PROMPT POST PART III

[cabinpres_fic]

Please see the most recent MOD NOTE

(updated 6 June)



Welcome everybody. How you got here I have no idea but thank you for coming and welcome again, nonetheless . As you may have gathered this is a Fic Prompting Meme dedicated solely to the hilarious and oh-so-addictive BBC Radio 4 sitcom - Cabin Pressure. I'm aiming for this to be pretty anything goes - but in order for everything to run smoothly, there are a few guidelines. Don't worry - they're not too restrictive.

FILLING GUIDELINES

As you probably all know - our meme now has it's very own database created and maintained by the great Enigel. It both catalogues each and every prompt that we post and provides links to fills. You can find it here: Google Spreadsheet

We also have a Pinboard archive which has been put in place by the lovely oxfordtweed in the place of our late Delicious Archive. This Archive contains a list of all the prompts this meme has to offer - you can find it here: Pinboard Archive

This is a great step forward in making our meme just a little more organised (but not too organised of course. This is Cabin Pressure) which is always a good thing.

So in order to make things easier to archive - Please nest your fills.

This can be done by either posting each part as a reply to that part's immediate predecessor, OR by replying each time to Part I OR - well you get the idea :D

It makes it simpler for Enigel and myself to link fills in a clean and clear manner. Following these guildelines will be very much appreciated guys :D

REPROMPTING

Reprompting is allowed but please include the URL of the original prompt when you do so. It will make it infinitely more easy to Archive which would make both Enigel and I very happy :)

As for everything else

1. Be respectful to one another. Disagreements are fine, but not everything disagreeable is trolling. If you suspect someone of trolling, just ignore it. If you cannot respond to a comment without attacking or trolling someone else, keep it to yourself.


2. No bashing prompts. It might not be your cup of tea - but obviously someone wants it enough to go to the effort of requesting it. So just scroll past it.


3. Prompt away as much as you like guys - seriously, go wild - but please try to fill as well.

NEW - If your fill includes a major element that veers from the original prompt (crossovers, established universes, kinks, et cetera), please take a few moments to check with the OP that such additions are welcome. This has caused problems in the past and it only takes a few moments of your time.

4. Please no RPF. I'm not trying to oppress you RPF writers and enthusiasts, I would just really like to avoid any legal problems.


5. When you post a fill (or post a new part of a WIP) please go over to the Filled Prompts Post (if it is complete) or the WIP Post (if there are still more parts to come) and, following each post's guideline's, post a link to this fill or new part.

REALLY IMPORTANT ADDENDUM

According to numerous Child Safety laws it is illegal to provide pornographic material to minors. Seeing that the majority of the stuff we have here is rather adult in nature, this Meme is consequently an 18+ zone. Failing to comply to this rule could result in the Meme getting shut down. So if you're here and you're under 18 please back button now.

+ Please do not post anything regarding minors in a sexual situation. It really doesn't matter how tasteful or crass it is, there are laws that classify that sort of thing as child pornography and as such, I'm afraid we're going to have to go with the attitude that safe is better than sorry.

It really is VERY important that these rules are upheld as the consequences are severe.

Other than that - go crazy guys. Any problems please just message me and I'll try my best to work it out.


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Comments

Diabetic Douglas

[(Anonymous)]

Douglas is a type 1 diabetic, though, being Douglas, he hasn't told anyone. After a long day of eating nothing but stale biscuits, his blood sugar level is distinctly low and he has a hypo in the hotel.

The hotel staff think he's drunk, the symptoms often presenting similarly, but Martin and the others find him and realises that something is wrong because Douglas doesn't drink.

Re: Diabetic Douglas

[kenizz]

Seconded!!!

Re: Diabetic Douglas

[(Anonymous)]

YES PLEASE.

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

diabetics have HIGH BLOODSUGAR. They need insulin to lower it.

what you're describing is HYPOGLYCEMIA.

Sorry, but that's something nearly everybody does wrong and I find it annoying.

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's probably because diabetics, if not managing their sugar correctly, can end up with serious lows and suffer accordingly. It's possible to slip into a coma if their blood sugar sinks far enough. My type-1 diabetic friend has totalled 3 cars while having diabetic Hypos because he didn't eat enough for the amount of insulin he was taking. His blood sugar plummeted and he became incredibly disorientated. He does it quite a lot because he eats crap with a high sugar load and takes his insulin accordingly, leaving his blood sugar insanely low afterwards. It's not just about high blood sugar, it's the inability to keep it level that's the problem.

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

^ Yes

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

then you should mention, that the bloodsugar is so low because of an "overdose" insulin. =)

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

I felt that was implied by the general nature of the prompt. Douglas has had nothing to eat bar stale biscuits. If he's been taking his medication, not even an overdose, just an appropriate amount, the quickly digested simple carbs of the sugar and white-flour in the biscuits will give him a fast and sharp high and crash reaction. The insulin remains active for longer than it takes to digest sugary biscuits. He'd have been ok if he'd been eating complex carbs such as brown bread or wholemeal pasta because there's a slow release of the sugars, but stuffing himself with nothing but simple carbs would send his blood sugar way up and then very, very sharply down again.

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

It was definitely implied, don't worry OP. I suffer from hypoglycemia and my mom is diabetic, but the same thing happens if we don't eat or eat nothing but crap-- we get disorientated and loopy before passing out.

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT, I should probably say I'm not the OP, I merely liked the prompt and had hoped to explain to the complaining anon that it wasn't actually as innacurate as they believed. Which I suspect has been more than adequately cleared up at this point. :)

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

I'm pretty sure that most people (at least people who know diabetics) would consider that implied. Nothing in the prompt is inaccurate or requires elaboration.

Re: Diabetic Douglas - correct usage of diabetes...

[(Anonymous)]

Stop.

OP here

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, I didn't mean to be confusing or anything. I'm a type 1 diabetic myself and have just got out of hospital (had a stomach bug, didn't eat properly- bit idiotic, really). Anyway, it was a cathartic cos I love Douglas h/c.

I have quite a bit of trouble with hypos because I do a lot of sport and sometimes misjudge sugar intake. Hypos are terrifying and I've had far more trouble with low blood sugar than with high (which I find easy to regulate with my injections). Anyway, sorry for not explaining more :-)