#superfamily 2017

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Kon: Get ready for the storm.

Bizarro: Me am the storm.

Kon:

Kon: No, seriously; have you been saying things like that this whole time?

Source: Duck Tales 2017

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by AttractiveUrchin A collection of DC X readers, Ranging from Superboy to Red Hood, all characters that have been written for or will be are tagged below. If a character is younger, there will be no sexual elements to that individual story, unless aged up. All of these are one-shots and will be updated frequently. Check out my MARVEL or Animation books :) Requests allowed! Words: 5983, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English Fandoms: DCeased (DC Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), DC Extended Universe, DC Animated Universe (Timmverse), DC Universe Online, DC Extended Universe RPF, Superman (Comics), Superboy (Comics), Young Justice (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Teen Titans (Comics), Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016), Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017), Teen Titans - All Media Types, The Death of Superman (2018), Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020), Justice League Dark (Comics), Peacemaker (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022), Blue Beetle (Comics), Blue Beetle (Movie 2023) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Other Characters: Blue Beetle (DCU), Jaime Reyes, Reader, The Corinthian (Sandman), Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Superboy (DCU), Raven (Teen Titans), Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Robin (DCU), Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth, Bat-Cow (DCU), Ace the Bat-Hound (DCU), Poison Ivy (Fortnite), Pamela Isley, Harleen Quinzel, Christopher Smith | Peacemaker, Vigilante (DCU), Adrian Chase, Joker (DCU) Relationships: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Reader, Dream Of The Endless | Morpheus & Reader, Kon-El | Conner Kent/Superboy Prime, Tim Drake/Reader, Tim Drake & Reader, Jason Todd/Reader, Adrian Chase/Reader, Jaime Reyes/Reader, Billy Batson & Freddy Freeman Additional Tags: Batfamily (DCU), Protective Batfamily (DCU), Superfamily (DCU), Lazarus Pit (DCU), Caring Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily Angst (DCU), The League of Assassins (DCU), Batbrothers (DCU), Batfamily Shenanigans (DCU), Domestic Batfamily (DCU), DC Comics Rebirth, DC Comics References via https://ift.tt/a0fTo3c

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Asunder by Pansley

.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CAi8Kh6lL-clqvR0diR-EtgCbp9fLXYE/view?usp=sharing

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Explicit Rape/Non-Con Underage Graphic Depictions Of Violence F/M M/M Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) captain america: civil war - Fandom Marvel Cinematic Universe The Avengers (Marvel Movies) Peter Parker/Tony Stark Peter Parker/Avengers Team Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Peter Parker/Wade Wilson Harry Osborn/Peter Parker Norman Osborn/Peter Parker Michelle Jones/Peter Parker Peter Parker Tony Stark Steve Rogers Natasha Romanov (Marvel) Clint Barton Vision (Marvel) Wanda Maximoff James "Bucky" Barnes

James "Rhodey" Rhodes Sam Wilson (Marvel) Thor (Marvel) Bruce Banner May Parker Wade Wilson Happy Hogan Harry Osborn Norman Osborn Michelle Jones Emrys Killebrew Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics Superfamily (Marvel) Extremely Dubious Consent Tony Stark Has A Heart Peter Parker Needs a Hug Non-Consensual Drug Use Explicit Sexual Content Group Sex Fluff and Angst Sexual Slavery Other Additional Tags to Be Added

Summary: Omegas are rare, but male omegas are practically nonexistent. Born with the same tendency to go into heat as their female counterparts, but without the ability to bear children, a male omega is treated more like a prized commodity than a suitable mate. So it makes sense that Peter Parker, a 15-year-old Avenger-in-training, a male omega surrounded by superhuman alphas in a beta-dominant world, would hide his second gender at all costs.

NOTE: This work is in no way mine. At all. It all belongs to the OG author who is Pansley. Apparently, back in 2018(?) some a-hole threatened Pansley into deleting it. I saved a copy of it. Again, not mine. Please read the tags here and at the beginning of the work. Don’t come after me if something bothers you, the tags are right there. 

[star-hoya]

Talking with bae on the phone. 

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Hey guys, I'm hoping to start writing drabbles and things on this Tumblr, and I wanted to know if anyone would read them or give me prompts for them?

I'm planning on writing for various ships, including Merthur, Destiel, Reddie and Stenbrough, but I also like reading Stony, Cherik and other Marvel ships, so I'd be open to writing those if people wanted them.

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Inktober Day 7 : Shy  I missed drawing little Peter so much. He's such a shy boi around the other Avengers. 

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Worst Case Scenario 1/2

For my bingo square titled the same, challenger @snowywinterevenings

Thanks too @arukou-arukou for sounding-boarding.

This has a happy ending, I swear, and no trauma to Peter. :) 

“Steve, you’re taking Peter to school today!” Tony called out from the bathroom. He shoved his toothbrush into his mouth and worked it vigorously over his teeth. He didn’t have time for the extensive dental care routine he usually adhered to like a religious conviction. It was going to bug him all day, but he needed even those few precious minutes if he was going to be on time for his meeting.

Steve, looking sleepy and rumpled and oh so unfairly sexy, leaned into the bathroom and blinked slowly at Tony’s reflection. He yawned, curled one hand up to scratch at his side like a monkey, and the other up to grab the top of the door frame… also like a monkey. Tony had been watching way too many cartoons. He wouldn’t have been surprised if Steve had grabbed the frame and dangled from it.

“I thought you were doing that this morning?” he asked at the tail end of his yawn. “I didn’t get home until almost four last night, Tony. I’m tired.”

Tony stamped down on the immediate urge to snap that he was tired too. He hadn’t been in bed much earlier than Steve, and he’d been running around with Peter all night while simultaneously trying to meet a deadline. He spat out the mouthful of toothpaste and swished half a cap of Listerine around, holding up one finger while Steve swayed tiredly.

“I’m sorry, babe, I know you’re tired. But I have got to meet this deadline.” He checked his watch and cursed under his breath. “I am so late already. Please, please with sugar, and kisses, and so on, and so forth.” When Steve made an unhappy mewling sound (Seriously, Captain America he may be, but morning person he was not) Tony said, “We could have Happy do it today. He loves it.”

Loved was maybe a strong word, but as much as Happy blustered and complained that he wasn’t a babysitter, Tony had found more than one unauthorized treat hidden in the car after a school pick up. Steve tilted his head and actually did let his weight hang on his fingertips for a second before straightening up.

“No,” he said with a sigh, “We promised that one of us would do it at least once a week. It’s Friday. But you owe me.”

“Deal,” Tony said immediately, darting forward to kiss Steve’s cheek and then detouring to seal their mouths together. Steve had morning breath, but his body was still loose from sleep, and his lips were soft and plaint under Tony’s. They shared a long kiss, and then Tony reluctantly pulled away. “You,” he said, wagging a finger at Steve’s sleepy smile, “You are the Devil.” He pressed another quick kiss to Steve’s jaw, and then ducked under his arm. “Peter has a field trip today! Don’t forget!” He called over his shoulder on the way out the door.

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~*~

Steve yawned again as he brought the car to a stop at the guard tower. There was a line of cars in the school’s driveway waiting to get in, and an even longer line curving through the parking lot to get out. The school staggered start-times so that not every parent or bodyguard was trying to get through the front doors at the same time, but one-third of the parents and bodyguards was still too much. He rolled the window down and smiled up at the guard, who nodded at him respectfully when Steve handed over his ID.

He’d been against it, initially, when Tony had wanted to put Peter at a private school. They’d argued about it off and on from the day Peter had been put into their arms, until the first time they’d had a kidnapping scare. Steve had wanted Peter to grow up with as much of a normal life as possible, and had felt that the greater diversity at a public school would help him do that. Tony had wanted an AI in an Iron Man suit to follow Peter around day and night. After Peter had gone missing for a terrifying twenty minutes at a park one day, even though he’d just wandered off to play with some kids in their front yard, they’d compromised. Peter would go to a private school that catered to children at a high risk for kidnapping, and Tony wouldn’t implant a tracking chip in his hip.

The guard returned with his ID. The long verification process was a pain on sleepy mornings, but Steve appreciated the thoroughness of it. The guard gave Steve one more long look, and then said, “Thank you, Captain Rogers. Have a nice day.”

Once he’d determined that Steve wasn’t a threat, he smiled. He had a nice smile that changed his whole face around, and put him somewhere in the realm of ‘boyishly charming.’ Steve smiled back at him and eased through the gates. He plotted the best way of telling Tony that Peter’s school had a very attractive gate guard, just to watch him pout about it. Fitting punishment for getting Steve out of bed at 6:30 when he’d been planning to sleep until 9:00 at least.

“Okay, little spiderling, you have everything?” Steve asked, putting the car in park and twisting in the seat to look back at Peter.

Very solemnly, Peter checked all of his pockets one at a time, pulled up his sleeve to make sure his watch was on his wrist and then twisted the ring for several seconds to switch the background picture. A breath before Steve was at the “C’mon, buddy, hurry up,” stage, Peter opened his backpack and checked through his school supplies. Steve watched him somewhere between tired frustration, adoration, and amusement. After all, he’d been the one to ask if Peter had everything.

“Do you have my permission slip, daddy?” Peter asked finally.

Steve’s heart lurched, for a moment not remembering if he’d grabbed it off the fridge, but then remembered that he’d had to go back for it. He took off his seat belt and lifted his hips so he could get it out of his back pocket. He handed it over, and Peter fussed with it for several seconds, smoothing out all the wrinkles with a frown on his face, before sliding it into his pack.

“Okay,” he announced. “I’m ready.” He took off his seat belt and leaned forward to throw his tiny arms around Steve’s neck.

Steve melted. All the irritation and tiredness vanished, and he wanted to just pull Peter up into his lap and not let him go. They could play hooky for one day. Peter was already way ahead of everyone in his class and Tony was bucking to have him skip a few grades in a couple years. One day wouldn’t hurt.

“You wanna just hang out with daddy today and ditch school?” Steve asked, leaning back just enough to see Peter’s face.

Looking positively scandalized, Peter said, “Dad! I have a field trip.”

Laughing, Steve dismissed the pang of grief. He was already getting “dad” intermittently, and he wanted to hang onto “daddy” for a little longer. “Okay, Spidermonkey. Have fun at the aquarium and take lots of pictures.”

“I will!” Peter promised, and as fussy and exacting as he’d been about getting ready to leave the car, he jumped out like any other excited young boy, slammed the door behind him, and ran up the stairs.

Steve waited until Peter had made it to the front of the stairs where his teacher was waiting for him with his other classmates. He turned around to wave excitedly, his Black Widow backpack bouncing on his shoulders. Steve waved back, put the car in gear, and then paused. He could always park the car, and just go along on the field trip. What class of six year-olds didn’t want Captain America on their field trip?

“The class that has Captain America as a dad,” Steve muttered. The black sedan behind him beeped the horn, and Steve gave up the notion of stealing a few extra hours with his son. He waved out the window apologetically and took his foot off the break. The car rolled forward, and he got in line for the exit.

~*~

Tony was in the middle of his presentation when his phone started to ring. A startled silence fell, and then a chuckle went around the room. Tony offered them all a brilliant smile, passed the stylus off to his lead engineer, and said, “Alas, a superhero’s work waits for no meeting.”

That netted him another general laugh, although Millers looked like he’d bitten into a rotten lemon. Michael took over the presentation seamlessly while Tony rushed out of the room without looking like he was trying to rush out of the room. The only time his phone went off in a meeting was Avengers’ business that couldn’t be handled without him, or if Peter’s school had called and Friday couldn’t reach Steve.

He answered the phone on the fifth ring, just getting the office door closed behind him as he said, “Tony Stark speaking.”

“Mr. Stark,” a very professional voice in crisis mode greeted. It was the voice Tony heard from first responders, SWAT, and military response teams. “This is Ethan Gonzalez. I’m the Chief of Security at your son’s school.”

“I know who you are,” Tony said tersely. His stomach hit the back of his knees and swung up to smack him on the back of his head. He felt suddenly dizzy and like he’d just hit Mach II without the inertial dampeners on. “What happened?”

“I’m going to need you to remain calm, Mr. Stark,” Gonzalez said, which was absolutely the worst thing to say to a parent already in pre-panic mode. “Peter went missing on his field trip this afternoon. We haven’t been able to reach Captain Rogers yet.”

The stomach swinging sensation intensified into a stomach-centrifuge. For the space of half a dozen heartbeats, Tony’s ears shut down to everything except the sound of his own pulse, his vision went gray, and his head kept helpfully repeating Peter went missing. For those half a dozen heartbeats, Tony wanted to shriek a barrage of questions – chiefly among them “WHERE IS MY SON?!” – but he shut it down hard. This was a crisis. He knew how to handle crises. Demanding answers that Gonzalez wouldn’t have, or retribution on whoever had fucked up wouldn’t solve the problem.

Once Peter was home safe, that would be a different story.

“Wha –” Tony’s voice cracked. He realized that he was sitting on the floor, clutching his stomach, and made himself take deep breaths. Bruce style breaths. Yoga breaths. Gonzalez waited quietly – at least he wasn’t going to start bombarding Tony with reassurances and excuses while he was trying to cope. “What do you know?” he managed to croak out while he got his head together.

You’re Tony Fucking Stark, he snarled to himself, You know what they know. He got himself to his feet, dropped the phone on the desk and called up his holographic displays with a flick of his wrists. Friday, always listening to his conversations, already had a ping on Peter’s watch (Just because Steve had nixed the not-100%-joking-but-mostly-not-serious idea of a track chip in Peter’s hip didn’t mean Tony didn’t have one in every piece of technology the kid carried). The blue dot showed up at the school, blinking placidly.

“At some point between the petting pool, and the octopus tank, on-site security lost track of Peter. It’s about a twenty-minute window. I’m on my way to the aquarium security office now to go through the footage.”

“His watch is at the school,” Tony broke in, though his other hand was already calling up the security footage – thank some tech-savvy god for cloud storage – even while he zoomed in on the watch’s location. “Looks like it’s in the parking lot. Has someone looked?”

Gonzalez paused. “Hold for a moment,” he said.

Tony had to put effort in to not shouting that he was not about to be put on hold, but Gonzalez had already muted the line. He gritted his teeth, and set Friday to looking through the aquarium footage for Peter.

“Call Steve, and keep calling him until he picks up,” he ordered, taking a screenshot of Peter gleefully chasing a stingray around the petting pool.

“What’s the emergency?” Steve asked, his voice the same kind of business-professional as Gonzalez’ had been. “I was caught out in traffic, and my phone must have been on silent. I just made it back to the garage.”

“Peter’s missing,” Tony said succinctly. Friday must have overridden the volume on Steve’s phone to get the call through. “Security has me on hold. Turn around and get back to the school.”

Steve said nothing for several tense seconds, though Tony could hear the sudden hitch in his breathing. A distant part of him wanted to offer comfort. An even more distant part of him wanted to demand to know where Steve had been while their son was being kidnapped, but his less-distant parts told his terrified hindbrain to shut its illogical self the hell up.

“I’m on my way now,” Steve said finally. His voice shook, but Tony recognized that he was doing exactly what Tony had been doing. Solve crisis first, panic and be angry later. Tony heard his feet hitting the ground as he started running. The stairwell door slammed open and Steve’s footsteps echoed loudly in the stairwell. “What do we know?” he asked.

“Went missing in about a twenty minute window, if I’ve been given accurate information. I’ve got the security footage up now and I’m scanning through it. I’ve got a ping on his watch at the school, so it’s possible he’s actually there and this is all just going to be our reoccurring nightmare for the next ten or fifteen years.”

Steve managed a strangled laugh that was drowned out by the sound of his motorcycle roaring to life. A moment later the tire squealed on the polished garage floor, and then the outside noise cut off entirely. He had the Iron Man inspired helmet on that Tony had given him for a birthday, and he refused to wear except in emergencies. Liked the wind on his face.

“Friday will get the ping on your HUD,” Tony said, just as Gonzalez’ line opened again. “Mr. Gonzalez, I have my husband on the line. What did you find at the school?”

“Peter’s backpack, cellphone, and watch were all found in the cargo compartment under the bus,” he said with no preamble. “Everything is in good condition, and it doesn’t appear that anything has been tampered with.”

Tony gnashed his teeth together. “I think I’m better equipped to determine that than you are,” he said briskly. “My husband will be there in …?”

“Five minutes,” Steve said.

Tony didn’t chastise him for obviously breaking a lot of traffic laws. When they got their happy ending and Peter was on the couch in between them, maybe Tony would tease him about it. He felt a hollow ache in his stomach and guessed that this was not something they were ever going to joke about, no matter how happy of an ending.

“I’ve analyzed the footage, and I’ve found the point where Peter dropped off the camera coverage,” Friday reported. She was intensely protective of Peter, and Tony could tell that she was already overclocking herself to track him down. “Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to pick him up on street cams yet.”

“Show me,” Tony ordered, ignoring Gonzalez. A window opened over the others, frozen on a zoomed-in image of Peter trotting down the hall at the end of the line. All three of the security guards who had accompanied the children on the field trip, dressed in civilian clothing to blend into the part of chaperone, were toward the front of the line. Two of them were talking, and the third was looking down at one of the other children, apparently answering a question. Tony’s teeth click together so hard that he might be needing a trip to the dentist once all was said and done.

The short clip played. Holding onto the straps of his backpack, Peter watched his feet while he walked, occasionally bouncing from one place to the next as if avoiding invisible obstacles. He stopped abruptly, his head whipping around, and then turned back and stood in front of an open door. His head tipped curiously, and then he looked back to the retreating line of his classmates, hiked his backpack further up his shoulders, and walked through the door.

“Give me a view of that room!” Tony barked.

“Sorry, Boss,” Friday said miserably. “There are no cameras with a view of that room. Probably not a coincidence.”

Tony took three breaths through his nose, glaring at the video as if he could will it to be more helpful. “Send the appropriate clip to Gonzalez, and then to Steve once he’s not traveling anymore.”

“Tony,” Steve protested, “If I can handle mission briefs under fire, I can handle –”

“Not Peter,” Tony interrupted.

Steve made a low noise that felt like a whimper, but sounded like a distant scream. He didn’t say anything else, but Friday discreetly put a speedometer up at the top of the screen, the needle pushing up toward 80. Just below it, she showed a green ping of Steve’s location. He would make it to the school under his five minute estimate. Tony gritted his teeth. He couldn’t handle Steve in the hospital and Peter missing at the same time, but he didn’t think Steve was going to slow down. Tony saying anything about it might just make him go faster.

“Thank you for your assistance, Mr. Stark,” Gonzalez said diplomatically. He hesitated, and Tony could almost hear him thinking, we’ll take it from here and keep you informed. He stopped before making that supremely bad decision and said, “Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to assist.”

“Sure. Same,” Tony gritted out. He slashed his hand through the air, disconnecting the call, and then dropped forward to brace his hands on the desk. He wanted to be in a suit ten minutes ago, tearing through the city by hand, but he knew that he would be more use in the tower as mission control while Steve did the footwork. At least until Tony tracked down Peter’s location, and then the idiots who’d taken him were going to be very, very sorry.

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Chapters: 25/25 Fandom: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes & Tony Stark Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Peter Parker, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, T'Challa (Marvel), James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Baron Zemo Additional Tags: Gratuitous Superfamily, Becoming a family, Hydra being a dick, Peter is canonly adorkable, Protective Bucky Barnes, Protective Peter Parker, unfair representation of the foster care system, Fluff, canon amount of angst, amateur (but effective) equine therapy, Civil War Fix-It, bucky is a good dad, Peter is a good kid, Steve is a good boyfriend, Tony is a good friend, and also kind of a sugar daddy, without benefits, Hero Worship, Peter is majorly stanning everybody in this fic and it's cute, world's most adorable basketball Series: Part 1 of Winter!Dad Summary:

A year after the Winter Soldier failed his mission in DC, Bucky Barnes is doing his best to stay under the radar from both Hydra and Steve Rogers. His hope for a peaceful day-to-day life in limbo goes awry, however, when he meets Queens’ newest hero; a pure-hearted kid with a death wish and a ridiculous pair of red and blue pajamas.

The last thing Steve expects when he finally tracks Bucky down is that, not only has the man been living in Queens all this time, right under his nose, but also that, in the two years since they last saw each other, Bucky somehow acquired a kid.

Alternatively: How Peter Parker effectively fucks over Bucky Barnes, and also totally saves him.

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ɴᴏᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ: Fireflies by Owl City

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Can you believe that these glowing light in the waters are sea fireflies? Everything is indeed never as it seems.

I bet you were awestruck[cod]! 

 Now, these millions of sea fireflies would like to wave “Hi!” as you go through the blog and get to know the bioluminescent ostracods under genus Vargula. 

CLASSIFICATION

          Kingdom: Animalia  

                Subkingdom: Bilateria                

                   Infrakingdom: Protostomia    

                      Superphylum: Ecdysozoa    

                         Phylum: Arthropoda    

                            Subphylum: Crustacea  

                               Class: Ostracoda          

                                  Subclass: Myodocopa            

                                     Order: Myodocopida

                                        Suborder: Myodocopina  

                                           Superfamily: Cypridinoidea        

                                              Family: Cypridinidae  

                                                 Genus: Vargula

                                                       Species Name: Vargula annecohenae

(ITIS nd ; Cohen and Morin, 2010)

BIOLOGY

Cod you see me?

Ostracods can be found in basically every aquatic environment ranging from marine, freshwater, and estuarine habitats. These organisms are either swimming in the surface waters or crawling on the sea bed and moist land. Their distribution depends on their adaptations to environmental parameters, mainly salinity and water temperature. Vargula species inhabit the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea coastal landmasses (Wilkinson, 1996; Ogoh & Ohmiya, 2005). 

Although they are everywhere, ostracods rarely grow to a few millimeters long; small but (Pechenik, 2015). A single organism can’t be easily seen unless we look closely. Still, they’re small but widespread. 

What do you mistake me as?

Ostracoda is an ancient group of crustaceans. Surprised? 

The unsegmented external feature separates them from other crustaceans (Pechenik, 2015). Besides this, they resemble bivalves by having their entire body laterally enclosed inside a pair of partially calcified carapace or shells held by adductor muscles, even during early development; hence, the common name — mussel shrimp (Moore, 2006). 

They are also similar to branchiopods Conchostraca (clam shrimps) such as water fleas, but the appendages, lack of growth rings, and smooth swimming of mussel shrimps gave it away. Another feature that differentiates both is the carapace formation. Clam shrimps add material to their carapace as they grow, while mussel shrimps shed their carapace with each molt (UC Museum of Paleontology, 1995). 

Mussel shrimps are mostly head which means that the other body parts are greatly reduced. Their trunk is merged to the head. Usually, they have seven pairs of appendages adapted for locomotion, grasping, feeding, cleaning the carapace, or as sense organs. Vargula uses two pairs of antennae for swimming, some species only utilize one pair or the other. Notably, they have setae or tiny hairs protruding through the carapace pores that function for sensory mechanisms (Wilkinson, 1996;  Pechenik, 2015). 

A light show to remember

Bioluminescence is often used, but only by males of the species V. annecohenae, for mating displays. Males of each species, like fireflies on land, use distinct patterns of light flashes (seen as a series of dots) that only attract females of the same species. By performing brief dances in which they release short bursts of light as they pass towards the surface of the water, males show off just how sparkling they can be. They start their "dance," which lasts 45 minutes on average, with a stationary period in which brief (second-long or shorter) flashes of bright blue light are produced, attracting the interest of possible female mates. Then in the next process, males spiral up the water column vertically, producing quicker light bursts that are less bright (Gonzales, 2017). 

(Courtesy of Gretchen Gerrish)

We compete to procreate

The male grabs onto his newfound partner with his antennae if a male is successful and an interested female arrives, and the pair will mate. Competition is intense, sometimes a woman's attention is won by the brightest male, but males can also impress by synchronizing their lighting display with other males or creeping up and taking a mate from another male (Gonzales,2017).

Life cycle

V. annecohenae has a long life cycle of up to about 1 year. It typically develops slowly for 3 months before adulthood. It has several broods of a few offspring numbering between 10-15, and has no free-living larval stage (Gerrish and Morin, 2008).

Five juvenile instars constitute the life cycle of Photeros annecohenae The life cycle of an ostracod in the genus Vargula (now Photeros) are divided by molts (that occur by the ecdysis) as well as an adult instar that is followed by a final molt (Gerrish and Morin, 2008).

The total growth period of ostracod eggs and embryos in females was 26 days, with an average of 7.84 days for the interval between mating and brood deposition, and an average of 18.4 days for the eventual release from the brood chamber. Eggs initially become evident within the female's body during development. While inside the mother's body, eggs increase in size but exhibit no other noticeable morphological changes. Females discharge fertilized embryos as translucent, spheroidal, or ovoidal masses into the marsupium or brood chamber (Gerrish and Morin, 2008). 

(a) One egg of this female has been released into the marsupium and the four remaining eggs are visible in the female ovary. (b) The eggs are extruded into a marsupial brood pouch after 7-8 days. Each egg consists of a large yolk mass at this stage, and the cells inside are barely visible. C) Cell division has created a defined, cloudy cellular mass that fills the egg by day nine in the brood pouch. D) The first apparent structures include the naupliar eye, a red speck, and the intestine as the embryo develops its organs. E) The embryos appear as A-V instars with a large brown eye spot and a fully developed and functioning light organ just before release (Gerrish and Morin, 2008). 

 I have a sperm bank?

Female V. annecohenae can produce several broods without male re-exposure. suggesting that sperm is stored between broods (Gerrish and Morin, 2008).

 I’m a natural

15-17 days after a previous cohort was released new broods can be formed (Gerrish and Morin, 2008).

ECOLOGY

Ostracods are considered to be useful paleoenvironmental indicators because their ecology is often reflected in the shape and structure of their carapaces and also considering their wide distribution in aquatic environments. They can range from warm waters of the tropics to very cold environments such as polar seas and are found from intertidal zones to many thousands of meters depth in the deep sea. They can also thrive in freshwater niches such as rivers, lakes, and even temporary ponds (Brandão & Karanovic, 2020). Generally, ostracods are characterized as omnivorous scavengers because they mainly feed on tiny organisms like algae, diatoms, bacteria, molds, and pieces of organic detritus that are present in the water or on vegetation. Some ostracods are also predatory. Being relatively smaller, they attack their prey in groups so that they can eat organisms larger than them. However, ostracods are also often preyed by small fishes (MESA, 2020).

Freshwater ostracods usually have smooth, thin, weakly calcified simple bean-shaped carapaces and feed on diatoms, bacteria, and detritus. On the other hand, pelagic ostracods may also have thin, smooth shells but they have long powerful swimming appendages or antennules. The formation of rostral incisures at the anterior of the carapace of pelagic ostracods allowed freer movement of these appendages. Furthermore, benthic ostracods are commonly detritivores or filter feeders. Their carapace is usually smooth, small, robust, and sometimes elongated because they tend to burrow into the substrate. Epifaunal ostracods have flattened ventral surfaces sometimes with projecting alar wings, frills, keels, or lateral spines while those found on coarser substrates in higher energy environments tend to have more robust heavily ribbed or reticulated carapaces (Olney, 2002).

RELATIONSHIP TO HUMANS

Generally, ostracods are useful for scientific purposes. According to Boomer et al. (2013), ostracods are being used in studies of earth science and related disciplines such as archaeology, ecology, and genetics. This is because ostracods are widely distributed and are easily preservable. Their assemblage and morphology are some of the important ecological proxies. For instance, in recent research conducted by McCormack et al. (2018) wherein ostracods are being used as a bioindicator. Their research has shown the sensitivity of ostracods’ faunal assemblage (Candona sp.) to changes in water salinity and alkalinity in Lake Van.

Next, valves of ostracods are also being used in paleoenvironmental studies. Valves of ostracods are said to absorb trace elements from host waters (Palacios-Fest et al., 1994). This characteristic makes these microcrustaceans ideal models for reconstructing and analyzing past environments that could range from deep-seas to small lakes. Aside from this, the diversity and variety of reproductive modes of ostracods are also one of the main reasons why they are being used as model organisms for laboratory and research studies (Martens & Hornes, 2009).

Moreover, laboratories have started culturing bioluminescent ostracods. The culture of these organisms is done to determine the biosynthetic pathways of bioluminescent substrates that could lead to the discovery of new tools for biotechnology and biomedicine. For instance, in the study conducted by Goodheart et al. (2019) wherein they cultured California Sea Firefly (V. tsuji) for studies regarding the biosynthetic pathway of cypridinid luciferin and genomic manipulation of an autogenic bioluminescent system.

Serve the Teaaaaa!

The T in Osctracod means Teaaaaa! 5 amazing facts you need to know about ostracods.

1. OLD BUT GOLD

Colymbosathon ecplecticos, a species of ostracod, holds the record of oldest known fossil penis. The historical penis was discovered from a 425 million-year-old rock in England. It was said that a wide variety of animals living in the sea 425 million years ago were killed by an ash fall from a volcanic eruption. However, the ash preserved the animals, including their soft parts. Through technology, the painstaking 3-D reconstructions of a preserved male ostracod revealed amazing details such as the hairs on limbs, gills, and a penis.

2. LIGHT IT UP LIKE A DYNAMITE

Some species of Myodocopida ostracods produce a bright blue light. These are known in Japan as Umi-Hotaru or sea-fireflies. The light is produced by mixing two chemicals together in the presence of oxygen and is for mating displays. Each species flash at different rates to stop any confusion in the dark. Japanese army collected Umi-Hotaru in baited traps during the Second World War. They dry them out and ground them down to a powder. Adding a small amount of water to the powder produces a low-intensity light used by soldiers to read orders or maps without giving their position away to the enemy during battles.   

3. ULTIMATE SURVIVOR

Ostracods can survive being eaten by fish. Experiments with the ostracod Cypridopsis vidua showed that 26% of specimens eaten by small bluegill sunfish came out the other end alive and unharmed. This is possible because ostracods can close their shells very tightly inside their carapace to survive passage through the gut of the fish eventually to be excreted out by the fish.

4. OSTRACODS ARE OMNIPRESENT

Ostracods are found in almost every aquatic habitat, even in some very small and isolated places. They are found deep in the sea, on the shore, on wet leaf litters, springs, groundwaters, puddles, small pools, rice fields, ponds, lakes, and rivers. Some species have a global distribution and are found from the subarctic to the tropics. Their dispersal abilities caused this massive distribution of ostracods. For example, the eggs and adults can hitch a lift on the feet of birds and are displaced because of migration.

5. WE DON’T DIE, JUST DRY

The ostracod eggs can be viable many years after being dried. This is the reason why many freshwater ostracods can be found in temporary water bodies, such as puddles and rice fields. These eggs start to develop and hatch when water is already available in their environment

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Brandão, S.N.; Karanovic, I. (2020). World Ostracoda Database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/ostracoda on 2020-11-15. doi:10.14284/364  

Cohen, A. C.; Morin, J. G. (2010). Two New Bioluminescent Ostracode Genera, Enewton And Photeros (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae), with Three New Species from Jamaica. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 30(1): 1-55., https://doi.org/10.1651/08-3075.1

Gonzales, M.R. (2017).  You Light Up My World! Smithsonian. https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/you-light-my-world

Goodheart, J., et al. (2019).  Laboratory culture of the California Sea Firefly Vargula tsujii (Ostracoda: Cypridinidae): Developing a model system for the evolution of marine bioluminescence. Research Gate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334600678_Laboratory_culture_of_the_California_Sea_Firefly_Vargula_tsujii_Ostracoda_Cypridinidae_Developing_a_model_system_for_the_evolution_of_marine_bioluminescence

Gretchen A. Gerrish, James G. Morin, Life Cycle of a Bioluminescent Marine Ostracode, Vargula Annecohenae (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae), Journal of Crustacean Biology, Volume 28, Issue 4, 1 October 2008, Pages 669–674, https://doi.org/10.1651/07-2934.1

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read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/a0fTo3c by AttractiveUrchin A collection of DC X readers, Ranging from Superboy to Red Hood, all characters that have been written for or will be are tagged below. If a character is younger, there will be no sexual elements to that individual story, unless aged up. All of these are one-shots and will be updated frequently. Check out my MARVEL or Animation books :) Requests allowed! Words: 5983, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English Fandoms: DCeased (DC Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), DC Extended Universe, DC Animated Universe (Timmverse), DC Universe Online, DC Extended Universe RPF, Superman (Comics), Superboy (Comics), Young Justice (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Teen Titans (Comics), Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016), Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017), Teen Titans - All Media Types, The Death of Superman (2018), Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020), Justice League Dark (Comics), Peacemaker (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022), Blue Beetle (Comics), Blue Beetle (Movie 2023) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Other Characters: Blue Beetle (DCU), Jaime Reyes, Reader, The Corinthian (Sandman), Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Superboy (DCU), Raven (Teen Titans), Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Robin (DCU), Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth, Bat-Cow (DCU), Ace the Bat-Hound (DCU), Poison Ivy (Fortnite), Pamela Isley, Harleen Quinzel, Christopher Smith | Peacemaker, Vigilante (DCU), Adrian Chase, Joker (DCU) Relationships: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Reader, Dream Of The Endless | Morpheus & Reader, Kon-El | Conner Kent/Superboy Prime, Tim Drake/Reader, Tim Drake & Reader, Jason Todd/Reader, Adrian Chase/Reader, Jaime Reyes/Reader, Billy Batson & Freddy Freeman Additional Tags: Batfamily (DCU), Protective Batfamily (DCU), Superfamily (DCU), Lazarus Pit (DCU), Caring Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily Angst (DCU), The League of Assassins (DCU), Batbrothers (DCU), Batfamily Shenanigans (DCU), Domestic Batfamily (DCU), DC Comics Rebirth, DC Comics References read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/a0fTo3c

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Chapters: 24/25 Fandom: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes & Tony Stark Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Peter Parker, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, T'Challa (Marvel), James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Baron Zemo Additional Tags: Gratuitous Superfamily, Becoming a family, Hydra being a dick, Peter is canonly adorkable, Protective Bucky Barnes, Protective Peter Parker, unfair representation of the foster care system, Fluff, canon amount of angst, amateur (but effective) equine therapy, Civil War Fix-It, bucky is a good dad, Peter is a good kid, Steve is a good boyfriend, Tony is a good friend, and also kind of a sugar daddy, without benefits, Hero Worship, Peter is majorly stanning everybody in this fic and it's cute, world's most adorable basketball Series: Part 1 of Winter!Dad Summary:

A year after the Winter Soldier failed his mission in DC, Bucky Barnes is doing his best to stay under the radar from both Hydra and Steve Rogers. His hope for a peaceful day-to-day life in limbo goes awry, however, when he meets Queens’ newest hero; a pure-hearted kid with a death wish and a ridiculous pair of red and blue pajamas.

The last thing Steve expects when he finally tracks Bucky down is that, not only has the man been living in Queens all this time, right under his nose, but also that, in the two years since they last saw each other, Bucky somehow acquired a kid.

Alternatively: How Peter Parker effectively fucks over Bucky Barnes, and also totally saves him.

[star-hoya]

The reason we are sad about death or separation is because we can no longer do anything else for them... That’s why, with the time allotted to me, I decided to love him again. 

[teachingrounds]

The thyroid gland develops from endoderm in the fourth branchial pouches between 4-10 weeks' gestation. The fetal thyroid can make T3 and T4 hormone by 12 weeks and is functioning independently by 18-20 weeks' gestation. "The fetal pituitary-thyroid axis is believed to function independently of the maternal pituitary-thyroid axis."

Source: Maala S. Daniel, "Congenital Hypothyroidism," Medscape (14 Oct. 2017).

Image: Dias et alia, "A Tale from TGF-β Superfamily for Thymus Ontogeny and Function," Frontiers in Immunology vol. 6 (2015): 442, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00442.

[stony-ao3-feed]

Boy bands and movie marathon

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by iloveyou10000

A two-day mission wasn’t the longest time he spent far from home, however coming back felt strangely like returning after an entire month of radio silence. Every hour he spent without his family was wrong under many aspects, especially during cold days, when all he wanted was to wrap his arms around his Omegas and little Alpha, cuddling with them while watching a kid movie.

Words: 2312, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 6 of I'm not half as good at anything as when I'm doing it next to you

Fandoms: Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Gifted (Movie 2017)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Peter Parker, Mary Adler

Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Steve Rogers & Tony Stark

Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha/Omega, Omega Verse, Alpha Steve Rogers, Omega Tony Stark, Omega Peter, Alpha Mary, Superfamily, Superhusbands, Fluff, Fluff and Smut, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts, Smut, Eventual Smut, Kissing, Scenting, Family, Family Fluff, Family Bonding, Family Dynamics, Sweet, Teasing, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Peter Parker is Steve Rogers' Biological Child, Protective Tony Stark, Pet Names, Alternate Universe - Happy, Making Out, Sharing Clothes, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Parent Tony Stark, Parent Steve Rogers, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, Sleepy Boys, Possessive Steve Rogers, Pancakes

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[themanyadventuresofme]

Chapters: 24/26 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Captain America (Movies), Iron Man (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Peter Parker & Steve Rogers, Peter Parker & Steve Rogers & Tony Stark, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov, Peter Parker & Natasha Romanov Characters: Steve Rogers, Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanov (Marvel) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Superfamily, Homelessness, steve is peter's biological father, Kid Peter Parker, He's four, he's a cutie, Protective Steve Rogers, Artist Steve Rogers, Derogatory Language, Financial Issues, Slow Burn, Mentions of Prostitution, Temper Tantrums, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Natasha Romanov Is a Good Bro, Codependency, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Separation Anxiety, Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Panic Attacks, Drinking, Strippers & Strip Clubs, Past Child Abuse, Nightmares, Fluff and Angst, Domestic, Christmas Fluff, Sickfic, Common Cold, Asthma, Fainting, Hospitalization, Child Protective Services, Christmas Summary:

Steve and Peter lose their apartment and are kicked out on the streets. Steve has to juggle between jobs to earn whatever money he can, take care of his son while refusing to let him realize how much they're trouble in, and keep them warm and safe on the city streets in winter.

So, he really doesn't have time to date the billionaire that flirts with him everyday as he buys his cup of coffee. Even if he did, he can't let himself fall for the man. Because if he knew that he lived from a backpack and showered in a public bathroom there's no way he'd still want him...right?

[ao3feed-stony]

Saturdays

by LenkaVittoriaElisse16

Steve Rogers is happily married to Tony Stark, a robotics professor at NYU. They are blessed with two children, a 14-year-old Peter and a 4-year-old Morgan. Everything is perfect: a good career, a loving family, good friends, until Tony gets diagnosed with cancer in the spring of 2017.

Words: 1124, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Peter Parker, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Carol Danvers, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Thor (Marvel), Stephen Strange, Sharon Carter (Marvel), Peggy Carter

Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Happy Hogan/Pepper Potts, Carol Danvers/James "Rhodey" Rhodes

Additional Tags: Superfamily (Marvel), Domestic Avengers, Domestic Fluff, Sickfic, Terminal Illnesses, Alternate Universe - Modern: No Powers, Tony is a Professor, Steve is a cop, Established Relationship, Peter and Morgan are Steve and Tony's children, Harley is Happy and Pepper's son, MJ is Carol and Rhodey's daughter, Maria is MJ's younger sis, Yelena is Nat and Bucky's daughter, Peggy Carter is Tony Stark's Godparent

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