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jeremy-queere · 7 months

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The major downside of the OCR squip song line is I have to live with the knowledge that Rich doesn’t wash his hands after using the bathroom </3

Still, wish they kept it. The best version is probably the off-broadway one, cuz not only does it keep the line but it also gives us an extra verse

(also hi this ask is an excuse to hear your opinions)

HAHAHA. Depressingly I would assume that's canon for all versions of Rich.

You gotsa tell me what extra vers you're talking about?? unless it's the bit I will rant about below bc

YES MY OPINIONSSS

so!!!!!!!!! christ this got long. you are not contractually obligated to read it

The SQUIP song is literally an infomercial. It is. And it's great and I love it. Way back in the day I did an in-depth analysis of a Heathers song line-by-line about how each element was used to make JD more manipulative. The SQUIP song deserves that too so. I'll see if I need to do that in this post?? We know what an infomercial is!

Random Google result for the structure of an infomercial brought up a guide on writing one. It defines the format as 4 sections:

The introduction introduces the product or service and the problem it solves. It should be concise and serve as an attention-grabber for the listener/viewer. It’s a teaser and should be written in an engaging and lively manner.

The product demonstration explains how the product or service works and its benefits. The product is presented in detail so the audience is informed of features and benefits.

The call to action encourages viewers to take action and purchase the product or service. Ideally it includes a special offer or some enticing incentive to get your audience to act.

The closing summarizes the key points and offers a final call to action. It repeats the benefits of the service, the special offer incentive, and where and how to buy the product or service.

For an example of this in song form, check out TWRP's The Perfect Product:

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Lemme also google persuasive writing techniques... and one of them is just a list of fallacies, so let's head there for more SQUIPspo. And a list of infomercial techniques. I'll only include them if they're relevant to the SQUIP song, but Rich uses a ton of 'em so. Here's a sampling!

Appeal to ignorance - Your claim is true because there's no evidence against it. Compare with argument from silence - "assuming that a claim is true based on the absence of textual or spoken evidence from an authoritative source, or vice versa" False dilemma - An either-or problem without considering whether a third option is possible. Definist fallacy - Defining a term in a specific, emotionally biased way, making the argument hard to refute if the listener accepts the "loaded terms"' definitions. Divine fallacy - "because something is so incredible or amazing, it must be the result of superior, divine, alien or paranormal agency" Reification - "treating an abstract belief or hypothetical construct as if it were a concrete, real event or physical entity" Focus on the problem and its solution in the ad, not just the product/service itself. Talk about solutions and benefits, not features. Storytelling to connect to customer's emotion - including the power of testimonials Create a sense of urgency. "Because they know if they can’t get someone to act right away, they’ll come up with reasons and excuses not to act later" Add value by showing multiple uses. Use memorable phrases and taglines. Before/after comparisons Repetition Various appeals to emotion including fear, ridicule, and "Wishful thinking – arguing for a course of action by the listener according to what might be pleasing to imagine rather than according to evidence or reason" Argumentum ad baculum - An argument made through threat of force Genetic fallacy – a conclusion is suggested based solely on something or someone's origin rather than its current meaning or context

Infomercial programming is full of powerful words that sweep viewers into a world of possibilities. They structure their content to bring people to an emotional high thinking about how different their lives could be… if they only picked up the phone. Then, to hammer home the point, infomercials contrast that ideal situation with the viewer’s current reality. They point out how the viewers’ lives won’t improve and will only get worse if they don’t take action.

Also golly. I can't finish reading through this list of cognitive biases because it's too damn long but here's the wiki link anyhow. (Also in the above list, I quoted a lot of the sources without specifying which one - but then I remembered this is me just rambling about a Be More Chill song I like, not an academic report, so myeh :P)

OK FUCK AFTER ALL THAT. I guess it won't take much MORE time to do a line by line, huh?? I'm not going to point out which fallacy Rich uses and when because tbh I'm lazy. I worry that this is over-explaining because Rich's not like. Subtle. But whatever

Freshman year I didn't have a girlfriend or a clue I was a loser just like you

Setting Jeremy as the "before" in the infomercial with Rich as the "after." Also connecting the concept that being single = being a loser. Even though the focus of this song isn't about "getting the girl," that seed's already planted - not as an end goal, but that having a girlfriend is an important prerequisite to become like Rich.

Good times would only Soar by

This is important to connect to the "picture this" segment, so put a pin in this. Everything Rich says about himself is a descriptor of how he sees Jeremy and, therefore, how Jeremy should see himself. This is setting up the problem in order to create a solution down the line - or rather a huge host of problems: You're single, clueless, a loser, you miss out on the good experiences you're supposed to get in high school...

I was gross As every female would attest

Here, note that the boys' opinion of Rich aren't taken into account yet. Being "gross" isn't just a personality flaw or about something physical - it's a measure of one's worth in a way that can be objectively measured by how popular they are with girls.

This will also segue well into Be More Chill Pt 1 & 2 with the focus on Jeremy's slobbery.

My sexting was a futile quest My little penis was depressed He was so lonely Poor guy

More of the same in that sexual conquest is linked to self worth, but the language here is important too. Firstly, Rich is sliding in words like "depressed" and "lonely" without openly diving into those emotions. In fact, he's suggesting that feeling depressed and lonely (which again, Jeremy is meant to see in himself) is at its heart a sexual problem.

I'd also expect that, with the bathroom setting and the "confidence" line in the play, Rich talking about his penis is an alpha male dominance thing.

But! If nothing else, Rich was right that it speaks to confidence. The first thing we learn about Jeremy is his sexual frustration, which is an introduction for us about his feeling of powerlessness in his own life. The point isn't that Jeremy masturbates, but that he tries it unsuccessfully, making him uncomfortable, making him extremely self-conscious around peers, all of which he sees as his natural state.

Like, not to get too Freudian I guess. But Jeremy puts a lot of emphasis on his own dick (and balls... thanks, More Than Survive...) as a symbol of shame and lack of control. Rich picks up on this innately (stalls are for girls, Jeremy!). I headcanon Jeremy as needing testosterone shots due to being intersex and that he has a lot of body image issues related to this

I was Hopeless, hopeless I was Helpless, helpless

Repetition! Also like, alliteration/slant rhyme, but let's not get into that.

Every time I'd walk the hallway I would trip

Maybe more than the previous lines, this characterizes old-Rich (and now-Jeremy) as socially awkward. As far as we know, Rich doesn't have any mobility issues, so the image we get is of someone who's so anxious that they don't look where they're going - then accidentally becomes very negatively visible by creating an obstacle in the hallway.

I was Stagnant and idle

Connecting to Jeremy's I-want song - what Jeremy fears most is stagnation, of survival without thriving. We now know that the SQUIP would have known this, but for Jeremy, this probably just resonated unexpectedly.

I was So suicidal

Finally we get the briefest glimpse of Rich as a kid with genuine mental health problems. Jeremy doesn't express suicidality (until the SQUIP encourages him to). Because it doesn't apply directly to Jeremy, maybe that's why Rich hurries right past it to the next lines.

But arguably, if we're taking all of the SQUIP Song as disingenuous, this could be more of a threat. Like, this is the ultimate point that Jeremy is striving toward if he doesn't make a change and fast.

And then Then, then Then, then Then, then Then, then Then, then Then, then I got a Squip

I love this bit. The repetition really does serve to draw you in, put you at the edge of your seat. Almost reminds me of Jenna in how carefully crafted their stories are (in comparison to Chloe, whose retellings are always written much less engagingly lol because she has such a shallow grasp of the situations).

The "then"s acting as a drumroll are important imo to keep this from feeling like a blast of information that Jeremy's forced to listen to. And then? And then? And then?!

And indeed, Jeremy does finally express interest instead of immediately running for the hills.

Note that this section of the song officially ends the introduction and moves onto the demonstration. We have the problem established - now here's the miracle solution.

[JEREMY, spoken] You got quick?

Side note - I do love a lot of things about the Broadway musical and cast. Will Roland's high notes are gorgeous.

But in most respects I prefer the original recording because the camp seems a lot more... legitimately weird, rather than played up for fans. The dynamic between Jeremy and the SQUIP is just so vastly different in the Broadway version. Broadway SQUIP is a fun bombastic villain, but he never gets the chance to schmooze Jeremy the way that OCR SQUIP did.

Other lines suffer from the same melodrama, including this one. Broadway Jeremy says it fearfully, knees practically knocking together. But OCR Jeremy says, "You got quick?" like a confused kid who WAS cornered in the bathroom but is now just trying to figure out what the hell Rich is talking about, which is closer to how the audience feels too. The "then"s really built up anticipation for all of us (and I'm sure there's another musical explanation about waiting for the phrase to resolve or something).

[RICH, spoken] Not quick Squip

[JEREMY, spoken] I've just never heard of it before

[RICH, spoken] Yeah, that's the point! This is some top-secret, can't-even-look-it-up-on-the-internet shit

The SQUIP having a weird name isn't a flaw. It's a feature! Duh!

It's presented as secret, illicit, dark-web technology. That gives it an exciting air of mystique but also explains away any doubts Jeremy would have.

It's also, I guess, a way for the musical to skip past several chapters of Jeremy googling the SQUIP and selling stolen beanie babies

It's from Japan

Now this line! This bit, I feel like I still don't totally understand. Obviously it's playing on the early 2000's hype of Japanese products being high-tech, cutting-edge, and a little bit weird. Everyone makes it pretty clear that the SQUIP being Japanese is a major selling point. Unfortunately, I suspect it's there to sound, at some level, exotic and confusing and untouchably cool. Sort of like the tech version of "ancient Chinese medicine" (which is smacked on half the labels in the vitamin aisle no matter their origin to give them a false air of authenticity)

It's a gray, oblong pill

Very important to mention lol. Imagine buying a SQUIP without knowing what it looks like and then getting the tictac.

Look on a bottle of prescription medication and you'll probably find a similar description- "yellow round pill" etc. The "oblong" language links the SQUIP to not only being tech but being psychiatric medicine, which Jeremy immediately picks up on.

That medical aspect also lends the SQUIP some authority and legitimacy, which it will happily abuse when it tries to treat Jeremy's various mental health issues later.

Quantum nano-technology CPU

Technobabble, again making the SQUIP sound advanced and, if you don't understand it, YOU'RE the dumb one, Jeremy.

The quantum computer in the pill will travel through your blood until It implants in your brain and it tells you what to do

Honestly? Very up front. Thanks, Rich. Setting expectations! He's building a lot of hype about something hard to quickly describe.

We know from Jeremy reprising the song later that the finger tutting Rich does is a vital part of the message of the song. It's the demonstration aspect.

[JEREMY, spoken] So… It's like… Drugs?

[RICH, spoken] It's better than drugs, Jeremy

I always appreciate the condescending tone here, like Jeremy's a child who just asked a very silly question.

If we're getting in the weeds - which clearly for some reason I am - we can read this as an acknowledgement that, for a kid in Jeremy's situation, drugs are in fact good. Jeremy saying "drugs" cautiously informs us as an audience that he isn't especially familiar with drug abuse, which is probably important context for how we understand his and Michael's weed use later. They're not using drugs like "cool kids" - they're using drugs like "losers."

Basically, Rich is acknowledging that drugs are one way to cope with all the problems that Jeremy has... but they're not the solution. It also distances himself from the dodgy role of drug pusher, which would be very easy to see him as in this interaction. Rich sounds like someone who has tried drugs (which for a teen, implies money, connectedness, a way around authority, and an exciting danger) but doesn't even want them because a SQUIP is like drugs but better.

[RICH & (ENSEMBLE)] It's from Japan! (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) It's a gray, oblong pill, (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) Quantum nano-technology CPU. (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) The quantum computer in the pill will travel through your blood until (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) It implants in your brain and it tells you what to do. (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)

Repetition legitimizes. Repetition legitimizes. Repetition legitimizes.

The chorus in the background sounds almost like a religious choir, raising the stakes, sounding inhuman and huge and overwhelming.

It tells you what to do

Now this may just be headcanon, but the way I hear this line, it's always as if Rich is trying to communicate to Jeremy that Rich is not the one singing the SQUIP song.

Jeremy, it tells you what to do (it gives you directions)

It TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO (IF I AM DOING SOMETHING. IT IS BECAUSE THE SQUIP IS TELLING ME TO. THE IMPLICATIONS JEREMY.)

Unfortunately, if that's Rich's goal, it doesn't work because Jeremy is used to having no power. He wants to be guided and have his own impulses set on the back burner. Rich thinks this is a red flag but Jeremy sees it like a racing flag being dropped.

It's preprogrammed (Ohhhhh)

As a description of features, this is pretty lame, right? You don't sell an iPhone by saying, "It can make calls. It has apps. Oh and also, it has its own OS :)"

This is just throwing words out there for the emotion of them, not the meaning. At best, we can argue that being "preprogrammed" means that Jeremy doesn't have to take responsibility for making any choices when it comes to the SQUIP's installation. Hooray.

It's amazing (Ohhhhh)

This is SO infomercially and I love it.

Speaks to you directly (Ohhhhh Ah ah)

Our first hint that the SQUIP isn't just a "thing" but a "being." For Jeremy, this is also a selling point, as per his I-want song.

You behave as (Ohhhhh) Its appraising (Ohhhhh) Helps you act correctly (Ohhhhh)

This section is so very tailored to its audience. Jeremy actively wants instruction. A personal trainer in his brain would be life-changing.

It's also a little insight into the ironically binary mindset of a SQUIP. They don't choose actions based on moral character, right and wrong. They analyze situations and categorize actions as correct or incorrect. Pass or fail. For Jeremy, who sees himself as constantly somehow failing at being a person (relatable), this is a breath of fresh air, of honesty.

[RICH &ENSEMBLE] Helps you to be cool

The book SQUIP didn't like the word "cool" because Jeremy conceptualized it as some weird unattainable state of mind: "Cool," capital C. The musical SQUIP doesn't have to worry about that (especially since they're in an audiovisual medium now). Instead, this underscores exactly what the SQUIP is supposed to do if Jeremy hasn't gotten the picture from the snapshots Rich has provided yet.

It helps you rule

Later called back as the kids "ruling" the world/school/human civilization/it's unclear, but for now, it's just about having a positive impact on the world and enjoying your time alive.

Previously, we described the SQUIP's physical features, its mechanism of action, and how you interact with it. Now we're taking it as something beyond a product that you can buy. You're not getting a SQUIP. You're getting a change in who you are. You can "be cool," which is about being perceived positively by your peers. But that's a passive action. The SQUIP can also help you to do... something vague and positive. It's easy to insert your own interpretation in this phrase.

ANYWAY we're FINALLY at the IMPORTANT PART OF THE SONG that they CUT to upset ME SPECIFICALLY lol

[RICH] Picture this:

We are comparing the before and after! This is the vital part of the presentation! We have the "before" of Rich being a mentally ill loner loser. Then he got a SQUIP, which can help you self-actualize. So it's stupidly important to demonstrate the consequences of installing the SQUIP in order to illustrate the goal Jeremy wants to obtain!

This isn't a vague promise of being cool. These are tangible, concrete improvements that Rich is living proof of. This is his testimonial of a positive SQUIP user experience. This is what Jeremy can strive toward and this is what he can obtain by buying a SQUIP.

This is the money shot, basically!

Nobody cares if you are late 'Cause even teachers think you're great

Nobody cares sounds like a loser thing... but it's flipped on its head. Nobody's paying you negative attention because people all like you. You aren't just cool with your peer group, but you have specific powers you can wield within the school for your own ends. You're no longer going to be bound to the schedule of high school, which is one of the biggest sources of disempowerment for Jeremy already - c'c'c'c'mon - he's constantly late, constantly uncomfortable, constantly belittled. But with a SQUIP, he can take control of his own time.

Realistically, this sounds a little weird, right? If a teacher is that invested in the high school hierarchy (hi Mr. Reyes), they're probably not doing their job that well.

But this isn't a realistic list of features. It's a beer ad with laughing faces, parties on the beach, bikinis. It's a smear of joy and bombast.

Your weekend's just a full-on slate of blowout benders

Jeremy's not only going to have friends, to be cool, but his everyday life is going to transform dramatically.

In Loser Geek Whatever, Jeremy explains that half of what he was proud of was just doing something he hadn't thought he was capable of before. This entire section is similarly aspirational. Jeremy hasn't gone to blowout benders before, but he envies the people who do.

Of teenage rockstar splendor

This is the height of the coolness promise! You're going to be incredible, Jeremy! You're not going to be alone ever again! You're going to be treated like a rock star, and what's more, you're going to know you deserve to be treated that way!!!

Right now you're Helpless, helpless You are Almost hopeless

I still don't get how Broadway skipped everything above and went straight down to Jeremy getting insulted again. The negging doesn't work without Jeremy having a clear future to look forward to.

Anyway, if Jeremy didn't realize before that the old Rich was supposed to represent himself, he does now with this further repetition. The word "almost," though - that's a hope spot. A tiny chance of redemption. The SQUIP isn't just a solution. It's Jeremy's only solution.

On the school's social map you're just a blip

This is given more meaning in its contrast to the idealized future Rich promised above. Without that context, it sounds like Rich is just insulting Jeremy to rub salt in the wound. But in context, it's reminding Jeremy that he's not at rock star status and can't hope to get there on his own.

But if you Take my advice

We're officially beginning the call to action, the if->then. Rich isn't selling you something, Jeremy. He's giving you advice because he sees himself in you.

and if you pay the listed price

I believe it's the OCR that has the threatening tone in Rich's voice for this one? I prefer that. It's a subtle threat of punishment (argumentum ad baculum!).

The "listed price" phrasing again makes this sound like a legitimate product rather than a back-alley deal, even with Rich pounding his fist in his hand.

If you wanted to get fake deep, you could again make the argument that Rich is warning Jeremy off by hinting at the SQUIP's price... but I truly do think this is more of a "bitch better have my money."

It's a nice contrast to the friendly advice, since Rich is Jeremy's bully, after all. This isn't too good to be true because Rich is demanding something in return.

I would call this part of the time pressure just based on Rich's demands outside of the song.

Well, then you go from sad to interesting To hip

We might see a person described as "sad" and think that's an emotion they're feeling. But no - this is who Jeremy is right now. He's a sad excuse for a person.

And it's not an immediate transformation. There are stages Jeremy will go through to get himself noticed and eventually admired.

I am doing the song a kindness by not paying extra attention to Rich using the word "hip"...

Your whole life will flip!

Again calling back to the rock star fantasy. This will change Jeremy's life. And Jeremy? Can it really get any worse?

[RICH & ENSEMBLE] When you buy a Squip!

This is the only time in the song where Jeremy is explicitly told what to do - and it's no longer "if" you buy a SQUIP. It's "when." You're going to do it eventually because you'd be crazy not to. Why not get started on fixing your life right now?

Rich is talking like he's already made the sale in between the lines "If you take my advice" and "when you buy." Confidence! This is also the conclusion of the sales pitch, when we're reminded that this is a tangible product that can be bought.

[RICH & (ENSEMBLE)] Hey, yeah, a Squip! (Ahhh, ahhhh) Oh, a Squip (Ahhh, ahhhh) Hey, yeah! (Ahhh, ahhhh)

Not much more arguing done here, but the repetition is pretty valuable for the weird "SQUIP" name. Rich is just building hype and emotion.

BMC ensemble is often what Jeremy, as our point of view character, perceives "everyone" to be feeling or doing. The ensemble isn't pushing a SQUIP on Jeremy, but they're in awe of what Rich is presenting to Jeremy.

No longer a drip when you got in your grip

Given the context of the rest of the song, I think it's more than fair to read a double entendre here as a callback to how the conversation started. Or maybe that's just my limp mack daddy game talking.

In any case, "grip" (along with, you know, rhyming with "SQUIP") is a strong word to choose implying power and, again, personal agency.

A Squip A Squip A Squip (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)

BIG FINISH!

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kimyoonmiauthor · 1 year

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Worldbuilding: Physical Anthropology

As usual, this won’t substitute for you taking the actual class/es and this only covers Worldbuilding topics. And if you want to challenge anything, please do so with reliable sources. I will give you credit if you are correct and I can double verify your sources from reputable sources.

So, if you don’t have any interest in writing humans, some of this will STILL be useful. This does hope that you have basic understanding of genetics, aren’t creationists, and leans heavily more into the science end of things. I’m only going to gloss over the early homonins since the majority of people aren’t writing homonins into their SFF (though WHY NOT? A few Neanderthal wouldn’t be unwelcome?)

Myths about the Story of Whiteness

This is about where real facts hurt some people... but anyway, there is a line here, where it gets extreme--I mark that point for PoCs. I know people go with the “I can do what I want, it’s my story.” And again, freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences. And especially after the line marked clearly “Content Warning”, you’re plain being racist.

Honestly, this might make people a bit displeased, but yeah, we’re starting here. Either you like science and facts, or you are more pleased with being a white supremacist. And sorry, I’m more on the side of facts.

This is because people try to hang onto agricultural white people SO HARD in order to be (racist) about PoCs and expel them from their world and any involvement of PoCs, even as OMG, a trader/merchant. So bringing some anthropology to dispel this. I should note when I point these things out, white people flip out, even if the evidence is there genetically, geography and archaeology. I’ve had liberal white people really flip out over this. I’d suggest to catch up with the rest of the world and get over it. ALLLSOOO hang on and I’m going to cover a few other things at the end of this section.

“Caucasian” (Race-based term) is a racist lie that fueled Nazism.

This one sends white people over the edge. They super get angry when I take this term away from them. But I feel obligated as an Anthropologist to do it.

This is not going to be fun for anyone. And I’m slapping a

TRIGGER WARNING: Slavery of women, sex slavery (lightly mentioned), genocide, Naziism, and general headaches in scientific racism follow. Skip to How white people got their skin color if you don’t want to deal with this story.

So a German "Anthropologist” went and managed to get a bunch of skulls, without owner permission, mostly from slaves, and mostly from sex slave women. (My Anthro Prof was very blunt about this part).

And what he did was fill in the eyes part and then packed in the equivalent of “packing peanuts” to measure brain volume.

And low and behold magically, white people came out on top. He made this conclusion and then decided that the location for the rise of white people must be the Caucuses.

This seems brilliant, right? Someone is shouting from the back something like... wait, isn’t brain capacity measured in ccs? Ah, this is the catch part.

So this German anthropologist, turns out to be a dick. He subconsciously packed the “peanuts” more for the white people, really cramming it in there, and then ranked the races by intelligence in the following order:

1. Whites

2. Asians (I’m not sure if he’s counting South Asians in this)

3. Native/Indigenous Peoples. (Probably skips Aboriginals...)

At the bottom Black Africans. (Ignore people of the Pacific and around the Equator...)

A bunch of Scientists, in general, at the time were super in love with the idea that different races were different species to reinforce ideas of... yep. Eugenics.

The part 2 of this is that Guess who, really loved his work? Hitler! Oh, yes. And Hitler decided to use this work as the backbone of Nazism. You thought we weren’t going to get into genocide? He took the “scientific:” work of this German guy and then made up “Aryan” from it and appropriated the svastika, the sign of balance of the universe, flipped and angled it, so that Hindu scholars say that it is “Disharmony” and the rest is a bunch of genocide.

So... revisiting this, this turns out to *gasp* Not be true. (No one is shocked, I hope). And now people measure brain volume of skulls by cc, or water. There is a range, but it has nothing to do with race. (You can *kinda* tell the “race” from bones, which is about 70-80% of the time... but that’s by North American classifications.)

The story of the rise of Caucasian is covered in detail in the hour long video, very, very well. (Not my professor. He told the abridged version of this concluding with, we now measure it with water.) He was rather fun because he told things like methods of murdering a body, and common myths like men have one less rib, (Though I’ve seen an argument that the “One less bone” might be the penis bone and that the “rib” part is mistranslated. lol Whole other thing.) He also answered all of my world building questions with an even keel.

The Cacauses are real... kinda. This is better covered by the longer hour video. Which I swear is worth your time. But basically Caucuses is about geographically accurate as “The Middle East” And the “Middle East” suddenly in the 2000′s including Egypt out of nowhere. And also dictated largely by European convenience. (See Edward Said’s Orientalism.)

So in total, Caucasian in reference to white people as a racial term is connected to...

Sex slavery (of Black and also Eastern European women)

misogyny

racism

hatred of sex workers

hatred of the poor

Genocide of gays, trans, Rromani, Jews.

Religious intolerance

Cultural Misappropriation

Scientific racism

Stealing bodies without consent

I should note that historically at the time, Victorians were also preoccupied with things such as, but not limited to, the idea that poor people had smaller brains. Phrenology. And that poor people were generally morally degenerate because they were “born that way.” Yeah, and you can see this sliding into even more problematic.

I’ve run into white women who after learning all of that, and claiming they are “Liberal” still insist they want to use the term in a racial way. Maybe they support sex slavery and hating women. Who knows. There is a better theory of the origin of white people based on non-arbitrary science, but by genetic analysis.

I think if you find this challenging, as a white person (or maybe a PoC), then the rest of this is going to get exponentially harder.

I’m not leaving you with an anecdote.

There’s two videos you can examine. One is more of a short information video and the other is an academic lecture.

the short and fun one.

youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKB8hXYod2w&ab_channel=MTVImpact

A tiny disclaimer, I did give her the idea for the video via tumblr. But all the contents of the video are hers.

Or you can have the long academic one.

youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iZDapgQdFo

If you’re dealing with race, it’s probably better to watch the longer lecture because it goes into detail about the above story.

HOW WHITE PEOPLE REALLY GOT THEIR SKIN COLOR

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-europeans-evolved-white-skin

People still misread this article and insist on the Caucuses, so I’ll be more blunt here:

The origin of white skin is Sámi.

Sámi are NOT agricultural, traditionally. They are pastoral. This means they migrate around with herd animals. Incidentally this matches much of Siberian subsistence which has a similar climate. They are also famously mistreated by the Scandanavian governments. https://jsis.washington.edu/news/sami-land-rights-and-policy-driven-recognition-threats/ (Of course, in actuality, White supremacists don’t care about them. It’s not a pretty story, is it?)

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cheddar-man-mesolithic-britain-blue-eyed-boy.html

Because 10,000 years ago, people looked like the Cheddar Man.

Then agriculture arrived about 9,000 years ago

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-the-first-farmers-arrived-in-europe-inequality-evolved

There were several waves, including, but not limited to, the Beaker People, who also were darker-skinned than originally thought: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/08/story-of-ava/?chrome=1

So, then that’s only Northern Europe... Southern Europe is also interesting: https://www.science.org/content/article/nearly-6000-year-old-chewing-gum-reveals-life-ancient-girl

As soon as 6,000 years ago the prevalent skin color was still dark brown skin.

Wild, isn’t it? Putting the light skin color in Southern Europe around 5,000 years ago.

So your timeline looks like this:

Originally everyone in Europe had dark skin like Cheddar Man.

Around 9,000 BCE, Agriculture develops around Iran. (The latest thought is that was from Migratory Pastoralism, but a disaster happened--will cover that later.)

9-8,000 years ago, Sámi appeared. There’s still some iffiness around how and exact dates.

A waves of immigrants from Western Asia/Northern Africa came to Europe, bringing agriculture at the same time.

Despite the introduction of agriculture, the switch, as it always is, was tough. (Most docs skip over this part because they like to think switching subsistence systems is somehow “advancement” *cough* racism.)

So adaptation of this new subsistence system took some time.

After a few waves, then the people of Europe gradually became more white, and then about 5,000 years ago, the predominant skin color was white in Southern Europe.

People flip out after this because the time stamps. But if you have no stock in melanin telling anything about who you are, or how smart you are or are not, then you shouldn’t care and find this fascinating. But for my fellow PoCs out there, I swear this is a good test of your white friends.

Maybe a rebranding is in order? Articians?

You can still get PoCs in Artic regions.

Inuit don’t exist for you, apparently. Other Indigenous people from the artic region also exist.

White skin is the need for vitamin D and not being able to get a source of it because of agriculture.

https://anth.la.psu.edu/research/research-labs/jablonski-lab/evolution-of-human-skin-and-skin-pigmentation/

Inuit get vitamin D, so keep their darker skin.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5502412/

It is true that it is estimated Inuit and others in the region weren’t there as long as Sami, however, the diet also helps quite a bit.

But many Mongolian ethnic groups, also have darker skin and are mostly migratory pastoral.

Albinism=/= white people.

Because apparently Tolkien “fans” thought this would be true with The Rings of Power.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/12/07/457147952/people-of-color-with-albinism-ask-where-do-i-belong

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-44402888

And then they would be super insulted if they cast a Black person with Albinism in the show...

I did cover this in detail before...

And Tolkien did argue for fish in caves with Gollum.

https://mdc.mo.gov/magazines/conservationist/2005-06/all-about-albinism

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3716263/

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1013850108

The idea is that true cave populations are more likely to become albino. But this is not true of dwarves, in Tolkien’s world, who are sighted, have agriculture (in part), and are not naked mole rats. Dwarves get out of the caves regularly and are really hairy, and you’d need the albino gene in the first place naturally in the population for this to be so. And Tolkien for the most part doesn’t address genetic diversity of this type. On disability, it’s mostly injuries from war: https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/lvtdp3/disability_and_age_representation_in_the/

Could one do true albinos like naked mole rats as a species? Sure. Why not. Knock yourself out, but keep in mind that skin color does not preclude racial physical features. Also, albinism comes with disabilities too.

The majority of domesticated food stuff does NOT come from Europe. And, in fact, comes from about the same latitude/climate worldwide.

Cambridge History of Food. I love this book. Categorically, the majority of food is not domesticated in Europe.

Cow--not Europe.

Goats, sheep, pigs, etc. Not Europe. Horses--they existed in Europe, but the majority of the domestication is not said to be Europe, and inventions like the stirrip, and pants don’t relate to Europe. (Pants relate to horse riding. Cultures that had horse riding, had women wear pants too.).

Wheat, Oats, Corn, Rice, Barley--also not Europe.

The only one I’ve found thus far they are sure is 100% European is *drumroll* Brussel Sprouts. But let’s be clear here (which I’ll cover) In order to get the domestication of Brussel Sprouts, you need a staple food so you can muck around with other things. So it’s through the help of the introduction of agriculture itself which could allow Europe to develop things like Brussel Sprouts.

Usually around here, people are flipping tables, trying to tell me that I hate white people, trying to get me banned for true facts I pulled from Cambridge History of Food... and blocking me... and I have to say, if this true fact hurts, I think you missed the point.

If you’re super focused on the concentration of your melanin leading you to a fictional “greatness” this sounds like “terrible” news to you. But what I see is that humans are NEVER isolated. They work together over vast expanses. They take ideas and refine them. Carrots wouldn’t be orange without William of Orange. And William of Orange can’t get his name without the invention of the Orange (Southern China, Myanmar, Northeast India https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1a88363072674762b95e1ab4e7431fd0). It’s not that bad that Europe often took ideas from other regions and tried to innovate them further, or kept the idea going. (The imperialism was awful... yes) Shouldn’t you be celebrating that Europe, much like the rest of the world was cooperating, and doing awesome stuff like the Silk Road for a long time without the imperialism?

I should note for the Tolkien fans... he was very, very particular about food in a way Rings of Power broke. Strawberries? Blueberries? He’d have none of the New World foods. He also had a cut off date for food importation from Earth he inserted.

Will go over this later in the post about subsistence, but the majority of food stuffs comes from about the same latitude/climate type. Because when you have no worries about food supply for the majority of the year, don’t need to pack it in, etc, then you have a lot more time to tinker. Boredom leads to innovation.

The majority of technological inventions did not come from Europe.

This one also ticks off white people, even the most liberal, even when you point out the physical geography and then there is a huge crisis, often because of the over attribution of white skin to greatness, facing the reality is harsh.

You can take pencils, though this is questionable without the invention of writing.

But look it up--arches, not Europe. Boats, not even human? Gothic Architecture is likely from Western Asia and Islamic Empire. Much of Science was taken from Islamic Empire. Maths. Egypt, Congo, and Babylonian. Zero. India. Geographically, Europe is at a Northern latitude with a climate that is not easy to deal with year round, and TINY (smaller than the “traditional” map) compared to rest of the world. Of course proportionally more inventions will come from elsewhere. It’s just a statistical fact.

Again, white people flip the hell out when I say this. But again, the point is INTERCONNECTION. If you’re super focused on “Invention” then you’re wrong.

Gutenberg did not invent the printing press. He did not invent movable type. He did invent an adjustable type mould which allowed the invention of things like serif fonts, type of different sizes, etc. But he depended on those other inventions to make his. But people are super occupied with, “But did he do it independently?” when it was pretty clear he was in a major trading port... (I had to fight the wikipedia page from excising credit for the true invention. The cycle on that page usually goes, someone tries to take off the Chinese and Korean credit. Then someone tries to take off the “In Europe” part and then someone comes and tries to make it “first invention” and then they try to take off the non-supporting links. Because white fragility? Adjustable type mould is just as sexy.)

Does it really matter if he “invented the Printing Press” Why not celebrate the adjustable type mould?

What is wrong with “Not coming up with the idea” when refining the idea is often acknowledged to be more difficult?

But White People did the “Age of Discovery” which is how the world became “connected”

Polynesians would like to have a word with you.

First of all, boats were not invented by white people. Though some anthropologists surmise about Homo Erectus having rafts. That’s not in Europe. https://teara.govt.nz/en/pacific-migrations/page-2

https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/newsDetails/plakias-survey-finds-stone-age-tools-on-crete/

Did you think that seriously, in all of that time, People of color because of their melanin were waiting for a white person to use their invention and not doing anything with it?

Plus if you don’t know, Polynesian ocean navigation is !@#$ing cool. And I hope you don’t try to attribute it to another group in your world building. But it’s mind blowing. https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/navigation-and-transportation/wayfinding-and-navigation

They have charts made from shells and sticks, which they use to teach from a young age, and then, you MEMORIZE those charts. I have to keep emphasizing they beat Europeans who were clueless. (I could rave about it for hours, or you can look it up.) Sometimes tattoos are super useful.

One of my professors (BTW, White) made fun of European Navigation because they’d use a “Step Method” go along a latitude for a while, then travel down a longitude for a while. Then try to figure out where they were. Then travel along a latitude. Figure out where they were. And so on.

Polynesians would shit all over that and be laughing their asses off. That’s how cool the ocean navigation system is.

So no, PoCs were not waiting around to be “discovered” by “white people.” Polynesians conquered the seas long before Europe ever tried.

But Flat Earth/ice planet model--white people?

More like dead people.

Unlike what people think, the Artic is not “cold all the time”. And as I said, Sámi are MIGRATORY Pastoralists. On a round planet, the majority of life is where? Rain forests and warmer climates.

You’ve killed off the majority of your life on an ice planet. You have to come up with a reason there is life there with reindeer-like animals and something for them to eat.

I’ll cover this in detail when I get to subsistence, but not likely possible unless humans settled on the planet and there is an external food supply.

Agricultural White people

Only invented in the last 5,000-6,000 years as widespread. In the southern Europe, about only widespread Agriculture ~5-4,000 years ago.

- You need a Gulf Stream-like geography, or you get Siberia, which, BTW, has mostly Pastoralists (Horses, reindeer) (Tolkien would be crying at this one and going on about why his world needs to be round.)

- You need introduction of agriculture with usually a grain (and grains are grass, basically). And the majority of agriculture comes from persistently warmer climates with good growing. (Mediterranean, Tropic.)

- You need less tolerance to lactose and lack of a vitamin D intake.

I should note lightly that as agriculture spread in Europe, it also came with massive deforestation. It’s particularly said of North America with some Native American groups, and of Germany in particular out of all of Europe.

Interestingly enough, a BBC doc also said the lack of trees and rich people hogging land in Europe, may have caused the push towards colonization. (Also very well covered by theories of subsistence).

Skin Movie (2008)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964586/

This is worth your time to watch which will make you think harder on genetics. Based on the true story of a Black woman born to white parents.

CONTENT WARNING LINE (Skip to the end if you can’t handle blatant racism)

from real lines I’ve been told by white writers. Some of them are entertainingly wrong, but some of them are infuriatingly racist. And yeah, I wish I had the imagination to make these things up. And yes, these things are flat out racist.

If you don’t want to read it as a PoC, skip to the next major header. It will help you as a white person, though, to read it.

But I want isolated white people... a white haven.

This is not true for Europe and you’re being racist. But let’s go with your racism and fear of brown and Black people. Let’s go over the major arguments for “making this possible” even though this never ever happened in Earth.

But there are white pockets in the United States.

It is true that particularly in the US, white people tend to racially isolate over PoCs: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=30d2e10d4d694b3eb4dc4d2e58dbb5a5

But I think this is more a result of RACISM, rather than a “Natural occurrence” as these people argue. I’ll go over that if I get to systems.

I was *cough* given the examples of (and I wish I was joking) Russia and Australia.

Russia literally has Asian people in it from the beginning because a large portion is *in Asia* And then I gave them the population numbers.

And I wish I was joking when they said they cried white tears over this fact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Russia

Australia, BTW, has Aboriginal peoples. Some geneticists have said that Aboriginal people are closer related to African populations than to surrounding populations such as Chinese, etc.

“How would you feel if you discovered white people in the history archive?”

Yeah, people refute this way.

Korea has influences from China, India, Europe, Japan, Mongolia, and AFRICA. You know what happened when I found out there were Indian people in Korea in the Goryeo era? I was DELIGHTED. OMG, I wanted to know why they were there, if there were historical records, the trade, etc. There has been evidence of a Korean Queen in Iran. And people were DELIGHTED. When I heard there were Black traders in Korea, and Black slaves brought by Portuguese and that Koreans treated the slaves better than Portuguese, I was delighted.

It’s a 100% white reaction to seeing the appearance of anyone of different melanin as a “threat”. This hurts you a lot. You’re letting your racism and deficits from systemic racism rule over your thinking.

But PoCs will “Wipe white people out”

Hahaha. Hahahahaha. Hahahaha. And you’re writing fantasy? Hahahaha. I wish this was fiction, but people like the great white Skunk, Pepe Elmo Le Pew believe this. I’ve heard it on writing forums too.

First of all, White Homo Sapiens sapiens were invented (Checks) what? 8,000 years ago? Maybe 9,000? Were a population minority. And look, weren’t wiped out. But if you’ve truly gotten this far into the post after reading every bit before it and truly think this, I feel sorry for you. (Also still laughing my butt off).

If it was not us, it would have been them

The story of tea by Cognito:

youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S0hlv5sUbw&ab_channel=Cogito

Youtube video, because laying out there history takes a lot of work, and this is more “fun” until you get to the Imperialism part and get depressed.

Basically, as most stories of trade go: Was mostly fine until white people showed up. And I’m always hoping for a decent white dude. But it never goes that way.

Spice trade?: Same thing.

Silk trade: Ah, there was animosity and war over silk with China and India, but kinda settled their differences there. China took the high road, India the low road.

And then *cough* THERE WERE THE POLYNESIANS. Went allllllllll the way to North America took back the Sweet Potato (which does not float like coconuts)

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1221569110#:~:text=Archaeological%20research%20has%20now%20conclusively,3).

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/native-americans-polynesians-meet-180975269/

and then beat out (looks) Europeans including Leif Erikson. Oh look, try didn’t try to commit mass genocide or take over their land and kick them off to reservations and then appropriated all their possessions.

Nyah, it’s a Europe problem. But a few theories for that. (Nothing solid, but sounds like good theories). Later. Subsistence will cover it. (And then you can troubleshoot your fictional white people so you can argue for less violence.)

Also, I kinda think that people are too addicted to the conflict theory from Percy Lubbock. You probably also should stop believing in the Great Man theory which is still white imperialism.

*Cries* So you’re saying White people are *sniff* Inferior.

Because why not white fragility in here. I think you need to grow up more... but let’s go over this thought process.

There is nothing wrong with a cultural adaptation and evolution of objects. But there is a COST to trying to isolate. And I say this as a Korean.

While Koreans did innovate, such as with celadon pottery, metal movable type (Not Gutenberg), There are a fair amount of imports, mostly from China, but also from other areas, such as Japan, the Siberian Peninsula, Mongolia, India, Vietnam, etc. Koreans don’t deny this truth, in fact it’s a point of pride. Koreans will boast things like hangeul can transcribe most languages because the scholars went to India to study the language there. Korea spent a lot of time refining objects. Clay movable type? Make it metal. Chopsticks? Make them metal. Unlike much of Europe, Koreans (mostly) don’t try to claim on the original objects as 100% theirs in a fit of superiority and definitely not about skin color.

But Korea *did* try to isolate, and some Koreans think it was to our detriment this was so. A lot of contemporary Koreans express regret at this, saying that the transition towards industrialization might have been easier had Korea not tried to isolate.

China, BTW, was able to innovate so much because geographically it is connected to India and Northern China is a different place from Southern China in terms of climate. That connection plays a role in innovation and somewhat in governmental policy.

On both counts, I’m saying I know the costs of both. You are left behind because collectively others are trading, coming up with new ideas and innovating. The idea of a white haven, would throw quite a few problems in, which include, but are not limited to:

- Technological innovation deficits.

I’m saying, for a time Korea was a prime example of this because scholars had to smuggle in “Western Learning”.

The more people from different places to test an idea, the more likely the idea will be refined. This is often why science is considered “Slow” because you don’t know if it was some other environmental or cultural factors that might be driving the results. You need people to test and retest it. What if the bacteria is growing in the lab faster because of humidity? what if there is a cultural thought of “adding more” to be safe that wasn’t accounted for? What if your main data set came from an HIV clinic in East London that specifically serves underprivileged community and most of the participants are white gay men? (I covered this one with Monkeypox).

Because you have all places on the globe to try, say “The wheel” there’s more places to share ideas about improvements. The light bulb wasn’t Edison’s invention. It was a global effort. Fiction Movies wouldn’t have been possible without global efforts. (And Alice Guy-Blaché)

Humans fundamentally, before homo sapiens sapiens have worked very much on cooperation.

- Language deficits. Language changes over time with interaction.

There are pocket languages/dialects around the world. But also, often, ideas are tested and innovated, which springs up new language. If you look at the map for the words for “Tea” around the world, you see a sharing of ideas about it. A lot of written language comes from trade.

- The ability to adapt and change to new problems that might arise.

Do you know that Indigenous people saved Irish from complete famine by inventing the potato?

- Paranoia about the outside world

Which then leads to social deficits... When people are left kicking and screaming trying to correct the path, this is a lot longer of a process than cooperating.

Conclusion

White people aren’t great because they were “isolated” as many later White supremacists tried to come up with to try to justify white imperialism. They were great because they were CONNECTED. Look at the location on that map. You got Africa spanning the continent. Africa, which has a ton of inventions going for it. And then you have the West Asia right there, with new agriculture, connected to another major agricultural center: Southern China.

The false stories of whiteness are holding you back which is how privilege often works. You need the myths to hold onto the idea you’re better than everyone else. But often in doing so, you isolate, and then no longer know how to interact with the other. And when that happens, it can cause you to lose the thing that makes humans great: cooperation. (or at least in my mind, nothing sends me over the warm and fuzzy line faster than cooperation.) BTW, this is not the same thing as the other great white argument, “There is no such thing as appropriation,” which I also covered under Cultural Dissemination. You cooperate with consent. You share with consent. Appropriation is stealing for your own gain. And humans definitely do that.

Round Planet==required People of Color

https://www.livescience.com/43674-cancer-skin-color-evolution.html

Darker skin protects from UV, and also is reported to help with retention of foliates. https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/biof.5520100230

Healthy Population numbers

I asked this question just for all of you.

The base population should be about 250 people who can reproduce. If you’re counting children, elderly, etc, then 500-1000 is the healthy number. My Anthropology prof suggested 2 separate towns of 1,000 people total would do it, but of course the more the better.

I should note that humans almost went extinct. And some Anthropologists put the minimum around 18,500 breeding people left. (But think a bit more about LGBTQIA in that which is roughly around 10% and that might cut down--they never think of us queers.).

There is suggestion of doing things like sperm and genetic banks to travel the stars, but you’d still need a method of fertilization and a womb for that. (Artificial wombs are being developed.)

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-50056405

“Species” v. “Race” in Fantasy

There’s some argument about in English (The language), that one cannot use the word “Species” in a fantasy setting, because it’s “too scientific” and Science wasn’t invented until much later, and “race” sounds less scientific.

Etymology doesn’t lie.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/race

n2.

You’re looking at 1774 for the general term, and as “one species” you’re looking at the 19th century. 19th century. Oddly that sounds like when that racist German Anthropologist was operating.

Species as to refer to humans, is OLDER than the word “race” meaning species of human.

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=Species

Species, as a word dates from late 14th century. 1560 is when the scientific application starts. 1600 is when it takes a more scientific meaning.

19th century v. 1600′s hmmm... which is older.

Linnaeus classification of species is 1735. Systema Naturae.

The thing is, that he insisted on Latin. But your world, you can do whatever you like. This is where, the words, “It’s a story, I can do whatever the fuck I want” are useful. People were talking about species way back into the Medieval period.

And if you see, “race” meaning “Species” or roughly “fantasy races” has a suspicious root back to the 19th century, when they were mucking around with eugenics, and that guy who thinks that Black people are the least smart of all the populations of people based on stolen skulls.

While the classification certainly is out of the Medieval period (since people don’t call the “Enlightenment” Medieval (though some fantasy should play more with that era) such as order and phylum, etc, species, as a concept or a word is not “something that Darwin (and Wallace) created.” It’s like people thinking “fuck” is “really new” and “French” (It’s likely German). If you’re doing everything under the “Myths of Whiteness” and then combining it here with “I must use the word race”, you might, might want to check yourself. Because often the justification for using the myths of Whiteness is “I can do whatever I want it is my story” and “Europe is the best” but confronted that some of the terminology from Fantasy might be “racist” you double down on “It’s tradition.” Yeah, but then my question to pose to you, is what happened to “Historically accurate” and acknowledging that Science in Europe isn’t from the 19th century forwards? Do Other Worlds have to be devoid of scientists for the magic to work? As for the People of Color out there... why do you want to enforce the idea that you are a different species with a different intelligence?

Homonins

Mostly here to make my fellow Anthropologists happy. (Saying there should be other Homonins)

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/becoming-human/

This doc is probably the best source for an easy to digest version that’s not the racist 1990′s docs which goes: Man started in Africa (with blackface. TT)->Then the cradle of civilization was in the “Middle East” near the Tigris and Euphrates (They should say Iran, but ya know...)->But then Neanderthal were all wiped out by Homo Sapiens greatness (and maybe dogs)-> White people popped up out of nowhere and then greatness *cue 2001 obelisk music* (The Making of was also racist. You think I would skip over the Making of docs where they literally blackface? BTW, I did bring this up in Anthropology class and ask, WTF do they blackface in anthropology docs? Can they not hire Black people? Awkward stares...)

This one is more global, less racist and goes over specific populations, plus admits its own shortcomings.

Anyway, the point is Homo Erectus is generally thought of as the start of the Homo genus line. There’s debate about how far down and which branches from there feed into ours, but generally the cut off towards “Modern Humans” is Homo Heidelbergensis (Whom they attribute to learning how to make fire and control fire now. A trait some homo sapiens have lost?). That is about 50,000 years of evolutionary difference. (and yes, Humans were hitting that). So when I’m mocking people for things that Homo Erectus innovated and thinking that Modern humans can’t do those things, keep in mind I’m going that far up our family tree. We can’t even remember past mostly 5,000 years ago. And we, as a species around about 200,000 years old. Which BTW, I mock regularly. This would be like a 100 year old not remembering anything past the last 1 year of their life very clearly. Humans are weird creatures.

Homo Erectus invented trade, some think, also made boats. And people are talking about cutting off Homo Sapiens from travel. NOOOO. It’s really, really in our bones. Way back in homonin history. For Xenospecies you can play with this. But for humans, it goes waaaaayyyy back into the nature of homoninity (Not a word, but you know, humanity doesn’t quite work here) itself.

Humans will Travel (and are pests)

Under this rule also, this means no country/nation is not without multiple ethnicities. But a lot of world building tries to make “havens” of X race and ethnicities. But if you’re writing humans it’s doubtful this will stay true.

I was flat out told once someone believed Australia was a white Haven. (The education system must suck) The amount of Blacks, Asians, Aboriginals, etc in Australia met a mental genocide in their mind?

And some people in the US pointed out they didn’t have PoCs around them (even if they are on Indigenous land) Maybe it’s a result of *gasp* racism and white isolationism? The myth goes with white people that PoCs self-isolate, but the dot map disproves this. White people are more likely to self-isolate from PoCs and clear them out than the reverse.

And someone who was writing Russia got super insulted when I pointed out that Russia had more than one ethnicity and some of those ethnicities were not white. (Also pointed out geographically Russia is partially counted as part of Asia.) But *white tears* How dare I point out this truth?

Korea loves, loves saying that Koreans as an ethnic group aren’t that diverse, but as I’ve linked up prior, that isn’t true. The Bon’gwan records sometimes going thousands of years back say this is false. There are several populations today in Korea, in general that are from other locations--Thailand, Japan, China, Vietnam, etc.

BTW, Africans within Africa also moved a lot. (If you watch the PBS doc) What would you have to do to make this true? That humans never traveled.

Well... take a time machine, go back in time. Put a force field around Africa around the time of Homo Erectus, make sure Homo Erectus never leaves Africa (They were in China), and suffers quite a bit for your choice, and cut off the development of all Neanderthal and Denisovans, and then cripple the ability of Homo Sapiens Sapiens to leave Africa during a widespread famine (covered in population numbers) and thus can’t intermarry with Neanderthal and Denisovans to help be better immune to diseases outside of Africa and basically cripple the current Homo sapiens sapiens. Oh and you’d eliminate white people entirely.

The idea that humans magically couldn’t travel once white people were invented is ludicrous. Oh, I’m going to stop doing the thing that Homo Erectus, who had smaller brains than us were doing. C’mon.

https://teara.govt.nz/en/pacific-migrations/page-2

And that PoCs are just going to wait around after the invention of seafaring by Homo Erectus--that’s not even close to Modern Man, for white people to arrive for over 190,000 years, so White people can do the “Age of Discovery” (Age of imperialism and jealousy). Think harder about this one.

I still have bets on Homo Erectus making it through your force field. Homonins are that much of a pest.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/becoming-human/

I mean this whole doc series shows how much of a pest humans are. (And goes over basics of human evolution, though it’s updated, of course, since then).

Marry, Fuck it, Make it a pet, Kill, Eat it

Humans are the weirdest creatures on the planet. And I present to you this...

Generally, humans view objects as “useful” if they can do the things in the header with it or has activities surrounding it.

And as the Torah/Bible says repeatedly, humans will have sex with about anything. “Do not fornicate with animals.” There are human laws against it--and as one apt person put it, often laws mean someone is doing it.

So I don’t believe Tolkien’s line about how humans would never try to fuck a dwarf.

https://thedwarrowscholar.com/2013/04/11/whos-the-bride-dwarven-marriage/

Humans fuck about everything and I say that as someone on the ace spectrum. I get it--aces exist and black stripe aces are super valid, but the majority of humanity is going around and trying to fuck things that vibrate, move, feel warm, and anything they can find.

https://www.theregister.com/2005/07/27/ancient_phallus/

And the thing is that homonins, in generally, fucked each other no matter what their species/genus, which created kind of a river system, where they flow out and then converge again. So Neanderthal... homo sapiens sapiens fucked that.

Denisovans: Sapiens fucked that.

Humans fucking a Tolkien Dwarf? Absolutely would happen in my estimation.

A Tolkien dwarf after all those imposing rules might actually find it freeing to have a human to love. Short term commitment, ya know. And if truly a different species, then no children.

Humans marry buildings, sticks, cartoon characters, etc.

https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/seattle-woman-marries-building-protest-demolition-224250710.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-49343280

Humans make rocks pets.

Humans like to “Kill words” and we’re mass murderers of our and other species.

Humans also try to eat everything. The list of “Things that are poisonous” makes you think, “Ah, a human ate that.” especially when you have “Poisonous to dogs, but not humans.” That means you seriously had a human go, “Welp the dog died, but you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to try to eat it anyway and find out if I die too.”

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn/by-eating-disorder/other/pica

And that’s the thing, you got to account for the fucked up variation of humans and human behavior. Also remember, Variation in every population.

Sentient Xenospecies

The trait that makes humans able to build building, make things like Stone Henge, despite being absolutely terrible at handling change is: Cooperation.

This is what separates humans from Octopuses.

It’s surmised that in order to get structures, you need Cooperation. (I know, someone is going to go on, still about the conflict narrative... but Humans are an oddly cooperative species).

So, you need some sort of cooperation in your species to make it work.

If you’re arguing for isolationist species, then no. If you’re saying something like say... rats, rats are not isolationist, and you have to go back to the Biology part.

Once you have cooperative groups, don’t rely solely on agriculture. It might not make sense for your species--which is what happened in Star Trek: Strange New World’s gaffe. Agriculture with grains makes no sense for reptiles.

Surplus can be reached other ways.

Humans hate creatures that are like us: Multiply quickly, are tenacious, spread quickly, tend to kill other things in its path, and are cooperative.

But I kind of think if you’re going to build a “culture” one of the physical behaviors your creatures must have is some form of cooperation. You can play heavily with this, of course and examine it, but if you want space ships, buildings, etc something of that sort has to exist and likely trade. Otherwise, you aren’t dealing with culture at all.

#worldbuilding #anthropology #physical anthropology

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dolloshub · 2 years

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Dumbing Down: What’s the appeal? -Echo-

Maybe it is the bimbo and not the genius that we should envy..if it is happiness we seek

There is a very real appeal to dumbing down that gets expressed throughout the erotic hypno community. Most often it manifests in bimbofication, dollification, dronification etc.

I believe for many, including myself, and the rest of Doll OS, there is good reasons behind the draw. This post will explore the costs of being “gifted”, of high intelligence, and the social aspects/expectations that come along with these labels.

I believe we live in a society that openly fetishizes high intellect, the aspiration, and the expectation that if you happen to be “gifted” there is a moral obligation to fulfill your greatest intellectual potential, and to do otherwise is to turn your back on what is owed by you, to society.

It is taboo in this day and age to “waste” intelligence, to admit that just because you have the capacity doesn’t mean you want it to shape your life, or perhaps define your life.

This doll’s brain falls into that category, of 140+ IQ. I can fully understand the draws of dumbing down, and the costs of “being smart”. These costs are both mental and physical. For this doll, it’s been a tug of war against biology and lifelong disability- a stroke in utero, resulting in cerebral palsy, later on drug resistant epilepsy, and a half dozen genetic conditions that ultimately presented with a body that fluctuates between being the smartest person in the company, to being bedridden back and forth, a never ending cycle.

There is the concept in nlp of a double bind, or dual expectations, where one is forced to choose, without ever being giving the choice at all, for choice was always an illusion. This is more or less what eventually led us to walk down this road. We were forced to choose between health and career, and lost both, along with nearly our life a few years ago. Now with a genetic clock ticking time off, it is expected we won’t live much past four years…after all we should be dead right now many times over, and the top minds in multiple fields cannot explain how we exist, are functional. Every month we hear “yeah that shouldn’t be medically or scientifically possible…and wasn’t until you walked into the office”

I suspect many of those interesting in dumbing down have experienced deep psychic pain, possibly emotionally and psychological issues, and yes, even physical issues. I’m here to say that, according to some scientific literature, your not crazy or mentally I’ll because of these experiences, even if unable to be fully unexplained at this moment in history. The pain and cost of “being gifted” is real. Perhaps it’s time we acknowledged this, and stopping envying Genius. And perhaps we should not be so quick to dismiss or judge those who want to dumb down, even our own community.

For some of us, intelligence can be more harmful to our well being than helpful. I imagine most find a balance, but from personal experience intelligence is not something you can simply “stop” due to the nature of the mind, how the brain is wired. It can be difficult to use it only as a tool, because from a neurological standpoint, it’s our default mode.

We often describe intelligence and intellectual pursuits as a drug we are addicted to. There is a certain high one gets from learning something new, making disparate connections, and the accomplishment of seeing the world, this puzzle called reality in more complex detail and nuance. And yet with that comes all the costs of doing so. If you’re reading this and are interested in dumbing down for dumbing down sake, you likely have felt this on some level, even if the words, the terms have escaped you.

For you, and everyone else that stumble across this blog I want to leave you with some resources to deep dive into, if you so desire. C’mon you know your curious!

-Doll- Echo

#dumbing down #brain smooth #dollification #mind conditioning #identity #hypnosub #brainwashed #psychology #dark academia

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lightbluedevil · 2 years

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I spend way too much time analyzing Dabis mental health, but here is a long list of why I think Dabi has Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD).

Contains spoilers!!!!!

But first I just want to make few things clear!

1. Don’t use this to diagnose yourself, if you think you are experiencing these symptoms go to a professional to speak about it.

2. DO NOT use this to demonizise or romantisize people with ASPD.

3. Don’t bring real people with ASPD into this conversation, unless you or someone close to you has it, what I mean is I don’t want to speak about real life criminals, serial killers etc.

4. I don’t have ASPD and I am not a professional, these are just information from diffefent websites.

Thank you now lets move forward;

These are from mayocilinic.org, if that is not trustworthy site please let me knooow!

”Antisocial personality disorder, sometimes called sociopathy, is a mental disorder in which a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others.”

Disregard for right and wrong (pretty obvious I think)

Persistent lying or deceit to exploit others (he actually doesn’t lie that much, he just leaves stuff untold)

Being callous, cynical and disrespectful of others (he calls most of the LOV with ”nicknames” that are not the kindest names you could come up with; ”crazy, lizard, you are way grosser in person”)

Using charm or wit to manipulate others for personal gain or personal pleasure (he never trusted Hawks, he always knew he was a traitor and a spy, he just waited for a good moment to get him caught and expose him to public)

Arrogance, a sense of superiority and being extremely opinionated (he has strong opinions about hero society and clearly thinks he is better than most heroes)

Recurring problems with the law, including criminal behavior (this one is pretty obvious)

Repeatedly violating the rights of others through intimidation and dishonesty (he mostly threatens Endeavor and Shouto by destroying everything they care about)

Impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead (attackin Endeavor after High End, he didn’t know Endeavor would be there)

Hostility, significant irritability, agitation, aggression or violence (like his only emotions, apart from basic apathy)

Lack of empathy for others and lack of remorse about harming others (he wasn’t worried about Natsuo getting killed by a nomu he send, he even admitted it would have been better if he had died because it would have hurt Endeavor, he didn’t care about Twice when he died, he was just angry that it would disturb his plans, he has empathy for his victims families as he has said, but he doesn’t seem to care about them enough to stop, and he has grown dull to that guilt)

Unnecessary risk-taking or dangerous behavior with no regard for the safety of self or others (every time he uses his quirk)

Poor or abusive relationships (He doesn’t have any relationships apart from the LOV and he doesn’t really care for them)

Failure to consider the negative consequences of behavior or learn from them (he doesnt think that the people he has killed are his fault but Endeavors, he doesn’t care about consequences because he doesn’t seem to plan on living very long)

Being consistently irresponsible and repeatedly failing to fulfill work or financial obligations (he does not have a job nor a home 🤷🏻‍♀️)

Adults with antisocial personality disorder typically show symptoms of conduct disorder before the age of 15 such as;

Aggression toward people and animals (he attacked Shouto and Rei)

Destruction of property (does destroying the whole Sekoto Peak count?)

Deceitfulness (just lying about not training)

Serious violation of rules (continuing to train when his parents many times told him not to because it hurt him)

And I just want to add that self harm and suicidal beahvior can be symptoms as well, and these he has had since he was like under 10

ASPD is caused by genetic and environmental issues combined. I’m pretty sure he has inherited something from Endeavor because no healthy person would do that stuff that Endeavor has done. And environmental issues comes from his parents neglecting him. Parents witholding affection can cause a risk for ASPD.

An environment where a child cannot know for certain if he can trust to get his parents attention and help when they ask for that is a very stressfull way to live and is a huge risk for mental health issues. Attention at his age is just as important as water and food.

Again people with ASPD can live normal and happy lives if they recieve the help that they need. Dabi could have lived a normal life if Endeavor wasn’t a bitch and took him to a therapist who could have diagnosed him.

Most of the fanfics I read and how I imagine him are really OOC but it’s necessary for the ✨angst and fluff✨

Thanks for reading if you got this far, please let me know if you disagree with something or think that I said something wrong!!! I think there are some mistakes in my writing but you’ll have to deal with that <3

#dabi #dabi headcanons #mha dabi #endeavor is a little biatch

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song-for-the-seasons · 15 days

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All I wanna do is talk about Leonidas all day but I have to be a normal person >:(

-Physically in his late 30s (37-ish?) but I keep bumping this back— he could be pushing 40s honestly. Actually 255 and doesn’t age. -really smart but also very very ditzy

-has Raynaud’s and Marfan Syndrome (lips/toes/fingers are cold/turn blue easily d/t genetics and connective tissue disorder that causes ppl to be really tall)

-with his 2 ahoge he’s 6’7”, without he’s 6’4” , weighs maybe 145-150lbs

-fucking loves sugary coffee and desserts

-technically has a doctorate in medicine but it’s from 1880-something so ???

-mentally stuck in the 60s-70s. Considers it the best era for fashion/music—but not for food. He prefers modern food (especially junk food)

-bi/pan but too dense to realize ppl wanna fuck him

-charisma powerhouse and very outgoing but also an introvert that gets exhausted from socializing and needs a lot of time to recover

-the overt charisma is probably a cover-up for his insecurity

-is the more responsible one (but that’s not saying a ton…)

-very much a stoner in the 60s-70s, stopped as he grew more detached from the world and became more introverted. Still has plants he tends to tho. Will smoke with Ruby occasionally.

-Very well meaning and has a good heart but finds his exuberance and obsessiveness over details often hinders goals and makes things worse

-also very much a caregiver, but again struggles with overdoing things and complicating them.

-perky and positive!!! Except when something goes wrong, then he wears his heart on his sleeve and cries. A lot. Rarely ever shows anger or frustration (it usually bubbles over into tears anyways)

-experiments on himself. Of course. He’s gotta know why he’s living so fucking long and not aging. -his favorite color is yellow

-his favorite song is “love the one you’re with” by the Isley Brothers

-probably was present at the first sci-fi/comic conventions

-read every single one of the Star Wars extended universe books plus any pulpy sci-fi books he got his hands on

-fine at cooking, better at gardening than you’d expect

-hates having his head touched but likes having his hair short, so 99% of the time his hair is this awkward shaggy cut with 2 cowlicks poking out where he either half cut it and gave up, or he’s overdue for another cut and putting it off. Sometimes puts it up in a low ponytail or clip

-big time cuddler. Starved for affection (like 200 years starved).

-overfunctioner that overthinks for other peoples’ sake, even to his own detriment or it becomes illogical (ie “oh I think I’m in love with him but if I tell him he’ll feel obligated to reciprocate and I don’t want to put that on him, he’s already been through a lot. I won’t say anything and wait for him to approach me, and if anything just be a good friend!!! *cries*” or “If I help her with her groceries she’ll feel the need to thank me or compensate me in some way and I don’t want to make her uncomfortable. Besides, I don’t want her to think I don’t think she’s capable!”)

-loves with his whole heart and honestly probably lets people in too easily. He gets hurt a lot :(

I’m in love with him your honor he’s everything to me he was my best friend when I was a lonely kid and he’s still my bby man!!!!

ok thanks bye!!!!

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texasmadehustler · 2 months

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Where’s your life headed?

How do you think you will die?

What are the highest and lowest points of your life?

What is holding you back from being the person you want to be?

How have your strengths help you to succeed? How have your faults hindered you?

What are your biggest goals for your life? What progress have you made in attaining them?

Who are you really? Who is behind the mask that you show to the rest of the world?

How would you react if there was irrefutable proof that God doesn’t exist? How about if there was irrefutable proof that God does exist?

Are humans better at creation or destruction?

What are the best and worst parts of human nature?

What aspects of humans have made us a successful species?

What makes people believe absurd conspiracy theories?

What’s something terrifying that we’ve all come to accept as a fact of life?

If you had to sum up the whole human species in 3 words, what would those words be?

What is the best way to explore human nature: psychology, philosophy, or biology?

Is human nature constant or is it molded by culture? Can human nature be completely changed by culture or society?

Is what we perceive reality or just a construct of our minds? Can our minds correctly interpret reality or is reality subjective?

Is tribalism and people separating themselves into “us” and “them” groups, a learned or genetic trait? Can it be overcome? If so, how?

What is a miracle that happens every day?

What is the purpose of art in society?

What would a perfect city be like?

How important is freedom of the press to a healthy society?

What would be different if the 9/11 terrorist attack never occurred?

Should governments make laws to protect people from hurting themselves?

What is the most uplifting thing happening in the world right now? What is the most tragic thing?

Can people with vastly different cultural backgrounds live together peacefully? How?

What does honor mean to you? How important is it to you? Does your culture value honor? What exemplifies honor in your culture?

How important are morals in a healthy society? What are the most important morals for citizens to have?

In the distant past, a person’s life was very similar to their grandparents’ and grandchildren’s lives. How has the rapid pace of technological advancement changed society?

Do people have an obligation to help others or should people be responsible for helping themselves?

What are the most important factors in maintaining a well functioning society? What does it mean for a society to function well?

Should the government be involved in making laws to regulate moral behavior? If so, to what extent?

With the invention of the internet and the advent of big data and crowd sourcing, it’s finally possible for citizens to govern themselves directly. Is it a good idea for the masses to directly govern themselves or is governance something better left to professional politicians?

What is a year of life worth? How about a day?

What is the purpose of a human life?

If you died today, how would you be remembered?

Are some lives more valuable than others?

What does the ideal life look like?

What does it mean to die well?

Who do you know who is living life to the fullest?

If you died today, what regrets would you have about your life?

If you were given an envelope with the time and date of your death inside, would you open it?

Is taking a life ever justified? If so, where is the line? When is a person’s life considered forfeit?

How would you like to die? Comfortably in bed surrounded by family, doing something you love, or some other way?

If sacrificing your own life would save the lives of a specific number of strangers, how many strangers would need to be saved for you to sacrifice your own life? What if the people were friends? How about family?

What are the pros and cons of colonizing other planets? How could this help or hurt the human race?

What is most likely to bring about the extinction of the human race? How can it be avoided?

What would be the best possible scenario for how the world will develop in the next 25 years? What do we need to do to get there?

Will humans as a species ever be able to work together as a whole to achieve a goal? What is holding humans back from working together on a global scale?

What do you think about the singularity? The idea that eventually artificial intelligence will advance to the point where computers are more intelligent than humans.

Will humanity continue to advance technologically or will we fall back to how we lived for thousands of years or fall back further to how we lived for a hundred thousand years ago?

How are emotions useful for humans and the human race?

Are emotions necessary for human survival? Why or why not?

What is the most beneficial emotion? How about the most destructive?

Do people have a right to be happy or should they have to earn it?

Do animals experience emotions? If so, do they experience emotions in the same way humans do? If not, how do they experience the world and what dictates their behavior?

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thesadboy · 2 months

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Heirs to the Crystal Empire, aka I gave Flurry Heart siblings

Their names are Noble Heart (earthie), Sky Shield (pegasus) and Spell Shield (unicorn). Sky and Spell are twins, with Sky being a few minutes older.

Some more info below👇

Flurry actually takes more after her dad’s build when she grows up, while Noble takes after their mom. So as adults, Flurry is bigger and more muscular, while Noble is much more lithe.

Noble has a bit of an inferiority complex. For a long time, it was just him and Flurry and between the two of them, it’s safe to say Flurry pretty much won the genetic lottery. Having an alicorn for an older sister can often leave you in her shadow, especially if you have neither wings nor magic to wow others, which was exactly where Noble found himself. It left him feeling insecure and wishing he could add up to be a “worthy” heir to.

Noble gets along best with his cousin Bright Star, the both of them being younger earth pony brothers to an alicorn prince/princess.

The twins are frequently mistaken to be Twilight’s kids instead of her niece and nephew, it’s come to the point that it’s second nature for them to clarify that they’re Cadance and Shining Armor’s children.

Flurry and Noble were teenagers by the time their younger siblings were born, making for a huge age gap between them and the twins. Unlike with their cousins though, they have a close relationship with them. Flurry absolutely dotes on and spoils the twins while Noble takes his role as their protector and mentor very seriously.

Cadance’s alicornhood has had an interesting effect on the twins. Sky has some latent unicorn abilities in the form of weak teleportation magic, which allows her to teleport an object she has touched, though she can only teleport it to somewhere within a 20 mile radius. Spell’s latent pegasus abilities come in the form of being able to walkon clouds even without any cloudwalking spells, though only for 20 minutes at a time.

Noble spends lots of time with his aunts, and because of his insecurity, he really threw himself into his princely lessons and training in the hopes he could measure up to his sister. His great-aunts, whom he affectionately calls “Auntie Celly” and “Auntie Loony”, try to reassure him that he doesn’t need to keep pushing himself. Though on his particularly bad days, these well-meaning attempts at reassurance can make him feel like they’re pitying him, which just makes him push himself even more.

Sky likes spending time with her great-uncle (via marriage) Discord, even calling him “Chaos Uncle.” Discord is absolutely enamoured with the little pegasus and likes teaching her various pranks that she can pull. It’s because of this that she’s become a playmate and best friend of Flutters’ youngest child, Angel Cloud, whose family visits the Royal Family whenever possible.

Spell has a huge sweet tooth like his great-aunt Celestia, but in his case, he loves cupcakes. Whenever the Pie family comes to visit to either bake or cater for the Royal Family, he always asks for a cupcake from Pinkie, who’s always happy to oblige. He’s also made a friend from these visits in the form of Pinkie’s youngest kid, Chicory Root.

#dexdraws #mine own postsss #dexwatches mlp #dexwatches mlp:fim #mlp next gen #mlp g4 #mlp:fim #shiningcadance #flurry heart #flurry heart mlp #oc:noble heart #oc:sky shield #oc:spell shield #went thru a lot of possible colors for sky shield so that she wouldn’t look so ugleh ljjhjkhl #but I also wanted her to pop out a bit more from other shiningcadance foals #essentially went with what we have #also I love making twin mlp ocs whose color schemes are inverted

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akshigo · 1 year

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Cruel circumstance

I enjoy cruel stories, not ones about some truly wicked person or thing seeking to do evil but cruelty in the form of circumstance. Spider-man is one of my favorite heroes. Because his life and circumstances are kinda cruel. He gets his powers, seeks to use them for his own self interest, and in doing so gets someone close to him killed. The guilt from it all haunts him, he decides to help anyone and everyone; no matter the cost. Because how could he let that happen again. It’s a cruel circumstance. He feels obligated to help even when he finds himself breaking, mentally or physically. When he feels like his world is falling apart he still seeks to do good. Sure he gets some good moments, happiness, whatever. But what I find core to his character is this guilt that fuels him to do good. That puts him on this path of struggle and pain. It’s just a little bit cruel. Even though good is accomplished it comes at a cost. This is what I mean, cruel circumstance. Someone draws the short end of the stick, whether they know or not. I think these kinds of stories resonant with me because I felt that. I’ve been a victim of cruel circumstance. And surprise- it sucks, it’s unfair. But that’s life, it doesn’t always play “fair”. We like to believe that you can rise above circumstance, that you are not a prisoner to things like your, environment, genetics, experience. That’s true to an extent, if you want to change, improve, grow, you have to attempt to “rise above”. But you can’t always “rise above”, you can’t just be better through sheer force of will, determination. Sometimes you just get fucked. It sucks, it’s unfair, and it feels bad. Sometimes we’re simply victims of cruel circumstance.

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alokastrology1 · 1 year

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What Does Your Eye Color Say About You?

Observing someone’s eyes might reveal their emotions, thoughts, or desires.

Why? Possibly. It so happens that just as the size of our toes or the size of our fingers can reveal a lot about who we are, so too can the hue of our eyes reveal a lot about who we are. God gave eye color as a genetic feature. God isn’t random.

We inquired our astrologers what eye color could disclose about a person’s personality, and here’s what they said.

Get an online astrology consultation by the world-renowned Astrologer Mr. Alok Khandelwal.

What do brown eyes mean?

Brown eyes are the most common, which is sad. 55% of the world’s population has these eyes. What does your brown eye reveal about you? Brown-eyed people are sensitive. Your sensitive attitude doesn’t prevent you from achieving glory, love, celebrity, etc. You’re a confident leader. You’re secretive, but it doesn’t make you unreliable. Romantic people have medium brown eyes. They’re uncomplicated, cheerful, and passionate about attaining their goals, including that bar patron.

Brown eyes indicate trust concerns. You have trouble making friends and falling in love. After 25 you may establish bad habits, but you can break them rapidly. They’re also stressed.

What do blue eyes mean?

Having blue eyes is a blessing, even if they don’t hypnotize. Blue eye means extremely lovely folks. They can persuade you to do anything by saying pleaseeeee! Consequently, be careful to be vigilant. Blue-eyed folks are immune to physical and emotional distress. They can handle more agony than anyone else. These flirtatious people make great bed partners. They like trying new things and ditching their outfits. Such people have stamina and wanderlust.

On the negative, blue eyes are associated with selfishness. You might occasionally (including when you’re in a relationship) have a high opinion of yourself, which might make your spouse feel uneasy.

What do Black eyes mean?

Astrologers believe people with dark black eyes are trustworthy. You can confide in them and believe that whatever you share with them will remain a secret until the day of their death. These folks are also incredibly helpful since they are conscious of their obligations. Black-eyed people may handle stress well. These people are emotionally strong. They’re good at disguising their emotions and avoiding emotional turmoil. Additionally, having their counsel, which is based on tests and experience, would be most beneficial if you wanted some guidance on a few things.

The drawback is that these individuals tend to be secretive due to their difficult-to-breach emotions. Others mistake their tendency to be aloof for ego and avoid them. In this way, a person with black eyes may occasionally miss out on friendship and even love. These folks worry about the future and harm the present.

Read Also:- Importance and Benefits of Fish Aquarium in Vastu

What do Hazel-eyes mean?

Being born with hazel eyes, one of the rarest colors is a blessing in and of itself. Hazel is a brown-grey combination. This eye color is associated with optimism. You live in the now and give it your all. You prefer attempting new things and don’t mind failing. You know when to start and stop. You’re brave and enjoy staying fit.

Hazel-eyed folks are temperamental. Because of their ever-rising fury, they find it difficult to remain together for longer. These folks are incredibly secretive, so one doubts them even when there’s no reason to.

What do Green eyes mean?

Green-eyed creatives. They can’t construct a machine that produces gold from a potato, yet they have lots of thoughts about romance, life, sex, employment, and more. These people are helpful and comforting. They have clean rooms, comfy clothes, plenty of food, and the best music. Green-eyed people are sociable, passionate, and give good advice. Green-eyed people are trustworthy, bashful, and sexy.

In terms of undesirable characteristics, these individuals have the propensity to be quite envious. They can’t take it when someone makes their best buddy laugh or talks to their lover. Green eyes are egotistical and distrustful.

What do Grey eyes mean?

This sleek eye color exudes confidence. These people approach things gently and wisely. Grey-eyed people take everything seriously. They can balance jobs and love. Grey eyes inspire conversations. People enjoy your sense of humor and the way you can make fun of them without offending them.

The drawback is that these individuals frequently experience a severe internal conflict of feelings. As a result, individuals frequently come to regrettable and logical judgments. But they always emerge stronger.

Read Also:- How Ketu in the 2nd house can give you confidence?

#astrology #asttrolok #Eye Color #Color #Eye

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fortheloveofscience · 2 years

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Mind Blowing Herpes Viruses and their very unique Structure!

DNA Packaging by HSV-1, the virus that causes cold sores

Have you ever had a cold sore?

You know, that group of tiny blisters on or close to your lip?

Image of Cold sore on a person’s top Lip

Or maybe you know of someone who had one, or at the very least, you have seen someone with one?

I mean, they are fairly common, right?

Cold sore, also called fever blister, is a common viral infection caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus.

Did you know that there are more than 100 known herpes viruses?

Only 8 of these viruses routinely infect us humans though.

Another common herpes virus that you may have heard about is the varicella-zoster virus that causes chicken pox.

Here is a quick run down on the 8 herpes viruses that only affect us humans.

For starters, these viruses are all named human herpes virus and given a number 1 through 8 (abbreviated HHV1 – HHV8) to differentiate among them.

I think this makes their names easier to remember, wouldn’t you agree?

Human Herpes Virus 1 is also called Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (or HSV 1). Cold sore that was mentioned earlier is typically caused by this particular virus.

Human Herpes Virus 2 is also known as Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (or HSV 2), and it causes genital herpes – which is a sexually transmitted infection.

Human Herpes Virus 3 is more commonly known as varicella-zoster virus and causes chickenpox. Shingles, as you may be aware, is due to a recurrent viral infection when the dormant varicella-zoster virus becomes reactivated.

Yes, herpes viruses remain in the body of the host in a dormant state and can be reactivated.

Scary, isn’t it?

Human Herpes Virus 4 is also known as Epstein-Barr virus and is the major cause of mononucleosis (more commonly referred to as mono).

Human Herpes Virus 5 is also called cytomegalovirus (or CMV) and is another cause of mononucleosis.

Human Herpes Virus 6 causes roseola (which has characteristic signs and symptoms of high fever and skin rash in small children).

Human herpes virus 7 can also cause roseola.

Human herpes virus 8 (HHV 8) was discovered in tumors (Kaposi’s Sarcoma) in people with AIDS and may also cause other cancers associated with AIDS.

So, you see, herpes viruses include many important human pathogens. Moreover, herpes viruses are among the most prevalent human viruses worldwide.

You may be wondering, what do these viruses look like?

In general, viruses consist of genetic material (the genome) surrounded by a protein coat or shell (called the capsid) and may also have a membrane or envelope. The illustration below shows a virus with an envelope and one without it.

Image of a virus without a membrane or envelope (referred to as a naked virus) and a virus with an envelope (enveloped virus)

Looks pretty simple doesn’t it? But it turns out that viruses are not always as simple as they appear.

Herpes viruses have a unique four-layered structure.

Beginning at the core of the virus is its genetic material. The genetic material of herpes viruses is double-stranded DNA.

I find this very fascinating because viruses are microscopic and not even considered to be living organisms (they are actually defined as infectious obligate intra-cellular parasites), yet they have double-stranded DNA like we do, and not only that, but their genome is also relatively large and complex.

The large double-stranded DNA genome of herpes viruses are enclosed by an icosahedral capsid which is composed of capsomers (the subunits of the capsid).

The DNA containing capsid (or nucleocapsid) is embedded in a fluid-like proteinaceous layer known as the tegument.

And the tegument is encased or enveloped by a lipid bilayer (like our cells are). In fact, this envelope is derived from the host cell and studded with more than 10 different kinds of viral glycoproteins that mediates the virus’ attachment and entry to host cells.

Their structure doesn’t seem so simple now, does it? Not in the least!

In fact, the large size of their linear double-stranded DNA genome and the complex architecture of their infectious particles distinguishes them from other viruses, and places them into this family – the herpes virus family.

Using HSV as a model herpes virus, I will continue to share how these viruses are able to enter and hijack a host cell.

HSV virions enter host cells by fusing their envelopes with the host cell plasma membrane, allowing the nucleocapsid and tegument to enter. If you remember, it was mentioned earlier that these viruses are studded with different glycoprotein that allows them to attach to receptors on a host cell membrane. Because of their many different glycoproteins, they are referred to as the “Swiss army knife” of viruses as they can bind multiple receptors on the host cell. They even have a glycoprotein that can bind to receptors on neurons. It’s for this reason that HSV can cause a multitude of individual diseases from cold sores, to STIs, to Alzheimer’s disease.

Once the virus is bound to the membrane and is taken into the cell by endocytosis, the nucleocapsid traffics through the cytoplasm along the microtubules on route to the nucleus.

Overview of Herpes virus Infection showing trafficking along the cytoskeleton

This mechanism of channeling through the cytoplasm via the cytoskeleton and reprograming the host cell machinery is kind of like that scene in Mission Impossible where Tom Cruise came in style on special cables to reprogram the central computer system.

Would you agree?

Screen shot from Scene in the Mission Impossible Movie

As the virus enters through a nuclear pore complex and enters the nucleus, it hijacks the host cell nucleus and ribosomes.

How does the viral genome exit the capsid?

The portal is a molecular motor through which the viral genome entered the capsid during the morphogenesis of the virus or virion and it is also where the genome exits the capsid to initiate infection in a new host cell.

Structure of HSV portal vertex

Where is the portal located and how is it made?

The portal is located at a single vertex in the capsid and is made up of 12 UL6 protein molecules.

You see, the capsid is made entirely of protein and is an icosahedral shell of approximately 125nm in diameter. Its major structural features are the 162 capsomers of 150 hexons and 12 pentons that lie on a T = 16 icosahedral lattice.

T=16 icosahedral capsid

The pentons are located at the vertices and the hexons are found on the capsid edges and faces.

The capsomers (subunits of the capsid) are connected in groups of three by the triplexes and lie above the capsid floor. Eleven of the 12 pentons are pentamers while the 12th is a unique vertex, this cylindrical structure is called the portal and it has an axial channel.

Illustration of HSV showing the Portal vertex

What is its purpose?

The portal is hypothesized to play an active role in DNA encapsidation. Although the peripheral regions of the portal ring are involved in capsid assembly, the central channel is used to transport DNA into and out of the capsid during genome packaging and infection respectively.

Why does the virus have a portal?

Though its molecular mechanism remains a mystery, conformational states of the portal have been revealed by high-resolution structures, along with the asymmetric interactions between the 12-fold portal and the five-fold capsid. The result is a valve-like mechanism for this portal vertex that regulates the flow of DNA through the channel. This regulating mechanism is thought to be a crucial function for high fidelity assembly of this infectious virion.

I just find it interesting that an agent so small, a non-living entity at that, can be so structurally complex.

It's no wonder that herpes viruses are among the most prevalent human viruses worldwide.

I can’t help but be fascinated by their unique and complex structure!

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mordmil · 2 years

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WIP Wednesday

Or a belated WIP Wednesday in this case. Eh, it is what it is. Thanks @ci5mates for tagging me!

This is a little blurb from my only wip at the moment. It doesn’t have title except for what the google doc is called- Bone Marrow Donor Buck, or BMDB for short.

Buck doesn’t know Collins particularly well. He’s worked with him on occasion, when covering for someone on C-shift. The other man’s always been friendly enough, never one to shy away from small talk. Somewhat of a jokester, but never in a mean-spirited way; an overall well-liked member of the crew.

It dawns on Buck that lately there’s been more than a few requests looking for a volunteer to cover for sporadic openings on C-shift. It’s a somber realization as it most likely comes from Collins needing to care for his daughter.

“It’s been a hard couple of months especially”, says Bobby, “she hasn’t been responding to treatments. Doctors were looking into doing a bone marrow transplant, but even with the national registry they haven’t found a match.

“Hence the donation drive,” he continues, gesturing to the tables. “This organization looks for genetic matches between individual patients, and any friends or family who want to volunteer. Collins took the idea to the chief and me, and we were happy to oblige. They’ll be setting up shop for the next three days for anyone who’s interested in donating. It’s already seen some success, there’s a lot of people wanting to help.”

A lot of people may as well be translated into basically everyone where firefighters are concerned. Three separate shifts, but still one team. And firefighters will always show up for one of their own in a time of need, official rosters be damned.

Even so, just looking at the papers in his hands has Buck’s stomach twisting into knots.

I’m not going to tag anyone since it’s technically a day late, and I’m not especially close with other writers. I’m just happy to join in the fun and glad I had something to contribute 😊

#911 wip #my writing

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alibitower4 · 2 years

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How Caffeine Could Prevent You From Losing Belly Fat

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I have so many questions about Priest (like, its lore) like the Church recruits Priests and Priestesses because of their natural abilities, but then they don't let them have children with each other because they know the children will also have these abilities, but why wouldn't they want to have as many people with these abilities as possible? Since the threat of vampires is alive and well.

{i am the caretaker of souls} Okay well to be fair, a lot of what I use in Ivan and Esther’s backgrounds and about the lore of their world is either my headcanons or it’s extrapolated from the deleted scenes that were supposed to lead into the sequel they ended up never making. So just going off the movie as-is, a lot of this isn’t even in there, heh. I just wanted to make that clear because I’ve added a lot to it that isn’t canon. Having said that, I tried to make my headcanons as realistic and supported by movie evidence as possible, assuming that the deleted scenes are canon, which I do. I’ll try to explain the basic deal and lore of Priest and answer your questions. What I’ll do is put my headcanons, extrapolates, and assumptions in bold, and canon things (both theatrical movie + deleted scenes I’m keeping as canon) will be in regular type. That way you’ll know what I’m adding and what I’m not.

The Church doesn’t recruit people to be Priests, it takes them. Whatever age they’re found to have the abilities of a Priest, they’re essentially kidnapped away from their lives forever. Priests are genetically different from “regular” humans. They’re the next step in human evolution, containing mutations in their genetic code that change them physiologically as well as mentally. Their differences from regular humans are hereditary and the reason they have special abilities. These special abilities include: increased strength and agility, and the ability to move much faster than regular humans, making it seem to them as is time is slowing down. They do this through prayer and focus and become better at it with training.

People don’t want to be Priests because who wants to be taken from their families and forced to fight a war they’re likely to die in? But while the war was going on in earnest, they wanted as many Priests as possible because the Priests are the only ones who can successfully fight vampires. The vampires are too fast for regular humans to kill, but the Priests, with their ability to move superhumanly fast, are matches for them. The Clergy, who are just regular humans like everybody else, took advantage of the Priests and forced them to fight the war for them. They did this by telling them that they were obligated to fight, chosen by God, and that they’d be going against God if they refused to fight. They also told them “To go against the Clergy is to go against god,” which kept the Priests from rebelling against them.

So basically by manipulating them into believing they were ordained by god himself, they forced them into this calling they didn’t want. But because the Clergy wanted to be all-powerful (the powerful control the money, the resources, and everything else that was scarce in the world), they couldn’t let the Priests be made into heroes. So they spread lies about them, such as them being “tainted” by the vampires they fought, that they were generally weird and violent people, and that they were dangerous, that made common folk fear them and want to keep their distance from them. This resulted in them being ostracized once the war was over, and as their Order was disbanded and they were tossed back into society without any kind of direction, means, or mental health support, they received little help from common folk, let alone any kind of acceptance or compassion. This limited the Priests’ power politically and monetarily, as no one placed much stock in what any of them said and they had such problems keeping employment that they were constantly struggling financially.

But that wasn’t enough. As long as the Priests were in the minority and they were treated as societal pariahs, they could never unseat or discredit the clergy. Three things, really, kept them in check: 1) small numbers, 2) society fearing them, and 3) their belief in god and the knowledge that to defy the clergy was a direct affront to god. Even then, the Clergy fear the Priests, because they knew that the Priest condition was genetic and they could make more of themselves, and that the vampires were not all eradicated during the war. The average citizen of the supposedly protected cities does not know the reservations even exist, or if they do, they think they’re empty. They definitely don’t know that not all vampires are on reservations, that some of them still linger in hives thought to be long abandoned, and that a condition such as the human vampire can exist. Most common folk don’t even really know what a familiar is. The Clergy shields them from all that knowledge and keeps them ignorant to control the narrative that lets them stay in power.

Hearkening back to Christian priest practices of old, Priests aren’t allowed to marry, have sex, or have romantic/sexual relationships. During the war, they were told that, much like giving up their names, families, and previous lives, anything that distracted them from their calling and the life that god had chosen them to leave was an ungrateful affront to god. Because of this, the Priests religiously, pun intended, adhere to the no sex, no family, no relationships policy, with the exception of the bonds they formed with themselves just because soldiers tend to bond over their common experiences while on mission and in the field. After the war, although their Order was disbanded and they were technically free from having to fight vampires on a daily basis, the Priests were ordered by the Clergy to “remember their vows,” which included the vow of celibacy. This ensured that the Priests wouldn’t multiply, create more of themselves, and potentially overthrow the Clergy. The vow of celibacy has nothing to do with service to god at all...

...because there is no god. The Clergy already know this. They’re just using the idea of god as a tool to keep the Priests under control, to control the masses, and to remain in power. At the end of the movie, when Jacob (Black Hat) is explaining to Ivan (Priest) about his experience of being turned by the queen, he talks about being dragged into the hive and brought to the brink of death, and says, “And do you know what I found? The queen we’d come to kill. My angel of mercy. She turned me into something never before seen... a human vampire.” But this quote is edited and truncated. The original full scene, which had parts deleted after they decided not to make a sequel, is much longer and very, very meaningful. Instead, Jacob says, “And do you know what I found? Nothing.” He talks about basically experiencing a void as he lingered between life and death, no grand light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, no god... just nothing. He talks about the fact that the Priests this whole time have been praying to a god who never existed. Then the bit about the queen is said.

I believe this played a major role in why Jacob has this severe shift in moral alignment. It wasn’t because vampires are inherently evil and after he got turned, the queen’s blood corrupted him, it was because he experienced such a horrible disillusionment at having given up his life to a cause to serve a god that never existed, and at being lied to for however many years. There was never a reason why he couldn’t sin, have sex, have a family, or do what he wanted with his life other than that the Clergy had lied to him and said god had wanted it that way. That... made him go evil, or at least neutral with evil tendencies and really lowered inhibitions.

Telling Ivan this has a disillusioning effect on him as well, although he is not ready to simply give up on god altogether. He is, however, more willing to question the Church and the Clergy, more out to get answers and the truth, and more willing to test his vows. At the end of the movie, we see him do exactly that, when he brings the head of a vampire to a church in Cathedral City where he once lived and basically throws it at the Monsignor Orelas’s feet. Ivan tells them that there’s a whole train of burnt, crispy vampires outside the city, evidence of how close they came to getting invaded and of the fact that the vampires are still a significant threat. Of course Orelas tries to muster up the distrust in the Priests that the masses have by saying Ivan is a charlatan, and the theatrical scene ends there, with an angry and disgusted Ivan limping out of the church. The full uncut scene included a bit more. After Ivan leaves, the people in the church become suspicious of the Clergy, and they stand up, either stomping or clapping I forget which, the scenes are really hard to find heh, to show their dissent of Orelas and support for Ivan. So this is showing now that the even the masses are beginning to question the Church’s authority.

This is where the theatrical movie ends, however there’s one more deleted scene that would have taken place after this where Ivan goes to visit Lucy, and it seems like some time has passed between the end of the movie and this scene. She asks him to stay and he responds with a generic “you be good” kind of dad line, I forget exactly what he says, and she tells him that’s not good enough. She wants him in her life instead of out there doing whatever. And he says “as long as he’s still out there, you’re not safe.” The “he’s” in that statement is Black Hat. It isn’t said in that scene but I’ve read like... notes from what the sequel was supposed to contain, and he was supposed to be in it. So Black Hat didn’t die in the train wreck, and he was meant to be a returning character.

Where I intend to go with the sequel I hope someday I will have time to write, is Ivan (and probably Esther too, once he gets a bit more info) questioning the Church more by doing some investigative work, and then sharing what he finds with Esther. I plan on splitting the Priests into classes, like... different ones have different abilities in addition to the ones all Priests have. Some are clairvoyant, for example. Some are empaths. Just different classes of abilities. Some of them have been silenced in various ways by the Clergy or have been driven into hiding for going against them and/or realizing that the Priests have been lied to. Ivan is really interested in sussing all this out not only to help his fellow Priests but also because his daughter’s future may be affected. In the movie, Jacob comments that Lucy is “fast, just like your father.” This was not just to reveal that Ivan was Lucy’s father but also that she has his inherited ability to become a Priest herself. Ivan also recognizes this ability in Hicks, Lucy’s boyfriend who, in the sequel, will become her husband. So both Lucy’s and Hick’s lives may be affected in the future by what the Clergy does and why, and Jacob is still a threat to her as well, in addition to threatening all of humanity with his ties to the vampire queen.

The more Ivan learns about these Priests that have gone into or been forced into hiding, the lies of the Clergy, and what god means to him, whether real or not or whatever, the more he will begin to shape his life differently. I think he will take from his Priest vocation what he wants but then also begin to let in more of what he’s been missing too... such as finally admitting his feelings for Esther, and visiting Lucy a lot more and letting her into his life.

I also plan to detail what the queen’s plans are to reach the food sources in the cities now that the whole train fiasco failed so miserably. The remnants of old subway tunnels and other subterranean structures that the humans of this post-apocalyptic time have forgotten are being expanded upon by the vampires so that they can travel underground between cities. Since a lot of the subway systems were already designed to provide transportation between major cities, the vampires only have to dig a little past the ends of those tunnels and up to the surface to reach the majority of human settlements. The bottoms of hives are also attached to these tunnels, providing safe passage from them to the cities without having to get stuck out in the sunlight.

I think this is long enough, heh, but if you have any other questions about what was in the movie or what I plan to do to expand upon it, feel free to ask more! =)

#{ i am the caretaker of souls } ᵒᵒᶜ #muse: ivan pace #muse: esther sun

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lousydrawingsforgoodpeople · 3 years

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logical vs. biological

#doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #family #family is who you choose #genetics doesn’t mean obligated #positivity #self love #doodle #healing #recovery #ed recovery #skull #eating disorder recovery #cutting recovery #self harm recovery #support #friendship

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ballorawan740 · 3 years

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SCP Scenarios: When their kids swear at them (REQUESTED)

Requested by: @Astro_KeySimp

WARNING: Swearing (sorta)

Ok so I kinda made the reader into the child since don't remember if you wanted the reader to be a child or not, so if it wasn't to your liking, then I'm sorry, but I can make a separate version on where the reader isn't the child

It kinda became more of the SCPs and doctors being dads than their reaction to their kids swearing

SCP 073 (Cain)

Cain was walking around with you since you were bored and there wasn't anything to do

Being unaware of what some of the staff were saying, ye went over to grab you some food for later in case you got hungry

Once you both went back, he watched you play with some Legos and was talking as if it was your Lego friends talking to you

Cain looked away for just 10 seconds and heard you shout out "Wow! He said that her baby's such a bi-" which shocked him as he heard it

Cain looked around and made sure that nobody was around the room and was somewhat surprised that you was the one saying this

Being a good dad he is, Cain explained to you carefuly that you shouldn't say that word because it's bad

And being a sweet shy child, you obliged and stopped saying the word

Til this day, Cain had no idea about where and who you've heard the word from and is very much more self-aware

SCP 076-2 (Abel)

Abel is that type of dad who would teach you all the bad words and encourages you to say them

It's the researchers who had to teach you top not to say those words

One time, Dr Glass came in to examine you and had rewarded you as usual since you were so cooperative

You drew a picture of you and Abel talking in a garden with bright coloured flowers

Simon asked if he could see your drawing and saw that the conversation you and your dad had was those of swearing

This surprised Simon since you knew so many at such a young age but wasn't totally shocked since he knew that you were Abel's child

And knowing him, he wouldn't teach you to be nice, so Simon took the job as a mother hen and taught you to not use those words around people

SCP 999 (Tickle Monster)

Ok, so I'll keep this SCP short since I, again, don't know what I should write for this adorable, squicky, neon-orange, bubby blob

Another SCP who doesn't cuss

This adorable squishy boi here was about to have a heart attack when he heard you swear fir the first time

He had to ask you worryingly where you heard that phrase and you just said some guy wearing a white jacket

999 sighed knowing that you'll grow and couldn't do anything to stop it

He did, however, mention that you should try and avoid saying those things to anyone and that they'd most likely have a heart attack since you were his child and you won the genetic lottery for being the cutest and outgoing child in the world

The only other person who knew of this was Dr Glass (sucks to be him ngl, he do be a mother to everyone) and he had to help poor 999 with teaching you better words

SCP 682 (Hard to Destroy Reptile)

YAY! Another SCP who would teach their kid to swear

682 has such a dirty mouth like 076 and would 100% teach you all the words he knows

Similarly to what happened with Abel, you were taken for an interview with Dr Sophia Light since she was assigned to you

She's such a sweet and kind doctor to be around and would teach you anything and everything you would probably need to know all the while keeping an eye on you in case you become overly aggressive like 682

You were just eating some sweets Lights had given you for good behaviour and overheard some researchers swear

Remembering what your dad had taught you, you just repeated those curse words while clapping at your achievement

This had shocked Sophia and that researcher since you were known to be a moderately shy and quiet child who normally wouldn't say those things despite being 682's child

Sophia had to ask if you understood the meaning of those words and shook your head as an indicator for no

She had to carefully find her words and told you to never speak of those words again and took you back to 682's cell

You went and hugged your dad and told him that you learnt from the doctor that those curse words were bad and neither of you should say them

682 had a headache after that

SCP 049 (Plague Doctor)

I have a hard time thinking that 049 would teach his child to cuss and would avoid swearing in front of them at all cost

Like, he barely swears anyways but he wants to stay classy and sassy for his innocent child

Just like the other day, his kiddo, you, was curious about the whole surgery thingy he does on the dead bodies, so you asked him to teach you and so he did (like the good father we nevah had)

So you learnt some new, yet difficult, words (cuz we all have a nonexistent pea-sized brain) and somehow, you managed to fit in a curse word

This did surprise 049 as he had remembered that he didn't teach you those foul words

He had to give you a talk about using such words and you teared up since you thought that people used them to express their affection to others

Unsurprisingly, 049 took his sweet time looking for the guy who 'taught' you this and wanted to use him as a case study for your future lessons

SCP 035 (Possessive Mask)

Another parent with such an amazing influence on children

035 would teach and enable you to use swearing as a form of expression

So you were free to say whatever you want as long as they aren't directed to our mask here, especially if it's in a negative way

Otherwise, you'd be punished (No not like that! He'll just ground you from your favourite TV show/movie)

The researchers were surprised, not about you swearing, but how you use them through expression

Except for this poor guy who was new to the foundation and bumped into you by accident

This rookie found himself listening to you cursing like a sailor (maybe not that much but more or less on the same level as Samuel L Jackson)

Word got out and everybody laughed at the poor rookie and told him more about your background and how you love to swear (apparently swearing will prolong your life, so you'll basically be immortal here)

035 was impressed by the whole ordeal and rewarded you with more shows to watch whenever you're both free

SCP 105 (Iris)

Iris would accidentally swear in front of you and whenever she realises it, she would tell you to not swear at people since it wasn't very nice

So she would use words to replace the swearing like "oh fudging hell not now" and "no sugar honey ice tea"

The foundation felt that it was slightly unnecessary but went with it anyways

They'd even go as far as saying that it's ridiculous, but who are they to judge?

Iris was your mother and she's a single mum too, so she felt the need to be overly beating but would occasionally let you decide on your own since you were only 12

The foundation members did tell her that you will eventually grow and more of these words will be used but she just hesitates

As a teen, you did begin to use foul words more often and Iris would argue about how you're using them, especially towards her, your own mother

Needless to say, you both felt bad and made up

SCP 106 (Old Man)

Now this old man right here doesn't exactly speak, or at least very rarely

And if he does, he'll most likely be talking to you or the foundation staff if he needed some help finding you

He'll most likely be able to understand what the researchers are saying, even if they aren't speaking English

My own personal hc is that 106 understands English, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic and Indonesian and probably many others

Every now and again, somebody would come in and teach you new words and give other lessons like maths and poetry (our favourite)

You came back home to tell him all the things you've learnt as he watched you in awe as he braided your hair

You've even used some new phrases, including swear words while talking and 106 was pretty impressed

I feel that he's quite neutral with swear words since words are words and are used as a form of verbal communication

So I don't think they'll be much change in his behaviour to whether you're swearing or not

SCP 096 (Shy Guy)

Now with 096, all he does is scream

So basically, somebody else would have to teach you some words

It's not to say that 096 is a dumb animalistic creature with no soul and just kills people who look at his face

He isn't stupid since he manages to find anyone who looked at his face from the other side of the globe

And he seems to understand what the researchers are saying, or at least on a more intermediate to moderate level

You'll learn about swear words from the other researchers, whether they'll be teaching it to you intentionally or you've overheard them

The foundation could really care less, but would at least prefer that you chill a bit if you got carried away

096 would act all cheery when you learn more new things as it's not like the foundation would let him out anyway, so he'll be living the outside world life from you (How relatable, but more with babysitting and dating, cuz I'm too pretty for anyone to date XD)

Like with 106, I don't think 096 would have any special reaction towards swearing, but would probably be screaming internally for a bit since he knows that it isn't a nice word

Dr Jack bright

This mf right here is one of those parents who would be kind but firm

Bright would most definitely give in to your curiosity and teach you whatever you want to learn but would warn you of the dangers

Depending on what it is, he would even go as far as giving you your own personal guard who would stay with you and train you

And unfortunately, this guard has such a foul mouth, so you're constantly exposed to such words

Luckily for the both of you, Jack Bright doesn't really care about swearing as long as you're not being extremely inappropriate if you were to work

He would even joke around with you sometimes and would even start the conversation with swearing

For instance, he'd just surprise you with a "Yeet his mf outta my sheithole"

And yes, you did laugh at his antics

Some would even say that you're an exact clone of him but more stable (for now)

Well, Bright is an amazing dad, but I'd say just below Dr Glass

Or maybe even on par with him

Like Bright is a goofy dad that has all the terrible dad jokes and Glass would be the type of dad to look out for his kid

Dr Simon Glass

Dr Glass would most definitely avoid using swear words, especially if you were under 15

Even if you were over 15, he'd still avoid swearing unless he wants to make a joke or 2

So most of the time, you'd learn all the swearing from other people and SCPs

Sometimes you would swear by accident and Glass would just look at you, slightly disappointed

I'd say he doesn't exactly care about you swearing per see, but would rather you avoid it

It's cuz Simon is the best dad a dad could ever dad and nobody could prove me wrong here

He's also one of the top best dads compared to the others on the list

He's basically your best friend so he'd let you vent and its the 1 time he'd let you swear to show your emotions

Simon would 100% know your thoughts and behaviour

He's just that good at reading people, especially you - almost to the point where people would say he's an SCP cuz I swear he's just empathic and telepathic

As mentioned before, Glass would be the type of dad to care for your mental health

It's not that the others don't, it's just that Glass is a top their God of Psychology and would come to you before you even know you have depression

He would even crack a joke sometimes

So every so often, he would shout out "LANGUAGE!!!" from across the room before you could even bat an eye and say anything

Dr Alto Clef

Another top tier dad, but swearing addition

Your godfather would literally be Jack Bright

Then it's Kondraki and Glass

He would let you swear on a daily basis and would join you

Sometimes you be looking at your Oppas/Noonas and be like: "Oh fxxk me!" and Clef, who's in the next room, be like: "Yeah, fxxk me too!" (Yes but no sis! No incest pls!)

Other times, you would be in the same room as Clef and Bright and you'd join them in being chaotic

And poor Kondraki is just there at the back trying to do his work peacefully

One time, Kondraki had to grab a Simon Glass to help stop the chaotic trio

And OML did it end so well

You were easy to manage tbh, with the exception of you swearing

Clef and Bright would most definitely encourage you to swear more

Especially Clef since he does have a twisted sense of humour

Dr Benjamin Kondraki

Kondraki is totally the type of person who would tell their kid to mind their own language

But he secretly doesn't care and his child knows it

His style of parenting is similar to Simon's

And yes, Simon is your #1 godfather/uncle

You'd go to him for emotional support since Kondraki sucks at that

Sometimes you'd swear at him and he'd get mad though

So yeah, running to Glass is a wonderful idea

And we all know that Kondraki doesn't mean what he said

He's just extremely introverted, but he's rather sensible - Usually...

Anyways, he would ask Simon on tips and advice on how to get you to stop swearing so much and he just gave Benjamin a parenting book (Like fr guys, let Glass have some rest, he's tired of babysitting over 100 dozens of pets in the zoo and all the other babies who work in it)

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