Hello it's me again with my monthly appearence hehehe
today I offer you a drawing inspired by the fanfiction "There Are Many Benefits" by moonliched on AO3
you can also check out their Tumblr accounts @moonliched/@moonliched-art!!
I hope you enjoy my little doodle heheheh
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i don't consume a lot of sci-fi on my own, but my family likes to, and my sibling in particular likes to send me sci-fi biology to rate it. here's how i like sci-fi biology:
consulted an actual expert (and then listened) - very rare, but very fun. star trek on good days* does this. futurama often combines this one with the next one for very fun results
intentionally completely stupid - love it, don't take take yourself seriously <3
handwave-y - this is less common in "hard" sci-fi for some reason (i think because the assumption is a reader WANTS an explanation?), even though it's really the best narrative way to do it. it's not your job to come up with how someone evolves telepathy or how it works on a biochemical level
flubbed the landing - used a real biological concept and then proceeded to demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of it. an example would be some novel where the main character explained that squids can evolve faster than other species because they do a lot of RNA splicing.** it's true! they do do that! also: not how evolution works! this one annoys me less because the writer made a mistake and more when a lot of the reader chatter is swooning over how ~smart~ it is fdhsjkhdjsk
unintentionally completely stupid - says a lot of biology jargon to say absolutely nothing, but takes itself very seriously. (grips star wars by the shoulders) stop trying to use actual science. you are a fantasy story set in space. go back to the wizards
*"good days" = good science days. i don't consume enough star trek to evaluate if it also correlated with good STORY days
**RNA splicing = okay so you're probably aware dna -> rna -> protein. well, you can hack up the rna into different configurations so that one chunk of dna can then make multiple types of proteins. (rna can also have functions beyond just being a protein blue print because rna exists to make a biologist's life Hard)
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googling peacock wings and getting fucked up concepts of the tail feathers constructing some botched novelty accessories has the same energy as googling cat/dog skeleton and getting those halloween decorations that have ears coming out of the skull
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