#pregnancy speculating

[morphimus]

[tylerheartstaylor]

i saw in a community post over on X speculating about the new outfits being “roomier” and hiding taylor’s “unannounced pregnancy” or something along those lines. i got banned from the community group for calling it out so cannot remember the exact wording or who posted it, but that is besides the point.

i’ve also seen a few posts similar to this on several other social media platforms about similar topics relating to taylor being pregnant in the last few months and want to say that this is a topic that is not only insane but is incredibly insensitive to be speculating about- and if you are one of those people - please kindly go outside and touch some grass. this isn’t something that should be speculated on at all. 🩵

love and light to everyone, no malice intended behind this. i simply feel the need to speak up against it because it’s getting a little bit out of control. 😭

we don’t know taylor, and we don’t know travis. stay out of their personal lives, they only show us what they want us to see. 🫶🏻

[supercalime]

The amount of digging, stalking and over analyzing that required for yall to now say “it was obvious” and “we were right all along” is one of the reasons they never went public with their relationship before actual marriage, just like Joey Richter and Lauren Lopez getting engaged and Keith and Becky habersberger out of nowhere telling they had a baby.

I’ve been a fan of smosh for like 12 years and the shipping (yes, I know they said they don’t care, but even if they said to stop yall wouldn’t anyway) and nitpicking every single interaction between cast members (I’m not even gonna get into the fanfics and inappropriate comments) were why I kept my interaction with the fandom to a minimum.

Im happy they’re married, really. I’ve been happy for other influencers before. The issue was never denial. I did wish it was a prank because I knew this exact response was going to happen.

This feels like fans were trying to out them when they weren’t ready. If they truly felt safe making the relationship public, they wouldn’t have gone to lengths they did to hide it. Poor Courtney probably had an engagement ring that she couldn’t wear because of fan reaction. I mean, I remember seeing proof of them together through reflections on a glass! It isn’t normal.

A similar situation has happened in a fandom before. Remember when fans were speculating about a Malec wedding in the shadowhunter finale? Finding every single piece of evidence on social media, bts footage, etc? And in the ending the characters got married? But you know why that wasn’t weird? They were fictional characters, made to entertain us, with story arcs. No actual person was at stake.

And you know, I love smosh and obviously this rant isnt directed towards the fans who are just surprised and happy for them (which I am too, congrats to them), but it still bother me.

Publicly, they were coworkers in a comedy channel who made jokes, played characters, played games, etc. Smosh has never been about romantic relationships between cast members and it saddens me that the fans made most of it about shipping when they have so much more to offer.

The point is, we are not entitled to information about their lives and speculate about it. Too bad this can’t be a learning experience because congrats, yall were “right all along”.

[hawkinsunderground]

okay so theoretically the pregnancy smoking poster could refer to Joyce, who smokes a lot, right? I think she's one of the most prominent smokers in the show

SO, could it possibly be alluding to something she did during pregnancy affecting Will in relation to his connection to Vecna? or is that just the biggest reach ever lol

[extrajigs]

Chimeric reproduction go! Info dump below. Nothing graphic aside from pulsing fetus! 

Chimera reproduce in kind of a round about way. So I have produced a CHART for visual aid! 

Step One- Egg Swap Chimera parents, being hermaphrodites, both have eggs to contribute! This is where the actual hanky panky takes place via ovipositors and awkward positioning. End result is each has the others eggs in their uterus. Step Two- Baby Battering So once the eggs are in there they are fertalized by the ‘mother’ chimera. Which technically should be the father cause it’s their sperm and the others eggs, but they’re the ones gravid.  Actually I realized they’re just like seahorses! So think of it like that. Step Three- Placenta Pandemonium After step two there is a large number of zygotes floating around in there, but only one can take the grand prize! The womb of the chimera is very particular about where eggs can plant down. Most of the interior is unusable, but once a lil egg settles on a particular patch of tissue then the body decides that pregnancy is NOW. Multiple eggs can implant here, but the body will usually reject ‘em after they got one OR simply give them a unsustainable amount of resources. 

Step Four- The Chosen One The other eggs are broken down an absorbed by the mother’s body. The lucky lil chimera fetus is now able to spend a cozy 12 months hanging out growing into a full baby. The two parent’s will give birth usually within a few days of each other and then you got two brand new chimera. 

Bonus gif of chimera fetuses, they start breathing VERY early on while they still got jelly bones so v wiggly. Also their eye stalk doesn’t really define itself until the last few months, so they look a lot like the common ancestor of their clade at the start there. 

[countingandsnarkingon]

In Katie and Travis’s new vlog, Katie is telling Papa Bill that he has 33 great-grand children but, when I counted (including the October babies) it’s 32. Now, this of course could just be bad math on Katie’s part or, there could be an announcement coming

[transbeeduo]

this might not be entirely relevant to you, as you are the ctubbo pregnancy moot not a cranboo pregnancy moot, but idk who else could possibly be interested, so!

Do you think endermen would have little pouches for their babies? Maybe they even lay eggs too, so they just carry their egg babies around in their pouches until a little while after the babies hatch, once they're big enough to leave? (like roly polies. I am just making my love of roly polies be relevant to the cubitos. they're such silly creatures and I love their little egg pouches so dang much)

I LOVEEEE THIS ASK I LOVEEEE THIS ASK SO MUCH its made me have so many thoughts about how Enderians reproduce/carry offspring RAAAGH

What I’m imagining is somewhat similar! Where it’s like an egg thing. I think Enderpearls r like. Enderman eggs, where Endermen’ll have them in their bodies always and the babies only start growing once the eggs r fertilized! (Unfertilized eggs are the ones you get from drops and can be used to teleport and shit yk. Fertilized eggs don’t drop. Canon explanation to why only some Endermen drop pearls :> ) And like, it works by like, a bunch of eggs being laid, developing for a few years (it takes like. 5-10 years for eggs to hatch) but only few endermen make it to hatching, since baby endermen are so big (think like the size of a like. A medium sized fish) if the egg doesn’t grow fast enough with them the embryo perishes. :( (This is part of why Tubbo decided to carry Bug because. Him and Ranboo didn’t want multiple children and there was a better chance of Bug surviving if it was Tubbo)

ALSO THE POUCH IDEA IS SO CUTE????? I like to think Endermen babies (kits? pups? i kinda like endermen pups that sounds cute) like. NEED to be in contact with their parents all the time for the first bit of their lives, so a pouch would be really good for that :00 i also like to think the parents will hold children in their arms or in their mouths a lot, but I loveeee the idea of them having a pouch that’s so good (plus would probably be very safe for the baby yk) once the babies r developed enough to walk i think they hold onto their parents’ tails like a baby elephant, but endermen r also like. Human level intellegence so they will raise children in ways we’d recognize outside of all of the biological stuff 👍 (not all of it for example. Endermen r omnivores leaning carnivores so they do have to learn to hunt and stuff)

[young-royals-confessions]

I like how everyone was pissed at the Sargust storyline, but are now, for some reason, obsessed with a pregnancy storyline for Sara-

I'm guessing people are more worried than obsessed. And if you've seen a lot of teen shows, I think it's natural for your mind to go in that direction.

[ntls-24722]

fun drohnen fact: they love to fight. They will fight eachother for whatever reason but interestingly it actually deescalates most things 80% of the time. Disputes will generally have the two parties beat the crap out of eachother and in the winded daze afterwards they'll come to agreement and for this reason, their politics is insane and politicians oftentimes leap over their counters to beat the shit out of their opponents and nobody does anything about it because, well, it'll probably chill them out OR they'll agree on something.

This is, weirdly enough, probably because fighting is also a little romantic. Since Drohnen residents are all only One Sex and kids are expensive little tots who grow up to be the size of buildings, only one of them have the kid and that is generally decided on whoever loses/falls over (Drohnen pregnancies are WAY less scary than human ones, especially because they're used to laying eggs every 3 months - the loser generally doesn't mind it.).

Sometimes it's seen as a little suspicious when a fight lasts too short since romantic fighting is generally shorter than most fighting. much to the dismay of politicians trying to wrap up a squabble to get back to business

[eemoo1o-tfrmoo]

Oh, Thor! How much of a gap do you think is between him and Snotlout? Two? Three? Four?

[orcelito]

This is the image of despair

Nothing to eat OR drink. I'm withering away here

[gameguy20100]

As much as I want a Twiyor baby. It might be a better idea for them to adopt again.

I don't think assassin is a career with good maternity leave benefits.

Although the idea of Yor taking out her targets with a pregnant belly is rather amusing. She wouldn't even need knives, just the hormones would strike fear into anyone's heart.

[romulussy]

ok but how do we feel about shiv drinking in this episode? We didn’t actually see her do cocaine AND all we really saw were a few (2)? Sips of alcohol in front of people who don’t know she’s pregnant so. It COULD be because she doesn’t want anyone knowing yet and is doing it to keep up appearances OR it could be bc she’s trying to harm the fetus???

i support women's wrongs

[drinkinboilingcoffee]

Do you think animals in Beastars have the same gestation period as animals in real life, because rabbits would have it fucking insane, like congradulations buddy you have 1 month to prepare before you have like 5 kids

[ejzah]

A/N: Once again, based on the promo photos for “New Beginnings”.

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Perfection

“What do you think, the blue or pink?” Deeks asked, coming into his and Kensi’s bedroom with a jacket in each hand. She already wore a floor length metallic gown with a high slight and cutouts that displayed the curves of her collar bones. She looked stunning.

Kensi spared them a glance. “Mm, the pink,” she answered after a moment of consideration.

“You usually pick blue.”

“Yes, but I know how much you’ve wanted to wear that pink jacket since you bought it. Anna and Callen’s wedding is the perfect opportunity.”

Deeks grinned at Kensi’s response, tossing the blue to the side and shrugging the pink jacket over his shoulders.

Anna and Callen’s decision to move the wedding date up had left them all scrambling to get ready. Personally, Deeks didn’t mind, and he thought a slightly less formal affair seemed more in tune with both Anna and Callen’s personalities.

“I was going to wear this dress, but I don’t think it fits anymore,” Kensi said. Frowning, Deeks turned, giving Kensi’s silver encases curves another thorough look.

“You look gorgeous,” he said.

“You don’t think there’s a bump?” She smoothed her hands over her lower abdomen; Deeks followed the movement with a tilt of his head.

“Uh, is this a trick question? Because I see nothing but perfection.”

“Aww, that’s so sweet, but you’re making this really hard for me,” she sighed.

“Making what hard? Was this dress outrageously expensive or something and now you’re looking for a reason to return it? Because it’s hot, but not like a $1,000 hot.”

Kensi took his hand, deliberately placing it on her stomach to covers hers. It was such a deliberate move, a nearly universal one. But it can’t be. They’d tried, and tried. Gone through wretched treatments and endless heartbreak. They’d moved on.

“Kensi. No,” he murmured. Not because he didn’t want this to be true, but because he can’t bear for the disappointment.

“In a few months, this dress isn’t going to fit at all,” Kensi gave as her round about answer.

Deeks hands migrated higher to grasp her back, too shocked to speak for a moment. He shook his head a couple times. “How,” was all he finally managed.

“Well, two days ago I took a test and it was positive. And since then, I took five more tests, just to be sure.” She shrugged, her expression a little apologetic. “I wanted to now for certain before I said anything to you.” She grinned then slightly, reaching up to cup one cheek. “Just in case I didn’t make it clear, I’m pregnant.”

“Oh my god,” Deeks whispered. He felt lightheaded.

“Babe, breathe,” Kensi reminded him, nodding encouragingly when he inhaled and then exhaled slowly. “Are you ok?”

“Yeah, I just never expected this.” He tugged Kensi closer. “I couldn’t be happier, and also terrified. And I think I might be experiencing a tiny case of shock cause my toes are all tingly.”

They laughed together, sharing in their joy and amazement. Raising her other palm to his face, Kensi smiled up at him, her joy shining in her eyes.

***

A/N: Hopefully this isn’t too similar to glenncoco’s most recent story, which I read after this was half-finished.

[countingandsnarkingon]

Let’s play something called “Standard Carlin photo shoot OR Incoming Baby #3 announcement