#i-am-the-awesome-sperm

[i-am-the-awesome-sperm]

Rewatching Gravity Falls for the millionth time and just now realizing that Bill told Stanford how and when he dies in their very first meeting in Standford’s ‘dream’. My sweet poor boy is gonna die of a heart attack at 92 which really is bittersweet in the end. I wonder what his full life was like 😩 I need a minute

#gravity falls #stanford pines #i-am-the-awesome-sperm #I really just need one little scrap please sir may I have some more

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

the thing about rachel animorphs being terribly characterized in all her ghostwritten books but one (and even that one is like. it's not amazing rachel narration but it DOES have the most romantic plot of all time so i forgive it*) to a degree that none of the other characters are plagued by is that to me it feels very revealing about us as a Culture bc it's like. the thing about rachel is that she is a hot blonde who kicks ass. and she's also a complex individual with many sides to her, including (i think if you read her non ghost written books and even just the slice of her narration we get before she dies in the last book this really jumps out undeniably) an extremely real and tender strain of sweetness. and this comes out in some of her scenes in books narrated by other characters. but in her own books, where she's narrating, it's like, they simply cannot understand the assignment, when the assignment is "hot kickass blonde but make her also a real person." it's like that old toast essay about getting insanely obsessed with ophelia because the alternative was admitting that a man needs to be as talented as shakespeare to write a sad girl who's also a human being except it's you have to be as good as k. a. applegate (the shakespeare of monthly mass market paperback children series) to write a girl who is hot and awesome and a human being.

*the most romantic plot of all time is that they have to acquire a beached sperm whale to go down under the water and attempt to subdue a giant squid so that the whole squad can acquire it so they can go deal with the problem on the ancient submerged spacecraft that's fucking up their allies the chee (androids created by the now extinct race of aliens who invented dogs). anyway so rachel hates water because she hates things she can't control and her coping mechanism for dealing with fear is walking into it head on so she wants to be one of the whales precisely because of how badly she doesn't want to be one of the whales (overall her characterization in this book i do think is solid, just the Tone is not quite 100% in her voice IMO), so when they're drawing straws she makes eyes at tobias to use his hawk vision to tell her what's the short straw, and he's like "no i am not going to help you drown yourself on purpose" and she makes eyes at him harder and then he's like "ugh fine" and tells her, and then he draws the other short straw on purpose even though he hates water more than anything but not for rachel control freak reasons, it's because he's a bird and the containment of water freaks him the hell out and also when he demorphs out in the ocean it's not into a shape that can, like, doggie paddle. which first of all is soooo funny and also good rachel characterization because rachel is like constitutionally incapable of thinking ahead for 5 seconds to "obviously the boy who loves me who would love me anyway but for whom i am like literally his primary tie to humanity because he lives as a red tailed hawk and spends his days perched in his trees hunting small mammals is going to insist on coming with me on the scary underwater squid mission just like every other time i have done anything ever" and also because jake gets super fucking mad at her about it which is like getting mad at a fish for swimming. but then the best part is they're down there and both spooked to hell about it because the deep sea is crazy scary and because, again, THEY BOTH HATE THIS CONCEPT SO BAD and are only here because of rachel's psychological problems and true love. and while trying to get their minds off the skin-crawling nightmare of it rachel lets it slip that some dude asked her out and they have this AMAAAZING back and forth where they're both being incredibly snotty because of how they are totally in love and also little babies who have just barely started acknowledging this to themselves much less each other which means that even though they can go on a terrifying deep sea adventure alien war side quest date they are still insanely awkward about like-liking each other. tobias learns the guy's name is T. T. and asks if that stands for total trauma and rachel's like idk what it stands for and he's like well you should find out his name if you're going out with him and rachel's like well i'm not and tobias is like oh. and then they find a squid. it's incredible. then at the end of the book T. T. comes around while rachel's at gymnastics and flirts with her again and rachel basically tells him to fuck off and he calls her "a name i've been called before" because swearing between the lines was an important part of animorphs and then tobias who is watching this whole thing from the sky is like "hey he was cute. and i heard what he called you. cute AND perceptive" and rachel's like "oh shut up (affectionate)" and they go have a flying date together. like literally when will your faves. they ARE the blueprint. sometimes i feel insane for as an adult still finding something genuinely romantic in a pairing from a 90s monthly mass market series for children, but like what other kidlit saga has ever included a tragic dreamboat boyfriend affectionately teasing his girlfriend about what a total bitch she is in a way that genuinely works as a cute thing to do because she and we both know that he literally loves her partly BECAUSE she has no problem being an asshole to people who deserve it and also is so good at killing people? like hello!!!!!!!!!

#topics on which i've hit tumblr paragraph limit: #brad pitt sucks; i think some dracula post but i don't remember which one; why rachel/tobias from animorphs is the OTP of all time #sure. yeah. whatever. #animorphs

[fuglyhorses]

Followed your blog a few years back even though it wasn't active because I absolutely love it and have gone through it more than once. It was an awesome surprise to see you posting again! In celebration I now have a personal breeding story to tell you.

Some background is that when I got back into horses in 2019 turns out I made the wrong choice on who to go to, but I fell in love with a horse there and now can't leave her, so to cope I like to tell anyone who might be interested about the shit show I am experiencing.

The owner/trainer of the barn was given a horse that had originated from some hunter/jumper barn where they had ridden her over huge jumps at 4 years old and very clearly handled her harshly. When she didn't stay sound and developed behavioral problems they dumped her at a YMCA camp and some people who work there then gave her to the trainer. She tried to put her back in work but she was eventually deemed "unridable". She has behavior problems both in and out of saddle, she would be very difficult to lead, and just bomb through gates and in and out of stalls, she will also be fine for a long time then one day suddenly bite very hard. I'm absolutely sure most of this is due to pain or past pain. Besides having been ridden hard as a youngster she also has a tragic back end. I'm hoping I'm describing this correctly but she basically has no croup. Her topline is just flat from the end of her withers to her tail. Because of this she almost always cross canters behind. So, my trainer has a youngish, unridable, horse with big movement but problematic conformation, behavioral problems, and some kind of pain that prevents her from being truly sound. So what does she decide to do? Breed her of course! For you see, although she has no paperwork, she *supposedly* has warmblood in her! Actual warmblood, perhaps holsteiner or something similar. She apparently is registered with the "american warmblood association" which I know you know means nothing. The horse I ride could also be called an """american warmblood"" and I love her with all my heart but she is literally just a draft cross. So this means she must be a great sperm receptacle, because that's all mares are right? They aren't literally half the DNA of the foal right? Luckily the first year she tried it didn't take, if only the story ended there. Now, this was something that my trainer "always wanted to do" and I am relatively understanding to someone who in their whole horse career wants to have one home bred foal, the market is insane and it is a unique experience and sometimes they are very attached to the mare etc etc. Not something I encourage but I don't think you are the absolute worst if you do this. This is not actuall what my trainers ambition wound up being though. Fast forward to 2022 and the trainer's friend has decided she wants to breed her completely average thoroughbred mare, with no accomplishments to speak of, and picks out a different stallion than the one my trainer had already tried. He is a Westphalian stallion and he is Cremello! Because she wants a buckskin! So trainer's horse and friend's horse get sent down to this guy. In the meantime, trainer's riding horse, an OTTB, is having training problems (doesn't like jumping down into water, which is required in the higher eventing levels) and is not staying sound. So what does she decide to do with her? Breed her as well! Because soundness issues can never be genetic.

So this person who has never worked with baby horses has decided to have two for their very first time. AI doesn't take with OTTB so she gets sent down to the Westphalian too. All three horses do get successfully pregnant. Keep in mind this is a small barn that is already wildly overcrowded, with generally unsafe conditions and no proper unused area for babies and moms to live. Fast forward again almost a year and babies are born a couple months apart, trainer goes out of town both times literally as the mares are about to pop. "Warmblood" mare waits until she gets back but OTTB gives birth literally the day she goes out of the country for two weeks with a tween watching her farm. I also happened to be there when she gave birth which was a very cool experience but still ridiculous. "Warmblood" mare is a good mother, but as you may remember is not actually that easy to handle, which can make it also difficult to handle the baby. OTTB is good with people but aggressive towards the baby especially around food. (Just of a side note both came out Palamino) So since, completely unpredictably, they are having trouble working with the "Warmblood"'s baby because of the mom they decide to wean him at THREE MONTHS. Even the industry standard of 4-6 months has come into question lately because of the evidence of how bad it is for horses. OTTB weans at between 4-5 months because of the aggression towards the baby. "Warmblood" gets sent back to the same stallion almost as soon as the foal is weaned, and OTTB is given AI while the foal is still with her because apparently we have decided we are a breeder now and need to have foals every year! Luckily, neither of them take ( and we get to hear about "Wasted money" ) probably partially because the mares aren't in amazing condition, as they have not been getting unlimited food and even often run out of water because the owner and the kids feeding just forget to fill up buckets. 😊 Now Westphalian is not as strict as other warmblood registries, but they are an actual breed and they do have one, which means inspection. Somehow, it winds up actually being hosted at our barn. When I tell you how ridiculously embarrassing it is to have someone come all the way from Germany to this absolute hole of a barn. When the "Warmblood" mare gets inspected they mention her unfortunate hip anatomy, and also ask why the hell the foal was weaned already. Everyone passes though, not the highest grade but still registered and the foals get their brands and everyone gets their DNA tested. While this is happening the American from the registry actually says something to my trainer about how the "Warmblood's" conformation is going to be a problem in future breeding. After they have left trainer asks "Wait were they saying not to breed "warmblood"? But why if her foal was fine?" First yes, yes that is exactly what they were saying, second it is only by pure chance her foal didn't inherit that butt, you can't pick a choose what the foal gets no matter how fancy of sperm you buy. They proceed to say they were a little snobby even though they were way nicer than they needed to be. Also they wouldn't brand the wood in the barn which I thought was hilarious. Trainer decides AFTER the inspection to finally actually get "warmblood"'s papers? So now both mare's are just sitting and foals go out together with one halflinger in a tiny mud pit. "Warmblood's" foal has started showing some behavioral problems. I haven't had trouble, he basically just has a constant grumpy face, but he has bitten and tried kicking other people. This obviously could never have been predicted when you knew his mother had problems and then weaned him incredibly early emotionally stunting him! He's going to be a big fucker too. OTTB's foal is an angel but loose with those back legs lol. There is someone who really wants her who used to ride at this barn and rode her mother, then moved to a better barn and I hope she gets to have her because she will spoil her and give her a good life.

They both have big ole worm bellies too! Because the manure management is non existent in the pastures and they didn't get wormed at all until this week (maybe). I'm attaching pictures of the "warmblood" mare so you can see what I mean about her hind end. I actually like her a lot and wish I could help her. I hope you "enjoyed" this story, it has been painful for me to live through. I just thought it exemplified so many things this blog is all about. Good to see you back and I hope you're doing well!!!

Oh I was not prepared for the pictures. That's... not good. Thank you for being sensible and reporting back from hell on earth.

#roach back #so much sympathy for those poor germans #something freaky going on with her hip too i'm not surprised her back end movement is weird #toplines so bad they're arguably deformities. this should be a pasture pet absolutely not breeding stock

[seriouslysam8]

Just read Brumous over thr space of 48 hours for the first time... I'm stunned. What an awesome fic!

I am very much looking forward to Sirius meeting his sperm donor in person and how that goes down! But, I suspect it will be a long time before the confrontation happens!

Ah! I think I know who you are if you reviewed. I’m so glad you are enjoying the story!

So, yeah, the meeting happens towards the end of Brumous. Although, I’ve already written a decent chunk of it. Let’s just say, Sirius isn’t excited. At all. He takes a leaf out of his godson’s book of sass.

[kitchenisking]

July Fic Rec

Guys I'm so sorry! Its been crazy couple of weeks and you guys get two for one cuz I'll be posting the Augest fic rec next! again guys I'm sorry and enjoy the recs😘

The Price by theroguesgambit - (Rating: Mature, Words: 18452, sterek)

Stiles must surrender the most important thing in his life to protect the town… and no one can figure out what it was.

loving him is red by allhalethekings - (Rating: Mature, Words: 14915, sterek)

“Who’s that?” Stiles asks, eyes not leaving the table.

“Who?” Scott asks, following Stiles’s line of sight. “Him? That’s Derek Hale. And you better forget about him. He doesn’t date."

Fire, Fury, and Flame by IAmAVeronica - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 124597, sterek)

Stiles Stilinski was never going to be the omega who got knocked up right after high school, and then he's accidentally artificially inseminated with a stranger's sperm. Awesome. And the father of Stiles's baby just so happens to be Derek Hale. Half-feral, quite possibly a murderer, and pursued by a gleefully sadistic band of hunters who are only too eager to use Stiles and his baby to hit Derek right where it hurts. Joy.

Waxing by Tulikettu - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 41237, sterek)

The Hale land in Beacon Hills is being contended. Derek needs to prove he's not going anywhere. And the best way to do that, according to Deaton, is to have an heir. 

But they don't just grow on trees.

you are an obsession (i am your possession) by EvanesDust - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 13838, sterek)

Once Derek catches that tantalizing scent, he can’t stay away.

Stiles.

Derek’s completely enthralled by him. Obsessed.

But all he can do is stand in the shadows, watching and waiting. Until he can make Stiles his, that is.

And when that happens, Derek will never let him go.

Logistics of Traveling with Werewolves by SylvieW - (Rating: Mature, Words: 11357, sterek)

The pack attends the National Werewolf Association Conference for the first time since they got their shit together. Derek doesn’t like being away from home, or facing people from his past. Stiles does his best to help out… without letting his feelings get in the way. It's harder than he thought since they’re sharing not only a hotel room, but a bed.

So Stiles just texted Derek... by MyOwnParabatai - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 1817, sterek)

So, Stiles and Derek finally get together after a run-in with witches, but things are moving a little too slow for Stiles' taste...so what does he do? What Stiles always does best, of course! Dive in head-first and see what happens!

He's Everything You Want (he's everything you need) by LadySlytherin - (Rating: Mature, Words: 5797, sterek)

If you asked Peter Hale, he'd tell you that there wasn't much that surprised him.

Stiles Stilinski? He was on the list of things that had.

Safe by Hedwig221b - (Rating: Not Rated, Words: 974, sterek)

“Where is he?” Stiles rumbled, glancing at each member of the pack in front of him, before settling his incinerating gaze on one person he once considered a brother. “Tell me, Scott, where is my husband?”

Daddy's Boy by Snare - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 2822, sterek)

Stiles has been blushing around him all week, sputtering and cheeks going red. It’s only after a pack meeting when Derek finally sees the soft pink lace peaking out from under his waistband.

#stiles x derek #stiles stilinski #derek hale #sterek #fanfic #fanfiction #sterek fic #kitcheniskingficrecs

[papirouge]

Is there a biblical reason why christians believe life starts at conception (sperm attaching to egg)? cuz i've heard some muslims say the fetus doesnt have a soul until 3 months so abortion is *special* circumstances would be allowed but generally abortion is discouraged n frowned upon.

It comes from the fact that several prophets in the Bible refer to God knowing them *before* they were ever born, which implies that at fertilization, the personhood of the human to come is already acknowledged by God and that he has a plan for them.

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

Isaiah 49:5

And now the LORD says— he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD and my God has been my strength —

If you're Muslim, you have to understand that the entire Bible has been written under the inspiration of the holy spirit. The books have different authors (Moses, David, Paul, Salomon, Jeremiah, etc.) but their writings are united by the unity of the Spirit that inspired to put the Lord's mind on paper. So it's not Isaiah or Jeremiah just staying stuff about their conception, it's God making a statement through their pens. I know that Muslim have a hard time to grasp the concept of God made flesh, or understanding the difference between the father, Jesus (the son) and the holy spirit and say it's "association" = polytheism, but to give you an idea, it's like ice, vapor and water, and God is the H²O molecule that's inside all of these physical forms. WeChristians worship "H²O" (God) while acknowledging this molecule can have several physical forms, each with its own assets and purpose🩵✝️ it's not worshipping different molecules (= other gods) just different forms of the same "molecule" (God). There's no wonder water has such a significant symbolism in Christianity 👀 (baptism, the flood/Noah's ark, Jesus walking on water, water flowing out of Jesus rib after his crucifixion, etc)

That's why abortion is an abomination: because in the eyes of God, the fetus has already personhood, value, a destiny (like Isaiah he destined to be his servant). IDK about you, but trying to grasp God already having planned the unique life & destiny of the past/present/future humanity makes my head twirl 😵‍💫 but that's how awesome he is. Our life matters!!

Oh and one last thing : be very wary of those "Christians" who takes the example of Adam as evidence that Christianity says that life starts at birth :

1) Adam was never incubed in a womb or got "birthed" in the biological sense. God formed him out of clay, shaping him by hand. His creation cannot be compared to a human fetus who's made in the womb and delivered by the uterus.

2) as previously stated, God has a plan for every single human BEFORE their conception. So arguing whether they're alive when breathing their first breath is ridiculous because it's obvious the personhood and reality of that new being has been acknowledged by God way before

3) WE.ARE.NOT.GOD. Only God has the right of life or death on humans (that's one of the reasons I'm anti death penalty btw). Regardless of when life begins, we humans are not entitled to kill or harm anyone. Arguing that life at first breath is allegedly biblical, doesn't suddenly prove that it's "biblical" to kill a fetus.

#answered #Christian

[bigfatkisses]

In the absolute highlight of my week, I was talking to my (very sheltered) grandma (Lived in a village of a thousand people all her life in an absolutely orthodox family, has trouble with the concepts of multiple countries and time zones, absolutely unaware of a thing such as homosexuality)

I told her that these days even two women or two men can get married. And then if they want children, they can adopt. And she's like oh I haven't heard of that, is this more of a thing in foreign countries ( we live in India). I explained yeah, but there are people in India who do it too.

She pondered a bit about, yeah they can't have biological children (didn't want to go into the whole surrogacy sperm donation thing), but adoptions great! A child gets parents and parents get a child!

Then for the part I was absolutely not prepared for, she proceeded to ask me about the sex. Keep in mind this is an 80 year old woman who reads scriptures and mythological stories all day.

The way she asked was also amazing, because we don't share the vocabulary for sex, or lust, or sensual desire. She tells me a story about Diti and how she really wanted her husband Kashyap one fine evening and Kashyap kept saying no "because it's evening time and the gods will curse us" (amazing reason to not have sex Kashyap, 10/10, gonna use this when I'm not in the mood next time)

So my Grandma says, what do these two married women do if they feel like that. And I am speechless. I did not expect that from my sweet grandma. And idk what to say. So I tell her, well they get married when they're in love with each other (arranged marriage is the norm here). She's like, yeah ofc and looks at me like I'm not understanding her question. "Love is awesome, but" proceeds to tell story again, "what do they do for that?"

One of the great regrets of my life that I was not ready for that and told her a lesbian story from mythology and moved on.

I am in awe of this wonderful woman.

I am so so happy. What a wonderful woman. I hope someday when I encounter a strange concept I've never heard of, I respond to it with that open curiosity and acceptance.

#lesbian #India mythology #acceptance #wlw #grandmas #love is love #bisexual #love is love but what about sex #proud to be bi #so so happy #feel good #Desi wlw

[goldenamaranthe-blog]

I love your domestic bees! I love your Baby and the Bees! BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY RABID FOR AWESOME STEP-DAD/STEP-MOM YANG!!! Can we get some protective daddy Yang for Cub?

:also I'm assuming Adam is the sperm donor. What kind of Faunus is Cub?

Unfortunately, we're going with the obvious here. Yeah, Adam is the sperm donor. I did an animal randomizer and got tiger, but I already have an adopted tiger Faunus daughter in Baby and the Bees, and I'm already recycling the nickname Cub/Cubby, so I spun it again.

Leopard.

So, Cub is a leopard Faunus whose trait is that she has leopard spots all over (mostly on her back, arms, and legs) with a smaller spot at the corner of each of her eyes. Kind of like little beauty marks. She's basically a carbon copy of Blake, but her eyes are bright blue.

*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*

Cubby: (sniffling as she walks up to Blake and Yang after school. Trying to roll the sleeves of her orange flannel down)

Blake: Baby, what's wrong?

Cubby: (wipes her eyes and shows her arms, permanent red marker is connecting the spots in a way to make it look like a certain genitalia) Those *hic* Those boys over there grabbed me *hic* and...and drew on me... T-They said I was an activity book...

Yang: (eyes flash red as she sees a group of middle school age boys laughing and twirling a red marker) Blake, bring Cub home. I'm gonna take care of something.

Blake: (picking up a sniffling Cub) Yang, no. Don't fight a group of kids. We don't need you going to jail for child abuse.

Yang: Who said I'm going to fight the kids? (Kisses Blake and nuzzles her forehead against Cub's) I'll be home in time for dinner.

-1 hour later-

Yang: I'm back!

Blake: Oh, thank goodness. I was beginning to worry- I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T GOING TO FIGHT THOSE KIDS!!!

Yang: (roughed up) I didn't. I waited for their parents to come pick up the demon spawn, told the adults what happened, then fought the parents when they proved themselves to be even bigger douche canoes than their kids.

Blake: (covers eyes) Yang...

Yang: Good news! Those bullies were thrown into In-School-Suspension for bullying a freaking first grader.

Blake: Good news is the precursor for bad news.

Yang: Bad news. I'm not allowed on school grounds for the rest of the month.

Blake: (sighs) Was it worth it?

Yang: To protect my little girl from bullies while instilling the fear of the Dragon into their parents to send the message home? Absolutely!

Blake: (arches eyebrow) Your little girl, huh?

Yang: Oh, shhhhh- (notices Cub reading in the living room) -oot! I'm sorry, Blake! It kind of just slipped out!

Blake: (kisses Yang to shut her up) I love you. Dinner will be ready in ten minutes. Go get cleaned up before Cub sees you and starts using violence to solve her problems.

Yang: Yes, Mama Ma'am!

#bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #step mom yang #step dad yang #single mom blake #Single Mom AU #thanks anon! #greenlightvolume10

[meander1995]

Mutual Aid Request for future fertility before starting HRT

I looked up the initial cost of freezing sperm at my local clinics. For those that do not know, HRT has a chance of inducing infertility. Although SOME trans women have reported being able to temporarily come off HRT to restore fertility in order to bank, there is no guarantee of it being successful. There is also the fact that coming off HRT for any extended period of time induces a miserable experience in trans folks that I've heard horror stories about--one that I would like to avoid if possible. The more I think of it, the more that I want to be able to start a family with someone someday 10-15 years down the road--directly if my partner is a cis woman or with a surrogate if my partner is another trans woman. Sure, adoption is awesome and I'd still love an adopted child like my own, but I'd choose to have at least one bio kid if I can.

That is where you come in: I'm asking for your help. I am still in a state where job coaches are being met with (the process is slow, but I look to have a job by year's end--one which will allow me to transition openly in the workplace), so I don't have a stable income just yet. But I'm confident that I will by the time the annual fee comes about, I will have enough of an income to budget that accordingly. So any donations to help for this goal would be appreciated.

Donation outlets:

Venmo Paypal

Have some recent photos of me, too. Complete with a couple of furbabies!

#trans mutual aid #transmutualaid #fertility #mtf #mtf trans #mtf hrt #mtf girl #mtf lesbian #transition #hrt #trans #personal #transwoman #trans woman #trans is beautiful #donations #fundraising #crowdfunding #transgender #trans feminine #trans femme #trans female #trans girl #transgirl #m2f transgender #transbian #transfemme #transgenderwoman #transisbeautiful #transfem

[therealraeweber]

Highlights from my Vampire Studies class today

So, I'm taking a class this semester which is a cultural history of vampires, in literature and film, and today was our first lecture for it. And OH BOY do I think I'm going to love this class.

The prof was awesome, and it looks like we are going to be covering some fun stuff this semester. Here are some of the highlights from today's lecture...

The prof playing Supermassive Black Hole while we were all getting seated (I'm not a Twilight fan but this was absolutely hilarious)

The prof played a video about using Wikipedia as a source, in which they made the joke "Your grades may be at stake", to which he paused it to add "A little vampire humour for you there" (This man is literally Viago if he was a German Studies professor)

We went over the course outline, and one of the two reading requirements is Dracula! (I'm ahead for once! Tumblr and Dracula Daily have prepared me for this) And, one of the films we will be watching is WWDITS :) I can not express how excited I am about this.

For today's movie we watched Nosferatu, which I have been meaning to watch for the longest time but never got around to. I actually really enjoyed it, and our class got some good laughs out of it.

"I am plagued by mosquitoes. Two have just bitten me on the neck, quite close together, one on each side"

I finally understand that one WWDITS reference in the pilot where Nandor does this:

"Your wife has such a beautiful neck"

During our lecture, our prof put together a slideshow about various vampire media (books, movies, etc from different years) and OH BOY there were some fun ones to talk about... for instance, one was a book called "What Would Buffy Do?", to which our prof recommended it to us if we ever have a moral quandary, and want to know what Buffy would do.

Another was some movie called "I bought a Vampire Motorcycle"

There was a small section about vampire influence on the... adult entertainment industry... to which the following interaction occurred:

Student - "I'm sorry... What is... Sperm-ula?"

Prof - *pauses for a minute* "What do you think?"

Showed us a book called "A Handbook for the Recently Turned", to which the prof said "Well... because you never know! Might need it!"

We then had a really interesting lecture on vampires throughout history, from ancient Greece and Rome through to the 18th century. Really cool stuff.

Prof made us talk to each other for an ungraded assignment because he wanted us to meet our "vampire buddies" 🥺

So yeah... I think I'm going to really like this class. Unfortunately, it sounds like quite a few of my classmates are only taking it because they were looking for an easy A elective, so hopefully they will learn to share the love of vampires by the end. I can't wait for our next lecture!

#vampire #vampire studies

[i-am-the-awesome-sperm]

Hey dude can you like engulf me in love and affection ahaha

#i-am-the-awesome-sperm #bish I’m back to being touch starved smh #I would like one (1) indefinite hug pls

[alittlebirb]

Some delightful drama from the MCC Pride 22 Cyan Coyotes!

The skins! They're adorable!! Except for 5up's, which is the incarnation of Satan himself!

"Listen, I may be a fool, but we've got team morale, and that's all that matters!" -Aimsey

"I reckon, if we really pull it out of our ass, we can get second. No matter what we're gonna get top 10." -Tubbo

Tubbo asking for some hot political takes from Gumi

"Be true to yourself, it's okay I know you vote conservative." -Tubbo

Aimsey and Tubbo taking great pride in being the loudest in any given vc

"That is a lot of colors, I am dyslexic." -Tubbo to Aimsey

"5up, your skin is actually disgusting. I see you, and I'm like wow, I didn't know I could vomit in my mouth, but here we are." -Tubbo

Gumi saying merging Dream and George's skins for pride month makes sense, and Tubbo repeatedly asking what about that makes sense. What about that makes sense.

"This is where my Maple Story 160 wpm comes in!" -Gumi

"What's Maple Story?" -Tubbo

"WHAT'S MAPLE STORY?...I'm about to say something conservative, Tubbo." -Gumi

Tubbo being so disturbed at 5up's skin that he blocks him in Minecraft

Aimsey hearing Tubbo's getting punched and immediately throwing hands with Jacksepticeye

Tubbo proposing it's time to start reenacting Avengers Endgame, with Aimsey opting for Natasha, Gumi volunteering to be Thanos, Tubbo deciding on Side Character #3, and 5up being casted as Everyone Else

Tubbo having a crisis at being the youngest in MCC right now

Gumi morphing into her conservative self

"She's on her way to the truck dealership right now!" -5up

"Amen, brother. I only love three things: my truck, my wife, and my fishin' pole." -Conservagumi

Aimsey and Tubbo freaking out in fear and awe over Gumi's deep voice

"I will never be selected naturally, I will choose when I die." -Tubbo

5up asking who here wants to hunt in PKT, and the 3 seconds of dead silence following that

Tubbo doing impromptu surgery on his keyboard in order to remove keybinds which mess him up in games

Aimsey declaring they cope quite well, actually, in complete darkness with no light

"AimseyTV what do you want from me? I am talking about sperm in hot tubs. It's a glorified bubbling cum soup. Avoid it." -Tubbo

"I'm sure some people are into that, right? 5up, you're into that?" -Gumi

"Yea I'm into that." -5up, innocent, ignorant, and pure, unaware of the topic at hand and that Tubbo is about to call him a "cum guzzler"

Gumi giving an anecdote in which several children started roleplaying Fortnite at her local pool, and started drinking pool water, calling it "slurp juice"

"So anyway, anyone want to roleplay Fortnite with me later?" -Gumi

5up leaving for a few minutes and Tubbo immediately going on a screaming tirade about dopamine receptors and boredom

5up getting concerned because he didn't research for this MCC, he didn't vod review like normal-

"I just chugged a double expresso coffee lets go!" -Gumi

"I drank a Red Bull, I'm ready!" -Aimsey

"That was really sad, they made us murder bunnies." -Tubbo about the GR beast room

Cyan's GR run being absolutely transcendent

"LET'S GO! Tubbo, we are Grid Runners!" -5up as they get 1st

Aimsey riding the high of getting 1st and 5up asking her "are you nervous now?! Welcome, hope you're excited for MCC!"

The Aimsey prejudice of the leaderboard split, with Aimsey receiving one less coin than the others

Tubbo talking about how he's feeling so calm and collected today, and Gumi interrupting "I slept three hours."

Tubbo groaning that "the mojo's died..." when PKT was chosen

Gumi and Aimsey just flirting and calling each other cute, and Gumi calling Aimsey love all throughout PKT

Gumi volunteering to be a hunter in order to spare Aimsey

"I'll do this for you, queen!" -Gumi

Tubbo hyping Aimsey up that she did "awesomely good, greatly good, fantastically awesomely fantastically greatly good!"

5up hunting Red and saying "don't worry! Dream vs Dream!"

"I'm ready to be movemented on." -Tubbo

"The music is making my fuckingggg adrenaline levels peak. I'm about to start vibrating!" -Gumi

Aimsey juking Illumina in the last round, allowing 5up to beat him as hunter, and everyone losing their minds

"Tommy taught me something, you know. Lib it up." -Gumi

Aimsey saying they're going to get a cat!! in SG, and 5up shutting em down with "No you're not."

"It's gonna be a game of pets by the end of the game. I don't how I can emphasize more that it's a heckin pets game!" -Tubbo

Tubbo advising the others to always have a cake on them in case the border puts you in a tight spot

This coming back minutes later, where they use 5 cakes to make a cake staircase and get up on a roof to take the high ground

"You're gonna get cakes removed for this." -5up

5up excitedly saying he found a cat!!, telling Gumi it's at a yellow place, and Gumi going "Yellow? Yellow DEEZ NUTS!"

5up getting transported to the half-loaded BB map, and getting lost in how "people are phasing in and out, I don't even know what's real anymore!"

"Me when I astral project." -Gumi

Gumi getting two kills and yelling "VALORANT VALORANT! CSGO!"

Tubbo and 5up feeling guilty over bullying Green, and Aimsey telling them "there's no time for empathy!"

Aimsey killing Krtzy in a huge GIGACHAD moment

The Pink v Cyan round going all the way up the clock and 5up making the difference with a single piece of wool

Aimsey calling "Scott coming straight", and 5up responding "Scott being straight? 👀"

Gumi and Aimsey celebrating an almost Aimsey ace, Tubbo going "this is too much positivity for me, I am dyslexic after all", and Gumi immediately yelling "FUCK YOU 5UP."

"5up, you're not carrying hard enough. Carry harder please." -Tubbo

5up saying if you don't vote BM you're homophobic, Tubbo saying that's not a good motivator for his chat, and instead offering Tubbpoints for any chatters who vote BM

Gumi and 5up reassuring Aimsey that she doesn't have to worry this BM, she and Gumi will be holding hands!

"I looked over at Discord for 2 seconds, and I have 32 unread DMs. What is going on." -Tubbo

"This is where I open up Ilumina's steam and watch what he's doing, again." -5up before AR

"Time to stream snipe Illumina guys!" -Tubbo

"I'm having a great time, in this wicked MCC, with my best budders." -Tubbo

Tubbo going on a cheesecake monologue in AR, discussing the importance of understanding sugar intake, calling the chat his Boys, and moving up to top 10 as a result

5up predicting their AR performances moved them up to 2nd, and Tubbo shutting him down with MATH, FACTS, and LOGIC.

"If anyone falls, target the shit out of Red and Aqua, because we need them to fail to win...I'm not a scumbag." -Tubbo

Tubbo losing his mind over trying to figure out what song the decision dome music is remixing, and finally finding out it's Eye of the Tiger from his creative director

"My vodka!" -Gumi, who keeps a vodka bottle under her desk at all times

Tubbo becoming the designated driver of this MCC team after the others agree to do shots together when the event's over

"Hey it's really important for all of us to make it farther- oh you're taking the Mickey." -Tubbo in HITW

Aimsey and Gumi flirting and giggling during HITW, while Tubbo and 5up just sit in silence

"The phrase get a room exists for a reason, just saying." -Tubbo

Tubbo watching the disgrace of 3 zombies piling onto Aimsey and pushing them off the edge

Both Aimsey and Gumi misreading the CUTE wall as CUNT

"Damn, I guess we both saw what we wanted to see, huh?" -Gumi

"If this skellington shoots me, on god, I'm gonna beat its ass. AND its cousins." -Gumi

"AND its cousins!" -Aimsey

"I feel like I could've done so much better if I didn't get cucked by lag!" -5up

Gumi and Aimsey taking vodka shots straight out of the bottle after HITW

5UP REVEALING THAT HE WAS APPARENTLY PLAYING ON A LAPTOP THE WHOLE TIME??? WHAT THE FUCK.

Tubbo beginning to say "oh, I hope they didn't make this all-" to Terra Swoop Force before quickly shutting his mouth and saying "it's pride month, it's pride month."

The two drunkies riding on 5up and Tubbo during Terra Swoop Force

Gumi yelling at Gizzy for going to the bathroom during TGTTOS, yelling him to "PISS YOUR FUCKING PANTS, CUNT!"

"People kept jumping on my head. I mean, I have a big head, but whatever. I look like Jimmy Neutron, but get off of me!" -Gumi, who is always out of pocket, but has lost her filter after the introduction of vodka

Gumi getting hit off and asking "who was it? I'm gonna peg their mother."

"This is the last time I'm playing on a laptop." -5up, who learned something today

Gumi proposing she sell Antfrost's feet pics to donators (don't tell Red)

Gumi offering a kiss to whoever donated 6k right now, and Aimsey immediately getting open the bank account, opening up the bank account-

"This is sports for gay people!" -Based 5up

Gumi, 4 shots down, mixing up the Aqua team and her own team Cyan

"This was so fun! I know I have like nothing to compare it to, but it was so fun!" -Aimsey

Tubbo spotting CPK in the wild getting his All Things MCC thumbnail

"Man has his priorities." -5up

Tubbo telling the drunks to "think about organ donation" while they're taking shots, and Gumi retorting the only organs she's donating are DEEZ NUTS

5up confirming that she does indeed have huge nuts

"You guys ever watch baby sensory videos?" -Gumi

Aimsey and Gumi carrying out an impromptu karaoke, eventually driving Tubbo to mute his audio entirely

5up chasing Jacksepticeye out of the group photo like an ornery wet cat

Cyan Coyotes finished MCC Pride 22 in 5th place!

#mccp22 #mcc #mcc pride 22 #tubbo #aimsey #vgumiho #5upps #what an incredibly chaotic team #it was so much fun plsss more aimsey in mcc! #that grid runners was a thing of beauty 👌 #and the ongoing love story of Aimsey and gumi was adorable #birb's mcc recaps

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Do you think the buckley parents will go visit buck when in a coma or not since they're supposed to be coming to la anyway

Hey Nonnie

That all really depends on what happens in the build up to the lightning strike.

I have a suspicion that things are going to get pretty ugly with the Buckley parents and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it is made known to them that they are not welcome at the hospital. I also wouldn't be surprised if we saw them refusing to go to the hospital - just like they talked about in Buck begins. if thats the direction they take I can see some pretty awesome set downs coming from Maddie and the firefam - which I would love to see!

6x10 is going to be very interesting - we're going to get to find out exactly what the relationship between Maddie and their parents and Buck and their parents has been in-between Buck begins and now - we only got mention of them going to a few counselling sessions with Buck, but we have no idea what actually came out of those sessions, or if they even went to them - I'm of the opinion that they maybe went to a couple and thought that was enough and that everything was magically fixed (or that it was too hard and too much work). We know Maddie has maintained some form of relationship with them since then - we saw emails in Boston, and there have been other references to Margret.

It's going to be a really interesting thing to watch unfold and will either give them some form or redemption arc or solidify them as awful people. I personally am of the opinion that there is no redemption for them and thats ok - its more realistic storytelling in many ways to have them irredeemable - not everyone has good parents and Buck learning to accept that and move on from it is potentially a key part of his arc this season (and connects into the sperm donor storyline so well because of needing him to realise that genetics are not what makes a father) and Maddie doing a better job than her parents and recognising how integral she was in raising Buck.

I can't wait - and I'd love it if we got a Bobby v the Buckleys showdown!!!

#kym answers things #nonnie asks #fuck the buckley parents #911 spoilers #911 on fox #911 fox #911onfox #evan buckley #maddie buckley

[magical-awesome-kid]

hey so um. i just saw your replies on that mycology post with the terfs and how you can't say that humans only have two sexes 'cause of their sexual development and the chromosomes and also intersex people and i'd just like to say how your username fits (you're awesome!!!!) and you're so so cool and also i'm quite interested in the topic as a queer stem student and yeah.

anyways --- i admire you! and thank you!! <333

Holy shirt - thank you, but I'm really no one special. I'm just a nerd who is also queer :D

For anyone missing context:

A post I have on here was talking about how psychologists and scientists agree that gender and sex are WAY more complicated than just "are you a boy or a girl." Someone jokingly added a post where a type of fungus has thousands of 'sexes' (it's not the correct term because sex is not an exact thing in this specific fungi - I believe it was described as mating types - but it's the closest allegory to humans).

And the TERFs just. Went off.

So like, I'm a scientist. My degrees are in biochemistry and cell and developmental biology. I have so many years of studying biology, understanding how human sex may alter response to drugs, etc. I've almost exclusively been working on human-related research and in hospitals since I was a sophomore in college.

And I was just like "well, yeah! This fungus thing is cool! Because it shows that not all biological sex is binary!"

Then a TERF came after me. Which I then added "And humans don't actually have a black-and-white binary either! Because, even at birth, you can be intersex! And transition later in life also can mimic these intersex patterns!"

See, when one is born, as most of you will know, the doctor looks 'down there' and is like "Penis? Boy. No Penis? Girl." Except we have a lot more going on than just external organs. In fact, anywhere from 1-2% of the population, conservatively, qualifies as intersex based on the most recent research, meaning that they do not exclusively express sexual traits that would quantify as 'just girl' or 'just boy.' This is not new, either - intersex people have existed throughout history, and, depending on the era and place, it was either embraced as a sort of 'birth of a religious leader' thing or 'we need to get this kid in the binary fast' thing.

So I'm just. Nerding out. Because this is cool. Humans are weird. We - along with most animals - don't all fall into neat little categories. It's more of a spectrum - where 'male,' classically, is high testosterone, facial hair, testes, and penis while classical 'female' is breast development, vagina, ovaries, and estrogen. Again, please note that I am using 'male' and 'female' here to define ends of the spectrum (we don't have better descriptors at this time - English, get on that!), but most people fall in between - yes, even cis people. I myself have thick hair all over my body, and I regularly bleach a mustache even though I am cis female. A large portion of the AMAB population develops breast tissue.

But people keep trying to insist that it's one or the other. They want the neat little boxes where you are A or B, but science isn't like that. Genetics are weird. Enviromental factors come into play. And I haven't even touched transition for nonbinary and trans people. No, I'm just talking about people who are born and decide 'hey I agree with the letter on my birth certificate.' Humans are weird.

Someone was even like "uh, but we only look at what gametes you make!"

Well, person who is not cool and wants to ignore science, even if it came down to only 'what gametes do you produce,' then there are still four categories - those people that produce eggs, those people that produce sperm, those that produce both, and those that produce neither. There is no way to slice it that does not end up with more than two categories or can massively exclude members you would otherwise put into that category.

Like, if a 'man' is one who produces sperm, and a 'woman' is one who doesn't, this not only excludes infertile people completely - including bio males who have every other benchmark of classical male development - but it also then could bring people who may be considered female into this category if they had undiscovered internal testes or intersex people who have always expressed both classical male and female traits. How do you classify a guy who did produce sperm but may have lost his testes due to cancer or a physical accident? Is this person still male, or is this now not male? What about a person who is cis male but has a hormone deficiency and can't produce sperm until they are on hormone replacement?

As previously stated, sex is complicated. We consider factors aside from gametes - like primary and secondary sexual organs, hormone levels, etc - to all be part of biological sex.

Now, I'm not saying 'don't trust science because it's messy and always changing' - no, that's not the point of science. Science is using what we know as truth now to design treatments and care based around said facts, but a scientist is always looking to verify those facts, whether by examining the literature or performing their own experimentation. They control for the different factors that can alter the results as much as possible - think of if you go to the doctor and they ask about if you have a bleeding disorder before prescribing a medication because this med will thin your blood, causing further bleeding, or if you have gastrointestinal issues before giving you a medication that might make that worse even though it would treat the headache you came in for.

For some people, taking this medication for three days will fix all of their ailments. For others, this medication will fix one thing, but you'll need another. For even more people, you're basically prescribing sugar pills. Getting the flu for my 80-year-old grandma who has diabetes is a much more serious ailment than me, a relatively healthy twenty-something, getting the exact same virus. Humans are weird and messy creatures, and science is constantly updating to take that into account. Science is a series of 'yes' and 'no' down a diagram tree, where we get to a point that is the hopeful answer, and we keep adding new questions so that we can get the most exact answer. These branches cross and mix, where multiple branches may lead to the same answer while others may completely derail to another solution because one factor didn't quite fit.

Sorry, I'm getting off track.

ANYWAY yes, biological sex is complicated, more like a series of slider bars than two concrete containers, and, if a TERF wants to argue with me on that, I'd love to talk about gametes and sexual organs until the cows come home.

#Science is cool but it's also messy #Seriously I'd need a day and for you to come into lab with me just to see how the magic happens #I've had experiments fail because the AC in lab was down #I've had to exclude people from studies because they had comorbidities #Science #LGBTQIA

[inlocusmads]

Hi Mads! Dropping in for a little Valentine's Day fun...

Ethan gives Jane a card for Valentine's Day. Does he pick out a mushy or funny one? Is there anything special he writes inside?

(Feel free to respond for your other pairings too.)

Cari, thank you so much for this! I loved this so much that I turned it into a mini-drabble!

Love, Slitheens And Klingon

Ethan gives Jane a Valentine's Day card that is so feverishly extraordinary.

Pairing: Ethan Ramsey, Jane Fletcher from Open Heart, Choices.

No Warnings/WC:399

“What is this?”

“A card. Because people do that.”

“Do what?”

“It’s Valentine’s Day.”

“Right. Not concerning at all. Are you sure you aren’t -- under the weather?” Jane said, sending an intense, piercing gaze at Ethan; a furrowed brow with a tight-lipped expression that could only translate into the fact that she wasn’t amused. Sure, some people would call her crazy or idiotic to think that her partner of less than a year and a half (whom she’d known for four years prior to the establishment of their “yes, they will” relationship, after crossing the trenches of “will they, won’t they”) was secretly an extraterrestrial being with long eyes and a pear-shaped head, who’d managed to squeeze into a human costume with a zipper attached near his neck, but guess what? They were the idiotic ones.

“Am I really that predictable that when I get you a card, it is something of a blue-moon sighting?”

“Yes.”

“Well, that’s encouraging, isn’t it?”

“No, it is a little surprising from the same man who’s against the commercialisation of a day that’s supposed to talk about love and stuff and against establishments that sell you glitter and stuff and it is guilting to walk by these shops, because Valentine’s Day isn’t really about glamour to you or anyone, but everyone is forced to buy into this because they have no choice.”

“I didn’t buy it. I made it.” Ethan informed.

“Oh. That explains why the card’s pantone blue and there’s nothing written on the cover.”

“You have to open it and--”

“Did the printer not work?”

Ethan stared at her.

“Yes.” he admitted.

“Next time, you do this--” she made a fist and a rapid banging motion against the air. “Or a good baseball bat would do the same.”

Jane eventually opened the card to find a short message, scribbled hastily. 

Happy Valentine's Day, J. May our partnership be more improbable than a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias- which translates to a very rough figure of 8,767,128 to 1 against and may our misadventures be as improbable as starting a spice trade with Arrakis, waking up to five hundred stone angels and speaking Klingon to those said weeping angels.

Much love, Ethan.

Right next to the writing was a picture of Annie Lennox doing finger-guns.

“Looks like a fever dream. It’s the best thing ever.”

“Tlhih're hochhom welcome." he said, in Klingon. ("You're most welcome")

____

A/N: And so begins Ethan's indoctrination into the wonderful world of 80s and 90s science fiction. There is no escape.

Thank you so much for reading!

Tag List:

Perma: @quixoticdreamer16 @trappedinfanfiction @tessa-liam @peonierose

Open Heart only: @cariantha @jerzwriter @ofmischiefandmedicine

I'm super sorry I'm behind on responding to reblogs! Uni has been a bit hectic lately, so I only find time to write on the fly and not even care to edit things out. I promise I'll find time to get to your wonderful comments and you can expect me to get back to you in a week-ish. You guys are awesome! Thank you so much for your support! Otherwise these silly fics wouldn't have found an audience at all.

Cheers, Mads.

#w:inlocusmads #ethan ramsey x jane fletcher

[donnydamakkk]

Dude (used as a gender neutral term, apologies), I love your commentary on Station 19 as you watched it!! Your hatred of Sullivan is golden! And I love that you also can't stand Maya and Gibson together, and that you think that whole Jack as the sperm donor storyline was trash! Was just scrolling through your thoughts haha never stop being awesome!

omg thank u fr! i actually have fallen so deeply in love w station 19. i am all caught up n ima start over in a few days lmaoooo. that show is such a good time n those women >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

#ro's asks #station 19