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fishing-lesbian-catgirl · 1 year

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kinda fucked up for you to see a gender non conforming woman (samsus) and automatically make them trans. you get what i mean about how thats just reinforcing gender stereotypes (that cis women are feminine and would never commit genocide even a little while transwomen would do masculine evil things like shoot gun (because they’ve kept their man vibes) or whatever

yeah

I can’t tell if this is like a shitpost or a really poorly worded commentary because I have no idea who you are. Frankly I would normally assume the worst block you, buuuuut since I like talking about it I’d love to explain why Samus Aran is extremely transgender.

Tbh I am still tempted to block you but the terrible grammar, spelling error, and nonsensical nature of the ask almost make it seem like a shitpost

First of all Samus being trans-coded was very core to her character from the very beginning. Regardless of the reasons they did it, the original Metroid was intentionally made and marketed to have people assume she was a man. This isn’t even just because people would see a person in a power suit and assume they were a man, the games manual explicitly refers to Samus with he/him pronouns. The immediate assumption that she’s a man because she’s tall, broad shouldered, badass, and wears a power suit that obscures her feminine features until the big reveal is inherently a trans theme. Taking that away makes her a less compelling character. It’s also continued in that Metroid media has continually joked that a lot of the Galaxy assumes that Samus Aran, the greatest bounty hunter in the Galaxy, is a man.

Secondly there was that one Metroid dev who said in an interview that Samus was transgender. The terminology used was outdated and it was explicitly a transphobic joke, but it’s too late she’s ours now.

Thirdly she is (was) built like one of us. That is, prior to the later zero suit designs trying way too hard to be sexy. Like seriously when I first found this image a few years ago I was the same height and weight as her. I miss the big buff broad shouldered Samus design so much and her later redesigns are honestly kinda pathetic by comparison

Fourth, Samus was raised by the Chozo and trained to become a powerful warrior. Part of what they did to make her strong was body modification via Chozo DNA splicing to make her stronger and more agile than a normal human. This is a sci-fi setting where she was raised by an extremely advanced alien race who could change her very DNA, acting like she couldn’t look like she does and be a trans woman is simply not even an argument.

Now, of course, you could refute all this by saying “but Cordelia, we know what Samus looked like as a kid from Metroid Zero Mission and the manga and she was clearly a little girl not a boy.” Now even without addressing the fact that it’s very possible for people to realize they are transgender as children and that children don’t even really have secondary sex characteristics to make it easy to tell what their gender is, this what Samus actually looked as a child:

The combination of all of this gives us trans women a lot of good reasons to believe she is transgender. But also, literally none of this is necessary for me to headcanon a character as trans. Trans women come in all shapes and sizes with all different stories and not a single thing in Metroid canon even remotely suggests that Samus Aran has to be cisgender. And if you try to say “but Samus has no bulge in canonical zero suit Samus depictions!” you’d have to be intentionally dense. Samus Aran is a chimera with a cocktail of human, Chozo, and Metroid DNA and, again, was raised by a race of super advanced aliens. Not only could they have easily given her bottom surgery, but they could’ve even changed her fucking sex chromosomes if she wanted them to. There is literally nothing in Metroid canon that even remotely gives me a reason not to insist that she’s transgender. To be honest, there is more evidence for her being trans than against.

To anyway anyone who actually read this far, I hope you understand the truth. Nintendo’s redesigns are too afraid to show us, but you and I both know that her cock is huge

#Samus aran #Samus #Metroid #trans samus

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sigmaleph · 2 years

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sci-fi story where science is unlocking full morphological freedom with religious bioconservatives arguing you should not abandon the human form that is a gift from God. but, and this is crucial, the kinds of body modifications that everyone agrees are fine and uncontroversial include transing your gender into any combination of primary and secondary sexual characteristics and even the most regressive antitranshumanist would think not allowing people to transition is an absurd strawman of their position obviously nobody is saying that.

#lgbtqiafhtagn

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blackwood4stucky · 2 months

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hoping these roses dull the pain, cover the scars and turn the page

author: aspen blackwood

james “bucky” barnes x steve rogers | mcu

masterpost | 🅴 | 🔞 | word count: 3,360 | complete

tags: alpha x alpha, drugged, forced sex, non con body bod, non traditional omegaverse, triggered mating, secondary gender modification, dark elements

"A peculiar scent fills Steve’s nose as he wakes slowly. He knows that scent, it is one that still haunts him, that whispers his failures in his ears like prayers." - There were turncoats on the Lemurian Star.

bingo fills + event prompts

ch. 1: hoping these roses dull the pain, cover the scars and turn the page

@anyfandomangstbingo | barely conscious

@anyfandomdarkbingo | fuck or die

@anyfandomgoesbingo | possessive alpha

@anyfandomkinkbingo | handcuffs

@badthingshappenbingo | mutilation

@buckybarnesevents

alpha bucky april | breeding kink + purring + double minimum requirement babb 2023 | failed mission [april prompt] babb 2023 [babb060] | held down connect 4 [c4013] | c1: sex slave

@catws-anniversary | theme: bucky barnes - metal arm

@deaddovekink

frisky february | drugged sex monsterfcking march | shapeshifting: transforming during sex

@eclipsingbingo | trail of blood

@fandom-free-bingo: valentine’s edition | aphrodisiac, bound

@hurtcember | forced

@julybreakbingo: post-july | sex pollen

@kinky-things-happen | transformation

@marvel-smash-bingo | forced orgasm

@mcukinkbingo: open round | torture

@multifandom-flash

omegaverse | forced mating round 2 [1028] | free space

scalding hot: consent issues bingo | non con body mod: extra fuck holes

@sebastianstanbingo | sex slave

@stuckybingo [5080] | kink: breeding

@stuckygeekevents: stucky geek bingo | captivity, kidnapped

@yearoftheotpevent | april: canon divergence

read: ao3 | ffn | sqwa

mini playlist

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wangxianficfinder · 1 year

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Fic Finder

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1. Hello, I've been struggling to find a fic, which is Annoying me since i think it was fairly popular.. all I remember is that WWX was helping out JGY and liked him, up until he ran in on him trying to kill Rusong, since he had health-monitoring talismans on people he cared about.. There was also a big reveal where he ran with Rusong to Lotus Pier, and Huaisand with I think XXC and SL came to warn JC that WWX is alive, and WWX started laughing? Please help, it's driving me crazy xD @yumehbby

FOUND! Unbreakable Heaven, Luminous Earth by carolyncaves (M, 96k, wangxian, canon divergence, graphic depictions of violence, Secret identity, sharing a bed, literal sleeping together, suicidal thoughts, angst w happy ending, blood & injury, hurt/comfort, caretaking, fluff, power imbalance, JYL lives, not everyone dies au) sounds like Unbreakable Heaven, Luminous Earth by carolyncaves; most of the scenes described happen in chapter 10.

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2. Hello I need to employ the services of your fic finder! There’s this fic I read not that long ago with thief!lwj and assassin!wwx and they were living their best domestic life together while also not knowing about the other’s occupation until lwj was kidnapped by the wens for stealing from them and then wwx went to bust him out. I remember there were three chapters, lwj pov, wwx pov, and lwj pov again, and I feel like it was a relatively newer fic but idk. I do know I found it on this blog but I cannot for the life of me find it again. I loved it and I wanna read it again so fic sleuths help me pls I’m desperate

FOUND! all the problems we could solve by Stratisphyre (T, 20k, wangxian, modern, getting together, fluff, humor, violence, meet-cute, identity porn, thieves au)

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3. Hi! I am looking for a fanfic where wwx was resurrected but in a different body than MXY not long after LWJ was punished. WWX went to Cloud Recesses to find A-Yuan but found a wounded LWJ lying in Jingshi. Oh and WWX had a curse that was preventing him from being happy because every time he felt happy, he began to bleed from his forearm that would result in him dying. And i think that he was resurrected in Nie OC body??? I'm sorry for any mistakes in grammar and thank you !!! :)

I remember 3. It also involves lwj being infected with resentful energy which is preventing his healing and wwx gets rid of it. He gets caught by lxc who decides to protect him, and the terms of his curse is he can never be happy.

FOUND! A Storm of Laughter in the Stillness of the Jingshi by OnlyMeAndMyBones, 2nd in series (T, 74k, wangxian, LXC & LWJ, LXC & WWX, angst w happy ending, hurt/comfort, injury, recovery, mental illness, depression, PTSD, rehabilitation, slow burn, empathy, guilt, forgiveness, suicidal thoughts)

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4. Was wondering if u can find me this omegaverse fic which happens during modern setting , wy and lz are both alphas and roommates and in the fic everyone was telling wy he shouldn’t room with lz because alphas are super territorial but wy is like nah we are besties and it’s kind of dark lz as lz ends up using drugs? I think to change wy into an omega tho wy doesn’t realise it’s because of lz.

FOUND? the twisting of secondary genders by HeavenlySkyfarer (E, 7k, wangxian, modern, ABO, non-con secondary gender modification, extremely dubious consent, dead dove do not eat, forced heat, baby trapping, dark LWJ)

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5. Hi was hoping u can find this modern au fic and it’s like sushe’s POV if I’m not wrong and hes not really a piece of shit but the setting is in University and wangxian is doing long distance and sushe kind of into lz but doesn’t believe he’s in a relationship until wy shows up on a motorcycle at their uni

I think #5 of the fic finder (the Su She POV one) is Mine by kippalittlefox, but I guess it has been deleted! It was a a sequel to cicer's 'You've ruined my life (by not being mine)'. The ao3 URL ends with /works/24860230 if anyone wants to try webarchive

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6. A modern au where wwx is sick and meant to call jyl but texted Lwj instead. The text was- Omg I'm dead I'm dying I'm gone... beautiful light of my life, save your baby bunny, I need soup

FOUND? The curious dating rituals of one Lan Zhan (as observed by Wei Ying) by Scrippio (T, 7k, wangxian, modern, College/university au, fluff)

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7. Hi! I’m looking for a Wangxian fic i read a long tiem ago, but I can’t remember the author or title, and was hoping you could help! I’m pretty sure it’s a modern friends to lovers au? Wwx keeps taking random pics of lan zhan and making puns that rhyme with hanguang jun. There’s at least one scene involving a martial arts class at a Chinese community center i think, and wwx might be involved in environmental activism? Anyways, thanks for the help!

Not FOUND might be ❤️ save a sword, ride a socialist by sysrae (E, 33k, wangxian, modern w magic, college/university au, fake/pretend relationship, single parent WWX, homophobia, light angst w/ happy ending, idiots to lovers, fluff) . If not OP might enjoy it

FOUND! Out of the Bin and Into Your Heart by Alaceron (T, 27k, WangXian, Modern AU, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Oblivious WWX)

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8. Hi! I had previously asked for a series of some 20+ fics which was about emperor lwj taking in wy as concubine after lqr and elder keep pressing him about it, much to lqr and elders' dismay. I got the answer from here, but i forgot to save it :(. Now i can't find that post here . Help me out pls

FOUND? The Concubine Mo Chronicles Series by Enigmatree (T, 79k, WangXian, Royalty AU, Prince LWJ, Concubine WWX, Mild Hurt/Comfort)

FOUND? The one where WWX is not LWJ's concubine AU Series by Lookingkindofdumb (Varied, 89k, WIP, WangXian, Non-Cultivator AU, Emperor LXC, Concubine AU, Rumors, Humor, Politics, Extended family chaos)

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9. Hi ! Can u find me a fic? The summary is basically future wy transports to the past where everyone is basically stuck in this cafe and they solve their emotional trauma and after that is solved both wys go back to their own timeline and everyone lives and no one dies

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10. Hi there! Thank you so much for your great work!

I am looking for a fic that I am pretty sure was a Tumblr thread fic. In it WWX was kept with other prisoners in water and then Wen Ning was killed by water being poured over his face covered in paper.

It was not finished when I read it and I have not run into it again, so I really hopes it was continued.

Everyone's help is greatly appreciated!

is either by @besanii or @sarah-yyy

FOUND! Rebuttable Presumption by @/sarah-yyy

FOUND! Shattered Mirrors by @/besanii

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11. Hello there! I'm looking for a fic I just read but can't even find the post that recommended it -_-

It was in a modern setting but the same universe and lan zhan doesn't remember wei ying when he meets him as a substitute cultivator at the jiang clan. Turns out he was cursed with a mark behind his ear that made him forget wei ying completely. The curse was to cure a japanese h-something disease which was basically being super love sick and puking up flowers? @iwannhaveacoolone (do you mean Hanahaki? - Mod C)

FOUND! long have you been alone by martyrsdaughter (E, 56k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Modern Cultivation, Amnesia, Curses, Hanahaki Disease, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Workplace Relationship, Light Angst, Sexual Content, Mild Painplay, Overstimulation, WWX Has a Breeding Kink, Light Bondage, Mild Gore, Mild Breathplay, Brief Mentions of WWX/Others and LWJ/Others, other relationships are past tense and off screen exclusively)

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12. Hii i dont know how to use tumbler properly so i decided to ask here. I am looking for two wangxian fanfcis.

A) The first one begins with wei ying and lan zhan's death - mo xuanyu's core is not strong enough to help wei ying reach immortality just prolongs his life. lan zhan decided he does not want immmortality if wei ying is not with him so lan zhan shares/sustains wei ying and himself with his golden core until he runs out of energy and they die toghether in the jingshi. However, next thing you know they are in the past. That is all i can remember

on the first one. I read it on ao3.

B) The second one i don't remember much - just that there is a part in the fanfic where wei ying finds out about lan zhans scars and how he got them. They end up in the cold spring/cold pond and wei ying somehow heals all of lan zhans scars using energy? while there. Not sure if it is spiritual or resentfull? After i know Lan zhan ends up in front of the gusu lan elders i don't remember why ther find out that wei ying has cured him/healed his back scars because they are gone - his back is smooth again and wei ying appears in front of the elders to threaten them no to hurt lan zhan. I am not sure how long is the fanfic but i know it doesnt revolve around this particular thing. Also read this one on ao3.

I am sorry for the errors in spelling english is nit my first language. Thank you in advance for finding the fanfics. @dacika98

12A)

FOUND? in case of fire, break glass by Jenrose (T, 65k, WangXian, Time Travel, Established Relationship, Hurt/comfort, Everyone loves/nobody dies)

12B)

FOUND? This one sounds like Silver & Gold by beeswaxing (E, 162k, wangxian, post-canon, de-aging, fluff & angst, happy ending, fix-it of sorts, family bonding, established relationship, non-sexual intimacy, BAMF WWX, pining, protective WWX)

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13. It's been a while! It's boyfriend! (Hello again! - Mod C)

There's a fic that I have been trying to find for a while now and I forgot what it is about. All I remember is this:

- Madam Yu good so is the rest of the Jiang

- I think it's something about time travel fix it

-The Jiang Family + Wei Wuxian talking about Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling's weird naming of dogs and then they said something about Sect Leader Jiang naming the Sword suibian. Someone in the group said it runs in the family to which Jiang Cheng refuted it by saying his name and Yanli's name were good names. Madam Yu just laughed and said that it was her who named them and not Jiang Fengmian.

I'm sorry that's all I remember but anyway thank you in advance!!

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14. Hi, the fic i am looking for takes place post-canon. I think the focus point was A-Yuan trying to find out more about his past and coming to terms with his wen family and how they were treated by the other clans.

There is a scene where he sits on a roof with Jin Ling and they drink together. LSH talks about having problems with forgiving people he loves and JL gives him advice? I think they also apologize to each other and JL tells him to talk to Jiang Cheng.

Pretty sure I read it on AO3. The scene is just really stuck in my head and I would love to reread the fic bc I love A-Yuan trying to navigate the impact of all those relegation at the end of Canon have on his life. @fangirl-oracle

Hi, #14 was "history" by tongzhi on AO3. I found an old save of ao3 tabs and it was there, but thanks for looking <3

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15. Hello! I'm searching for this one fanfiction but I forgot what tags it had (I'm a doof I should've marked it read later sadge)

It's about WWX annoying LWJ so much that LWJ used the silencing spell on him not because WWX was breaking the rules, but because he was annoyed and the spell was too strong for him to break cuz it was put on out of strong emotion.

((I also remember SS saying something like "Oh the Great and Powerful second jade made a mistake, not feeling so great anymore don'tcha" or something along that lines))

Pls help me because I am lost at fic finding😭

FOUND! Couldn't Scream Couldn't Shout by mermorgie (T, 42k, WIP, WangXian, Not for jc stans, i tried to not bash jc too much but like, Muteness, Sign Language, references to selective mutism, Homophobic JC, canon jc characteristics, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Anxiety Attacks, Pining, LWJ is a Panicked Gay, Supportive Sibling LXC, JZX Tries, LQR Tries, Protective JZX, Scheming NHS, Bisexual, JZX, LWJ is Bad at Communicating, WWX Has ADHD, Autistic LWJ, WWX Has a Fear of Dogs, Jiāng Family Bashing)

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16. Sorry to Bother, but can you find a fic for me? All I remember from the story is LWJ and WWX live in Gusu. One day LWJ goes to teach and WWX talks to A-Yuan and Jingyi. WWX told them he wanted to demonstrate his latest innovation, but before he could do so LWJ came with a letter from JC. The letter says that JC asked WWX for help to investigate "something". Then it was discovered that there was a man who practiced demonic cultivation and there was "something" that supported him. At the end of the story WWX managed to seal the "something" in a rock with his life force so that the "something" would not be able to escape. Thank you(⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠) @hjgn1010

FOUND! Hating Separation by thelamespaceace (T, 60k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Case Fic, Yunmeng Shuangjie, Reconciliation, Miscommunication, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Cultivation as Plot Device, Brotherly Love, In-Laws finding common ground, Angst with a Happy Ending)

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17. Hello, I'm looking for a fic where Wangxian is Princes in a modern world. It involves a social media post (insta/twitter/something?) from WWX and create gossips between Yunmeng and Gusu? WWX being oblivious as usual but in the end Wangxian is together. I think it has very amazing profiles with pictures in it for each Royalty/Kingdom/Palace and news/gossip/media articles in it. I think there's Nie Mingjue/Wen Qing/Jiang Cheng in it, maybe triangle love or political fake repationship?

FOUND? A Clear (Mis)Understanding by devinokaze (T, 73k, WangXian, XuanLi, Modern AU, Social Media, Royalty, happy fic, Fluff, Just some light reading, Humor)

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18. hey i've been looking for this fic i read a while ago that i just cant find again.

I don't really remember what it was about but it was modern au and i remember there was a scene where wei wuxian meets lan xichen and then he's like "wow he is so perfect it makes me seem like a gremlin haha" and then lan wangji pulls out his phone and starts showing him embarrassing pictures of lan xichen like a live laugh love poster in his and meng yaos living room and a picture of him being extremely drunk at his engagement party bc he made an entire photo album with embarrassing pictures of lan xichen to show people.

I don't remember anything else tho, sorry, but maybe that sounds familiar to any of you. @razzleberryicedtea

FOUND! OMEGA GRAD STUDENT GETS PREGNANT: YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT by attackofthezee (noxlunate) (E, 21k, wangxian, modern, ABO, past WWX/Other, mpreg, omega WWX, alpha LWJ, unplanned pregnancy, graduate school au, pining, falling in love, kid fic, fluff)

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19. hiii i have this fanfic i forgot the tags to 😅 in the ff wwx and jc were motorcycle racers and lan zhan was a sponsor i think. in one of the races wwx gets into a accident because of jin zixun and his motorcycle slams into him and gets him into a hospital. i remember a baby jin ling being really worried and same goes to a-yuan. i hope you can help me and thank you so much!!! @vicleey

FOUND! Let's you and me go on a ride by rinsled05 (T, 21k, wangxian, modern, racing au, bikers, motoGP, romance, falling in love, love confessions, brotherly love, fluff, hurt/comfort, love at first sight)

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20. Hi can you help me find a wangxian fic wherein wei ying got save from falling of the cliff and he didn't die, he live with his master in the mountains he has been given another name because he got an amnesia

FOUND? The Porcelain Lotus of Yunmeng by The Feels Whale (miscellea) (T, 16k, wangxian, JC pov, amnesia, JC & WWX reconciliation, LWJ pov)

iirc involves Baoshan Sanren and Lan Yi saving him. He either had received a core from a Wen remnant or bssr transferred her own. He learns to cook while having amnesia and wears clothes that have talismans sewn into him that disguise his appearance.

FOUND? Until The End by abCEE (M, 365k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, war changes people, resulting to OOC, no pinning, Established Relationship, Mpreg, Good Uncle LQR, a little grey LWJ, a bit of JC bashing from LWJ, BAMF JYL, 16 years of yearning, mainly CQL verse but has scenes from the novel as well, LSZ is WangXian's Child, WWX Has a New Golden Core, Canon Rewrite, Happy Ending, Fix-It of Sorts)

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#wangxian #mdzs #wangxian fic finder #wangxian fic search #the untamed #wangxianficfinder #long post

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setaripendragon · 11 months

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Vibe Check - Part 1

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 So, I tripped and fell into an old fandom, got so consumed with headcanons that I had to write it down, and then the fic ran away with me and I don't know what's happening anymore. Jack and Ianto go on holiday to the fifty-first century, and conversations ensue.

The fifty-first century is… nothing Ianto expected, and yet exactly like Ianto expected. He’d kind of expected nudist colonies full of free-love hippies, which… well, there are probably some, but on the whole, humans are still human. There’s a whole lot more body-modification going on, but it’s the same general sort. Hair dyed fun colours, art scrawled across people’s skin. Gender as Ianto understands it means nothing, with people sporting secondary sexual characteristics in just about every combination Ianto could have imagined, and a few more that he really, really could not have.

He travelled here through the TARDIS, so he has to actually go look it up to understand that what the TARDIS translates as ‘they’ is actually one of over a dozen different pronouns with nebulous definitions that Ianto barely understands. One seems to be related to the difference between mechanical implants versus biological, another seems to be related to an alien reproductive gender, a third has something to do with some university or something.

It’s confusing.

It’s also entirely enlightening.

“This is why you don’t like labels,” Ianto realises, as a person who – he can hear because he’s listening for it – is being referred to as ‘a person with non-human characteristics’ even though they look perfectly human to him, kisses a complete stranger full on the mouth for helping them pick up the groceries they just dropped. Because people are still buying groceries in markets and carrying them home in substandard bags, it’s just that these bags aren’t plastic, they’re some sort of metallic fabric that apparently glitches sometimes. “Because twenty-first century English doesn’t even have the right labels for the paradigms you grew up with.”

There’s been a lot of that sort of casual intimacy between people, too, which Ianto had expected, because Jack is Jack, but… not as much as he would have expected. At least, no one’s tried to kiss, grope, hug, or even so much as touch him, even though Ianto’s seen other people get kissed, groped, or hugged when they do the exact same things he’s done.

“Partly, yeah.” Jack agrees, taking the drinks he’s bought them with a charming grin and a wink that doesn’t get anything more from the person serving them than a laugh and a hair-ruffle. Ianto has never seen anyone – even people who look old enough for it to make sense – treat Jack like a little boy before. He’s always exuded enough sexual charisma to make it impossible. He’s not behaving any differently, either, and yet…

“What’s the other part?” Ianto asks frowning, because he knows there’s something he’s missing.

Jack gives him a wry smile. “We don’t use labels for relationships the same way,” he explains, or tries to. Ianto doesn’t understand, though. Surely they must have words for the dynamics between people, even if Ianto doesn’t know them.

“Then how do you talk about it?”

“For the most part, we don’t,” Jack says, sounding a little tired, but also amused.

“That seems like a recipe for disaster,” Ianto says, but not like a judgement, because he can see that it isn’t turning into a disaster. He can see the easy way the natives here are navigating these social waters, even though he knows he’s floundering like someone who never even learnt to swim. “What am I missing, Jack?”

Jack smiles at him, warm and fond. “We’re all low-level psychic, Ianto,” he says, like he’s reminding Ianto. Except, Ianto would know if Jack had told him he could bloody well read minds at any point.

“You can all read minds?” he asks flatly.

Jack frowns. “No. That’s like saying I know how your intestines work because I know what outfit you put on this morning.” Ianto blinks, but he thinks he’s starting to see the shape of what Jack’s getting at.

“So, it’s not so much reading minds as it is… a vibe check,” Ianto says slowly.

Jack snorts his way into laughter. “Yeah, lets go with that.”

“And… to carry on the clothing analogy, if someone’s wearing orange, you know they’re okay with PDA with strangers, but if they’re wearing green…”

Jack’s laughing so hard he’s wheezing, but he nods. “And- Oh, god- And if it’s an orange hat, then- pfft- then PDA is okay but it’s a friendly thing, but if it’s a scarf? Heh, then they’re down to fuck. And if it’s shoes they’re looking for commitment. Polka dots mean they’re a package deal, stripes mean other people are invested, solid colours are aggressively unattached…” Jack waves a hand, laughter trailing off into a disbelieving snicker. “As much as the analogy ran away with me, it’s just… there’s as many ‘vibes’ as there are human experiences, it’s limitless.”

Ianto can’t help but smile at Jack’s amusement, but he also has a very important question. “So… what’s changed about your vibes that no one’s given you bedroom eyes once since we got to the fifty-first century?”

Jack’s grin softens into a smile that makes Ianto’s heart roll over in his chest like a puppy begging for belly-rubs. “Nothing,” he says. Ianto frowns at him. “I’m serious. I’m… probably projecting a little less ‘oh god, please fuck me now’, but only a little.” He holds up his thumb and forefinger pressed together to show exactly how little.

“Why?” Ianto asks, derailed for a moment.

“Because I don’t need to fuck people to feel them anymore,” Jack answers, and gives Ianto a prompting look.

Ianto turns that over in his mind, puzzling out its meaning. “You’ve… been using sex as a crutch, because people in the twenty-first century aren’t psychic, so we’re not… projecting our vibes right?”

Jack gives him a very wry look. “If I spend my time walking around in the equivalent of booty-shorts with a heart cut out of the back-” Ianto snorts some of his drink out of his nose with the suddenness of his laughter, and splutters for a moment. “Then pretty much everyone in the twenty-first century is wearing a full set of plate mail,” Jack says once Ianto’s done coughing. “You’re all so… closed off, closed in to your own private bubbles. You don’t… you don’t reach out to touch each other, it’s like you can’t even see each other.”

There’s a raw note in Jack’s voice, and Ianto aches, suddenly, with the realisation that Jack must have been so very lonely. Just like people are starting to understand the concept of touch-starvation in the twenty-first century, there’s probably a similar psychic version here in the fifty-first. People need people to stay sane, after all.

Ianto reaches out and curls his fingers around Jack’s, because he doesn’t know how to reach out with his psychic vibes, so this is the best he can do. Jack gives him that smile again, and turns his hand under Ianto’s, gripping back. Then, because he’s Jack, he lifts Ianto’s hand to his mouth and kisses his knuckles. Ianto flushes pink.

A person at another table in this little out-door cafe shoots a disapproving scowl at them.

Which is a little odd. If this were the twenty-first century, Ianto would assume it’s because they’re both men, but that’s not even a thing that the fifty-first century would even conceptualise the same way.

Then Ianto’s mind clicks a few more things into place, and he straightens in his seat, staring at Jack. “The thing that’s changed about your vibes is me,” he realises.

Jack laughs at him, kisses his knuckles again, and then lets their hands drop back to the table, though he doesn’t let go. “Suit of armour,” he confirms, running his thumb over Ianto’s knuckles. “It’s not quite the same as actively projecting ‘don’t fucking touch me’, but… it’s pretty damn close.”

“How do I change that?” Ianto asks immediately. At Jack’s raised eyebrows, he scowls. “I don’t want people thinking you’re molesting me,” he retorts, raising their joined hands pointedly in front of Jack’s amused smirk, “just because I don’t vibe right.” Then he pauses, and frowns. “Wait, why are people not touching you when I’m the one with the non-vibes?”

Jack watches him for a long moment, amusedly expectant. Then he huffs and rolls his eyes. “Fucking labels,” he grumbles.

“Oh,” Ianto says, because he thinks he gets it. “Polka dots.”

Jack blinks, then huffs a laugh. “Yeah, sort of,” he agrees. “It’s more complicated than that.”

Ianto nods. “Otherwise you’d have words for it.”

“Exactly.”

There’s not a lot Ianto can say to that, not past his heart, which suddenly feels about three sizes too big for his chest. This time, it’s his turn to lift their hands to his mouth, but he shifts his grip so that he can press his kiss to Jack’s palm. “Try and explain it to me?” he requests, because he wants to understand, and he knows it’s not as simple as just being a package deal, and Ianto’s non-vibes speaking for both of them.

Jack swallows, his heart in his eyes when he meets Ianto’s gaze. “It’s… everything I do, sexually, romantically, committedly-” Jack waves a hand in the air, some frustration bleeding through. Ianto nods, so show he understands. “Everything is done with reference to you. If you’re not cool with it, it doesn’t happen. Doesn’t mean you have to be involved, if you don’t want, but…”

“But people can’t tell what I’d be cool with, so they’re doing the polite thing, and assuming nothing,” Ianto concludes, nodding. Jack nods along. “Yeah. Same question,” he decides. “How do I change that?”

Jack laughs softly. “You know, I have no idea. Let’s go ask a professional.”

#Torchwood #Janto #Captain Jack Harkness #Ianto Jones

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annie-anon · 6 months

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Callisto, a corrupted alien that needs modifications to hold together. The Gel in their bulbs helps power their tail, halo and hair projections. I use them as a secondary sona when I don't wanna feel as gender sometimes. Oh and that one hand is an alt for when peeps wanna give him fingers.

#my art #art #oc #alien #alien oc #cyborg

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Please please please tell us more about space elves and space dwarves, I got to know more about those radiation hot tubs

Haha okay I’ve actually done a bit more worldbuilding for these lads so I’ll give you what I’ve got :)

So the space elves and space dwarves are actually from the same solar system - the elves’ planet was on the closer side of the Goldilocks zone and the dwarves’ planet is on the far side. They never interacted that much because they were busy with their own politics but they’d fought in the past and had an awkward Cold War situation going on.

I’m not 100% sure what I’ve said about the elves so I’ll go through a rundown. They’re evolved from bats, so they have really long ears and slightly elongated fourth fingers. Their skin comes in various grayish shades, from very light to very dark, and their hair and eyespots are usually red or black. They typically have gold or purple eyes. Due to some genetic modifications they did as a species a long time ago, they are all capable of becoming pregnant or impregnating others, although they still have secondary sex characteristics.

They have a matriarchal society that’s highly authoritarian and consists of small city-states that hate each other. Their planet was nearly uninhabitable due to constant war, and, when the nuclear war started, a small group of them ran away to the stars, where they encounter the Seven Stations with their ship on its last legs. Due to their longer lifespan, some of them still remember their homeworld from when they were quite young.

The space dwarves are less developed in terms of worldbuilding, but I know they have pointed ears and horns. They have three major mega-empires that are all at war with each other and are all propaganda states. They do most of their fighting through massive mechs and technological constructs. And yes, as I mentioned, they use a lot of nuclear power because they’re radiation-immune and they do use the wastewater as communal hot tubs. They’re also currently mining out the elves’ planet because, well, it’s not really inhabitable for the elves anymore.

Fun facts:

Elves use last names as titles - for example, Xi, which means Queen

Elves also use the sound ae as a masculine diminutive, and the ones on the Seventh Station will sometimes alter station names to suit this (for example, they call Stellaris Stellaraes)

Elves recognize three genders - male, female, and a middle gender

Dwarf mechs look kind of like the Garden Knight from Tunic (if you’ve played Tunic)

I hope this sates your curiosity just a bit. I’m happy to answer more questions - you’ll see a bunch of the elves in Book 3 of the Seven Station Chronicles as well (no dwarves, they’re just for fun, although I might write a short story or novella about them someday as a side story)

Thank you for the ask!

#writeblr #seven station chronicles

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By: Colin Wright

Published: Sep 13, 2023

On August 25, Texas judge Maria Cantú Hexsel temporarily blocked Senate Bill 14, which limits sex-trait modification procedures—euphemistically called “gender-affirming care”—to adults only. In her decision, Hexsel stated that the law “interferes with Texas families’ private decisions and strips Texas parents . . . of the right to seek, direct, and provide medical care for their children.” In response, the Texas attorney general’s office swiftly filed an appeal with the state’s Supreme Court to halt Hexsel’s injunction, highlighting the “unproven” nature of pediatric sex-trait modification procedures being “pushed by some activists in the medical and psychiatric professions.”

Weeks before the hearing, the Texas attorney general’s office had asked me to serve as an expert witness on the biology of sex. It invited me to respond to a series of false and perplexing assertions made by the plaintiff’s three expert witnesses—including the premise that a person’s sex is comprised of many traits, among them chromosomes, hormones, internal reproductive organs, genitalia, and secondary sexual characteristics, as well as one’s “gender identity.”

In the scientific understanding of sex, only one trait—the type of gamete (i.e., sperm or ova) that someone can, will, or would produce—defines male or female. This is true not only for humans but also for all plants and animals. The other traits mentioned by the plaintiffs’ experts, while related to one’s sex, do not define it. Moreover, the push to include “gender identity” as a defining aspect of being male or female represents an extreme departure from empirical reality in service of a pseudoscientific outlook designed to validate the feelings of people who experience discomfort with their bodies.

Traveling to Austin and appearing before a judge to explain these basic facts was a surreal experience. To my knowledge, this was the first time a biologist has been called to testify in court to defend the material existence of males and females as natural and distinct biological categories. Yet, this isn’t the first time that core principles of biology have been put on trial.

In the 2005 case Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, plaintiffs contested a Pennsylvania school district’s policy that mandated teaching the religious concept of Intelligent Design (ID) alongside evolution in biology class. Biologists were summoned to defend the extensive evidence supporting evolution and explain how ID does not meet the fundamental standards of the scientific method: ID is unfalsifiable and relies on supernatural explanations that fall outside the purview of science.

The Kitzmiller case fascinated me, and I followed it closely. In fact, it inspired me to pursue a career as an evolutionary biologist. Over the years, I’ve engaged in debates with numerous creationists and ID supporters. While I didn’t realize it then, confronting these faith-based arguments against the reality of evolution equipped me to handle the current wave of popular anti-science sentiment around the denial of biological sex. Strikingly, the arguments made by sex denialists often mirror those presented by creationists and ID proponents.

In addition to being glaring instances of metaphysics parading as science, both ID and sex denialism rely on a similar “argument from complexity” designed to stun audiences into adopting their perspectives. ID advocates, for instance, contend that biological systems and features are “irreducibly complex,” meaning that they couldn’t have emerged from gradual, unguided processes like natural selection and random mutation and must therefore have been directed by a supernatural “designer” (i.e., God). In a similar vein, gender activists argue that biological sex is so complex and irreducible to any single trait that all efforts to classify individuals as male or female are futile, and people should therefore be allowed to identify as any sex they like.

While both arguments highlight genuine complexities within biology, they misconstrue the actual scientific understanding. In the Kitzmiller case, the presiding judge, a Christian appointed in 2002 by President George W. Bush, saw through the ruse and ruled against teaching ID as science, stating that “ID is a religious view . . . and not a scientific theory.” The denial of biological sex is no different, and its societal impacts are more pervasive and harmful than the denial of evolution.

However, in a twist I could not have anticipated, the same colleagues who once applauded my efforts to defend evolution against creationism and ID now condemn me for challenging the new sex pseudoscience. Evidently, scientists are not the impassive, Spock-like figures that both society and many scientists themselves perceive them to be. They, too, can get wrapped up in ideological and political trends.

Defending the binary nature of sex in court will become increasingly important as more states consider implementing age restrictions on hormonal and surgical sex-trait modification. This is because the depiction of sex as a haphazard collection of sex-related traits—instead of being tied to reproductive function—forms a central tenet of gender ideology. If one determines a person’s sex by tallying various traits, which can range from male-typical to female-typical, it follows that hormonal or surgical modifications can literally shift one’s physical sex along this perceived spectrum to align with that person’s internal “gender identity.” If, however, a person’s sex is immutable, then such interventions lack empirical justification

After I was sworn in and presented my credentials as an expert on the biology of sex, the plaintiff’s lawyers objected that they didn’t understand “the relevance of this witness.” I don’t think they were being insincere: I believe they really did not understand the relevance of natural science to the debate over how to help kids who feel alienated from their bodies. And that, of course, is exactly the problem.

Our Constitution guarantees all Americans the right to direct their lives according to their faith—whether that faith is about a revelation on Mt. Sinai or about sex as a spectrum or about the existence of gendered souls. The Constitution does not, however, immunize doctors from scientific criticism when their own beliefs clash with empirical fact and lead to medical harm. It is essential that scientists find the courage to defend the principles of rationalism and empiricism in the court of law as well as in the court of public opinion to help guide medicine, and our society, back to reality.

Another striking similarity is that both ID and gender ideology insist simultaneously that they are scientific - despite being unverifiable and unfalsifiable - and that science only rejects their claims due to intolerance and bigotry.

#Colin Wright #gender ideology #queer theory #genderwang #sex denialism #biology denial #biological sex #sex is binary #gender pseudoscience #gendered souls #gender thetans #intelligent design #creationism #gender creationism #religion is a mental illness

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Revamped Sigurd reference sheet(Hellsing AU Lore bits included) Mature content ahead btw

Name(s) of character and explanations:

1: Sigurd Fenryka Magnusson (primary full name given by his father Petr Odayev Aleksander, nicknamed Magnus, and his uncle Wayland Gunther)

2: Constantine Valdorius Pendraco (Secondary full name given by his mother Irene Adriana Pendraco and grandfather Anarawd Pendraco)

The reason for his two full names is that it's a Welsh cultural (at least for my au) norm for families/clans to name their child with two full names to confirm their union in a marriage once it bears a child, thus unifying the two families together.

Art Credit: @v4nt4bl4ck On tumblr as name is shown)

and this one from @cry-ptidd

Classification: Thor Class Supersoldier, Psychically gifted individual.

Species: Human, infected with a curse from a Varcolac (Werewolf/vampire hybrid creature)

Condition and medical treatments: Undiagnosed ADD/Autism, treated Rage addiction, werewolf/vampire hybrid curse with wolfsbane pills and UV light treatment to keep the beast(s) at bay, and a fully enacted super soldier implantations and treatments to help his body grow into the curse so his body wouldn't be ripped apart by physical mutation and enhanced growth.

Age: in 1999 he'd be 20 years old, birth date is January 7th, 1979.

Gender: Male (amab) pronouns being he/him. He's pretty comfortable with how he was born but he does have some oddities he's got in this sort of identity he's got.

Sexuality and Kinks: Considered himself straight for most of his life but realized he was Pansexual/Bisexual when one of his best friends came out to him and they started dating for a little while. He's discovering more about himself each day in that department, especially since he's a confident switch in the dynamics.

NSFT part: He's got a breeding kink, some light bdsm, brat taming, competitive sex, fight play, biting kink, exhibitionism, and other loosely tied kinks as well.

Voice claim: Aiden Caldwell from Dying Light 2

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Scars/body details: Incredibly chiseled and well muscled due to genetic modification, scars all over from scratches, deep cuts, stabs, gunshot wounds, notable scars on his face over his right eye and two parallel cut scars diagonally rising from his jaw to his nose, and a large bite wound at his side. He is also covered in Norse-style tattoo at the front of his body to help keep his powers in check and as a retelling of his life story since the 5 years of war beginning in 1994 after what he thought to be a temporary vacation when he met his first love Seras Victoria and was with her for a month while she was in the orphanage. Then he continued the rest of his trip with his older brothers to a huge medieval-themed festival in Kosovo and all the way to his oaths to avenge his oldest brother Joshua. Only for them to be dragged into the grim plans of millennium's schemes for their war against Alucard, England, and then the world. Years of conflict and loss painted his body with not just scars but with tattoos as well. Each rune recounted atoning for old shames and liberating lost lands from vampire hordes spurned on by rebellions in the Balkans. These things are how he bares his soul to those who truly begin to know him. He also has a wedding ring on his finger, though he won't talk much about it to anyone.

Personality: Strangely positive, yet still marked by a deep determination fueled by his grim past. He's also remarkably calm under most pressure he faces. He also feels very strongly about injustices against people and will vocally stand up for more vulnerable, oppressed people since he is deeply anti-authoritarian. He's also very gentle with most people since he still has a hard time gauging his own strength in some moments. He's also a massive adrenaline junkie too, often doing things like parkour in Urban environments if bored enough or maybe something like hunting dangerous games with minimal equipment in rural areas. He's overall a very casual, fun person to be around like Pip would be in Hellsing. Though, with people who would be his sexual/romantic partners, he is much more sensual in his mannerisms. For a morally grey-ish character, he's turned out better than most of the other characters in the Hellsing universe as a whole.

Powers/abilities: He's not only stupidly strong since he's a super soldier but he also has some psychic abilities. One is that he can instill panic/general emotional distress into people around him. It's almost like a full-power sonar blasted in a general area or directly aimed at a spot and you're underwater when it happens as a diver. It's not just loud, it's disorientating, literally to the point you get sick or possibly even die underwater from drowning. Sigurd's powers of course aren't exactly like that, but it's just a heavy, smothering presence in the air that makes you feel like walls are closing in around you. He's caused people to have heart attacks before at its worst. So not only can he bench press a whole-ass black bear and leg press one too, but he would also scare you half to death by getting a little frustrated at you. So he's had to really tone himself back from his angrier past. Another ability he has is being able to communicate to most animals due to his curse.

Professions: To put it bluntly this guy would put the famous doctor, surgeon, therapist, plumber, professor, mechanic, pizza delivery guy, etc Johnny Sins look like a chump. Sigurd's been a commander of entire armies before and more than that too. But he's also had a very humble background in more working-class jobs like being a butcher, factory worker, and construction worker, even tried working in fast food but quit after a week when calling a rude customer a "rambunctious hoe" and slapping his boss across the face for being a dick about it. He's also been a mercenary before for a short period of time during the beginning of the war he was in. He was also a sex worker of sorts after his 19th birthday. So yeah he's had a wild time. Finally, he's found a new job with Hellsing after a war in Italy when Alucard fought him to a near stalemate until Sigurd ran out of steam and surrendered after sending his soldiers away. And instead of being executed, he was spared to recruit him and see what he could do.

(more might be added soon since I posted this at 2:45 am or whenever, kinda going stir crazy)

#hellsing oc #oc ref #ref sheet #under construction-ish #not my art #Youtube #oc #my oc #sigurd my beloved #years of work now laid bare #hope y'all like it btw #hellsing

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stuckybingo · 2 months

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Stucky Bingo Round-Up #21 (March 31st - April 6th)

If you would like a shiny Bingo Card of your own, you can fill out this form! Don’t forget to fill out the submission form to be a part of the round-ups and to get your bingo badges!

hoping these roses dull the pain, cover the scars and turn the page by aspen | blackwood4stucky Square filled: I4 - kink: breeding Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: Rape/non-con, Graphic depictions of violence, alpha x alpha, non con drug use, triggered mating Major tags: body horror, forced sex, non traditional omegaverse, triggered mating, secondary gender modification Summary: “A peculiar scent fills Steve’s nose as he wakes slowly. He knows that scent, it is one that still haunts him, that whispers his failures in his ears like prayers.” There were turncoats on the Lemurian Star. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

A Daddy's Himbo by Metalbvcky Square filled: N3 - Free Space Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Modern AU, Dom/sub, Bathroom Sex, Rimming Summary: Bucky wakes up beside his ex the morning after their reunion. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

Good Luck List by sparkagrace Square filled: B5 - steve's list Ao3 rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: established relationship, shrinkyclinks, superstitions, alternate povs, non-linear timeline Summary: Steve has a list of items and traditions that have always brought him luck. These have led him to multiple wins at the pub quiz nights, appearances on three quiz shows, and at last to a finalist position on Mastermind. However, the greatest thing his lucky charms have brought him is his husband… who is still on his way back from a mission. - Bucky may not have the same superstitions as Steve, but that won’t stop him racing to get to that studio on time to deliver the last and most important one. Format: Long oneshot (over 5000 words)

Til the end of the line by Buckys-Wintersoldier Square filled: G4 - AU: Winter Soldier Steve Ao3 rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply, Slight violence, punches Major tags: Winter Soldier Steve, best friends to lovers, nightmares, fluff Summary: After another sleepless night and some stories about Steve and Bucky, they find him and Bucky can confess the feelings he has for Steve. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

Dig My Grave, Both Wide and Deep by hail-americas-ass (Tumblr username) Square filled: O5 - 1930's Ao3 rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply, Grief/Mourning, watermelon Major tags: Grief/Mourning, Steve Rogers Character Study, Steve Rogers feels, Jewish Bucky Barnes Summary: Steve takes his first step towards living in the 21st Century without Bucky by his side now that he hasn't got an alien invasion to distract him from grief. In which, Steve visits Bucky's grave and realises Bucky would want him to live the life he couldn't have. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

sometimes i hold you closer (just to know you're real) by moodymelanist Square filled: N3 - Free Space Ao3 rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Post-Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Reunited and It Feels So Good, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Bucky Barnes Feels, POV Steve Rogers Summary: Bucky shows up on Steve’s doorstep after the helicarriers, and Steve allows himself to think, we’re going to be alright. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

The Man On The Bridge by endlesstwanted Square filled: G5 - Looking after each other Ao3 rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Reflection, Amnesia, Bucky Barnes-centric Summary: He thinks about the man who spared his life. Format: Drabble (exactly 100 words)

Heaven Only Knows by endlesstwanted Square filled: G2 - Mutual Pinning Ao3 rating: Teen Warnings: Underage Major tags: Memories, Childhood Friends, Love Confessions Summary: Dreams he has of a blonde boy, and a later realisation. Format: Short oneshot (300 - 1000 words)

Tried to drift but don’t know how by dharmashark Square filled: N3 - Free space Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply, Body image issues, insomnia, explicit sex Major tags: Post-CATWS, Brooklyn, Nostalgia, Starting Over Summary: “If you’re gonna stand there admiring your handiwork,” Steve says to the construction paper he’s laying over the hardwood floor, “the least you could do is pitch in.” Format: Long oneshot (over 5000 words)

Steve is trying his best by Rufferto Square filled: B1 - Long Distance Ao3 rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Steve shirtless, Facetiming, awkward poses, blushing, Notalone Summary: Bucky had to go to California for six months and Steve is stuck in New York. They make time to talk as much as possible but it's hard. Steve just wants to prove to Bucky that he's capable of being sexy on the phone just like any other boyfriend. Tony might have dared him. Bucky appreciates it, Steve just needs to learn to pick his timing better. Format: Art

#stucky bingo #stucky bingo round 5 #round up 21 #weekly round up #don't forget to fill out the submission form

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nintendoteuthis · 2 years

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A question that has been lodged in my brain like a porcupine quill since the dawn of time... how would transitioning work for transgender inklings & octolings? Do you think that the ability to dramatically change their voice & their bipedal form's appearance with the player customization menu is something they can actually do at will, or are such changes more involved, like they are for humans? And would medication analogous to human HRT be a part of transitioning for any of them? I have tried to research that one myself, but for some reason there's very little information out there about how a cephalopod might medically transition.

The reason why is because we don't know a whole lot about hormones and secondary sex characteristics in cephalopods. We don't even know if they have chromosome-based sex differentiation! We do know that octopuses at least seem to have the same sex hormones as in humans (i.e. testosterone, estrogen, progesterone) but we don't know if they have any effect on secondary sex characteristics. I found a paper that reviewed mollusk sex hormone studies and concluded that there's no evidence they have much of an external effect at all.

So what ways to medically transition would there be for an Inkling or Octoling? I don't think that they can dramatically change the appearance of the humanoid form at will - the system that I have for their shapeshifting is more or less a fast-acting, two-way metamorphosis, a shift between two forms that themselves do not change. We don't have strong evidence for hormonal control over how the body looks, so it's unknown how effective HRT would be. There's always surgery, and I think puberty blockers would also work, but I've been tossing about a headcanon for how Inklings/Octolings would medically transition based on something we do know about cephalopod biology.

You know how cephalopods use RNA editing to modify how their genes are expressed?

So the idea is: doctors have developed molecular cocktails that we can call, for the sake of the bad pun, Gender Fluids. Inject some of that into your body, and your blood and ink will distribute it all across your body. It induces a RNA modification pathway that changes how certain genes are expressed, with the end result being feminization/masuclinization of the secondary sex characteristics. So it's a bit like both HRT and gene therapy. It's fast-acting - the modification begins as soon as you transform to swim form and back - but you need to keep up the injections if you want it to hold.

(on an unrelated note, while doing research I learned out something neat. Apparently a sizable contingent of individuals of the sharpear enope squid (Ancistrocheirus lesueurii) are intersex. They have fully-developed male reproductive systems, but are also larger and bear nidamental glands like females)

#splatoon #splatoon biology musings #my headcanons #oc #though I will admit - a lot of what's written on this topic is Dense #if there's some crucial info I couldn't find please tell me!

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hoping these roses dull the pain, cover the scars and turn the page

author: aspen blackwood

james “bucky” barnes x steve rogers | mcu

masterpost | 🅴 | 🔞 | fic word count: 4932 | complete

tags: alpha x alpha, drugged, forced sex, non con body bod, non traditional omegaverse, triggered mating, secondary gender modification, dark elements

The asset knows it is imperative to appear as compliant as possible. This isn’t a difficult task. Its handlers modified its operating levels to unfamiliar settings. It can feel the heat rising beneath its skin. It can feel the strange wetness pooling between its thighs as it lies on a bed of metal. As far as the asset is concerned, that has never happened before. - Order through pain is all the asset knows.

bingo fills + event prompts

@anyfandomangstbingo | handcuffs

@anyfandomdarkbingo | chained to a bed

@anyfandomgoesbingo | mating cycles

@anyfandomkinkbingo | fucking like rabbits

@afgomegaversebingo | rough sex

@augustwritingchallenge: april showers brings m-au flowers | loss

@badthingshappenbingo | incapable of disobeying

@buckybarnesevents: babb2023 | come as lube [jan]

@character-a-character-b: may bingo | 64: sensual creatures

@fandombingo: rpf card | loyalty kink

@fandom-free-bingo

@ficwip: level up | 3rd pov - present tense

@julybreakbingo: pre july 24 | exophilia

@kinky-things-happen | fuck or die

loversbingo

the conflict | omega’s first heat the reeling | forced helping hand the solution | can’t stop

@marvel-smash-bingo | multiple orgasms

@multifandom-flash

fear bingo | fear of ice new year’s resolution | public sex + rough sex + sex pollen

@sebastianstanbingo | multiple orgasms

@stuckybingo | kink: biting [nsfw may adoptable]

@stuckygeekevents: stucky geek bingo | confusion

stucky smut menu

trope | sex pollen character version | possesive!steve kink | public sex

@sweetspicybingo: hurt/comfort bingo | held captive

@taintedsoulsdiscord: spring cleaning soot sprites | playroom: monsterfucking

@ultimatechrisbingo | right person, wrong time

@yearoftheotpevent | september: hurt/comfort

ch 2: why does it taste so bitter (when you’re the sugar that touches my lips)

read: ao3 | ffn | sqwa

ch 1

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sopebubbles · 11 months

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Hi sorry to bother you, I was reading the lone wolf lore about lykos and I was wondering:

1. Can male omegas impregnate female omegas?

2. How do female alphas develop a knot and are able to impregnate when they don’t have dangly bits?

Again, so sorry about these specific sexual questions, they’ve been niggling at the back of my mind for a little while.

*proceeds to hide away from embarrassment lmao* 🫣😅 Love you and this story ☺️💜

Hey! No bother! It's kinda weird so I'll try to explain as best i can. Please note that I am and librarian and not a cryptozoologist and that this is all made up.

1. No. Male omegas don't have sperm, so they can't impregnate any omegas. For the same reason, female alphas cannot become pregnant, bc they produce sperm and don't have eggs.

2. Female alphas develop a knot during puberty. The idea is generally similar to how normal human sex organs develop at the embryonic stage, in which there's a basic organ called a genital tubercle and depending on gendering hormones it becomes a penis or a clitoris. So in this case the secondary gender hormones that are produced during lykos puberty would determine if a female's (primary gender) clitoris remained (as in the case of omegas and betas) or if they grow into a knot. Alpha male penises grow in size. Male knots are generally larger than female knots, but there are body modifications available. (Side note if you read fighter: Val canonically has an enlarged clit bc of the human growth hormone she was forced to take during her underground fighting days. This is the same biological mechanism.)

Also the fact that secondary gender doesn't present until puberty is mostly a plot device in this au. It allows for the fundamentalist idea that they could adopt children and a) not know that they were Lykos except with expensive genetic testing and b) believe that they could teach them as children how to be human. Also it makes puberty even more dramatic, which is obviously necessary.

That probably made no sense but thanks for coming to me ted talk.

#lone wolf thoughts #lone wolf asks #please im not a scientist #thanks anon!

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aresenics · 1 year

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☼ ☾ ( angelina jolie , fifty - five , she / they , demiwoman , markov 2 ) - have you seen OKSANA MARKOV ? we’ve heard through the grapevine that they’re COGENT but also RECALCITRANT. when you think of them , you think of a teardrop falling from the eyes of graveyard angels ; unsure if tis the rain or if they've come alive, branches creaking and scratching against palace windows, and watching a lone coyote pass by on the road.

DOWAGER DUCHESS OF MOSCOW ( RUSSIA ) .

mentions cw: witchcraft , domestic violence , child abuse , death , dementia .

*̲ ⋅ 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒔 :

FULL NAME: oksana dimitria markov .

NICKNAME(S): oksa .

AGE: fifty - five .

GENDER IDENTITY: demiwoman .

PRONOUNS: she / her & they / them .

ORIENTATION: demi - bisexual & biromantic — strong preference for women .

LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: russian ( primary ) , english ( secondary ) .

ACCENT: russian , giving v much yelena belova . she’s gotten a lot better at not slurring her words but it’s still extremely present .

PARALLEL(S): maleficent ( maleficent ) , natasha romanoff ( marvel ) , michonne ( the walking dead ) , polly shelby ( peaky blinders ) , sae - byok ( squid game ) , & fox ( wanted ) .

*̲ ⋅ 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 :

BIRTH PARENTS: status — deceased , fyodor & dimitria pacheco .

SIBLINGS: none ( can be changed , idk ) .

DISTANT RELATIVES: unknown , if any ( tba ) .

HUSBAND: status — deceased . duke ivan markov .

CHILDREN: status — alive , three children : duke nikolai, lord aleksei & lord viktor .

*̲ ⋅ 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆 :

FACE CLAIM: angelina jolie .

HAIR COLOUR: impossibly straight with smooth bangs , onyx .

EYE COLOUR: a striking blue accentuated by the dark of her hair .

BODY MODIFICATIONS: a deep scar across her throat , swirls of red ink around her fingertips & along her shoulder blades .

REFINERY: usually seen with her locks tucked up into an ushkana, a fur shawl with black dressage underneath & the click of leather heeled boots seen here .

*̲ ⋅ 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 :

the joan of arc : a heroine chosen by fate. she hears a higher power one day, out of the blue, calling on her. she never doubts this voice or her own sanity, she leads many to victory, often against odds and did not fear death in battle. one day, she might be the death of her.

*̲ ⋅ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕 :

oksana was born to fyodor and dimitria pacheco, a soldier for the royal guard and a woman who’s strength rivaled a thousand men. her mother, bathed in moonlight and black curls hidden from view by the pull of her cloak, would often taken oksana into the woods, showing her the “truth” of what a “higher power” could gift you. fyodor was always very against this, but loved his wife with a passion that dismissed the idea of her committing any wrongdoing. elixirs of love, brittle rabbit bones in a bottle, and spellbound books were the catalyst of oksana’s childhood.

however, it became apparent that she was not inept in communicating with her mothers spirits. rather, took after her father. gone were the gauntlets of oozing green concoctions, replaced by the clasp of a tiny poison tipped blade. by day and by night, she’d sneak off into the village where the older children would fight, rolling around in the mud and scraping knees against the rough cobblestone. she’d grin and pile on, quieting the murmur of brutely boys who should’ve overpowered her greatly but were quickly flipped onto their backs in disbelief. her father quickly caught on to her whereabouts, seeing the skills she possessed and set her up to become the family keeper. you will need to take my place when i’m gone . . . . for her.

from then on, oksana was trained in a variety of fighting forms. from judo to fencing, archery and javelin throwing. adoring her mother most of all, her dauntlessness carried weight in her punches. the force of her throws. her father would soon pass as she entered in her twenties and left her to step into his shoes. despite the moments dimitria looked at her with forlorn eyes . . . confused, all a blur. suddenly forgetting who her daughter was. did she really have one ? where was she ? who was she ? unsure of everything one moment and reaching out for oksana’s the next, memory flooding back like a broken damn. oksana knew her time was nearing, and had to settle on a path.

and so it occurred. dimitria pacheco, bathed in admiration and clutched in oksana’s arms as she ventured to the other side, was buried in her home village. oksana moved from her childhood home, and would soon climb up ranks to become a royal soldier, skilled in grappling against the biggest of men with ambidextrous prowess; slaying many and loving very few. by the time she hit her thirties, she had become a personal guard to the duchess of years past, and that is where she met ivan; a match of cursed breaths and firm hands. it should've been a marker, a telling sign of what was to come.

ivan was never faithful, solely using her to give him a heir or two, then a third, scurrying off into the night with a woman who could not produce any. time and time again he'd tell her if it weren't for that 'simple inconvenience' she would never see to becoming duchess. each of her children . . . cubs born to a burly bear of a woman, clawing at their father and giving as good as she got. trying her best to inflict the damage threatened upon her children. she's suffered many injuries, but the most significant has left her voice coarse & choked; a scar living across her throat from one of the late duke’s unsheathed daggers.

she loathes the idea of being touched by any man and only allows it from her own sons. she is not as guarded toward feminine presenting individuals and is actually far more comfortable in their presence. most who know of the markov's are aware of her preference and keep a respectable distance from her. she hates with every fiber of her being . . . that she still thinks about her late husband. she does not grieve him so much as she grieves the idea of what could've been and what will never become.

she is the very makings of a conjurer in witchcraft, creating herbs that take days worth of focus & believes that there are higher powers out there that aid in her healing and help her understand why such such a life was allowed. oksana is mostly seen within the confines of her home or in the dark of night, taking solace in quiet despite what has happened and what might become of her country. she's very precise in her verbiage, a would - be advisor to her children & lords alike, keeping pawns & shadowing any rooks. a scorned woman ? no. a phoenix risen from the ashes.

*̲ ⋅ 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 :

to be announced . <3

#francehq.intro #domestic violence tw #death tw #dementia tw #she's coming .

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kermitthekrog-blog · 2 years

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I figured out my trigger event: a Parahumans thought exercise

Background and inciting incident:

I’ve struggled with ADHD since I was very young. I’ve been in and out of residential therapy. It is the number one significant factor in how my day-to-day life turns out. Not to go into too much detail, but at the moment, things are good for me, and have been for the past two years.

But, let’s say they weren’t. I backslid. I let things go too far, and now I can’t bounce back. My school is trying to expel me, because I put off my student loan paperwork too long. My professors are tired of my excuses. My parents think not supporting me, this time, might actually be key to solving my issues instead of handholding me through therapy. My writing group is sick of me showing up as the only person who keeps not actually starting the works they promised to write.

Each of these problems, and more. I realize this all on the same day.

This is a long, long term stressor, that finally came to a head: a pretty clear Tinker power.

Also, I have gender dysphoria and social anxiety, especially related to how I present myself: I hate presenting masculine, but don’t want to be obviously different or ‘freakish’, so I put up a male persona and try to be as deniably androgynous as I can within that boundary. I reassure myself that one day, when I’m ‘correct’ enough, I’ll have earned the privilege to transition fully. These are always in the background, but don’t overlap (much, at all really) with my main issues.

So, I happen to have a friend with a shard; this buds off on me as well, giving a Changer power with Master undertones.

Power expression:

My shard is Agitated Auxiliary: a neoshard composed four Cycles ago from buds of an (A) precog shard, (B) efficiency Tinker shard, (C) behavior-modification shard which previously only expressed itself as a blaster power, and (D) an entropy-inertia shard. The Tinker power lets me build systems, specifically systems to automate tasks, mitigate future consequences, and shirk effort.

That paperwork? Scanned from the website, filled and submitted automatically. That sci-fi novel idea? I took my outline doc, writing sample, and summary and turned into into a magnum opus. I can develop a mnemonic system to take tests perfectly, I just don’t actually learn the material. My docket can anticipate what people want from me months in advance and prepare the right resources and actions, but at no point have I grown closer to them or understood others more. I can always avoid bad situations, as long as no-one is actually confronting me face-to-face.

Ultimately, this solves none of my problems, just puts a bandaid over them ... which is how a person with ADHD acts, so why am I complaining? (asks my shard). And yet, no matter how bad I feel that it’s not actually my effort being put forth, no matter how much I used to respect myself as an academically competent person, a strong person, no matter how low my self-esteem sinks ... I will keep using my power. The crutch is too great, the benefit is too strong, and if I was the kind of person to resolve my situation, to take the hard way out to permanent security, to sit back and act when I understand that I’ve fallen too far ... well then, I wouldn’t have triggered, would I have?

Also, you would think a transgender person would love having a Changer power right? The secondary power lets me grow or accentuate not just masculine features, but whichever physical features or social qualities are structurally dominant for the society I’m in; in exchange, people around me believe me and attribute positive qualities to me, usually in line with whatever that social identity I’m changing into. This is hell on a transgender person, especially since I’m trying to run away from ‘male privilege’.

Complicating factors & irony:

If I had these powers a month ago, I would be flying high: my paperwork would be complete, my novels would be written, my academic status wouldn’t be in question; I could sit back and program out the rest of my life. But I didn’t: I burned my bridges. People are sick of catering to me, institutions have already sent me through their second-chance policies, and I have no resources of my own. Perhaps if this had come in a year or two, I’d have marketable skills other than what my power provides me. I still need to eat, and more: I’m not idle, I have ambitions I want to fulfill, it’s just that I wanted to have my cake and eat it too. At times, I consider what money or other resources I’d need to risk the exposure and bargaining with a biotinker, like Bonesaw, Panacea, or Second Skin, to fix my awful body.

I reassure myself that one day, I’ll be in a stable position: I’ll settle down, I’ll work on my ADHD, I’ll develop my executive function, I’ll do the work and effort myself, I won’t have to rely so much on these powers any more. Good luck, me.

Because I would be fixated on the gender aspect, I never figure out my secondary power beyond ‘this makes me more masculine/reverses my transition for some social benefits’. I try not to use it, but the bud would not have occurred if I wasn’t going to use the power: eventually, when I’m in situations where I need resources or someone on my side, I break it out, then have to reassure myself that it’s okay, that I’m really who I am inside, that this is temporary.

Both of my powers let me continue in, and excel at, the same coping behaviors I’ve been engaging in for years. It’s just a shame that these are the parts of myself I hate the most.

Conclusion:

Tinker 5-7, Changer 1 (Sub: Master 4)

Thoughts? Feedback? If you triggered in the Parahumans setting, how would your power express itself?

#parahumans #wildbow #worm #meta #thought experiment #tinker

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