#sorry for being a big time nerd i had a microbiology phase in sixth grade

[baezdylan]

Jo, jo, jo, jo!! I recently came up with a Nerdy Sciency Analogy for relationships,and i thought you might appreciate it.

In our Microbiology Course we learnt this term “pleomorphic”: having no concrete shape, but being able to change shape according to the condition. What if: some relationships are pleomorphic?

in the sense that they dont fall into definitions or romantic or platonic love, they just are, in their unique existence. They can change roles when appropriate: they can be siblings or lovers or the parent and the child, the teacher, or each other’s biggest fans. And the only strictly defined thing is: the love they have for each other. this fluidity makes that kind of bond so rare to come by, so special, but also fragile.

Im pretty sure some (platonic) otps came to your mind with that description? 😉

I UNIRONICALLY LOVE YOU FOR THIS?????? OK OK HEAR ME OUT!!!!! I'M GONNA BE VERY WEIRD ABOUT THIS, BUT HEAR ME OUT!!!!! Soooo pleomorphism is usually related to bacteria and it's primarily dependent on the environment. BUT MY FAVOURITE THING ABOUT THE CONCEPT IS: the term isn't reserved for the three common bacteria shapes (cocci, bacilli and spirochaetes), like it doesn't mean those three are the only available options, SOME OF THESE ARE PEAR-SHAPED, SOME OF THESE DON'T HAVE A CELL WALL, SOME OF THESE ARE HELIX SHAPED IT'S ALL SO SJDJSJDKDKKDKSKDKD IT'S LITERALLY MAGICCCCCC LIKE DUDEEEEE ❗❗❗❗❗❗ And with relationships it's more like... take all of those different shapes and call them pocket realities... one relationship + pleomorphism -> (take love as the catalyst here) infinite number of pocket realities for said relationship, infinite number of (impressionistic?) paintings set in motion...

THE FRAGILE BIT!!!! Y E A H !!!! That's making me think of... the time vortex simultaneously connecting and separating these pocket realities... what if there's some kind of crack in the time/space tissue and all these indefinable relationship forms start to slip into realities that weren't meant for them... Maybe that's what happens! Maybe that's why we can't label them? Because with pleomorphism the environment is a huge factor... but biology and biochem are... so different in theory and in practice... like with bio the improbable thing in theory isn't the least likely thing to happen in practice, most of the time it's an inevitability actually... So these relationships are functioning on the for each heart - a word principle and we just don't have that many words...

You're my person, you're literally my person, I'm gonna change my platonic otp tags right this second...

#💌restless wind inside a letter box💌 #saved 👻 #DW CORE #sorry for being a big time nerd i had a microbiology phase in sixth grade #this is so chaotic and so Out There but hopefully i'm making sense #like this is very JoChase's Mind (unfiltered version) #did i just invent a chemical reaction for this? HELL YEAH #i wonder if it's a reversible reaction... hm #bro i just love chem and bio so much