Skin to Skin: Baby and the Bees
One week after Yang and Ruby brought an orphaned baby Faunus back to their safehouse in Vacuo.
Baby: (completely flush and shivering, lethargic, and whimpering)
Blake: Mom, I'm really starting to worry about her. Is there anything we can do?
Kali: Unfortunately, babies can't have most pharmaceutical medications, and I've already tried every holistic remedy I know.
Yang: So, there's literally nothing we can do?
Blake: (strokes the baby's cheek)
Kali: (watches as the baby wiggles her head weakly, almost like she's trying to keep the hand on her face) ....I have an idea, and honestly I'm a little upset I didn't think of it sooner. Some mother I am.
Blake & Yang: What is it?!
Kali: Blake, dear, take off your shirt, please?
Blake: (blinks with a blush) Excuse you?
Kali: Take off your shirt.
Blake: .........You take off your shirt.
Kali: Dear, I don't think Yang would appreciate seeing her future mother-in-law topless.
Yang: (covers her eyes as a steaming red blush colors her entire face) Kali!
Blake: Mom! Y-Yang and I haven't even- W-We haven't-
Kali: Had sex? I'm honestly surprised by that. But, that's besides the point! This is to help the baby. Now (claps her hands) chop-chop! Off with the shirt!
Blake: (whining) Why???
Kali: Just trust the process, dear.
Blake: (groans) Fine! (takes off her shirt and stands awkwardly) Now what?
Yang: (eyes unconsciously zero in on Blake's almost naked torso)
Kali: Bra too.
Blake: MOM!!!
Yang: If this is how I die, I day a happy woman.
Blake: (gulps and slowly takes off her bra, quickly covering her breasts after dropping the garment) There! Now, what?! Are you going to tell me I need to lose my pants next???
Yang: (slowly sitting down to keep from fainting)
Kali: Hardly, that would be cruel. (picks up the baby, unwraps her from her swaddle blanket, and removes her clothes so she's in her diaper before gently pushing her into Blake's arms) Hold her against your breasts, dear. She needs skin to skin contact. Head up, good. Now, cradle the baby scrunch. Perfect.
Blake: (holding the baby tenderly against her chest as Kali tucks the blanket back around the baby) W-What now?
Kali: Just flash your aura a little bit, dear. Not too much. She won't be able to handle too much at once. She's still little.
Blake: Okay... (gently flashes her aura, causing the baby's own, bright orange aura to flash momentarily)
Baby: (stops whimpering and slowly nuzzles into Blake's chest with a little coo)
Blake:
Yang: (in complete aw) Is... Is she better?
Kali: She should be fine now, but keep the skin to skin up. (sighs) I cannot believe I forgot about the kangaroo hold. What kind of mother and grandmother am I?
Yang: (stands up and wraps a second blanket around Blake's shoulders) How are you doing?
Blake: I'm fine. It's just that... (glances at the sleeping baby pressed against her chest) This is a different feeling than I've had all week. I don't really know how to describe it.
Yang: Good or bad?
Blake: Good. (kisses Yang's cheek) Definitely good.
Link to Original Baby and the Bees
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Weird Horsegirl Ganondorf fun fact of today is that in Ocarina of Time Ganondorf rides without a bridle! Even in the concept art his horse lacks any bit or reigns (as does Epona, and every other horse).
What it mainly means is that the N64 didn't have the power to mess with an unnecessary complex item to render -- but what it could be interpreted to mean for the sake of fandom fun is that the horses are raised and trained to be ridden bridleless.
Not to be up my own headcanons about horses being a big thing in Gerudo Valley and Malon's mom being Gerudo and there being a reason that Gan's horse is specified as a pure black Gerudo Stallion because other Gerudo horses don't look like that but -- have you seen the dressings on the other horses?
All of them, even Zelda's horse, have a call to Gerudo patterning. Except for Epona, who was only able to be approached, touched, and ridden by Link and presumably Malon herself.
It's no secret that the Gerudo are more or less pulled from African and Arabic cultures, but fun fact about Arabian horses, they used to be given as prized gifts to royalty and important political figures.
So if they are inspired by Arabian horse history --
Although the specific area of the Arabian Peninsula where the breed originated can’t be pinpointed, it is widely accepted that around 2500 B.C., the Bedouin people were responsible for developing the desert horses that became the ancestors of the Arabian horse. The nomads’ keen horse sense and meticulous attention to proper care and breeding created an animal that could withstand the harsh environment of the desert, surviving extreme heat and cold with little water and the food they shared with their handlers. A life of travel also required horses with great lung capacity, endurance and stamina. (x)
It's very possible that all of the horses in OoT have ancestry in Gerudo Valley!
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