diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/mines.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/mines.dm
index b169f9944f..482c0631f0 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/mines.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/mines.dm
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
 	to_chat(victim, "<span class='reallybig redtext'>RIP AND TEAR</span>")
 	SEND_SOUND(victim, sound('sound/misc/e1m1.ogg'))
 	var/old_color = victim.client.color
-	var/red_splash = list(1,0,0,0.8,0.2,0, 0.8,0,0.2,0.1,0,0)
-	var/pure_red = list(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0)
+	var/static/list/red_splash = list(1,0,0,0.8,0.2,0, 0.8,0,0.2,0.1,0,0)
+	var/static/list/pure_red = list(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0)
 
 	spawn(0)
 		new /datum/hallucination/delusion(victim, TRUE, "demon",duration,0)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 	var/obj/item/twohanded/required/chainsaw/doomslayer/chainsaw = new(victim.loc)
 	chainsaw.flags_1 |= NODROP_1
 	victim.drop_all_held_items()
-	victim.put_in_hands(chainsaw)
+	victim.put_in_hands(chainsaw, forced = TRUE)
 	chainsaw.attack_self(victim)
 	chainsaw.wield(victim)
 	victim.reagents.add_reagent("adminordrazine",25)
diff --git a/code/modules/flufftext/Hallucination.dm b/code/modules/flufftext/Hallucination.dm
index 26391c0957..621bca26ff 100644
--- a/code/modules/flufftext/Hallucination.dm
+++ b/code/modules/flufftext/Hallucination.dm
@@ -471,10 +471,13 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(hallucinations_major, list(
 	var/image/A = null
 	var/kind = force_kind ? force_kind : pick("monkey","corgi","carp","skeleton","demon","zombie")
 	feedback_details += "Type: [kind]"
+	var/list/nearby
+	if(skip_nearby)
+		nearby = get_hearers_in_view(7, target)
 	for(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H in GLOB.alive_mob_list)
 		if(H == target)
 			continue
-		if(skip_nearby && (H in view(target)))
+		if(skip_nearby && (H in nearby))
 			continue
 		switch(kind)
 			if("monkey")//Monkey
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/inventory.dm b/code/modules/mob/inventory.dm
index d804b3c499..bf083b654d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/inventory.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/inventory.dm
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@
 
 
 //Puts the item into our active hand if possible. returns TRUE on success.
-/mob/proc/put_in_active_hand(obj/item/I)
-	return put_in_hand(I, active_hand_index)
+/mob/proc/put_in_active_hand(obj/item/I, forced = FALSE)
+	return put_in_hand(I, active_hand_index, forced)
 
 
 //Puts the item into our inactive hand if possible, returns TRUE on success
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 //Puts the item our active hand if possible. Failing that it tries other hands. Returns TRUE on success.
 //If both fail it drops it on the floor and returns FALSE.
 //This is probably the main one you need to know :)
-/mob/proc/put_in_hands(obj/item/I, del_on_fail = FALSE, merge_stacks = TRUE)
+/mob/proc/put_in_hands(obj/item/I, del_on_fail = FALSE, merge_stacks = TRUE, forced = FALSE)
 	if(!I)
 		return FALSE
 
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@
 						to_chat(usr, "<span class='notice'>Your [inactive_stack.name] stack now contains [inactive_stack.get_amount()] [inactive_stack.singular_name]\s.</span>")
 						return TRUE
 
-	if(put_in_active_hand(I))
+	if(put_in_active_hand(I, forced))
 		return TRUE
 
 	var/hand = get_empty_held_index_for_side("l")
 	if(!hand)
 		hand =  get_empty_held_index_for_side("r")
 	if(hand)
-		if(put_in_hand(I, hand))
+		if(put_in_hand(I, hand, forced))
 			return TRUE
 	if(del_on_fail)
 		qdel(I)