#but unfortunately

[odekiisu]

Vulcan Eyebrow Pointiness is governed by gene(s) in an imprinted region of the genome.

Imprinted genes are expressed differently depending on which parent they're inherited from; either the maternal or paternal copy of the gene is suppressed. On Earth, this can be seen in some human genetic disorders such as Prader-Willi/Angelmann syndrome (both caused by a large deletion on chromosome 15; which one presents is dependent on which parent the mutation is inherited from).

Another case where genomic imprinting causes noticeable differences in phenotype are lion/tiger hybrids. They have the same complement of genes, being 50% lion and 50% tiger, but ligers (male lion/female tiger) are absolutely heckin massive, being larger than both parent species and the largest feline in the world, and are lighter in base colour (more the colour of a lion than a tiger).

Fig. 1: Liger

Tigons (male tiger/female lion) on the other hand are about the size of a tiger and more tigery orange in colouration. This is because of growth-suppressing genes that are active when inherited from a female lion, but not when inherited from a male one, and corresponding growth-promoting genes that are only active when inherited from a male. Female tigers do not have the required growth-suppressing genes to counteract the latter, so ligers get huge, but tigons don't.

Fig. 2: Tigon. Note that both are stripey.

In the case of Vulcans, the maternal copy of at least one gene that governs eyebrow pointiness is suppressed, whereas the paternal one is active. Behold:

Fig. 3: Spock, half-Vulcan with a Vulcan father, has pointy ears and pointy eyebrows (obvious usage of eyebrow liner notwithstanding).

Fig. 4: Lorian, half-Vulcan with a Vulcan mother, still has pointy ears but round eyebrows.

As you can see, the eyebrow pointiness phenotype differs depending on which parent it is inherited from, whereas the ear pointiness phenotype appears to be dominant, much like stripeyness.

tl;dr: Spock is a liger and Lorian is a tigon.

#star trek #star trek tos #star trek enterprise #spock #vulcans #I am aware that if I'm comparing stripeyness to pointy ears #then that would make spock a tigon and lorian a liger #but unfortunately #I like it better the other way #so you'll just have to deal with my inconsistent metaphors here

[iguessthisisanewobsession]

Danny would like to say he didn’t see the signs.

The canceled dates, the odd times coming back to the apartment in ruffled clothes, the way they would always avoid certain topics like nightlife.

The bruises.

God, Danny knew something was up for a long time.

It kept him up more times than he could count wondering how he could bring up such a topic.

Here he had it, right in his hands.

The final nail in the form of a leather jacket and a red helmet.

Danny glanced back at the duffle bag he had pulled from under their bed.

He couldn’t keep dancing around this topic, not when the truth was looking him back with soulless white lenses.

He had to talk to Jason.

His Jason,

His sweet, dorky book loving Jason.

The man he literally fell for during their first meeting.

The man who looked at him like he was made of poetry, the man he has supported for years.

He had to confront the man he loves… about the affair he’s having with his boss, the Red Hood.

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Psst there’s a part two to this prompt

#writing prompt #shipping #dp x dc #deadonmain #danny fenton #jason todd #this boy tried communicating #but unfortunately #his boyfriend is just like the apple tree he was grafted on #a waynacus footmouthacus #Jason it would’ve taken like a four letter sentence and Danny would have like a five minute freak out #now you both are going to have some MAJOR miscommunication problems

[halcyone-of-the-sea]

The way that if I could digitally draw all of you would be getting bombarded with post after post of Gaz/Spitfire and Nikto/Seraph in their universes getting involved in shenanigans is crazy.

#y'all would get absolutely sick of me #but unfortunately #I am trapped in traditional artist status #Spitfire takes up axe-throwing and scares Gaz shitless when she's 100% accurate #Seraph adopts ten cats and Nikto is fighting off allergies and trying to be intimidating as one sits on his shoulder #Nikto tries to organize the kitchen but gets hit in the head with an old pot because Seraph literally never touched it after she bought it #Gaz tries to hold back tears after watching The Notebook and Spitfire is nearly laughing her ass off even if she's teary-eyed too #I can literally come up with a million of these #I'm not joking

[carrotcakecrumble]

Edward Teach, born on a beach

#wip #don’t talk about the arm please #need to start using references and stop being cocky #but unfortunately #am too lazy #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #our flag means fanart #art #procreate #Blackbeard

[cecibeanz]

Jill Valentine swimsuit design!! her muscles…

#jill valentine #I designed this as inspo for my colossalcon cosplay #but unfortunately #I am not built like this #anyone have tips on how to get this build for 5’1 girl #digital art #art #fan art #artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #resident evil #resident evil fan art #resident evil remake #re1 remake #resident evil 3 remake #RE3R #resident evil 3

[monsieuroverlord]

Obligatory Snikt Fam cameo in today's Wolverine previews :(

Also: yeah, no shit, Sherlock.

Your son is dead, and Laura is sorta MIA (she's a queen and a superstar, but you don't know that yet) Gabby is completely MIA and hopefully will stay that way.

#i'm sorry i don't like being a hater but this is tiresome #like the art and panel layouts are phenomenal #but unfortunately #all plot decisions suck #daken akihiro #fang #laura kinney #wolverine #gabby kinney

[ser-jorah-the-andal]

Daenerys/Jorah + tumblr text posts (part 11/?)

#jorah x daenerys #jorah x dany #jorah mormont #jorleesi #jorleesi texts #mine #i have photoshop again #but unfortunately #i have to scape youtube for vids to make gifs #that's why they're all sorts of colors

[downtroddendeity]

I accidentally headcanoned 1200 words of Roland Crane backstory instead of eating lunch. Happy Presidents' Day, everyone.

#gameblogging #i would truly like to allow the Rolandposting to rest #to give the joke some breathing space. for the sake of comedic timing if nothing else. #but unfortunately #i have been Afflicted with a level of single-character hyperfixation i usually associate with a Fictional Crush #and so here we are #ni no kuni 2

[eidolons-stuff]

*Enid & Thing go looking for Ajax*

Enid: "Maybe I should just quickly check up on Wednesday again"

Thing: *signs* "Hey if you want to have a make-out session just let me know & I'll guard the door"

Enid: *embarrassed* "Thing!"

#thing is amazing #he always looks out for wenclair #even if they want some alone time #but unfortunately #enid and wednesday #won't be having much alone time #when enid arrives #it's going to turn into a shitshow #that's my guess at least #why? #you will see #don't worry #enid #enid sinclair #thing #wenclair #wenclair cult

[coldgoldlazarus]

I remember hearing somewhere that Asami was originally planned to be an Equalist spy, then after they realized they liked her character too much, they changed it so she had no idea her father was an Equalist, and joined the good guys instead upon finding out.

And like, (if it weren't for both Mako and General Iroh existing,) I could buy an argument that they didn't want to just repeat Zuko again. But I really think it's illustrative of the flaws in S1's handling of the Equalist plot that they all-but-completely excised her from it, instead of making that her arc.

#not a reblog #atlok #legend of korra #avatar legend of korra #and her keeping the Shock Glove #could have been some powerful symbolism #still believing in the movement's original goals #of ensuring rights and representation for nonbenders #while rejecting what it became under Amon #and there could be further interesting thematic and character work done #in exploring where that distinction is #and so on and so forth #but unfortunately #the show was just. very 2012 #I still love it but gahhh #asami sato

[comet-ribbon]

Scrapped ideas of TS4 with Buzz being with Woody in a new adventure in the artbook.

It really flips me out because the final product was romantic focused with Bo, which I personally have issues with it. BUT MY GOD.

#their relationship is everything #like the core of the fanchise #but unfortunately #that didn't happen #ALSO LOOK AT THEM WITH FORKY #Pixar stole us a good opportunity #Toy Story 4 #woody pride #buzz lightyear #toy story #not my art

[berrygoji]

The only reason soukoku isn't canon is because asagiri is a coward it would be considered bad marketing (i know, i know. shocking.) and it also wouldn't make sense for the type of manga bsd is.

#and bsd is pretty damn dark #that being said #looking at them one way #skk has a lot of romantic subcontext and everything in their relationship is perfectly complex #you can tell harukawa and asagiri spent long hours and thoughts into crafting them and their partnership #i wouldn't be surprised if they thought about making them a teensy bit canon at least once #but unfortunately #those bits and pieces of gayness that we are being fed is all that we will get #oh oh also if they were to get an ending i don't think it'd be a happy one #so much for a potential canon ending for them #i feel like it'd be very bittersweet or downright cruel #soukoku is shown to be invincible and a power duo because of their bond #yea but how long do you think asagiri will keep it that way? #i'd explain that if i knew how to write analysis but i cant #i'll rot in my thoughts until i can properly explain #bsd #bungou stray dogs #skk #soukoku #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #chuuya nakahara #bsd.txt

[l8tof1]

a fan gave him an amethyst bracelet 💜

#this is so cute and he is so sweet and patient and wonderful #but unfortunately #I’m incredibly distracted by his sexy arm/wrist/paw #🥴 #lewis hamilton #f1 #hungarian gp 2022

[oifaaa]

Jason should look into a career in fashion design

After dying His fashion sense became so good

How can you say that with a straight face when my boy canonically thinks this is a good look

#Ask #Anon #But also #I take this outfit as another example of #Grant morrison does not understand Jason Todd as a character #But unfortunately #Its also something others have ran with as a outfit for Jason #Which blind leading the blind I hate it guys #I know it's jokers original red hood helmet as well but that just makes it more stupid #At least to me #So watch as I pretend it never existed

[musclesandhammering]

The #GirlBoss movement in the MCU is extremely pseudo-feminist.

I could be totally off-base with this, but has anybody else noticed that here lately the mcu has had a slight pattern of making a few female characters ridiculously overpowered as well as turbo-hyped by the narrative and marketing…

This specifically includes Wanda, Carol Danvers, and Sylvie.

I’m in particular talking about how all 3 of them had far less time for character exploration and strength build-up than the majority of the other more powerful heroes, had fairly bland and uncreative personalities compared to the other more powerful heroes (Wanda was coddled by the narrative and not allowed to have any ownership in her wrongdoings which would’ve made her more complex, Carol was a victim of the “having the same arrogant attitude as the douchebro male characters is all it takes to make a Strong Female Character(TM)” writers’ mentality, and Sylvie with mary sue-ed to hell), and were generally made more about the cool powers and ‘oooh such a badass’ moments and the aesthetic than the actual depth.

My point is… they’re all so shallow and performative. It’s like the (mostly male) writers looked at the female character and scoffed and said “ok there’s no way this lady’s gonna become a fan fave on her own- we have to help her. We have to give her a boost. I have zero faith in women being able to gain popularity by their own merit (because who’d be interested in a woman, ammiright?), so we can’t just give her a compelling backstory and let that be it. We have to make sure she has the most tragic backstory of anyone on screen at any given time, and we have to make sure the audience knows it! We can’t just give her a specific set of powers and depict them in an interesting and unique way. We have to make her stronger than any other character she’s going to share screen time with and we have to have her flaunt her powers every ten minutes to remind the audience how strong she is! We can’t just make her intelligent in her own way and give her witty banter with the male characters. We have to make sure she makes them look like idiots and condescends them as frequently as possible so the audience knows it! We can’t just flesh out her morals and let her get things wrong sometimes. We have to make it so she’s always in the right and the audience should always be on her side! And even when she does something wrong, we have to make sure the audience knows that it wasn’t really her fault and she still has the moral high ground! That’s the only way we’ll ever get people to like her as much as the main male characters!!”

It’s just…. This is just rank with a lack of confidence in women. They approach the idea of having women front and center with equal parts skepticism and greed. They’re so out of touch with what women want in superhero films and just what women want in general. They fall into the trap of thinking feminists want everyone to know that girls are actually superior to guys, when in reality we just want to be treated with the respect and humanity and agency guys have always been treated with.

And by creating these female characters the way they do (making sure they’re not equal but decidedly better than the male ones, making sure they’re nearly infallible strength-wise, making sure they’re never allowed to be held accountable for mistakes) they literally defeat that whole point. They’re being extremely counterproductive to what feminists are actually trying to do, because they aren’t actually interested giving women genuinely good representation- they’re just interested in pandering to Twitter stans and casual female fans who form their opinions based on a first glance and girls who are so starved for rep that they’ll praise movie-makers for serving up rank crumbs.

They give us female representation but not really, just like they give us queer representation but not really, and like they give us poc representation but oftentimes not really…. Because (surprise surprise) the multi-billion dollar corporation does not actually give a shit about minority issues.

#this should not come as a shock to anyone #but unfortunately #I know a good many people who would be shocked to chagrin #young women and young lgbt folks and young poc stop idolising anything that gives you a crumb challenge #Omg Marvel Gave Us All These Badass Women!!! #babe most of those women are cardboard cutouts #Omg Marvel Gave Us A Confirmed Queer Character!!! #babe that was one vague sentence and then they did their best to retcon it by putting him in a heteronormative relationship with himself #Omg Marvel Gave Us These Cool POC Characters #babe most of them are side characters who get 3 lines tops 2 of which are used to build up the white characters #I’m just…. so tired #people are so shallow #negativity #marvel negativity #fake feminism #pseudo feminism #anti wanda maximoff #anti Captain marvel #anti sylvie #anti marvel #marvel meta #marvel discourse #argue with a wall #might do a longer post on this later idk

[hawthornesbiggestfan]

i might get bashed for this but

im honestly excited for eve. DONT GET ME WRONG, the girl BOILS my blood. she literally frustrates me sm and i got so PISSSSEEEEDDD when she showed up in tbh.

BUT!! bcs of her appearance AND the ending of tbh, im looking forward to how jlb wrote her in tgg. did jlb give her a redemption arc? or will she make us despise eve even more than we do now? will jlb, the woman who made THE inheritance games series, manage to make us FORGIVE eve?

knowing me i just might

all im saying is i wouldn't mind eve being in tgg. i jst hope she doesnt come and make us hate her more than we already do. i hate her enough cmon eve u cant make me hate u more than this shit.

#i am NOT a people pleaser #but unfortunately #theres a little part in me #that manages to forgive evem the worst people #more specifically woman tho #i KNOW im alone in this rn #im the only one on this boat #JUST LISTEN ALRIGHT #the grandest game