#and my answer would be. yes. exactly.

[re-discover-communication]

I will soon hold the entirety of AO3 in my external hard disc

[arttsuka]

Petition to start explaining things better and more accurately because some of us tend to take them too literally.

[worstloki]

been thinking of Loki as a vengeful ghost/demon that tries to kill Thor after dying on Jotunheim except instead of killing Thor straightup Thor's on a quest following a trail of weird clues and strange happenings across multiple realms sort of? so Loki is just leading him around not showing himself but very much heartbroken in the distance about how Thor just 'moved on'. Meanwhile on Thor's end it's very evident in how Thor handles quests once Loki is gone that he still follows all the advice and suggestions Loki made, and tries to consider what Loki would have done when he does things.

[majorproblems77]

*crashes in*

YOU PROBABLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS BUT IM CONTINUING THE “LU BOIS WITH ANYTHING BUT SWORDS” ART THING!!!!!

SOME DESIGNS MAY CHANGE, SOME MAY NOT, BUT YE!

ILL TAG U WHEN IM FINISHED IF U WANT!

*Falls on the floor before beginning to happy stim*

OH MY GOD YES

I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT RECENTLY (IT BECAME A WIP IN ONE OF MY FOLDERS NGL) AND I DIDNT WANT TO BUG YOU ABOUT IT CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN SUPER BUSY BUT THIS BRINGS ME GREAT JOY I WILL HAPPILY WAIT HOWEVER LONG I MUST

PLEASE TAG ME PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I LOVE IT SM

[why-the-heck-not]

>:(((( I have a phonecall today that I have to answer, and ofc some other random phone call came in and I answered bc thought it was that. >:((( it wasn’t and now today’s total is going to be 2 phone calls. this is my nightmare

[originalaccountname]

Oooooo, which author are you reading? They sound good!

I'm afraid of having oversold the situation with my tags, however you should definitely check out their Chuuya-leaves-with-Dazai AU that's ongoing with 4 chapters (timeline-wise it's currently almost at the end of Entrance Exam) -> The Road Not Taken by TopHat69 (rated E but as of chapter 4 it's at most been non-explicit mentions of people sleeping together off-screen). Yes we're using Storm Bringer yes we're keeping Entrance Exam's story we're thriving

I've had April's Fool on my to-read list for a while so finding out now it was the same author made me extra curious. Yesterday's find that prompted the post though was their 2017 multichapter ABO retell/AU, which I was skimming through all out of order because ABO isn't really my cup of tea but I was curious to see how they wrote skk in the Before™ times (pre-Fifteen and everything else). A chapter mentioned a love hotel stay and of course I went back for it, which turned out to have been apparently booked by Dazai as a joke but was actually used after a job went south and they needed a place to hide while wounded (pretty sure they ended up using it for its intended purpose after though), which, right after the ADA!Chuuya fic ticking so many of my boxes, had me going "same hat" sjdhakja

Read whatever you want anon but again -> ADA!Chuuya fic 👀

[gregorygerwitz]

As a queer servicemember who did serve during dadt that got out the year before it was repealed - FUCK DADT, it ruined lives and fuck the fact that it took so long for our military members to get their dishonorables changed and the fact that they left homosexuality on the new dd214s so former service members still had it follow them.

As someone who has never served myself and only has internet research and old Navy stories from my grandfather and cousin and one former coworker who was briefly in the army to go by, and every single one of them is cishet, I appreciate your input immensely. and, quieter, thank you for this, specifically, because this is exactly my point, I just don't have all the exacts to back it up like this. I've been doing my best to not rant about it and start things because it's about a fictional character it isn't that deep but also... considering how many people it affected in real life, yes it is.

I can't tell if you're yelling at me, specifically, or just using the anon function in my inbox to protect yourself from the fandom having different opinions (I get that, zero judgement whatsoever, I've been doing that a lot the last ~week just so I can have my opinion out there and avoid the backlash that comes with that and protect my sanity), but I'm going to put my own thoughts here, too, either way, because I feel like we're on the same page?

I know that using DADT seems like an easy out for speedrunning Tommy's timeline and making him younger than he would logically be to fit Lou's age (45 isn't old and 45 doesn't "look" all that different from 39 unless you're being ageist but whatever), but it's really not. There are so many complications that come with it - such as a dishonorable discharge.

Someone reblogged one of my posts earlier this week (the same person my vague post was about today, and I'll keep it vague I'm not here to call people out directly this is my blog and I'm going to put my opinion on it, no one should go harassing this person about any of it because it's fictional characters, they're allowed to have different opinions and headcanons about things), with a comment about how the LAFD (and PD? it's less relevant and I don't want to scroll back in their blog or my notifs for something minor like that) was hiring people regardless of sexuality in the 90s. Good for them! That doesn't change the dishonorable discharge tho!

Like... please correct me if I'm wrong, because again, I have no personal experience with any of this, just too much time on my hands and too many military blorbos, but when a dishonorable discharge shows up on someone's record, it doesn't necessarily say why it's there. It doesn't say if it's related to DADT or some other incident in the field or whatever it is. So yes, while the LAFD might have been hiring queer people far sooner than that, they still aren't going to look at a guy who has a (recent!) dishonorable discharge and say "yeah, we're going to put him through our training, which costs taxpayers x amount of money, and then hire him and pay him to have someone's life and death in his hands."

DADT and all the discharges that came from it completely ruined lives and made going on with any kind of career, especially something for the government even on the level of firefighting or police work, all but impossible. It's not an easy out to make Tommy the same age as Lou. It's actually completely nonsensical because he never would have been allowed to even get within 100ft of the fire academy, let alone be a senior member of a firehouse in 2009 when Hen joined the 1118.

There is a reason it's called a dishonorable discharge, and it would have completely ruined his life, no matter what the reason was for it.

(also, re: the game I play with Kit and Cass, the complaint this morning puts Tommy's age at 55 💛)

[gregoftom]

oh they fr had bitchnasty sex after this

[fslurusami]

you know how sometimes theres some popular character and most of the fanstuff is mostly accurate on the surface but you personally have some lived experience shared w this character that enables you to have a deeper understanding of little nuances under the hood that inform things like their decision making and stuff. its on a sliding scale of accuracy of course. personally i mostly get this with my mental disorders with characters such as ogata but sometimes theres LITTLE TINY THINGS that bother me about specifically the various violence related fetishes. and the fact that it bothers me itself bothers me cuz i feel like. "oh Clearly you havent received or inflicted wounds for sexual pleasure". yes obviously they havent done that. nobody else does that. i am abnormal in nature and insane in the head

[jirachibaby]

i just want to draw, this is getting ridiculous

yes it is counter intuitive to draw myself complaining, when drawing is presumably the source of said pain. but it's surprisingly cathartic.

[bugsinthebayou]

I had a dream last night where you were the voice of god and you were telling me to watch jrwi. Guess I gotta go watch it now ??

we got another one boys 🎉

[hiddenbeks]

more than a month after my previous kotor update i am happy to announce that i have finally met jolee and had him join me <3

[saltpepperbeard]

(different anon!) oh my gosh i'm so sorry people are already discoursing about the panel and fandom's response...personally i think in a world where fictional queer sexuality is so often the source of shame and a thing to hide, it'd be monumental for stede's perception of himself changing ("becoming a man") because he accepts himself and is proud of queer sex and sexuality. it's so shallow to assume that in this Very Specific Context saying stede having sex will make him a man must mean we all also think that applies to literally every single other context...ESPECIALLY because one of the most prevalent themes in OFMD is the notion that everyone's own idea of becoming a man or what makes them a man is going to be different. so terribly sorry for rambling in your inbox it just infuriates me to see people being deliberately obtuse in order to find something to be upset about. also i'm ace if that changes the perception of what i'm saying here

No no please, don't apologize at all! You articulated and encapsulated exactly what I was trying to say. So like-

[lilflowerpot]

Are the druids (especially those that are higher up and closer to haggar) allowed to have children?

And if so then does it have to be with another member of the Druidic Church?

As well as this, if the couple then went on to have a child, then would the child also have druidic capabilities and would they be accepted as part of the Church?

I’m sorry that this was a lot of questions, but i was just curious. 💜

Not only are the druids allowed to have children, they're strongly encouraged to do so!

As Lotor alluded to in chapter 17 when sneaking around the druidic lab—and as I've touched upon in my posts on both quintessence and religion, as well as my galra dictionary—the distinguishing feature of a true druid (as opposed to simply a deacon of the Church) is the ability to manipulate quintessence, and this in turn is dictated by blood: druids are born, not made.

Sa Naacht [[ s-ar / n-ar-kh-t ]] - Voidsworn; an individual whose life (and arguabley their very soul) belongs to the eternity of Sa Herself, and all the beings that may reside there. Unlike the Li Naacht of any cause, one does not swear themselves as a Sa Naacht, but rather is born into it as a person of Druidic descent, and it is beleived that the Druids’ ability to manipulate raw quintessence energy is a result of their ancestors having provided themselves to the denizens of Sa as vessels on the mortal plane.

So as the druids are the only galra able to manipulate quintessence (and quintessence itself serves as the Empire's primary power-source) this particular skillset is deemed an invaluable imperial resource, which, of course, brings us back to the druids being strongly encouraged to have children,,, and as many as possible at that. Historically, records that predate Brodar indicate that, in a presumed attempt to keep their blood and abilities strong, the druids once limited themselves to reproducing only with their own; although the likelihood of the resultant children inheriting their parent's druidic abilities was extremely high (though still not guaranteed), the transgenerational impact of such a limited genepool lead to an increased likelihood of significant health issues, including:

Reduced fertility

Genetic disorders

Lower birth rate

Higher infant/child mortality

Loss of immune system function

Increased cardiovascular risks

In the modern day, therefore, the Church encourages its druids to sire several children with several different partners (both druidic and otherwise) though it has long-since been the preferred practice for the sa naacht to copulate primarily with those considered to be latent-druidic—here meaning galra who are perhaps the children / grandchildren / great-grandchildren of druids, and do tend to serve as members of the Church despite not being druids themselves—so as to preserve their genetic diversity and produce healthy offspring, even if this means that said offspring are statistically less likely to inherit druidic abilities than they would be were they born of two druidic parents.

[[ Punnett squares depicting all ten potential galra genotypes—druidic & otherwise—via the 55 parental combinations that might produce them. Those squares that are greyed-out are inverted duplicates of those in colour, with the maternal/paternal genotypes switched, a difference that has no bearing at this time. ]]

There exist ten galra genotypes—here meaning the genetic constitution of an individual organism, not to be confused with its phenotype—that are as follows: [GG] [Gg] [gg] [GD] [Gd] [gd] [Dg] [dd] [Dd] [DD]. The nine segments that these punnett squares are divided into indicate parentage: Galra/Galra (top-left), Galra/Latent (top-mid & mid-left), Galra/Druid (top-right & bottom-left), Latent/Latent (middle), Latent/Druid (mid-right & bottom-mid), Druid/Druid (bottom-right).

As illustrated above the ten galra genotypes are each comprised of one maternal allele (x-axis/top) and one paternal allele (y-axis/side); these alleles exist in both the common galra [G/g] and druidic [D/d] forms, manifesting as either dominant (uppercase) or recessive (lowercase). This leaves us with 55 unique parental combinations—each with four potential outcomes, producing one of the aforementioned genotypes—wherein, importantly, dominant alleles always take precedence over recessive alleles, after which [G] takes precedence over [D] due to druidic traits being recessive in their own right: essentially meaning that it is not possible to produce a [DG/dg] child, only ever [GD/gd].

Of the 400 potential children here represented, only 150 (37.5%) are druidic galra (marked in dark purple), with 133 of this number having been born of at least one druidic parent. The remaining 250 non-druidic galra can be further divided into latent-druidic—those 150 (37.5%) children with recessive druidic alleles who therefore have the potential to produce a druidic child despite not being druids themselves—and the 100 (25%) children without.

Galra/Galra parentage = 100% Galra kits || 0% Latent kits || 0% Druidic kits Galra/Latent parentage = 41.7% Galra kits || 50% Latent kits || 8.3% Druidic kits Galra/Druidic parentage = 12.5% Galra kits || 62.5% Latent kits || 25% Druidic kits Latent/Latent parentage = 25% Galra kits || 44.4% Latent kits || 30.6% Druidic kits Latent/Druidic parentage = 6.2% Galra kits || 39.6% Latent kits || 54.2% Druidic kits Druidic/Druidic parentage = 1.6% Galra kits || 9.4% Latent kits || 89% Druidic kits

Though the above might give the impression that the majority of the galra populace possess at least one druidic allele, this is not the case. My punnett squares only depict all possible parental combinations, not the statistical likelihood of them occurring as owed to the frequency distribution of genotypes; in truth, the overwhelming majority of galra have no druidic alleles at all (recessive or otherwise) with a whopping 98.65% of them being either [GG/Gg/gg]. The remaining minority of 1.35% comprises all 7 of the outstanding genotypes that contain druidic alleles—only some of which are dominant, and therefore actually druids.

[[ Punnett squares depicting all ten potential galra genotypes—druidic & otherwise—via the 100 parental combinations that might produce them, overlain with two colours: red, to indicate the pregnancy poses increased risk to the mother, and yellow, to indicate the pregnancy poses increased risk of miscarriage. The highlighted 3x3 box (top left corner) indicates those who are without a single druidic allele, as is the case for 98.65% of the galra population. ]]

If the above looks unnecessarily complex and much like it took days to construct,,, that's because it is, and it did. This being said, I am one stubborn bitch, and so I present to you my genotype punnet squares as cross-referenced with whether or not the pregnancy poses a notable risk to the mother (marked in pink for non-druidic foetuses, and red for druidic ones), or comes with an increased risk of miscarriage (marked in yellow for non-druidic foetuses, and mustard-brown for druidic ones). A risk of miscarriage is a direct result of the maternal genotype—as represented above each square—possessing more dominant alleles than the foetus, in which case the womb is likely to reject the pregnancy (and so the probability of miscarrying stands at a rather shockingly high 2:3), while a risk to the mother is caused by the foetal genotype possessing more dominant alleles than its host, in which case it might attempt to consume its mother from the inside, leading to severe hemorrhaging and the death of both parties (with a less frequent, but still alarming mortality rate of 1:3).

But onto the specifics.

For this next part, we're only going to be looking at the parental combinations in which at least one of the parents has a minimum of one [D/d] allele—in other words, everything outside of that highlighted 3x3 box in the top left—as we want to know the contained probability of a child being a druid, if there is a possibility of such (which, of course, there simply isn't for a couple without a single druidic allele between them).

Total number of potentially druidic children = ((total number of parental combinations) - combinations in which neither parent possesses a single druidic allele) x number of potential children per parental combination = (( 10 x 10 ) - 9 ) x 4 = 364

To simulate the mortality ratios (pink/red & yellow/brown), I assigned each colour a value correlating to the number of pregnancies likely to be a success out of a maximum 3: lilac/purple squares are worth the full amount, pink/red are worth 2, and yellow/brown a measly 1. The above total of 364 was also multiplied by three to compensate for this change, meaning that the following represents the contained probability of [insert genotype group] kits:

Galra [GG/Gg/gg] kits = (((#of healthy pregnancies x 3)+ (#of maternal risk pregnancies x 2) + (#of miscarriage risk pregnancies x 1)) ÷ Total ) x 100 = (((32x3) + (16x2) + (16x1)) ÷ 364 x 3 ) x 100 = ((96+32+16) ÷ 1092) x 100 = (144 ÷ 1092) x 100 = 13.2% Latent-Druidic [GD/Gd/gd] kits = (((#of healthy pregnancies x 3)+ (#of maternal risk pregnancies x 2) + (#of miscarriage risk pregnancies x 1)) ÷ Total ) x 100 = (((80x3) + (35x2) + (35x1)) ÷ 364 x 3 ) x 100 = ((240+70+35) ÷ 1092) x 100 = (345 ÷ 1092) x 100 = 31.6% Druidic [Dg/dd/Dd/DD] kits = (((#of healthy pregnancies x 3)+ (#of maternal risk pregnancies x 2) + (#of miscarriage risk pregnancies x 1)) ÷ Total ) x 100 = (((70x3) + (40x2) + (40x1)) ÷ 364 x 3 ) x 100 = ((210+80+40) ÷ 1092) x 100 = (330 ÷ 1092) x 100 = 30.2% Non-viable pregnancies = 25%

Of that 75% of pregnancies, wherein the foetus is successfully carried to term and safely delivered, the percentages stand at:

Galra [GG/Gg/gg] kits = ((32 + 16 + 16) ÷ 364) x 100 = (64 ÷ 364) x 100 = 17.6% Latent-Druidic [GD/Gd/gd] kits = ((80 + 35 + 35) ÷ 364) x 100 = (150 ÷ 364) x 100 = 41.2% Druidic [Dg/dd/Dd/DD] kits = ((70 + 40 + 40) ÷ 364) x 100 = (150 ÷ 364) x 100 = 41.2% Which creates a G:L:D ratio of 88:206:206 or, simplified, 44:103:103.

So, if you are (by some miracle) still with me, all that's left to do is take into account the aforementioned frequency distribution of genotypes. This means that the above percentages are, themselves, percentages of that 1.35% of the total population that I mentioned earlier, so by multiplying these two values together we can find the total population percentage for each demographic (Galra/Latent/Druidic).

Galra [GG/Gg/gg] = (percentage of Galra genotype born of Druidic or Latent-Druidic parentage x 1.35%) + percentage of Galra genotype born of Galra parentage = (17.6% x 1.35%) + 98.65 = 98.652376% Latent-Druidic [GD/Gd/gd] = percentage of Latent-Druidic genotype born of Druidic or Latent-Druidic parentage x 1.35% = 41.2% x 1.35% = 0.005562% Druidic [Dg/dd/Dd/DD] = percentage of Druidic genotype born of Druidic or Latent-Druidic parentage x 1.35% = 41.2% x 1.35% = 0.005562%

So, for argument's sake, in a sample size of 100billion (which is my very conservative estimate for the total galra population) this would look like:

Galra [GG/Gg/gg] = 100,000,000,000 x 98.2376% = 98billion, 237million, 600thousand people without a single druidic allele Latent-Druidic [GD/Gd/gd] = 100,000,000,000 x 0.005562% = 5million, 562thousand people with the potential to have a druidic child, but no druidic abilities themselves Druidic [Dg/dd/Dd/DD] = 100,000,000,000 x 0.005562% = 5million, 562thousand people who are, themselves, druids

As a final note, you might be interested to know the mortality rates per genotypal grouping (ie. how likely the pregnancy is to succeed depending on the foetus' genotype) because this does differ ever-so-slightly.

Galra kits [GG/Gg/gg] = (successful pregnancies ÷ total potential pregnancies) x 100 = (144 ÷ 192) x 100 = 75% success rate Latent-Druidic kits [GD/Gd/gd] = (successful pregnancies ÷ total potential pregnancies) x 100 = (345 ÷ 450) x 100 = 77% success rate Druidic kits [Dg/dd/Dd/DD] = (successful pregnancies ÷ total potential pregnancies) x 100 = (330 ÷ 450) x 100 = 73% success rate

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

Omg im sorry I’ve already sent a whole essay to ur inbox but 😭😭 I was listening to laufey (because when am I not) SPECIFICALLY let you break my heart again and. I couldn’t help but think of your sugu fic where you invite him in for tea and.. :,( I know you said it could be taken platonically or romantically but in the instance that it was taken romantically I think the lyrics fit super well :(((

“still you take up all my mind, I don't even think that you care like I do. I should stop, heaven knows I've tried” // “One day, I will stop falling in love with you. Some day, someone will like me like I like you. Until then, I'll drink my coffee, eat my pie, Pretend that we are more than friends - Then of course I'll let you break my heart again” // “I'm just tryna understand What I am to you More than songs we've exchanged, midnight calls, Sunset views, mm”

Sugu is very Mitski coded and very laufey coded in this essay I will !! ^_^ n e ways,, I have done my part now I’m going back to my corner <33 APOLOGIES AGAIN FOR BARGING INTO YOUR INBOX DHEHEHSGS

OLLIEEEEE first of all never apologize for barging into my inbox u are always welcome here <333

AND AAAAA I GOT SO GIDDY READING THIS i’m so overjoyed that it made u think of my beloved tea geto fic 😭😭 IT’S SOOOO THEMMM YOU’RE RIGHT i just listened to the song and sniffled a bit…. even just the instrumental is sooo lovely and soft and perfect for them :< AND THE LYRICS GODDD

feeling kind of sick tonight // all i’ve had is coffee and leftover pie // it’s no wonder why

ooh, still you take up all my mind // i don't even think that you care like i do // i should stop, heaven knows i’ve tried

one day, i will stop falling in love with you // some day, someone will like me like i like you // until then, i’ll drink my coffee, eat my pie // pretend that we are more than friends // then of course i’ll let you break my heart again

some day, one day // i will stop falling in love with you // until i do // i’ll be thinking of you // let you break my heart again

aaaaa they’re so…. i really am so so fond of these two :((( the yearning and resignation…. the warmth…. yeahhhh they make me cry and this song does too T_T…….

HE’S SO MITSKI / LAUFEY CODED IT’S INSANE he’s genuinely every singly sadgirl artist ever …. been listening to a lot of girl in red recently and he’s soooo girl in red too ….. rip geto suguru any of their first albums could’ve saved u 💔💔

BUT AAAA TYSM FOR DROPPING IN OLLIE and for thinking of my silly lil fic 🥺🥺🥺 THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY feel free to drop in literally whenever!!! i love talking to u !!!! <33333

[singsweetmelodies]

it’s not exactly a kink but i wish you would (hehe) piarles as that taylor swift line ‘i want to wear his initials on a chain around my neck not because he owns me, because he really knows me’ but make it (more) kinky

it is my dream 🥵🥵

oh my god ANON!!! firstly - I LOVE YOU for recognising my little TS reference with my tag for this game 🤭🥰 legend!! and secondly... BESTIE. bestie. hell to the fucking yeah?! i have always loved that lyric, and now that you mention it, IT FITS WITH THEM SO WELL AND I AM NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE SONG AND *NOT* THINK ABOUT THIS NOW. god. GOD. do i have the time to write this? absolutely not. am i going to be daydreaming about it for weeks anyway? you bet ❤️