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enjoythesilentworld · 3 months ago

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Simon's Month - (Under the) Stars

day 29! only 1 day late! woohoo @youngroyals-events

Simon and Wille have a chat while star-gazing.

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“Wille! The big dipper!”

“What?”

“Do you not know about the big dipper? What did they teach you in all those posh schools growing up?”

Wille chuckles. “I know what the big dipper is, Simon.”

“Are you sure? It’s the one that looks like a spoon.”

“Yes, love. I see it now. Do you see the Leo constellation? It’s just below the ‘spoon’, as you called it.”

“Oh, now you’re getting all fancy,” Simon teases.

“It’s the triangle and the little tail.”

“There’s lots of triangles, Wille.”

Wille makes a noise of annoyance, so Simon laughs and apologizes, “I’m sorry baby. I’m just teasing, you know that.”

“I know,” Wille says, and Simon can hear the smile in his voice. “You should get one of those apps that you can point at the sky, and it tells you what constellations you’re looking at. You can click on the stars too and it’ll tell you the name of it and how far away it is.”

“Or I can just keep you around since you seem to have all the constellation knowledge.”

“Or that. I much prefer that. Forget the app.”

“Where’s the north star?”

“It’s right by the big dipper. It’s real name is Polaris, did you know that?”

“I didn’t.”

“Yeah. And pretty soon it won’t be our north star anymore.”

“Why not?”

“Um,” Wille pauses. “I don’t remember. Probably shifting magnetic fields or… tilts.”

“Sure. That sounds right.”

“I’ll look it up later. Sorry my star knowledge isn’t good enough for you.”

“Your star knowledge is perfect, mi amor,” Simon tells him earnestly. “You’ll always be my north star.”

There’s a moment of quiet. When Wille speaks again, his voice is watery.

“Simon…”

“Wille! Are you crying?”

“No, no. I mean. A little bit. That just makes me really happy.”

“You make me happy.”

“You’ll always be my north star, too. I love you.”

“I love you, Wille.”

“So much.”

They fall into a comfortable silence for a while, in the dark of the night, under the stars.

Wille breaks the silence.

“Do you think there are aliens out there?"

“Probably.”

“Do you think they fall in love like we do?”

“Maybe, Wille. You should ask them.”

“Hey,” Wille calls out. “Do you guys love each other?”

Simon cackles at his boyfriend’s antics. “I think they’re a little too far away to hear you, Wille.”

“You don’t know that. You’re not an alientologist.”

“Is that the official term? Alientologist?”

“Yeah. It is now.”

“You’d be a great alientologist.”

“Thanks, Simon. I think I would be, too.”

“Hey, what about me?”

“You, too. Of course. Then we can work on a rocket ship together.”

“That’d be pretty cool.”

“Do you think kissing in zero gravity is different?”

“Probably not that different.”

“Would you still love me if I was an alien?”

“Of course I would. You’d be a cute alien.”

Wille giggles. “Thanks. You would, too. You’d be a beloved king of the aliens.”

“I thought we established that monarchies are a bad idea.”

“Oh. Right. You’d be a beloved democratically elected leader of the aliens.”

“Thanks, baby.”

“Are you tired?”

“A little bit.”

“You sound cold.”

“What do you mean I sound cold?”

“You just do. I know you, Simon. You sound cold. Do you have a blanket with you?”

Simon is quiet, and that’s enough of an answer.

“Simon! It’s cold down here, I know it’s gotta be cold up there!”

“I know, I just didn’t think about it! Usually you’re my blanket.”

“I’m sorry I can’t be there tonight to be your blanket.”

“That’s okay. Only a few more days, right?”

“That’s right. Then I will give you so many kisses and be the best, warmest blanket you’ve ever had in your whole life.”

“I like the sound of that,” Simon giggles, then sobers. “I miss you so much, Wille.”

“I miss you, too, Simon.”

“Will you stay on the phone with me? Until we fall asleep?”

“Of course I will.”

Maybe Wille can’t be here with him tonight, but at least they’re going to sleep under the same stars.

#zero plot here just boys sickeningly in love #simonmonth2024 #what do you mean july is almost over #yr fic #wilmon #simon eriksson #intothelight #yr fanfic #all our words were worth it

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cyten0 · 24 days ago

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A Symphony in Crimson

Act 2: A Movement in White

Chapter 2-A

You tap the device, and the woman appears on your screen. You… What do you say?!?

✦ “H-Hello? W-who is this?”

You look over the screen, hunting, searching for ANYTHING to go off of!!!

Their at an Inn, there’s a symbol over the counter, concentric circles, change belief, in Vaugarde. Other voices, similar accent as you? Next to another person, young, Vaugardian garb. Looks familiar?

✿ “Wait, is that Nille?!”

Wait WHAT?!?! HOW???? I mean, now that you look you can see it, the two are REALLY similar looking. Nille has longer hair, and has it braided into a ponytail, but past that their nearly identical.

❁ “I- Bonnie, Where are you?!? Are you Okay? You’re not hurt right?!”

✿ “I’m fine Nille! I’m in Dormont, We just kicked the King’s butt!”

❁ “Wait you WHAT?!?”

Mirabelle leans over your shoulder, to look at the screen.

◉ “Oh, um, Hi! You must be Petronille, right? H-Hi! I-I’m Mirabelle, Bonnie insisted to join us when we went to fight the King. We made sure to keep them safe!”

▲ “We just sent a letter to you, but this works too!”

As Nille cycles through their emotions, you also feel your head spinning. The woman. The woman who KNOWS you. She… She’s been silent. Staring… slowly tearing up…

✦ “um. Are… are you okay?”

She instantly starts to bawl.

♯ “I… just…. I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE OKAY!!!!!!”

!!! She just. Continues to cry. Another woman comes up, with an eyepatch and long hair.

♪ “Hey Fa. Long time no see, huh?”

Fa?… Is… is that… your name? Your real name?

✦ “...Fa?...”

A woman off screen speaks in a calm and direct tone.

𝄢 “I would like to remind you that they most likely don’t remember us, or likely anything else. We’re likely complete strangers.”

Odile peaks over your shoulder.

◆ “Not entirely, presuming you are their presumed loved ones. Siffrin, or Fa, I presume? Regardless, they recently had a reminder. Though that is about the extent of it, as far as I know.”

♯ “OH THANK STARS!!! At least there’s SOMETHING!!! Oh wait, I should make it so you can see all of us!”

The image on the screen moves, and you see it lifted up, showing all of them standing around a table. A battlemage, a scientist with horns, the two knight women, and a moth person with a guitar.

𝄡 “Ti. Short for Titania.”

♫ “Oh! Um. Mi! Mi Calistege! H-Hi Fa!!”

♪ “Names Aurola, that’s Regulus. La and Re for short.”

The scientist just looks at the camera, their face strangely upset. You saw it change from cheerful within seconds after seeing you.

𝄢 “So. Song Polaris. STARS this is weird.”

P-Polaris?!?!!!! Oh!!! Oh stars!!!

✦ “s-sorry.”

Their face suddenly flickers, into a more even tone.

𝄢 “No worries, I had somewhat expected that to be the only face within your memory. But my emotions around my brother are rather complex at the time.”

Isa leans over to the screen.

▲ “Well, if you knew Sif, or Fa, from before, you must know all sorts about them! Can’t say we’re not interested!”

♯ “Yeah Same! We havn’t seen the poor kid in seven years!!! I need to know SO MUCH!!!”

◉ “...Kid?”

♫ “Hey, their not that much of a kid! I think they turn 21 in two weeks, actually!”

WHAT!?! Your entire family jumps! You thought you were like, 29?!??

◆ “… Congratulations, Siffrin, you have gone from being the second oldest to the second youngest.”

✿ “Can we do a birthday party? I know they got one last month, but I wanna make nother cake.”

▲ “It was a really good cake. I’m down!”

♯ "Lucky you, Fa!"

◉ “Isabeau, you better help me with gifts!”

▲ “Huh? Hm. I don’t know. Not sure what to get myself!”

◆ “Really? You and Siffrin literally had a love confession yesterday. Think anything would work.”

Everyone except Nille on the other side of the phone jumps in surprise!

𝄢 “Fa did WHAT?!?”

𝄡 “Congratulations.”

Oh stars everything is moving so fast and you are not prepared for literally any of it! You have an entire new, extra family after you JUST obtained this one, and you didn’t even know they were alive, and you can’t remember any of your life with them, and their already talking so much and you’re not ready!!!

♯ “SEE?!?? THIS is what I mean!! We gotta swap stories SO BAD!!”

♪ “Maybe after we meet up? We did promise Petronille to reunite them with their sibling, and We’d like to be able to meet back up with Fa.”

✿ “Heck yeah! We get to meet Frin’s family!”

◆ “If you were planning on traveling, shall we meet halfway?”

♯ “I’m down!”

♫ “Y-Yes! I’d love to see more of Vaugarde!”

What?!? Meet them?! They want to- You were already holding back so many emotions, your barely holding yourself together at all right now!!!

❁ “… Fine, if it means I get to see Bonnie sooner. You better keep them safe.”

♫ “A-And Fa! Please!”

▲ “Course we will! Think Carrefour is a good spot to aim for, if I remember the route right?”

𝄡 “Good. Call if we need to adjust.”

♯ “Or any other reason!!! We have SO BLINDING MUCH to catch up on!!! And you better send me Pics!!”

♪ “Any questions before we go?”

Stars you have so blinding many, but your brain is too confused and emotional to begin to think of any!!! If you so much as open your mouth you feel like you’ll start crying!

◆ “Hm. One thing. When Siffrin, or Fa, opened this device up, there was a strange symbol and some craft? Any idea what that was?”

𝄢 “Ah, something Ti recently designed. It prevents further memory alteration by the wishcraft surrounding our home. Actually, do you know where that is?”

◆ “Yes, the Island up north.”

𝄢 “Ah good, at least a little up to speed. You should be able to talk and think freely about it, though anything already lost might take some effort and prompting to recover.”

Wait, but then…

Does that… does that mean….

✦ “Can you tell me it’s name?!? I… I…”

Regulus chuckles, and looks to you. There’s this gentleness in her face, that makes your heart ache.

♯ “It’s Astravia. That’s the name of our home.”

You… You think… You can feel your emotions start to break through...

A strange beeping noise starts happening, and Re jumps.

♯ “Ack! Blind it, I kept this thing on too much today, It’s about to run out of charge! Gonna have to end the call here, but it should be back up by tomorrow morning!!! Make sure to call us!”

▲ “Course! See you all soon!”

They all wave. Your old family all waves at you… you slowly. Lift your hand. And wave back at them… Before their image vanishes from the screen… In a mere blink of an eye.

And as they fade… you… you can’t hold it in anymore….

You start to cry. You can’t help it. Their alive. Their alive and… and they… even after everything. After EVERYTHING…. They still care about you. They still!!!!!

You can barely breathe through your tears. It feels like it’s barely real. It feels like it can’t be real!!! Like any second, all of this is going to crash down on you and fall apart!!! But it’s not!! It’s still here!! It’s still real!!! And!! and!!!

You can REMEMBER your home! You can remember THEM!!! Even if it’s just the names! It’s not being ripped away from you! You can hold it this time!!! For once, for ONCE, You can keep SOMETHING of it!!

And… the one thing… you never thought you’d never had… even before, you didn’t know you ever had one… didn’t know if anyone would ever have bothered with one, even if they cared for you… That it was too far a reach to give a monster such a thing… But… They did… They said it…

….Fa…

...You don’t even know what to do with that. You’ve been Siffrin for so long. As long as you can remember. So much that your family here don’t know what to do with it. Even as your crying, you can faintly hear them, comforting you with the name you had with them. And you don’t even care to stop them, because you know they mean you. And you’re too busy crying, mumbling between your sobs about all your feeling.

Okay. Breathe. In. and out. In. and out.

You start to ease out of your crying. Your family’s words start to become clear again, bit by bit.

▲ “-okay Sif, it’s okay. Take it easy.”

✦ “i-i’m okay… i…. their…”

◉ “Yeah! Their okay!”

You nod. Still exhausted from your tears, too much to speak.

◆ “Must be quite the pleasant surprise. Though, Seeing them here and now. And With Nille of all people… That is quite the coincidence.”

◉ “… I think, Change might have nudged things a bit when they saw them…”

✿ “Woah! Is that why you asked bout them?! Cause then Frin pulled out the thingy!”

Mirabelle thinks for a moment.

◉ “Huh. Maybe? I’m still sorting this whole thing out a bit… But I’m glad I could help!”

✦ “yeah. Thank you. I… I think… I might need some time to think.”

◆ “Take your time. There has been a LOT packed into a very short while.”

✿ “Dile! Let’s get the thing we talked about!”

◆ “Ah, right. We should have plenty of time to look through the options.”

Part of you wonders what their up to, but your mind is still too muddled to bother. Those names and faces are still bounding around, including that one name...

▲ “You both do that! I think I’m gonna be resting for the whole day. Whole body still hurts a bit.”

◉ “I’ll stay here too! Don’t really have much to do right now.”

◆ “Thought you had more to settle with the House?”

◉ “I can do that tomorrow morning, did plenty today! And could use a bit to settle myself, anyways.”

✦ “Fair. I’ll…. I’ll just be… Up. I guess? Shout if you need me…”

The others give you some questioning looks before you lasso one of the upper rafters with your tendril, and pull yourself up into the clockwork, and up to the face.

You can hear a few comments about it below, but you just let it fade away, into the background noise.

You listen to the sound of ticking, of the movement of gears.

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

… You came here often, during that time. Gave yourself a chance to think… The view is different this time, given it’s mid-day, but you don’t mind. The stars were a bonus, but daytime is new. More importantly, No matter how bad a time you were having. No matter how much you were struggling, or what you were worried about… This was a place you could just. Breathe. And relax…

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

… It makes for a nice metronome, doesn’t it? For both body and mind. Easing you into a calm, steady rhythm…

You start to sing. No words to your song, but voice none the less. Not that you’d have the words to speak. Too much to say, too little ways to say it. Your song sounds somber, yet happy, as it echoes through the clockwork. You watch the town below, busy yet safely distant.

… Fa…

You still don’t know what to think about it. It’s short, it’s simple. It’s more a nickname then anything. But… It was for you. You could make it yours, couldn’t you?…

You don’t know if it’s okay. You still can’t remember them all. Their still lost. They still didn’t get a chance to live. And you’re still known as Siffrin, even if just in part. You always thought that, even when you stopped being Siffrin, you’d pick another to give a second chance to, but…

You… You never… never realized how much you wanted this. Wanted to be someone. You always told yourself, if you could just do it right, if you could just play the part right, you’d be happy. But…

But they cared. Even when the illusion shattered, and they saw you for what you are. Even to those who you likely never played a part for. They cared. They still care.

They… they really care about you, don’t they? You. Not Siffrin. You.

… Maybe… Maybe just for them… You can be that? Even if it’s just a bit, you… You can find out who Fa is? Just for them, right?...

You remember what Isa said that one night.

Change is destruction, you know? To bring change, you might hurt people. Might hurt yourself even. So you always have to be careful, make sure it’s worth it.

You’re scared. Siffrin has been safe. Siffrin has been reliable. Siffrin has been your life for seven blinding years now. And doing this…

You’d never be able to go back to it. Not really. The moment you let go of being them, it’ll start to fade as your new you takes it’s space.

And you have no idea what’s on the other side. It could be worse. So much of what you’ve done as yourself instead of Siffrin has felt like it breaks everything it touches, but…

…You...

...You think… You can do this. You think. It’s worth doing this… The fact that, within mere minutes of hearing that name, you are at war with yourself, wanting it so badly… It’s worth it. It’s worth trying…

You think… You know what to do with that name.

… Thank you Siffrin, for carrying you this far. Rest well.

And good luck. Fantasia.

#in stars and time #isat #isat au #carrion!sif au #SymphonyInCrimson!au #And thus a reunion is had #And a name has been found

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saturniasxenos · 2 months ago

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Eternaunivian & Cosmos ID/NPT Pack

Ee - Tur - Nuh - Yoo - Nuh - Vee - Ihn

Eternaunivian is ETERIN and a subterm of the Eternalgender System. Those who identify as eternaunivian may feel as if their gender, or even their whole identity, has a deep, never-ending connection to the universe and anything apart of it (including but not limited to: Dark Matter, Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Black Holes). This can be used as an umbrella term for any space-related eternic genders. You could be a star and eternal, an eternal quasar, an eternalized planet, an eternal that likes the cosmos, a constellation eternal, and similar.

This gender may be constantly fluctuating and fluid between any space-related and eternic genders. This gender would be considered under the agender umbrella, but can be used by anyone regardless of femininity, masculinity, and neutrality.

Created and Coined by me. There is no correct way to use this flag and term.

Keep reading for Etymology & Cosmos ID Pack (Titles, Names, & Pronoun suggestions)

Etymology: Eternal, Universe, -ian (suffix),

Pronoun Suggestions:

Uni/Unive/Universe/Universes/Universeself

Sta/Star/Stary/Stars/Starself

Co/Cos/Cosmo/Cosmos/Cosmoself

Co/Cos/Cosmic/Cosmics/Cosmicself

Qu/Qua/Quasar/Quasars/Quasarself

Gal/Galae/Galaxy/Galaxys/Galaxyself

Ne/Nebulae/Nebula/Nebulas/Nebulaself

No/Novae/Nova/Novas/Novaself

Or/Orbi/Orbit/Orbits/Orbitself

An/Andro/Andromeda/Andromedas/Andromedaself

Mi/Milky/Milkyway/Milkyways/Milkywayself

Pla/Plan/Planet/Planets/Planetself

Sa/Satu/Saturn/Saturns/Saturnself

Plu/Plut/Pluto/Plutos/Plutoself

Jup/Jupi/Jupiter/Jupiters/Jupiterself

Ne/Nep/Neptune/Neptunes/Neptuneself

Ma/Mar/Mars/Marsics/Marsself

Co/Com/Comet/Comets/Cometself

Met/Meteo/Meteor/Meteors/Meteorself

Inte/Interstell/Interstellar/Interstellars/Interstellarself

Ast/Aster/Asteroid/Asteroids/Asteroidself

Su/Sunspo/Sunspot/Sunspots/Sunspotself

Celes/Celestiae/Celestial/Celestials/Celestialself

Zo/Zodi/Zodiac/Zodiacs/Zodiacself

Sco/Scorp/Scorpio/Scorpius/Scorpioself

Le/Leae/Leo/Leos/Leoself

Vi/Vir/Virgo/Virgos/Virgoself

Ca/Can/Cancer/Cancers/Cancerself

Astro/Astrol/Astrology/Astrologys/Astrologyself

Astro/Astron/Astronomy/Astronomys/Astronomyself

Au/Auro/Aurora/Auroras/Auroraself

🌕/🌕's

🪐/🪐's

☀/☀'s

⭐/⭐'s

☄️/☄️'s

🌙/🌙's

🌌/🌌's

🌠/🌠's

Title Suggestions :

(X) Who Watches The Stars

The Guardian of The Quasar

Emperor of The Moon

(X) Who Dances Amongst The Galaxy

The Child of Andromeda

(X) Who is Made of Stardust

The Lover of The Cosmos

The Will of Luna

The Eternalized Constellation

Song of Neptune

Melody of Jupiter

Love of Venus

The Flame of The Sun

(X) Who is Infinite

The Eternal Galaxy

(X) Who Was Born From Black Matter

Name Suggestions:

Some names may not be fem or masc, I just organized what I thought sounded the most masc, neu, or fem!! Many names originate from named stars in the galaxy! See this site for more named stars.

Fem: Ankaa, Aniara, Alasia, Aurora, Ayla, Astrid, Astra, Astraia, Ariel, Andromeda, Arista, Bellatrix, Danica, Dawn, Calypso, Celeste, Celestia, Cordelia, Cressida, Electra, Eris, Estrella, Gaia, Helene, Irena, Itonda, Luna, Lunar, Lyra, Maia, Merope, Mimosa, Mira, Nova, Nervia, Pleione, Phoenicia, Phoebe, Pandora, Seren, Selene, Stella, Starla, Solana, Star, Sunniva, Shaula, Thea, Umbriel, Venus, Vega, Veritas,

Masc: Alpheratz Archer, Apollo, Aries, Atlas, Ash, Altair, Altais, Antares, Arcturus, Taurus, Cyrus, Cosmo, Castor, Cepheus, Celestio, Draco, Eros, Fafnir, Felis, Galileo, Hunter, Jericho, Kiran, Kepler, Leo, Luca, Mars, Nox, Neptune, Oberon, Phoenix, Perseus, Pollux, Sterling, Sirius, Sol, Stellan, Titan, Theo, Zenith, Veritate,

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rrrawrf-writes · 1 month ago

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masterpost? UNFINISHED

superpowerverse

thieves, villains, and heroes

winn: practice with polaris // lair // omega device | pt. 2 | end of omega // duke //

winn & kawai: carjacking (omega device) | pt. 2 | pt. 3

winn & rembrandt: duct tape (pt. 1) // gun safety // whatever you want // you can't kill me // one reason not to hurt you

rembrandt: good job, kid

mercury independent

eli & kawai: grace // enter siope | pt. 2 // cowboy kay

eli & sam: sam the knife // vs the dsa | pt. 2

eli, kawai, & sam: mi needs a healer | pt. 2

eli & winn: babysitting duty | pt. 2 | pt. 3 | pt. 4 // bomb

eli & diamonique: loose morals //

eli: library police // would you rather

kawai & sam: just heal yourself | pt. 2

kawai: starry night // puppy bribes //

sam: regrow a hand //

javed: home front // jacket // child soldier

misc: "american" // robutts // office party // crush // off the record // no heroes // hey mickey // poor woman // MMOs //

november red

rhiotnloula: bite | pt. 2 | addendum (eli)

misc: fear of snakes // memery

misc

mi vs. novred: eye contact | pt. 2 //

lariat: retirement

javier & eli: mistakes

javier: coyotl eztli // jurisdiction //

ythea

talzee & tarquin: fireworks and candy canes

tarquin: sandwiches

tarquin & keo: coercion // coercion end //

maluko'oi: mothers // skiff //

mal & keo: dangerous ones //

keo & sheisha: cathedral heist | pt. 2

keo & tarquin: judge and jury | pt. 2 //

medieval fantasy

banner & co: details of your incompetence // POW | pt. 2 // we march, we march | pt. 2 | pt. 3 | fodder for the earth (written by @kclenhartnovels) // sister //

mafvin: what is it good for? pt. 1

mafvin & dayehmon: bandit hole

okatai: twenty-four hours to run (prophecy) // riokhai

misc

arvio: watch the world end // awakening | pt. 2 | pt. 3 | pt. 4 | pt. 5 | pt. 6

au!banner & talzee

#there's so so much more but i gotta jet

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3nding · 8 months ago

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Questi giorni piovosi di convalescenza post operatoria operatoria e ridotta mobilità data dal peggior mal di schiena ever, mi stanno dando modo di leggere e pensare più del solito. Solitamente questa sarebbe una buona cosa ma non nel frangente in questione. Ho infatti sconfinato in un territorio che potremmo definire fatalista. I dati registrati negli ultimi decenni sono chiari: la mia generazione e sopratutto quelle successive dovranno convivere (il termine corretto sarebbe sopravvivere) con un pianeta completamente diverso. Il cambiamento climatico non è arrestabile né mitigabile, il computo energetico è già sballato (si vedano le centinaia di record giornalieri delle temperature minime e massime alle varie latitudini) e l'energia in eccesso accumulata dal sistema-pianeta impiegherà secoli se non millenni a tornare forse a livelli pre rivoluzione industriale. Non esistono soluzioni concrete, fantomatici pareggi energetici o netzero, invenzioni fantascientifiche che catturino la CO2 o oscurino il sole con dimensioni e tempi fattibili. Cosa succederà? Ecco alcune ipotesi. Anche senza il collasso della corrente del Golfo il clima è già cambiato portando a fenomeni estremi con sempre più frequenza. Sono già cambiate le stagioni. Questo impatterà ancora di più sugli ecosistemi con l'estinzione di massa a catena di moltissime specie. Desertificazione, deforestazione e acidificazione degli Oceani. Quest'ultima cosa in particolare sfugge alla nostra abilità di immaginare le conseguenze nel medio periodo. L'acqua dolce scaricata in mare dalla fusione delle calotte polari aumenterà l'acidificazione ma non saranno solo i coralli a soffrirne come già è possibile vedere nelle barriere coralline di tutto il mondo. L'impossibilità per gli organismi marini di utilizzare il carbonato di calcio si traduce nella scomparsa di tutte quelle specie che sviluppano un guscio (qui tutti pensano ai crostacei) tra le quali ovviamente va incluso il plankton. Capiamoci, se collassa l'ecosistema marino non c'è ritorno sul breve o medio periodo, il nostro pianeta si chiama Terra ma è per la maggior parte coperto da oceani dai quali dipende buona parte della produzione di ossigeno. Ripeto: abbiamo in pochissimo tempo accelerato e sconvolto processi che si sono verificati e stabilizzati in milioni di anni. Una volta che un equilibrio si rompe non si torna indietro, ne sono la prova le specie che abbiamo visto estinguersi nella nostra vita, i ghiacciai che sono scomparsi sotto i nostri occhi nell'ultimo secolo, la riduzione della quantità e biodiversità del pescato a livello globale. Se togliamo da un sistema circolare un elemento (rapporto preda/predatore) quel sistema non è più circolare ma si sballa fino a stravolgersi completamente. Lo sanno bene tutti coloro coinvolti col granchio blu dal delta del Po e lungo le coste adriatiche. Nel frattempo i miliardari di diversi Paesi si affannato ad identificare delle goldilocks zones lungo il pianeta, aree con più risorse e meno problematiche che impiegheranno più anni a rovinarsi rispetto al resto del mondo, dove andare a costruire i loro bunker. Ci aspettano un pianeta e una popolazione completamente diversi per i quali in pochi (rispetto ai numeri attuali) si dovranno adattare per sopravvivere in condizioni a noi sconosciute. Se pensiamo che guardiamo allo spazio cercando luoghi che siano ospitali alla vita umana mentre rendiamo invivibile l'unico a nostra disposizione, questo credo dia la tara sulla follia e le colpe della nostra specie.

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