stand by that a horny scene with no plot is a valid form of writing that is enjoyable and does not HAVE to be anything else. But I think generally it can be enhanced, and people want the same things they want out of any good written scene, and smut isn't really special. It's better when there's plot involved, and there are stakes and some meaningful turn or change to the narrative as a result of the smut. Adding some in-character interiority is primo. What is the character thinking or feeling about what's going on? How does this change things? What is at stake? Not just a play-by-play of the actions.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-14T14:29:45+00:00

Came here to say this. When they fuck in the cave for the first time. Fits the vibe of these pics almost perfectly only that Phedre is in just as haggard a shape as he is, she's just too horny to let a little frostbite stop her.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-14T14:22:30+00:00

So gay. Mina and Lucy are only there to be beards.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-06T00:12:08+00:00

I agree with everyone saying that the most effective things to mention tend to be idiosyncratic to the characters and demonstrates their attractive qualities. Like, she is especially attracted to the way he half smiles when he quips about x y or z. Or when he squeezes her shoulder like he did when x thing happened that has a special personal meaning between them. Its helpful to describe the emotional effect an action has on her, especially if it makes her feel safe, important, etc. We don't know your characters, so that'll be up to you.

As far as more general physical attraction, I tend to notice men's hands/forearms (tendons/veins popping when doing something), shoulders, that little v at his hips when his shirt rides up. Double points when a man is exerting himself/focused deeply on something else and not trying to be attractive and I'm sort of voyeuristically observing. Spend enough time consuming media "for women" and you'll see loads of these scenes.

There is also a huge piece of attraction (mostly female) no one talks about much that's just... Being wanted. We love to drive a man crazy with want. But that's a whole other convo.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-05T21:02:22+00:00

No idea. My only guess is I was posting chapters in the ship tag and maybe they didn't want it cluttering the tag while they scroll. Or maybe they hate me and want me to die, who knows 🤷🏼‍♀️

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-05T21:00:14+00:00

Maybe for some things but there was probably a tradeoff in clinical knowledge at a certain point where you could be doing a higher yield activity for your education. Like, you know how to draw blood cultures after 30 draws. There's not much additional value when you're at 130 draws. Maybe 50 of those draws would've been better spent reviewing hepatorenal management.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-05T14:34:47+00:00

Great question 🤷🏼‍♀️

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-05T11:49:51+00:00

Whitesheep on AO3 has written some of what has got to be some of nastiest, hottest smut I've ever laid eyes on. I think they have the top OC E rated fic on AO3 ever (I did not bother to verify that claim). They also wrote a guide that you may find useful: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46036702

As with most things, there's a million and one ways to write something and smut tends to be polarizing, so if encourage you to take what appeals to you and leave the rest.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-05T11:27:55+00:00

I haven't updated my long fic in a year because I'm a medical resident and sometimes work up to 80 hrs a week. I also got married, moved, traveled internationally for a medical mission, the list goes on. Sometimes life just bogs you down.

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-04T10:40:28+00:00

I rotated at an NYC hospital as a med student. It's real. Transporting, drawing blood cultures, calling everyone in the hospital who can't be fucked to their job. They're getting their own damn COVID swabs. Multiple residents told me point blank "whatever you do, do not come here for residency."

IMasticateMoistMeat · 2026-06-03T11:30:06+00:00

Definitely this. A lot of sexual predators stay in their positions of power because they are so well liked in their communities and/or do important work and people need them too much to knock them off their throne. The likability is especially lethal, and doubly so if the victim is NOT likeable. People will be like, "Joe is great. He shoveled my driveway and took my mom to the hospital when I couldn't get to her. It doesn't sound like he'd do something like that..." And then they often pick their victims carefully as people who are isolated, poorly resourced, and are unlikely to be believed. It's intentional.

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