I have been wondering this for a long time but never got around to asking, so can one of you QaF people please tell me: is Brian's deviated septum canon or fanon?
Canon. I forget the episode, but Brian and Michael are at odds; Brian calls Michael on the phone and doesn't say anything, but Michael tells Ben he knows it's him because of his characteristic breathing due to a deviated septum (don't ask me what that sounds like, I'd guess Brian had a whistle or a wheeze of some kind). :)
Aha! I think I may remember that now. Could it have been 112, perhaps?
I have seen the deviated septum in so many fics now that I figured it had to be canon, but I couldn't for the life of me remember when it had been mentioned on the show. Thank you!
You know, I'm glad you chimed in because now I want to know more -- is that how you get a deviated septum? From having your nose broken? I think a high school friend of mine had a deviated septum, but I don't know whether she ever had a broken nose...I always just thought it was one of those things that could just happen. But it would absolutely make sense for Brian to have broken his nose, considering his home life as a kid. :-(
It's certainly how I deviated mine, and by far the most common way of it happening. I've met people whose noses were wonky from birth, but a solidly broken nose is the more likely option.
And yeah, the more often it's broken, the more likely a deviated septum is (mine have all been through misadventure, but a friend of mine whose elder brother was a sociopathic bully has the same snuffliness).
If you're using it in a fic, it's not the sort of thing that makes a difference unless you have a cold or are anxious: the more I try and breathe silently through my nose, the more I fail! And I don't snore, I just make a soft wuffly noise, apparently. Having a bad cold is hellish, though.
Doesn't necessarily look bad from the outside, either, well, no worse than it was before!
Let me know if you ever need info on broken feet, toes, arms, ribs collarbones or general head injuries. And don't ride a bicycle in cities outside of Holland and Scandinavia. Trust me on this last.
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I have seen the deviated septum in so many fics now that I figured it had to be canon, but I couldn't for the life of me remember when it had been mentioned on the show. Thank you!
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And yeah, the more often it's broken, the more likely a deviated septum is (mine have all been through misadventure, but a friend of mine whose elder brother was a sociopathic bully has the same snuffliness).
If you're using it in a fic, it's not the sort of thing that makes a difference unless you have a cold or are anxious: the more I try and breathe silently through my nose, the more I fail! And I don't snore, I just make a soft wuffly noise, apparently. Having a bad cold is hellish, though.
Doesn't necessarily look bad from the outside, either, well, no worse than it was before!
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