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fandomsecrets2022-01-15 02:43 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2022-01-15 02:43 pm
[ SECRET POST #5489 ]
⌈ Secret Post #5489 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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The worst part of periods for me personally is the one part that can't be eased or stopped in any way: the bleeding itself. It feels so disgusting that I don't leave my home or interact with anyone while it's going on and I ruin my back camping out for hours on the toilet because it's the only way I feel comfortable down there. (It's not even that heavy, although it used to be, but it's more about sensory issues.)
So all I can think about when the concept of being in a fictional universe comes up is how I would never be able to handle it because I need to lock myself up alone in a bathroom for four days a month (and it's only regular because of pills that I definitely couldn't get in, say, post-apocalyptic settings, just for one example. It would be longer, heavier, and irregular without them.) "Sorry, I can't go save the world right now, it's that time of the month."
I spend time wondering if there are other solutions in fantasy worlds, for instance, do wizards have potions that make it not happen, could I control it somehow with bloodbending, if I were whisked away by a spaceship into a futuristic fandom, would anyone have thought to develop medical technology to just stop periods in the last 50, 500, or 5000 years?
Whenever I try to imagine being in any fictional setting, this inevitably comes up and halts all my daydreams. I spend actual time wondering about how female characters in the fandoms I enjoy can possibly live with it, being in situations where they can't do what I do. I know it's a little different for most people, it's more about the cramps or the mood swings or other things that are also unpleasant, but I just can't imagine living in almost any of my favorite fictional worlds without a hysterectomy. And it kinda ruins my fun.
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