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NSFW Headcanons~ Jerome Morrow
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(Not my gif)(Requested by anonymous)
(I’m not totally well versed in how this would realistically work; given the fact that Jerome's in a wheelchair, so I hope this is okay!)
- The thing about Jerome is that he’s technically had a lot of experience in his lifetime; sometimes with multiple people at a time, but he hasn’t had any since his “accident”. And even though he fronts with a big ego, there’s still a part of him that’s embarrassed and insecure about his “usefulness” in the bedroom; particularly because of his “humiliating” lack of self control.
- He’ll sarcastically inform you that his parts do work whenever you seem somewhat surprised by the fact, but truth be told, he isn’t especially aware of when his appendages respond to stimuli or when he’s about to finish. So basically: yes, he’s capable of having sex, but he doesn’t feel any of it and has little control over what his body does.
- Yet; even so, he still yearns for the intimacy that sex provides. He wants to pleasure you and wants to see you in your barest form, wants to know that he’s the one that’s making you feel good, and on occasion, thank you for being with him; as though he has to. 
- Somedays he feels the need to prove himself: to silently scream that he is useful and that he has all the proper equipment to keep you satisfied. He doesn’t stop until you’re limp in your bed, too sensitive to touch even if he wanted to; sated and tired and ready to take a nap as he watches over you in a proud silence. 
- He loves going down on you and would still love it even if he wasn’t in a wheel chair. He’s plenty experienced and can do wicked things with his tongue; things you’ve never experienced before and will never experience again. He’s very proud of his abilities and he loves when you come to him and ask for his help, shyly beating around the bush before admitting that you need him. He’s a patient man and seeing you desperate for him is more than worth the wait. Sit on his face 
- Put your hands in his hair or he’ll put them there himself. Don’t let him catch you fisting the sheets instead of his locks because he wants you lacing your fingers in his hair while he occupies his mouth down south; pleasuring you and using your tightening fists as an ego boost that lets him know how good he’s making you feel.
- Oral, for him, is perfectly pointless: he doesn’t even entertain it. He lets you get him ready to take you before he ushers you somewhat shyly to move on; gulping and looking around like you’ve finally cornered him the minute you praise him or express your pleasure. 
- Since cunnilingus is usually the main attraction for most of your sexual encounters, you can technically consider most of your experiences with him as foreplay instead of “actual” sex. Regardless, stereotypical foreplay is where most of his pleasure is at: being able to kiss and touch you however he likes while you caress him back and purr in his arms like a cat. He’s always so good to you so who are you to deprive him of such earthly pleasures?
- He usually plays a fairly dominant role in your sex life but he can’t deny the fact that he occasionally enjoys it when you take control instead. He’s not too fond of you ordering him around but he does like it when you act all soft with him and treat him lovingly; taking his mind off of whatever's bothering him by demanding his full attention. 
- When he isn’t being submissive, I feel like he’d enjoy being referred to as sir, acting like he’s your owner as he orders you around in a cool and collected manner. He won’t be able to deny that he likes when you play nice; obeying his every command with a sweet smile plastered across your face. 
- For obvious reasons, you set the speed, but he does direct you quite a bit. You don’t want to accidentally hurt him so you usually move at an average or somewhat slow pace; doing everything for your own pleasure without a single complaint from him. 
- You almost always ride him: whether you’re in bed, his wheelchair, a seat, or wherever else you can think of. He stares at you whenever you do so; at your face more than anything, watching it contort in pleasure as he talks to you in a steady voice; telling you to work yourself down onto him and other filthy little things. 
- He’s a talker in bed; it’s how he makes up for his lack of movement. He puts you over the edge with his voice: talking about his cock and how good he’s making you feel, calling you pet names as he mentions his superior genes, etc. He likes seeing you struggle to focus on what he’s saying and/or your attempts to agree with him; whimpering and nodding along to his words. 
- He likes watching you undress, watching you run your hands down your body and pleasure yourself for his own entertainment. He’ll talk you through it: asking if it feels good, if you can fill yourself up enough, if you can even finish without his help, if he’s spoiled you too much for your own good.
- He definitely has a praise kink. Beneath his egotistical façade, he feels as though he’s failed at everything so your compliments are very much appreciated; even if they’re just simple yet erotic comments in the heat of the moment.
- He likes hearing you tell him what you’ve fantasized about and what you need from him. He’ll ask you what you’ve been thinking about with a small smile on his face and tell you that “he can do that” once you’ve finished, more than happy to fulfill your desires.
- Funnily enough, for someone who doesn’t necessarily get any pleasure out of having sex with you, he sure does come onto you quite a bit; especially when the two of you are just getting to know each other.
- Having kisses peppered across your body; usually along the lengths of your inner thighs as he goes down on you.
- Most of the feeling he gets during sex is from the passion and love between you: the way you touch him above the waist, pressing kisses to his face and hair and shoulders; holding his face in your hands as you tell him how good he is. He likes the intimacy of it all, how no one else gets to have you the way he does.
- To tell you the truth, your face and your hands turn him on more than any other part of your body. He’s used to naked figures but he’s not used to seeing the face of the woman he loves and who loves him back, and watching her move the hands that have shown him so much kindness and care.
- Eye contact. He wants you to keep your eyes trained on him no matter what he does and watches your face every time he does something to you; committing all of your pleasure filled reactions to memory.
- Edging. Hearing you beg and seeing you desperate for him as he keeps you just on the brink of ecstasy effects him more than words can describe.
- It’s not a huge thing for him but I definitely think that he has a slight innocence kink. He can’t help but enjoy it when you lean your arms on his legs and look up at him with batting eyes of adoration, smiling at him as he strokes you hair and calls you good.
- He’s got a bit of a nurse kink but he doesn’t necessarily like to admit it. It probably comes from being in the hospital and around medical equipment for so long: his axons had to be firing like crazy and the fact that you may or may not have been his nurse doesn’t help. So yeah, dress up in the little outfit, wear the gloves, massage his body, use technical terms and praise, and watch as he loses his mind.
- Same with maid outfits; especially when there’s nothing underneath. That one probably comes from his time as a big shot swimmer with too much money and fame for his own good.
- Don’t let him call you poppet. It’ll ruin your life.
- He’s kind of an exhibitionist. He likes showing off and letting people know that you’re his and that he can make you do whatever he wants you to. He’ll oftentimes keep a hand on your thigh and have you kiss him in front of people; especially when he catches someone looking at you: wanting them to know that you’re off limits and watch as the envy fills their faces.
- I feel like he likes those little moments where it’s obvious where the two of you are going together and what you’re going to do, or having someone walk in on you just as you’re beginning your night together. It makes him smile to think about how there’s now no doubt in their minds that he can satisfy you and that you’re completely happy with him.
- He likes that he doesn’t have to be perfect with you and do everything he can to prove that he’s superior or worthy of your time. He likes being able to shut his brain off for a while and get lost in the love that he has for you; to know that he’s all you want even after you learn about all of his flaws.
- Tipsy sex. You always find it crazy how he can still manage to get it up. The world may be against him but his body is not and he’s giggling as you climb on top of him, happy as a clam and rasping out about how “god he loves you”.
- He’s definitely hired hookers at some point and you may or may not have been one of them, just saying. 
- Sometimes he argues and annoys you just to be a dick, but on occasion, he’ll mouth off to you in order to get your attention and frustrate you enough to confront him; telling you to “shut him up then” in the most matter-of-fact and earnest voice you’ve heard  all day. His taunting and pleased with himself demeanor makes you not want to give in but sometimes you just cant help yourself. 
- I have a feeling he’d let you have sex with Vincent and would order the two of you around, telling you what to do and egging him on while he watches from a chair by the side of the bed. You’ll crawl over to him afterwards, sharing a smile with him as he asks how it was; enjoying the subtle sign of you still being his. There’s poly vibes between the two of them except your boyfriends a dick who calls him “nothing but an overrated toy” when he gets upset and feels inadequate. 
- He has a big dick. I can’t tell you why I know this, I just do. 
- Condoms are definitely a must when it comes to sex with him; unless you have a really strong birth control. He doesn’t know when he’s cumming so he can’t exactly warn you and you’d probably rather be safe than sorry; regardless of how good his genes are. 
- Please lay with him when the two of you are done. Slide into bed next to him and wrap your arms around him, pressing a kiss to his lips while he watches you cuddle into him. He might not act like it’s important to him but it is and he relishes in it whenever he can. 
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princess-of-purple-prose · 8 months ago
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wait your gattaca post reminded me about something I had completely forgot about. So I went to a catholic high school (I'm on tumblr so you can imagine how much good that did me) and every year we were required to take a theology class and my third year etht class was dedicated to sex and sexuality and that class also covered human cloning and what the catholic church teaches about that. None of that really matters what does matter is that the teacher for that class was less of a teacher and more the older guy in movies who the hero bumps into in their darkest hour and gives the hero sincere advice to go catch that plane before their loved one leaves them forever or something. Except his advice was usually bad but again not important. Basically we watched a lot of movies in that class and for human cloning we ofc watched gattaca. I don't remember what the intended moral we were supposed to take away was but I do remember after finishing the movie then general conclusion I got from my friends was "they were kind of. You know." Anyway there is no moral to this story thanks for reminding me of the time my entire class (well probably more like half the class I'm sure some people just slept the whole time) got invested in identity theft yaoi
Anon, I'm so sorry it took me so long to respond to this, but this ask cracked me the fuck up when I received it, you made my day with this one ❤️🧬❤️🧬
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theythemmer · 9 months ago
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thinking abt Them . no one gets them like i do
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antonfreeman-bf · 5 months ago
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had to doodle this. ive compared anton to v2 a lot in the back of my mind so i needed to draw him holding my v2 plush lol
(waiter! waiter! another self indulgent selfship imagine please!!)
Imagine your f/o with your plushies. Imagine them handling and holding them. Imagine them calling them by the little names you give them.
If your f/o is more serious and tough, imagine them getting more caring and soft holding them. Imagine them letting their softer side show cause of your plushies.
Ok now I really need you to imagine finding them holding one of your plushies in their sleep. Maybe they just needed something soft to hold, maybe the plush has your scent on it.
DNI PR0 SHIPPERS/C0M SHIPPERS
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snixkers · 8 months ago
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Crushed Walnuts
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Pairing: Spencer Reid × GN!Reader
Angst
For: Anonymous Request
Content Warnings: Character death, gunshot wound, loss of blood, grief, funeral, NO HAPPY ENDING
Summary: You fade in and out while Spencer tries to keep you alive.
Author's Note: Tissues at the ready. I'm experimenting with writing style and trying to improve how I write grief so enjoy!!!
Feedback is always welcome!
Requests are OPEN!
You rolled onto your side, vaguely aware of your team's muffled yells around you. The shot rang in your ears, rattling around your brain and causing your vision to wobble.
As you started to regain consciousness, you saw Spencer crouch down beside you, pressing on your chest.
Spencer.
Your breath hitched when you saw him. He was always so nice to you, telling you random things he’d learned and filling up your coffee for you.
(He did that for everyone because that’s the kind of person he was, but you liked to imagine that he took as much pleasure in your morning routine as you did.)
The best part of work was walking into the bullpen and seeing his smile.
Where was his smile?
He was panicked now, and his hands were shaking as he pressed on the red-hot spot.
“Hey, stay with…”
★★★★★
“...me personally, I think Gattaca is one of the most accurate sci-fi movies.”
You tilted your head, giving up on your paperwork to listen to his voice.
“I’ve never seen it. I’m not much of a sci-fi person.”
His smile widened, and he quickly leaned forward.
“Oh, you’re missing out! Sci-fi is one of the most interesting genres of film and literature there is. Some advancements in technology were directly influenced by fiction.”
You shook your head. “Unfortunately, I’m more of a rom-com person.”
He took a sip of his vile coffee.
“Did you know the first romantic comedy was released in 1924?”
You shook your head again. He always knew things you never even considered.
“I prefer to watch things that have been released within the past few decades.”
He sighed again, wiping a smudge of coffee ground off the bottom of his mug.
“You’re missing…”
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“...out. They’re going in and out!”
You blinked again, groaning at the pinching pain in your ribs. You could see the panic in his eyes, tears forming as he called for backup. You went to sit up, but he pushed you back down.
“Stay where you are. You’re losing a lot of blood.”
His voice cracked slightly at the end, something that usually happened when he was happy. But there was no joy in his expression as you both stared down at the bloody wound in your chest.
“When did I get hit?”
He frowned, elevating your head to keep you conscious.
“A few minutes ago. Don’t worry, an ambulance is on the…”
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“...way back in 10,000 BC, the first ancestors of the modern walnut started growing.”
You paused, your hand halfway to your mouth.
“That long?”
He nodded, eager to share his never-ending flow of information.
“Mhm. They were brought over by Chinese merchants.”
You popped a few in your mouth, chewing slowly.
“Well, they’re really good. I could eat them for hours and never get…"
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“...tired.”
You heard your voice from far away, watching the panic in his eyes increase.
“No, I need you to stay awake. Don’t die on me, okay? I don’t want to lose you.”
His voice grew fainter, and you could hear your thready heartbeat in your ears.
“Stay with me. Do you…”
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“...understand Korean? There's a film festival in town this weekend.”
You smiled gratefully, watching him stumble over his words.
“I wouldn’t get any of it.”
“Oh, you wouldn’t need to. I can translate everything for you in real-time.”
You blushed at the thought of him whispering in your ear, hoping he didn’t notice anything.
“Yeah, sure.”
The nerves quickly left his body and he sighed in relief.
“Perfect. It’s a date.”
Realizing his words, he quickly headed toward the elevator, pressing the button for the ground floor. You hesitated before stepping after him.
“When you said date, you meant as friends, right?”
He turned around, flashing you a more subdued smile.
“Yeah, of course. I don’t know why I said that. Sometimes I don't even know what I'm...”
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“...thinking of you all the time. And I miss the way that you listened, and how you used to make me feel. And every time I do a crossword, I look for things you like. Liked. I don’t know if I’ll ever get over you. Um, that’s all.”
He stepped down from the podium, making his way back to his seat in the front row. The shadows under his eyes were darker than usual, his hair was greasy and unwashed, and he hadn't eaten in days.
He knew if you saw him, you’d worry and tell him to take care of himself. But sitting in front of your fresh grave as another team member came to say some more remarks, he couldn’t bring himself to care.
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techploration · 10 months ago
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How Do You Hide DNA?
The TV trope answer is rubber gloves and bleach. You do your best to not leave any, and destroy what is left. This is also the Gattaca approach, where in a society stratified by DNA you avoid detection of your ‘inferior’ DNA by … exfoliating?
This approach has obvious flaws. Imagining that you’ll never shed a hair or eyelash or slough off some skin cells seems naive. Encasing your body in a DNA encapsulating shroud is hardly subtle or convenient (hazmat chic has yet to happen). So what do you do?
You add some Noise
You know what is a lot easier than making sure no one ever gets a hold of your DNA? Making sure no one can reliably get a hold of your DNA, and that your DNA never shows up on its own.
You might think I’m going to suggest hacking your own DNA so that it changes constantly— let’s call that phase 2.
Phase 1– DNA spore cloud
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Imagine this but all DNA
You set up simple bioreactor farms to churn out DNA strands (this tech already exists), get your sequence source from Ancestry.com and you get to work laundering DNA.
A misting of this DNA soup would make all other DNA functionally invisible— how are you going to separate out one set of DNA from the others?
And with the randomness of the seed data (and data breaches), your DNA being present has no legal bearing on you having been there in person.
Oh, and Phase 3 is we hack lichens to generate human DNA spore clouds and add them to architecture as a passive form of DNA cloaking
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dustdeepsea · 8 months ago
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3,4,14, please!
Answering replies from this list!
3. How you feel about your current WIP
Gods and Monsters (my current longfic) was truly sent by a demon to torment me. I wrestled with the idea for 3 months before I wrote the first chapter. It takes quite a bit out of me to write each part, but I've written more words for this pair than I have anything else ever in my life, so I'm going to keep at it.
4. A story idea you haven’t written yet
Most of my stray story ideas surrounding Tav will eventually get folded into Gods and Monsters so—no spoilers!
Other than that, it would be really cute to write Olly and Nora epistolary fiction, told in the letters they send each other over the course of a year or so. 
Luckily, I have the perfect excuse—I'm waiting for @my-favourite-zhent to finish New Tricks (the universe it's set in) so I can decide what kind of ending to give everyone ;)
14. Where do you get your inspiration?
Reading Forgotten Realms lore tickles my brain in a very specific way, and often sends me down a huge research rabbit hole. Hours later, I surface with more knowledge about blacksmithing or caring for animals than I needed. For the same reason, I enjoy reading other tabletop RPG systems' guidebooks as well.
I used to live and study in a European city built around a medieval town square, so that experience is quite useful for the current setting I am writing for (BG3).
A lot of the escapism I enjoy comes from shoujo manga (another flavour of the romance genre). A thing I really enjoy doing in my writing is examining what is left unsaid in the original text (oblique dialogue, words left up to interpretation, actions not corresponding with what is spoken) which definitely comes from here. You can see this from my earliest fic on AO3: Night Swimming/Delay (Gattaca).
Bits and pieces from my own experiences and stories from the people around me definitely appear in my characters, but I generally adhere to the 7 year rule from method acting if I am pulling from something personal ("You should only employ an affective memory if it is over 7 years old."). Otherwise, everything is well and truly the product of idle imagination.
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15-lizards · 3 months ago
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SUBMISSION FROM: @timcurry-imgoinghomedotmp4
It is I, swimming modern braime anon! Here is what I have so far, snipping up your "worst couple on god's green earth" post and using it as an outline:
they met while she was on her daily 5 am jog outside of campus and found him hungover on a park bench after a two week bender with coke in his pocket and 30 missed calls and 55 suggestive texts from Cersei.
She’s a college sophomore on a sports scholarship just trying to get through her classes. She’s managing but she also has insomnia so running and training her body helps.
She thinks he’s a bum but gives him her water bottle out of pity. She heads back to her dorm, where she changes into the the team logowear athleisure she lives in. t-shirt, hoodie, basketball shorts, leggings, all in combination, and of course parka. Socks regardless but sneakers or slides depening on weather. Or timbs in the winter, Wisconsin gets fucking COLD. Showering before grabbing huge breakfast and heading to classes.
A week later is the ribbon cutting on the new recreation and fitness center. Tywin Lannister's name is on the brand spanking new natatorium.
Jaime’s there bc he works at Daddy Tywin Roy’s multi media empire as a nepotism. He doesn't know what his title is. Director of management of talent, or talent management director, or something. Whatever.
He’s at the party bc again, nepotism, and also he has a bunch of swimming records on the books from the 00s when he was on the team there. He could not tell you the last time he was in the pool (he was burning out while setting those records, and then he got in the car accident and had an excuse to lose himself in cersei and booze and drugs and a bunch of pr girlfriends who thought they were his beard bc he was so disinterested in them. a real jude law's character in gattaca situation.
Anyway, he was drinking champagne and trying to decide if the high he would get from sneaking away to do a bump of coke would be worth the judgement from his father and had just decided he couldn't be fucked to care.
She's there because she's currently swimming and breaking her own records, in a Katie Ledecky-type situation of competing against herself in the women's races and being among the faster men. But she's there as STAR SCHOLARSHIP TALENT and is also very aware that she's so busy swimming that she's passing classes bc she can only afford to take "rocks for jocks" type stuff. anyway, oh baby she does not belong here. And also why does her dad have to be here too?
they meet eyes and immediately feel some kind of godawful connection they are Locked In now. He beelines over to her bc he subconsciously thinks she’s Mother Teresa but then verbally starts making fun of her for having a social climber daddy. She asks how his monthly detox at rehab was. They’re snippy with each other all night.
Next few days on Jaime’s end, Tyrion notices he can’t stop talking about how huge and strong Brienne looked in her dress. So big and fit? Just. I mean it’s like weird how she was so powerful and had also saved him in the morning and oh  remember how big Dayne was? Tyrion remember he had the 50 and 100 free records before I did, and he was HUGE and Brienne is so mannish like that. Strong. TOTALLYYYYYYY gross though ewwwww imagine if she was into me? and I had to talk to her and her awful father and her records and her swimmer's shoulders and. Tyrion yearns for death.
A few days later for Brienne, she’s getting coffee with Sansa after class. Sansa looks over to see who Brienne’s texting and goes why are you arguing with a thirty two year old man about whether he got touched out anchoring the medley relay at olympic trials thirteen fucking years ago?
More to come!
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seriousfic · 1 year ago
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Still watching SNW and it's pretty good so far. The personal drama stuff tends to take a backseat to solving whatever the crisis of the week is and they don't take every opportunity to turn things into a shoot 'em up. A lot of the time, the aliens they're encountering are benevolent or simply misunderstood, and the conflict is just figuring them out.
I can't help but think it'd be better if it had a longer season, because a lot of the character arcs seem rushed. "Dr. M'Benga has a dark secret... oh, it's his sick daughter. Number One has a dark secret... oh, she's an Augment." In the old days, some of the fun would be seeing these mysteries be teased and hinted at, but they only have ten episodes, so they give you the twist on the character while we're still getting to know them.
I also thought making the anti-Augment thing the Federation has simple bigotry was a failure of imagination. I mean, we already had the anti-android prejudice in Picard, and now we have another way all the enlightened utopian humans are really evil and bigoted. Blerg.
And also, it seems to me a better reasoning for the law against genetic engineering is valid fear of a Gattaca future, a race to the bottom where every parent HAS to Augment their child or they simply won't be able to compete. That seems like it would be an interesting conflict for Number One--did she fairly get the post of first officer or was it just that she had an advantage over all the other candidates by dint of being literally altered in a way they couldn't compete with? The "is it fair for Superman to play football?" question.
But instead we just make it an analog for racism and that's not really engaging with the sci-fi genre to me (the same Battlestar Galactica took very real concerns about AI and just said "Robot Muslims").
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please-call-us-useless · 2 years ago
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Imagine the restaurant people in Gattaca. “Oh Jerome Morrow and his whiny husband Eugene are coming in tonight again. Get out the wine.”
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darkmaga-returns · 2 months ago
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Gattaca, the 1997 dystopian science fiction film by Andrew Niccol, was prescient. It anticipated the inauguration of a newly class-stratified society based on genetics, the manipulation of genes to ‘improve’ humanity – or rather eugenics, to be more precise, where those with supposedly ‘superior’ genes were termed the ‘valids,’ and those with putatively ‘inferior’ genes the ‘in-valids’ (with a rather pointed double entendre, to highlight the implications of such a vicious class system). 
If this makes you think of similar genetic practices among the Nazis in the previous century, you would be spot on. If this makes you imagine the dystopian future we face if so-called vaccine passports were to be imposed, (a move, which, at the time, unbelievably, the WHO rejected) you would also be right. It would trigger the construction of the same kind of two-tier society as in Gattaca, with the same, predictable constant surveillance, control, and resentment as concomitant features.
For reasons that have to do with the genetic selection of desirable hereditary traits of children’s parents, the title of the movie is a composite of four of the letters referring to nucleobases of the human genome – guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine. Its tagline is also highly significant for its narrative, as well as for our current global situation. It reads: ‘There is no gene for the human spirit.’ In other words, it does not matter whether you are born a genetically frowned-upon ‘in-valid,’ your human spirit enables you to overcome the obstacles you want to defeat. This, I believe, is the case today, too, in the face of all the ostensibly insurmountable obstacles we face.
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joviantwelve · 2 years ago
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WBW: it's cyberpunk so obviously you gotta have EVIL MEGACORPS. who are the biggest players? how much do they directly compete with each other? how bad are they at being the government?
Thank you Benedict you keep WBW alive
WELL, in the regions that were former countries that've since collapsed, anything goes, which yeah usually results in "scramble to become the first monopoly to seize regional power."
since it directly correlates to regional control (as a ""government""), local claims and acquisitions become more important. in a lawless world, other nations can just......Reject your exports. trade isn't necessarily as free as it was, especially since the regional power can dictate what does and doesn't come through.
Still, not EVERYWHERE is like this, though the remaining democratic areas collaborating with the more ruthless corpo ones is seen as a worrying trend. I'm trying to focus on just the one little area in the north Atlantic I've developed, worldbuilding-wise, but I don't want to have those typical dystopia pitfalls that imply that the entire world fell into the same disrepair uniformly. the world will end up looking very different, but it will heal.
BUT for MY main region, the NAF, the Carmichael Communications Conglomerate (C3) swooped in when the de facto country was young and vulnerable and needed some financial support. They've evolved from providing telecommunications services, to the entire energy grid, to, uh, all information technology and infrastructure in the area, basically, including the dome that keeps the city relatively comfortable (and fairly ignorant of the outside world). In those aspects, it's impossible to compete with them, but they DO have a southern (whatever's left of New England) and western (mostly Quebec) border...
I...admit I haven't thought much of those, or what their corporate specialty could be. I wanted to commentate mostly on ISPs and private utilities and the like with C3 (still not over net neutrality being blissfully with us and revoked in less than a year, nope). I'm 100% certain there's stupid corporate warfare and espionage, but I haven't thought about those aspects too much yet! (but now I probably will!)
HOWEVER
I HAVE thought about the other corporations C3 has collaborated with. I don't have names for them because coming up with snappy names that sound like they could be Real Companies is difficult, but I intend to name them at some point in the future:
The Enforcers, obviously, acting as the main policing force. they're not a full worldwide presence; rather, regions set up bases of operations for them and invite them in and such. C3 wants them because they're just a legion of obedient mercenaries that quite literally defend their interests.
I think the Enforcers' parent company is something a little more broad, focusing on cloning technologies and the like. Not the same company, but there are also gross Gattaca-esque genetic engineering programs here and there, with one sort of near the NAF.
I've also imagined there needing to be some sleazy insurance groups in the city as well; if the Enforcers are the cops then they're the courts. barf.
C3 has also recently collaborated and traded talent with an overseas company dedicated to studying memory, neurology, brain circuits, etc. Kinda weird why they'd want that. The CEO taking over after Ivanna was originally from there.
And finally, various android companies! I think android tech is just moving past its "wild west" stage in canon, like the early 90s era of PCs where you'd have new companies doing wild things that'd be out of business within a couple years. Carmichael's manufacturer was one of these, and has since gone bankrupt. Hope he won't need any spare parts anytime soon.
I just...need names....ahh...
Lastly, yes, very bad at government, though I feel like each regional power is probably especially bad at something different each time. A lot of hells to choose from. For C3 I've imagined it as full control over most things in daily life, replacing the currency with "company" ones and thus de facto restricting the economy, having partial stake in "local" business and thus having a say in it, making it hard for citizens to move elsewhere, etc.
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maitsuki · 5 months ago
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double vertigo - a reflection on the precedents
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[GIF: アキラ Akira, Dir. Otomo Katsuhiro]
For the most part, I feel very fortunate to live in modern times. I enjoy technology, science, and medicine. I am very thankful that I'm able to stay in good health and access information. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to not have plumbing, phones, or doctors.
However, I can all too easily imagine what it would be like if technology and modernization took control. Not necessarily an AI takeover, but something more subtle. The disappearance of physical media. Cash becoming obsolete. AI taking more jobs away from humans. We're already seeing this occur and start to impact our lives. I'm only afraid that we are too late to stop it.
Medical science is what I fear more than just going cashless or DVDs going obsolete. "Designer babies" may not be a hot topic in my friend circles, but is a prime example of medical science that seems innovative and useful, but could easily be used unethically. One moment you're screening for terminal illnesses in an embryo, the next you are choosing hair, eye color, or skin color. How far do we let it go? This is the premise for the film "Gattaca", which is one of my precedent projects. It depicts a world in which genetic selection is a routine process for embryos, resulting in a society run on eugenics and full of genetic discrimination.
My idea for this project is to explore a narrative in which humanity has highly revolutionized sound therapy. It began as a search for the cure to vertigo and motion sickness, and ended with a society where sound is something used to control. And the technology has been made too accessible. Now individuals protect their ears in public spaces. Society was forever changed, all because someone wanted find the cure for a common illness.
The idea still needs some work, however the main point with this concept is to explore the dangers of innovative technology in medical science. Because even though I am a firm believer of finding cures and researching and innovating, I can easily see where it could go awry.
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pagesandpothos · 5 months ago
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Baby X by Kira Peikoff
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Official Blurb:
When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder—or the craziest stalker—in this propulsive thriller. With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X. In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create eggs or sperm from any person’s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targeted by the Vault, a black market site devoted to stealing DNA. Sick of paying ransom money for his own cell matter, he hires bio-security guard Ember Ryan to ensure his biological safety. Ember will do anything she can to protect her clients. She knows all the Vault’s tricks—discarded tissues, used straws, lipstick tubes—and has prevented countless DNA thefts. Working for Thorne, her focus becomes split when she begins to fall for him, but she knows she hasn’t let anything slip—love or not, his DNA is safe. But then she and Thorne are confronted by a pregnant woman, Quinn, who claims that Thorne is the father of her baby, and all bets are off. Brilliantly plotted and terrifyingly prescient, Baby X is an unpredictable and relentless speculative thriller perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and John Marrs.
My Thoughts:
Baby X is one of my favorite thrillers of 2024. It's a character-focused and twisty thriller with science-fiction elements that had me fully absorbed in the world and the characters' lives after a few short chapters.
The blurb compares Baby X to Black Mirror, which is a very good comparison. Reading Baby X felt like watching one of the best episodes of Black Mirror.
The story follows three main POV characters: Ember, Quinn, and Lily. Ember is working as a new kind of security guard whose job is to protect her clients' DNA. Quinn is a professional surrogate. Lily is a new journalist who is digging into an old case for a story. All three women's stories show how the technology of the era has impacted the world in both good, complicated, and horrifying ways.
Baby X has some great twists and turns! It's also full of great characters and is set in a truly fascinating world that feels disturbingly possible.
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tropes/Tags:  science fiction, thriller
Content Warnings: Abusive relationship, stalking, kidnapping, pregnancy
If you liked this I think you will like Baby X: Annie Bot, Black Mirror
Links: Storygraph | GoodReads | KiraPeikoff.com
Baby X was released on March 5, 2024, and is available to order! It is also available as a pick from Aardvark Book Club.
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readingaway · 7 months ago
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this morning I had a story idea that I definitely do not have the skill or knowledge to execute but imagine a future in which we have enough understanding of DNA (and other cellular bits) to be able to map out exactly how and why someone is the way they are - physically speaking at least. I don't mean like behavioral analysis but like, how your body in particular reacts to or interacts with chemicals, your body's shape and limitations and the like. And while in this world there is technology to manipulate genetics (I mean, here and now CRISPR is a thing), it's either too expensive or unpopular to be commonly used (this is not a GATTACA rip-off but I was thinking about that a little bit). Instead, this DNA-mapping is used to sell crap. Mainly diets and exercise programs that are tailored For You.
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kk-dirge · 9 months ago
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and!! some bonus dlc character designs i finished last night :}
left: gattaca (they/them) -- was given dina's role in studying nihilego/nihiltoxin after dina was terminated. doesn't care about bioweaponry, so they sell out and use their government resources to play breaking bad
right: eden (she/her) -- rabbit from lunaires (LONG STORY LOTS OF WORLDBUILDING HAPPENED HERE LOL) who used to hotbox her public library rental space . she's like a frat bro
together. they commit every lab safety violation imaginable
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