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icarusredwings · 15 days

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This has been on my mind for NO Fucking reason so to make it shut up, lets talk about it.

"Why doesn't Wade just do chemotherapy?"

In this essay, I will explain the answer to that question, looking at Germ cancer cells and testicular cancer rates to decide-

Can Wade have biological kids?

Let's start with the basic facts.

What a germ cell tumor?

A germ cell tumor is a mass made of reproductive cells, also called germ cells. “Germ” is short for “germinate,” which means to mature. For men and people assigned male at birth (AMAB), germ cells mature into sperm. Related, germ cell tumors most often form where eggs get made (ovaries) and where sperm gets made (testicles).

[ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23505-germ-cell-tumor]

Testicular cancer.

Most testicular cancers start in cells known as germ cells and are called germ cell tumours. Germ cells in men produce sperm. Testicular germ cell tumours can develop from germ cell neoplasia in situ (GCNIS). GCNIS means that there are abnormal cells in the testicle.

[https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/testicular-cancer/types#:~:text=Most%20testicular%20cancers%20start%20in,abnormal%20cells%20in%20the%20testicle.]

More than 90% of testicular cancer start in the germ cells, which are cells in the testicles and develop into sperm. This type of cancer is known as testicular germ cell cancer. Testicular germ cell cancer can be classified as either seminomas or nonseminomas, which may be identified by microscopy.

[https://www.cancer.gov/ccg/research/genome-sequencing/tcga/studied-cancers/testicular-germ-cell-study ]

Treatments.

At the moment there is not a lot of options, the most common are:

Chemotherapy

Radiation

Surgery

Chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells, which grow and divide quickly. Because of his healing factor, this would probably not work and if anything cause Wade more illness seeing as Chemo causes

Fatigue

Hair loss

Easy bruising and bleeding

Infection

Anemia (low red blood cell counts)

Nausea and vomiting

Appetite changes

Constipation

Diarrhea

Mouth, tongue, and throat problems such as sores and pain with swallowing

Peripheral neuropathy or other nerve problems, such as numbness, tingling, and pain

Skin and nail changes such as dry skin and color change

Urine and bladder changes and kidney problems

Weight changes

Chemo brain, which can affect concentration and focus (serve mind fog)

Mood changes

Changes in libido and sexual function

And last but not least Fertility problems

[https://www.cancer.org/cancer/managing-cancer/treatment-types/chemotherapy/chemotherapy-side-effects.html ]

Radiation.

At high doses, radiation therapy kills cancer cells or slows their growth by damaging their DNA. Cancer cells whose DNA is damaged beyond repair stop dividing or die. When the damaged cells die, they are broken down and removed by the body. In theory this would work a little bit, for about 12 minutes and then he immediately would have all of those dead cells back because while the radiology killed one spot, cancer spreads. Quickly. With his healing factor its MUCH quicker too. All that pain for nothing.

Fatigue

Hair loss

Memory or concentration problems

Throat problems, such as trouble swallowing

Cough

Shortness of breath

Taste changes

Skin changes (such as burning and peeling)

Less active thyroid gland

Sexual problems

Fertility problems

Urinary and bladder problems

[https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/radiation-therapy]

Surgery.

I dont even need any sources for this. We saw what happened to his legs when ripped off. They just grew back. And if removing cancer cells makes newer cancer cells? That's useless.

Summary.

Wades entire body is cancerous. Yes. His ENTIRE body. Every arm, toe, and fingernail on this man is cancerous. His healing factor is literally just having rapid cancer growth (amongst other things)

Chemotherapy and radiation will not work on him. Chemotherapy works by killing cancerous cells in order to grow healtheir ones. Except Wade can only produce cancerous cells. Yes, while they are new and much more likely in the very early stages, it's still cancerous.

This being said, there is no cure or treatment for Wades Cancer (that we know of at this time) Its quite physically the only thing keeping him with super hero powers yet still remains even after his powers are taken.

Hate to say it.

I hate to say it but statistically removing older, more advanced cells to replace with newer, less progressive cells (aka removing or ripping off his limbs/ parts of his body so they can grow back as new and fresh) is probably the best 'treatment' Wade has right now. Radiology would work the same, right?

Yes, but A. Not as B. Too many side effects that he he'll have to deal with MORE making him even more crazy and sick. Why would he do that when he can just tease Logan into slicing a hurt leg off and go from there?

Will the treatment help him be fertile?

Realistically, without his powers, he probably would be dead in a week, perhaps less due to just HOW much cancer this man truly has.

Chemo would also make it worse. So much worse, in fact. Both pain wise and his chances at ever biologically having a child.

Result(s) Before the cancer was diagnosed, (66%) 79/120 couples who attempted to conceive succeeded within 1 year. After (Cancer) treatment, (43%) 38/88 couples conceived within 1 year.

[https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(03)00335-2/fulltext]

Testical Germ Cell Tumors are associated with semen abnormalities before orchiectomy. This review shows an increase in abnormal semen parameters among men with TGCT even outside the treatment effects of orchiectomy, radiation, or chemotherapy.

[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270136/ ]

The way that TGCT affects the sperm is that it's very common for not only lower sperm count (obviously, it's hard to produce when you're fighting an entire body illness) but also changes the shape of the sperm which makes it very difficult to reach the egg. Sperm with crooked tails, double tails, double heads, or even broken sperm have a very hard time reaching the egg (think of it like natural selection) and die off before they get anywhere. If you already have low countage and most of them can't make it?

Well that's much lower chances of fertility.

In the comics.

In the comics, Wade has a daughter named Eleanor Camacho in which he was unaware of because her mother saw his face and ran away in terror. The entire thing is that her mother thought she was going to die and decided fuck it, if im gonna die Im gonna die happy so decided to spend these last moments with wade (who she literally just met- if that aint weird in itself idk what is).

She only ever found him to demand child support, and he refused to believe such a beautiful child could he his given his stance of insecurity and well- Just utter shock anyway, I think. He is right. Eleanor is gorgeous as a baby and as an adult.

(There's actually a whole comic where he's trying to fight death so his daughter doesn't die before him because he "couldn't bear the thought of living without her" so they activate a bomb "with the power of a black hole" and comit death together. It's very sweet)

TLDR

In conclusion.

Yes, Wade can have children, but he has a better chance at being successful if he removes his lower half and regrows it so that its *less* cancerous than before cells, therefore hes more likely to have normal shaped sperm and probably more of it during the process.

No, chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery would not be effective. Unfortunately, the most effective thing for him is ripping his limbs off sometimes.

"Forest- why the fuck did you write this?"

You know... I really don't know. I wanted to become a bio geneticist, and here I am. Writing about some bald guys' balls on the Internet. Siiigghh... anyway. Use this. however you want, I don't even care at this point.

#sources sited #fuck cancer #testicular cancer #deadpool and wolverine #poolverine #deadpool #wade wilson #deadpool 3 #deadclaws #wade has cancer #cancer awareness #what the fuck is wrong with me #in this essay i will #explain something NO ONE asked to know about #vanessa carlysle #wades daughter #eleanor camacho #for science!

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riya17488729 · 9 days

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howlingday · 4 months

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Lancaster Dream House

Ruby: I never cared about playing with Barbie growing up. They were the perfect sacrificial lambs to my Power Rangers and their awesome powers!

Jaune: I played with Barbie when I played with my sisters. I never knew about the Barbie world, so I was just learning.

Ruby: How to play Barbie? Is it really that different?

Jaune: Well, yeah, because everything is so every-day and situational in the Barbie world. It's totally different from how you'd play with Naruto figures.

Ruby: True.

Jaune: I'm not making them fly up in the air and shouting jutsus at each other and punching each other in the face.

Ruby: "Kage Bunshin!" Heh heh heh...

Jaune: Exactly! I'd do all the voices, too, but... With Barbie, the way girls played, it was all situational and slice of life. They'd be like...

Jaune: "Here, they're having dinner right now."

Ruby: Huh... I never realized.

Jaune: "And now they're going driving in their car."

Ruby: Where would they go?

Jaune: Probably to their other friends' house. And I would do it because I didn't give a fuck! I just wanted to play with toys!

Ruby: What do they do when they get to their friends' house?

Jaune: They'd have dinner again.

Ruby: And after that?

Jaune: Probably go on a tour of the house. Y'know, just showing off their stuff like going on a tour.

Ruby: "I'm probably gonna have to do some landscaping and renovations if I wanna sell."

Jaune: Yeah, 'cause the houses are really nice, y'know, and-

Ruby: "Right now, I'm looking to lease with an option to buy." Like, they get really adult about it.

Jaune: Hahaha! "Yeah, I'm thinking, you know, it'll help build some equity and I think the ROI in ten years... It'll probably be... I wanna say, like..."

Ruby: "Ken is such an idiot! I told him to hire a lawyer before we go through escrow!"

Jaune: "I don't wanna get fucked by fees!"

Ruby: Heeheeheehee!

Jaune: HAHAHAHA!

Ruby: "Honey? It's time to stop playing with your dolls."

Jaune: "Play with the Dragon Ball figures, instead. Like your idiot sister."

Jaune: "And they'd go boom! A kaboosh! Bwaah! Bwerk! Kwah! And they crash into each other and smashes into rocks!"

Ruby: Snrk! Ken's like, "Barbie, I don't have a low sperm count! It's just, they have low motility!"

Jaune: "How is that better?!"

Ruby: "It's- I- I- There are pills I can take!"

Jaune: "Thanks for playing dollhouse with me~!"

Ruby: Yeah, and you're just sitting there in stunned silence.

Jaune: Ha ha ha ha!

Ruby: "With today's IVF advancements-!"

Jaune: "You know that doesn't work! I was just reading in GOOP the other day!"

Ruby: "It's worth a shot, at least!"

Jaune: "Is it two thousand lien worth a shot?! We have bills to pay, Ken!"

Ruby: "Maybe we wouldn't have so many bills to pay if you didn't run this god damned Malibu Dreamhouse 24/7!"

Jaune: "You always want the convertible! You want it custom-painted pink!"

Ruby: "Have you ever considered the climate implications on this dream car?!"

Jaune: "It's not even electric! You can see the gas intake right there!"

Ruby: "THAT'S BULLSHIT, KEN! ELECTRIC CARS STILL WORK OFF THE SAME GRID!"

Ruby: HAHAHA!

Jaune: HAHAHA!

Ruby: "Yeah, but they don't have emissions, Barbie! It's the best we can do, unless this society starts investing in trains and public infrastructure! That's all we can do!"

Jaune: "THEY TRIED, KEN! They tried in Mantle, and you know what? It was a FUCKING RED-TAPE BUREAUCRATIC DISASTER!"

Ruby: And your sisters are, like, "Can I go home?"

Jaune: HAHAHAHA!

Ruby: HAHAHAHA!

Ruby: "Barbie, that's why you need to run for office. You've been saying it your whole life, and you never do it."

Jaune: "...You know what, Ken? You're right."

Ruby: ...I love you.

Jaune: ...I love you.

Ruby: You can do anything.

Jaune: ...

Ruby: ...

Ruby: "Now let's have some tea!"

Jaune: Heh heh heh...

Jaune: MALIBU~! BARBIE DREAMHOUSE~!

Ruby: "Do you wanna be Ken now?"

Jaune: "Agh, well..."

Ruby: "You know, it's getting pretty late...

Jaune: "It's, like, three-thirty."

Ruby: "Can I bring Godzilla into this?"

Jaune: "Sure~! He can be who I'm running against for local office~!"

Ruby: "SKRREEEEEEEE! EEEEK-OOOONK~!"

Jaune: Now that I'd love to see.

Ruby: "Barbie, I want you to meet my new friend, Godzilla!"

Ruby: "Graaaaaagh!"

Ruby: "Oh my god! THE Godzilla?!"

Ruby: "Yeah, have you heard of him?"

Ruby: "HE'S WHO I'M RUNNING AGAINST~!"

Ruby: Boo-wooow-wow-wooow~!

Jaune: MALIBU~! BARBIE DREAMHOUSE~!

Jaune: Godzilla is running on a strong destroy the city platform.

Ruby: "I've gotta stop him~!"

Jaune: "And you know what? I say with all these politicians, I'd say they're all trying to destroy the city! AT LEAST HE'S HONEST ABOUT IT!"

Ruby: "He tells it like it is!"

Ruby: RAAAAAAAAAAAGHK!

Ruby: "Y'see?!"

Jaune: MALIBU~! BARBIE DREAMHOUSE~!

Jaune: ...What the fuck were we talking about before this?

Ruby: "Anyways, same time, 4PM?"

Jaune: "Yeah, sure..."

Ruby: "I'll bring Ghidorah..."

Jaune: "Ugh... Can't I just do homework instead?"

Ruby: "Can you bring the Technodrome with all the goop, too? I've got an idea..."

#rwby #jaune arc #ruby rose #lancaster #game grumps

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aquar-io · 7 months

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i hate getting healthcare emails cause they never actually say anything

email title:

You have 1 CRITICAL ALERT!

email body:

Click this link to login to your account to view this message about your Doctor Appointment or maybe you have Cancer idk

website:

no thats the wrong password. wrong username. in order to reset these u need your last lab results. or submit a DNA test.

fluid submission unsuccessful, sperm count too low. please order Alex Jones Natural Cum Supplements

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🌎️

the fucking message:

AUTOMATED MESSAGE DO NOT RESPOND

just burped

#and its cause of HIPA #so i cant even be mad #196 #rule

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pilesofpillows · 1 year

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Stars Abound || Okoye x Attuma

A Sea of Stars ~ Part 2 of 3

Summary: Okoye is having triplets… she is not amused.

Warnings: Fluff, Implied/Referenced Smut, Appropriation of Egyptian Dieties

Tags: @mickimomo @xblackreader @mamajankyy @theeblackmedusa @karimk2 @sphinx81 @dontruinmymorning (for the food HC 💕🫶🏾)

A/N: This is the follow up of my fic Stars Within… I recommend reading that first.

Word Count: 2.3k

Okoye wasn’t speaking to him.

She glared plenty. Muttered under her breath frequently. Crossed arms and narrowed eyes met his every move. She even hissed at him when he reached out to hold her after she finished vomiting up her midday snack.

Not a single word had passed her lips. Not ones meant for him anyway. Even now, she was singing to her angry land whale.

It had been hours.

From the moment the ah-men told them his beloved carried more than one life within her, Okoye had ceased speaking to him. As they rode the transport home, she looked at him as though she was contemplating throwing him off it. Once they’d entered the house, any attempts at conversation were met with hostility.

He tried asking about dinner and was met with a fierce glare and mumbles about “shark-fin soup and sashimi”.

He tried again an hour later as she cut up mangoes for a snack, and his K’iino’ plunged the knife so deeply into the cutting board it nearly split.

When she’d run to throw up those same mangoes a half hour later, Attuma attempted to come into the bathroom with her to provide comfort and sing a soothing melody as he had that morning. Instead, Okoye closed the door in his face, turned the lock, and muttered about “fucking Talokanil breeders”.

Now, Attuma watched as the Sun dipped low in the sky, and his K’iino’ stood outside feeding M20. He ducked down through her kitchen door, exiting the house.

“Okoye, K’iino’, do you know what you’d like for dinner?” He asked, hoping she had calmed from her earlier temper. He rubbed a hand on the back of his neck nervously. “We have leftover chicken, or we can go out? Or I can cook? Perhaps some tamales?”

Okoye hadn’t looked up from M20 the entire time. She had a basket of sliced melons and oranges to feed him while she cooed sweetly. “You hear that? Ukrebe wam omnandi ovelisayo osisiphukuphuku [My sweet, stupidly fertile shark] wants to know what we’re having for dinner, sweet boy. He wants to know what he should feed the mother of his three children.”

It was clear she had not calmed from her temper. Attuma pouted at the insult; he hadn’t intended to impregnate her with three children. Still, it happened, and now there was an abundance of stars within his Sun. They should be celebrating.

The rhino snorted, and Okoye hummed and fed him another slice of melon. “No, you heard me correctly. Three. Three babies. All at once.”

“Okoye-“

“Three!” She repeated, talking over him. “What is your umama going to do, M20? Hm, what’s she going to do with three babies?” The rhinoceros didn’t respond but nudged her stomach gently with his massive head. “Mmhm, that’s where they’re growing. All. Three. Of. Them.”

“ K’iino’, please. Is it not a blessing to have such abundance? Chaac and Bast have looked upon our union and blessed us with a sea of stars!”

The speed at which she spun on him should’ve been impossible. Attuma was delighted and terrified all at once.

“Don’t you dare try and sweet talk me, Attuma of Talokan!”

She began yelling at him in Xhosa, gesturing wildly, words coming too fast for him or Princess Shuri’s AI to translate entirely. The bits and pieces he did understand caused him to flush violet. Words about his sexual prowess, how he’d distracted her with the size of his member, and how his “stupid Talokanil sperm” had broken her birth control made him feel a sense of pride that he fought to keep off his face, lest he further provoke her wrath.

“You are lucky that I don’t feed you to Tobeka,” she finished her rant with a huff. Attuma purpled further at the mention of the hippopotamus that tried to eat him each time he entered the river. Surely, his beloved wouldn’t-

Okoye kissed her teeth and glared at him. “ Unethamsanqa andikwazi kulala ngaphandle kwakho ngoku. [You are lucky I can’t sleep without you now.].”

Attuma took a few cautious steps toward her and opened his arms. She rolled her eyes but stepped into his embrace anyway, and his heart soared. “Sleep eludes me when I’m without you, too, in yakunaj.”

His beloved hummed, nuzzling into his chest. Attuma rubbed her back and bent to place a kiss on her head.

“You wouldn’t really feed me to the hippo, would you?” he murmured into her braided hair.

“Mm, no,” she said, leaning back to look into his eyes. She pouted her lips up for a kiss which he was more than happy to grant. Their lips parted, and Okoye smiled. “But I did consider commanding M20 to impale you.”

Attuma’s eyes widened, and the color drained from his face as the massive rhinoceros snorted and stomped on the ground.

“ Ko'olelo'!”

His beloved laughed and danced out of his reach, grabbing the now-empty basket of fruit and making her way back into the house. He followed after her, ducking back into the house and snatching her about the waist as she cackled.

“Ah! Attuma, put me down!” she shrieked between laughs as he spun them deftly around the kitchen and into the living room.

Attuma carried his laughing love over to the sofa where he’d first heard his children and collapsed onto it, settling Okoye on his lap. She reclined in his arms, her laughter fading as he kissed her neck.

“You will be a wonderful mother, in K’iino’. To all of our children, however many that may be,” Attuma said softly, rubbing a large hand over her still-flat stomach.

“All of them, eh? Just how many do you think we’ll be having, sithandwa?” Okoye asked, craning her neck to look at him.

“How many do you wish for?” he answered with his own question.

His beloved snorted. “I think I got more than I wished for this time.”

Attuma chuckled and grabbed her hand, folding his right fist on top of hers. “My mother told me this is how she and my father decided how many children they would have.” He raised their joined hands. “You will lift one finger for every child you wish to have, and so will I. The last number we agree on will be the last we plan for.”

Okoye hummed and pressed a kiss to his jaw, then looked at their hands. “Well, we’re already having three,” she said, raising their first, second, and third fingers. She sighed, “I think… if Bast says the same, I’d like one more,” and their fourth fingers were raised. Attuma stared down at her in admiration.

He didn’t think they would get past three.

“Any thoughts on how many pups you’d like to have, Indoda Kakrebe [Shark Man]?”

Attuma huffed and jostled her a bit, making his beloved giggle. “If you, and the gods, are amenable… I’d like one more ‘pup’,” he said, uncurling his thumb.

“Mm. Five, eh?”

Attuma watched as she seemed to curl her thumb further inward and scolded himself for the fleeting feeling of disappointment that filled him.

“You should know that I’m not getting up to help you after the fourth,” Okoye muttered, unfurling her thumb.

Attuma smiled wide and slotted their fingers together. He hugged her tighter, kissing the top of her head.

“In yaakunaj ta wo'olal mina'an u ts'o'okol. [My love for you has no end.].” Attuma whispered into her hair.

A loud bark of laughter left her, and she pinched the arm resting across her waist. “It better not! I’m carrying three of your children! I’m going to be as large as Tabai by the end of this.”

He chuckled at the mention of his beloved orca and brought their entwined hands back to her belly. “I cannot wait to see how you ripen and swell. Your beauty will only be magnified.”

“The only thing you’re excited to see swell are my breasts,” she teased.

Attuma purpled but could not deny it. It was true. Even now, her chest was a tempting sight in the low-cut tank top she wore. He wondered how they would look as she bounced-

A flick to his nose brought his attention back to the present, and he could see the bemused smirk on Okoye’s face.

“You were leering, wena krebe ungenantloni [you shameless shark],” she said by way of explanation.

He disentangled his fingers from hers and trailed a hand up her torso, palming her left breast lightly. “And why should I feel shame for staring at what is mine?” Attuma asked while nibbling on her ear.

“Yours, hm?” Okoye’s voice had taken on that breathless hitch, cluing him in to her arousal.

He squeezed. Just enough to draw a moan from her. “Always.”

Okoye wiggled against him, arching up into his hold. “We- ah!” she gasped as his hand made its way into her underwear, his fingers parting her folds.

He spread his legs, forcing hers apart, splaying her on his lap. Dipping his longest finger into her core, he drew out the wetness pooled there and dragged it up to circle her ak’. His beloved gasped, and her hips bucked into his hand.

“Attuma, we don’t have time.” Okoye let out a breathy moan as her hand gripped his wrist, trying to halt his movements.

He smirked and quickened his pace, pressing down harder on the sensitive bud. “Do you have somewhere else to be, K’iino’?” he mocked, sucking a mark onto her neck.

“Dinner-” she panted, trying to insist as her head fell back on his shoulder.

“-can wait. I’ll be quick,” Attuma promised, pushing his fingers inside her.

~~~

“You could’ve told me dinner was with your mother,” Attuma whispered, unable to meet Kioni’s disapproving gaze.

They were standing in the older woman’s subterranean kitchen, her dark eyes burning daggers into the side of Attuma’s head.

“I tried!” Okoye hissed back.

“I can hear the both of you,” Kioni whispered loudly, interrupting their bickering. “And while I’m happy that my daughter is in a healthy, loving relationship, I do not need the details of it aired out in my kitchen.”

Okoye ducked her head down, and Attuma purpled. “Yes, Umama.”

“Set the table, please,” she said, nodding towards the dining room, “I’ll be out with the stew in a minute.”

They settled around the table to eat, with easy conversation flowing between them. Attuma was sure that Okoye would fight the entirety of Talokan herself if anyone tried to get between her and her mother’s stew. He also enjoyed the surface woman’s food. More than his own mother’s, though he would never admit it aloud. It helped that Kioni always packed a week's worth of food for them to take home after dinner.

Okoye finished her second bowl of stew and reached for the ladle again. Kioni’s eyebrows nearly shot to her hairline.

“Oh! Did you forget to eat today, intombi?”

“No, Mama. Just hungrier than usual,” Okoye replied, attempting to sound casual. Attuma knew differently.

They hadn’t told Kioni about her grandchild (children, his mind corrected) yet, and Okoye was nervous. The older woman narrowed her eyes as his beloved devoured her third bowl of stew with the same fervor as the first two. She hummed but said nothing.

“So,” Kioni said, sitting back once they’d all finished eating, “are you two planning to get married before the baby arrives?”

Attuma froze momentarily but startled back into action as Okoye began choking on the sip of water she’d taken. He moved quickly, crouching by her chair, patting her back as she coughed violently.

“‘M fine, I’m fine,” she choked out as the coughs subsided. She wiped the tears from her watery eyes and waved him away. Attuma didn’t move from his position. Okoye took another slow sip of water, and he waited until she swallowed before answering Kioni’s question.

“We will be married when in K’iino’ is ready to have a husband again. No sooner. Our marriage bonds, or lack of them, will not change the fact that they will be our children.”

This time, it was Okoye’s mother who choked. “Children?!”

Okoye’s head had snapped to him when he’d spoken, and her eyes were locked on his face. He didn’t know if she registered her mother’s shock in the background. Attuma looked up at her and smiled gently.

“Tia'alo' yéetel le mía. [Yours and mine.],” he whispered, repeating the same assurance he had told her when he’d first heard his paalalo'ob.

“Eyakho neyam,” she repeated, running her fingers through his hair and kissing him sweetly.

Kioni cleared her throat, and they returned their attention to her. “Children?” She repeated. “Has the Blessing of Taweret rested upon our family again?”

Attuma’s eyes darted to his beloved quizzically, but she looked just as confused.

“The Blessing of Taweret?” Okoye asked.

“You said you are having two children, yes? That is the Blessing of the Fertile Mother. It has run in our family for generations. Surely, you remember that your malume olusiz [wretched uncle] and I shared a womb?”

Okoye said nothing, looking stunned. “I- I cannot say I’ve ever thought about it, umama. You said this runs in our family?”

Kioni nodded with a proud smile. “For thirteen generations, aside from myself and a few others. At least one set of twins. Your umakhulu was so very sad that your baba and I were not blessed. But I was grateful. Your father and I were War Dogs, and neither of us wanted to raise children outside of Wakanda. Having you was blessing enough for us.”

Attuma hummed and glanced at Okoye, watching her take the information in. It seemed he wasn’t wholly responsible for this predicament after all.

“We have been blessed by Taweret and Ix’Chel,” he said proudly. “Okoye is having three children.”

Kioni’s eyes widened while Okoye’s narrowed. “I can still feed you to Tobeka.”

A Sea of Stars:

Part I - Stars Within

Part III - Stars Aglow

#attoye #attuma x okoye #okoye x attuma fanfiction #okoye x attuma #okoye is beyond done #attuma is a melodramatic drama Queen #kioni knows whats up #pilesofpillows #a sea of stars

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shipcestuous · 3 months

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Patient 001 - mother / son? (submission)

Patient 001 post:

Hey Shipcestuous. ShipCestFan here.

Didn’t see Patient 001 on your master list, so thought I would mention it in case you want to post on blog and add to lists.

Not sure it qualifies as a “shipcest”, but I remember reading in your FAQs that shipcest means different things to different people and for everyone to keep an open mind. So…

A 2018 film written and directed by Katie Fleischer. I have this belief, based on simple observation, that when men want to make a movie about canon incest, most make porn; when women want to make a movie about it, they make an indie flick with lots of shipcest or innuendos or convoluted “is it” or “isn’t it”? I feel like this movie falls in the latter but never allows itself to delve deep enough into the emotional aspect of any “ships” to be taken seriously.

I will say that I was surprised by the the acting, directing and writing. I was expecting a straight-to-video, B-budget type of film, but it’s better than that. IMVHO, the character of mom, Josie, makes this film. One moment she’s a loving wife, another a caring mom and, yet, another, a horny MILF. And sometimes, you’re not sure which is which?

At its core, the film tries to tackle the idea of cloning. But “Womb” this ain’t. The movie is currently available on Tubi for free.

WARNING: MILD SPOILERS AHEAD!

A husband and wife, Josie and Leo, can’t seem to conceive due to (presumably) Leo’s low sperm count. And when Leo falls into a coma due to some terrible accident that was never explained, Josie becomes desperate. Enter the Mad Scientist.

With his help, Josie becomes pregnant with an embryo that is cloned from her husband’s DNA. But soon after the baby is born, the film makes a hard left into supernatural, maybe even slight horror, territory. Seems that Leo and his son, Eddie, share the same soul or subconscious or…something… seemingly supernatural.

And that causes Leo to have convulsions when around his newborn son. After Josie confesses the truth to her husband, Leo realizes he will not survive if Eddie is allowed to live. So with surprisingly not much consternation, Josie and Leo decide to rid of their infant son and then happily move on with their lives. Well, that was WAAAAY too easy. lol

Flash forward 23 years later - a young 23 year old man enters Leo and Josie’s lives – now a happy couple in their 40s. The young man is a degreed, architect (exactly like his father…er like Leo). Josie hires the young man to do some work and finds herself inexplicably drawn to him.

And even though she “supposedly” loves her husband, she has dreams of making love to Eddie, and Eddie dreams of making love to his mother, er…I mean Josie. Could this be due to the supernatural link connecting all three? Finally, while Leo is on a business trip, Josie and Eddie get it on, and boy does she seem to enjoy it. She even ignores a call from hubby cuz she’s too busy workin’ it. lol

WARNING! eh… MORE SPOILERS AHEAD!

Eddie finally puts two and two together and figures out who he is. He visits Josie and she initially does not resist him. But when she realizes he wants her all to himself, she suddenly plays hard to get, pissing Eddie off. She figures out that Eddie is hers and didn’t die, and she tries to talk to him. But it’s too late. Eddie has killed Leo. The movie then shows Josie trying to avoid Eddie. Or is she? The film then cuts to the final scene which I’ll give my 2 cents below.

Okay, so let’s tackle the first issue. Are Josie and Eddie related? Or is Eddie just a clone of Leo’s DNA? The movie tries to convince you that Eddie is Leo’s clone, but I’m not buying it. From what I remember in high school biology class, a successful embryo can not happen without sperm-ocyte fusion. And ocyte, or the woman’s “egg”, has to contain mitochondria or… her DNA. So if Josie got pregnant from the procedure (which she does), then Eddie has to be made up partly of Josie’s DNA; Eddie has to be her son IM-not-so-VHO. lol

That’s what my shipper goggles conclude, and I’m sticking to it! lol

Then, there’s Josie herself. She is really the central character of the film, and she is quite the looker. However, aside from her beauty, she seems to have a selfish streak that also screams a bit of “attention seeking” (can anyone say, exhibitionist?). She’s also a seemingly unapologetic, sneaky little devil. And then there’s the sex with her son… er, I mean Eddie. I think down deep she suspects… knows she is Eddie’s mom. And yet, she initiates the sex; she is very much into it, and she doesn’t seem to have a problem cheating on her husband with Eddie; lying to her husband and leading Eddie to kill her husband (IMO anyway).

So let’s talk shipcest. Is any present? I would say yes, but it’s strongly aided by the “supernatural” element I mentioned. I think the fact that the cloning process didn’t go as perfectly as expected (the mad scientist warns of this early on), it’s now affecting all three of them via the supernatural link. And it has created a longing in, both, Josie and her son.

For example, when Josie is tending to Eddie’s wounds (and even when she’s seducing him), her eyes are gazing at him with the same love a mother has for her son – even though she supposedly doesn’t know grown-up Eddie is her son until the end of the film.

Or does she? Maybe there’s a Mother’s Intuition at work? Again, maybe it’s my shipper goggles, but I see a shipcest through and through between Josie and Eddie.

WARNING! DEFINITE SPOILERS AHEAD!!

The film has an interesting ending… plot twist even? With Leo out of the picture, the final scene of the movie shows Eddie in a suit and tie, sitting in a corporate office while his mom is being wheeled out of a hospital holding (presumably) their newborn baby. Eddie had been reading a newspaper article on his famed, architect father’s “disappearance”, so the film is implying that Eddie supplanted his dad/Leo – taking his life, his career and his wife, who again, is also his mom, IMO.

In the final line of the film, the nurse wheeling Josie out of the hospital states, “You’re lucky. You have a beautiful son,” as Josie stares expressionless into the camera. Leo who? LOL! “It’s all about me” for Josie.

This movie might be more of a Friday night indulgent (with maybe some wine) rather than a deep exploration of emotional shipcest. But if one cleans off their shipper goggles and squints, really, really hard… you might get a glimmer of it.

Maybe.

Probably not. LOL

But dang Josie’s a hot mom that makes a shipcest (if one exists) that much more appealing!

Here are some screen shots from the film with my editorial comments for clarity. WARNING! IMAGES CONTAIN SPOILERS!

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Thank you so much for writing this up. I had never heard of this movie. Very similar to Womb in premise but very much with its own story.

#submission #asks #shipcestfan #td

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necros-writing-stuff · 1 year

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How has your vision for Darius changed over time?

When I first set out to create him I didn't mean to make him so, well, mean. I didn't plan at all for him to have all of the internalised hatred that he has now. I'd always heard of writers feeling as though their characters have mind's of their own, that they'll just take over at random points and lead you somewhere you never thought. I didn't really understand that until Dare. Mother fucker 100% has his own voice in my head at this point and the bitch doth protest often.

The other thing that changed was me discovering that I can enjoy yandere PC sometimes. As a treat. It made me consider Dare in a victim role himself; how he'd be if he was the prey instead.

His tastes have changed a lot. I started off thinking "Give this hoe a Morticia Addams," and now I know that his preferences are gender based. For cis women (and femme presenting AFABs), it's tomboys. For everyone else, it's still the Morticia look, but it's very much a compensation.

Also, Dare was planned to be 100% infertile. But then giving him a low sperm count felt like a better choice. Its reflected in Dare's thoughts whenever I write him knocking up his s/o - he's always shocked cause he thought he couldn't have kids at all.

And the final thing that comes to mind is crossing Dare over with monster people. The intentions were always to have him grounded in realism. But we can have dog men and puppy girls as a treat.

#spill your guts #anonymous #darius radner #not dol

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Hey, why do doctors ask students such hard questions? Is it to embarrass them?

(GDM is gestational diabetes mellitus and only occurs in pregnancy)

do you want to write a fic about medicine or med school? consider using "pimping"!

"PIMP" = Put In My Place

pimping is when your consultant, lecturer or supervisor asks a student or junior doctor an obscure or very difficult question on the spot. it generally happens to assess our gaps in knowledge or thought process.

malignant pimping is what you usually see in TV shows like grey's anatomy, where they are asking solely to embarrass the student or staff member. that's not right and thankfully, not generally how it's done.

i've had a few asks about this kind of thing so i figured i'd quickly do a little post about it! i'll put some of my experiences with pimping under the cut!

got asked what the half-life of a specific low molecular weight heparin was. this was asked when i was still a student, i did not know the answer.

asked to do specific acid-base calculations in front of my peers and the treating team. i forgot my 9 times tables and started doing the finger trick to figure it out . . . i basically started counting on my fingers in front of a potential future employer.

what mechanism would we see that causes a posterior shoulder dislocation rather than the more common anterior shoulder dislocation. i was a student and i only knew it because i had been put on the spot in a lecture with that same question. electrocution, tonic-clonic seizures and anterior-directed shoulder trauma.

what the antidote for heparin was made from. he accused me of looking it up and i pointed out that he had told me a month ago, he said, "man, i am a good teacher". (the antidote comes from salmon sperm)

exactly 20 rapid-fire questions about obscure anaesthetic drugs, reactions and emergencies. these were also asked by the consultant above when i was a student, when i got them right he said that i should consider anaesthetics. and when i say obscure, i mean that he was asking how long it takes to prepare dantrolene (including the time it takes to draw the water into the syringe), the six genetic mutations for MH, the physics behind every piece of equipment that we have, etc.

the guy from the last two points is the one in those texts! i love him, he's fantastic.

#anaesthetist #anaesthesia #healthcare #surgery #writing help #writing tips #writing advice #fic help #medicine #medical #doctors #hospital

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drguptasclinic1 · 7 months

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Ovulation Disorders: Irregular or absent ovulation can hinder conception. Conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), thyroid disorders, and premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) can disrupt the ovulation process.

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#Infertility in Women #male fertility doctor #fertility specialist #causes of infertility

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